The Soul Refining Field was set up in the former site of the firearms factory on the outskirts of the city. It used to produce gunpowder and cannons and was under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. After the failure of the Westernization Movement, it was left unused.
When the Taoist masters chose the site, they said that it was a land of extreme Yang and had been nourished by gunpowder for many years. It was the most suitable place to refine the invincible Unparalleled Fighting Soul.
Thus, they secretly built an altar here and carved a formation. The 13 forces participated in it and used their knowledge to build the Unparalleled Fighting Soul.
For the sake of this array, in order to explore the refining method of the Unparalleled Fighting Soul, countless experts had worked their hearts out. After nearly half a century of trial and error, they had finally carved out this unprecedented array.
Li Qiyun stood by the altar and looked at the girl lying in the middle of the pool. Her eyes were closed and she seemed to be asleep.
She was wearing a white cheongsam with exquisite makeup. She drew her eyebrows and pursed her lips. How beautiful. His daughter was so beautiful.
She had to learn to dress up as soon as possible. No matter how bad her reputation was, there would be many young masters fighting to marry her.
Compared to his daughter, no princess or princess could compare to his Rong 'er except for her better background.
Li Qiyun's eyes became moist as he thought about it.
"The auspicious hour will be here in half an hour," someone said behind him.
The weapon of the nation, the Divine Art of Creation.
Refining the Unparalleled Fighting Soul was like sacrificing the Son of Heaven. It was sacred and related to the fate of the nation. How could it be done carelessly? Naturally, it had to choose an auspicious day.
The person who spoke was an old man with white hair and a white beard. He was also one of the leaders of the Soul Refining Project, Wanderer Sanyuan.
When the Soul Refining Project started, the leader was Wanderer Sanyuan's master. He helped and learned from the side. Half a century later, he took over the task from his master and devoted his life to researching the Soul Refining Formation.
It could be said that Wanderer Sanyuan's branch was responsible for half the creation of the Soul Refining Formation.
"Is there really no problem with the Soul Refining Project?" Li Qiyun asked in a low voice without turning back.
"You are also one of the participants. Back then, you studied the formation with your father." Wanderer Sanyuan's voice had the unique hoarseness of an old man. "In the blink of an eye, you are already 40 and I am 70. It is a rare occurrence since ancient times. Everything is ready except for the east wind. "
Li Qiyun was a little absent-minded. In the past, for the sake of the Li family's rise again, his father had participated in the plan to refine the Unparalleled Fighting Soul. As an aristocratic family of blacksmiths, the Li family naturally had the qualifications to do so. As the heir, he had to participate in the research with his father.
At that time, he had never thought that the ultimate creation called Unparalleled Fighting Soul, who had entered the formation, would be his daughter.
"I've never worried that the plan will fail. What I'm worried about is whether the Unparalleled Fighting Soul is what we really want. What kind of existence is she? Can she still be called a human? "
"It's not a human, it's a god."
"Can God be controlled by humans?"
This question made Wanderer Sanyuan fall silent. After a long time, he sighed and said, "Turn around and look at the people below."
Li Qiyun turned his head. Below him were the representatives of the thirteen factions, a total of several hundred people gathered here, a dense crowd of people who had come to watch the ceremony.
They were waiting for the birth of the Unparalleled Fighting Soul, waiting to witness a historic moment.
With the blade at his neck, he had to succeed even if he couldn't … Wanderer Three Yuan said softly, "If you can't control it, then seal it. But I think you're just worrying for nothing. "
The auspicious time had arrived.
The runes carved on the altar, which were still brand new despite the wind and sun, slowly lit up. Majestic Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy gathered at the center of the altar. The Spiritual Energy was "baptized" by the formation into runes, which slowly climbed onto the girl's body and enveloped her.
She woke up when she felt the powerful spiritual power pouring into her body. The spiritual power that poured into her body was transformed into pure Qi activity, and her realm was rising at a moderate speed.
But there was no end. After waiting patiently and anxiously for more than two hours, the Blood Descendants below the altar suddenly realized this surprising situation.
The Qi that was slowly growing until it made them tremble in fear did not reach a bottleneck, and was still rising.
The Spiritual Energy was cleansing her meridians and changing her physique from the inside out, allowing her to leave her mortal body.
"What a powerful force … Lord Li, you've given birth to a good daughter, a good daughter."
At this moment, the seventy-year-old old man was as excited as a child, dancing with joy.
With the old man's insight, he could naturally see that she was devouring the Spiritual Energy for her own use, which resulted in this seemingly endless improvement.
Li Gui began to cough up blood. The runes on the surface of her body collapsed, and many parts of her body began to collapse to different degrees. This was a power that her body could no longer bear.
"Quick, quickly present the Dragon Ball," Wanderer Sanyuan shouted.
The Dragon Ball was placed on a tray covered with a red cloth, and Wanderer Sanyuan's disciple personally presented it.
Wanderer Sanyuan controlled the Dragon Ball to slide into Li Gui's mouth. The runes and the collapse of her body immediately stopped, and then slowly recovered.
The Dragon Ball was extremely compatible with her. When Li Rufeng merged with the Dragon Ball, it was intermittent, but Li Gui and the Dragon Ball instantly became one.
The Dragon Ball was an indestructible treasure. When it merged with Li Gui, there was no distinction between them. This was the unparalleled foundation of the Unparalleled Battle Soul and Physique.
Theoretically, there was no limit to the strengthening of supernatural abilities, but even the Dragon Ball had a limit.
"The Dragon Ball made her, but it's also a shackle. Lord Li, the last step is up to you, "Wanderer Sanyuan said excitedly.
Li Qiyun was silent. She cut her wrist, and scarlet blood dripped down.
Wanderer Sanyuan chanted and performed an incantation in the Dragon Ball.
"Everything in the world can be severed, but the bloodline cannot be severed. If anything happens to her, you will be the one to seal her, "Wanderer Sanyuan said.
On this day, at noon.
The first Unparalleled Battle Soul in history was born.
In the ancient books of Taoism and Buddhism, it was recorded that in the 26th year of the Guangxu Dynasty, the Battle Soul was born, and the world changed.
The Unparalleled Battle Soul represented the pinnacle of a person's martial strength. It was unknown what would happen in the future, but in the past 400 years, there had never been an expert at the pinnacle of the Extreme Path.
Even when the Great Qing Dynasty was at the peak of the Yangtze River and slaying the dragon, there had never been such a pinnacle expert.
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August 14th, in the early morning. The sky was dark, and there was still some time before the sun rose. However, the allied forces were like hungry wolves that had seen a fat piece of meat. They were unwilling to wait a moment longer and launched an all-out attack on the capital.
Konsel Murray looked at the sleeping ancient capital from afar. It was the capital of the Great Qing Dynasty, the holy land in the hearts of 400 million people. However, it was too old, so old that it looked like a sick tiger on the verge of death. The hunters surrounded it, planning to cut off more valuable things from its body. Tiger skin, tiger bones, tiger teeth … They were all good stuff.
As the leader of the Murray family, he had the responsibility to seize more benefits for the family. Although the family had earned enough benefits during the two Opium Wars, it was not enough to satisfy the family's appetite. On the contrary, because of this delicious cake, not only the Empire where the sun never sets, but the Western Powers also joined in, setting off a craze to divide up the Great Qing Dynasty.
For example, the Great Qing Dynasty's northern neighbor had a keen sense of smell and unique vision. During the Battle of the Yarrow (the second Opium War), they took away 1.5 million square kilometers of the Great Qing Dynasty's land. That was seven times the size of the Empire where the sun never sets.
In the battle to exterminate the Boxers, other than responding positively, Russia also caused the Hailan Bubble Massacre in the middle of last month, slaughtering thousands of Chinese living in Hailan Bubble. A few days later, they chased more than 10,000 residents of the 64 villages east of the river to the Black River and slaughtered them. The rest were chased into the Black River and drowned. Only a few survived by swimming.
Thinking of this, Konsel looked at the leader of the Blood Kin from Russia, Kenny Anderson, and said provocatively, "Kenny, do you dare to make another bet?"
Before the attack, the leaders of the Blood Kin gathered together to discuss how to attack the Qing Dynasty's Blood Kin and how to divide up the city.
Some of them were the leaders of the army, while others were just the leaders of the Blood Kin. Their main responsibility was to deal with the Qing Dynasty's Blood Kin. Soldiers against soldiers, generals against generals.
The Great Qing Dynasty's army was a motley crew with no morale to speak of. On the other hand, the Blood Kin were brave and fearless.
Kenny Anderson raised his brows and said, "How do we bet?"
The allied army wasn't exactly friendly. They were here to divide up this rotten country, so they were competitors in the first place.
Konsel said, "As usual, we'll see who kills the most Blood Kin. 500 pounds per head."
Kenny snorted coldly, "Fine. The scout said that 100,000 soldiers have gathered in the capital to rescue the emperor. Yes, I think it's called the rescue of the emperor. I'll kill you until you're bankrupt. "
"Rescue the emperor?"
"The soldiers sent by the nobles to help the emperor."
"They're just a motley crew. They probably won't dare to make a move."
The captains of the other nations all began to laugh.
Their foresight was truly unique. The capital was surrounded, and there were 400 million people in the country, but only 100,000 soldiers had come to rescue the emperor. Even after the capital was breached, not a single soldier made a move. They could only watch as the capital was pillaged and the citizens were slaughtered.
Of the troops sent to rescue the emperor, only the Gan army was fighting bravely to protect the capital.
"If we can meet another brave Blood Kin like last time, let's make another bet. 2,000 pounds per head," Kenny said unhappily.
"No problem."
The last time he was in Jinshi, he met a very powerful master who fought to the death even when the Qing army was in disarray. Even when he was surrounded, he still killed more than ten of their Blood Kin. In the end, he was killed by the wolf pack tactics and was slowly whittled down to death. In the end, Conser took advantage of the situation and cut off his head with one slash, causing Kennedy to lose 2000 pounds.
In this day and age, 2,000 pounds was enough for a normal person to buy a decent house in the capital of the Unsetting Sun Empire and live a prosperous life. Of course, it was peanuts to them.
"I'll join too."
The one who spoke was Sakurai Kojiro from Japan.
The leaders of the strongest Blood Kin organizations in the allied army were all here. The Murray family from the Unsetting Sun Empire, the Capes from France, the Anderson family from Russia, the Sakurai family from Japan, the Green family from America, and the Kashub family from Germany.
As they spoke, Bryce Cape suddenly warned, "Careful, they're coming out."
Many figures had appeared on the distant city walls. They stood on the city walls, silently looking at the Blood Kin organizations in the allied army.
It was easy to explain the aura of the same kind. As soon as their eyes met, they knew they weren't ordinary people.
"Did they just come down?" Ryan Kashub sneered.
Of course not. Just like how they didn't dare to enter the city without permission, they were afraid of being surrounded. They had to rely on the army to slowly advance and attack the city together.
Therefore, the strength of ordinary people was actually very great.
At this moment, a woman in a cheongsam climbed the city walls surrounded by Blood Kin.
In the early morning, a pair of scarlet eyes sent chills down the hearts of the Blood Kin from hundreds of meters away. They couldn't help but feel their hair stand on end.
"Rumble!"
As if it had been hit by a cannon, a part of the city wall collapsed. In fact, it was the woman who had destroyed a small part of the city wall.
She flew through the air like a meteor streaking across the sky, flying toward Kenneth and the others.
"Bang!"
The first to react was Sakurai Kojiro. He raised a Mauser rifle seized from the Dagu Kou Armory and fired decisively.
Even the most advanced rifle in the world couldn't do any damage to a powerful Blood Kin, unless the other party didn't dodge and allowed you to hit their vitals, and they weren't the physically strong type.
However, the Sakurai Family's special ability allowed them to imbue their bullets with their own psychic attacks. This allowed ordinary bullets to cause great mental damage to Blood Kin, and even destroy their Primordial Spirits on the spot.
The bullet whistled through the air as it shot toward the woman's forehead.
"Ding!"
In the darkness before dawn, a spark flashed. It was the spark from the bullet hitting her forehead, as if it had hit steel.
"Bang, bang, bang!"
Bullets shot out one after another. These bullets were imbued with psychic penetrative damage, enough to make ordinary Blood Kin lose their minds. However, not only did the bullets not cause any damage, the psychic power they imbued also disappeared.
"There's such an expert in the Qing Dynasty?" Sakurai Kojiro shouted in shock.
This country was already at the end of its road. Not only was the system corrupt, but the people were also in dire straits. Even the Blood Kin World was at its lowest point. Japan, which had always coveted its former master, was the clearest about the Qing Dynasty's current situation.
These were Sakurai Kojiro's last words. The woman descended from the sky and slammed her palm on his head.
A bloody mist exploded. Under the flabbergasted gazes of the Blood Kin, Sakurai Kojiro's body was blown to pieces, just like those Qing soldiers who had been killed by cannons.
When did such a person appear in the Qing Dynasty's Blood Kin World?
"Who killed Li Rufeng?" The Unparalleled War Soul hovered in the air and looked down coldly at the Blood Kin leaders.
"And who are you?" Konsel Murray narrowed his eyes as he gripped the longsword at his waist. "Cixi actually has such backbone? Isn't she afraid that the army of the Empire where the sun never sets will wash the Qing Dynasty in blood? "
In this era, even ordinary Western military officers dared to point at Cixi and scold her, let alone a Blood Kin leader like him.
This was an era where the Westerners were lawless.
In their eyes, the Qing Dynasty was a little brother that they had beaten up over and over again. This time, the allied forces had two goals in attacking Beijing: exterminating the Boxers and beating up their little brother.
"It doesn't matter." She said indifferently, "Listen up, all of you. You have offended the Qing Dynasty and killed my people. Wherever you pass, corpses will be everywhere and the people will have no way to live. I, the Unparalleled War Soul, sentence you to death! "
Boom!
What responded to her was a cannonball fired from afar. It was extremely accurate and hit the Unparalleled War Soul in the air. It was the Western Powers' Blood Kin who had reacted and were supporting their leader from afar.
More Blood Kin drew their alchemy weapons and charged toward the Unparalleled War Soul aggressively.
Guns and cannons had helped the Western Powers colonize the world, but these weapons that had always been effective against ordinary people had limited lethality against Blood Kin. The stronger the Blood Kin, the less they feared firearms.
In the world before World War II, Blood Kin were still active on the battlefield.
The gunpowder exploded on the Unparalleled War Soul's body. At the same time, Bryce Cape appeared silently behind the Unparalleled War Soul and slashed with two beautifully curved sabers in his hands, aiming to cut off her head.
Alchemy weapons were the most effective against Blood Kin. They could easily kill and injure the enemy.
Kenick Anderson's muscles swelled and pushed up his coat like a cannonball soaring into the sky.
Before the two of them attacked, the leader of the Green Family had already snapped her fingers and detonated the air around her.
Ding!
The two sabers slashed at the back of the Unparalleled War Soul's neck, creating dazzling sparks.
How was this possible …
Bryce Cape was known as the Grim Reaper on the battlefield and a top-notch killer. As long as he targeted someone, he could kill them no matter how well-protected they were. The Cape Dynasty's history was very interesting. They started out as assassins. The Cape Family's Blood Kin were the kind of super assassins who dared to take the head of the enemy's general among thousands of soldiers and horses with two bayonets in each hand.
They continuously performed meritorious deeds, killed enemies, developed their forces, and became stronger. Finally, they unified France and established the Cape Dynasty.
The history of the assassins' rise to power was not pleasant to the ears as it would tarnish the Cape Family's reputation. On the surface, they began to wash their hands of the family and never mentioned their ancestor's career as an assassin. However, in secret, they still had the tradition of training the family's Blood Kin to cultivate good seedlings into top-notch assassins to serve the Cape Dynasty.
Bryce Cape was one of the best assassins of this generation. He had killed countless people, but he had never seen an enemy with such an abnormal body. It was so abnormal that his saber could not even leave a white mark.
There was a saying in the world of assassins: Any failure could mean the end of one's life.
Bryce Cape's career as an assassin came to an end here. He was about to pay the price for his failure with his life.
The Unparalleled War Soul did not look back. She grabbed his throat with one arm and the energy in her palm flowed out like a flood. "Pfft …" His flesh was like a stain washed away by the flood. Only a section of his spine connected to his head was left in her hand.
At the same time, the Unparalleled War Soul spun and kicked sideways, sending Kenick Anderson's head flying like a cannonball. The headless corpse fell and blood gushed out from the neck.
The spine turned into a long hair and was thrown out. The leader of the Green Family's head exploded like a watermelon.
In four moves, she had killed the leaders of the Blood Kin organizations of Russia, Britain, the United States, and Japan.
The entire scene was silent. The remaining Blood Kin leaders felt a chill run down their spines. Immense fear exploded in their hearts.
On the city wall, the Qing Dynasty's Blood Kin who were watching the battle from afar burst into earth-shattering cheers after a brief silence.
Some were crying, some were hugging each other and cheering, some were beating their chests and stamping their feet. Each of them was expressing their excitement.
It was a success. The Soul Refining Plan was a success.
At the moment when the Qing court was on the brink of life and death, when the capital was isolated and helpless, when the morale of the entire country was low and no longer had the will to fight, they had finally cultivated the Unparalleled War Soul. They had turned the tide and supported the collapsing building.
At this time, more and more Blood Kin gathered on the city wall. Not only were there the Blood Kin forces who had participated in the Soul Refining Plan, but there were also the Blood Kin forces from the various armies that had come to rescue the king. The Blood Kin experts from the Boxers had all come to watch the legendary Unparalleled War Soul.
The foreign Blood Kin who had once made them helpless were simply unable to withstand a single blow from the Unparalleled War Soul.
Just as the Qing Dynasty's Blood Kin were crying tears of joy, the Unparalleled War Soul had already killed all the leaders and started to slaughter the Blood Kin. Like a wolf that had entered a flock of sheep, it was unstoppable.
No one could withstand a single blow from her. Under the mighty power of the Unparalleled War Soul, a normal Blood Kin was no different from a top S-Class.
Kill them all, kill them all …
Shang 'er, kill them all …
Her father's heart-wrenching voice, her big brother's severed head that had yet to be found, all these scenes flashed through her mind. In the end, all of them fell silent and turned into a single thought.
Kill everyone, just kill them all. I was born to kill.
Her eyes became redder and a cold evil energy rose from the bottom of her heart. The Unparalleled War Soul gradually lost control in the slaughter.
She had killed all the Blood Kin in her sight, but the thirst for blood did not subside. Instead, it became even stronger. It was as if the door to hell had been opened and a beast that had been thirsty for countless years had crawled out.
"Eh … What's going on? She's looking at us."
"Hiss, what a terrifying gaze."
"Kill, why isn't she continuing to kill? There are still so many foreigners."
When the Qing Dynasty Blood Kin on top of the city wall realized something was wrong, the Unparalleled War Soul's bloodshot eyes had already locked onto them.
She did not seem to be interested in normal people, but she was extremely aggressive towards the Blood Kin.
The Unparalleled War Soul killed her way back to the top of the city wall. In an instant, broken limbs flew everywhere. Lives were harvested like rice, one after another.
"What's going on, why is she attacking us?"
"Oh my god, what kind of monster did you guys create … Ah!!"
"Demon, she's a demon …"
In the ancient books of Buddhism and Taoism, there were clear records: Year of the Gengzi, on the fourteenth day of the eighth month, the Unparalleled War Soul suddenly lost control and slaughtered hundreds of Blood Kin. Blood dyed the top of the city wall, and no one survived. At that time, thousands of Blood Kin of the Alliance Army were either dead or injured.
When the later generations flipped through the records, they could not imagine how bloody and cruel the scene was.
.....
When Li Qiyun received the news and rushed to the top of the city wall, everyone was already dead. Li Zhi stood silently on the city wall. Corpses were everywhere under his feet, and he was bathed in blood.
The person who informed him was one of the leaders of the Soul Refinement Project, Sanyuan Wanren. When he broke into the Li Residence, Li Qiyun was paying respects to his son.
The old man's heart had already been removed. From outside the city to the Li Residence, it was a dozen miles away. It was hard to imagine how he managed to survive. It was probably regret, responsibility, or some other emotion that supported the old man's body.
"The Unparalleled War Soul … lost control." Before the old man died, he grabbed Li Qiyun's hand tightly. Tears streamed down his face. "You're right. That's not a power a mortal should have, and it's not a power a mortal can control."
"What happened? Old man, please explain clearly. How did it lose control?" Li Qiyun wailed. "My daughter …"
The old man only knew that the Unparalleled War Soul suddenly lost control and became bloodthirsty. He could not tell if it was a problem with the formation, the Unparalleled War Soul itself, or the Dragon Orb. Or maybe it was a combination of all three.
He could not explain it clearly. If he could explain it clearly, he would not have let his guard down.
Unparalleled War Soul since ancient times!
The first since ancient times. Even the seniors who schemed against her might not be able to figure out what the Unparalleled War Soul was.
"Seal her. We must seal her … Otherwise, she will kill even more people."
The hard work of two generations to cultivate an Unparalleled War Soul was supposed to save the country and the people. Who would have thought that it would turn out to be a great disaster.
The old man died with his eyes wide open.
"San 'er …"
Li Qiyun climbed to the top of the city wall. What he saw was a face filled with anger and murderous intent.
As soon as the words left his mouth, his throat was gripped by a hand that was as hard as steel. With a little force, his neck would be broken.
"Father, I can't control myself. I can't control myself …"
At this moment, she seemed to have used a great amount of willpower to suppress her desire to kill. Looking at her father, tears rolled down her face.
Father, I can't control myself!
These words were like a sharp arrow that pierced through Li Qiyun's heart that was already full of holes.
He knew that he would lose this daughter forever.
"It's father's fault. It's father's fault. I've already asked your housekeeper to bring your sister-in-law to a safe place. "
He whispered an address in her ear.
"Now that things have come to this, I don't ask for anything else. I only have two things that I hope San 'er can promise me."
Two things:
One: Live on.
Two: Protect the last of the Li family's lineage.
This was his father's last request.
On the 14th of August, the Unparalleled War Soul was sealed. The whereabouts of the Dragon Ball were unknown.
On the 16th, the Allied Forces occupied the capital. Cixi fled. The Allied Forces burned, killed, and looted. They slaughtered hundreds of thousands of people in the capital. Men, women, old, and young were all killed. The Imperial College's Supervisor of Wine, Yirong, did not want to be humiliated. His entire family committed suicide.
Empress Tongzhi's father, the wife and daughter of the Minister of Revenue, Chong Qi, were detained at the Temple of Heaven. They were raped by the Allied Forces. After returning, the entire family committed suicide.
On the 7th of September, 1901, Li Hongzhang represented the Qing government and signed the Treaty of Xin Chou with various countries.
In the 10th month of the same year, the Li family stole the Dragon Ball and secretly cultivated the War Soul. Their entire family was executed.
China was completely reduced to a semi-colonial and semi-feudal society. The most humiliating chapter in its five thousand years of history began.
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