"What should I do?"
Hiram was caught between a rock and a hard place.
"Not coming out? Then I'm going in! "
A voice rang out, followed by footsteps. With Hiram's hearing, he could clearly tell that there was only one person.
"Who is it?"
"Who the hell is out there?"
Hiram's mind was racing. At the same time, his body tensed up, ready to attack.
Once the other party entered the cave, he would launch a thunderous attack to kill the other party immediately.
He had done this before, and he was going to do the same today.
Pata!
Pata!
The footsteps were getting closer and closer. Hiram was about to attack when he saw the other party's face.
Then, he couldn't help but be stunned.
Strange clothes.
Strange appearance.
Strange appearance.
However, this was not the point.
The point was that the other party's clothes were too clean.
This was incredible!
One had to know that there was no water on the Eighth Prison Planet. Everyone on this planet was filthy and dirty, their clothes unkempt!
"Could they be... newcomers?"
Something flashed in Hiram's mind. "Yes! Only newcomers would break into someone else's cave. Only newcomers would be so bold! "
As this thought flashed through his mind, Hiram became more bloodthirsty. He suddenly shot up and turned into a bolt of lightning as he shot toward the other party.
"Attacking me?"
Ling Jiu smiled and did not dodge. He just launched a mental shock the moment the other party was about to attack.
"Boom!"
Mental shock was a soul attack.
The stronger Ling Jiu's soul was, the more terrifying the power of the mental shock.
The greater the gap between Ling Jiu and the target, the more significant the effect of the mental shock.
Ling Jiu was now at the peak of super-clustered, and his soul level was also at the peak of super-clustered. No super-clustered lifeform could withstand his mental shock.
"Boom!"
As if struck by lightning, Hiram fell to the ground with his head in his hands. He then screamed in pain.
Although this blow did not destroy his soul, it was not far from it.
"Unfortunately, my soul is not strong enough. If I had entered the second stage of the Eight Laws of Black Hole Evolution, my soul would have been greatly strengthened, and this blow would have been enough to shatter his soul."
Ling Jiu shook his head and waved his hand. He took Hiram into his Inner World (the Flame Astral Behemoth) and swallowed him alive.
"Let's go and continue to rescue the others."
"Okay!"
In this way, Ling Jiu followed the life fluctuations and searched for life on this planet.
Just as he had detected before, although this planet was sparsely populated, each and every one of them was extremely powerful, with the weakest being a Level 1 super-clustered lifeform.
"Living on such a planet, you all need to be rescued!"
There were two ways to save him:
Or kill!
Or take him in as a gardener!
As for which one to choose, it all depended on Ling Jiu's mood. If he did not like the other party, like Hiram, he would just kill him.
If the other party was pleasing to the eye, he would directly take them into the Leoux, brainwash, modify them, and finally send them to the floating island.
Everything … depended on his mood!
In less than a year, Ling Jiu had captured all life on the planet, including the last clone.
However, Ling Jiu caught it last.
"You mean, everything on this planet is controlled by it?"
Ling Jiu looked at Leoux in amazement.
"Yes!"
"The last clone is the uncrowned king of this planet. It manipulates everything behind the scenes."
"In order to absorb souls that are powerful enough, it secretly protects the weak life forms, preventing them from being killed!"
"At the same time, when these weak life forms grow up and become successful in their cultivation, it will harvest them, kill them, and strengthen itself."
"It is precisely because of its secret control that the life on this planet can reproduce generation after generation. Otherwise, they would have been extinct long ago."
Ling Jiu was surprised.
The Caius Titans had been extinct 5,000 years ago, and the time flow on this planet was 10,000 times faster than normal. This meant that 50 million years had passed on this planet.
Living on such a planet with scarce resources for 50 million years could easily lead to extinction if something went wrong. Yet, the life on this planet had persisted.
This was enough to prove that someone was manipulating things in the dark.
"That is to say, the ninth clone has lived for more than 50 million years?" Ling Jiu said in disbelief.
"Not that long, but it is close."
Leoux nodded slightly. "Yanlong only created the clone after wiping out the Caius Titans and completely occupying the Andromeda Galaxy."
"The last clone was also the latest to be thrown onto this planet. According to the time, it should have lived for 39 million years."
"Thirty-nine million years?"
Ling Jiu was in disbelief. "Isn't Yanlong worried that this clone will be stronger than it and suffer a backlash?"
"You think too much."
Leoux laughed. "This planet is short of resources after all, and the life it can devour is limited. Even if it has lived for a long time, the ninth clone will not be that strong. But it is undeniable that it is much stronger than the previous eight clones. "
"The stronger, the better."
Ling Jiu could not wait. "I hope it can make my Soul Nebula break through the 10000 mark. It would be even better if it can break the record of the Evogods."
"This should not be a problem."
"Let's get started."
"Okay."
As a steady stream of soul fragments entered his body, the Soul Nebula in Ling Jiu's sea of consciousness began to expand again.
9,320 soul stars.
9,350 soul stars.
9,400 soul stars.
...
The time flow on Prison VIII was unparalleled. Time passed very fast. Three hundred years had passed without him noticing.
Over the past three hundred years, Ling Jiu had been paying close attention to his sea of consciousness. The soul fragments had been exhausted, and the Soul Nebula had stopped expanding.
At this time, the Soul Nebula was truly boundless, and one could not see the end of it at a glance.
All one could see was a huge spiral nebula constantly rotating around the Fire of the Soul.
"Ling Jiu, which level has the Soul Nebula reached?"
"10081 soul star units."
“10081？ What a coincidence. It actually tied the record of the Evogods. "
"It should not be a coincidence. After the Soul Nebula expanded to 10081 soul star units, it stopped absorbing Dark Psionic Energy."
Ling Jiu sighed.
The soul of the ninth clone was very powerful. It had pushed his Soul Nebula to 10081 soul star units, tying the record of the Evogods.
However, the problem was that there was still excess Dark Psionic Energy in his Inner World, but it could not enter his sea of consciousness.
No matter how much he tried, the remaining Dark Psionic Energy could not enter his sea of consciousness. It was like...
The sea of consciousness was full and could not accommodate any more Dark Psionic Energy.
Since the Dark Psionic Energy could not enter his sea of consciousness, the Soul Nebula naturally stopped expanding.
Ling Jiu did not know why. He could only think that the Soul Nebula had a limit.
10081 soul star units was the limit of the Soul Nebula.
"Could it be that there is a limit to the Soul Nebula?" Leoux was quick to think of this question.
"I think so too."
Ling Jiu nodded slightly.
"Weird. The Soul Nebula has a limit? "
Leoux was surprised. "No wonder the record of the Evogods is 10081 soul star units. It turns out that the Soul Nebula can only expand to this extent."
"Forget it. It does not matter if I cannot break the record. The most important thing now is to enter the second stage of the Eight Laws of Black Hole Evolution."
Ling Jiu said slowly.
"The second stage of the Eight Laws of Black Hole Evolution is to condense the Soul Primordial Star," Leoux explained.
"To be specific, it is to break the existing balance of the Soul Nebula and make it collapse."
Ling Jiu nodded slightly.
The mass of the Soul Nebula was amazing. It was like a huge gas cluster, maintaining a delicate balance under the influence of gravity.
Once the gravity was removed, the balance would be broken, and the Soul Nebula would collapse toward the center of the Fire of the Soul under the influence of gravity.
In this process, a massive number of Dark Psionic Energy particles would be forced into the Fire of the Soul and eventually merge with it.
This was the collapse of the Soul Nebula.
Imagine what would happen to the Fire of the Soul if a mass of energy the size of 10081 stars was forced into the Fire of the Soul.
The Fire of the Soul would expand and expand until it reached an unimaginable level.
As the Fire of the Soul expanded, Ling Jiu's soul would naturally become stronger and stronger.
The problem was, the collapse of the Soul Nebula would cause great pain.
"The collapse process is very painful."
Leoux reminded him. "Unparalleled pain. The pain is beyond your imagination. "
"Moreover, the Dark Psionic Energy contained in the Soul Nebula is too large, tens of trillions of times larger than your soul. If you are not careful, your soul will become an idiot."
"So, you have to be mentally prepared in advance."
"We've already reached this step. Is there any room for regret?"
Ling Jiu smiled. "Let's get started. I am already hungry."
"Hang in there."
Leoux shook his head. With a thought, a gravitational wave swept across Ling Jiu's sea of consciousness.
The next moment, the massive Soul Nebula, which was quietly rotating around the Fire of the Soul, suddenly collapsed like a snowy mountain or a skyscraper collapsing.
Amid the muffled rumbling sound, the Dark Psionic Energy particles from all directions rushed toward the Fire of the Soul under the influence of gravity.
How massive was the mass of 10081 stars?
It was unimaginable.
A star with more than seven times the mass of the sun could form a black hole when it reached the end of its life.
What would happen if a star with a mass of 10081 suddenly collapsed?
A massive number of Dark Psionic Energy particles rushed toward the Fire of the Soul in a flash. They were squeezed together and instantly merged with Ling Jiu's Fire of the Soul.
This was a real fusion.
Just like an atom being squeezed, an extranuclear electron fused with a supergalactic proton to form a neutron, the Dark Psionic Energy particles fused with the Fire of the Soul and were directly compressed into a ball.
"Argh!"
At this moment, an incredible and terrible pain instantly rushed out from his soul as if it wanted to crush his whole body into a meat patty. The pain squeezed his soul so hard that he almost collapsed.
"This pain..."
Ling Jiu screamed uncontrollably. He held his head with both hands and rolled on the ground. How transcendent was his state of mind when he had cultivated to this level?
How terrifying was his ability to resist pain?
But at this moment, Ling Jiu still felt like he was on the verge of collapse. The pain that appeared in the depths of his soul was more intense and violent than any pain he had ever suffered before. It was like a surging wave constantly slapping his soul.
Pain!
Pain!
Pain!
"Hang in there, Ling Jiu. You must hang in there!"
Leoux's heart trembled as he looked at Ling Jiu, who was trembling with a ferocious look on his face. Sometimes he was in pain, sometimes he was in madness, and sometimes he was roaring.
It knew what Ling Jiu was facing at the moment. Why was the Eight Laws of Black Hole Evolution regarded as the most powerful soul scripture in the universe?
On one hand, it was because it was powerful.
On the other hand, it was difficult to practice.
The first step of condensing the Soul Nebula was actually the simplest. It just needed to absorb Dark Psionic Energy over a long period of time and continue to expand the Soul Nebula.
The pain... was not much.
Entering the second stage was the real pain. In the history of the Evogods, many Evogods had died because they could not bear the pain of the collapse of the Soul Nebula.
One could see how painful the collapse of the Soul Nebula was.
However, Ling Jiu's Soul Nebula was even more exaggerated and massive. It was as high as 10081 soul stellar units, far more than countless Evogods.
So, his pain was even more intense.
"Hang in there."
Leoux prayed silently. As an intelligent life, it did not believe in prayer. But at this moment, it could only pray.
"Rumble!"
A steady stream of Dark Psionic Energy continued to collapse and finally merged into the Fire of the Soul. The Fire of the Soul continued to expand.
Because too many Dark Psionic Energy had integrated, the Fire of the Soul was no longer in the form of a flame but a sphere.
Yes, a sphere.
Moreover, the spherical Fire of the Soul was constantly expanding and growing. It was not only crystal clear but also extremely strong.
As the Dark Psionic Energy continued to compress and collide, the spherical Fire of the Soul became more condensed, tougher, and denser.
Time passed quickly.
One hundred years.
Four hundred years.
Nine hundred years.
One thousand years had passed in the blink of an eye.
The spherical Fire of the Soul had expanded to the size of a star, glowing and heating like a dazzling star. But...
The Soul Nebula had only shrunk a little.
Collapse.
Collapse.
Continuous collapse.
Two thousand years.
Three thousand years.
Four thousand years.
Unknowingly, 10000 years had passed. At this time, the spherical Fire of the Soul had expanded to the size of ten suns.
"I hope Ling Jiu can pull through."
Leoux sighed.
Ling Jiu was still in pain, but he seemed to be numb to the pain. He just lay on the ground numbly as if he was asleep.
This numbness worried Leoux. Many Evogods had been turned into idiots by the massive Dark Psionic Energy because they could not withstand the collapse of the Soul Nebula.
Although the soul was extremely terrifying, the mind, consciousness, and memory had been washed away, turning them into a walking dead.
Leoux did not want Ling Jiu to become like this.
11000 years.
12000 years.
13000 years.
The Soul Nebula continued to collapse.
The spherical Fire of the Soul continued to expand.
The squeezing pain continued to persist.
"Twenty thousand years!"
"It has been twenty thousand years!"
"When the hell will it end?"
Leoux heaved a long sigh.
At this time, Ling Jiu's skin and flesh were torn, and blood was gurgling out. But the powerful resilience of a super-clustered being was constantly repairing his body.
Constant damage.
Constant bleeding.
Constant repair.
His body was in a state of collapse from beginning to end.
This was just a reaction to the pain of the soul tearing. This showed how painful the soul tearing was.
"Ling Jiu, hang in there.
I don't want to see an idiot with an extremely powerful soul without the slightest consciousness and thinking in the end. "
Leoux sighed. "Maybe I shouldn't have let him practice the Eight Laws of Black Hole Evolution. With his ability and the Golden Saiyan Ape avatar, he could stabilize the pinnacle of the universe even without cultivating his soul."
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