Life Origin Coffin! True Soul Flame!
Although Ye Chen had never heard of the things "Heavenly Saint Moya" mentioned, through his words, Ye Chen finally understood.
It turned out that "Heavenly Saint Moya" had suffered severe injuries, which is why he hid within this ancient tomb, recovering cautiously in the depths of the tomb, inside a massive coffin.
However, since he had recovered, why had he lured them into the ancient tomb in the first place?
"Why did you lure us into the ancient tomb and impersonate Heavenly Saint Linghua's identity, sending out Heavenly Saint Linghua's law token to let us enter the tomb in search of treasures?" Ye Chen directly questioned "Heavenly Saint Moya."
Ye Chen's confusion was shared by the other Tomb Explorers, who all turned their attention toward "Heavenly Saint Moya" in the sky.
"Why did I lure you into the ancient tomb?" "Heavenly Saint Moya" sneered, "Before entering the 'Life Origin Coffin,' I painstakingly constructed this ancient tomb. Of course, it wasn't going to be for nothing!"
"I lured you into the ancient tomb because my physical body is shattered, leaving only my soul intact. To continue living, of course, I need to find a suitable body to 'Body Snatch'!"
"Body Snatching! Once I Body Snatch a new physical body, my soul will enter it. Relying on my incredibly powerful Heavenly Saint true soul, I will be able to cultivate again, become strong again, and dominate once more!"
"By using the temptation of Heavenly Saint treasures, I bring in powerful young talents from the thirteen southern countries as cultivators, providing me with truly talented bodies!"
"Good, you haven't disappointed me; the thirteen southern countries haven't disappointed me. I originally thought if the first batch to enter the tomb had unsuitable bodies, I would let some of you leave and then lure a second group in. Unexpectedly, you, the first batch of young people to enter, have proven strong enough for me to reveal myself!"
"I have already selected a body, one that even has better cultivating talents than my body had in the past. This body has managed to obtain the Heavenly Saint Law Bead at such a young age. No wonder it could take my Azure Blue Mansion! It truly must be the will of the heavens that allows me, 'Heavenly Saint Moya,' to dominate the world with an even stronger talent!"
By the end of his speech, the burning gaze of "Heavenly Saint Moya" was fixed entirely on Ye Chen!
Clearly, the body that "Heavenly Saint Moya" desired to possess belonged to the strongest existence among the Tomb Explorers, Ye Chen's body!
Hearing "Heavenly Saint Moya" express his desire to take over a body left all the Tomb Explorers stunned!
They had never heard of someone using their soul to take over someone else's body.
What kind of power was this?!
If one really could take over a body with their soul, that would be terrifying indeed!
What these Tomb Explorers didn't know was that once a cultivator's level reached the Rotating Pill Realm, the soul could grow stronger through the Laws of the Five Great Virtual Heavens. Otherwise, Ye Chen's ability to instantaneously move with his divine sense would not have been detected by the Rotating Pill Realm experts.
And at the Heavenly Saint Realm, not only does the physical body cultivate Heavenly Saint power, but the soul also cultivates a tremendously powerful attack ability, even capable of taking over another's body with the "Heavenly Saint true soul" by assaulting with the soul!
Although "Body Snatching" comes with many restrictions and could result in failure or seizing a poor body, generally, Heavenly Saints would not abandon their own bodies to snatch someone else's unless it was an extreme case. However, having the "Body Snatching" ability indeed provided Heavenly Saints with another method of extending life!
As long as the soul does not perish, even if the body is shattered, a Heavenly Saint Realm expert still has a chance to rise again!
This is also why when Heavenly Saints fight, to truly kill the opponent, one must obliterate the adversary's soul.
The other Tomb Explorers were terrified, but Ye Chen, upon seeing Heavenly Saint Moya's gaze turn towards him when he mentioned "Body Snatching," felt a sudden surge in his heart.
Clearly, Ye Chen realized that Heavenly Saint Moya intended to Body Snatch him!
Ye Chen finally understood why after they entered the ancient tomb, they faced one challenge after another. Only the strong could reach the end. It turns out this was all Heavenly Saint Moya's plan to select a body for himself.
And the strongest among them, Ye Chen, was now the one he had set his sights on!
"You want to take my body?"
Ye Chen's face darkened, and in an instant, his Heavenly Saint Defense Law Bead infused him with countless Heavenly Saint powers, protecting his entire being.
And at the same time, Ye Chen was about to re-enter the Azure Blue Mansion!
Just as Ye Chen's divine sense was communicating with the Azure Blue Mansion, a voice suddenly transmitted into his mind, "Don't worry, Ye Chen. Although I can't leave the Azure Blue Mansion, I have a way to protect your divine sense! Let that Moya try to Body Snatch you. As his soul enters your mind, I will utterly annihilate him!
Furthermore, this will be a good opportunity to inspect his soul's memories and find out how you can leave this ancient tomb."
"This Moya, since he claimed that Heavenly Saint Linghua died at his hands, then he must have the Law Relic of Heavenly Saint Linghua, along with various treasures he has collected. You've expended quite a bit of your Heavenly Saint power previously, and you need to compensate for that loss.
Killing Heavenly Saint Moya will remove a hidden threat for the thirteen countries of the southern heavens and allow you to seize all his treasures!"
"This Moya, despite being nearly infallible, would never expect that I would be in Azure Blue Mansion, ready to help you slay him!"
That voice was none other than Phoenix Spirit!
After Ye Chen carried the Azure Blue Mansion with him, Phoenix Spirit had been observing Ye Chen through the mansion, and now, at this critical moment, Phoenix Spirit finally spoke up!
Hearing Phoenix Spirit's voice, Ye Chen was greatly stirred!
Phoenix Spirit was a miraculous being born from the divine Phoenix lineage of the upper realms. She was the True Phoenix Feather on the divine artifact, the Ice Snow Divine Fan, extraordinary and peculiar even granting her the allegiance of the heavens-shaking giant spider that was more powerful than Heavenly Saint Moya.
If she said she could slay Moya, she most definitely could!
Ye Chen was worried about how to deal with Heavenly Saint Moya, whose true soul he knew nothing about; Phoenix Spirit's words instantly calmed his heart.
With his heart now calm, Ye Chen's expression remained stern and composed, and he even continued to activate the Heavenly Saint Defense Law Bead.
Killing Heavenly Saint Moya meant all the Heavenly Saint treasures would be in hand. Ye Chen certainly wouldn't be stingy with the Heavenly Saint Law Beads now!
Using the Heavenly Saint Law Beads to deceive Heavenly Saint Moya was absolutely worth it!
Seeing the golden radiance of the Heavenly Saint power emanating from Ye Chen, "Heavenly Saint Moya" sneered coldly, "Stop struggling, how could this Heavenly Saint power possibly stop me? Only a true Heavenly Saint might manage that!"
"Little boy, give up your body to the true and mighty me!"
As "Heavenly Saint Moya" spoke, he reached out into the void, lifting everyone—Ye Chen, Fairy Nishang, Liu Yan, Yun Luo, Xue Yue, and all the rest—up from the ground.
Even the golden monkey was bound by an inexplicable force in the midst of the void!
This situation terrified everyone.
Many Tomb Explorers were even screaming in sheer terror!
These were the techniques of a Heavenly Saint—the true methods of a Heavenly Saint that they had no power to resist!
"Those I find of use will stay; the rest of you, die!"
As Heavenly Saint Moya spoke, his body transformed again into a blue-bronze flame that flew down from the sky. Meanwhile, the black orbs transformed by the Eight Great Demon Towers flew directly into the flames of Heavenly Saint Moya.
Then, the flame-shaped Heavenly Saint Moya instantly radiated an endless, strange luminance from his true soul flame.
Beneath this strange luminance, accompanied by a series of "boom boom boom" explosion sounds, each and every Tomb Explorer burst apart and died!
In the end, the only ones remaining in the sky were Ye Chen, Liu Yan, Xue Yue, and the golden monkey!
Even Fairy Nishang and the injured Yun Luo had perished in the carnage!
Ye Chen, who awaited Heavenly Saint Moya's true soul's body snatching for annihilation, was utterly taken aback by Moya's ruthless actions.
He had killed almost everyone before the body snatching even began!
Even if Ye Chen wanted to, he couldn't have asked Phoenix Spirit to save them in time!
Fairy Nishang was dead, Yun Luo was dead, and most of the others too!
Ye Chen's mind was wildly shaken; he couldn't fathom why, besides him and the golden monkey, Heavenly Saint Moya had spared Liu Yan and Xue Yue!
As his mind reeled, Phoenix Spirit's voice suddenly entered Ye Chen's mind, "Ye Chen, hold onto your soul!"
No sooner had Ye Chen snapped out of his shock at Phoenix Spirit's voice than he saw "Heavenly Saint Moya's" true soul flame shooting straight towards the space between his eyebrows, and in an instant, it flew into his mind!