Chapter 5504
Kai ignored the panicked monks as his right hand pulled the half-human-high soul urn from its recess.
A wisp of black and white flame flickered from his fingertips, and he gently tapped the soul urn.
The flame seemed faint, but it contained immense power.
The soul patterns on the soul urn’s surface instantly cracked, and several pale blue soul threads floated out. As soon as they hit the air, they flew away like frightened birds.
They were the remnants of the monks’ spirits, whose souls had long been extracted. Without their hosts, they could only wander aimlessly.
They drifted through the air, as if searching for their own destination.
“Those are… soul threads!” a white-haired old man said in a trembling voice, his eyes filled with disbelief.
He finally understood that what Kai had said before was true. They hadn’t achieved a breakthrough, but had clearly had their souls extracted!
His heart was filled with regret and self-blame, hating himself for having so easily believed the golden-robed monk’s words.
“Fellow Daoist! Please release our souls!”
The middle-aged cultivator who had previously burst into tears collapsed to his knees, kowtowed repeatedly to Kai.
His forehead thudded against the ground with a resounding thud, and soon blood began to flow.
The other cultivators reacted, falling to their knees and pleading, “We know we were wrong! Please, fellow Daoist, have mercy and return our souls to us!”
Their voices were filled with despair and pleading, hoping to undo their mistakes.
Kai looked at the kneeling cultivators, his face devoid of any pity.
Flames flared from his fingertips again, this time enveloping the Soul Urn.
As he circulated the Heart Condensation Technique, the soul threads belonging to the cultivators of the Soul Gathering Altar within the Soul Urn were gradually drawn out, transforming into streams of pure soul energy that flowed through his fingertips and into his body.
Kai’s Heart Condensation Technique could refine all things, so these souls could also serve as resources for his cultivation.
Since these people were ungrateful and unrepentant, there was no need for Kai to save them.
His aura grew stronger at a visible speed, and the black and white flames around him grew more intense.
The flames resembled burning stars, emitting a dazzling light.
“You…what are you doing! Those are our souls!” A cultivator’s eyes instantly turned red upon seeing this. He struggled to pounce, but was pinned down by Kai’s overwhelming pressure, leaving him powerless and furious.
His body twisted endlessly, unable to break free from the pressure.
“You can’t do this! We know we’re wrong!” another cultivator cried, his voice filled with despair.
Tears welled up in his eyes and streamed down his cheeks.
Kai ignored them, continuing to absorb the soul energy.
These cultivators had the opportunity to see through the conspiracy, but they were blinded by their obsession with “breaking through” and even turned against him. Their current fate was their own fault.
Although he felt a tinge of pity, he was even more disappointed in these cultivators.
“You devil! Even if I die, I won’t let you go!” the bearded man cursed, his eyes filled with resentment.
His eyes seemed to want to devour Kai alive, but he was powerless to do anything.
Kai’s eyes turned cold, and he
casually shot a flame. The flame was like a fire dragon, instantly devouring the strong man.
The strong man didn’t even have time to scream before he was swallowed by the flames and turned into a pool of ashes in an instant.
The monks around him instantly quieted down, and no one dared to curse anymore. They were all trembling with fear, looking at Kai with fear in their eyes.
They finally understood that the man in front of them was not a soft-hearted person at all, but a ruthless person who was decisive and murderous.
Kai slowly put away the flames, and most of the soul energy in the soul jar had been absorbed.