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If there was anything else within the Heavenly Desolate Domain that people were afraid of, it was the Bone Beasts that were everywhere, as well as the Phantom Infants that were not completely dead yet.

At that time, only Hong Ling himself had killed a Ghost Soul, and as for the rest, they were gone. He did not expect that the appearance of the Kun Steel had attracted these guys.

Hong Ling could sense that the aura of these Ghost Souls were even stronger than before and had already reached the level of the middle stage of Qi Refinement into Spirit.

There were a total of seven infant ghost beasts chasing after them, and a few bone beasts whose auras were not any weaker than the infant ghost. Hong Ling brought Lian Chengyue along and pushed his body to the maximum speed possible.

Although the two of them had already stepped into the early stages of Qi Refinement into Spirit, they were still only in the early stages of Qi Refinement into Spirit. Furthermore, refining Kun Steel had expended a large amount of cultivation.

At this moment, a large group of people were quickly rushing over. However, when they saw countless powerful bone beasts blocking the way, no one dared to easily approach that area anymore.

Hong Ling and Lian Chengyue constantly circulated their cultivation techniques as they escaped, slowly restoring the lost Authentic Qi bit by bit. The two of them were cultivators who had broken through the Heaven's Mandate Barrier, and Authentic Qi's recovery speed was extremely fast.

However, these Ghost Souls and Bone Beasts were not easy to deal with. They roared out, and waves of tyrannical Qi spread out from their mouths.

Roar! A ghost infant spat out a black ghost fog and charged towards the two of them.

Hong Ling's originally swift figure suddenly stopped, he turned his head, and coldly stared at the mass of black mist. The youth casually condensed a dark golden Heavenly Desolate Sacred Flame, flew past the mass of black mist, and fiercely pressed the sacred flame into the ghost's body.

Ga, the ghost cried out miserably. Dark golden flames surged out from its body and wrapped around it. It struggled and screamed, but the flames were not extinguished because of its struggles.

The other six Ghost Infants surrounded it, staring at the dark golden flames on its body with fear. Finally, when the flames were extinguished, the Ghost Soul had already been burnt to ashes.

"The Heavenly Desolate Sacred Flame will deal fatal damage to the infant ghost!" Lian Chengyue focused and casually summoned his white-gold Heavenly Desolate Sacred Flame. He stared at a ghost baby with a smile on his face.

In a flash, she had already arrived beside one of the infant ghost's body. Lowering her body to avoid its grasp, she pressed the white-gold flame into its lower jaw.

With a "chi" sound, a huge hole was burned through the bottom of the Ghost Infant's jaw that was congealed from the corroded black flesh and blood. The flame instantly sunk into the Ghost Infant's body.

Another miserable scream, just like the heart-wrenching scream of a spider before it was burned to death, sharp yet sad. Another ghost baby turned into ashes, Lian Chengyue stood beside Hong Ling while clapping his hands, holding a white-gold sacred flame.

Hong Ling casually took a step forward, and the five demon spirits that were surrounding them immediately jumped backwards, obviously fearing of him. Lian Chengyue then stepped forward, and those ghost babies that were originally baring their fangs and roaring in protest instantly screamed out and retreated.

Hong Ling walked to the side of the ghost baby's ashes that was just burnt away, carelessly touched it, and took out a transparent pearl from within the black ashes.

As if he had realized something, he walked over to the pile of ashes that Lian Chengyue had burned into a ghost, and took out an identical bead. He carefully examined it, and very quickly, he found a weak soul within.

"This is the soul orb mentioned in the ancient Alchemy Book?" The youth handed a pearl over to Lian Chengyue and indicated for her to take a look. The young girl sent her consciousness into the pearl and saw a pure soul.

"It's really a soul orb, I never thought that we would actually be able to obtain it!" Lian Chengyue was extremely excited, "With this soul bead, we can start forging weapons!"

Yes, the soul inside this soul bead doesn't have any consciousness right now. It's neither a human soul nor a beast soul, more like a treasure that has been nurtured after the ghost's soul devoured many things. With it, we should be able to forge souls for artifacts while we forge them.

The smile in his eyes became wider and wider. He really did not think that his and Lian Chengyue's luck would be so good, to actually be able to obtain such a precious treasure.

The two of them continued to run forward. Without the Ghost Soul leading them, the bone beasts had already dispersed on their own, bringing the two of them no more trouble.

Hong Ling and Lian Chengyue looked at the Inhibition Formations that lingered around the palace, and a smile flashed past their eyes. Each of the palaces in the Ancient Desolate Land were protected by its own Inhibition Formations, and the bigger the palace, the stronger the Inhibition Formations themselves, and the more precious the treasures contained inside.

Many treasures had already lost their spirituality. Hong Ling and Lian Chengyue's purpose for this trip, was not to obtain the treasures within the palace, but to rely on the palace's restrictions to protect themselves.

When the two of them arrived in front of the palace, they looked at the four stone puppets that were slowly emerging from the ground below the Qi Refinement into Spirit, and were instantly stunned.

"Hee hee, Hong Ling, let me handle these four big guys!" Lian Chengyue stared at the four ten meters tall rock puppets and grinned.

A distant phoenix cry rang out. A pair of fiery red wings flapped at the back of the young girl's back as she slowly floated into the air. With a flash, she had already entered the perception range of the puppet.

The four large stone puppets roared as they swung their huge stone hands, wanting to strike down Lian Chengyue who was constantly floating in mid air. However, the girl's figure was simply too fast, like a red bolt of lightning, which was difficult to grasp.

Those four puppets were even stronger than the puppets the two of them met when they first entered the Heavenly Desolate Mystic Realm. However, Lian Chengyue was not the same as her before.

Crack! Crack! Crack! The puppet's body began to burn with countless cracks from head to toe. With a crashing sound, it broke into pieces of magma.

Lian Chengyue destroyed a puppet with a raise of her hand, but she did not have a single trace of arrogance on her face. Her body flashed, dodging a puppet's attack, and then she casually slammed her palm onto the puppet's chest, forming a huge pit.

Due to the fact that her martial dao potential had risen to the limit and the Nine-Li Heavenly Flame technique she cultivated was incomparably tyrannical, she was now facing off against rock puppets of the same level with no effort at all.

Another palm struck the rock puppet, shattering it into pieces. Lian Chengyue's body did not slow down, as he rushed towards the third puppet.

A ball of flame halo formed an incomparably strong protective screen in front of her body. Lian Chengyue raised his speed to the limit and she seemed to have turned into a rainbow, shooting straight for the stone puppet's chest.

BOOM! The golem was shattered into countless shards, leaving only the fourth golem behind.

Lian Chengyue was stopped in mid air, his face not red at all. She slowly landed on the ground and looked at the puppets that were rushing towards her. A trace of contempt flashed in her eyes.

The young girl withdrew her wings and lowered her body to press her palm to the ground. Fiery-red patterns spread out from her palm in all directions, turning the entire ground into magma.

The puppet's footsteps still did not stop, but the moment it stepped into the lava, it was instantly submerged. In Hong Ling's line of sight, the puppet slowly melted until there was nothing left.

The young lady stood up, patted her hands, and returned back to Hong Ling's side, sticking her tongue out.

"Hong Ling, look at me, is that good?" She happily stared at the teenager who was standing on the spot, like a favored Persian cat.

"Ah Yue is really powerful!" Hong Ling smiled and patted her head and nodded.

The two of them walked to the side of the palace's barrier. Hong Ling placed his hand on the barrier as he closed his eyes and a dark golden flame appeared on his hand. The barrier of the palace suddenly rippled with layers upon layers of ripples as countless inscriptions appeared from within.

Following the disappearance of the symbols, the barrier in the area between him and Lian Chengyue became thinner. The youth used a bit of strength in his hand and instantly, that barrier cracked, creating a gap that could accommodate one person.

The youth opened his eyes and took the lead as he entered the palace. Lian Chengyue followed him and entered the palace.

After the two of them had disappeared, the barrier of the palace slowly healed back to its original state.

Not only could the Sacred Flame be used to refine artifacts, it also possessed great offensive power.

Not long ago, Hong Ling and Lian Chengyue discovered that they could use the Sacred Flame to incinerate the palace walls. However, they did not go overboard trying to break through the barriers of the palace walls.

The original intent of setting up the Desolate Mystic Realm was to test them and not to let them destroy it.

Hong Ling and Lian Chengyue looked at everything in the hall, their eyes filled with disappointment. Many of the things in the hall had long decayed in time, and some of the things that could barely survive were not of much use to them.

The two stopped their thoughts of continuing their search. Closing their eyes, they began to adjust their breathing, preparing themselves for the next step of refining.

After an hour, Hong Ling's aura had finally returned to its peak state. With a thought, the Kun Steel that was hibernating within his dantian appeared in his hands. The diamond-shaped crystal that was larger than a watermelon currently emitted an amber luster, and from time to time, symbols would flash and extinguish on it.

Hong Ling tried to send his divine sense inside, but he realized that it was difficult to understand the profoundness of these talismans, however, he was not disappointed. The great thing about Kun Steel was that it had the ability to create mystical treasures, and it could even withstand the power of a god.

This was what Hong Ling needed the most right now. Because he had an innate talent that was too strong, some weapons were limited for him. Once his endurance was lower than his Authentic Qi's, it would shatter.

Now that he had broken through the barrier of Destiny's Gate and was able to summon the power of thirty-three heavens' worth of stars, the Authentic Qi was naturally incomparably strong.

The appearance of the Kun Steel let the youth see a sliver of light. Once a weapon was forged with the Kun Steel, he would no longer have any worries in the future.