The Nether River continued to flow.

Though winding, its goal to reach the roots of the colossal ancient tree had never changed.

However, as Nie Tian condensed one Heavenly Spirit Seal after another with its water and the powerful soul-form beings within it, its flow seemed to have slowed down.

During this time, Nie Tian’s soul power was also consumed rapidly.

Free from the confinement of the Illusory Ancient Talismans, the five evil gods floated over Nie Tian, each with a prismatic crystal embedded in the spot between their eyebrows.

WHOOSH!

More glowing cyan spots flew constantly out of the Nether River and into the five evil gods.

With every spot that flew into them, peculiar ripples seemed to stir in the evil gods’ souls, as...