Zugen looked at that with his own Divine Sense and Mental Energy, murmuring in the process.

"A Soul Manifestation Domain. He's still two entire realms below me compared to when I first succeeded in spreading one. Just who is the guy controlling that puppet? No, I need to get him. If I force him to enter the next realm to generate a Mental Energy Domain, it will be a lot more beneficial to my recovery when I absorb it."

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Of course, the fact that everyone else had their powers restricted made Heavin look a lot stronger than he really was. After all, he was still at the Soul Control Realm. The reason he could put up a fight against Divinity Realm cultivators and demon beasts was his Phoenix Puppet, which also had its powers restricted but not as much as the others.

With both of them free, Liriu and Heavin immediately pounced at the second black figure attacking the Core Formation Realm cultivators and demon beasts. Although a few of them died in the process, their joint combat formation was still able to hold long enough.

However, their group didn't have the time to deal with the other two black figures since the crystal demon beasts and ghosts were right above them.

"Retreat! Liriu, Fura, and I will hold the attacks of the two back while you guys run away. Don't break your formation!"

Zuran and the others didn't even need to think twice before following Heavin's orders. Fura was weaker in terms of Mental Energy. However, she wasn't a mindless body, so she could contend against it by using her intelligence instead.

However, just as they were about to break free from the crystal demon beasts and ghosts, a much stronger enemy appeared in front of them.

"I'm sorry, but I need your Mental Energy Source."

Obviously, Zugen used that chance to appear. Although he wasn't sure if this was a trap prepared by Soren or not, he simply couldn't hold himself back after seeing Heavin's Mental Energy Domain. Zugen's Mental Energy spread out, which immediately locked Heavin and the others in place.

Zugen was the master of this place, so he obviously didn't have a problem with restriction. It's just that he was far from his peak due to his injury on his Mental Energy Source.

Everyone's bodies immediately got locked in place. At the same time, Zugen paid close attention to Heavin, Liriu, and Fura, ready for any possible change.

Heavin and the others were frightened by Zugen. They could tell that they were simply not a match to the man with their cultivations sealed. Even Heavin, with his Dracophoenix Body, couldn't get rid of that.

At the same time Zugen locked everyone down, the crystal demon beasts and ghosts stopped in their tracks. The two remaining human-like figures similar to Soren's body also didn't attack anymore.

Heavin and the others couldn't help but ask after seeing all of that.

"Who are you?"

Zugen narrowed his eyes.

"You don't know?"

Seeing the lost expression on those three Mental Energy users, Zugen began to wonder whether they were really related to Soren or not. Of course, he also thought that they could be only pretending.

"Whatever. I only need to extract your souls, and I will eventually find out."

Zugen made a grabbing motion with his hands. As soon as that happened, everyone felt like their souls were being ripped apart. The first ones to succumb were the cultivators and demon beasts without any Soul Cultivation. Only those with strong souls, like Zuran, were still able to hold. Heavin, Liriu, and Fura were obviously having it easier.

However, the pulling force continued to gradually increase. Just as the guys with strong souls were about to have their souls dragged out, Liriu and Heavin spread their own Mental Energy, trying to protect them.

Zugen began to relax a little. Even after things reached this point, none of them had tried anything. Besides, the first souls he extracted before didn't contain any information on Soren whatsoever.

"Hehe! Do you really have the time to protect others?"

Zugen increased his power on Heavin, Liriu, and Fura's souls, making it even harder to resist. Heavin and Liriu were having it even harder since they decided to protect the rest.

Heavin tried to use his Mental Energy Domain to affect Zugen's Mental Energy control. Unfortunately, Zugen's own domain was completely suppressing his own. Well, Heavin's group was special for Zugen. Different from the others, he was only doing that to break them down. After that, he would take control of Heavin's Soul and wait for him to enter the next realm in soul cultivation.

It didn't take long for Heavin and the others to reach their limits. However, just as they were about to have their own souls pulled out or pass out due to the pain, a voice appeared beside Zugen's ear.

"So we finally meet again."

Zugen felt a chill on his back when he heard that. In less than an instant, he forgot about Heavin and everyone else as he retreated as fast as possible. Unfortunately, the ruins' walls on his side suddenly exploded as another human figure with dark crystals all over his body came out. Naturally, that was Soren!

"Energy is composed of Laws. Laws are composed of Energy. Laws and Energy are the manifestations of the Soul. Come forth, Soul Manifestation Energy Spear!"

A black spear made with Fused Elements and Mental Energy appeared in Soren's hands as he attacked with his strongest skill right from the start.

"Soul Spear Annihilation!"

Zugen didn't have time to dodge, so his Mental Energy immediately created a barrier between him and Soren. At the same time, he also called his own Soul Weapon.

"Energy is composed of Laws. Laws are composed of Energy. Laws and Energy are the manifestations of the Soul. Come forth, Soul Manifestation Energy Sword!"

Unfortunately, his Soul Manifestation Energy Sword didn't even have enough time to finish materializing before Soren's Spear broke through his barrier and pierced through his body!

*Boom!*

A burst of Mental Energy spread out as half of Zugen's body was immediately obliterated. However, at Zugen's cultivation and soul level, that wasn't enough to kill him. His body was sent flying. Soon after, he used that chance to turn around to escape.

'How did that happen? I covered the entire planet with my Mental Energy and Divine Sense when I came out of my chamber. Soren was simply nowhere to be found. How did he appear on my side all of a sudden?'

Soren saw Zugen trying to escape before snorting.

"Can you really escape?"

Suddenly, several Myriad Lightning Shields with Purple Tribulation Lightning running through them appeared ahead of him. Right behind, a Rainbow-Colored Wisp came out as well.

"Tribulation Shields Slaughtering Formation, Third Form, Cage!"

Zugen was shocked by that. However, his Soul was much stronger than anyone other than Soren. That being said, he immediately gave up his body and fled with his Soul alone. His speed then increased several times, which he used to force his way out before Krune could close the Cage.

However, Krune's Shields suddenly moved in a strange pattern, making it impossible for him to pass through the gaps. It was as if Krune knew what direction he exactly wanted to take. Sure enough, Feifei was there as well, divining the directions that Zugen could possibly take to escape.

However, the Soul Form of Zugen was still way too swift. In the end, it still found a gap that Feifei took too long to predict and tried to escape through there.

"Master!"

"I'm here."

It was at this moment that another human figure appeared in front of Zugen's Soul. He held a sword in his hands as it slashed down with Black Energy. Obviously, that was Lucio's own attack while using the Fused Elements and Mental Energy.

Without any other choice, Zugen could only retreat, or his Soul would be cut in half. That would mean certain death for sure.

*Clang!*

Finally, Krune's 102 Myriad Lightning Shields completely closed, creating a cage of Purple Tribulation Lightning for Zugen. However, Zugen wasn't the only one there. It was then that Zugen looked behind and saw Soren's figure standing in front of him.

"We haven't talked for so long. Why are you leaving so soon? Let's have some fun, shall we? For example, how about I absorb your Mental Energy Source to make up for a little of my own that you sealed away?"

Zugen didn't even care. His Mental Energy gathered into a single point as he charged into Krune's Myriad Lightning Shields. He wouldn't be idiotic enough to stay there with Soren.

However...

*Bang, Bzzzz!*

Zugen's Mental Energy attack was immediately repelled back.

"Impossible! How come there's another god here?!"

Sure enough, he immediately understood that the Tribulation Lightning Power was not simple. It definitely had the power of created laws, just like the gods of the God Realm.

Soren laughed before saying.

"Hahaha! You did your best to keep me out. There was even an extra barrier preventing anyone from reaching the place I was staying. Still, I don't know if it was destiny or not, but I ended up meeting these guys out there. Believe it or not, one of them had a god's Soul inside his foundation. Did you think that such a thing could ever happen after you betrayed me and we fell into the Mortal Realm?"

Zugen then looked at Soren. His planet's territory had no use on him since he was also a Soul God. Obviously, he was using his power to prevent others from suffering the effects of his restrictions.

"Hehe! I only have one thing to tell you. I don't regret what I did."