“Come here.” Said the patriarch of Ye family, Ye Shui. He told it directly to Ye Yingyuan with care and careful consideration.

It was in the main hall of the residence where every important person attended. A large altar could be seen at the very center of the hall which attracted attention from everyone who would see it.

“Yes.” Answered Ye Yingyuan calm. The entire hall turned into silence as the footsteps could be clearly heard because no one wanted to make any kind of sound. Then Ye Yingyuan arrived at the altar. He felt that this altar was not here in the first place but summoned from somewhere.

Suddenly, a streak of white entity appeared from the altar which only covered the altar. This made everyone felt restless.

“Ah!” a surprised exclamation from someone made their attention shifted to the speaker as soon as the sound out. The source of that sound was a young girl who stood beside a woman. Not only that but there was also a young man with his sweat covered his entire face.

“Calm yourself.” Said the woman who placed her hands on the young girl shoulders.

“But isn’t that Soul Severing Altar?” the young girl asked.

Fortunately, most of the person that present at that place was mostly the people from the Ye residence and the mayor. They were soldiers, maids, servants, and several public figures also present there.

“That’s right.” Another young man appeared beside the young girl. His face showed the seriousness of every word he had said. “Soul Severing Altar is one of the artifacts The Goddess left for us. This altar function is to purify the contamination of the soul for Nascent Soul cultivators.

“But other than that, this altar can be also used as an operation to separate two souls in one body case. To think that Father, Uncle, and the Patriarch even use this. Just what is going on exactly?”

Then the young man with the sweat suddenly said to that young man, “Cousin, what are you asking about? They just wanted to not let anything happen to Little Yuan, that’s all.”

This man had a large build on his body and his arms covered with the scars which could not be removed by normal means. No matter how one looked at him, the only thing they would say was, ‘Such a strong physique!’

“But this altar...use some precious stone in order to make it works.”

The young man just used this sentence to expressed his confusion.

-

“Uh, now what?” unable to understand the next step, Manstein could only ask the expert. Of course, the only expert here could only mean a person. Then from the medallion, a figure slowly appeared.

“Now, we need to bear the pain. Beware that this pain is the same as when we left our world and arrived here.” Alice warned.

“Because of me sticking to someone else body?” Manstein knew about this. Like when he did the Soul Transfer, he had to leave his body and of course, the pain would be unbearable for any ordinary person.

“Yes. Look, the white substance entered the body.” As they spoke, the white substance enveloped even the place they were at. No matter how they looked in the soul realm, the white substance would be there.

As this happened inside the soul realm, from the outside only the owner of the body could know the full story of this white substance.

“Close your eyes.” An order came from the patriarch. Ye Yingyuan closed his eyes as ordered. Then the next instruction came and from the surroundings, Ye Yingyuan knew that this white entity closed the space and separated him from the outside.

“Do you feel separated from the outside?” asked Ye Shui. Seeing that it was really the case then he sent his energy to the altar and channeled it to all the place within the altar. Then he used his Nascent energy to make a second layer of energy which could separate the soul.

“This altar must be used by a Nascent Soul cultivator,” Alice explained the process. “It was because the soul they have started to accumulate Nascent energy that will be used to ascend to the next stage.

“This Nascent energy can be used to affect other person’s soul but this altar can adjust that kind of energy. If this was done outside then we are done for sure.”

‘That’s why the severing process is really dangerous. The difference in quality and power affect the safety and chance of success.’ Manstein reassured himself. Fortunately, he had learned it from the record in Intelligence Assistance Device but still could not completely understand the meaning.

“Sorry but maybe you still can’t see it.” Said Alice.

“What I can’t see?” Manstein grew nervous. ‘Don’t tell me that there is something else?’

“You know after your first experiment, we later found something interesting. But this also showed that something prevents us from succeeding.” Alice lowered he heads.

“Don’t tell me that this all related to the transferring process?” Manstein sighed when he calculated the last of this transfer process. It was because even he did not know what kind of interference that can affect the transfer process.

“Actually, that was the least I worried about. At the day of your disappearance, a large magnetic storm in the space formed and coincidentally formed a strange vortex shaped which only absorb a little particle.

“No matter what we did, we failed to notice it until someone took a note of the relation between the soul and the magnetic storm!”

Manstein then thought for a while before shouted, “It means that we should not leave in soul form after the magnetic storm! It caused a strange attraction force, especially for the soul. So that’s why the scroll mention not to come to that place with only your soul.”

“You know!?” this time, even Alice surprised to hear such reply. “Of course after I came here. If not for that maybe I will never know the real reason behind the failure of subject 2.” Manstein had used another lab rats as subject number two.

At that time, he did not know the reason behind the failure because everything went smoothly, the machines worked perfectly, and the connection had been stabilized but it still classified as a failure due to the disappearance of its soul.

And that was the reason behind the success rate only became seventy percent after the improvement.

Ugh!

Manstein went stiff all of a sudden. He then saw something that amazed him. In his surroundings, there were dozens of string which enveloped his body. This string connected his soul to this soul realm itself but the white substance changed into a sword.

Then another figure appeared there. Apparently, the white substance could reveal something that Manstein could not see.

“I can bear this pain but what is this white substance?” even with the pain from the soul, Manstein still asked Alice another question. This made her surprised even more.

“Are you sure you can talk while enduring this?” she had known the pain because she also became the next person to use Soul Transfer method.

“Don’t worry about me but instead you should help him.” Manstein pointed to the figure that recently appeared. He was afraid that the boy would not be able to endure it and caused a failure to both of them.

“Okay.”

-

What is the thing that we chase for a lifetime but rendered useless once we die?

The world and the things in it. No one denied this because the truth lies in reality too. Just look at some nobles, merchants, and people with more fortune and wealth. They kept piling their wealth until it formed a mountain.

But what if we are dead? IS it something worth to gather for?

For sustain our life then yes, we still need it. But to make it something that we chased for, it is not worth the effort! In fact, they almost spend half of their lifetime just to gather that wealth which cannot be counted with our current calculating device.

They argued to me that the thing they chased would make them happy but is that really the case?

Then what made we, as a person happy?

Manstein recalled his grandfather’s saying at the time when the blade severed the thread which connected him to the soul realm.

‘What makes me happy?’ for this answer, Manstein already received his answer at the same time and never changed his answer ever since.

“Of course, that is...” he felt something had been gone from another side and then he got out from the body.

“We’re out,” Alice warned Manstein. The severed thread returned to their owner and now that Manstein already out, he felt strange. He floated like some ghosts in old stories but he could not feel any of his sense.

“Good to hear that but in this place, is it safe for us?” Manstein looked at the altar but he only found the most basic material for sustaining his soul. The other part of the materials were unknown for him.

“This is the only altar I created based on your method so be proud of it.”

‘For now, I can only reside within the dead object.’ Feeling his soul, Manstein calculated the chance for him to be successful possessing any body within the time being.

“I can finally feel this world’s natural environment even in this soul.” Manstein then felt that a pair of eyes suddenly glared at him. It did not come from anyone inside this hall but rather somewhere else.

‘Oh no!’ Alice then felt it too. “I never expect it to be so big. What to do?”

“What is this? Is this the thing you mentioned before?” Manstein felt that his very soul itself scared, scared by this kind of stare. “But you only mention it as natural but from this case, I don’t think this is just ‘normal’.”

Because of their presence as outsiders, Alice explained in general about the restriction they would face in this world. The first would be the physical restriction, if Manstein wanted to have a body then he had to face this.

The second would be the soul restriction. Manstein asked about it but lucky for him, Alice also experienced the similar case. She only appeared as a soul then she attached herself to someone and from there on, Alice created her own body.

In the end, she met Manstein.

“Well, this is strange indeed.” Alice chuckled. But her worry instead increased and the entire surroundings started to actively used the energy. This energy which usually calm now apparently received a certain stimulant by the world itself.

“So large.” Manstein felt that too as the surroundings emitted multiple kinds of energy.

“How can this happen?” Ye Xiaobai exclaimed. “Isn’t this the Heaven Restriction? Then if this energy squeezes us, even with the chaotic technique I can’t stop it!”

“Heaven Restriction?” Ye Canghai asked. He then thought about that soul but he hesitated whether to preserve the soul or to ask him something. It was because of the Heaven Restriction really too extravagant comparable to the event when the outsiders invaded their world.

“Then what about him? This is getting more dangerous. So can they hasten the process?” the voice came from Li Ling. She knew that the process must not be interrupted or the result will be disastrous.

“This Heaven Restriction not targeting him!” this time, Ye Qingcheng smiled but looked at a certain direction.

“Father, where exactly is the soul?” he asked his father. Because he barely knew about it after Ye Canghai mentioned it, he wondered if this Heaven Restriction really came because of that soul.

“I can’t say the definite position but he is already outside. Looks like this time our world got really strict.” After Ye Canghai said that, he could only pray in silence. Fortunately, he realized that the Heaven Restriction was targeting someone else but because of that he also felt worried.

“Everyone can get out from here slowly. I will stay here.” Then the one who still silent until now spoke. He was Ye Guhan and now his eyes showed a determination.

“Father!” because of this, Ye Xiaobai could not leave his father side. Add the fact that he did in the past made him furious inside his heart and even some of his techniques really came from them. But in the end, he had been played by them!

“Oh, son. Why are you here!?” seeing the only son of his stay with him made Ye Guhan stunned.