After banging around sweeping the place bone clean, Shen Yue made it deeper in with a few others. Having found the location by the struggle between himself and the Spiritual God of the Death law.
After committing the Paintings in the place to memory, he was able to remember just a little in regards to the tunnel between the Subsidiary Realms.
Inside a room was a large heart. Shen Yue completely forgot the thing looked like that. Thick valves the size of fire hoses were strung up all over. A few people were wrapped up getting their bodies drained.
From the yacking of several members in the group, some went to help those held up. The others going straight for the heart.
"What are you doing here!?" Nie Li was quite alarmed at Xiao Ninger and Ze Yuyin in the place. Next to him, Lu Piao and Du Ze were favoring their sides a little. He told them to get out when the place started shaking. A few broken bones by the looks of it, the situation did not look good at all. They took bad blows from the attacks from the hands.
"Helping people!" Ye Zuyin answered. Xiao Ninger said nothing. "Stay out of the way if you don't like it!"
Nie Li looked shocked at her. She had suprised him once more with how headstrong and bold she was. Swords in hand, they rushed with Xiao Yu to cut people down. The sword works were completely foreign to him.
"You fools can not cut my Ropes of Death made of Law Energy." The Death God stated simply. He was proven wrong a split second later.
*Schlick! Schlick! Schlick! Schick!* Countless slashed were made. In one sweep, the people captured were free. Each picked up in another second and rushed out of the place.
"Thanks.. my energy is almost all gone." A resident said.
"That's impossible! How could you cut through them?!" The Death God almost demanded an answer. "You little insects!" He sent a wave of Death energy towards them. "Eat a blow from my Law of Death!"
Shen Yue bolted forward getting in the way. His hands outstretched as he tugged on the Death Energy in the area. The stream of twisting energy went directly towards him.
On impact, they were absorbed directly into his runic lines. The damage was minute to his body. Sending a surge of pleasure through his tender organs.
"You cultivate Death Laws!?" The Death God was smug after he got over his surprise. "But not enough for it to make a difference. I may not be able to tell your cultivation, but a youngster like yourself can not have a better understanding of Death than me. Your body will slowly be corrupted by my energy."
"Get him out of there!" Yu Yan yelled. But the others kept on with their work.
"He is fine." The 2nd Officer said. "Continue getting these people out of here." She zipped out carrying a few with her.
"So tasty man." Shen Yue turned into a ball of fire and smacked dead into the heart. "I will enjoy "walking" with death once more." The flames scorching the surface and eating away at it.
A torn flesh hole was trying to heal but was prevented by the effect of the energy of the flames.
*Woom!* Two blasts of the yin yang improved by law energy shot out. Going into the hole right as it closed up. It then detonated blasting apart. Rocking the heart from its suspended place.
"You brat!" The Death God felt the conflicting power of Light and Dark run rampant in him. Trying to resist, he ran into a problem. His Divine Spark had flames running through it. Causing intense pressure internally. A feeling of combustion taking place. "What did you do to me!?"
A hand of Death Energy launched towards Nie Li, it faltered and began to crack. However, it still made contact with him. The hand sent him flying into a wall but barely did any real damage.
"Wow, good hit." Shen Yue complimented the Death God. He landed on top of it and rammed his hands directly into it. "I want to know what will happen if I send 4/10 of spirit energy inside of you."
*Schlick!* His hand went through the surface easily. Finding it funny it felt the same as a human heart really. With a slight flex of the fingers, ten lightning streams shot out into the heart in different directions.
Nie Li, already recovering as he felt his understanding of law improve. The Death Energy that invaded his body had attacked his Soul Realm trying to overtake it. But the Mystical Vine inside his body started to absorb it at a quick pace.
"Huh!?" Nie Li felt hands grab him. Xiao Ninger and Ye Ziyun had picked him up and moved him out of the place. "Wait! Let me go back!" The two did not listen to him at all. "I can gain the power of the Death Law from him!"
They sat him outside as the temple started coming down. Looking at its collapse, a few were relieved they didn't die. Others felt gipped they didn't get any treasure.
"What are you doing?!"
*Swirl!* The building vanished into nothing. Shen Yue came floating down. The black runic lines all across his body became more pronounced. He circled a ball over his finger composed of Death Energy.
"Well, that was fun and tasty." Shen Yue dispersed it outward then pulled it back in. The land turned a little fertile due to the change. The Death energy that was in the soil was completely eaten by him. "Well, at least they have more farmland now."
*Woosh!* With a wave of the hand, those injured were healed by wayward spirit energy. Shen Yue was in a good mood right now. So he spread the wealth. The entire temple was getting refined in the Flame Vortex Core after all.
"Just like that... another Spiritual God." A few muttered. They paid respects then left promptly afterward.
"Dammit! I could have seized the Law!" Nie Li hit the ground annoyed.
"What is stopping you now?" Yu Yan posed the question. He looked up at her oddly. "The Laws go to who comprehends it best. The most knowledgeable of the Law. If you know it better, then nothing will prevent you from seizing it."
"That's right." Xiao Ninger added in. "Only thing we did was get you out of harm's way. Unless you wanted to be beaten up a little more first?"
"Haa, of course not." Nie Li grumbled. He sat down to cultivate to try to understand the Death Law more. 'This blasted egg is eating all my Law energy! Ugh, it is so annoying!' Unfortunately, the egg made the situation worse for him in that regard.
Nie Li would comprehend it a little, but that would get him far as the Law of Death in the area was eaten by Shen Yue.
"You.. I swear you are something else." Yu Yan stated. "Lightning, Metal, and now the Death Spiritual God. Has opened my mind about so many things to try. Shouldn't have limited myself to just one really."
"I suppose." Shen Yue was not gonna convince her otherwise. A few gathered had come over to thank him in person. He listened to them each and responded in kind. "Just be careful of schemes from the Wugui Family and the Various Guilds in Blackrock City."
Then he felt the rebellion take place. The Aspect of Death he had as a Champion crushed the Death Divine Spark the moment it formed. All the energy inside getting swallowed up by the Flame Vortex Core. Causing an expansion further of his Internal Space and healing it further.
"Grr!" Not wanting to lose the benefits the Divine Spark brought about, Shen Yue made sure to reforged the Divine Spark remains before it was to late. 'I control this power! Not anything else!' Forcing the Flame Vortex Core to cough up the power, he was not ready for the change taking place. 'Damn soul of mine is a pain in the ass!'
The Aspect of Death pulled away and reformed within the empty Divine Spark. Slowly it changed into a Vortex of its own. Reminding him of the first version of the Flame Vortex Core. Not thinking it was possible, Shen Yue frowned at the second Vortex.
It was clear in every way with a type of flame that looked spiritual more than fire. It was.. eerily calming. His Internal Space was having a field day and he just wanted to take a nap at this point.
'Is there even enough room inside me for this?' The answer was yes, as the Internal Space grew exponentially still but weirded him out with it changing. A division of space was to freaky within himself at this level. A section literally turning into an afterlife of sorts. The Soul Divine Spark he was creating moved that way with the empty Matrix Law Divine Spark. 'Alright.. so this little Dimension is getting even more like a real one.'
Feeling free and liberated, Shen Yue felt his soul change further. A dark countenance on the outside but only because he was thinking this over. He was a moving Dimension with a Subsidiary Dimension inside further within him.
If he died, he wonder what would happen. Would he become part of this Dimension permanently or would he get pushed out somewhere with no conscious thought or control?
Keeping tabs on the second Flame Vortex that was much smaller, he watched as a body formed around it. Rune lines forming all throughout it. A pull at his soul was rebuffed. He was not about to weaken himself but he could feel the strain.
Sending the Soul Divine Spark that way, he was able take care of the problem easily. Effectively creating a duplicate of himself. Yet without a real soul inside. So a Soul Puppet of sorts controlled by Astral Sense in real-time?
Seeing as it created a Connection with him, it just made more questions pop up in his head in regards to what the hell was going on with his Flame Vortex Core, basically his soul. More things to think about later.
"Schemes?" A voice cut through to him.
"Yes. They may try to entice you to attack the outside world. But here is a map for an area that has relatively few Demon Beasts for settlements for you all. Ones that fit your dispositions." Stopping himself, he ask the Fiery Elf his name. "What do you go by?"
"My Name is Maynard." the Fiery Elf said with respect. Talking a little more casual as Shen Yue told him to relax.
"The Fiery Elf Clan, we would need to bring directly into the Dark Moon Family." Duan Jian stated.
"Why is that?" Maynard was a little puzzled.
"My Flames of course." Shen Yue produced some fire but added in Law energy as well as his Aspect of Fire. The fire was like a beacon that caused the Fiery Elf Clan members to kneel. Yu Yan felt her power increased further just from the exposure. "Talk it over with your people of course."
"We will bring it up with our elders most defintely!" The rapid movement of his head was funny. As the flames from his head moved about wildly. "Until later!"
Shen Yue decided to just name the soul puppet Liang Yu. It did not have more power than himself and with his recent attainment of strength, he didn't lose anything when giving the Divine Spark to the puppet.
He didn't gain any new power but it worked in his favor all the same. The Soul Puppet was given material to refine an produce spiritual energy from that material. Feeding it towards the damaged Flame Vortex Core helped with recovery.
Things were starting to look up for Shen Yue. Knowledge in regards to some places helped further track down artifacts in the Nether Realm. Sending his people out to get them to take priority.
Himself and a small group heading somewhere else. His Aspect of Time was pulling hard on a location.