There seemed to be an independent world inside the cyan Spirit Pearl, which was divided into five regions.

Each region swarmed with numerous discarnate souls and one overseeing evil spirit.

The five evil spirits, each of which oversaw one region, thrummed with fear, despair, rage, and bloodthirst respectively.

Meanwhile, they continuously absorbed the five negative energies from the discarnate souls in their respective dominions.

Normally speaking, negative energies such as fear, despair, rage, and bloodthirst were considered impurities that were usually attached to soul power, which couldn’t be refined into one’s true soul.

However, to the five evil spirits, they happened to be the nourishment they needed to strengthen themselves. 

As the evil spirits absorbed negative energies to strengthen themselves, wisp after wisp of pure soul power flew towards the Spirit Pearl’s soul that resided at the center, like silk extruded by silkworms.

As the Spirit Pearl’s soul refined the pure soul power it kept receiving, it gradually grew distinct.

Nie Tian examined it with rapt attention, and discovered that fine strands could be seen within its blurry soul body, and that how it strengthened its soul was very similar to how he strengthened his true soul.

The only difference was that he relied on soul crystals to refine his true soul.

The Spirit Pearl’s soul, however, had the five evil...