All Things Are Contracts

Chapter 99: The Curse and the Heaven Punishing Demon Sword

“Hehehe, I, Demon Sword Ancestor, have never feared anyone. Little brat, you delivered yourself to me. This body of yours is mine!” The black humanoid figure said.

“How could I fear you!” Zhanyue’s soul was a mass of white radiance, unable to even transform into human form like the black qi, clearly showing the disparity in the strength of their souls.

“Someone like me, Demon Sword Ancestor, was also a domineering figure back then. To think I was almost harmed by a junior like you. It’s truly a case of a tiger falling to the flatlands and being bullied by dogs.” Demon Sword Ancestor lamented. He wanted to slowly recover, but Zhanyue didn’t give him a chance. He could only forcefully drive his soul power to occupy Zhanyue’s body, but he was afraid he would need even longer to recover afterwards.

“If you possessed another animal to escape, I might really have no way to deal with you. But you shouldn’t have, you really shouldn’t have entered my soul world. This place is the safest for me.” Zhanyue laughed. Then, a giant sun rose behind him. A powerful aura appeared, and the sun transformed into the figure of a woman. It was none other than the illumination Goddess connected to Zhanyue’s soul. Zhanyue was perhaps the person least afraid of soul possession now, but this Demon Sword Ancestor just had to target his body, truly falling into a trap.

“Not good, I’ve been tricked!” Demon Sword Ancestor’s face turned deathly pale. If he was at his peak, he wouldn’t fear this powerful force. But the current him was completely unable to contend against the woman. “Flee!”

Demon Sword Ancestor wanted to escape, but the illumination Goddess didn’t give him any chance at all. Before long, that mass of black qi became very thin and blurry.

“Sp-spare me. I’m from the previous Primal Era. I know many secrets, many lost techniques, the locations of many secret realms.” Demon Sword Ancestor was truly afraid. No matter what, he never imagined he would face such a powerful soul at his weakest moment. This little brat was the real one playing pig to eat tiger.

Hearing this, Zhanyue was somewhat tempted. He didn’t expect this remnant soul to actually be from the previous Primal Era. But then his eyes changed. “Sister, kill him, eradicate him completely!”

Demon Sword Ancestor was startled. He never expected Zhanyue to be so decisive, unable to be lured even by these secrets.

“Hehehe, little brat, even if I die, don’t think you’ll have it easy!! Demon Soul Curse!” Demon Sword Ancestor actually self-destructed his spirit soul, leaving behind a curse in Zhanyue’s soul world. This Demon Sword Ancestor was also an overlord of his generation, naturally with extraordinary means. Before his soul was completely annihilated, scene after scene of memories unfolded. He, Demon Sword Ancestor, roamed the world. A sword called ‘Heaven Punishing Demon Sword’ killed until the world trembled. In the end, it was the Human Race’s supreme of the Void Heaven Realm who personally took action to suppress and kill him. A wisp of his remnant soul escaped into the Demon Sword. The supreme destroyed the Demon Sword’s sword spirit and sealed it. When the Demon Sword was sealed, Demon Sword Ancestor’s remnant soul was also sealed. As the supreme perished, countless years later, the sealing power had nearly disappeared. He saw the light of day again, originally thinking that in this life he would definitely be able to climb to the peak again. He didn’t expect to encounter the illumination Goddess in the starting village and be forced to self-destruct.

A thread of blood color appeared within Zhanyue’s originally pure white soul. That was the power of the curse.

“What is this?” Zhanyue secretly thought it wasn’t good, but he couldn’t detect the effect of the curse’s power.

“Sigh… it’s actually a Spirit Soul Curse.” The illumination Goddess secretly sighed. Even with her going all out, she wasn’t able to stop the other party from using the curse technique. “He left a curse in your soul. As long as you use soul power, you will suffer immense pain.”

Zhanyue didn’t believe it and immediately drove his soul. Pill fire appeared in his palm, but it was instantly extinguished. Zhanyue collapsed to the ground, his head aching so much it felt like it would split. That kind of pain originated from the soul and was completely unbearable. This meant he couldn’t fight or refine pills from now on, no different from being crippled. He understood why Sun Wukong feared the Golden Hoop Curse.

“What… what should I do?” Zhanyue panicked for a moment. This meant he would be a cripple from now on.

“Sigh…” The soul power of the illumination Goddess transformed back into a sun, enveloping Zhanyue’s soul. Zhanyue only felt incomparably comfortable, as if his entire person was soaking in a hot spring, while being caressed by countless soft and warm hands. The most intimate contact between souls made both of them feel a strange sensation. It was an experience even more profound than physical interaction.

Not long after, their spirit souls separated. Zhanyue only felt his soul become active again. Freely driving his power also no longer brought the previous pain. At this moment, even Zhanyue’s face was a bit flushed. The previous soul experience was extremely pleasurable.

“The curse was transferred to my soul body, but it wasn’t completely eliminated. I’m afraid I won’t be able to easily take action in the future. Otherwise, I will similarly be affected by the curse. Keep a low profile when you act in the future.” The illumination Goddess said indifferently.

“Sister… you…” Zhanyue was both moved and distressed. He had just experienced that kind of pain.

“You and I are one. The curse is better on me than on you. Besides, the current me generally doesn’t need to use too much power. As long as I don’t go all out, that curse won’t affect me. It’s just that this ultimately isn’t a solution. We still need to find a way to completely remove this curse.” The illumination Goddess comforted. In the current world, there were very few people who could make her go all out. “Even without using my full strength, I’m still at the level of Thunder Lord and Sword Lord. You don’t need to be too guilty.”

“Demon Sword Ancestor…” Zhanyue hated him so much his teeth itched. He knew this remnant soul was a person from the previous Primal Era, even more not daring to spare his life, fearing their means were too numerous and too strange. He didn’t expect he still got hit.

“Sister, I will definitely find a way to help you dispel the curse.”

Picking up the red cone that fell to the ground, this was the only trophy. This treasure was already an ownerless item, but it was quickly refined by Zhanyue.

“This… this is actually a flying sword! It’s just that Demon Sword Ancestor’s spiritual power from before wasn’t enough to activate it. Demon Sword Ancestor, Demon Sword Ancestor, could this thing be the demon sword in his title?!” Zhanyue’s heart shook!

Helping Iron Bull up, the unconscious Iron Bull woke up not long after, but his eyes were dull, drooling, no different from an idiot.

“Although I saved him, with him in this state, how heartbroken will Granny Zhao be seeing him? How will this mother and son live in the future?” Zhanyue said, looking at Iron Bull’s current appearance. Although Iron Bull didn’t die, after being possessed, his soul was damaged and no longer the same as before.

Sighing, Zhanyue’s eyes seemed to be struggling with something. Finally making up his mind, he took out a medicine bottle. When he was with the Mountain Macaque Clan, he had obtained three bottles of pills and three top-grade pill formulas, two of eighth-grade and one of ninth-grade. One of the pills in one of the bottles was precisely the eighth-grade Soul Molding Pill, having an extremely good effect on soul injuries.

“Have you really thought it through? That is an eighth-grade pill. Are you really willing to use it on him?” The illumination Goddess reminded.

Zhanyue nodded. “This kind of pill was invented precisely to save people like him. Could it be that just because he’s an ordinary person, he doesn’t have the qualifications to take it? I don’t have the ability to save everyone under the heavens, but saving Iron Bull is not a problem. Besides, I don’t want to betray Granny Zhao’s trust. What’s the use of bringing back an idiot?” Zhanyue knew that he clearly had a way to treat Iron Bull now but didn’t save him. He was afraid he wouldn’t be able to face Granny Zhao’s gaze. This might become his heart demon.

Feeding Iron Bull this eighth-grade pill, Iron Bull fell into deep sleep again. When he woke up next time, he would become a normal person. It was just that some memories might be missing, but it wasn’t important. At least he wouldn’t forget his mother.

“I find that I admire you a bit now.” The illumination Goddess laughed.

“Sister’s admiration, does it mean liking? Then I’m really lucky.” Zhanyue joked.

“Glib tongue. Alright, study that flying sword carefully. Its value is probably even higher than the armor on your body.” The illumination Goddess reminded.

As Zhanyue supported Iron Bull and walked back, a refined-looking youth in green Daoist robes appeared not far behind Zhanyue at some unknown time, looking at Zhanyue’s back with a playful expression.

“That was an eighth-grade pill, yet he fed it to an ordinary person just like that? What magnanimity. The person chosen by that old monk is a bit interesting.” The Daoist youth passed by this place and sensed the aura of that string of Buddha beads, so he hurried over, just in time to see the scene of Zhanyue feeding the eighth-grade pill to Iron Bull. Then he followed not far behind Zhanyue, but Zhanyue couldn’t detect his existence at all.