Thomas Brooks's yellow energy in his abdomen had a name: Soul-Separating Mysterious Light. When struck by it, a person's soul would be temporarily scattered. Although Charles Brooks understood the method for the Soul-Separating Mysterious Light, he was unable to cultivate it at the time, because this divine ability required a certain spiritual object of heaven and earth to practice. This object was the Yin-Yang Converging Fiend, a type of fiendish energy that only existed in the world of the living, and only in places densely shrouded in yin energy. In Charles Brooks's lifetime, during the era of King Wu's campaign against Zhou, Thomas Brooks, with the help of his family, cultivated this Soul-Separating Mysterious Light using the yin-yang soul-separating fiend energy from an ancient grave. But as a personal guard, Charles Brooks was not so fortunate. The Yin-Yang Converging Fiend was a rare treasure of heaven and earth, not easily found. Thomas Brooks found it and achieved the supreme fame of a general in the Investiture of the Gods. Charles Brooks also found it, but only after his death, when he became a local earth god and, after thousands of years of vicissitudes, discovered it at the mass grave. Having served as the earth god of Dongling for so many years, he could be called the local tiger here. He had watched this patch of Yin-Yang Converging Fiend energy condense with his own eyes.

However, unfortunately, as a yin spirit, he had no physical body and was simply unable to cultivate this divine ability—he could only watch helplessly.

"The Tomb of King Yue, huh? Who would have thought that such a great figure would be buried here in Dongling!"

The formation of Yin-Yang Converging Fiend energy was not easy. It could not be generated just by finding any place with heavy yin energy. To form Yin-Yang Converging Fiend required many harsh conditions, and there were not many places that met these requirements. The fact that the mass grave in Dongling had such a spot was already beyond Charles Brooks's expectations. Originally, Charles Brooks had some plans and schemes centered around this Yin-Yang Converging Fiend energy, but unfortunately, all those ideas and schemes turned to nothing with a single sword strike from that swordsman.

That day, he was defeated by the City God of Dengzhou, who took his golden seal. However, his soul was not completely destroyed; the last wisp of his remnant soul attached itself to an old locust tree, nourishing his spirit with the yin energy absorbed by the tree's roots, barely surviving. Unfortunately, he encountered a swordsman whose sense for yin spirits was extremely sharp. The swordsman noticed something wrong with the old locust tree and, without hesitation, cut it down with a single stroke. Thus, Charles Brooks lost his anchor. Coincidentally, Lucas Ethan fainted beneath the tree, and by a twist of fate, a wisp of remnant soul drifted into Lucas Ethan's soul.

The result was that Lucas Ethan inexplicably gained Charles Brooks's memories. These memories and knowledge did not have much impact on him—they did not strengthen his soul, nor did they harm his body. They simply gave him some knowledge for free. Of course, there was also a lingering obsession: the obsession for revenge. This obsession would only disappear after Lucas Ethan destroyed the current City God of Dongling; otherwise, it would always cling to his soul. Right now, Lucas Ethan's cultivation was shallow, so it was not a problem, but when his cultivation deepened in the future, it would become a heart demon, gnawing at his mind—unless he could fulfill this obsession. Perhaps this was the price Lucas Ethan had to pay for gaining all this.

Chapter Six: Change and Era

Lucas Ethan did not care about this obsession. Although there was said to be a so-called heavenly law in this world—that the living must not interfere in the affairs of the dead, and the dead must not interfere in the affairs of the living—this heavenly law was mostly just superficial. The Heavenly Court would not bother with it, and there were many intersecting dealings between the underworld and the world of the living. To say they did not interfere with each other was pure nonsense. As long as such matters were not brought to light and no one caught hold of any evidence, there was nothing that could not be done.

However, for Lucas Ethan right now, this was far too distant. He was just a martial artist who had only just begun to sense a trace of internal energy through cultivation. To challenge the City God now would be a joke.

"Better to first master the Soul-Separating Mysterious Light!!"

Divine abilities were not like martial arts techniques; they did not require any foundation. As long as one knew the correct method and had the right conditions, everything would be fine.

The conditions for cultivating the Soul-Separating Mysterious Light were simple: first, Yin-Yang Converging Fiend energy; second, having internal energy; third, a body that could withstand the fiend energy; and fourth, knowledge of the cultivation method.

The first condition was not a problem. For the second, Lucas Ethan had just developed a sense of internal energy and possessed it. The third was a matter of the body, and Lucas Ethan had no issue there either. Although his internal skills had only just produced a sense of energy, he was a robust young man of fifteen or sixteen, at the peak of his life's yang energy. The tiny bit of Yin-Yang Converging Fiend energy in King Yue's tomb was no trouble for him. As long as he inhaled the fiend energy into his abdomen and assimilated it according to the cultivation method, he might not master the divine ability instantly, but in three or four years at most, he would succeed. By then, the world would have another mighty general.

Of course, the Soul-Separating Mysterious Light was not foolproof. Not to mention the great powers who made the two generals of the Investiture of the Gods suffer, even in terms of usage, it only had a few shots. For example, back in the day, Thomas Brooks could only spit out three Soul-Separating Mysterious Lights at a time. After each use, he needed to rest for at least an hour before he could use it again, and only one at a time. This was a limitation in quantity, and there were also limitations in power.