Upon hearing this, Shen Sangruo also realized the seriousness of the strange soul and hurriedly used her soul power to seal the strange soul in Qi Yan's body.

She originally intended to shatter the soul directly, but found that the soul was extremely stubborn and even she could not shatter it.

Qi Yan had relatively little contact with the virus, and the situation was handled promptly, which fortunately allowed the virus to be contained.

Otherwise, the influence of demonic energy might not be completely eliminated before it is affected by something else, and Qi Yan would still need to help fight against the evil cultivators. She breathed a sigh of relief.

“Those souls all went in the direction of Young Master Qiyan just now,” Su Xiyu said.

Now we can see that the divine soul power that was originally spreading out in all directions has turned towards Qiyan.

Overall, it presents a shape similar to a water droplet.

As the connection between Qiyan and that divine soul was severed, it began to disperse in all directions again.

"Good heavens, it's like finding someone it can touch and wanting to completely penetrate their body." Fang Yu hugged his arms, getting goosebumps all over.

"As expected of the leader of the evil cultivators, his methods are indeed ruthless."

If Qi Yan hadn't quickly severed the connection, they couldn't even imagine how many souls would have surged into Qi Yan's body.

Shen Sanruo's expression was somewhat solemn. As if she had thought of something, she said, "We can't let these divine souls spread any further. We need to find a way to seal them off."

Once such a spirit is generated, given their current situation, it is almost impossible to eliminate it.

If left unchecked and allowed to accumulate, the situation will become very difficult to manage.

Others naturally thought of this as well.

"But how can we block them?" Lin Qianyin said, this was the most difficult problem at the moment.

They didn't even know the details of this strange spirit, let alone how to deal with it.

"The only option now is for me to try to seal it with my divine soul power," Shen Sangruo said in a deep voice.

She had just sealed off the strange soul within Qi Yan's body; this method is theoretically feasible.

Before anyone else could say anything, she didn't hesitate and continuously channeled her divine soul power into her hands, surrounding those strange divine souls.

This is equivalent to her using her divine soul power to establish a connection with those strange divine souls.

Those souls, like headless flies, instantly found their target and began to attack her soul power.

She could sense that those strange spirits desperately wanted to use her spiritual power as a conduit to penetrate her spiritual soul.

Her spiritual power was like a barrier, trapping all the strange spiritual entities within it and preventing them from spreading further.

Those divine souls kept attacking the barrier, and it was still quite difficult for her to manage on her own.

But at least they were contained.

The others breathed a sigh of relief when they saw that she was not injured, but they also regretted that they could not help her in any way.

They weren't skilled at using the power of the soul; at most, they could only try to condense it and then inject it into her body. That was the only way they could help her.

Even Wen Xuan, who was in a panic, managed to gather his divine soul power.

The three immortals, Changli and his companions, fared slightly better, as they condensed more divine soul power.

Gradually, the power of her soul gathered on Shen Sangruo's body, which made her feel much more relaxed.

"Junior Sister, hang in there a little longer. The people from the Myriad Spirits Palace should be here soon," Bai Ruoan said gently.

Fortunately, they had sent a message to the Hall of All Spirits beforehand.

"It's alright, I can still manage, everyone don't need to worry about me." Shen Sangruo's condition was quite good.

This is a good opportunity to figure out what those spirits are.

The number of strange souls in Qi Yan's body was too small just now, so she didn't feel anything obvious.

With so much contact at this moment, she seemed to have some clues.

A thought suddenly flashed through her mind, and she remembered something.

"If I'm not mistaken, this should be a kind of soul virus."

Virus is a term used to describe the world that created the system. She had encountered this concept when she was exploring the system before, and there was related data in the system.

The system records electronic viruses that can spread and reproduce within electronic entities like the system, constantly replicating themselves, disrupting system data, and causing system paralysis.

In the cultivation world, systems exist in the form of divine souls. To put it another way, this ghostly thing in front of us is a divine soul virus.

"It will continuously replicate itself, attacking the soul and causing irreversible damage to the soul."

Moreover, it is highly contagious.

Separating these things was definitely the right decision.

"Then can we get rid of them, Sang girl?" The Taoist Master Wuwei stroked his beard, deep in thought.

Shen Sangruo shook her head. "No, I've already tried."

"These souls all come from the system, and the system comes from another world. It is something that was created by humans. The souls are very special and extremely stubborn."

At least for now, she has no way to remove it.

"Let me think about it some more... how to deal with these things..." she said softly, her mind racing.

Qi Chong must have known for a long time that the system's soul was difficult to deal with, which is why he created such a thing.

The situation has stabilized for the time being, and soon, the person from the Hall of Ten Thousand Spirits who is skilled in soul magic arrived.

With their help sharing the burden, Chen Sangruo was finally able to spare some energy to think of a solution.

It's not feasible to keep them trapped by the power of their souls indefinitely. Not only would it require many people to guard them day and night, but if the evil entity were to attack them, the soul virus would be released again.

The speed at which the Soul Virus spreads is terrifying.

These soul viruses are like a bomb, ready to explode at any moment; they're too unstable.

After some discussion, everyone decided to find a container for these soul viruses and then seal that container.

At least it won't be like it is now, with such a huge target, and it won't require constantly releasing divine soul power to maintain it.

Qi Yan has already tested it; as long as those soul viruses have a target, they will flock to that target.

This will allow us to gather those soul viruses together.

But for that "container," even the soul must be sacrificed, leaving no possibility of reincarnation.

So who will serve as the vessel for this soul?

Isn't there one right in front of us?

Without any pause, Shen Sangruo and the others all turned their gazes to Lu Shiqing, who was half-dead to the side.

Lu Shiqing was always with Wen Xuan, because Shen Sanruo had told him on the way here to keep an eye on Lu Shiqing.

Wen Xuan knew that his image in Shen Sangruo's heart had plummeted, so he would do everything in his power to fulfill her orders.

So even when he was fleeing for his life, he didn't forget to take Lu Shiqing with him.

Although he really wanted to abandon Lu Shiqing and let him fend for himself.

"It's him." Shen Sanruo's expression remained unchanged as she directly selected Lu Shiqing as the vessel.

Second update! Thank you all for your support! *tweets*

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