The lotus replied, "Don't be anxious. The Reincarnation Emperor did not activate its intelligence, so it is now just a dead thing. But I'm not sure if it gets intelligence after so many years. If yes, we will have some difficulty in conquering it."

"I know what you said. But how to assure? And how can I communicate with it?" Zhang Yan asked in some embarrassment.

"It is very simple! Look at me!" The lotus suddenly spun a bit and radiated a milky white energy to envelop Zhang Yan's soul energy toward the Stone to Suppress Souls.

His soul energy was no longer swallowed by the stone as before, but penetrated into it little by little. He could clearly feel that his soul energy had entered a no-bottom abyss covered by boundless black fog, much tenser than the outside.

"Is the outside fog coming from the stone?" He was puzzled.

The black gas was not interested in the milky white energy from the lotus, so it protected Zhang Yan's soul energy into the deepest.

After a long time, his soul reached the deepest of the darkness, and he found a black soul was lingering here. It flew around, intending to escape, but as if trapped in some invisible energy firmly.

"Is this the soul of the stone?" He asked with some doubts, "But it seems that this soul is unwilling to be here. It seems to be sealed."

The lotus uttered, "You are partly right. This is not the soul of the stone, but of the Anti-Soul Beast who was reinstated by the Reincarnation Emperor. After so many years, its body was disappeared, but its soul still exists. Unexpected!"

"Can that be possible? It's said that no one else can live forever except for immortal emperors, isn't it? Even the Martial Emperor only lived to be 100,000 years. But the Anti-Soul Beast had been sealed for a million years, hadn't it? What supported it? " Zhang Yan asked with amazement.

"Eternal beings indeed exist, doesn't them?"

"Eternal? No way! I have not encountered it yet. It is said the immortal emperors are eternal, but is there one in the Renhuang Realm?" The lotus asked.

Zhang Yan fell into meditation, "There are immortal emperors like Human Emperor, Immortal Emperor, Reincarnation Emperor, Weeping Emperor and etc., but none of them lives till now."

"Is there really no eternal life in the world? But you have lived to the present!"

The lotus answered, "The eternal life is a mystery, so is the disappearance of those emperors, after all, no one can kill them. But I am different. I was formed by the natural Taoism, without a life. So I am not a being and will not die."

"Only beings like the human race have a life and they will die."

"But the Anti-Soul Beast is a being, right? Why can it live till now?"

"There are many secrets to prolong life. Moreover, its body has been dissipated, hasn't it? Thus, its soul will gradually disappear as well. But it is a soul expert, so it must know some secret method to maintain its soul. However, I think its soul should be very weak."

All of a sudden, a low-pitched cry came, as if from a middle-aged man.

"The son of the Human Race, I know that you are exploring the Stone to Suppress Souls and I can help you to conquer it, but with a condition."

Quite abrupt, the voice shocked Zhang Yan, but he immediately recognized it was from the Anti-Soul Beat, sealed in the stone.

He arched his eyebrows and asked with a sneer, "You are the Anti-Soul Beast, right? What's your condition?"

"Oh? I didn't expect anyone to know me?" The beast continued, "My condition is very simple! I want freedom!"

The lotus uttered to Zhang Yan abruptly, "We can conquer the stone without the help of the Anti-Soul Beast, so don't release it! It is an ancient monster with huge hatred for the Reincarnation Emperor. Once it gets freedom, it will vent the Human Race as revenge!"

Convinced by the lotus, he shook his head, "I can't promise you. You should stay tamely in the Stone to Suppress Souls!"

"Human, you can't get the stone without my help!" The beast roared loudly.