Heiress Unmasked: Shaking the World With Geomancy novel Chapter 2223

Thalia and Reuben stood at the front. As the Soul Tree erupted in flames, they showed none of the panic the others did.

Instead, Thalia tilted her head and whispered to Reuben standing beside her, "This must be Shannon's doing too."

Reuben glanced at the head leaning close to him, and a trace of warmth flickered in his usually cold eyes. He didn't respond, but he didn't deny it either.

Soon, the flames climbed from the tree trunk to the upper branches of the Soul Tree. The soul bells hanging from it were seared by phoenix flames, and outside the domain, cries of certain clansmen suddenly rang out.

They were the ones whose souls had been heavily corrupted by malice.

In the Wynthorpe clan, a soul bell was born on the Soul Tree the moment a child awakened their supernatural powers. In a way, each soul bell was connected to that person's spiritual essence. So if a soul bell was corrupted, the person it belonged to would be corrupted as well.

That was why Louise had risked damaging her divine soul to protect the Soul Tree from being corrupted by malice.

Now, as the phoenix flames scorched the corrupted portions of the Soul Tree and the soul bells, it was no different from burning the spiritual essence of the infected clansmen.

In that sense, Shannon's method was honestly brutal. But she had the guts to do that because she knew phoenix flames only burned away malice, and it would cause no harm to the Soul Tree or the bells themselves.

Even if the phoenix flames could endanger the Soul Tree in the worst-case scenario, she could extinguish the flames in an instant as long as it remained within her domain.

The remaining elders, who'd been deeply worried after hearing the agonized cries of the clansmen, now watched in anxiety as the flames burned.

Soon, the once-corrupted parts of the Soul Tree slowly began to recover. The blackened soul bells gradually returned to their original clarity.

As the black sludge cleansed away, the pained screams faded little by little until they were gone.

Marilyn finally relaxed from her previously tensed posture. She turned and gave the elders a disdainful glance. "Look at you lot, all jittery over nothing."

The elders were utterly baffled. When the flames started, they'd noticed her stiff tails too!

Outside the domain, everyone's hearts eased as the Soul Tree showed signs of healing. In the domain, Louise also let out a quiet sigh of relief.