Celestial Dragon Sword Venerable

Ye Tianling felt a sense of apprehension. He tried to attune himself to the Blood Secret Realm—if a truly fatal danger arose, his only choice was to abandon his physical body and have his soul enter it.

"Not bad. To be able to condense a True Soul in a Void Realm like this is truly rare."

The man spoke, then pointed a finger toward the spot between Ye Tianling’s eyebrows.

Terror seized Ye Tianling. He immediately tried to dodge, but it was impossible.

BOOM—

A blast of the Power of Destruction shot down, piercing the spot between Ye Tianling’s eyebrows.

Ye Tianling’s heart went cold. He couldn’t block it, and the woman in the red gauze dress made no move, as if completely unaware of what was happening.

PFFT—

As the black ray of light lanced into the spot between his eyebrows, Ye Tianling’s Venerable Soul Curse was instantly activated.

At that moment, Ye Tianling’s entire body trembled as his Life Force rapidly depleted.

HSSSSS—

In the span of a single breath, his Life Force had dwindled to only three days’ worth.

This was a Forbidden Area. Once one’s Life Force fell below three days, it would be completely exhausted and reaped!

Ye Tianling tried to circulate his Dragon Soul Divine Blood, but he couldn’t move at all, for all of his power was suppressed by the man’s might.

However, once his Life Force had depleted to that point, the process suddenly stopped.

Then, although the Venerable Soul Curse had grown to its absolute limit, it didn’t erupt. Instead, it solidified at that very moment.

"So, it’s the number-one pawn... Someone else is helping it develop... Intentionally placed on him... How boring."

The man was slightly taken aback, then his enthusiasm waned, the interest in his eyes diminishing greatly.

However, he did not retract the black, solidifying power he had unleashed.

"Alright, I’m very satisfied with this transaction. Ji Yueqi, remember this: don’t forget about the benefits from the Celestial Dragon Sword Tomb in the future."

The man seemed a little disappointed. He then looked at the woman in the red gauze dress atop the Blood Coffin and spoke directly.

"Of course not. But that will have to wait until after I’m fully resurrected. For now, this is all I can give you."

The woman in the red gauze dress, Ji Yueqi, replied.

"Good."

The man nodded. Then, with a flicker of his form, he walked into the depths of the large metal gate and vanished completely.

By now, nearly a thousand desiccated corpses of Cultivators had appeared on the altar.

Ye Tianling let out a long breath and touched his forehead. A dark, lotus-shaped Mark had appeared there. It was slightly raised and utterly impossible to remove.

His Life Force, now at the three-day mark, was in a precarious state.

The altar flew toward the metal gate. At that moment, Ji Yueqi, who was on the Crystal Coffin, finally turned around.

"Tianling."

Ji Yueqi spoke.

Her voice was devoid of all emotion.

"Little Dragon Girl. It really is you."

Ye Tianling let out a long, lamenting sigh.

The Little Dragon Girl nodded. Her beauty was breathtaking.

She also possessed an intoxicatingly gentle and graceful air that made one want to protect her.

But Ye Tianling’s emotions at that moment were exceptionally complex.

"It’s me. Tianling, there are many karmic shifts involved; it’s a long and complicated story. Plans can never keep up with change, and that’s what led to this situation. But overall, it isn’t too late, because you finally arrived here before the great change. And my deal with him could finally be completed."

The Little Dragon Girl’s voice was melodious, and it carried an indescribable sincerity that gave Ye Tianling the distinct feeling of a heart-to-heart connection.

But Ye Tianling had no way of knowing whether she was being genuine.

"Little Dragon Girl, are we going to be enemies?"

Ye Tianling looked at her, pointedly calling her ’Little Dragon Girl’ instead of ’Ji Yueqi’.

Upon hearing this, the Little Dragon Girl gave a bitter smile. "Of course not. We never will be."

Ye Tianling glanced at the nearly one thousand desiccated corpses of the Cultivators on the altar, among whom were old acquaintances like Li Xushan and Xia Xinqin. He sighed. "Then... aren’t you going to explain?"

The Little Dragon Girl sighed. "Come with me. This is a projection of the Celestial Dragon Sword Tomb, not the real one. This place is a Land of Time Gap, untouched by karma. Some things can be resolved here."

Without hesitating, Ye Tianling followed the Little Dragon Girl and the altar, flying into a deep abyss within the large metal gate.

Time seemed to fall into an eternal silence as Ye Tianling entered a region of Chaos.

Once there, he discovered that nearly all of his power was gone. Only his Celestial Dao Rule Domain remained.

"Tianling, I am not the Destiny Goddess. I am the Mechanical Heart. The ’Destiny Goddess’ was just a persona I used to accompany you as you grew."

The Little Dragon Girl answered immediately.

This answer stunned Ye Tianling for a moment, but he quickly came to believe her.

At this stage, there was no need for the Little Dragon Girl to deceive him.

"As for you, Tianling, your true identity is from the Huaxia World. You were framed, turned into a test subject, and reincarnated on the Sword Ancestor Star, losing your memories in the process."

The Little Dragon Girl continued.

"So it’s true..."

Ye Tianling’s heart skipped a beat. He had already suspected this was the answer, but hearing the Little Dragon Girl confirm it herself still moved him.

"The Sword Ancestor Star, or rather, the Sword Burial Divine Domain from a bygone Ancient Era, is a life-sustaining star located inside a powerful living being. Tianling, you know that the Chaos Destiny Scripture allows one to visualize the cosmos, evolve stars, and even create a pocket of Chaos, right? The Sword Ancestor Star was created after the death of such a great being.

It’s different from the real cosmos, the real World..."

The Little Dragon Girl’s explanation truly shook Ye Tianling.

"To compensate for this bloodline deficiency and to synchronize with the true Starry Domain outside, various changes to the rules were necessary. The only path forward was gradual perfection through continuous evolution. You, as an Inheritor of the Huaxia Immortal Buddha Divine Clan, were dragged into this by accident... and became the core test subject...

Now, the time has come for them to reap their harvest. Everything I’ve done has been to interfere with this process and help you escape this ’experimental’ World and break free from their control.

Now, that opportunity has finally arrived."

"In the past, you’ve burned your Bloodline Power and performed the Blood Sacrifice Xuan Yuan Soul many times, haven’t you? Using a portion of the Time Law, I sent that bloodline into a young man, also named ’Ye Tianling,’ in the Ziwei Star Domain. Now that you have opened the Blood-Colored Crescent Secret Realm, combined it with the altar, and comprehended the Time Law, we can use the Descent of the Blood Moon to arrive at Forbidden Moon Cliff in the Ziwei Star Domain.

Once there, you can use soul Possession on that ’Ye Tianling.’ This will allow you to truly break free from the Venerable Soul Curse and shed your status as a pawn."

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