The lake’s surface, shimmering with a cold light, was utterly silent.
Above the lake, wisps of Chaos airflow drifted by like floating clouds.
After Ouyang Ruoxue, Ye Enjun, and their group emerged from a small spatial rift, they finally breathed a sigh of relief.
"Ruoxue Fairy, rest and recover for a bit. I’ll go ask some friends about the Celestial Secret Divine Son’s situation."
Ye Enjun said, glancing at Ouyang Ruoxue beside him.
"Yes. We can hunt Yin Yang Soul Fish here. I’ll refine three fishing rods. The Yin Yang Soul Fish will be of great help to us; they can strengthen the foundation of our souls and help us resist the dangers of this place."
Ouyang Ruoxue didn’t remain idle.
Evidently, she trusted Ye Enjun and Ye Enya a great deal.
Ye Enjun nodded, then walked toward the groups of Cultivators in the distance.
"The Celestial Secret Divine Son?"
After Ye Enjun made his inquiry, a female Cultivator from the Golden Night Demon Race, Mu Yushang, showed a strange expression.
"Yes. Has he been here? And where did he go?"
Ye Enjun immediately replied.
Mu Yushang sighed wistfully. "If you’re looking for the Celestial Secret Divine Son... you’re truly too late."
As Mu Yushang spoke, Yun Zhiruo, Ancient Fairy, Wan Xuegui, Que Xinyan, Que Zhishang, and the rest of their group hurriedly flew over.
Their expressions were also grave, and they too wanted to ask for news about the Celestial Secret Divine Son.
"The Celestial Secret Divine Son... has likely already fallen."
Mu Yushang hesitated slightly before saying in a low voice.
"How is that possible!"
Ye Enjun clearly didn’t believe it. How could the Celestial Secret Divine Son—he who possessed the Devouring Law and mastered the Emperor’s Qi Dragon Swallowing Heaven Divine Technique—possibly fall?
"I also wish he hadn’t fallen, but alas..."
Mu Yushang glanced at Mu Yuxi, who was sitting quietly in meditation not far away, her words carrying a hidden meaning.
Mu Yuxi showed no emotional change, as if she hadn’t heard a thing.
"What happened?"
Ancient Fairy flew over, her eyes filled with deep worry.
Mu Yushang glanced at Mu Yuxi again. Seeing no reaction, she pondered for a moment before recounting the series of events that had occurred.
"...Later, after the Celestial Secret Divine Son had everyone hand over their Yin Yang Soul Fish, he distributed them among four people: Xue Fanqian, Li Xuyao, Tianqing, and Li Xushan. After that, once the number of hunted Yin Yang Soul Fish reached a certain amount, the mist on the lake grew thicker, and the Ten Thousand Beasts Demon Cave changed entirely."
"Li Xushan and many of the Divine Sons and Divine Ladies rushed in, and they all perished."
"Just as Li Xuyao, Tianqing, Xue Fanqian, and others were about to rush in, the Celestial Secret Divine Son stopped them.
"The Celestial Secret Divine Son walked into the mist and disappeared. Afterward, the three of them—Li Xuyao’s group—and many other Cultivators also entered the mist one after another. Their fates are unknown."
"Later, a series of changes manifested within the mist. An ancient altar appeared, looking like the central area of the Demon Cave from the legends. There, we saw the Celestial Secret Divine Son’s Venerable Soul Curse erupt, turning him into a blood-colored statue."
"The Venerable Soul Curse is supposedly incurable. An Immortal Phoenix Goddess once underwent Transformation Dao because of it."
...
Mu Yushang recounted some of the events that had happened.
Her words sent a chill through everyone present, and their hearts sank to the depths.
"No, he’ll be fine!"
Tears welled in Ouyang Ruoxue’s beautiful eyes.
She fought to keep them from falling.
"Hunt the Yin Yang Soul Fish! After we kill enough of them, that ’palace’ or whatever it is will appear again. Then we’ll know the outcome!"
Ancient Fairy said in a low voice.
Her heart trembled as well; the outcome Mu Yushang had described left her deeply unsettled.
It wasn’t just Ancient Fairy; even the usually boisterous Wan Xuegui, Que Xinyan, and Que Zhishang had fallen silent.
WHOOSH—
Not far away, a woman, without a word, had already hooked a Yin Yang Soul Fish.
The moment the Soul Fish appeared, she slew it with a single sword strike. A flash of blood-red light swept over it, refining it instantly, and she immediately began fishing again.
"Fang Qingxue?"
Wan Xuegui looked over and saw Fang Qingxue’s beautiful face was as cold as ice.
In the past, he would have surely picked a fight with this rival, but now, he reined in his usual wildness and silently began to fish.
...
Ye Tianling’s physical body sat cross-legged on the altar, gradually withering away.
The wisp of blood-red light he had transformed into still lingered in this world, not departing immediately.
To break free would take a very, very long time.
And throughout this process, he had no choice but to endure it in silence.
Transcending the Time Axis and the Time Law was a difficult and complex process.
He was like a bystander, possessing the near-omniscient perspective of a Dominator, watching everything unfold around the lake, yet powerless to do anything but observe.
’I’m fine. You don’t have to worry.’
Ye Tianling wanted to convey this message, but he was completely unable to.
Moreover, he couldn’t force it, as that would only interfere with the workings of the Time Law.
BZZZT—
An illusory figure descended.
The figure landed on the altar.
All the withered corpses on the altar burst into raging flames.
At that moment, the figure of a young man manifested.
"The Venerable Soul Curse has taken form, and the Bloodthirsty Soul Refining Technique has actually been cultivated to this level? Hmm... It even contains the embryonic form of the Devouring Law? Excellent, truly excellent. With this, it will be no problem for my Lin’Er to rise again. Very good. Ouyang Ruoxue and Ye Yuemei have both matured well, so I’ll just let them continue to grow on their own.
"When the time comes, with the achievements from Ye Tianling’s Bloodthirsty Soul Refining Technique as the seed, Lin’Er will be the first to achieve Harmonization Dao with heaven and earth, fully integrating with the outside world and becoming the New World’s first complete lifeform."
As the man spoke, a fiery light enveloped Ye Tianling’s physical body.
FWOOSH—
Ye Tianling’s physical body was incinerated.
Soon, his flesh was destroyed, leaving behind only the various powers of Celestial Dao’s Origin, which had the Bloodthirsty Soul Refining Technique as their core.
These were the various Origins that had been combined after the Devouring Law consumed numerous prodigies. Now, all of it converged upon the Venerable Soul Curse, forming a bizarre wheel.
The wheel resembled a Star Disc, but it was even more miraculous.
’So that’s it. Back when I devoured all those prodigies, their Talents never manifested in me because they were absorbed by the Venerable Soul Curse? Only now do I realize that the person behind it all... was him?’
Ye Tianling’s crimson energy enveloped the area, allowing him to see everything clearly.
After the mysterious and powerful man finished muttering to himself, he waved his hand and opened a Starry Gate.
From within the gate, a man with white wings descended.
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