Sage of Humanity

The Dark Butterfly knew she was saved this time; she wouldn't have to die here.

Who would want to die if they could survive?

Lu Ye didn't want to bother with her, but recalling her resolute attempt to break the Chains of Life earlier, he eventually spoke: "Twin Flying Phoenixes! Under these spirit runes, you can borrow my power."

Since obtaining this spirit rune, Lu Ye had only used it once; back then, he was just in the True Lake Realm, and Nian Yuexian was in danger. He used this spirit rune to borrow Nian Yuexian's power to repel intruders.

However, because Nian Yuexian's power far surpassed his at the time, he paid a hefty price.

During his days in the insect hive, Lu Ye had almost developed all spirit runes into Dao runes; with these Dao runes now enhanced, the Dao force would naturally allow the Dark Butterfly to borrow.

Like a trickling stream flowing into a riverbed, replenishing the Dark Butterfly's losses.

Her eyes widened, looking at Lu Ye with complex emotions.

This human... always employs various peculiar methods.

The Chains of Life bind their fates together; now, he's brought out Twin Flying Phoenixes, allowing even the borrowing of Dao force.

Moreover, he, someone who has Entered the Path, astonishingly possesses the power of a 100th Dao!

This is a monster, the greatest monster under the heavens!

Thinking back, amid such a life-or-death crisis, how Lu Ye hadn't seized the opportunity to dissolve the Chains of Life...

"You won't have another chance like that again," the Dark Butterfly gently spoke.

"What?" Lu Ye was closely monitoring the core's refining progress and hadn't heard what the Dark Butterfly was talking about.

"It's nothing," the Dark Butterfly smiled at him, her eyes squinting like crescent moons.

Such a monster will surely achieve unimaginable accomplishments in the future; once she controls Banlan, she'll have to cultivate him with all her might.

Time passed, and the refining progress continued to increase.

The Dark Butterfly's expression gradually started to become shocked again: "How much Dao force do you have exactly?"

In this half-day time, she'd borrowed over ten thousand Dao force from Lu Ye!

Knowing she was at the Peak Dao Fusion stage, the Dao force she could store in her body was about that amount!

An ordinary Dao Corpse has five Dao Bones, each capable of storing two hundred Dao force, so most Dao Corpse can generally store around one thousand Dao force.

She knew Lu Ye was incomparable to ordinary Dao Corpse, but his Dao force reserves still surprised her.

Even if Lu Ye was constantly refining Dao Bones, how much more Dao force could they bring?

With this thought, she suddenly realized that the Dao Bones piled next to him had almost all turned into powder, clearly refined to completion.

The Dark Butterfly's shock continued, growing stronger.

For within Lu Ye was like an inexhaustible treasure trove, his Dao force boundless.

Ten thousand, twenty thousand, thirty thousand...

Plus, with her previous consumption and the immense Dao force expended refining the Banlan Core, it was simply unimaginable; this Dao Soldier Core wasn't something Dao Fusion could refine!

Lu Ye noticed this as well, narrowing his eyes; it seemed that even when he targeted Banlan, Jiu Ying already had plans.

His strategy played right into its hands.

Because if he followed his own plan, Jiu Ying hadn't violated its previous oaths and naturally wouldn't be punished by the Will of the Star Abyss. Jiu Ying was just going with the flow because he provided it the opportunity.

"It's almost done!" the Dark Butterfly cheered.

Lu Ye looked up, and upon feeling it carefully, he found it was indeed so; the refining progress was about to reach Perfection, and the Dark Butterfly was soon going to thoroughly refine the core.

Letting her refine it alone wouldn't have been this quick, but the little tricks Jiu Ying had secretly planted sped up the process, for in the latter half of the refining, Banlan was counter-refining the Dark Butterfly; if she couldn't endure it, she would perish, but enduring it meant her merit reached perfection.

"Brother Ye." The Dark Butterfly suppressed her excitement, looking up at Lu Ye: "Rest assured, from now on, I am the king within Banlan, and you will be second to none."

"Thank you, then." Lu Ye chuckled silently, one hand quietly hanging down, pressed against the ground.

One incense stick's time later, under the Dark Butterfly's tense and expectant gaze, the last bit of progress was achieved.

A different light emerged from the fist-sized Banlan Core, heralding its change of ownership!

The Dark Butterfly was about to cheer and revel in her control over Banlan, but the entire hall suddenly hummed, with indistinct ripples resonating.

"What's going on?" The Dark Butterfly was startled, quickly changing expression as she sensed a tremendous repulsive force emanating from within, seemingly trying to eject her.

In this moment, her powers were already nearly depleted, only barely resisting for a moment before dizziness swept over her, and the scene before her eyes shifted.

When she regained composure, she found herself atop a familiar altar.

Looking around, she immediately confirmed this was the altar she had led Lu Ye to enter the ruins before.

She was expelled by some mysterious force!

Without time to think further, she attempted to activate the altar's Dao force to re-enter the ruins, but it was useless.

She could enter before only because Lu Ye led the way and Jiu Ying secretly cooperated to modify some of the restriction on the ruins.

But as Lu Ye stepped into the ruins, this change lost its effect. At this moment, the entire ruins, not to mention her, even those who have Entered the Path, couldn't enter.

It could be said that the ruins were completely sealed off.

Because Lu Ye was also worried that during the refinement process, someone with little vision might rush in to disrupt, it was natural to prevent this situation in advance.

Standing on the altar, Dark Butterfly's expression was uncertain, with many thoughts swirling in her mind, she really couldn't figure out what was going on.

Before she could think further, streams of information were transmitted through the various stone bugs.

Dark Butterfly's expression was one of shock and anger!

Because at this moment, the situation across the entire war zone was not optimistic. The human race had gone mad, and was manically pressing the defenses of the Insect and Blood Races, and without her in charge, the momentum of the human army was unstoppable.

The abnormality on the human race's side began right after she and Lu Ye entered the ruins!

"That little jerk!" Dark Butterfly couldn't help but curse out loud.

Considering all the information, it was clear that Lu Ye had ties with the human race and had informed them, or else, how could the timing be so perfect?

She had entered the ruins here, severing contact with the outside world, which was undoubtedly the perfect opportunity for the human race to start their attack.

Previously, between life and death, she'd still been thinking about him, unwilling to implicate him, wanting to undo the Chains of Life with him, but that little jerk had already stabbed her in the back!

Filled with anger, she felt a suffocating sense of being betrayed by someone closest to her, and she wanted nothing more than to rush into the ruins and drag Lu Ye out for a good beating.

Once she calmed down, she quickly activated her Mental Consciousness to issue orders.

Yet even so, she couldn't change the situation. In these half-months, the human race had gained too much advantage, and for the Insect and Blood Races to recover from this, it was impossible without years of effort and gathering sufficient reinforcements.

She just stood on the altar without leaving. Compared to the changes in the war zone, she was more concerned about the Banlan Core she was refining; no matter how badly the war zone suffers, that's just the larger picture, but the Banlan Core concerns herself.

As long as she could enter the ruins again to retrieve the core, the human race's advantage would be irrelevant, so she had to wait for Lu Ye to appear and take her in again.

Until this moment, she hadn't suspected Lu Ye of any foul play regarding the core refinement, because she felt that if Lu Ye wanted the core, he could have simply agreed to undo the Chains of Life, regardless of her life or death.

But he didn't do that. Instead, he used a Twin Flying Phoenix to assist her in completing the refinement.

While Dark Butterfly was deploying forces across different strongholds in the war zone, inside the core, Lu Ye sat cross-legged before the pit, exhaled slowly.

The first step of the plan was completed!

At present, it seemed that Jiu Ying's assertion that only Dao Fusion could refine the core was indeed true because the refinement required an enormous expenditure of Dao force.

Such a consumption couldn't be borne by those who have Entered the Path, nor could it be endured by ordinary Dao Fusion.

According to normal refining procedures, Dark Butterfly had a chance; she could refine while using the Dao Bone to supplement her consumption.

But under Jiu Ying's secret plans, Dark Butterfly almost died here. It could be said that without Lu Ye's help, she would have certainly died.

And letting Dark Butterfly refine the core was precisely the first step of Lu Ye's plan.

Now, the core already bore Dark Butterfly's imprint. If she could enter, she could easily take the core and thereby control Banlan, truly becoming the Banlan's Queen.

Unfortunately, after the refinement was complete, Lu Ye activated the backdoor left by Jiu Ying, and got Dark Butterfly expelled from the ruins.

The second step of the plan was to occupy the nest.

Whether it will succeed, Lu Ye did not know.

According to the original idea, if it can succeed, then he will replace Dark Butterfly and become the owner of the core.

If it cannot, then he will completely imprison the ruins, and until his own strength is sufficient, he will not allow Dark Butterfly to step inside.

Anyway, under no circumstances can this core be controlled by anyone else.

Checking his own Dao force, he had refined two thousand Dao Bones before, plus his original remaining amount, approximately forty to fifty thousand, but due to Dark Butterfly's borrowing, only about ten thousand remained now.

He hoped everything would go smoothly!

Lu Ye reached out to grab the core, Dao force surged.

He easily penetrated the core, though there was some resistance, it was not significant.

Lu Ye raised his eyebrows, there's hope!

When he first learned the secret hidden within the ruins, Lu Ye asked Jiu Ying if another Dao Fusion could refine and then transfer it to him.

Jiu Ying answered that it was impossible. Whoever refines it, owns it.

Lu Ye asked again, what if there's a close relationship between the refiner and the transferrer?

At that time, Jiu Ying couldn't understand the nature of such a close relationship, but over the past year with Lu Ye's explanation, it slowly became clear.

They jointly devised this plan, continuously refining and improving, now was the time to validate it.

If someone else had refined the Banlan Core, replacing them would truly be difficult for Lu Ye.

But since the refiner is Dark Butterfly, it's different.

She and Lu Ye have a Chains of Life connection, even if one is inside the ruins and the other outside, this connection doesn't break.

This means Lu Ye's Dao force can replace the imprint Dark Butterfly left within the Banlan Core!

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