“Truly?”
Ying Wu Xiong immediately looked towards the center of the bone coffin.
There, a slender youth, appearing to be seventeen or eighteen years old, lay flat. The boy’s brows were wild and unbridled; even in his silent state, one could sense the free-spirited arrogance he possessed in life.
As Ying Wu Xiong spoke, the youth’s eyes blinked.
Ying Wu Xiong immediately became tense, waved away the puppet servants, and ordered, “I have important matters to discuss with the Young Master. For the Young Master’s ailing condition, issue a decree that the Sky Curtain Treasure Pagoda shall remain under strict martial law. Without this Prefecture Master’s command, no one is to be allowed in. Furthermore, from this day forward, all of you are to withdraw from the pagoda’s guard.”
As soon as Ying Wu Xiong gave the order, the puppet servants immediately retreated.
At this moment, the youth also opened his eyes.
If Bai Sheng Yi were present, she would have discovered that this youth not only bore the shadows of Xiao Mo and Zhu Wu but also bore some resemblance to Li Ya from the Green Prosperity Minor World.
“Father?” the youth uttered a confused question, as if just waking up and unaware of what had happened, “Why are you here?”
Ying Wu Xiong slowly walked forward and said in a low voice, “Mo’er will know soon enough.”
A large net silently congealed on the ground.
The deep blackish-red net spread silently, forming a huge, brand new formation pattern along with the location of the bone coffin.
Before the youth could react, he was enveloped by the formation’s light.
“Father? What is this…”
As the formation entered his body, a sharp and dense pain coursed through him.
The youth looked on in confusion and saw Ying Wu Xiong’s divine consciousness break free and attack him!
Possession!
His own father was trying to possess him!
Ying Wu Mo was both shocked and terrified. As he struggled, he asked, “Why? Father, didn’t you say I was the successor you meticulously groomed?”
Ying Wu Mo was valued far more than Liu Tian Yun, which had cultivated his somewhat naive and innocent disposition. Even now, he still held a sliver of hope for Ying Wu Xiong.
He never once considered that the moment Ying Wu Xiong learned he wouldn’t survive, the moment he discovered Ying Wu Mo was an ideal vessel, Ying Wu Xiong had completely abandoned him.
Valuing one’s son could not compare to valuing oneself.
Ying Wu Xiong was madly devouring within Ying Wu Mo’s sea of consciousness, chuckling, “Mo’er, don’t worry, your father won’t make you suffer for too long. It will only be a moment, and then you will feel nothing.”
“Ah!”
Ying Wu Mo cried out in pain, clutching his head and rolling and struggling on the bone coffin. He wanted to get off the coffin but was rigidly nailed to it.
Ying Wu Xiong continued to speak.
“Your father took great pains to find this Grand Revival Array. Your three souls – Heaven, Earth, and Man – will be sent to reincarnation, aiding your rebirth. Now it is time for you to repay your father!”
Only then did Ying Wu Mo realize, yes, he had already died, and now he had come back to life.
Countless unfamiliar memories suddenly flashed through his mind: being beaten to death by someone, struggling in an unknown small mountain village, facing constant danger, and then suddenly entering a divine temple…
Those were the memories of his Heaven, Earth, and Man souls.
For a moment, Ying Wu Mo no longer knew who he was. In that moment of stunned silence, the sharp pain returned to his sea of consciousness!
Ying Wu Xiong was continuously eroding him!
“No! I don’t want to die!”
Ying Wu Mo heard the Heavenly Soul, named Li Ya, suddenly let out a mournful roar, clashing with Ying Wu Xiong’s divine consciousness.
The red and black light continuously spreading from the bone coffin paused for a moment.
Ying Wu Xiong never expected such an accident, but he didn’t take it to heart.
“Stop struggling, Mo’er. This body is destined to be mine.”
“Once I have replaced this young and strong physique, and absorbed the boundless and overwhelming fortune from Yun You Yue, the divine power of the Universal Realm will become mine, making me the first person to achieve godhood in existence!”
“Henceforth, the Heavenly Dao shall not destroy me! My divine might shall be eternal! My lifespan shall be as enduring as the heavens!”
Ying Wu Xiong was lost in a beautiful dream, his divine consciousness emitting a ferocious and arrogant laugh, but suddenly, the laughter ceased abruptly.
“What happened!” Ying Wu Xiong suddenly discovered that the formation that had been supplying the bone coffin of Ying Wu Mo had suddenly stopped operating!
This was a formation tightly connected to the ancient Demon Abyss Formation in various minor worlds such as the Divine Revelation Minor World and the Green Prosperity Minor World, as well as the Universal Realm. It could convert the fortune he had stolen into vitality and spiritual energy for cultivation.
Ying Wu Mo’s ability to be resurrected from the dead was entirely dependent on the nourishment from this vitality and fortune.
Now, with the formation extinguished, Ying Wu Mo’s body, which had not fully recovered, rapidly deteriorated again. Ying Wu Xiong was forced to divert some of his cultivation to stabilize Ying Wu Mo’s physical condition. At this very moment, Ying Wu Mo’s Heavenly Soul launched an attack.
Ying Wu Xiong was caught off guard by this unexpected situation.
He had no idea that the reason for all of this was the complete destruction of the ancient Demon Abyss Formation in the Universal Realm, which was the core of all his schemes!
“Boom, boom, boom…”
Thunderclaps followed one after another, furiously roaring above the secret realm, like rabid dogs chasing and tearing, wishing to shatter Bai Sheng Yi and the others into pieces.
Yet, inexplicably, those massive bolts of lightning were completely blocked by a “Heavenly River” tens of meters wide, unable to get anywhere near Bai Sheng Yi and the others.
On the banks of the “Heavenly River,” Bai Sheng Yi, even in this critical moment, couldn’t help but sigh, “As expected, it’s not that moves are old, but that moves are ineffective.”
This move, she had used it before when fighting Long Zi Ning.
The vast river of time, constructed with the rules of time, even without the rushing waters of the Heavenly River, was in no way weaker than the legendary Heavenly River.
Amidst the lightning and thunder, the divine palace above the firmament flickered unsteadily.
“We have already destroyed the formation. This realm’s fury is so great, yet it dares not manifest, clearly being held back by something,” Qin Si said.
Bai Sheng Yi nodded, “It’s Master.”
“A’si, we can’t lag behind either,” Bai Sheng Yi raised the Wheel of Reincarnation Brush again and said gravely, “You should leave the secret realm!”
As her voice fell, the Wheel of Reincarnation Brush transformed into a bow and arrow made entirely of jade. The Heavenly Mechanism Sword in her palm materialized into a cold, sharp arrow.
She drew the bow, nocked the arrow.
It pointed directly at the condensed thunderclouds in the sky!
“Swoosh!”
The blindingly intense light grew brighter and brighter as it approached the firmament. In a moment, it completely illuminated the dark and ominous secret realm!
This arrow drew upon all of Bai Sheng Yi’s cultivation, even carrying her ultimate understanding of the rules of time and the Spring Hong Swordplay. She poured everything into it, without reservation!
Charge!
The light surged!
“Rumble, rumble…”
The entire secret realm echoed with continuous roars, and amidst these sounds, an exasperated voice stood out, spreading throughout the entire realm!
“Ah! Damn it! You actually injured me!”
A rift was torn in the Universal Realm!
It was at this instant!
Qin Si’s gaze deepened. He turned and nodded at Bai Sheng Yi. Without the need for further words, they understood each other.
Bai Sheng Yi immediately drew her bow and nocked another arrow, shooting it once more!