Ye Ling's voice was not loud, even a bit gentle, but to Bu Si Gui, it felt like it carried immense weight!
Bu Si Gui's soul began to tremble. He could no longer stand before Ye Ling, his legs starting to buckle.
Thump...
Bu Si Gui knelt before Ye Ling, not daring to even lift his head.
From a distance, Bai Wu Chang watched in utter stupefied silence as a revered Saint knelt before Ye Ling, his mind a complete blank. "The Saint... knelt?"
Before this moment, Bai Wu Chang had never imagined he would witness an immortal and unkillable Saint kneeling.
The shock Bu Si Gui's kneeling caused Bai Wu Chang's spirit was even greater than the shock he experienced when he first saw Ye Ling in the human world!
Prior to this, Bai Wu Chang's perception of the upper limit of power among Earth's beings was those Saints whose cultivation was heaven-defying.
Even if Ye Ling was stronger, in Bai Wu Chang's eyes, he still fell within the realm of Saints, which he could comprehend.
But now...
Bu Si Gui kneeling before Ye Ling made Bai Wu Chang profoundly realize that there was a higher realm above Saints!
Although the battle between Ye Ling and Bu Si Gui today was one-sided and without suspense, for Bai Wu Chang, it allowed him to see a much vaster sky!
Unknowingly, Bai Wu Chang suddenly felt the shackles that had been suppressing him disappear, and his aura began to surge.
"What is this?"
Ye You, standing beside him, saw Bai Wu Chang's aura suddenly surge and her eyes widened slightly. She looked at Bai Wu Chang with surprise. "You're breaking through?"
Bai Wu Chang was also extremely shocked. Unable to attend to anything else, he quickly sat down on the ground and said to Ye You, "Please protect me, adult! I can't control it anymore!"
With that, Bai Wu Chang closed his eyes, focusing on regulating the surging spiritual energy within him to break through to the True Martial realm!
In his current state, if Bai Wu Chang didn't manage the spiritual energy within him properly, he might die from qi deviation before even breaking through!
Seeing Bai Wu Chang sit down on the spot, Ye You couldn't help but twitch her lips. She looked at Bu Si Gui, who was kneeling before her brother, and muttered, "Breaking through just from seeing someone kneel... Is it really that exaggerated?"
However, despite her words, Ye You still set up a barrier around Bai Wu Chang, protecting him.
Meanwhile, Bu Si Gui knelt before Ye Ling, trembling and in a daze.
His mind was entirely occupied with the matter of Ye Ling mastering runes just now...
Everything Ye Ling had effortlessly accomplished had completely shattered his confidence!
He had never seen such a monster in his life!
Ye Ling looked at Bu Si Gui, who was kneeling on the ground, and a slight smile played on his lips. He said, "Lift your head and look into my eyes."
Ye Ling's words seemed to carry a certain magical power. No matter how terrified Bu Si Gui was, he dared not disobey Ye Ling's command at this moment.
He tremblingly raised his head and met Ye Ling's gaze.
The moment he saw Ye Ling's deep eyes, Bu Si Gui's own eyes became completely vacant. He felt as if he had fallen into an endless starry sky, surrounded by an extreme cold.
Bu Si Gui stopped thinking.
"Emperor... Emperor Lord."
Bu Si Gui looked at Ye Ling blankly and called out to him without any emotion.
Ye Ling said, "Tell me everything you know about the Shadow Hall and your arrangements here."
Bu Si Gui was a Saint. His soul and body had long since transcended the mortal realm. Whether it was planting a mark on his soul or using the device invented by Li Xiao Mei, they would likely be ineffective against someone of Bu Si Gui's level.
Moreover, if the Shadow Hall could control even Saints through such forceful means, then the Shadow Hall Master's cultivation would be at least at the Supreme realm, making the Shadow Hall a colossal power comparable to the Demon Palace even on the Eastern Xuan Continent!
With Earth's current resources, giving birth to one Emperor realm cultivator was the limit; it was impossible to nurture such a force!
In reality, Bu Si Gui's situation was as Ye Ling had imagined.
Bu Si Gui's soul had no restrictions, and there were no traces of his mind being artificially altered.
After being controlled by Ye Ling, Bu Si Gui was now like a walking corpse. He looked at Ye Ling blankly and said, "Reporting to Emperor Lord, Hall Master Xuan Xiao ordered me to guard Buzhou Mountain and cooperate with the Void. Once Emperor Lord and Ye You stepped into Buzhou Mountain's territory and were trapped by the runes, I was to be responsible for apprehending the adults and seizing the ultimate power."
Ye Ling continued to ask, "How much information do you have about the Void?"
Bu Si Gui replied, "The Void is an organization established by a group of Saints during the Primordial Era. Its purpose is unknown, but the Hall Master seems to be very wary of the Void organization. For nearly ten thousand years, our Shadow Hall and the Void have probed each other many times and have had conflicts, with both sides being evenly matched."
"This time, the Void is cooperating with our Shadow Hall to plot against Emperor Lord, in order to obtain the key to opening the Time Ruins."
"Time Ruins..."
Ye Ling's eyes narrowed slightly. "What is that place?"
He had never heard of it.
Bu Si Gui said, "Legend has it that the Time Ruins are the source of the River of Time, but no one knows where the Time Ruins are located."
"The upper reaches of the River of Time only extend to the time of Chaos's beginning. Even powerful beings who have completely mastered the Great Dao of Time cannot reach the world before Chaos began."
"Some say that the Time Ruins are within Chaos. Whoever can cross Chaos can reach the Time Ruins."
Ye Ling continued to ask, "What is inside the Time Ruins? Why does the Void want to go there?"
Bu Si Gui: "Legend has it that reaching the Time Ruins allows one to comprehend the truth of the universe."
"It holds all the secrets of the world."
"To think that such a legend circulates on this Earth..."
Hearing Bu Si Gui's words, Ye Ling couldn't help but feel a yearning for the Time Ruins, wanting to see that world.
But...
Ye Ling then thought of Xu Xiao Qing.
When he obtained the Book of Life and Death, Ye Ling had also secretly investigated Xu Xiao Qing's background with his divine soul.
On the Book of Life and Death, Xu Xiao Qing was just an ordinary girl, utterly ordinary. There was nothing to indicate how she could serve as the key to the Time Ruins!
There must be something more he hadn't grasped.
Temporarily setting aside the matter of Xu Xiao Qing, Ye Ling continued to ask, "Besides the rune traps arranged here, do your Shadow Hall... or the Void organization, have any other arrangements in Buzhou Mountain?"
Bu Si Gui said, "The purpose of our Shadow Hall's current operation is very simple: to seize the ultimate power within Emperor Lord and Ye You. Therefore, we have arranged several rune traps in Buzhou Mountain. We originally intended to use Su Ruo Xue as bait to lure Emperor Lord here."
"And the Void organization seems to be preparing to use the three realms of heaven, earth, and man in Buzhou Mountain as a medium to open the door to the Time Ruins."
Ye Ling's eyes narrowed slightly. "Meaning, the current state of Buzhou Mountain's foundation being destroyed is all the work of the Void organization?"
Bu Si Gui nodded. "According to intelligence from the Hall, the Void has completed its arrangements in the Immortal Realm and the Human Realm, and only the Underworld is left."
"The Time Ruins will appear!"