Ji Ning saw that Ye Ling's eyes no longer held the dark depth, but instead held a trace of gentleness. He asked incredulously, "You... you dealt with Destiny so quickly?"
She had witnessed how powerful Destiny was, how even a supreme expert like Zhou Wen was slaughtered like a chick. She had thought Ye Ling would at least struggle with Destiny for days and nights, and there was even a danger of defeat.
But now, Ye Ling had resolved it too quickly, catching her off guard.
"Destiny's consciousness was very weak. After my consciousness evaded its first wave of search and suppression, it wasn't too difficult to reseal it," Ye Ling said without any concealment to Ji Ning.
"Reseal?" Ji Ning caught the key point. "Meaning you haven't eliminated this hidden danger yet?"
"Well... after all, all the power I currently possess comes from the Heavenly Cloud Sacred Spring. As long as the Heavenly Cloud Sacred Spring's power remains within my body, Destiny cannot be destroyed."
"Even if I were to erase Destiny, new Destinies would still emerge. And after the new Destiny inherits mine and subsequent ones, it won't be as easy for me to use this method to seal it," Ye Ling said.
"If you say so, then to resolve Destiny, you would have to cripple all the power of the Heavenly Cloud Sacred Spring?" Ji Ning asked curiously.
"That would indeed solve the problem, but the Heavenly Cloud Sacred Spring's power has already completely fused with my body, and my realm has broken through because of it. To cripple that power would be equivalent to turning me into a cripple... the price is too great," Ye Ling replied in a deep voice. "Therefore, I can only accept this power."
"You say it as if you've suffered a great loss!" Ji Ning shot Ye Ling a glare and stood up to change out of her uniform. "Your current power already surpasses the Origin Upper Realm, something countless people desire."
"Compared to the fortune you've obtained, your little hidden danger is not worth mentioning."
"If only it were that simple." Ye Ling stood up, put on his clothes, and sighed slightly, not offering Ji Ning further explanation.
Although he could now wield all of Destiny's power, that power was still continuously eroding his spirit, making Destiny increasingly powerful.
In other words, the more frequently he used that power, the faster Destiny would resolve its inner demons and break through the consciousness space.
He could currently only try to use Destiny's power as little as possible, to delay Destiny's return.
"It's a pity that the World Suppressing Bead has already been destroyed by Ah Yun. Otherwise, with the help of the World Suppressing Bead, the situation wouldn't be as dire as it is now."
Ye Ling murmured, dispelling the Devouring Domain barrier and saying to Ji Ning, "Zhou Wen has been dealt with, and the contract between you and me has ended."
"You also helped me a great deal this time. Our past grievances are settled, and I won't make things difficult for you anymore. You can leave."
Upon hearing Ye Ling's words, Ji Ning pursed her lips and then said to Ye Ling, "Ye Ling, I saved your life this time, and coupled with my sacrifice to help you out of the barrier on Heavenly Cloud Island, you owe me a great favor. And you want to dismiss me with just a few words?"
"Then what do you want?" Ye Ling raised an eyebrow slightly.
"I don't have any special requests. Let me follow you and join your team," Ji Ning said.
"You're abandoning your Dao Sect?" Ye Ling asked in surprise.
Ji Ning said, "Jian Shisan is already dead. His master, Jian Sanshao, will come looking for me sooner or later. Staying in the Dao Sect is just waiting for death. But following you is different... Even if Jian Sanshao comes seeking revenge, you can easily deal with him."
"You've also grown much stronger on Heavenly Cloud Island, entering the ranks of top supreme experts. Jian Sanshao should not be your opponent now, right?" Ye Ling asked again, piercing through Ji Ning's excuse with a single sentence.
Ji Ning's forehead suddenly broke out in black lines, her expression turning grim, her fists clenching involuntarily.
After a moment of composure, Ji Ning finally settled her emotions and said to Ye Ling, "We've already had the intimacy of husband and wife, and perhaps I'm even carrying your child. Are you going to be irresponsible like this?"
"I..."
Hearing Ji Ning's words, Ye Ling was stunned, unsure of what to say.
Although the absurd things that happened with Ah Yun and Ji Ning before were done by his second personality, Destiny, Destiny was still part of his consciousness, using his body. Ultimately, the seed sown was his bloodline.
Even though the higher the realm, the lower the probability of having offspring, even if the chance of winning the lottery was one in ten million, or one in a hundred million, he couldn't ignore it.
After Ji Ning said that, it was equivalent to a killing blow.
Ye Ling sighed heavily, then said to Ji Ning, "Since you've said so, wouldn't I be less than an animal if I refused you again?"
"If you're willing to follow, then follow... But I still have to tell you, I already have someone in my heart."
"It's fine, I've possessed your body. This much is enough," Ji Ning said with a mischievous smile. "Besides, I like pure little boys like you the most... and I don't mind sharing you with other sisters."
"Stop talking..."
Ye Ling held his forehead and shook his head. He really hadn't expected Ji Ning to be so sharp in this regard; he couldn't handle her at all.
"If you had channeled more of this energy into schemes and tricks, I probably wouldn't have been able to leave the Dao Sect alive," Ye Ling sighed.
"Then I'm quite fortunate. If I had killed you earlier, how could I have this delightful situation now?"
Ji Ning smiled, looked at Zhou Wen's corpse, and said, "Zhou Wen should still have the origin inheritance of the World Annihilating Spiritual Fire on him. Let's take the origin inheritance and leave."
"Mm."
Ye Ling nodded slightly, drew Zhou Wen over, and was about to retrieve the origin inheritance from Zhou Wen's body when he suddenly froze.
"What's wrong?" Ji Ning asked, seeing Ye Ling suddenly freeze.
Ye Ling frowned slightly, dropped Zhou Wen's corpse to the ground, and said in a deep voice, "He doesn't have the origin inheritance of the World Annihilating Spiritual Fire in his body."
"How can this be?" Ji Ning exclaimed. "When you killed Zhou Wen, that origin inheritance was still there!"
"It's likely that my Destiny personality didn't completely kill Zhou Wen, and Zhou Wen, while I was fighting Destiny for control of my body, escaped with the inheritance of the World Annihilating Spiritual Fire," Ye Ling said in a deep voice.
Before he became a supreme expert, he could already cut out his soul and life origin for backups. It wasn't strange for Zhou Wen, as such a top supreme expert, to do something like this.
Although Ye Ling's Destiny personality possessed immense power, more than half of its attention was focused on women, so it was normal for him to be deceived by Zhou Wen.
"What do we do now? Zhou Wen will definitely return!" Ji Ning's expression instantly turned serious upon hearing that Zhou Wen was still alive, and she asked in a deep voice.
Zhou Wen was cunning and had no bottom line. Being targeted by such a supreme expert made her restless.
Ye Ling pondered for a moment, then something occurred to him, and his expression changed slightly. He quickly said, "Not good! Zhou Wen will definitely go after Tian Xing. Her strength is inferior to Zhou Wen's. We can't let her fall into Zhou Wen's hands!"