As the consciousness within the face searched for issues with the body, Yin Guo was also busy, trying various methods to awaken Ye Ling.
However, with an unknown consciousness occupying Ye Ling's body and soul, and Yin Guo not knowing where Ye Ling's consciousness was, he feared alerting the enemy and dared not act rashly. He could only probe indirectly and attempt to contact Vivian and Auguha Gang.
After all, Vivian and Auguha Gang had signed a demon spirit contract with Ye Ling. Unlike Yin Guo's direct binding with Ye Ling's soul, they might possess methods to awaken Ye Ling.
But ever since Auguha Gang and the others ventured further north into the Northern Battlefield, all contact had been lost. Despite Yin Guo's every effort, he couldn't reach them.
"What should I do now? No! Yin Guo, you have awakened! You cannot panic! You must think about what Master would do in this situation?"
The young Yin Guo watched the consciousness within the face, which was deep in thought, and forced himself to calm down, trying to emulate Ye Ling's way of thinking.
Meanwhile, the consciousness within the face had thoroughly examined Ye Ling's body and soul but still found no memories of Long Yao. His heart grew increasingly panicked!
"Memories of Long Yao cannot disappear into thin air. That female dragon is meticulous; she must have done something to Ye Ling! If I were to possess Ye Ling like this, I might fall into her trap!"
"But... I've already died once. The worst that can happen now is dying again. Do I really need to be so afraid?"
"Or... do Bai Yue and Long Yao want to desecrate my corpse, so they resurrected me only to torment me slowly? Are their minds truly that twisted? It doesn't make sense... I only wanted to possess Bai Yue before. Does he need to hate me this much?"
The more the consciousness within the face thought, the more panicked he became. His entire attention was focused on Bai Yue and Long Yao, completely disregarding the possibility that Ye Ling's memory deficiency might have been caused by Ye Ling himself.
However, it was understandable for the consciousness within the face to overlook Ye Ling.
After all, Ye Ling had never encountered the Great Evolution Heavenly Art before, nor could he have known that the Great Evolution Heavenly Art could develop self-awareness and then possess its original cultivator.
Furthermore, Ye Ling had only recently become the Primordial Chaos Master, and he was still unclear about many secrets of the Void. The consciousness within the face did not believe that Ye Ling could have anticipated his revival and then set up a trap for him in advance!
If that were the case, Ye Ling would be too monstrous.
And as the consciousness within the face pondered the possible motives of Bai Yue and Long Yao, he failed to notice a wisp of Ye Ling's consciousness hidden in a corner of Ye Ling's consciousness space, calmly observing everything.
"How did that consciousness come about? Even cultivation techniques can become spirits these days?" Ye Ling muttered. He concealed his aura, observing the actions of the consciousness within the face in his body while researching the characteristics of the Great Evolution Heavenly Art.
In fact, Ye Ling still couldn't believe that a cultivation technique he practiced could develop self-awareness.
However, from the beginning, he had considered the possibility that Long Yao might use a method similar to the Heart of the World Demon to deal with him.
After all, his exterior was protected by the Mirror Domain of Karma, and all forces would be reflected. For Long Yao to win, she could only act from within, and possession was the best method.
In Ye Ling's estimation, Long Yao would use the Great Evolution Heavenly Art as a springboard to invade his consciousness, bypass the Mirror Domain of Karma within his consciousness space, and battle him.
Therefore, Ye Ling had taken precautions, severing a portion of his consciousness from his main body and hiding it in the consciousness space as a surprise force, ready to play a crucial role at the opportune moment.
But Ye Ling never expected that Long Yao's consciousness would not come at all. Instead, the Great Evolution Heavenly Art itself developed consciousness and intended to possess the main body.
Ye Ling's split consciousness clearly saw from within his consciousness space that after the Great Evolution Heavenly Art consciousness emerged, it had quietly blocked his main consciousness.
If he hadn't split off a portion of his consciousness, he would still be researching the Great Evolution Heavenly Art and wouldn't have noticed his body being possessed.
Afterward, he would have lived entirely within the illusion created by the Great Evolution Heavenly Art. Unless awakened by external forces, all his power would have been completely seized by the Great Evolution Heavenly Art consciousness.
But now, Ye Ling, by a stroke of luck, had escaped this calamity.
He hadn't guarded against Long Yao, but he had guarded against the Great Evolution Heavenly Art consciousness.
Although the situation had unfolded differently from Ye Ling's expectations, the outcome was good.
Most importantly, Ye Ling discovered that the Great Evolution Heavenly Art consciousness's strength lay in blocking the main consciousness's perception. In terms of vying for body control, ten Great Evolution Heavenly Art consciousnesses combined wouldn't be worthy of his shoes.
In other words, as long as Ye Ling wished, he could reclaim control of his body at any time.
It was precisely because of this that Ye Ling allowed the Great Evolution Heavenly Art consciousness to occupy his body for his research.
After all, with the Great Evolution Heavenly Art personally operating the cultivation technique, its displayed characteristics were much clearer than Ye Ling operating it himself.
"When Long Yao passed on the cultivation technique to me, she said I would face a tribulation. This Great Evolution Heavenly Art consciousness should be the tribulation Long Yao spoke of. Now that I've inexplicably overcome the tribulation, it's time for me to reap the rewards."
"Listening to Long Yao and the Great Evolution Heavenly Art consciousness... this cultivation technique should be the divine art cultivated by Bai Yue, and it can also increase one's strength without limit. The longer one cultivates this divine art, the stronger they become, with exponential explosive growth!"
"With each circulation of this cultivation technique, a certain attribute of the body will increase by one-tenth. At this rate of growth, Bai Yue should have long been invincible, even far surpassing Shan'e... but the reality is that Shan'e still controls everything from behind the scenes, and both Bai Yue and Long Yao are extremely wary of Shan'e."
"Is this situation due to the Great Evolution Heavenly Art having a limit in increasing strength, or does the strength of power become meaningless after reaching a certain realm?"
Ye Ling analyzed the attributes of the Great Evolution Heavenly Art, leaning towards his latter guess.
Based on the Karma techniques Ye Ling currently mastered, Karma techniques ignored cultivation realms and even the existing rules of various worlds. Since the Great Evolution Heavenly Art was the number one Karma divine art in the Void, it should not have a limit.
And based on the Karma techniques Ye Ling had encountered so far, Karma techniques were not invincible in the Void. In some corner of the Void, there might exist something even more terrifying than Karma techniques!
However, Ye Ling had never seen those things, nor could he imagine what determined strength or weakness at Shan'e's level.
"This Void is too vast."
Ye Ling sighed. As his research into the Great Evolution Heavenly Art deepened, he felt his own insignificance more and more.
Even though Ye Ling was now the Primordial Chaos Master, possessing the third-ranked Innate Immortal Spirit and the third-ranked Innate Demon Spirit, along with Vivian, ranked eleventh, Shan'e still loomed over Ye Ling like two insurmountable mountains.
With each breakthrough Ye Ling made, instead of feeling closer to Shan'e, he felt the gap between them widening.
"What is it that they see and face?"
Ye Ling murmured, then cast these musings aside, focusing on the present.
"Enough. Do what is appropriate for each stage. I cannot be impatient; taking it one step at a time is the most important thing. This Great Evolution Heavenly Art should point me toward a clear path for the future!"
As Ye Ling pondered, he finally grasped the Great Evolution Heavenly Art and began to awaken his main consciousness, returning to his own soul and reclaiming control of his body.
Meanwhile, the Great Evolution Heavenly Art consciousness, still contemplating the conspiracy of Bai Yue and Long Yao, suddenly felt a disturbance in Ye Ling's soul and was shocked!
"Wh-what is this situation? Why is Ye Ling waking up on his own?"
Feeling the disturbance in his body and soul, the Great Evolution Heavenly Art consciousness was greatly alarmed. He then glared fiercely at Yin Guo, who was making mischief not far away, and questioned, "Is this your doing?"
Yin Guo, who was clumsily imitating Ye Ling's thinking, was startled by the sudden roar of the Great Evolution Heavenly Art consciousness controlling Ye Ling's body. He looked at "Ye Ling" with a bewildered expression and said innocently, "I-I didn't do anything!"