In the Ye family manor, within Ye Ling's room.
The entire room was filled with an extremely dense soul power, so potent that it began to distort space itself.
If Ye Ling hadn't erected a barrier around his room to prevent the energy within from leaking out, even a single wisp of soul power escaping would have been enough to cause the entire Earth to shatter under its unbearable might.
Concurrently, within Ye Ling's consciousness space.
The rune that should have stored the power of the Primordial Soul King had suddenly become extremely unstable. A large amount of the Primordial Soul King's power was seeping out, even beginning to affect the other six special runes.
"Why has it become like this?"
Ye Ling stood in his consciousness space, his brow furrowed as he gazed at the increasingly unstable Primordial Soul King rune.
The Watchers were now outside the Shiyin Universe, and could discover the Shiyin Universe and the Three Thousand Universes hidden within it at any moment.
Therefore, Ye Ling had to absorb the Primordial Soul King's power as quickly as possible to deal with the impending crisis.
However, with the sudden anomaly in the Primordial Soul King's rune, Ye Ling knew that rushing would be futile. He could only force himself to calm down and logically search for a breakthrough.
"Logically, the Primordial Soul King was one of the lower three kings among the Seven Kings. His strength was nowhere comparable to the Primordial Time King or the Primordial Martial King. Absorbing his power shouldn't have been that difficult, so why is it specifically the Primordial Soul King's power that has a problem?"
Ye Ling stared at the increasingly unstable Primordial Soul King rune, unable to ascertain the exact reason.
To prevent the Primordial Soul King's power from affecting the other six runes, Ye Ling had no choice but to temporarily move the other six special runes out of his consciousness space, leaving only the Primordial Soul King's power within.
Boom!!!
Shortly after Ye Ling moved the other six special runes out of his consciousness space, the special rune belonging to the Primordial Soul King suddenly erupted with an extremely powerful force, impacting Ye Ling's consciousness space and nearly shattering it!
In the room, Ye Ling, suspended in mid-air, had blood seeping from the corner of his mouth, his face turning exceptionally pale.
Within his consciousness space, the special rune containing the Primordial Soul King's power began to show cracks on its surface, with large amounts of black energy seeping out!
"Something's wrong! The Primordial Soul King's power isn't this strong. Someone tampered with the soul crystal!"
Seeing the cracks appearing on the surface of the special rune, Ye Ling immediately realized that there was an issue with the Primordial Soul King's power and swiftly acted to strip it from the special rune!
Rumble!
As Ye Ling continued to extract the Primordial Soul King's power, more and more black energy seeped out from the special rune, filling his entire consciousness space, as if intending to completely corrode it and kill Ye Ling!
"This black energy... is it the work of inner demons?"
Seeing the black energy, Ye Ling felt a sense of familiarity but couldn't recall it immediately.
As the thought of inner demons crossed his mind, he immediately dismissed it: "No, doing something like this would bring him no benefit. He has no motive to tamper with the Primordial Soul King's power; this isn't his doing."
"Besides inner demons, the only one who could have tampered with the Primordial Soul King is Heavenly Mechanism..."
A sharp glint flashed in Ye Ling's eyes as he thought of this. His consciousness immediately withdrew from his consciousness space and returned to his body, simultaneously expelling the Primordial Soul King's power from within him.
Under Ye Ling's guidance, the Primordial Soul King's energy reformed into a soul crystal, gathering in Ye Ling's palm.
The black energy that had been in Ye Ling's consciousness space vanished as the Primordial Soul King's power was extracted.
After forcing all of the Primordial Soul King's power out of his body, Ye Ling then guided his power of creation into his consciousness space to repair the fractured special rune and check for any remaining traces of the strange black energy.
Once he confirmed that his consciousness space was fine, Ye Ling looked back at the soul crystal in his palm, his expression becoming solemn.
"I can't find any issue with the Primordial Soul King's power. Where did that black energy come from?"
Ye Ling meticulously examined the soul crystal but found no abnormalities. The crystal contained only the pure power of the Primordial Soul King, devoid of any impurities.
"When the inner demon gave me the Primordial Soul King's power, he didn't find any problems either. Now that Heavenly Mechanism has been annihilated, I doubt I'll be able to get any answers... Where should I look for the problem now?"
"Heavenly Mechanism, oh Heavenly Mechanism... I didn't expect you to leave me such a big problem even after death."
Ye Ling sighed and took out the special rune belonging to the Primordial Soul King, while simultaneously returning the other six special runes to his consciousness space.
"There's probably no time to slowly research how to absorb the Primordial Soul King's power now. I'll deal with this crisis for the Three Thousand Universes first, and then find an opportunity to study how to absorb the Primordial Soul King's power."
Although Ye Ling had not yet absorbed the Primordial Soul King's power and completed his breakthrough, with his current strength, he could still barely help the Three Thousand Universes overcome this crisis.
Just as Ye Ling was putting away the Primordial Soul King's power and preparing to help Tian Xing, Mu Bai suddenly transmitted a message: "Sir, are you free now?"
Hearing Mu Bai's transmission unexpectedly, Ye Ling's heart tightened, and he quickly asked, "What is it?"
Mu Bai said seriously, "I've made a new discovery regarding the Heavenly Dao. It's difficult to explain through transmission, so you might need to come over in person."
"Alright!"
Seeing the seriousness in Mu Bai's tone, Ye Ling realized that whatever he had found was no small matter.
He didn't hesitate and immediately teleported to the Heavenly Dao Palace, arriving beside Mu Bai.
Currently, in the Heavenly Dao Palace, the Heavenly Dao, which should have been a pure white ball of light, was now enveloped by a large amount of Source Text.
Within the Heavenly Dao, there existed numerous strange symbols, appearing to be a completely new language that had transformed the Heavenly Dao into an artificial intelligence.
Ye Ling glanced at the current state of the Heavenly Dao and then asked Mu Bai, "What did you discover about the Heavenly Dao?"
"Quite a few major discoveries."
Seeing Ye Ling arrive, Mu Bai immediately projected the information he had gathered before Ye Ling, saying, "I've deciphered some of those special symbols. One particular passage of symbols contains very strange content, which is why I called you here."
"Look."
Mu Bai presented a portion of the special symbols to Ye Ling, annotating them with Source Text, and said, "Within the Earth's Heavenly Dao, each special symbol contains a unique power, with a power level no less than that of Source Text."
"Most of these special symbols are related to the game 'Good and Evil Duel,' but the portion I've singled out has no relation to that game. Instead, it's related to the Primordial Seven Kings."
"Related to the Primordial Seven Kings?" Ye Ling was taken aback, not expecting Mu Bai's discovery to span such a wide range.
"That's right!" Mu Bai then extracted seven individual symbols from this passage and said to Ye Ling, "I found that these seven symbols correspond to the powers of the Primordial Seven Kings respectively. However, I haven't fully deciphered these symbols yet, and I'm currently unsure of their function within the Earth's Heavenly Dao."
"Seven symbols, corresponding to the Seven Primordial Kings..."
Ye Ling murmured, looking at the seven symbols extracted by Mu Bai. His gaze was immediately drawn to one special symbol that was swirling with black energy.
Seeing that special symbol, his pupils constricted slightly, and he immediately asked Mu Bai, "Which Primordial King does this special symbol, wreathed in black energy, represent?"
Mu Bai replied, "Based on my judgment, it should be the Primordial Chaos King."
"Primordial Chaos King..."
With Mu Bai's reminder, Ye Ling suddenly remembered something and immediately took out the box Xingyu had given him, opening it.
A large amount of black energy escaped from the box.
And the aura of that black energy was exactly the same as the black energy that had corroded the Primordial Soul King's rune in Ye Ling's consciousness space!
Seeing the black energy emanating from the box, Ye Ling's pupils constricted sharply, and he exclaimed in shock, "This is... the work of the Primordial Chaos King?"