C1140 The Resurrection Ceremony of the Great Demon God!
Yue Fei's life memories and experiences were thrown into disarray by the impact. The remnant souls of numerous Banes, implanted by Yu Yiyi, had successfully taken root deep within Yue Fei's devil soul, fundamentally altering its form. Her devil soul was undergoing a silent transformation.
Only if Yue Fei could ascend like the Frost Queen, becoming a formidable Bane and reaching the tenth step, could her chaotic and fragmented memories and experiences be neatly rearranged. Then, Yue Fei would be able to recall past events and understand what she had endured.
However, by that point, the enslavement imprint would have grown incredibly potent and refined, seizing complete control over her heart and soul, making her instinctively compliant. With each step she climbed, the imprint would intensify significantly, ensuring that even with a surge in power, her freedom remained elusive.
"Sparing your life was already a mercy from my master," Yu Yiyi said with a sneer, holding an ice shard. She paid no further attention to the former Silvermoon Queen and, alongside the dark cauldron, soared into the sky, swiftly reaching Yu Yuan's side.
Lee Yupan's gaze was somber as she inwardly sighed, resigning herself to her fate. At that moment, streams of pure moon energy coursed through her veins and blood vessels, and a torrential shower of luminous rain fell in her Golden Sanctum little world. This rain was the very essence of the moon.
Though Yue Fei's devil soul had been extracted by the Crucible of Evil, the Moonshield she had previously refined with Calves had left its moon energy residue within Lee Yupan's body. Moreover, when Grec performed the Soul Swap, his residual consciousness moved to Winona's body, and he transferred some of Winona's refined Moonshield psionic power back to Yupan. This was to enable Yue Fei to restrain Yu Yiyi from the outside, buying more time.
The two streams of incredibly pure moon essence, absorbed and refined by Yue Fei and Winona, were mostly integrated into Lee Yupan's meridians and physique. Additionally, during the brief period when Grec controlled her body and utilized the Blood Fiend mystique, he used the essence of blood to further purify her physique.
She understood the method to purify the blood and Qi coursing through her veins.
In her Mindscape, a luminous full moon shed its light, encapsulating the ancient Moonfiend's theurgies and a deep comprehension of lunar power.
Lee Yupan quietly observed her internal state, and a burgeoning confidence took root within her.
She was convinced that it wouldn't be long before her Moonlit Wanderers' bloodline experienced a swift breakthrough.
She would reach the ninth level of the Moonlit Wanderers, just like Winona and Calves!
Moreover, if she could grasp the numerous arcane techniques of the ancient Moonfiend, she would find the path to ascend from the Solar Spirit to the Unbound Realm.
Then, she would be a true Unbound cultivator, possessing the ninth-level bloodline of the Moonlit Wanderers!
"I will reclaim Yue Fei and grant her freedom once more!"
Lee Yupan clenched her fist in resolve.
At that moment, Yu Yiyi, floating above, gazed down at her with a cryptic smile, as if piercing through her thoughts. "If you truly possess the strength to surpass me and threaten my power, I will return Yue Fei to you."
Yu Yiyi's expression chilled as she continued, "But be warned. If you lack the skill and still dare to challenge me, I won't be as courteous as I am today."
"You?" Lee Yupan exclaimed in surprise.
"Don't be so startled. Yue Fei has only just separated from you, leaving behind a faint bond." Yu Yiyi huffed, her pale hand releasing the ice shards which reformed into the Frost Queen amidst a dance of icy light. "By tracing that delicate spiritual link, I can discern your thoughts with minimal effort."
While speaking, she maneuvered the Crucible of Evil to float beneath Yu Yuan's feet.
Yu Yuan nodded in approval, "Impressive work."
The giant ape's thick fur, akin to anacondas, visibly thinned and elongated before disintegrating into ash.
The creature's form withered, rapidly diminishing to nothing but skin and bones.
"It's the heart that Grec is trying to resurrect! His resurrection ceremony wasn't halted by Tan Junshan; it's still continuing," Yu Yiyi said with a grave expression.
Yu Yuan also sensed that something was amiss.
The residual vitality of the tenth-level Dark Deity rushed toward the heart like a whale drawing in water, in a frenzied flow.
Within the heart, strands of divine light and electric flashes intertwined, consolidating the vitality before channeling it to an unseen, unfelt place to bolster Grec's lifeblood.
The silver threads of light that Tan Junshan had created darted about, destroying something in the process.
Yet, where he destroyed the heart's blood vessels and fibers, they would regenerate as new flesh and blood fibers and muscle tissue formed, thanks to the external infusion of vitality.
Grec's resurrection ceremony remained unceasing, never truly disrupted or annihilated.
Inside the violet gold dragon egg, Cao Yi and Chen Qinghuang continued their joint effort to eradicate Grec, who was operating through Winona's body.
The fissures in the eggshell were packed with grayish-white death force, preventing any internal aura from escaping, while the miraculous shell developed even more irregularities.
On the Dragon Slaying Stage, the young Titan Spinosaurus continued to draw upon the psionic powers of eighth and ninth-level dragon corpses, slowly augmenting its own strength.
"Should I go assist Tan Junshan?"
Yu Yiyi, positioned within the cauldron, turned to Yu Yuan, seeking his counsel.
Yu Yuan paused, hesitant.
With Cao Yi and Chen Qinghuang collaborating inside the dragon egg, he was confident that the lingering consciousness of Grec, acting through Winona, would not escape. And until the battle within was resolved, he wouldn't act on the young creature's wishes to prematurely use the Dragon Slaying Stage to shatter the massive violet gold dragon egg.
Tan Junshan had reached the heart and was exerting all his might to thwart Grec's resurrection ceremony.
But such a task couldn't be accomplished instantly. As he pondered the subtleties of the ceremony, it persisted, and the remaining vital energy of the Lunarphite was rapidly depleting...
"Let's wait a bit longer."
Somehow, he instinctively felt it was unwise for Yu Yiyi to enter the heart, as it might give rise to new dangers.
"Okay."
Yu Yiyi complied with his decision, no longer pressing the matter.
In that instant, Yu Yuan's remnant soul expanded, silently amassing its strength. With the Heaven Soul opening the "Third Eye," his eyes shimmered with enigmatic light as he reexamined the forbidden area of the Blood Fiend.
He could see that the outer rim of the little world was enveloped by a wall-like psionic power, radiating the death force that Chen Qinghuang had spread.
Beyond the colossal carcass of the Lunarphite, the rest of the little world was barren. There were no structures or palaces belonging to the Blood Fiend, no anomalies to be seen, and no rare treasures to be found.
The Altar of Rebirth, crimson and crystalline, continued to rotate slowly within his vitality-infused little world.
Occasionally, strands of vital energy would dissipate, merging into his acupoints, veins, bones, and Mindscape.
A murky and indistinct vision surfaced within his soul's perception.
He beheld a demonform towering ten thousand feet high, with an empty chest and its face concealed by Demon Armor, lying silently on the ground.
Mysterious blood light and soul threads converged, coalescing within the chest cavity of the demonform.
The scene shifted abruptly.
Several elders of the Blood Fiend knelt on one knee, as if in reverence to the crystalline remains of a Titan.
The fleshless Titan, reduced to bones, stood mountainous with an empty heart cavity.
As the Blood Fiend elders knelt before it, they held pulsating, bizarre hearts in their hands. They employed their clan's arcane arts to draw forth blood-red beams of light from within the hearts, directing them into the Titan's chest cavity.
Where the Titan's heart should have been, a furnace seemed to burn with blood fire, consuming the blood-red beams of light.
"The Great Demon God Grec's resurrection ceremony is not confined to a single location!"
Yu Yuan's complexion drained of color as he realized that the chieftain of the Blood Fiend could achieve his resurrection in this little world as well as in two other forbidden areas!
Three peculiar realms, a demonform, a Titan, and the Lunarphite, all were contingencies he had prepared for himself!
