C1501 A Plan to Calculate Everything

Youyu, with Yuen Qingxi in tow, set off and instantly returned to Horror Land. Huangyin, along with the ancient Earth Demon perched atop the tombstone, were left bewildered by the departure of Yuen Qingxi and Rovi, and the mysterious disappearance of Xuanying. It appeared they were at a loss, unable to make a decision anytime soon.

At that moment, Loong Jie, Tan Junshan, and Chen Liangquan cast malevolent glances at the two Earth Demons. They were intent on seizing the moment to eliminate them. With Rovi gone, and both Yuen Qingxi and Youyu absent, their odds of defeating the Earth Demons before them were exceedingly high.

"Didn't you hear Youyu's parting words?" Yu Yuan gave them a sidelong glance.

"I haven't ascended to the highest ranks, and I'm right here underground, so it's not against the rules for me to strike them down," Tan Junshan said with a chilling smile.

"You think you can kill us?" Huangyin roared in anger.

"Master!" Yu Yiyi called out from the rim of the cauldron, sending forth her soul's message. She too was eager to use the combined strength of Yu Yuan and the Dragon Slash Platform to draw Huangyin back into the Evil Cauldron and refine this once formidable Earth Demon.

She was confident that with the Dragon Slash Platform now fully sealed and in Yu Yuan's possession, they had the capability to do so.

"Never mind," Yu Yuan dismissed the idea with a shake of his head.

In the moment the Space-time Ban was enacted, he had communicated with Youyu and learned the truth about the ancient deaths of Xuanying, Huangyin, and Xuanli. They had died unjustly at his own hands in a past life. Youyu had also made it clear that he intended to look after the Earth Demon Clan until the birth of the Great Demon God.

With that in mind, Yu Yuan decided to extend a courtesy to his old friend.

"We're leaving." With a mere thought, the Dragon Slash Platform he had been holding flew effortlessly into his Shen Que acupoint.

Yu Yuan's brow unfurled, confident that the Dragon Slash Platform had indeed been restored. Otherwise, the integration of the Artifact with his being would not have been so seamless.

"Master, may I ask you something?" Yu Yiyi emerged from the cauldron, paying no mind to the sullen Huangyin. Instead, she turned her attention to the headless knight, now just a deep red soul. "And you? Do you still wish to join me in battle?"

The soul of the headless knight swelled and turned its attention to Huangyin.

Huangyin let out a cold huff.

The knight paused before speaking, "Now that I've regained my freedom, I refuse to enter the cauldron. Regardless of how much trust and esteem you once held for me, the moment I step inside, I would be branded with a slave mark."

"Huangyin, you sought me out and awakened me. Up to this point, you've never resorted to such measures with me."

"And so..."

He declined Yu Yiyi's offer.

"Let it be, I wish you luck."

Yu Yiyi didn't insist. She felt a twinge of regret and, having said her piece, she took control of the Evil Cauldron and pursued the soaring figure of Yu Yuan.

Huangyin and the refined Earth Demon atop the tombstone could do nothing but watch the party depart.

With Rovi gone and Youyu's stance clear upon awakening, and Yuen Qingxi also having left, the power they currently wielded posed no threat to Yu Yuan and his companions.

To engage in battle now would only bring disgrace upon themselves.

"The one thing I can't fathom is how Youyu can stand that young upstart, Yu Yuan? In our brief lapse, so much transpired. I suspect it was the ultimate secret of the Space-time Dragon that brought time and space to a halt. Yet, Youyu should be immune to such constraints!"

Only when Huangyin could no longer see Yu Yuan and the others did he express the doubts plaguing his mind.

"That's precisely the mystery that troubles me," the ancient Earth Demon mused, gazing into the heavens. "We both know how proud Youyu is and how challenging he can be to deal with. In his time, the people he truly respected were few and far between. After his ascension to ghostly divinity, the only name we've heard linked closely to him is Yu Yuan."

"Is Yu Yuan really the chosen one, as Yuen Qingxi suggests? Could it be that Yu Yuan, the master of the Dragon Slash Platform, has long been part of the Ghost Wizard Sect?"

"Was Yu Yuan planted inside the Divine Soul Sect by Youyu's design?"

The ancient Earth Demon pondered the implications with grace.

Huangyin watched her speculate, his expression icy. He remained silent for quite some time.

When she couldn't resist asking Huangyin for his perspective, the progenitor of the Earth Demons replied with a dismissive twist of his mouth, "Youyu, you're overthinking it with your needless suspicions."

"And what insight might you have?" the female Earth Demon retorted with a huff.

"This Yu Yuan is the successor of that individual. Deep down, Youyu still respects him. He believes that the deaths of me, Xuanying, and Xuanli, while regrettable, were justified," Huangyin said, his expression grim as a surge of purple demonic flames flickered in his eye sockets. "He and that man are cut from the same cloth!"

"He believes your deaths were warranted?" the female Earth Demon exclaimed in astonishment.

"Of course! It's not just us three; he even thinks his own death would be justified! To achieve his ultimate goal, Youyu is merciless, both to others and to himself!"

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Following Tan Junshan and Chen Liangquan, it wasn't long before they pierced the sky of the Foul World and the light abruptly faded.

Yu Yuan quickly realized that he, along with Tan Junshan and the others, had entered an underground tunnel that twisted and turned yet consistently ascended.

He detected the damp scent characteristic of the Iridescent Cloud Miasma Sea.

Within his aperture, he could still harness the power of the Dragon Slash Platform. As his vision expanded, he noticed numerous tunnels like the one they were in, all leading upwards.

It appeared to be a network of passages intentionally carved out in ancient times.

His concerns dissipated.

Inside his soul's sea of consciousness, his Yin God suddenly merged with the Dragon Slash Platform and entered the realm of the Golden Giant Dragon's remains.

In the third Dragon Slash Platform, a vast internal world unfolded, where a colossal Golden Giant Dragon had been severed into five segments.

The dragon's head lay at the center of this realm, while the four gleaming sections of its body were scattered at the cardinal points, a great distance from the ferocious golden head.

Rivers of radiant golden blood flowed from the body segments towards the dragon's head.

The dragon's head rested like an island in the middle of a lake of golden blood.

The ground was littered with an array of dragon heads, carcasses, and skeletons.

This was a scene he had previously witnessed firsthand when he first encountered the Dragon Slash Platform in the Fallen Moon Forbidden Area.

Upon his Yin God's return, his gaze immediately fell upon the dragon horns atop the dragon's head. The two golden horns, with their piercing sharpness, seemed to cut through all things. One, in particular, struck him with a sense of familiarity; it was the very horn Zhong Chichen had taken from the Colorful Lake, intending to use it in a plot against him.

Relieved to see the golden dragon horn had indeed returned, he let out a sigh of relief.

His attention then shifted to the unexpected presence of the purple-gold dragon egg, which, due to the merging of the third Dragon Slash Platform, had intruded into this realm instead of being elsewhere. The egg, nestled in a stream leading to the dragon's head, was now fused with the eggshell and the sticky dragon blood.

With a hissing sound, numerous golden beams of light were drawn from the severed parts of the Golden Giant Dragon's corpse, its decapitated head, and from within the two golden horns. The purple-gold dragon egg forcefully extracted them, channeling them into itself, thereby completing the missing links in the young Spinosaurus's Bloodline Crystal Chain.

"My dear senior brother, your assistance now makes perfect sense," Yu Yuan mused, his expression turning curious as he observed the world through his Yin God. The growth rate of the Spinosaurus he had been nurturing had significantly accelerated!

The vibrations of the dragon heart resonated with an unexpectedly harmonious and melodious quality. What did this signify? The young Spinosaurus, a Tenth Level being, was craving the lineage of the Golden Giant Dragon, longing for the remnants of the golden Dragon God's blood and its sacred laws and principles!

The Starry Behemoth, whose demise in the Boundless Great World had ushered in the golden age of the Nagas, was revered. The Golden Giant Dragon had always been the leader of the Nagas, recognized as the mightiest among them. It was likely that the Tenth Level Golden Giant Dragon had inherited one of the Spinosaurus's most essential bloodlines!

In contrast, the mysteries hidden within the bloodlines of the Space-time Dragon, Frost Dragon, and other Dragon Gods might have been the secrets the Spinosaurus had appropriated from other Starry Behemoths before transmuting them.

Now, with the return of the third Dragon Slash Platform and the remains of the Tenth Level Golden Giant Dragon still present, the young Spinosaurus was maturing at an astonishing rate! Senior brother had foreseen this, understanding precisely what the young creature was missing.

Therefore, when the Space-time Ban was activated, my senior brother tore through a spatial rift, using the golden horn to summon the third Dragon Slash Platform.

He aided in its restoration, employing Rovi's blood essence to return the Dragon Slash Platform to its original state.

Though my senior brother has departed, he bequeathed the deceased Dragon God and its microcosm to the young creature!

His intent was for it to mature swiftly, to break free from the dragon egg, and to glide across the vast expanse.

He even aspired for it to traverse the infinite starry sea!

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