C2072 They Were All Waiting for You!

The Ape earnestly urged Tan Xiaotian to depart swiftly and avoid seeking out trouble for himself.

His actions in the Wasteland had nothing to do with Tan Xiaotian.

Tan Xiaotian shouldn't throw away his life over a mere distaste for the Wasteland's methods. It simply wasn't worth it.

"The Abyss, the new master."

Tan Xiaotian's eyebrows quivered, seemingly swayed by the Ape's words, and he began to slowly back away.

After a moment, he concealed his demonform in the deep shadows, no longer offering aid to Yu Yuan in dealing with the black goat.

His stance appeared to be one of detachment, refusing to meddle further.

Yet, he did not depart.

From outside the mountain encircled by stars, he curiously observed the crimson star that had arrived from the Dark Star, pondering, "Surely, you must do something, right?"

The information he had indicated that this star, once home to the Root of the Solar Meridian, contained the realm's Primal Blood and the ice spirit.

Yu Yuan, at the eleventh level of the Solar Spirit, was the spokesperson for this realm's Primal Blood, manifesting its will.

Should Yu Yuan find himself besieged, it would surely intervene, wielding its power to sway the course of battle.

Tan Xiaotian decided to continue observing for a bit longer.

"That's more like it."

The Beast God, now in the guise of a woman in a black dress, exuded a charming allure as she grinned at the Demon Lord. With a soft voice, she said, "With this matter concluded, I'd like to invite you to the Wasteland as a guest. The dark powers you've mastered could also attract followers there, carving out a new domain for you."

This was an overt seduction.

"Followers? A new domain?"

Tan Xiaotian felt a tremor in his spirit.

The directive from the Dark Anima behind him was clear: seize the Dark Realm, envelop it in darkness, and then use it as a foothold to gradually extend his influence over the neighboring Astral Domains.

If the Wasteland offered a suitable place like the Dark Realm, it could be a viable option.

"To be frank, we indeed have an excellent domain in the Wasteland, perfect for both the Dark Anima and yourself."

Yuan Le promptly made his position known, smiling and nodding at Tan Xiaotian. "I also look forward to exploring the depths of the Abyss with you. The Primal Anima that graced you with the name Tianxin seems to be ensnared in the Abyss, constrained by the Light Spirit."

"Mr. Tan, with your exceptional talents, surely you aspire to shatter this stalemate?"

"When darkness prevails, it suppresses with light. As the forces of light grow stronger, darkness corrodes them. Mr. Tan, you ought to reflect on your own path and consider the one who shaped you."

Yuan Le cast an approving glance at the elegant woman in the black dress, musing that he needed to delve deeper into Mind Magic, or else he would never have conceived such a cunning strategy.

The remarks from the two Beast Gods rendered Tan Xiaotian speechless.

"Mr. Tan, there's no rush to depart. Staying to observe wouldn't hurt."

Noticing Tan Xiaotian's interest, Yuan Le swiftly altered his stance, now preferring that he stay.

Meanwhile, Yu Yuan was oblivious to their dialogue and their attempts to sway Tan Xiaotian.

Boom!

Deep within the tumultuous clouds, Yu Yuan's imposing figure, akin to a celestial deity in the outside world, descended before the mountain, only to discover its truly towering height.

The stars, seemingly minute from afar, were in fact quite substantial.

Within, a vast cosmic energy was being purified, as if he had stumbled into an alternate Starry Sky Forbidden Zone!

The mountain, the stars, and the unseen wall that encircled them.

The wall, luminous and transparent, did not obstruct his view of the mountain from the outside, nor did it prevent him from observing the dynamics of this realm.

Only by venturing inside could one realize that a domain akin to the Ashlands and Dark Realm enveloped the mountain and stars, creating a unique world.

"Still a greenhorn," the black goat, now in the guise of a striking woman in a black dress, said with a sneer as she looked at Yu Yuan, though internally she breathed a sigh of relief.

"You've met expectations."

The old Ape, puffing on his pipe, wore a complex expression. "Yu Yuan, they arrived from the Stellar Oblivion, seizing the chaos to obliterate the extraterrestrial base camp of Boulderdawn, reducing the sanctuary you crafted to dust."

"Subsequently, they roamed the Astral Domains, annihilating beings and absorbing the energy of the Star River."

"Do you know what you've been waiting for?"

The Ape murmured softly.

Yu Yuan, who had just come to a halt, pointed to himself and asked, "Could it be that you were waiting for me?"

"Who else could it be but you?"

The Ape sighed deeply and continued, "An Astral Domain, devoured of all its cosmic energy, where all life has been extinguished, is the perfect battlefield to confront you. This battlefield was designed with you in mind from the very beginning, waiting for your arrival."

With his smoke tube, the Ape gestured toward the dazzling stars that were gradually floating towards Yu Yuan and scattering around him.

"These Beast Gods, each star, and this mountain have all been waiting for your Solar Spirit!"

"It's like luring the noble into the pot!"

Crack! Snap!

Taishi's Divine Transcendence burst apart, causing both his real body and his refined Solar Spirit to shatter simultaneously.

Bits of his bones, flesh, and organs were either in the palm of the Direbear or atop the mountain peak, quickly as if being consumed by the earth itself.

In an instant, the God-King, who had battled with Yu Yuan in the Everlands and toppled the rule of the Nagas, was reduced to nothing more than a sphere of primordial spirit.

Upon losing its source, the primordial spirit took on a deep purple hue.

Taishi's primordial spirit, forged with the assistance of the Demon God Bertain and transformed by Bertain's rare artifacts, was deep purple, marking it as a formidable Demon God among the Sky Fiends.

Having lost his physical form, Taishi's primordial spirit managed to break free from Sekou's grasp.

Within the mountain, the Earth Spirit of the Wasteland no longer had any hold over Taishi's primordial spirit.

Thus, Taishi's primordial spirit, without any hesitation, made a beeline for Yu Yuan.

Yu Yuan, engulfed in sorrow and hearing the black goat's taunts and the Ape's jeers, was about to take action when he caught sight of Taishi's primordial spirit.

He swiftly cleared his mind of all distractions. The violet gold Dragon Slaying Stage radiated a brilliant silvery glow.

Whoosh!

A gleaming silver pathway emerged from the sharp end of the Dragon Slaying Stage, shooting forth like a streak of lightning.

This luminous path was designed to guide Taishi's primordial spirit into the Dragon Slaying Stage, ensuring its preservation. Yu Yuan had all the means necessary to resurrect Taishi in the future.

He needed to make sure Taishi would live.

At that moment, a host of Beast Gods, each controlling their own celestial domains, had completely encircled Yu Yuan's Solar Spirit.

Yu Yuan had become like a mountain, surrounded by stars.

Yet, as the stars encircled him, it was as though invisible chains were wrapping around him, layer by layer.

Yu Yuan could distinctly feel the Beast Gods perched upon those stars, somehow restricting his bloodline.

And it was effectively working.

What shocked Yu Yuan even more was that upon entering this realm, he had lost all contact with his Primal Blood, his real body, and his Demonic Vessel.

Beyond this world, he could no longer sense anything.

Tan Xiaotian, that crimson star, now seemed utterly unrelated to him.

His Solar Spirit was utterly isolated.

"Just a moment."

Yuan Le suddenly materialized on the shoulder of the Direbear.

Perched on Sekou's shoulders as wide as mountains, Yuan Le dangled his legs, squinting with a smile as he instructed the black goat, "Tell Taishi to take a breather."

"Understood."

The elegant woman in the black dress nodded gently, her dress's folds releasing a mystical glow of the soul.

The arcane secrets within her horns also flickered subtly.

With a tap of her finger on her horn, a clear, resonant sound echoed.

Ding!

Taishi's primordial spirit, en route to the Dragon Slaying Stage, was suddenly hit by a soul-destroying note. The solid and distinct spirit was distorted and trembled from the sound, as if the soul itself might disperse.

The black goat delicately swayed her skirt, creating more ripples of the soul, generating a vortex of force that pulled at spirits.

The pleats of her skirt carried the cries of innumerable lost souls, as if lakes of souls were forming and then swiftly vanishing.

She skillfully combined the Mind Magic and the Soul Laws, understood by the Primal Soul and the Everlands, to ensnare Taishi.

"Heh!"

Sekou's arm came crashing down.

The gleaming silver path that had burst forth from the Dragon Slaying Stage, meant to guide Taishi's primordial spirit, was swatted away by the Direbear's massive limb, as if a long mountain range had been shattered.

"So you're Taishi? I have a fondness for men of your caliber. We should get to know each other better."

The elegant woman in the black dress smiled, yet her eyes were a frigid ice. She beckoned to Taishi's primordial spirit.

Taishi, as if his soul had been captured, obediently ventured into the realm governed by the black goat, approaching her through a sea of endless corpses and wandering spirits.

"See how well-behaved he is?"

In her astral domain, the woman in black regarded Yu Yuan with a chilling gaze and said, "Deep within the Secret Realm of Time, you killed my follower and wounded my soul fragment. I vowed then that once my real body reached the Origin Realm, we would have a serious conversation!"

"And me!"

"And us!"

Sanha, the white boa, Soderis, the Hawk God, the Starbeast God, the Tectonic Ripper God, the Bloodstorm Beast God, and those Beast Gods resurrected by the Beast God Temple, all fully awakened.

Whether they were slain by Yu Yuan or not, they all held him accountable, drawing their stars closer in accusation.

The celestial bodies began to revolve in tandem.

The mountain Yu Yuan faced suddenly burst into brilliance, bearing down on him like a colossal weight on his spine. An infinite force hammered down, making it strenuous for him to move his formidable frame.

At that moment, Yu Yuan uncovered an even more astonishing truth.

Upon entering this world and reevaluating Yuan Le before the great mountain, he realized that Yuan Le was still a Blood Clone!

This was not Yuan Le's real body at all!

The mountain, the stars, and the unseen barrier of this strange land had deceived his senses, obscuring the reality from him.

At such a pivotal moment, it was inconceivable that Yuan Le's real body would remain in the Wasteland!

Yuan Le must have arrived, and he was surely now in the Origin Realm.

Since he had left only a clone to mislead Yu Yuan, Yuan Le must have deemed there were more pressing matters to attend to.

Where could he be?

Yu Yuan suddenly felt the onset of a headache.

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