C2320 Poison Source
"I won't go."
Chen Qinghuang's brow furrowed, her face ashen from her severe injuries.
She, too, was atop that vast expanse of flesh and blood, yet she maintained a distance from everyone else, appearing conspicuously out of place.
She stood aloof from the world, as if there was an inherent distance between her and everything else. She harbored no sentiment for the Origin Realm or the Wasteland.
Yu Yuan might just be the only person in the world whom she truly cared about.
Thus, when Yu Yuan's gaze met hers, she hesitated briefly before swiftly pulling an item from within her garment and tossing it to Yu Yuan's real body, which was outside the darkness. In a hushed tone, she cautioned, "Do not touch it with your flesh and blood."
Yu Yuan was taken aback.
In a low voice, she clarified, "It's something from Kuna's earlobe."
Yu Yuan instantly grasped her meaning. He enveloped a ball of dark green smoke with the Dragon Slaying Stage beneath his feet, securing the object.
Whoosh!
The object instantly settled within the Dragon Slaying Stage.
An exquisite jade gourd materialized within the inner world of the stage, emitting an enchanting, soft glow and releasing a potent poison that could taint flesh and blood.
Within the delicate jade gourd were two teardrop-like droplets, each containing a spiritual sense.
"I am the origin of all poisons, refined by the traitor Kuna. Who might you be?" the spiritual sense within the jade gourd inquired, its thoughts projecting as the teardrop-sized droplet scrutinized Yu Yuan.
"The source of poison?"
Yu Yuan quickly connected the dots. Chen Qinghuang had fulfilled her promise, sharing with him a copy of the toxic secret she had acquired for his own enlightenment.
At this moment, her decision to relinquish the rare treasure concealed within Kuna's earlobe clearly indicated her refusal to travel to the Stellar Phoenix.
Intent on rescuing Yu Zhu and liberating the Moonfang Tiger along with other alien beasts, Yu Yuan realized he must rely on his own strength to unravel the mysteries of the poison.
Whoosh!
Chen Qinghuang soared into the sky, her human form revealing a murky Mysterious Realm that suddenly materialized behind her, resembling a concealed world of her own creation.
This world was fraught with death, destruction, and the laws of toxicity—dangerous and enigmatic.
She gave Yu Yuan's Solar Spirit a gentle nod and then, without a trace, drifted away through a newly opened rift.
She had sustained severe injuries and needed time to heal. The Dark Astral Domain, lying closest to the Otherworld, was teeming with too many horrifying entities, and she was reluctant to linger there any longer than necessary.
Yu Yuan, from his vantage point within the Star River, watched her departure and remained covertly on high alert.
Having taken over Jihui, along with the Dark Anima, the Mother Earth of the Peak of Creation, and the young girl from the Star of Light, no one dared to obstruct Chen Qinghuang's departure.
Simultaneously, Yu Yuan, inhabiting the body of the Undead Sovereign on the Dragon Slaying Stage, engaged in a dialogue with the lingering consciousness of the toxic. He inquired, "Are you dead or alive?"
"I don't know," came the bewildered response from one of the tear drops.
Yu Yuan scrutinized the tear drop closely, identifying it as the spiritual sense of the toxic Primal Anima.
The other tear drop contained the source of the toxic energy and its complex cosmic order, all intricately tied to the secrets of poison.
The spiritual sense, the supreme cosmic order, and the attribute energy constituted the three fundamental components of a Primal Anima.
Within this tiny jade gourd lay the spiritual sense and cosmic order of the toxic source. However, the spiritual sense was exceedingly incomplete.
"I am missing a part of myself, located in the hook feet of the rebel and her other earlobe," the toxic source pondered before providing a fragmented response.
This Primal Anima, devoid of significant emotional fluctuations, revealed to Yu Yuan that the Snail Goddess's hook feet contained its toxic essence, a concentration of its formidable energy.
More of its spiritual sense resided within the other earlobe, having been divided and now residing within different parts of her body.
When Chen Qinghuang had grievously wounded Kuna, she had severed the hook feet and torn off two earlobes, effectively capturing the most quintessential elements of the toxic source.
With these, she could potentially resurrect the source of the toxic energy.
"Very well, thank you for your response. Now, let's discuss the arcane secrets you excel in," Yu Yuan, cautious of the Primal Soul and thus concealed within the Dragon Slaying Stage, approached the jade gourd and proposed, "Could you expedite my understanding of your toxic laws?"
The source of the toxic energy fell silent for a moment, then declared, "I want to live."
"I can only do my best," Yu Yuan responded calmly.
Outside.
With a whoosh, following the departure of the rainbow-colored divine light, the shattered bones of the Skeleton Giants were drawn by a force and flew towards the massive green-black pupil.
All the bones that had been used to construct the Evil Temple began their refinement anew within the dazzling mystery of the All Spirits Ban.
Deep within the All Spirits Ban, a colossal furnace of flames took shape, consuming the myriad broken bones and recasting them, wiping away all traces of the death force left by Kurkova.
"I will find the Space God and the Death God."
Hovering above the eye after taking over Jihui, he observed the World of Darkness, now riddled with cracks and openings due to the arrival of the Peak of Creation and the manifestation of mighty beings. "I will handle them," he declared.
Whoosh!
Assuming the identity of the God of Jihui, he departed through an unfolding rift, searching the Wasteland for the two elusive Otherworld Gods.
Yu Yuan acutely sensed the spiritual sense from his Mind Magic, which had been discreetly woven throughout the various Astral Domains of the Wasteland.
"I'll also help look," offered the girl within the Star of Light, her bright eyes emitting a divine brilliance too intense to gaze upon directly.
The stars of the Wasteland, along with the sun and moon, suddenly resonated mysteriously with him.
In the vast expanse of the Star River, countless stars, numerous fiery suns, and crescent moons instantly became his eyes, aiding him in his search for the missing Otherworld Gods across the entire Wasteland.
She had mastered the arcane secrets of the sun, moon, and stars, integrating them into her Light Spirit. Through Yu Yuan's influence, she had become a Primal Soul second only to the Primal Soul itself.
Yuan Lianyao, empowered by the flames, and Ballo, who had advanced through the stars, gazed at him curiously as he communicated with the celestial bodies using his power.
His strength was palpable to both Yuan Lianyao and Ballo.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
In the torn rift, dazzling starlight shone through, with the distant sun and moon shining brighter in his presence, their radiant light converging upon him.
In the region shrouded by darkness, light began to intensify with each passing moment.
Within the depths of her green-black eyes, the Dark Anima, taking the form of a seductive woman, hesitated for a long while before suddenly addressing the Primal Soul, "I want to reclaim my divine power."
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
A torrent of dark energy surged towards the green-black eye, vanishing into nothingness as it passed through the All Spirits Ban.
"Alright."
The Primal Soul's ghostly form gave a slight nod to the Dark Anima and encouraged, "Don't lose heart. The deities from the Otherworld will lead you to a new breakthrough."
"Understood."
The Dark Anima murmured in response.
Crack! Crack!
The shattered bones that comprised the Holy Temple were cleansed and re-forged, imprinted once again with the Primal Soul's power.
Some fragments of the Evil God's bones were even transported above the Abyss of Truth and to the two All Spirits Bans within the Genesis Continent.
At this moment, all three All Spirits Bans were under his dominion, simultaneously refining the Evil God's bones.
Soon, he would use another ghostly form to craft a new demonform from these remnants.
The departure of Jihui would not hinder him; he would have a new vessel at his disposal, maintaining his grip on the situation.
"Forget, forget, forget!"
A bizarre chanting echoed from the springs leading to Xaplica and Deichakeon, suggesting that another deity from the Otherworld was preparing to cross over, following the Space God and the Death God.
The word "Forget" reverberated, spreading across the increasingly illuminated cosmos as the darkness receded.
Those who heard the chant felt their memories falter, as if experiences deeply etched in their souls were being scrubbed away by an eraser.
Yu Yuan's brow furrowed, and he instantly knew it was the work of the one who had wiped the memories from Galuba and Kuna.
The recollections of Galuba and Kuna regarding the thirty-six worlds of the Otherworld had been dissolved by some enigmatic entity from afar.
This, in turn, prevented the big devil from deciphering the structure of that world through their spirits.
This enigmatic deity of the Otherworld was now targeting the intelligent beings of this realm with the incantations of "Forget."
"It's the God of Oblivion!"
Within the inner world of the Dragon Slaying Stage, the source of the toxic power within the jade gourd also picked up the "Forget" reverberations and gasped, "This is a formidable and fearsome god. He can erase the memories of others and consume their life experiences to augment his own strength."
"He's far more powerful than Galuba and Kuna!"
The vestiges of spiritual sense, seemingly fearful of the God of Oblivion, proactively reminded Yu Yuan to be cautious.
"Everyone, be alert. A deity known as the God of Oblivion is about to cross over."
Yu Yuan stood upon the real body of the Dragon Slaying Stage, gazing at the two fountains from which the sound of 'oblivion' emanated. He said, "He's more formidable than the two deities who perished. We must handle this with utmost care."
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
No sooner had he spoken than rows of characters materialized in the minds of his Solar Spirit and his real body.
There were many characters, some ancient scripts of the evilkind, some from the humans of the Everlands, and others belonging to the Starborn, Shadowkin, and Dawnbringers.
These diverse characters, representing the intelligent lifeforms of the Origin Realm, all conveyed a single concept.
—Forgotten.
Suddenly, the characters in the minds of his Solar Spirit and real body transformed into numerous green wraiths.
"I am the God of Oblivion. You possess many memories that have been sealed away. To me, those sealed memories hold immense power! I wish to reveal them first, then devour them."
All the green wraiths spoke to Yu Yuan, their voices buzzing incessantly in the minds of his two forms.
"Tsk tsk, it's so challenging to collect the memories you've concealed! Impressive, truly impressive!"
The green wraiths that had infiltrated Yu Yuan's sea of consciousness attempted to draw near the Soul Altar within his mind, but they disintegrated into dust before they could get close.
"Ah!"
The God of Oblivion let out a terrified scream.
