"Boom!"
As the two triangles touched together, the divine ring suddenly shattered. The entire world plunged into darkness, and a violent force swept across the heavens.
On the phone,
the void exploded with a "rumble rumble...
endless fragments of time flew everywhere, forming a massive black hole. Long Chen spat out a mouthful of blood, flying out like a meteor.
"Long Chen!"
Ziyan cried out in alarm, rushing after him. Long Chen's body pierced through countless mountains, shooting hundreds of thousands of miles away, crashing hard into a cliff. Spider-like cracks appeared on the cliff, embedded in it.
When Ziyan arrived, Long Chen had already passed out. His clothes were all torn apart, and his body was covered in countless cracks, like shattered porcelain, about to shatter. Ziyan's face turned pale with fright.
Ziyan was about to reach out to pull Long Chen out of the cliff and treat him, but at that moment, Dragon Bone Evil Moon's voice came through:
"You can't touch him. He almost died. If you touch him, you'll only make him worse."
"Then... What should be done? Ziyan panicked. Long Chen's current appearance was terrifying, his aura so weak it was almost undetectable.
Just moments ago it was fine, so how did it suddenly fail? Everything happened so suddenly, without a single warning.
"Long Chen's bones have all shattered, his tendons have burst open. In this state, this is the best way for him to recover.
You don't need to worry. This guy is very lucky and won't die, but it may take some time to recover. I'm afraid he won't be able to enter the ancient battlefield with you right away to search for the Qin soul." "Dragon Bone Xie Yue replied.
Hearing that Long Chen was not in life-threatening condition, Ziyan finally breathed a sigh of relief. Long Chen's condition was terrifying; her heart was pounding in her throat.
Ziyan was focused on protecting Long Chen. After just seven days, Ziyan's jade token rang, and a message arrived, asking when to set out to search for the soul of the zither.
Ziyan ignored her, the jade token kept ringing. Later, Ziyan turned it off to protect Long Chen exclusively. Long Chen was already like this, and now she had no mind to care about whether the zither soul was or not.
Long Chen didn't wake up until the tenth day. After waking up, he was immediately tormented by intense pain, letting out agonized groans.
It hurt so much—not only was flesh torn apart, bones crushed, but it felt as if even the soul was being torn apart.
Seeing Long Chen awake, Ziyan was overjoyed and hurriedly used her own soul power to nurture his soul.
Only then did Ziyan realize that Long Chen's soul was riddled with wounds. If it were someone else, their soul would have already scattered, but Long Chen still managed to survive strongly.
When Long Chen woke up, Ziyan was both happy and heartbroken, and before she knew it, two streams of tears began to fall.
"Sorry to make you worry." Watching Ziyan cry, Long Chen said apologetically.
Ziyan shook her head, choking up as she said, "It's all my fault. I shouldn't have asked you to help me. Actually, I could have done it myself..."
Ziyan was filled with guilt and self-blame. She knew that Long Chen had risked changing his cultivation method because this operation was too dangerous. For her, he nearly lost his life, but she felt no pain in her heart.
"Silly girl, what nonsense are you talking about? Even if you don't come to me, I'll still change my cultivation path. This has nothing to do with you." Long Chen looked at Ziyan and said.
With Ziyan's help, Long Chen's soul-torn pain eased, and his soul began to slowly recover. Long Chen checked his body.
He found that all 108,000 stars had cracked, but fortunately, the core was unharmed and recovering on its own. The six stars—Feng Mansion, Yu Heng, Siming, Gong Qi, Shen Guan, and Mingmen—remained unharmed.
"Why is this happening?"
Long Chen closed his eyes and let out a silent sigh. This was the result of countless simulations—it was absolutely right. According to the experience of the five Great Emperors, it would definitely work. How could it have failed? Could bad luck have returned?
"Your deduction is definitely correct. Every step is exquisite and follows the principle of the myriad paths of reincarnation.
But in the end, it still fails. There must have been a problem in some detail. Perhaps you should think carefully about where the omission was. "Dragon Bone Evil Moon said to Long Chen.
This failure was unbelievable even to Dragonbone Xie Yue. It was so sudden, everything seemed so natural and unusual, yet in the end, it suddenly failed. This was simply against the laws of nature.
If there were problems in the process, there would definitely be abnormal reactions. Only at the very last moment, when it suddenly failed, was it hard to fathom.
But in such matters, luck probably doesn't exist. Success is success, failure is failure. It's not that the first failure and the second attempt might succeed using the same method; there must be reasons Long Chen doesn't know.
Fortunately, after Long Chen's soul began to recover, the 108,000 stars started to rapidly recover, and in less than three days, they were fully restored.
But Long Chen's body couldn't handle it. He needed to let his bones and meridians connect freely, without interference. Only after the bones and meridians were joined could he circulate his life force to recover.
Long Chen's injury this time delayed a whole month. During that time, Mo Nian and the others were still busy traveling around, cultivating while harassing powerful figures from various places.
With the support of the pills, the Dragon Blood Legion and the Mohist disciples grew stronger every day. The strongest had already broken through to the fifth heaven, and their cultivation speed was astonishing.
However, the day before Long Chen fully recovered, very bad news came from Mo Nian's side: when Mo Nian led his men into the City of Wrongful Death, they encountered Ye Ming.
Ye Ming had already advanced to the ninth level of Fusion Heaven, and during Mo Nian's sneak attack, he was breaking through to the tenth level, also at the Venerable Realm.
But just as he was about to succeed, Mo Nian interrupted him. In a rage, Ye Ming stormed into the Tianwu Continent. If Mo Nian hadn't been protected by the Zhou Cauldron, he would probably have been killed already.
Fortunately, Aman was strong enough and fought Ye Ming head-on several times. Both of them spat blood and retreated, and only then was Ye Ming finally driven off.
Ye Ming's growth rate was simply despairing. At this rate, it wouldn't be long before he attained the title of emperor.
Upon hearing this news, Long Chen's heart tightened. His cultivation speed was already considered cheating, but Ye Ming was even more outrageous, constantly breaking through without any reason.
"Such rapid cultivation can only be achieved by devouring power; it is the dark power that Ye Ming has mastered.
Perhaps he sacrificed all the evil cultivators for this day. This person is deeply thoughtful and knows how to endure—truly a remarkable character. "Dragon Bone Xie Yue said.
For Ye Ming, a human who had mastered dark power with acquired power, he was truly a formidable hero of his generation—even Dragonbone Evil Moon admired him.
"Let's not worry about that for now. I've fully recovered. Let's head to the ancient battlefield first, summon the soul of the zither, and let the South Sea zither recognize its master first."
After Long Chen finished speaking, he stood up to take Ziyan away, but suddenly the void trembled—Ziyan and Long Chen were surrounded by a