Nezha, Li Jing, and all the heavenly soldiers and generals were plunged into an endless, deathly silence.
They stared, dumbfounded, at the space severed by Ye Ling ahead, their minds blank.
What, what was that?
The divine statues of the Three Yuan Star Lords and the Heavenly Calamity Mother Body were all split in half along with the space that Ye Ling had cut.
Ye Ling waved his hand, reclaiming the Saintly power from within the Three Yuan Star Lords' divine statues, returning it to their shells. He then stored them in his portable cave abode and turned away from the statues and the Heavenly Calamity Mother Body. He flew back to the clouds and said to Jiu Ling, who was still in a daze, "Everything is settled here. Let's go."
Jiu Ling subconsciously nodded at Ye Ling, then followed him blankly as they left the ancient ruins.
She hadn't recovered from Ye Ling's previous move.
She had fought the Heavenly Calamity Mother Body before and knew very well what a troublesome monster it was.
But... that kind of monster was split in half by Ye Ling from a distance...
Even space was cut open, and it was as simple as drinking water for Ye Ling.
This was simply... unbelievable!
From the moment Ye Ling slew the Heavenly Calamity Mother Body and the Three Yuan Star Lords' divine statues until he left the ancient ruins' space, not a single person spoke.
The world was filled with infinite silence.
All the celestial beings were stunned by the display Ye Ling had shown.
After today, the name of Emperor Ye Ling would echo throughout the Three Realms!
Not long after Ye Ling and Jiu Ling disappeared from the ancient ruins, endless spatial storms surged from the severed space, engulfing and crushing the split Heavenly Calamity Mother Body and divine statues into powder.
"This, this..."
Nezha stared blankly at the spatial storm consuming the Heavenly Calamity Mother Body and the divine statues, his body trembling slightly, his eyes filled with shock.
He had almost stopped thinking.
What, what had just happened?
He had been ready to help Ye Ling if he retreated, and to mock Ye Ling a few more times, to make Ye Ling understand that there was always someone better.
But...
The Heavenly Calamity Mother Body and the Three Yuan Star Lords' divine statues, which had rendered the ten thousand heavenly soldiers and generals helpless, couldn't even withstand a single move from Ye Ling...
The Heavenly Calamity Mother Body had a cultivation of True Martial peak, and the Three Yuan Star Lords' divine statues were as sturdy as saints, indestructible!
Yet, this disaster that could make the Immortal Realm wary... was so easily destroyed by Ye Ling...
How strong was Ye Ling?
Nezha couldn't comprehend it!
Li Jing's body also trembled violently, his eyes filled with shock.
He turned to look at the direction Ye Ling had left, opened his mouth, but didn't know how to describe his current feelings.
He thought he had overestimated Ye Ling's power, but he never expected Ye Ling's actual strength to be far beyond his imagination!
Overwhelmed by shock, Li Jing could only sigh, "The mortal world... has produced a monster!"
...
Within the ancient ruins, Ye Ling no longer cared about the feelings of the immortals.
After leaving the ancient ruins, he instantly teleported above Shanghai City. His divine soul spread out in all directions, covering the entire world in an extremely short time!
This time, Ye Ling was completely serious. His powerful divine soul covered heaven and earth, even making the Heavenly Dao in the highest heavens feel threatened.
However, the Heavenly Dao, located in the highest heavens, also sensed that Ye Ling's aura was not quite right. Although it was displeased with Ye Ling's divine soul completely covering the mortal world, it dared not stop Ye Ling. It could only unleash a few thunderclaps above Shanghai City to express its dissatisfaction.
Ye Ling ignored the Heavenly Dao's demands and meticulously sensed every blade of grass, every tree, every bird, and every beast on Earth. Any anomaly would be detected by him immediately.
At this moment, Ye Ling was like the Earth itself.
All the extraordinary individuals of the Red Dust Pavilion, in their branch bases worldwide and the Sky-Piercing Towers they had built, were all under Ye Ling's control.
No matter what actions the extraordinary individuals of the Red Dust Pavilion took, Ye Ling would know everything!
Ye Ling was now like an omniscient and omnipotent god in the mortal world!
"Inner demon... no matter what you are planning, I will never let you sacrifice Xiao You!" A sharp glint flashed in Ye Ling's eyes as he patiently awaited the sacrificial ritual the inner demon had mentioned.
As soon as Xiao You's aura appeared, he would immediately go to rescue her and simultaneously erase the Red Dust Pavilion from this world!
"I can no longer sense the imprint I placed within Ye Feng's body. The imprint I placed in him bound his soul. Unless he dies, that imprint cannot dissipate."
"This means... Ye Feng is already dead."
"My inner demon is me. Since he chose to sacrifice Ye Feng and Xiao You, he should know that Ye Feng and Xiao You have a soul-bound contract. If he sacrifices Ye Feng, Xiao You will also die."
"Since the inner demon wants to threaten me with Xiao You, he wouldn't let Xiao You die now. Their soul-bound contract should have been severed by the inner demon."
"This means the sacrificial ritual in the Immortal Realm has been completed, and the sacrificial ritual in the mortal world has not yet begun. The rituals in the Immortal Realm and the mortal world should be connected."
"However..."
Another hint of doubt flashed in Ye Ling's eyes. He felt that something was not quite right.
Although he had developed an inner demon, he had no awareness of it, which was completely contrary to common sense.
Not to mention how the inner demon managed to detach itself from him and quietly plot on Earth.
Just the fact that the inner demon used Xiao You to threaten Ye Ling was bizarre enough!
The so-called inner demon is actually the accumulation of all negative emotions of a person, and the dark side born from it.
In essence, Ye Ling's inner demon was still Ye Ling himself.
Xiao You was currently the most important person to Ye Ling, and should be to the inner demon as well.
No matter how unprincipled or desperate the inner demon acted, its ultimate goal was to occupy Ye Ling's main body and replace Ye Ling's dominant personality...
But now, the inner demon was using Xiao You as a bargaining chip for sacrifice...
Everything the inner demon was doing now had completely deviated from the scope of an inner demon, showing signs of becoming someone else.
After thinking for a long time, Ye Ling couldn't figure out why his inner demon was doing this, so he could only suppress those doubts for the time being and focus all his attention on the Red Dust Pavilion.
Based on the preparations of the various branches of the Red Dust Pavilion, the Sky-Piercing Tower ritual would likely be held soon.
Ye Ling had tried to find everyone related to Xiao You.
But at this moment, whether it was Venerable Qing Mu or Ye Yi... anyone related to Ye You had completely disappeared without a trace.
"If I could find Xiao You in advance, this matter could be over. But I have scanned the entire globe, even dug three feet into the ground, yet there is no trace of Xiao You... Xiao You should not be in the mortal world right now."
"But... where could Xiao You be hidden?"
A thought suddenly struck Ye Ling. He extended his divine soul towards the sky again, penetrating the Immortal Realm, preparing to search the Immortal Realm as well!