"Destiny..."
Hearing Zhou Wen's words, Ji Ning's heart stirred. Just as he was about to say something to Ye Ling, he saw Ye Ling shake his head at him.
Ji Ning realized that Ye Ling did not want to publicize the matter. He immediately closed his mouth, pretending to know nothing, and quietly observed the development of the situation.
"Brother Ye, everything I said is true. I really didn't lie to you! If you don't believe me, you can cripple my cultivation and then plant any mark in my soul. I will have no complaints!"
"Brother Ye, as long as you let me go this time, I can be your ox or horse!"
Listening to Zhou Wen's words, Ye Ling's expression remained calm, his eyes deep.
Ye Ling could see that what Zhou Wen was saying now was most likely the truth. He was truly afraid that he had not found Destiny.
And now, Ye Ling only needed to release Destiny to complete the task that Evil had given to Zhou Wen.
But what made Ye Ling hesitate was that he had finally sealed Destiny in his consciousness space. If he released it, it would be extremely difficult to take it back.
Moreover, Ye Ling did not know what would happen if Zhou Wen found Destiny.
What's more, it was only his guess that Evil had given Zhou Wen the task.
Suddenly, Ye Ling had a flash of inspiration, and his eyes changed slightly.
"No... it was Destiny who controlled my body and crippled Zhou Wen before... If Zhou Wen's task was just to find Destiny, he should have completed it when I dealt with him before..."
"That is to say, Zhou Wen's task is definitely more than just finding Destiny... What else is he hiding?"
Realizing this, Ye Ling struck Zhou Wen's chest with his palm, sending Zhou Wen's soul out of his body, and then used runes to imprison Zhou Wen's soul.
"Ye, Brother Ye, what do you want to do?"
Seeing his soul leave his body, Zhou Wen's eyes widened with fear, and he asked Ye Ling in a panic.
However, Ye Ling did not answer Zhou Wen's question at this moment. Instead, he sealed Zhou Wen's consciousness with runes, causing him to fall into a deep sleep.
The next moment, Ye Ling took out the Heaven-Gazing Mirror and used it to search Zhou Wen's soul and probe his memories.
After all, this matter concerned Destiny, and Ye Ling did not dare to be careless. It was best to be cautious and minimize the contact between his soul power and Zhou Wen.
If Zhou Wen had any special restrictions, and Destiny was released, causing a major incident, then everything would be over.
As the Heaven-Gazing Mirror probed Zhou Wen's memories, a massive amount of information poured into Ye Ling's mind through the mirror.
Zhou Wen had lived for an endless amount of time, and he was a supreme expert himself. His memory would not decay, and the information stored in his soul was practically inexhaustible.
Even with the help of the Heaven-Gazing Mirror, Ye Ling could read millions of years of Zhou Wen's memories in a second. However, to completely read all of Zhou Wen's memories and filter out the useful information would be a vast undertaking.
The images of Zhou Wen's memories flickered continuously in the Heaven-Gazing Mirror. Ye Ling continuously read Zhou Wen's memories, and the entire valley outside fell into a deathly silence.
Everyone's eyes were focused on the Heaven-Gazing Mirror, not daring to breathe.
After a long while...
The light in the Heaven-Gazing Mirror dissipated, and Ye Ling's eyes gradually regained clarity.
"Brother Ye, how is it?" Ji Ning asked impatiently as she saw Ye Ling recover.
Among everyone present, besides Ye Ling, she was the only one who knew that Destiny was Ye Ling's second personality, which currently existed within Ye Ling.
Moreover, she had also seen Destiny's true face and knew how powerful and terrifying Destiny was!
Ye Ling exhaled a breath of turbid air and shook his head, "No gain. Zhou Wen's memories contain no information about Destiny. I didn't even find the words 'Destiny' in his memories."
"How can this be?" Ji Ning's pupils contracted sharply. "Didn't Zhou Wen just mention Destiny?"
Ye Ling said in a deep voice, "There should be some special restriction that has shielded all information related to Destiny, so the Heaven-Gazing Mirror cannot search for that information."
"Then what should we do now?" Ji Ning asked, never expecting things to turn out this way.
"Let me think."
Ye Ling said in a deep voice, put away the Heaven-Gazing Mirror, and reinforced the rune seals around Zhou Wen's soul with several more layers to prevent any accidents to Zhou Wen's soul.
The fact that the Heaven-Gazing Mirror did not find the information Ye Ling wanted had completely disrupted all his plans.
Ye Ling now had only two choices. Either he would personally search Zhou Wen's soul, and with his current strength, no restriction in the world should be able to hide from him.
However, doing so would mean he would have to bear the risk of Destiny breaking out of his consciousness space.
The second choice was to ignore Zhou Wen's words and deal with Zhou Wen now, pretending that nothing had happened.
But... Ye Ling had only temporarily suppressed Destiny and could not completely erase it.
If Destiny was left unchecked, it would eventually return.
The World-Destroying Spirit Fire saw Ye Ling hesitating and immediately realized that Ye Ling was likely the Destiny mentioned by Zhou Wen.
Ye Ling was so powerful now, it should be related to Destiny. Moreover... the power that Ye Ling obtained out of thin air likely came at a great cost. Thinking of this...
The World-Destroying Spirit Fire immediately transmitted a message to Ye Ling: "Kid, you want to use Zhou Wen to get rid of that so-called Destiny, right?"
"You figured it out?" Ye Ling looked at the World-Destroying Spirit Fire in surprise.
"Of course! Kid, you underestimate my brain too much... In this situation, if I still can't see that you're related to the Destiny Zhou Wen mentioned, then I'm too stupid." The World-Destroying Spirit Fire said proudly.
"Then what advice do you have now?" Seeing that the World-Destroying Spirit Fire had guessed it, Ye Ling no longer hid anything and directly asked for the World-Destroying Spirit Fire's opinion.
The World-Destroying Spirit Fire was quite nonchalant and said directly, "Kid, although I don't know the specific situation right now, I know you are not someone who hesitates... If your hesitation now is because you are afraid of the consequences after making a choice, then I think it's unnecessary."
"We've encountered plenty of dangers. The consequences of this choice are at most a dead end, but we've survived more than once or twice."
"Easy for you to say," Ye Ling said, rolling his eyes at the World-Destroying Spirit Fire. "It's not you who will die if something happens, so you're so carefree."
"Heh heh, Heaven has given you a great task, so you naturally have to bear more risks," the World-Destroying Spirit Fire chuckled. "Anyway, I've given my advice. How you choose is your business."
"Alright... I know what to choose."
Ye Ling shook his head and smiled, looking at the imprisoned Zhou Wen, his eyes gradually becoming firm.
In fact, he had already made up his mind.
If he killed Zhou Wen this time, nothing would happen, but he would only be postponing his death, which was meaningless.
Destiny would eventually return.
And Zhou Wen might be his chance to completely resolve the hidden danger of Destiny.
This was worth him gambling on!
Ye Ling took a deep breath and said to the World-Destroying Spirit Fire, "World-Destroying Spirit Fire, later you take Tian Xing and the Ten Thousand Poisons Beast and leave here, go somewhere I can't find... If I fail, you won't be implicated."
"Then if you succeed, how will we meet?" the World-Destroying Spirit Fire asked.
Ye Ling used the same trick again, handing over a part of his soul and life origin to the World-Destroying Spirit Fire, saying, "If I succeed, I can find you through this soul and life origin. If I fail, I will be disconnected from this separated soul and life origin."
"If I don't come to find you for a long time, it means I have become Destiny. Then you use my soul and life origin to revive me."
The World-Destroying Spirit Fire took Ye Ling's soul and life origin and nodded seriously, "Kid, don't worry, I will protect your life origin."
"En."
Ye Ling nodded slightly, then looked at Ji Ning not far away and said, "Ji Ning, the next thing I have to do alone. If you want to stay, protect the World-Destroying Spirit Fire and Tian Xing. Of course, if you want to leave, I won't stop you."
"Why would I give up such a good potential stock?" Ji Ning narrowed her eyes and smiled. "I will follow the World-Destroying Spirit Fire and them, and do my best to protect them while you are away."
"Of course, this is only if you successfully return. If your main body becomes Destiny, then I will have to consider myself and go to other origin lower realms to search for the Seed Source."
"As you wish."
Ye Ling smiled slightly at Ji Ning, then handed the Heaven-Gazing Mirror to the World-Destroying Spirit Fire, used his creation power to heal the heavily injured Dragon Emperor, and then tore open space, taking Zhou Wen's body and soul into the void.
Seeing Ye Ling leave, the World-Destroying Spirit Fire also took a deep breath, put away the Heaven-Gazing Mirror, and said to Xiang Yang, "Brother Xiang, since the Dragon Emperor is not dead, we will not linger here any longer. In the future... we will meet again if fate allows."
"Wan Beast Sect always welcomes everyone." Xiang Yang also knew that the World-Destroying Spirit Fire and the others had to leave at this moment, so he did not try to keep them, but only bowed slightly to the World-Destroying Spirit Fire.
"Farewell!" the World-Destroying Spirit Fire replied, then took Tian Xing, as well as the Ten Thousand Poisons Beast and Little Mao Mao in the valley, and left the valley together.
Ji Ning followed closely behind.
The group directly left the states of Dao, Wu, and Wu!