The returning soul grew stronger and stronger, while Ye Ling's soul grew weaker and weaker. The situation on the field reversed in an instant!
"Pah!"
Gui Que spat out the soul-capturing thread, grabbed it with one hand, and then looked at Ye Ling, whose soul power had been drained by the thread. He sneered, "Kid, just as I can instantly strengthen your soul, I can also instantly seize all your soul power. Although doing so will make my soul impure, I can endure this impurity to make you, you scoundrel, pay the price."
"Damn… I was careless."
Ye Ling stared intently at Gui Que, wanting to struggle, but his entire body was immobile.
After being ensnared by the soul-capturing thread, Ye Ling lost control of his soul. He could only watch helplessly as Gui Que siphoned his soul power.
Even the runes he had buried deep within his soul could not be activated under the suppression of the soul-capturing thread!
Gui Que slowed down the rate at which he was absorbing Ye Ling's soul power and taunted Ye Ling, "Kid, although you have some schemes and have successfully tricked me, you are still too naive."
"I am the God of Creation, the supreme existence in this world. Compared to me, you are merely an insignificant ant."
"No matter how exquisite an ant's scheme may be, it cannot shake a god in the slightest."
"In this despair, savor your foolishness."
Ye Ling did not respond to Gui Que's taunts, falling into complete silence. His mind was in turmoil as he began to brainstorm a way to break free!
Although he had lost control of his soul, he had not conceded defeat.
Seeing Ye Ling fall silent, Gui Que assumed Ye Ling had completely given up, and his eyes widened with amusement.
However, after suffering a loss once, Gui Que dared not be careless. He kept Ye Ling under full surveillance, lest Ye Ling conjure up some new trick.
Although Gui Que had escaped the explosion, his residual soul was all but gone.
Gui Que, who appeared strong now, was as fragile as Ye Ling's soul. If another explosion occurred, he would definitely not be able to withstand it!
Both sides suddenly fell silent.
Ye Ling struggled in the abyss of despair, frantically contemplating a way to break free.
He had less than ten seconds left!
"What should I do now?"
Faced with such a desperate situation, Ye Ling felt no panic at all. Instead, he became completely calm, frantically thinking of countermeasures.
In these last ten seconds, Ye Ling had never been so calm.
Seeing that Ye Ling's soul was reduced to a mere wisp, Gui Que breathed a sigh of relief and smiled at Ye Ling, "Wang Li Ren, it's all over. Your soul power now is not even enough to activate the weakest rune. You have completely lost any chance of turning the tables."
"However, although you have failed, I will remember your name forever, for you are the first mortal to almost slay a god."
"Rest in peace… Wang Li Ren."
In the last moment of Ye Ling's consciousness, he suddenly noticed two Time Vials floating not far away.
"Those are…"
Ye Ling noticed the two Time Vials and had a flash of inspiration, as if seeing a glimmer of light in the profound darkness. He was instantly invigorated!
Those two Time Vials were the ones Ye Ling had hung on his waist, containing the Chaos Heart and the Origin of the Great Dao, as well as some of his soul power!
"Truly, there is always a way out. Those two Time Vials must have been blown here by the impact of the explosion. It's a miracle that the Time Vials are not shattered!"
Ye Ling did not have time to ponder why the two Time Vials had not been destroyed in the explosion. He mustered his last shred of determination, smashed the two Time Vials in the distance, and released his soul power.
Ye Ling's consciousness quickly attached itself to his residual soul power. He grabbed the Chaos Heart with one hand and the Origin of the Great Dao with the other, activated his Devouring Domain, and devoured the power of the Chaos Heart and the Origin of the Great Dao with all his might!
"Still trying to struggle?"
Gui Que noticed Ye Ling's resurgence not far away, a shadow flashing in his eyes. He immediately hurled the soul-capturing thread at Ye Ling's residual soul!
Seeing the soul-capturing thread approaching, Ye Ling did not dare to be careless. He immediately mobilized the power of the Great Dao contained within the Origin of the Great Dao, constructing an independent spacetime around himself and hiding within it, thus evading Gui Que's soul-capturing thread attack!
"You can't escape!"
Seeing Ye Ling hide in the independent spacetime, Gui Que's expression twisted again. He immediately moved towards that independent spacetime!
The moment Gui Que rushed into the independent spacetime, a vast amount of Chaos Qi surged towards him from all directions, attempting to devour him!
Gui Que looked at the surging Chaos Qi and said coldly, "All mere tricks, they cannot stop my soul-capturing thread!"
Gui Que raised his hand, and a large amount of soul-capturing threads shot out in all directions, instantly tearing apart the surrounding Chaos Qi!
And Ye Ling's residual soul, the moment Gui Que broke free from the Chaos Qi, escaped from this independent spacetime again!
Seeing Ye Ling's retreating back, Gui Que curled his lips into a mocking smile and said, "Kid, where can you escape to?"
With that, Gui Que shattered the independent spacetime Ye Ling had constructed and returned to the Time Ruins.
However, the Time Ruins were now filled with countless independent spacetimes, and Ye Ling had vanished.
Gui Que glanced at the numerous independent spacetimes around him, his mocking gaze intensifying. He muttered to himself, "You want to play a game of cat and mouse with me?"
"However… the aura of your Origin of the Great Dao is too obvious, you can't hide it from my eyes at all!"
Gui Que let out a sharp cry and instantly appeared before an independent spacetime. He shattered it with one hand: "Come out! Wang Li Ren!"
The independent spacetime collapsed, and an Origin of the Great Dao appeared in Gui Que's sight.
However, Ye Ling was nowhere to be found within the independent spacetime.
Seeing only a solitary Origin of the Great Dao in the independent spacetime, Gui Que's expression changed slightly: "That kid has abandoned this Origin of the Great Dao?"
Gui Que took the Origin of the Great Dao into his hand and scanned the surrounding independent spacetimes. He immediately shattered dozens of them, but Ye Ling was nowhere to be found in any of them.
"Interesting… creating so many independent spacetimes using the Origin of the Great Dao, just to stall for time?"
"But I have plenty of time. I want to see what tricks you, with that tiny residual soul and a Chaos Heart that doesn't belong to you, can pull off!"
Gui Que smiled and began to shatter the surrounding independent spacetimes, searching for Ye Ling's trace.
And at this moment…
On Earth, in the Immortal Realm, within the Heavenly Court's Lingxiao Palace.
The immortals were waiting in the grand hall. The space behind the bronze door suddenly cracked open, and Ye Ling's residual soul flew out from the rift, causing a flurry of gasps!
"Emperor Lord!"
Black and White Impermanence saw that Ye Ling was reduced to a mere wisp of a soul and cried out in shock, their faces filled with disbelief.
They could not imagine what kind of existence could have inflicted such severe injuries upon Ye Ling!
However, Ye Ling had no time to attend to the immortals. After escaping back, he immediately activated the Nameless Void Space, enveloping the entire Lingxiao Palace and severing its connection to time outside!
Having done all this, Ye Ling then retreated into his physical body and completely fainted!