The process of the World-Ending Spirit Fire absorbing the Chaos Heart was not as perilous as imagined; in fact, it was quite peaceful.
After the Chaos Heart melted, its energy smoothly integrated into the World-Ending Spirit Fire.
Ye Ling could clearly feel the aura of the World-Ending Spirit Fire soaring at an incredible speed!
"You're done already?"
Ye Ling asked curiously.
"Mmm..." The World-Ending Spirit Fire replied gloomily, as if trying to suppress something.
Seeing that the World-Ending Spirit Fire's condition was not right, a hint of worry flashed in Ye Ling's eyes. He asked with concern, "Are you alright?"
"It's nothing. Stop wasting my time, you're affecting my concentration."
The World-Ending Spirit Fire replied coldly to Ye Ling, then completely concealed its aura.
The next moment, Ye Ling felt an exceptionally powerful force surge into his body, and icy black flames coiled around him.
Ye Ling's damaged soul was rapidly replenished. The area around his heart was enveloped by the black flames, eventually transforming into a place similar to the Chaos Heart, capable of storing Chaos Qi source.
Ye Ling's aura broke through to Chaos Sovereign!
Boom!
The black flames spread out, forcing the immortals of the Lingxiao Palace to their knees. Their eyes widened with even greater terror!
However, Black and White Impermanence were filled with joy. They excitedly congratulated Ye Ling, "Congratulations, Your Majesty, on your breakthrough!"
Although they didn't know what realm Ye Ling had reached, they could sense that Ye Ling was definitely stronger than before, and much stronger at that!
Ye Ling, however, felt no elation from his surge in power. Instead, his mood was exceptionally heavy.
The state of the World-Ending Spirit Fire earlier had been abnormal, and Ye Ling had already foreseen the possibility of a rupture between himself and the World-Ending Spirit Fire.
The now silent World-Ending Spirit Fire was merely struggling to suppress its aura, and it was estimated that it would completely go berserk before long.
But Ye Ling couldn't afford to dwell on such thoughts. He instructed Black and White Impermanence, "You two continue to guard the Lingxiao Palace. If anyone here dares to step out of the Lingxiao Palace, kill them without mercy!"
Sensing the change in Ye Ling's demeanor, Black and White Impermanence shivered and quickly replied, "Yes, yes..."
Although they didn't know what had happened, judging by Ye Ling's serious expression, they could guess that it had reached a critical juncture of life and death!
Just then, the space behind the bronze doors of the Lingxiao Palace cracked open again. Ye Ling's nameless void domain shattered, and Gui Que's head emerged from the spatial rift, laughing heartily, "Wang Liren, I've finally found you! Surrender and die!"
Gui Que's laughter pierced through Ye Ling's rune barrier and echoed throughout the Three Realms of Earth.
Wang Liren, who was working in the Dragon Department, suddenly heard the voice from the sky and trembled. He immediately jumped up from his desk, looking out the window in terror, "Who's looking for me?"
Seeing that Gui Que had already poked his head out, a killing intent flashed in Ye Ling's eyes. He said coldly, "This is not a battlefield, go back!"
Before his words had even fallen, Ye Ling teleported in front of Gui Que, placed a hand on his face, and directly pushed Gui Que back into the spatial rift.
As Ye Ling and Gui Que left the Lingxiao Treasure Palace, the assembled immortals finally regained their senses. Many of them had been so terrified that they had urinated themselves!
The moment Gui Que appeared, the immortals felt boundless fear!
That fear was not merely the fear of facing a powerful being, of facing a natural predator…
That fear originated from the depths of their souls. Facing Gui Que, they felt like two-dimensional beings confronting a three-dimensional entity!
That kind of dimensional reduction attack filled the immortals with despair!
"Emperor... Emperor Ancestor... what kind of battle is he engaged in?"
The immortals whispered tremblingly, unable to imagine what the battle between Ye Ling and Gui Que would be like!
At this moment, within the Time Ruins!
Gui Que, pushed back into the spatial rift by Ye Ling, stared at Ye Ling in disbelief and exclaimed, "This is impossible? You only had a wisp of remnant soul just now, how have you already broken through to Chaos Sovereign?"
Ye Ling looked at Gui Que indifferently and said coldly, "Nothing is impossible... whether it's me breaking through to Chaos Sovereign or killing you, a Creation God."
Hearing Ye Ling's words, Gui Que was stunned for a moment before he came to his senses and sneered at Ye Ling, "Kid, you're too arrogant. You couldn't kill me when I was just a wisp of remnant soul earlier. Now that I've seized most of your soul power, do you really think you're my match?"
Ye Ling replied, "How will we know if we don't try?"
"Brave kid!"
Gui Que roared and flung out a large number of soul-capturing threads towards Ye Ling!
"No matter how strong your soul is, I can still claim it as my own!"
Ye Ling watched the soul-capturing threads approaching him, his gaze still calm. He said faintly, "The same moves are no longer effective against me."
Hiss!
Before his words could finish, black flames ignited in front of Ye Ling, burning the soul-capturing threads into ashes!
"These flames!"
Gui Que's pupils contracted sharply upon seeing the black flames igniting in front of Ye Ling, as if he had recalled something.
However, he quickly calmed down and snorted at Ye Ling, "Kid, no matter what power you've gained, you're no match for me. Surrender and die!"
Gui Que dispelled his human form and spread his soul power in all directions, forming a spherical soul power barrier that enveloped Ye Ling and began to compress him!
Sensing the crisis coming from all directions, Ye Ling did not intend to resist head-on with soul power. He directly summoned the Sword of Chaos and aimed at a weak point in Gui Que's soul power barrier, thrusting towards that point!
Chaos Qi source swirled around the body of the Sword of Chaos. It fiercely struck Gui Que's soul power barrier, tearing a huge gap in it!
"Ahhh!"
Gui Que cried out in agony. Ye Ling broke through the encirclement of Gui Que's soul power and looked at Gui Que, who had resumed his human form. However, there was no joy in his eyes from having injured Gui Que.
The Sword of Chaos in Ye Ling's hand had been corroded by Gui Que's soul power and was rapidly turning into dust.
"This guy... his soul power has such strong corrosive power?" Ye Ling looked at his empty right palm, his gaze lowered, his mood heavy.
The Sword of Chaos was a divine weapon of the Chaos Sovereign level, yet even such a divine weapon had completely corroded into dust merely by making contact with Gui Que's soul...
With such corrosive power, physical contact must be avoided at all costs!
Gui Que, having regained his human form, looked at Ye Ling with a sinister expression and said in a deep voice, "Wang Liren, you're truly getting more and more capable. You've injured me again, and I'm starting to appreciate you more."
Saying this, Gui Que grinned and said to Ye Ling, "However... your divine weapon has now been corroded. How will you deal with my next attack?"
As Gui Que's voice fell, he once again dispelled his human form, transforming into a soul sword that shot towards Ye Ling at a speed exceeding light!
Before Ye Ling could even blink, Gui Que was already in front of him!