"Are you also a guardian of this universe?"
Hearing Ye Ling's words, the black hole consciousness shivered instinctively and fell silent.
It clearly remembered how it had just insulted the universe guardian!
Ye Ling glanced at the black hole consciousness, which had instantly shut its mouth. He didn't continue to mock it, but instead asked, "I've decided to hunt down those Canxie clan. Do you have any suggestions?"
The black hole consciousness stammered, "Just pick one and kill it. You don't know who controlled the former guardian anyway. If you want to save him, you have to kill them all."
Hearing the perfunctory answer from the black hole consciousness, Ye Ling narrowed his eyes and smiled, "I wonder if you've heard of a contract that can bind two lives together?"
The black hole consciousness's heart suddenly skipped a beat. "Are you talking about the One-Life-One-Body Contract? Why are you suddenly bringing this up?"
Ye Ling stared intently at the black hole consciousness and said grimly, "If you don't give me a valid suggestion, then before I go hunting the Canxie clan, I will sign this contract with you. If I fail and die, you won't escape either."
"Damn it! You wicked brat, what did I do to offend you? Your methods are so poisonous!"
After hearing Ye Ling's words, the black hole consciousness's tone instantly became sharp. "If you're going to die, don't take me with you!"
Seeing the black hole consciousness jumping with anger, the smile in Ye Ling's eyes grew stronger. "Who told you to attack us in the first place? Right now, we are enemies, and you are my captive. You have no human rights here."
"Now I'll give you two options: either give me some constructive suggestions so that my hunting process can be smoother, or you and I sign the contract, and you'll self-destruct with me."
"You scoundrel! I will definitely kill you in the future!"
The black hole consciousness shrieked sharply, but it was helpless against Ye Ling at the moment. After its outburst, it could only concede. "The Canxie clan has a clear hierarchy within. The higher the rank, the stronger they are. If you really want to save the former guardian, start by hunting the weakest ones. That way, you might be able to rescue that fellow halfway through."
Ye Ling asked again, "Then how can I distinguish the ranks of the Canxie clan?"
"Look at the appearance of their main bodies," the black hole consciousness said. "The stone doors are carved with the main bodies of the Canxie clan. The more their main bodies resemble humans, the higher their rank and the stronger their strength. Those whose main bodies are identical to humans are basically at the level of Great Dao Immortal Lords or Chaos Sovereigns. If you encounter a Canxie clan with a human-like main body in the future, run as fast as you can. Don't think about fighting them."
"Of course, the rank of the Canxie clan doesn't equate to strength entirely. There are exceptions. There are instances where Canxie clan of lower rank become Great Dao Immortal Lords, but that depends on luck. If you encounter one, consider yourself unlucky."
Hearing the black hole consciousness's words, Ye Ling's eyes were opened. He muttered to himself, "I didn't expect the Canxie clan to have such characteristics. Using this as a basis for judging their strength makes it much more reliable."
With that, Ye Ling selected the stone doors entirely carved with monster statues and asked the black hole consciousness again, "For these Canxie clan members who have no human features at all, what is their average level?"
The black hole consciousness disdained, "They are all trash, not exceeding the Supreme."
Ye Ling then picked out some humanoid Canxie clan members. "What about these?"
The black hole consciousness said, "They are around the Supreme level. The stronger ones can reach the Unsurpassed Immortal. With your current strength, you can deal with them if you ambush them."
"Understood..."
Hearing the black hole consciousness's words, Ye Ling lowered his eyelids, having a general estimate of the overall strength of the Canxie clan.
Even the lowest-ranking members of the Canxie clan could approach the Supreme level. Thus, with Ye Ling's current strength, he was indeed not qualified to provoke the entire Canxie clan.
With a basic judgment in mind, Ye Ling set aside the two stone doors carved with complete humans and arranged the remaining stone doors in order of strength from weakest to strongest, laying them out in the valley.
Ye Ling scanned the dozens of stone doors standing in the valley, took a deep breath, and said, "I hope I can find the person controlling the former guardian among these guys."
Seeing that Ye Ling was ready to hunt the Canxie clan, the black hole consciousness quickly said, "Kid, I've told you everything I can. Can you let me go now?"
Ye Ling refused, "That won't do. You are the dignified World-Destroying Spirit Fire. No one in this universe can stop you. As the guardian of the universe, how can I let you go?"
"What you said makes some sense. If you let me go so easily, it would seem like you look down on me."
The black hole consciousness nodded with a serious expression. "Fine... I'll give you some face and stay by your side for now, but Ye Ling, you remember this: one day, I will definitely kill you!"
Ye Ling smiled, "I'm so scared..."
After fobbing off the black hole consciousness, Ye Ling sealed it on his left wrist with a rune, suppressing all its power.
"You scoundrel, be gentle! I can barely breathe!"
The sealed black hole consciousness began to clamor again, chattering incessantly.
Ye Ling was somewhat accustomed to the black hole consciousness's nagging. He directly ignored it and said to the little boy, "You stay here and guard the former guardian. I'll go find a way to save him."
The little boy nodded excitedly, his eyes filled with gratitude. He made a move as if to kneel and kowtow to Ye Ling.
Ye Ling sent out a surge of spiritual energy to gently lift the little boy. "No need. Saving him is also out of my own volition. Man proposes, Heaven disposes. I'm not sure of the outcome."
Even though Ye Ling said this, the little boy's eyes were still full of gratitude, seemingly placing all his hope on Ye Ling.
Ye Ling smiled slightly at the little boy, said no more, turned to face the first stone door, and released the Myriad Realms Insight Domain.
Seeing Ye Ling use the Myriad Realms Insight Domain, the black hole consciousness was surprised and asked, "What are you doing, kid? Why are you using Myriad Realms Insight now?"
Ye Ling said calmly, "This is Earth, and the opponent is the Canxie clan. How can I let the battlefield be here?"
The black hole consciousness exclaimed, "You're going to hunt them outside the domain? Are you crazy?"
Ye Ling laughed, "With Myriad Realms Insight, plus the Devouring Domain and the Unnamed Void, where can't I go?"
With that, Ye Ling used Myriad Realms Insight to charge towards the teleportation array behind the stone door!
"Holy crap! You damn brat!!! If you want to die, don't take me with you!!!"
Amidst the black hole consciousness's shrieks echoing in the valley, Ye Ling passed through the teleportation array and headed for the outer domain!
Outer domain... somewhere in space, a colony planet.
On top of a bone mountain piled with human heads.
A Canxie clan member sat on a throne made of flesh and blood, watching the billions of beings prostrating before him with boredom, letting out a slight yawn.
At this moment, the space behind him distorted slightly, and Ye Ling emerged.
Before the Canxie clan member could react, Ye Ling, under the gaze of billions of beings, severed the Canxie clan member's head!
Blood stained the human bone throne, and the billions of beings below the bone mountain were all stunned!
Ye Ling threw the Canxie clan member's corpse down the bone mountain, glanced at the beings below, and the corners of his mouth curved upwards.
The space behind him distorted again.
Ye Ling turned into wind and departed.