Augustus Hagon's words silenced everyone.
Vivian said with a solemn expression, "Indeed... Although I trust Bailan very much, her father is clearly a man of deep schemes, unfathomable strength, and not on our side."
"The 'Brain' had a deal with Bai Yue. If that black sword was given to the 'Brain' by Bai Yue, then Bai Yue stabbed the 'Brain' in the back."
"That guy... wouldn't he want to see us and the 'Brain' fight to a mutual destruction, and then he reaps the benefits?"
Karma: "But why would Bai Yue target us? Didn't he give Master the Great Transformation Heavenly Art before? That kind of divine skill has genuinely helped us a lot."
Augustus Hagon: "Who knows what he's thinking, but human hearts are unfathomable. Before the boss awakens, we must be careful. Bai Yue could appear at any moment, Viv..."
Augustus Hagon intended to tell Vivian to rest well, but as he recalled what had just happened, he didn't know what to say. He immediately fell silent and went to the side to meditate and adjust his breathing.
Seeing Augustus Hagon leave like that, Karma realized that the atmosphere between Augustus Hagon and Vivian was a bit off. He couldn't help but ask Vivian, "Did you two quarrel again?"
Vivian didn't want to bring up what happened before. She waved her hand at Karma and said, "It's nothing. Let's hurry up and rest. I have a feeling there will be another fierce battle ahead."
After speaking, Vivian also went to the other side to sit and adjust her breathing.
Seeing Augustus Hagon and Vivian go their separate ways, Karma couldn't help but scratch his head and mutter, "It's really strange. What's gotten into these two?"
Unable to figure it out, Karma stopped thinking and focused his attention back on Ye Ling.
At this moment, within Ye Ling's consciousness space.
Ye Ling stood alone, holding his sword, facing countless shadowy figures of himself.
Each of those shadowy figures possessed the same strength as Ye Ling, and each harbored intense hostility towards Ye Ling.
However, Ye Ling felt no fear when facing those shadowy figures. His eyes were as calm as a deep pool, and his entire being seemed to have merged with the Source Text Sword in his hand.
Whoosh!!!
Suddenly, over a dozen shadowy figures lunged at Ye Ling, instantly arriving before him.
Each shadowy figure had unleashed Absolute Divine Speed!
However, facing the attacking shadowy figures, Ye Ling simply swung his sword in an ordinary manner. Sword Qi crisscrossed the surroundings, tearing apart the shadowy figures that rushed towards him in an instant!
Ye Ling had already killed an unknown number of shadowy figures like this, but he always felt something was missing. And the thing he was missing was the fundamental reason why he couldn't enter the third stage of the Void Sword!
"I am thoroughly familiar with the Void Sword, and my swordsmanship is no less than that of the 'Brain'. But what exactly am I missing?"
Ye Ling looked at the shadowy figures surrounding him again and murmured.
In his own consciousness space, he had tried every possible method, but those shadowy figures were endless. And for some reason, he couldn't leave his consciousness space at all.
"I wonder how things are outside... But since I'm still alive, it means the 'Brain' hasn't broken through the third stage either. I still have time."
As Ye Ling spoke, faint starlight suddenly flickered within his consciousness space.
"Is that... Chu Yun?"
Seeing the starlight appearing in his consciousness space, Ye Ling immediately realized it was Chu Yun's power. He immediately moved towards the starlight, searching for Chu Yun's trace.
Soon, Ye Ling followed the starlight and captured Chu Yun's aura. The moment Chu Yun connected with Ye Ling, she entered Ye Ling's consciousness space and met him.
Seeing Chu Yun appear, Ye Ling couldn't help but ask, "Chu Yun, how did you get in?"
Chu Yun looked at Ye Ling, who was unaware of the outside world, with a somewhat complex expression. "It's a long story. Something has happened to your body."
"What happened?" Ye Ling sensed something was amiss from Chu Yun's words and frowned as he asked.
Chu Yun did not hide anything from Ye Ling. She told Ye Ling everything that had happened to his body and all the words the 'Brain' had spoken.
"An inexplicable power has appeared in my body, and the 'Brain' also said I am the one who destroyed the Star Chaos?"
Ye Ling looked at Chu Yun with disbelief, as if he were hearing a fantasy story.
Chu Yun: "I know this sounds unbelievable, but I've seen it inside your body. Your heart has turned into a black hole, constantly absorbing the spiritual energy within your body and generating those strange powers."
"And..." Chu Yun paused here before continuing, "Regarding the black hole in your heart, I've seen it in the Star Chaos... Although I can't be 100% sure of the connection between your power and what I saw in the Star Chaos, my intuition tells me that the power you possess is the same as what I saw."
Ye Ling: "So... you also believe I caused the destruction of the Star Chaos?"
Chu Yun shook her head: "No, I believe you, but there must be a secret hidden within you that you yourself don't know. And that secret might connect you and me, the Star Chaos and the Primordial Chaos, and even everything that is happening in the void now."
"Let me process this..."
Ye Ling received a large amount of information at once, and his mind was a bit chaotic. He began to organize his thoughts.
Strangely, while Ye Ling's mind was in disarray, the shadowy figures that harbored great hostility towards him stopped attacking. They stood around like wooden stakes, motionless.
Chu Yun looked at the surrounding shadowy figures, feeling a bit spooked. However, she could also sense that those shadowy figures were quite powerful, and she probably wasn't their match. She instinctively moved closer to Ye Ling.
After a while, Ye Ling finally recovered and said, "It seems that my being chosen by Good and Evil to become the Emperor Ancestor was not a coincidence. My identity as the Emperor Ancestor was perhaps not obtained through competition with others, but rather I am the Emperor Ancestor myself."
Chu Yun: "Did you think of something?"
Ye Ling: "I remembered some things that happened before, but I have too little information to make any deductions."
"Perhaps the 'Brain' knows something, but when I swapped bodies with the 'Brain', I couldn't glean any useful secrets from his soul. The 'Brain's' soul has been tampered with deliberately."
"Thinking about it now... the 'Brain' previously appeared in my consciousness space and forced me to forcibly abandon the power of the Seven Kings. If obtaining the power of the Seven Kings was Good and Evil's objective, then the 'Brain' shouldn't have been able to do this, unless..."
Chu Yun: "Unless what?"
Ye Ling: "Unless, between Good and Evil... one of them, or both of them, pushed the 'Brain' to accomplish this!"