As soon as the man in white made his move, Yin Ming felt the oppressive feeling that had been lingering around him suddenly lighten.
He tried to activate the true qi in his dantian and finally felt the long-lost sensation of spiritual energy circulating throughout his body. His previously chaotic mind became clear at this moment.
As his memories returned, Yin Ming rubbed his forehead, forcibly suppressing the discomfort in his body, and looked at the man in white with a complicated expression.
No wonder his memories started to blur after the Primordial Stone incident. He initially thought it was just brain confusion caused by the sealed memories, and that they would naturally recover over time. He never imagined the real reason was that he still had a sealed memory within him, imprisoned along with his cultivation level.
Now that he has broken free of his shackles, everything finally connects in Yin Ming's mind.
After sending the newborn Lingyao back to the Demon Sect, Liuying and the other two explored the Hongmeng Stone in various ways.
Thanks to Chu Ya and Ling Ji's connections and influence on the God and Demon Continent, many peak ninth-realm cultivators have joined their ranks.
In order to find the secrets of the Primordial Stone, they formed an expedition team and traveled to various mysterious areas of the God and Demon Continent, day in and day out for ten years.
"It was just an ordinary afternoon. Everyone set off to explore their assigned areas as usual. No one expected that something strange would happen just before evening."
Recalling the danger of that year, Liu Ying unconsciously clenched her jade-like hand on the sofa armrest.
"A ninth-realm peak cultivator sent out to scout suddenly died—"
“We had anticipated the dangers of this trip, so before we began, everyone recorded their own aura on the Life Stone.”
“Those stones that represent their state of life are kept in my study, and one person is assigned to guard them every day to monitor their safety at all times.”
"According to the cultivator who guarded the Heavenly Wheel, the life stone belonging to that peak ninth-realm cultivator didn't even have time to emit a red light indicating danger before it shattered into dust."
Liu Ying's beautiful brows furrowed slightly, her pitiful expression making her exceptionally endearing, but she herself was unaware of it, and continued to murmur:
"We had imagined how unfathomable our opponent's strength was, but reality still exceeded our expectations—to be able to directly kill a peak ninth-realm cultivator, such cultivation can only be found in the legendary tenth realm."
"Actually, it's not that we haven't considered this possibility, and we've even prepared ourselves mentally. But when such a seemingly impossible possibility is truly presented before us, no one can help but be afraid."
"Of course, the biggest reason for the great panic is that the strength of a tenth-realm cultivator is far more astonishing than we imagined. Even a peak ninth-realm cultivator was powerless to fight back against them."
Even Yin Ming, who was listening quietly, couldn't help but click his tongue in amazement. A cultivator at the tenth realm was indeed terrifying.
“One after another, peak cultivators of the ninth realm were killed, and the panic in everyone’s hearts grew stronger day by day. Chu Ya knew that she could not just sit and wait for death, so she gathered all the cultivators involved and went together to the place where the murdered cultivators were killed to look for clues and prepare to take the initiative.”
Liu Ying paused, followed by a long silence. After a while, she took a deep breath before continuing:
"...But they never returned."
"Do you know? That day... it wasn't supposed to be my turn to stand guard, but they made me stay." Liu Ying's usually cool voice was tinged with sobs.
This was the first time Yin Ming had ever seen such a sorrowful expression on her face.
He pursed his lips, pondered for a long time but still didn't know what to say, so he could only sigh and continue to play the role of listener.
"The day after they left, the life stones in the study all started flashing red. I kept calling out to the communication jade I had given to Chu Ya before we left, but it was as if our connection had been severed, and there was no response."
"Later...later, almost all the life stones cracked. I watched them split in two and lose their luster."
"Chu Ya's life stone lasted the longest. It kept flashing red light, and a crack even appeared at one point... I wanted to do something, but I couldn't do anything. I could only watch helplessly as the life stone went out."
"Ninety-one peak cultivators of the ninth realm have all perished."
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