Celestial Dragon Sword Venerable

’The Venerable Soul Curse? This aura is so thick. Are they already at the end of their life?’

Ye Tianling’s mood grew considerably heavy.

’It seems only members of the Ye Race are afflicted with the Venerable Soul Curse!’

’Or perhaps, it’s the women I’ve been intimate with in the Small World!’

’Either way, the outcome wasn’t good.’

’So, this aura of Destruction in the area ahead... who is it coming from?’

’Ye Yuemei?’

’Ye Tianxi? Ouyang Ruoxue?’

’Or could it be the Little Dragon Girl, Ji Yueqi?’

"Celestial Secret Divine Son? Is something amiss?"

The Tianqing Goddess had been watching Ye Tianling closely, and when she saw his expression suddenly change, she immediately asked with concern.

Ye Tianling came back to his senses and gave the Tianqing Goddess a detached glance. He knew she had deep feelings for him, but he currently had no such inclinations.

"It’s nothing. Let’s go."

Ye Tianling let out a breath and stepped forward, taking the lead.

His gaze remained fixed ahead, carefully sensing the changes in the aura of the Venerable Soul Curse.

’This Curse has already penetrated deep into their Soul... This means... they’re approaching the critical three-day window in their Life Chart.’

’If their time drops below three days, it will be nearly impossible to save them, even with mastery over the Time Axis.’

’To resist the Venerable Soul Curse to this degree and still maintain such a firm will... whoever this person is, they deserve respect! I just hope it isn’t Mei’Er.’

Ye Tianling sighed inwardly.

In truth, he didn’t want this to be happening to anyone. After all, only those with an extremely close relationship to him could be afflicted by the Venerable Soul Curse.

Ye Tianling activated his Eye of Celestial Secret and glanced into the distance.

His Soul jolted, and a trace of desolation appeared in his eyes.

The scene revealed in the area of the Venerable Soul Curse was bleak and gray—it represented a dark abyss, the decay of ’dust to dust.’

It was the gloom of a genius’s fall, the sorrowful lament of a peerless prodigy undergoing the Transformation Dao.

The Eye of Celestial Secret was rarely wrong. Once it made a judgment, the person’s Life Chart was all but set in stone.

’A peerless talent is about to perish here through Transformation Dao. It’s a tragedy. But as times change and countless geniuses rise, it’s inevitable that many will be buried along the path of cultivation.’

Ye Tianling was deeply moved. As he delved further into observing the fates of others, his own character matured rapidly, as if he were constantly living through one mystical life after another.

"The world... it feels as if there’s a lament in the air..."

As the former Goddess of Blood Killing Heaven, Xia Xinyan was exceptionally sensitive to changes in the Celestial Dao and noticed it at once.

"A peerless prodigy must be undergoing the Transformation Dao."

Xia Xinyue sighed, her eyes filled with sorrow.

"I wonder which Holy Land or Divine Land this prodigy is from. To make the Celestial Dao lament, they must be at least at the level of a Divine Son or Divine Lady. It’s truly lamentable."

At that moment, the Tianqing Goddess also sensed it and was filled with the same sorrow and regret.

Divine Lady Xiao Wan gazed into the distance, lost in thought.

"There... if that’s the western region of East Mountain, it should be the territory of the Immortal Phoenix Peacock’s faction... Earlier, outside the East Mountain Ice Cave, the Peacock Divine Son and his party were the first to enter that region. After them, a few more groups of Cultivators entered the East Mountain Ice Cave. We were the fourth group, but the second and third groups... we already saw through the ice cave. They were all wiped out."

After careful thought and a long period of Meditation, Saintess Qin Xingyi of the Immortal Sacred Land offered an answer.

"It must be the Peacock Divine Son’s group. There were only four of them, two men and two women. One of the women wore a purple gauze dress. She was very beautiful but looked extremely weak, her Life Force seemingly depleted... Could it be her? Has she already undergone the Transformation Dao?"

Qin Xingzhao also voiced his conclusion at that moment.

"Hm? You..."

Ye Tianling’s eyes narrowed. He immediately activated his Soul Talent, carefully sensing Qin Xingzhao and his group of three companions.

Targeted by Ye Tianling’s aura and enveloped by his Soul Talent, Qin Xingzhao and the others nearly jumped out of their skin. For them, the feeling of being completely seen through in an instant was simply terrifying!

It was as if in that moment, they were stark naked, completely exposed to Ye Tianling’s gaze.

It was not a pleasant feeling!

This was especially true for Qin Xingyi, who was a Saintess—a pure and innocent young woman!

A blush crept onto Qin Xingyi’s lovely face. She was mortified, feeling that Ye Tianling’s actions had gone too far.

She had only been trying to help with her warning, and to do so, she had even consumed a great deal of her Bloodline Power to perform Inference through Meditation with the Immortal Reincarnation Scripture!

"Everyone, I don’t mean to invade your privacy, but this matter concerns the Venerable Soul Curse. It is of the utmost importance."

Ye Tianling’s voice carried a hint of apology.

Hearing him say this, Qin Xingyi and the others felt almost flattered. The discomfort they had felt just moments before instantly dissipated.

"My apologies, Celestial Secret Divine Son. I—I misunderstood you."

Qin Xingyi said at once, her tone apologetic.

"Celestial Secret Divine Son, it’s alright. We, it’s... it’s fine."

Qin Xingzhao and the other two quickly responded in kind.

"Can your Immortal Reincarnation Scripture lock onto that area ahead? If you can, lead the way. I’ll handle any dangers we encounter—if it truly is Kong Lindao’s party, then the woman in purple is my kinswoman, Ye Tianxi. I must get there as soon as possible, or else..."

Ye Tianling could lock onto the general direction, but the aura wasn’t stationary. It was constantly shifting, like spreading mist.

Moreover, this mountain range was like a vast labyrinth, and not at all easy to traverse.

Ye Tianling knew that every Divine Land had its own unique Talents and Abilities, and he had long heard of the extraordinary power of the Immortal Reincarnation Scripture.

"That... will be difficult. But since you’ve asked, Celestial Secret Divine Son, we will accomplish it even if it means paying a heavy price!"

"Indeed. After all, without your earlier help, Divine Son, we likely would have already perished in this treacherous place!"

Qin Xingyi, Qin Xingzhao, and their two companions all spoke at once, agreeing to Ye Tianling’s request without hesitation.

"Celestial Secret Divine Son, that’s the aura of the Transformation Dao. Could it be that the Peacock Divine Son has also met with a mishap?"

Xia Xinqin asked, a little unsettled. She now seemed rather concerned about Kong Lindao’s situation.

The world was lamenting; this was the sound of the Transformation Dao.

The Peacock Divine Son was a legend among the Ten Thousand Demon Race, his status no different from Ye Tianling’s among the Human Race.

"I doubt it, but it’s hard to say for certain. We’ll know the truth soon enough."

Ye Tianling answered calmly.

He waited for nearly a thousand breaths before Qin Xingyi finally activated her Bloodline Power.

The Bloodline Power derived from the Immortal Reincarnation Scripture manifested like a celestial book or a painted scroll. It shot out from between Qin Xingyi’s eyebrows and shone upon the distant Ten Thousand Beasts Ridge.

WHOOSH—

Like a bolt of crimson lightning, it enveloped the entirety of Ten Thousand Beasts Ridge.

In that instant, the color drained from Qin Xingyi’s face.

Ye Tianling then saw that Ten Thousand Beasts Ridge had been imprinted onto the scroll, almost like a projection.