He has now fully recalled all the memories from his time with the Heavenly Dao and understood the meaning behind his reincarnation.
But it is this meaning that has left him so conflicted that he simply cannot make a decision...
"Has the situation really gotten this bad?"
Uncle Orange's brows were furrowed into the shape of the character "川", and his two paws clenched into small balls.
"Let's wait and see... Perhaps Chen Hua or Qinglian could make it? Besides, isn't there Liang Yi? The one who brought him to this world and granted him such conveniences, maybe..."
Uncle Orange looked up at the sky, his gaze so profound it seemed as though it pierced through time and landed in another world.
But upon lowering his head, he ultimately sighed and temporarily set aside the issue.
Avoiding something is indeed simpler than mustering the courage to face it...
Meanwhile, in the Demon Spirit Ancestral Land, separated from the Grand Saint of Nine Spirits by a mere door, an obscure space swirled with starlight—both dark and bright—where several orbs gently floated in the void.
This peculiar space seemed boundlessly large, the sea of stars in the sky endless, illuminating everything.
Beneath the radiance of the star sea, within every orb, there lay a figure curled up as if in slumber, and occasionally, wisps of starlight would fall from the sky, softly and slowly drifting into the orbs, creating ripples before merging with them.
In the orbs, Yue Bai lay curled up like Sleeping Beauty, her distinct eyelashes outlined by the bright light, lending her face an even more sacred appearance.
As starlight merged with the orbs like droplets of water, Yue Bai's eyelashes and ears twitched synchronously before settling back into calmness; a familiar warm current surfaced from the depths of her heart, swiftly spreading throughout her body.
The totem of the Qingqiu nine-tailed fox briefly appeared on Yue Bai's forehead before vanishing, and at that moment, the broken lineage of the nine tails was imprinted into Yue Bai's Divine Soul.
It wasn't merely a bloodline inheritance of simple knowledge, Daoist Skills, or Secret Techniques.
A point of starlight represented the legacy left by a powerful member of the Demon Clan through the eternal nature of Laws.
Once the starlight merged into the orbs, the shadow of the powerful Demon Clan figure, devoid of personal emotions and retaining only the purest techniques of the legacy, would teach the Demon Clan descendants in the soul space like the finest teachers in the world.
Time flowed differently in the Demon Spirit Ancestral Land compared to the outside world; this was the most mysterious aspect of the Demon Spirit Ancestral Land.
Originally, Demon Clan Sages and numerous mighty Demon Clan figures, along with primordial oddities and Innate Divine Beasts, managed to slightly influence the flow of time in this space at a great cost.
An instant in the outside world could be several weeks or even months within the Demon Spirit Ancestral Land!
Hence, the second after starlight merged into an orb, new starlight would fall from the sky, imparting new legacy knowledge to these descendants!
A similar scene unfolded above all the orbs as starlight fell like rain, unending.
Yue Bai wasn't just receiving the nine-tailed tribe's legacy; she delved into the legacies of once-powerful fox tribes like the Howling Moon Heavenly Fox and the Liuli Jingyi Fox.
At the same time, other talented members of the Demon Clan absorbed the legacies like dry sponges entering water, greedily drawing in all that could help enhance their strength.
Not just knowledge, the Demon Spirit Ancestral Land's boon to Realm cultivation was also terrifying, utterly different from the energy of Spiritual Power and demonic power that pervaded the land.
If the heavens were composed of legacies like countless stars, then this strange energy was akin to the earth.
Yue Bai simply slept within the orb, but with each breath, an imperceptibly strange force would pass through the orb and into her body, continually making her stronger.
Although the increase in strength with each breath was marginal, this method of strengthening faced no obstacles or limits.
Such cycles repeat themselves, until the day of emergence from seclusion!
The young Azure Dragon and White Tiger were also slumbering here, and even the White Tiger, previously nurturing itself solely with Innate Origin, was now slowly absorbing a strange energy that permeated the entire Demon Spirit Ancestral Land.
This power, akin to the World Origin, was mysteriously effective yet came with limitations; only members of the Demon Clan could absorb it—anyone else attempting it would be akin to courting death!
Even the ancient sages of the Demon Clan themselves were unclear how this power was derived, attributing its existence to a great deal of luck.
This force was named "Monster Spirit Power" by a sage, originating from the combination of demon energy within the Demon Clan's bodies and the spiritual power from the Void.
The Great Formation buried beneath the land of the Ten Thousand Miles Mountain drew an imperceptible trace of Demon Energy from the terrestrial Demon Clan, combining it with spiritual power pulled from the Void. This power, extensively studied and unexpectedly found capable of seizing the Creation Power of the world, was then transformed by the Grand Formation.
Each iteration of transformation by the Great Formation yielded only a minuscule amount of Monster Spirit Power, which after an entire epoch's accumulation, would barely suffice for a handful of individuals. This was the reason why the Demon Spirit Ancestral Land only opened once every epoch.
While the White Tiger did not absorb Monster Spirit Power as effectively as the World Origin, its advantage lay in the unending flow, seemingly infinite, available for indefinite absorption, thereby far surpassing the World Origin in sheer volume.
Coiled within a sphere of light, the Azure Dragon was also greedily drawing in Monster Spirit Power, continuously enlarging its own strength.
Having only been born recently, it was discovered by the Grand Saint of Nine Spirits who openly offered the use of the Demon Spirit Ancestral Land to recover its power. In exchange, when a certain level of strength was achieved, it would have to fully commit to battling the Abyss, aiding the Demon Clan in resisting the Abyss Cultivators.
The Azure Dragon had no objections; although youthful and somewhat naive, its instincts clearly dictated what it ought to do and what it ought not.
It was born an innate adversary of the Abyss—where it existed, the Abyss could not, and vice versa. Had not the last Azure Dragon's demise led to the Abyss seizing control, it wouldn't have only just been reborn now.
Today's Azure Dragon, unlike the White Tiger who had been nurtured for a long time by Liang Yi and Old Master Ju, was much weaker in strength, having just broken through the Fourth Realm to reach the Fifth Realm.
But by its own estimation, after this seclusion, it should be able to reach Great Perfection of the Fifth Realm, or even the Sixth Realm level.
After that, with more killing of Abyss Cultivators on the battlefield, its strength would be swiftly restored!
The four Innate Divine Beasts of the Demon Spirit Ancestral Land had also made great efforts in the past. Although these inheritances resided in their bloodline and were not at risk of being lost, to receive guidance from the phantoms of the previous generation's Azure Dragon and White Tiger was a rare opportunity indeed for these new generations of Innate Divine Beasts!
At this thought, the Azure Dragon, while fully absorbing the Monster Spirit Power to recover its strength, sought to refocus and continue receiving guidance from the previous Azure Dragon.
But at that moment, its expression suddenly changed as it looked up at the vast Sea of Stars above!
And alongside, White Tiger and Yue Bai both awoke from their slumber, their expressions dramatically altered, looking up together with the Azure Dragon.
At this moment, they all sensed a presence that should not be there—
The Abyss!
The vast cosmos was inherently pitch black, but this blackness was not gloomy or dim, rather illuminated by the endless stars, radiating a sense of brightness and tranquility.
It was like strolling by the riverbank on a summer night, when one looks up by chance to find the galaxy resplendent, only to see the quietly flowing river below reflecting the starry sky as well.
Stars in the sky and stars in the water, converging in utmost brilliance!
But now, in the eyes of Yue Bai, the White Tiger, and the Azure Dragon, this once bright and hopeful starlight slowly began to tarnish.
And the culprit behind it was the Abyssal Aura that should not have appeared here!
Meanwhile, in the outer world, the Grand Saint of Nine Spirits and Old Master Ju also frowned in unison, sensing that something was amiss.