Ding Dang was lying by the main entrance of the Tian Ren Tower, her breathing heavy and her appearance exhausted.
Ye Ling walked out and saw Ding Dang by the door. He immediately went to her, squatted down, and asked softly, "Ding Dang, what's wrong?"
"Roar..." Ding Dang replied weakly.
"Feeling very tired?" Ye Ling stroked Ding Dang's head, a trace of heartache flashing in his eyes, "Can I see your memories?"
"Roar..." Ding Dang nodded, nudging Ye Ling with her head reluctantly. Then she collapsed onto the ground, unable to move, as if she had used up all her strength.
Seeing this, Ye Ling used his spiritual energy to soothe Ding Dang's fatigue while reading her memories from the day.
However, after reviewing Ding Dang's memories for the day, Ye Ling still didn't detect any suspicious humans or creatures approaching her. Moreover, as Bai Ling had said, Ding Dang hadn't eaten anything.
World-Ending Spirit Fire: "This is truly strange. Ding Dang's soul and memories haven't been tampered with, and there's nothing wrong with her body. But Ding Dang's strength can rival a Saint. Logically, she only ran for a day, so she shouldn't be this exhausted!"
Ye Ling frowned, "If there's nothing wrong with Ding Dang's body and soul, then there's only one last possibility."
World-Ending Spirit Fire quickly asked, "What situation?"
Ye Ling said, "Someone used some method to intercept Ding Dang's reincarnation information and tampered with it at the source of her life."
Hearing Ye Ling's words, World-Ending Spirit Fire's eyes lit up, "That's right! How could I not have thought of that! If someone tampers with reincarnation information, we really wouldn't be able to see anything from the surface."
"Kid, quickly use the Great Dao of Reincarnation to retrieve Ding Dang's reincarnation information and let me see where the problem lies. I'd like to see who has the audacity to mess with us!"
"Alright!"
Ye Ling did not hesitate. He immediately summoned the Great Dao of Reincarnation and extracted Ding Dang's reincarnation information.
World-Ending Spirit Fire immediately stretched its neck to read Ding Dang's reincarnation information and instantly spotted the problem. It exclaimed excitedly, "Damn it! Someone really tampered with the reincarnation information. They replaced a part of Ding Dang's reincarnation information with someone else's. What do they want to achieve by doing this!"
After clarifying the situation, a cold glint flashed in Ye Ling's eyes, "The other party probably wants to slowly consume Ding Dang. Regardless, now that we've found the problem, it's time for us to strike back!"
With that, Ye Ling constructed a barrier around the Tian Ren Tower to protect A Yu and Bai Xuan Xuan inside. Then, he took Ding Dang and teleported to the wooden house courtyard in the Luo Yun Mountain Range.
Ye Ling quickly scanned the house and, without a word, summoned the Great Dao of Time to reverse time.
"Ding Dang's cultivation only began to rise after she came out of the house. I want to see what kind of monstrous spirits are causing trouble!"
As time began to flow backward, everything that had happened around the wooden house played out rapidly like a reversed film.
Soon, Ye Ling spotted a black snake returning to the wooden house from outside and crawling under the bed!
"Found it!"
Ye Ling froze the reversed image and saw the black snake exuding a dense black aura, a sharp glint flashing in his eyes!
World-Ending Spirit Fire carefully observed the black snake and said, "This snake doesn't have the aura of dark power. It seems like the natives of the Nine Heavens Realm are the ones who did this."
"No matter who did it or what their purpose is, since they've decided to do this, they must be prepared to pay the corresponding price." Ye Ling locked onto the black snake's aura, withdrew the Great Dao of Time, and simultaneously covered the entire First Heaven with his divine soul to search for the black snake.
If he didn't find it in the First Heaven, Ye Ling would break through the void and search the Second Heaven. If not in the Second Heaven, then the Third Heaven, the Fourth Heaven...
All living beings in the Nine Heavens Realm were within the coverage of Ye Ling's divine soul!
Seeing Ye Ling's divine soul covering the entire Nine Heavens Realm, World-Ending Spirit Fire couldn't help but ask, "How is it? Did you find that black snake?"
Not long after, Ye Ling withdrew his divine soul and looked at Ding Dang, who was lying beside him, and said with a smile, "Of course, it's in the Eighth Heaven!"
Before his words could even fall, the space around Ye Ling distorted rapidly again, and then Ye Ling and Ding Dang disappeared from their original positions.
Nine Heavens Realm, Eighth Heaven.
The Living Dead Forest.
This was a withered forest. The ground was scorched earth, flocks of crows circled in the sky, and on the withered trees hung desiccated corpses, looking extremely eerie.
This was a terrifying place in the Eighth Heaven, filled with numerous man-devouring vengeful spirits. Few living people dared to step foot here.
Cultivators from the Emperor's Palace had also come here in the past, attempting to dispel the vengeful spirits in the Living Dead Forest and bury this terrifying place. However, countless vengeful spirits of powerful individuals from heaven and earth were gathered here. The cultivators from the Emperor's Palace tried many times but returned without success, even losing many disciples here.
The retreat of the Emperor's Palace made the major powers in the Eighth Heaven even more afraid to approach this place, and it became a place of revelry for demons and monsters!
This Living Dead Forest became the only lawless land in the Eighth Heaven that living beings dared not enter!
Ye Ling followed the black snake's aura to this place. Seeing the desolate land and withered trees, he quipped, "I didn't expect that in this Nine Heavens Realm, which looks so beautiful, there are still places like this that make people uncomfortable."
World-Ending Spirit Fire said, "No matter which world it is, there will always be dark places. This is unavoidable. Let's not just lament. Is that black snake inside here?"
Ye Ling nodded, "Yes, it's deep in this forest. I've sensed the aura of many vengeful spirits there. That black snake is hiding among the many vengeful spirits."
"Moreover, I've also found someone who seems very interesting."
World-Ending Spirit Fire: "Meaning, the one who attacked Ding Dang might be a deceased being?"
"It's not impossible. Let's go in and take a look." Ye Ling didn't dally. He lifted the drowsy Ding Dang with his spiritual energy and walked towards the depths of the Living Dead Forest.
At this moment, deep within the Living Dead Forest, in a square built of white bones, countless undead gathered, each exuding an exceptionally powerful aura.
A beautiful woman with a black snake wrapped around her arm sat on a throne of white bones, looking at Ye Ling's projection in the square. She chuckled, "This must be Ye Ling, who has been quite popular in the Lingzhou of the First Heaven recently. He actually found his way to the Eighth Heaven. I underestimated his abilities." Da Feng Novel Network
In the square, a bone demon spirit stepped forward and respectfully said to the beautiful woman, "My Lord, please allow your subordinate to fight and take the head of this invader!"
The beautiful woman stroked the black snake's head and said nonchalantly, "Very well, go and test his skill for me."
"I accept your command! Your subordinate will take his head now!"
The bone demon spirit bowed respectfully to the beautiful woman, then picked up its weapon and turned to walk out of the Living Dead Forest.
However, before the bone demon spirit could even leave the square, a spiritual blade flew in from outside the square, easily severing the bone demon spirit's head and simultaneously shattering Ye Ling's projection.
The bone demon spirit instantly fell apart, causing a commotion among the square!
The beautiful woman's expression changed slightly. She immediately stood up from her throne, stared intently at the direction from which the spiritual blade had flown, and shouted, "Who!"
Under the watchful eyes of the surrounding undead, Ye Ling emerged from the shadows.
He glanced at the undead present, finally settling his gaze on the beautiful woman, and said with a smile, "You don't need to be nervous. I'm here this time just to see..."
"Just what kind of trash are the ones who dare to attack my people?"
Whoosh!!!
Ye Ling's words caused a stir, creating a sensation throughout the entire venue!