"Why is Tian Ling here?"
Seeing Tian Ling bound within a formation, Ye Ling's expression changed completely. However, to avoid alerting the enemy, Ye Ling did his best to conceal his shock. As he followed Yan Yun into the city, he used his soul power to analyze the formation that bound Tian Ling.
The formation had the effect of isolating auras. If Ye Ling hadn't personally seen Tian Ling with his divine soul, he wouldn't have known she was imprisoned within this castle.
The World Annihilation Spirit Fire, seeing Tian Ling through Ye Ling's divine soul, exclaimed with a sigh, "Tsk tsk... I finally understand how this illusion enveloping Earth came to be."
Ye Ling asked in surprise, "You know?"
The World Annihilation Spirit Fire didn't keep him in suspense. "The formation trapping that girl is the culprit behind the illusion covering the entire Earth, and that girl is the eye of the illusionary formation."
Ye Ling's pupils contracted slightly. "Tian Ling is the eye of the illusionary formation?"
The World Annihilation Spirit Fire continued, "That's right. That girl possesses the rare Heavenly Illusion Demon Body. This physique can perfectly integrate with any formation, serving as the eye of any formation, making it the most coveted physique by formation masters."
"Serving as the eye of any formation?" Ye Ling was immensely shocked and asked, "How is that possible?"
The World Annihilation Spirit Fire went on, "You should also know that constructing a formation requires both patterns and an eye, correct?"
Ye Ling replied, "Of course, I know that. The effect of a formation is determined by its patterns, and its power is determined by its eye. Both are indispensable. However, the core required for each formation is vastly different. How can Tian Ling serve as the eye of any formation?"
The World Annihilation Spirit Fire elaborated, "This is the terrifying aspect of the Heavenly Illusion Demon Body. It can serve as the core of any formation, and this physique is the top-tier formation eye. Regardless of the ancient killing formation, as long as the Heavenly Illusion Demon Body is used as the medium to activate it, that ancient killing formation can unleash its original power to the maximum extent!"
Ye Ling asked incredulously, "Can this really be done?"
The World Annihilation Spirit Fire replied, "Of course! The essence of formations is to mobilize the primordial energy hidden in heaven and earth through specific means. Different formation patterns and different formation eyes are merely different methods to mobilize that primordial energy."
"It's like a problem with countless solutions. Through different solution methods, different answers can be obtained."
"And the Heavenly Illusion Demon Body is equivalent to the universal solution to that problem, which can yield corresponding answers when applied to various solution methods."
Hearing the World Annihilation Spirit Fire's words, Ye Ling's heart churned with immense shock, realizing the terrifying nature of Tian Ling.
Since Tian Ling could serve as the eye of any formation, as long as he obtained the corresponding formation diagram, he could construct the formation using Tian Ling without any prior preparation!
Thinking of this, Ye Ling's gaze sharpened. "It seems Tian Ling was captured by those guys from outside the domain to construct the illusionary formation... These damned fellows!"
The World Annihilation Spirit Fire responded, "Exactly! That girl must have been captured by Yan Zu and used as the formation eye. It can be said that the massive illusion currently enveloping Earth is all because of that girl."
"If you kill her, you can easily break this illusion on Earth."
"I will not kill Tian Ling," Ye Ling refused the World Annihilation Spirit Fire's suggestion without hesitation.
The World Annihilation Spirit Fire was not particularly concerned. "As you wish. However, if you don't plan to kill the girl, then you must kill the formation setter and cut off the formation's spiritual energy supply."
"But you don't even know who the formation setter is. Breaking this illusion on Earth will likely be quite difficult."
Ye Ling said softly, "It's fine. Yan Zu will surely know. As long as I find him, all problems will be solved."
While Ye Ling and the World Annihilation Spirit Fire were conversing, Yan Yun also led Ye Ling to the castle's main hall.
In the hall, a large number of cultivators were already lining up, waiting to register and join Yan Zu's forces.
After leading Ye Ling here, Yan Yun said to him, "You queue up and register here. I'll go handle the procedures for you. You'll be given a form later; just fill in all the information truthfully. Write my name in the recommender field."
Ye Ling, already distracted, casually joined a queue and perfunctorily replied to Yan Yun, "I know. Go ahead."
"Alright." Yan Yun nodded with satisfaction upon seeing Ye Ling queue up, then walked towards the depths of the castle.
When Yan Yun left, Ye Ling immediately stepped out of the cultivator queue, moved to a shadowed area, and, while no one was paying attention, transformed into a beam of light and darted into the depths of the castle.
Although the castle's structure was complex, like a giant maze, Ye Ling had already explored the entire castle with his divine soul. He skillfully bypassed all patrolling guards and soon arrived near Tian Ling.
The place where Tian Ling was located was a massive room.
The moment Ye Ling pushed the door open, he was hit by a powerful energy shockwave, nearly being pulled into the illusion.
If Ye Ling hadn't protected his consciousness with runes beforehand, he would have fallen victim to it!
"What a terrifying formation!"
Ye Ling used runes to clear his mind and quickly scanned the formation in the room, exclaiming, "As expected of a formation constructed by a Great Dao Immortal Lord! Just standing outside the formation, I was almost pulled into the illusion!"
The World Annihilation Spirit Fire said, "Kid, why are you running here? This is the core of the illusion, and there might be monitoring methods. If you mess around here and get exposed, you're finished!"
"It's fine. I have a good understanding of formations. Even if there are monitoring methods here, they won't be able to detect me," Ye Ling replied, quickly calming his mind and completely concealing his aura.
After making all preparations, Ye Ling then walked towards Tian Ling in the center of the formation.
Although Tian Ling was currently the eye of the illusionary formation, this did not mean Ye Ling couldn't take her away.
Seeing Ye Ling's insistence, the World Annihilation Spirit Fire sighed, "Fine, I can't stop you, kid. Do as you please, as long as you don't drag me to my death."
"Don't worry, I know what I'm doing," Ye Ling chuckled, walking up to Tian Ling and observing her carefully.
At this moment, Tian Ling's eyes were closed, and she was entwined with blue light, connected to the illusionary formation below.
Those blue lines had already penetrated Tian Ling's body and were connected to her heart meridians. If these blue lines were severed, the illusionary formation would instantly collapse, but Tian Ling would also die from the severance of her heart meridians.
Seeing Ye Ling staring at Tian Ling, the World Annihilation Spirit Fire couldn't help but suggest, "If you really want to save this girl, I have another method."
"Record her reincarnation information, then kill her, and then revive her using the Great Dao of Reincarnation. What do you think?"
Ye Ling shot the World Annihilation Spirit Fire a glare and said irritably, "What if I kill you and then revive you?"
"That won't do! Your Great Dao of Reincarnation can't revive me."
"Then that's that?" Ye Ling rolled his eyes and completely disregarded the World Annihilation Spirit Fire's nonsensical suggestion.
The Great Dao of Reincarnation he currently possessed was incomplete. Reviving low-level cultivators was not a problem, but for someone like Tian Ling, who possessed a special physique, he definitely couldn't revive her perfectly.
By then, even if Ye Ling revived Tian Ling, he probably wouldn't be able to restore her physique.
Therefore, reviving Tian Ling was an option that Ye Ling would only consider when he had no other recourse.
After rejecting the World Annihilation Spirit Fire's suggestion, Ye Ling ignored it and attempted to input his soul power into Tian Ling's mind, establishing contact with her ritual.
However, as Ye Ling's soul power slowly entered Tian Ling's mind, a powerful suction force suddenly emanated from Tian Ling's soul, instantly pulling Ye Ling's consciousness in!
Ye Ling's eyes went black, and he entered Tian Ling's consciousness space!