With Chu Yuan’s roar, Ye Ling’s palm stopped above Wu Xue’s forehead, mere inches from crushing her skull.
Seeing Wu Xue unharmed, Chu Yuan let out a sigh of relief. However, his body had gone limp from extreme fear, and he couldn’t stand up.
The terror Ye Ling had inflicted upon him was too overwhelming.
After retracting his hand, Ye Ling held Wu Xue and calmly looked at Chu Yuan. "Tell me everything you know. Remember… your lives, both of you, are in my hands. If I don't get a satisfactory answer, you won't have to wait for the people behind you to act. I will kill Wu Xue, and then grant you eternal life."
Chu Yuan trembled at Ye Ling's words. He looked up at Ye Ling, who wore a smile, and fear involuntarily surfaced in his eyes.
At this moment, he saw Ye Ling as a demon adept at manipulating hearts!
The punishment Ye Ling inflicted was akin to the most terrifying chastisement in the world!
Ye Ling had ruthlessly seized his weakness, leaving him no room to resist…
Under Ye Ling's pressure, Chu Yuan, an ancient Chaos God, felt an unbearable suffocation.
It wasn't just Chu Yuan; Meng Po and the Black and White Impermanence on the side also had a slight shift in their perception of Ye Ling.
Perhaps because Ye Ling had been too amiable in their previous encounters, they had often forgotten his strength and status, leading them to be overly presumptuous in his presence.
But now, they could clearly feel the pressure Ye Ling was exerting on Chu Yuan, and they truly realized that Ye Ling was an supreme existence that could not be defied!
For a moment, Meng Po and the Black and White Impermanence looked at Ye Ling with added reverence.
Ye Ling simply stood in place, waiting for Chu Yuan to speak. Yet, it was precisely this stillness that filled the air with a suffocating pressure.
Everyone could even hear the slow passage of time.
After an unknown duration, Chu Yuan, perhaps having prepared himself mentally, said to Ye Ling, "Your Majesty, though this request may seem unreasonable, please cast a barrier. The fewer people who know about this, the higher the chance for Wu Xue and me to survive."
"That is naturally no problem."
Ye Ling smiled and snapped his fingers. A barrier rose around him and Chu Yuan, separating them from the other three.
Standing within the barrier, Ye Ling said to Chu Yuan, "Within this barrier, besides you, Wu Xue, and me, no one else can hear our conversation. Speak freely, without worry."
Chu Yuan pursed his lips, his eyes filled with worry. He didn't seem to believe Ye Ling's barrier would help him much. However, things had come to this point, and he knew he could no longer hide anything from Ye Ling. He said, "The one hiding behind me, the one who instructed me to do all this, is Huang."
"Huang?"
Ye Ling heard an unexpected name from Chu Yuan, and his expression changed slightly. He confirmed with Chu Yuan, "The person you speak of, is it Huang, the leader of the Void organization?"
Chu Yuan nodded. "That's right… it is him. My ability to freely enter and exit the Ten Thousand Miles of Nether Mountains, and my knowledge of Your Majesty's existence, has all been orchestrated by Huang from behind the scenes."
"This is strange. Why would it be Huang?" Ye Ling frowned, his mind filled with doubt.
Before coming to the Ten Thousand Miles of Nether Mountains, he had just encountered Huang. It was true that Huang was controlled by the Shadow Hall at the time. How could a puppet controlled by spirit-devouring energy orchestrate a scheme against him?
Moreover, if the Shadow Hall truly intended to do something like this, there would be no need for them to involve Huang.
What's more, Ye Ling had taken the descendants of the Wu clan in the Ten Thousand Miles of Nether Mountains, cutting off one path for the Nether Palace to descend to Earth. Such an action did not align with the interests of the Shadow Hall in any way.
Ye Ling could not find any reason for the Shadow Hall to lure him here.
It would be more logical for the Shadow Hall to prevent him from coming!
With his doubts, Ye Ling asked Chu Yuan again, "I only began operating in the Three Realms recently, and you saved Meng Jiang Nü two to three thousand years ago. Was Huang already using you then?"
Chu Yuan nodded. "That's right… Huang seemed to know long ago that Your Majesty would appear in the Three Realms and stir up trouble. Therefore, he had been making preparations against Your Majesty for a very long time."
Hearing Chu Yuan's answer, Ye Ling's doubts only grew. He murmured, "The future is full of infinite possibilities. How did Huang know I would be active on Earth? And judging by his strength, he doesn't seem like someone who could achieve such a feat."
Although Huang mastered the laws of time and could glimpse the past and future, time laws were not omnipotent. If one used time laws to glimpse the future of an existence stronger than oneself, that future would become chaotic, and the observer would be unable to touch the true future.
Ye Ling's strength far surpassed Huang's, and he also mastered the laws of time. Huang could not have used time laws to glimpse Ye Ling's existence, let alone begin preparing for Ye Ling's descent thousands of years ago.
With so many doubts, Ye Ling could only suppress his confusion for the moment and continue asking, "What else do you know about Huang and the Void organization?"
Chu Yuan replied, "I only know that the Void organization is a secret organization that has existed since ancient times. During the Primordial Era, the Void was already a top force secretly ruling the world. Its ancient history even surpasses that of our clan, which possesses the bloodline of ancient Chaos Gods."
"However, for some reason, despite the Void organization possessing immense power, they rarely intervened in worldly affairs. Whether it was the demise of the Wu clan, my creation of the Heaven Annihilation Evil Array to attempt world destruction, or the Tongtian clan's rampage through the Primordial Era, the Void remained indifferent, letting the Three Realms perish on their own."
Ye Ling asked curiously, "Since the Void organization is so unconcerned with the major affairs of the Three Realms, what is the meaning of their existence? It can't just be to search for the Time Ruins, can it?"
Ye Ling did not believe that an organization that could foresee his arrival thousands of years ago and begin laying plans for it would have such a simple objective.
After all, judging by Chu Yuan's words, the Void organization was an even more ancient force than the Shadow Hall. As the former dominant power on Earth, they were willing to let other forces occupy Earth and manipulate it at will. Ye Ling did not believe such a benevolent organization truly existed.
The Void organization's strength and ambition were truly mismatched.
Regarding Ye Ling's question, Chu Yuan shook his head and replied, "I don't know the specific purpose. I only know that the Void organization has been recruiting monstrous geniuses who have shaken ancient and modern times since antiquity. Almost every influential figure of every era has joined the Void and served it."
"As for why Huang began plotting against Your Majesty thousands of years ago, I believe… they want to recruit Your Majesty."
"Recruit me… to join them?"
Hearing Chu Yuan's answer, Ye Ling was utterly bewildered and couldn't comprehend it.
Is this a joke?