The dark spirits were thriving in this environment.
Bai Shengyi caught sight of it growing bigger again within a short while, and her heart was put at ease. She then focused on searching for Qinglan Daojun's trace.
The green mist was not conspicuous in the darkness, especially since Qinglan Daojun was entangled by shadows, and the green mist was almost dyed black.
After searching for a long time, Bai Shengyi found a patch of semi-green, semi-black mist.
"Master?"
As soon as Bai Shengyi questioned with doubt, the blackness within the mist suddenly receded, transforming into a sharp spiritual light that lunged towards her!
"Ayi, dodge quickly! He wants to possess you!" Qinglan Daojun quickly resumed human form and warned.
However, it was too late.
Bai Shengyi felt a chill on her forehead as something surged into her Sea of Consciousness.
She immediately closed her eyes and followed her divine sense inward, searching her body but finding nothing.
"Shengyi, he's in your Sea of Consciousness!" the Reincarnation Brush boomed like thunder, sternly stating, "Use Starfall Emperor's Realm to see."
Bai Shengyi looked, and saw a silhouette floating within her Sea of Consciousness.
The silhouette spoke, "How many years has it been? I never expected to see a true Daughter of Destiny again. Look at this Star River Sea of Consciousness, look at this Spiritual Bone. No wonder heaven and earth favor you so much!"
"That useless good-for-nothing Yun Youyue, the spiritual object he found looks good, but compared to this Daughter of Destiny, it's far inferior! Instead of possessing that high-cultivation spiritual object, it's better to possess this girl. Although she's a female cultivator,桀桀… but it's not impossible."
Bai Shengyi felt utterly disgusted hearing this and angrily retorted, "Get out!"
The shadow was surprised that Bai Shengyi had discovered it so quickly. It cackled, "As expected of the Daughter of Destiny, this sensitivity is indeed extraordinary. However, do you think I would leave so easily after entering? Why not sacrifice yourself to me, and I'll grant you a swift end."
The shadow began to invade Bai Shengyi's Sea of Consciousness.
As it bit down, Bai Shengyi felt an extremely sharp pain in her mind.
"Get out!" Bai Shengyi's divine sense directly clashed with the shadow!
Outside, Qinglan Daojun looked at Bai Shengyi's pale and pained expression, his face exceedingly grim.
But he knew that he couldn't help Bai Shengyi at this moment.
Qinglan Daojun was silent for a moment, then raised his hand and drew a green circle around Bai Shengyi. Green light immediately formed a barrier, protecting Bai Shengyi within.
After doing this, Qinglan Daojun tore through space and found Qin Si and Liu Tianyun.
"Martial Uncle, are you alright? Where's Ayi?" Qin Si asked while dealing with Liu Tianyun.
Qinglan Daojun said in a low voice, "Kill Liu Tianyun first."
Qin Si immediately understood, Bai Shengyi's situation was likely not good.
With renewed determination, Qin Si unleashed his attacks without reservation, fighting Liu Tianyun with full force.
Liu Tianyun was forced to retreat step by step, angrily exclaiming, "Qin Si, are you crazy? Qinglan is fine now, why are you still pursuing me so relentlessly?"
Red lotuses lay withered on the ground, their petals scattered everywhere. Liu Tianyun's heart was bleeding; those petals were his spiritual energy.
Although the spiritual energy in this place was abundant, it was still scarce compared to the outside. The replenishment of spiritual energy could not keep up with the consumption.
Qin Si sneered, "Liu Tianyun, you are shameless to say such a thing. Even if Martial Uncle is fine, you will die here."
"Kill!"
The Boundless Canghan Sword sliced through the void, stirring up countless ice and snow.
Qinglan Daojun formed hand seals, and a beam of green light followed closely behind, "Go!"
The green light and ice, carrying piercing killing intent, forced Liu Tianyun to manifest the red lotus at his forehead.
"Pfft!"
The red lotus exploded, and Liu Tianyun was struck and sent flying out of the void.
Seeing Qin Si and Qinglan Daojun pursuing him out of the void, Liu Tianyun immediately shouted to Yun Youyue not far away, "Yun Youyue, save me quickly!"
However, Yun Youyue was struggling to fend for himself and couldn't break through the "river" Bai Shengyi had created. He had barely taken a step when he saw Qin Si's sword pierce Liu Tianyun's dantian.
"Qin Si!"
Liu Tianyun let out an unwilling roar, his body disintegrating into fragments, utterly annihilated!
Yun Youyue looked up and met Qin Si's fierce phoenix eyes, retreating a step in alarm.
"A'si?" Qinglan Daojun saw that Qin Si's emotions seemed a little off and frowned slightly, "What's wrong?"
Qin Si shook his head, casting away the voice in his mind, and asked with a frown, "Martial Uncle, did you hear anything just now?"
Qinglan Daojun shook his head.
Qin Si's frown deepened. "I just heard a childish voice saying it wanted to help me achieve sainthood and asked me to save it."
"Could you have misheard?" Cui Ming, who had been in the contracted space, hadn't heard any unusual sounds.
However, the Lone Flower of the Red Boundary suddenly emerged and spat several mouthfuls of saliva onto Qin Si. The saliva was filled with rich spiritual energy, and as soon as it landed, Qin Si's wounds began to heal.
Qin Si regained his composure, suppressed the matter, and went to Bai Shengyi's side to protect her.
"Martial Uncle, I'll guard Ayi here. You can try to destroy the formation here first," Qin Si suspected that this formation was related to the disappearing spiritual energy in the Vast Universe Secret Realm, and that Yun Youyue and his group were clearly plotting something.
Qinglan Daojun did not refuse. Comparatively, his attainments in formations were higher than Qin Si's.
Having lived for a long time, one learned a bit of everything, especially if one was willing to learn. When Qinglan Daojun was young, he had traveled to many small worlds and even the three great intermediate worlds, seeing countless things. He had only been too nervous to examine them closely before, but now, upon careful inspection, he detected something amiss.
"This formation…"
"What is it?" Qin Si asked.
Qinglan Daojun said, "This isn't the Nine Revolutions Fortune-Seizing Array, but the Ancient Demon Abyss Array! Qin Si, apprehend Yun Youyue. They definitely want to go north!"
As soon as Qinglan Daojun finished speaking, Qin Si had already made his move, but it was still too late!
Yun Youyue, who had just been controlled by Bai Shengyi's "river," twisted the bone ring in his hand and instantly disappeared from his spot.
"This is bad!" Qinglan Daojun frowned. "The Ancient Demon Abyss Array is similar to the Nine Revolutions Fortune-Seizing Array, consisting of four major formations. To break these four formations, one must first use Starfall Emperor's Realm to destroy the power of the void beasts' core. This task must be handled by Shengyi. You stay here to protect Shengyi, and I'll go intercept Yun Youyue and the others!"
No matter what, the formation must not be allowed to successfully form, otherwise, the fate of the entire Vast Universe Secret Realm would be gathered in one place.
Qinglan Daojun quickly finished his instructions and gave chase.
He did not notice that a wisp of black mist had lightly landed on the tassel of his waist sword.
Meanwhile, the struggle between Bai Shengyi and the shadow had reached its climax.
Bai Shengyi herself didn't feel much, only that this shadow was extremely strange. She didn't know that the shadow's mental state was about to collapse.
"Who exactly are you! Why can you resist my divine sense attack!"