"She actually killed you..." Ji Li exclaimed in surprise and subconsciously stood up from Mo Wuji's embrace.

Her chaotic Dao aura began to clear, and her divine essence fully recovered. She finally understood why Mo Wuji's eyes held such intense disgust; it had nothing to do with her.

At that moment, she didn't care about any of that. What she cared about was why that woman was so vicious. Even more, she cared about the hardships and suffering Mo Wuji had endured after being reborn in True Star.

"I'm sorry; it was because of me that you were hurt." Ji Li's heart was filled with guilt. After almost being possessed by Fake Shi Yu, she had decided to change herself. But her personality hadn't changed, which led Mo Wuji to follow her into the void rift, resulting in severe injuries.

Mo Wuji shook his head and continued, "I was unwilling to be unable to cultivate. I embarked on the journey alone, seeking a path to cultivation, only to see Yan'er destroyed..."

Mo Wuji spoke of Yan'er, then of Shu Yin, and finally of the starry sky, where Shu Yin burned her life to break through the encirclement and save him…

Ji Li finally understood why Shu Yin was irreplaceable in Mo Wuji's heart. She restrained herself from hugging Mo Wuji again. Mo Wuji cultivated the Mortal Dao, possessing emotions and desires. Even if Mo Wuji wanted her at that moment, she would be willing and have no regrets.

But she knew she couldn't do that, because of Shu Yin.

Only Shu Yin was Mo Wuji's one and only Dao companion; only Shu Yin was worthy of Mo Wuji's protection.

If Shu Yin saw disgust in Mo Wuji's eyes, would she leave? Ji Li shook her head inwardly, certain that Shu Yin would not leave. So, she was not Shu Yin. Even if she could do what Shu Yin did, she still felt inferior to Shu Yin.

Shu Yin fell while saving Mo Wuji; she nearly fell, causing Mo Wuji to be injured several times. That was the difference.

"Wu Ji, you will definitely find Shu Yin and Yan'er." Ji Li said softly, without feeling lost or unwilling.

Indeed, Mo Wuji was the only man who had given her the idea of a Dao companion. After hearing about Mo Wuji and Shu Yin, and Yan'er, she felt that both Shu Yin and Yan'er were more suitable for Mo Wuji than she was.

Mo Wuji's emotional intelligence was not low. By this point, he had already understood Ji Li's thoughts.

He also knew that neither he nor Ji Li could take things any further. He still had Shu Yin in his heart, and he couldn't give Ji Li any outcome. Other cultivators might not think much of it; having several Dao companions was normal. He was not like other cultivators; he preferred to wholeheartedly cherish one person.

Ji Li sensed the indescribable feeling between her and Mo Wuji and proactively changed the subject, "Wu Ji, why did you seem so distracted when you came out of seclusion?"

Mo Wuji didn't hide anything from Ji Li, "I actually possess the Sura Pan…"

"Ah..." Ji Li was shocked by Mo Wuji's words. Mo Wuji actually possessed the Sura Pan? Wasn't it said that the Sura Pan was in the hands of the Dark Dao Lord by the Tong Ming Sage? Ji Li quickly realized that Mo Wuji must be unable to refine the Sura Pan.

Sure enough, Mo Wuji continued, "I exchanged the Sura Pan from Dark Dao Lord Ku Xinren, at the cost of the Primordial Genesis and a stalk of Extreme Ice Heavenly Bamboo. At the time, I thought I had gotten a great deal, but now I know I was tricked by Dark Dao Lord Ku Xinren. Since I started seclusion, I haven't even been able to touch the edges of the Sura Pan, let alone refine it. Once Ku Xinren fully stabilizes his cultivation, I'm afraid that guy will take back the Sura Pan immediately. I'm truly carrying water with a bamboo basket. Because I can't refine the Sura Pan and I'm anxious about other things, I lost my Dao heart and almost had an accident."

"What method are you using to refine the Sura Pan?" Ji Li asked.

"Divine sense and essence blood, and also divine essence penetration, even using array patterns and..." Mo Wuji suddenly paused, as if a flash of light had appeared in his sea of consciousness, but he couldn't grasp it in the fleeting moment.

Ji Li didn't notice Mo Wuji's abnormality and continued to ask, "The Sura Pan is a Creation treasure; it shouldn't be understood by ordinary Dao laws..."

Before Ji Li could finish speaking, the flash of light in Mo Wuji's mind suddenly became clear. He realized that his thinking was too rigid.

"I need to go into seclusion..." Mo Wuji had just said a few words when a roar exploded from the distance.

Mo Wuji quickly put on a piece of clothing and rushed out with Ji Li.

"We're trapped in a cage." Mo Wuji said with a somewhat ugly expression after his divine sense swept around.

All around them were void barriers, covering an area of several hundred miles. Mo Wuji knew about this kind of void barrier; he had also heard of it. Void barriers were essentially dead ends. Once you entered, there was no way to get out.

No matter how strong your cultivation was, you couldn't break through the void barrier. The only way to pass through a void barrier was to bypass it. Sometimes, bypassing a single void barrier required bypassing countless universe interfaces.

But here, there was no place to bypass. It was like a giant stone box, trapping him and Ji Li inside.

Ji Li didn't seem to mind being trapped there and asked Mo Wuji in surprise, "Wu Ji, what was that sound that just exploded?"

"Boom!" Another explosion, as if to explain to Ji Li, a beam of white light shot into the sky. A violent and malevolent Dao aura swept over. Mo Wuji, who had been through countless battles, felt relatively okay. Ji Li was stimulated by this murderous aura and immediately felt uncomfortable.

Mo Wuji softened his tone and said, "If I'm not mistaken, there must be a peerless expert hidden here. This peerless expert is either hiding here himself or sealed here. The Calamity of Extinction is coming, and all kinds of demons and monsters are coming out of the universe. We don't need to worry about it. You wait for me outside; I'll go in and continue refining the Sura Pan."

Ji Li nodded, "Go ahead, I'll wait for you."

She didn't ask Mo Wuji why he didn't bring her with him.

Mo Wuji had already thought of one possibility for refining the Sura Pan: rule refinement. Because he thought of rule refinement, he didn't bring Ji Li in.

The Mortal World was his world. In the Mortal World, his rules would be pure to the extreme. Even if Huan Ti was still in his world at that moment, he would let Huan Ti out and wait until he had refined the Sura Pan.

Mo Wuji wasn't worried about Ji Li being outside. If there was an emergency, Ji Li would definitely notify him immediately. Even if there was a strong person hidden or sealed inside, generally, as long as they didn't provoke the other party, the other party wouldn't actively provoke them. With the Calamity of Extinction approaching, unless they were stupid, no strong person would come out and cause trouble for no reason when their cultivation hadn't fully recovered.

Ji Li's cultivation was now in the Late Stage of God Transformation, and she was about to step into the Quasi-Sage realm. As long as it wasn't a Saint who came here, Ji Li could definitely hold out in a pinch.

As soon as he entered the Mortal World, Mo Wuji once again grasped the Sura Pan. His Zhou Tian aura quickly extended to the Sura Pan, and at the same time, the Dao aura of the Mortal Dao's heaven and earth permeated the Sura Pan overwhelmingly.

Ji Li was right; the Sura Pan's Dao laws were different. Although Ji Li herself hadn't realized it, Mo Wuji already had a clear idea.

To refine the Sura Pan, he could only use his Mortal Dao's heaven and earth rules to penetrate it.

He didn't believe that what the Dark Dao Lord could do, he, Mo Wuji, couldn't do.

In the blink of an eye, several days passed, and Mo Wuji was dumbfounded. His Mortal Dao laws could hardly penetrate the Sura Pan. If he had to say that they could penetrate it, the slow speed meant that he wouldn't be able to communicate with the Sura Pan for tens of millions of years.

Tens of millions of years later, perhaps even the universe would have evolved again.

Mo Wuji sighed. Could it be that the Sura Pan really wasn't his? He had heard that this kind of treasure recognized its owner. If the Sura Pan actively refused to let him touch it, then he could only watch helplessly as the Sura Pan returned to the Dark Dao Lord's hands.

He had taken out so many things, but the Sura Pan still wasn't his. Mo Wuji's depression was imaginable.

What means did the Dark Dao Lord use to make the Sura Pan his...?

Mo Wuji's thoughts paused again. What was the Dark Dao Lord's strength? Or what was the Dark Dao Lord's pride?

The Dark System's heaven and earth rules Dao? The Dark System's heaven and earth rules required Dark Attribute spiritual roots to cultivate and comprehend. Otherwise, others couldn't cultivate them at all.

Others didn't understand Dark rules techniques and couldn't display Dark rules Dao aura, but he could.

He had learned about the Dark System from Ku Cai and touched the Dark rules. With his current ability, he could easily unleash even great Dark rules divine abilities. His Fourth Finger of Yin-Yang and Fifth Finger of Myriad Things both involved Dark rules.