Yan Sijing's face drained of color, her instincts screaming for her to flee.

But at that moment, the silver object binding her body tightened, making her groan from the pressure, her Mana freezing in place, unable to muster even the slightest bit.

Inside the Stealing Heaven Tripod, Yuan Ming saw the transmission ban fail and his eyelid twitched involuntarily.

Observing the silver object that ensnared Yan Sijing with his Divine Sense, he discovered it writhing like a living creature, with its tail vanishing into the void and emitting faint spatial fluctuations.

Yuan Ming had a thought and immediately realized that it might be a type of Magic Treasure or Divine Skills related to space, which was anchoring the Space Power around Yan Sijing, causing the transmission ban to fail.

This was going to be troublesome!

On the other hand, Six Desires Venerable had captured Yan Sijing and his vast Divine Sense immediately enveloped the vicinity, but he could not locate the Sleeping Witch's figure.

Furthermore, Yan Sijing carried no special Magic Treasures or Forbidden items on her person.

Where on earth was that person hiding, and how did they launch their attack?

The Six Desires Venerable pondered quietly, and then spoke loudly towards the void, "Which old friend of the sect does your master belong to? Since you have come, why skulk in the shadows? Why not show yourself? We can talk things over. It could be an opportunity for you. Otherwise, I cannot guarantee the safety of your friend here."

But Yuan Ming knew it was simply a delaying tactic by the enemy—he certainly wouldn't show himself, so he chose to remain silent.

After the Six Desires Venerable finished speaking and waited a moment, the silence remained unbroken with no responses. A cold glint flashed across his face, and with a flick of his finger, a soul leech shot towards Yan Sijing's head.

Just then, a thick silver Thunder Column appeared above Yan Sijing's head. Lei Guang cascaded down like flowing water, forming a Thunder Light Shield outside her body, crackling loudly.

Seeing this, the Six Desires Venerable's pupils constricted, his fingers curled back as the soul leech advancing towards Yan Sijing came to a halt in mid-air, seemingly wary of the shield brimming with lightning.

The essence of Divine Soul Transformation is Soul Power, naturally suppressed by Thunder Power. This had nothing to do with the level of Cultivation—it was simply due to opposing natures. If he pushed forward, even if he could achieve his goal, the loss would not be small.

However, this did not mean the Six Desires Venerable had no means to counter the Thunder Light Shield.

Yet, just as he was about to act, another surge of powerful Curse Power descended. It didn't press down on the Six Desires, but instead poured into the silver threads binding Yan Sijing.

In an instant, the silver threads trembled violently, sorrowful wailing echoes emerging from the void. In the blink of an eye, the silver threads drooped powerlessly, their roots connected to the void suddenly snapping—their body voluntarily severed them.

Simultaneously, a white spirit light reappeared on Yan Sijing's body. This time, the surging light even enveloped the detached silver threads.

A hint of surprise flashed in the Six Desires Venerable's eyes. His thoughts shifted quickly, and from the void behind him, another silver thread shot out. It tried to breach the Thunder Light Shield, not to bind Yan Sijing again but to coil towards the severed part of the thread.

However, this newly appeared silver thread seemed much weaker. By the time it broke through the Thunder Light Shield, the white light had already vanished, and both Yan Sijing and the severed part of the thread had disappeared without a trace.

Seeing the silver thread snatch at empty air, the Six Desires Venerable's expression darkened. But then, he suddenly raised his hand, forming complicated seals, spitting out one unintelligible syllable after another.

After a few breaths, he abruptly looked up towards the direction of the Extreme Fire Realm.

"Found it, but..." he murmured to himself, then suddenly turned his head to glance at Ni Mu and his two companions.

The skirmish had been brief, yet from start to finish, Ni Mu and the others had observed coldly from the sidelines, showing no intention of intervening, regardless of what machinations they harbored in their hearts, or whether they simply hadn't reacted in time. The Six Desires had no intention of leaving them behind any longer.

With his current strength, he had no need for others' help from the start. Planting soul leeches in the Nascent Souls was simply to have them serve as his eyes and, at the same time, cannon fodder.

Rather than keeping Ni Mu and his companions for their negligible usefulness, the Six Desires Venerable would feel more at ease with them dead.

On the other side, Ni Mu also noticed the killing intent rising in the Six Desires Venerable and decided not to play along anymore. He instantly retrieved a talisman, slapping it onto his body.

The talisman transformed into a purple-gold light that infused into his body, swiftly enveloping both his Nascent Soul and the soul leech attached to it.

The Six Desires Venerable immediately realized that he had lost contact with the soul leech planted in Ni Mu, which further confirmed his suspicions.

Indeed, they were all here specifically to kill him!

The Six Desires Venerable had this thought, and his eyes already revealed a ferocious gleam.

However, he did not immediately attack Ni Mu and the other two. Instead, he formed another hand seal and recited an incantation, and a streak of light abruptly flew out from his Sea of Consciousness, landing beside him. With a flicker to the left and right, it astonishingly transformed into another Venerable that looked exactly the same as him.

After the new Six Desires Venerable appeared, it didn't even communicate with the original and instantly turned around and dashed towards the Extreme Fire Realm with a silver rope in hand.

"Divine Soul Incarnation Technique? Hmph, who would have thought Six Desires, you are so overconfident. Do you really believe you can kill the three of us with just your physical body?" Seeing this, a subtle sense of relief flickered in Ni Mu's eyes, though he didn't show it outwardly.

The so-called Divine Soul Incarnation Technique was a secret technique that temporarily separated the physical body from the Divine Soul. Using this technique, a Soul Cultivator could materialize their Divine Soul into a shell indistinguishable from their physical body, allowing them to simultaneously control both and achieve the effect of outnumbering the enemy.

The Six Desires Venerable didn't care about Ni Mu's attitude and said with a deep gaze, "Hehe, Ni Mu, in the past, respecting the hardship of your cultivation, this Venerable thought to wait until you passed away of old age to take your body. But since you are so ignorant of what is good for you, I will take on the trouble and claim your body ahead of time!"

As soon as these words fell, the Six Desires Venerable lifted his palm and made a pressing motion over the heads of Ni Mu and the others, and a giant black palm suddenly appeared out of thin air, swiftly slapping towards the three of them.

But just then, the Six Desires Venerable's expression suddenly changed, and numerous multicolored patterns abruptly emerged on his skin. Inside his body, grains of worm eggs started growing from his internal organs, with minute Gu Worms rapidly growing beneath the transparent husks.

Affected by this, the Six Desires Venerable had to disperse the giant palm he had formed, and his Mana circulated throughout his body, igniting blood-colored Flames in his organs to burn them.

One by one, the worm eggs turned to charred ash in the fire, and the beautiful young woman noticed this and quickly flipped her sleeve, lightly tapping the butterfly tattoo on her arm.

With Mana pouring in, the tattoo came to life, taking flight from her forearm into the air. As it gently flapped its wings, countless particles of powder fell from the wings, spreading into the air.

At the same time, the remaining worm eggs within the Six Desires Venerable seemed to be summoned and started to grow at an accelerated rate.

Taking advantage of the blood-red Flames that were not yet extinguished, the worm eggs pulsated rapidly as if breathing, and in the span of a single breath, larvae burst forth from the eggs. Yet they continued to cling to the organs, opening their mouths full of sharp teeth to gnaw on the flesh.

On the other side, Wu Yuezhi took out the Heavenly Star Chessboard with a flip of her hand, raising it into the air. The chessboard turned round and round, expanding into several zhang in size. Following this, countless stars descended from the sky, turning into chess pieces next to the board.

"Sky and Star!"

With a fierce shout, Wu Yuezhi pointed, and on the chessboard, ten white spirit lights ascended, forming ten white pieces surrounding the Heavenly Yuan and falling down.

At the same time, a chessboard phantom suddenly appeared beneath the Six Desires Venerable's feet. Looked from above, he seemed like a black piece, strategically placed right on the position of Heavenly Yuan.

Then, ten meteors fell from the sky, surrounding the Six Desires Venerable and forming the configuration of Sky and Star. Beams of bright white spirit light shot out from the meteors, turning into ten chains that tightly bound the Six Desires Venerable.

Afterward, Wu Yuezhi pointed again, and six spirit lights soared into the sky. In mid-air, they condensed into black pieces, not landing on the chessboard but standing upright in mid-air in the configuration of the Big Dipper, with their lower ends aiming directly at the board's Heavenly Yuan.

Simultaneously, Ni Mu raised one hand, and the Dragon and Phoenix Bronze Mirror instantly flew out, circling in the air. Reflected in the mirror was the image of the Big Dipper.

"Quickly!"

With a grave expression, Ni Mu pointed, directing his Mana towards the bronze mirror. The reflection in the mirror instantly grew more than ten times larger.

The Big Dipper configuration above the chessboard also grew explosively, and above the Six Desires Venerable's head, six more meteors hurtled down, forming the Big Dipper. Endless spirit lights rushed towards them, causing them to steadily expand until they became hundreds of zhang in size.

The Six Desires Venerable, bound by the spirit light chains, looked up and saw this scene, a mysterious expression suddenly flashing in his eyes.

"Interesting, interesting! Only it's a pity that it's still lacking in intensity," he suddenly whispered, then touched his brow. A strange fluctuation swept out and headed straight for the Heavenly Star Chessboard.

And as that strange fluctuation swept over, the pieces that had been placed on the chessboard abruptly changed. The white pieces surrounding the Heavenly Yuan shifted a space to the left in unison, while the black pieces suspended in mid-air reversed direction, flipping upside down.

As the pieces changed, the meteors around the Six Desires Venerable also shifted.

The chains around his body shattered, and then new chains emerged from the meteors, locking onto the Void beside the Six Desires Venerable as if there was a person standing there.

Furthermore, the meteors that had been falling towards his head suddenly stalled and then inverted, now racing towards the sky instead.

Seeing this, Ni Mu's eyes revealed a look of shock.

"Quick, use the Ningxin Talisman!" he bellowed, then took out a talisman and slapped it onto his forehead.

Wu Yuezhi and the beautiful woman heard this and were startled. Just as they were about to act, their bodies stiffened in unison. Then they turned their heads, their lifeless eyes fixated on Ni Mu, showing an unmistakable intent to kill.

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