NOVPUBIts back was crushed under the pressure.
But the golden monkey was still struggling, trying hard to lift its head, wanting to stand tall with its chest out, muscles bulging on its body.
"It’s useless, human strength has its limits, how can you contend with the entire world?
Or rather, you’re not up to it yet," Xu Zimei shook his head and said.
With another sweep of his hands, the Divine Continent was fully activated, suppressing it with an irresistible force.
The golden monkey roared, holding on for a brief moment.
Then, its body sank lower and lower, it began to cry out, "No more, no more."
The next moment, the azure planet descended, and its body completely sprawled on the ground, devoid of the strength to struggle.
Previously, Bai Meng had taught Xu Zimei how to use the Demon Seal.
Xu Zimei formed hand seals, and Demonic Qi filled the air, a Demon Seal slowly materialized in front of him.
"Embed it into your body, and you’ll live," Xu Zimei said calmly.
"You think I’ll submit? Even if I die, I, the Heaven-reaching Great Saint, will never submit," the golden monkey snorted coldly.
"Don’t always talk about dying; I don’t intend to kill you."
Xu Zimei shook his head and said, "I only need your help to break a seal, and then I’ll grant you your freedom."
"Really?" The golden monkey looked at Xu Zimei skeptically and said lightly.
"I won’t believe a word you say.
No matter how sweet-talked, I won’t submit."
"Do you recognize this?" Xu Zimei slowly brought out the monkey statue.
"My Great Saint Body," the Heaven-reaching Great Saint exclaimed, then quickly asked, "How did it end up with you?"
"I found it," Xu Zimei said indifferently.
"Have you been to the valley where I cultivated?" the Heaven-reaching Great Saint asked.
"More or less," Xu Zimei replied, "What do you say?"
"Give me the Great Saint Body, and I’ll agree to your terms," the Heaven-reaching Great Saint replied without hesitation.
No sooner had its words fallen when suddenly, a loud "boom" resounded, explosions came from afar.
The whole world shook violently.
The ground in front of them cracked with numerous fissures, and the Wind Extinguishing Bead above Xu Zimei’s head began to spin.
"What’s happening?" Xu Zimei looked towards the distance.
It seemed as if the sky outside the valley had changed, with flying sand and rolling stones, lightning flashing and thunder rumbling.
A windstorm, akin to a tornado, speedily approached from afar.
"This is bad, it’s a space storm, run, run!" the Heaven-reaching Great Saint shouted in panic.
"A spatial turbulence?" Xu Zimei asked.
"No, a space storm is a real disaster," the Heaven-reaching Great Saint quickly explained.
"It’s all your fault; it must’ve been the commotion from our earlier fight that attracted it here."
"I don’t understand," Xu Zimei shook his head.
The Heaven-reaching Great Saint, previously appearing weak, saw the situation and, without a second thought, flipped up and dashed towards the distance.
"Quickly, use the Great Saint Body to guide the way! Only by fleeing the Point of No Return, into the Void Valley can we be safe," it shouted.
The two left the valley, groping their way through the mist towards the front as they fled.
On the way, the Heaven-reaching Great Saint briefly explained the space storm.
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It is said that all things possess a spirit; humans, animals, and plants, these three are innately spirited from birth.
It’s merely a matter of the strength of their spirit, and we call this the Innate Spirit.
But in this world, there are many strange things that can develop a spirit through postnatal influences.
This is the post-natal spirit.
The existence of the No Return Path is as ancient as the Yuan Central Continent.
In the beginning, there was only the chaotic flow of space.
Over the long passage of years, part of the chaotic space flow actually developed spirituality.
They devoured other chaotic space flows to grow themselves.
Eventually, they would slowly form a void storm.
A void storm can devour all things, and they are formed by the devouring of countless space chaotic flows.
They are basically unstoppable, especially in a place like the No Return Path, the stronghold of others.
The Void Spirit Monkey has always lived here, it just needs to be careful to not be discovered by the void storm, and then that valley is safe.
When it practices its cultivation, it would leave the No Return Path and go outside to the valley that Xu Zimei entered, to avoid attracting the attention of the void storm.
According to the Heaven-reaching Great Saint, it was at a critical juncture in its external cultivation when someone suddenly broke into the valley.
It was in a hurry to hide, so when it left, it accidentally dropped its Great Saint Body.
Although the two kept fleeing, their speed was greatly reduced in such a fog.
But the space storm caught up with the two in just the blink of an eye.
"What do we do now?" Xu Zimei yelled out, asking.
The Heaven-reaching Great Saint gave a glance at the void storm that was almost within reach behind him, and transformed into a streak of light, actually entering the Golden Monkey Statue.
Xu Zimei watched, dumbfounded, and without time to think further, threw it into the True Fate World.
A powerful suction came from behind him, and he saw that he was about to be swept into it.
At that moment, a huge hand fell from the void, and Bai Meng flew out from the space.
His body was enveloped in Demonic Qi, resisting the space storm.
"My Lord, this is the edge of the world’s collapse, and I won’t be able to resist for long," Bai Meng said gravely.
Xu Zimei found that in this void storm, he didn’t even have the strength to resist.
The cultivation at the Divine Vein Realm was as insignificant as an ant here.
The void storm wanted to sweep him into it, but Bai Meng blocked it.
At that moment, Xu Zimei felt his body was stuck in place, immobile.
As time passed, the void storm continued to devour the surrounding chaotic space flows, with its suction growing stronger and stronger.
Xu Zimei’s vision became blurrier and blurrier, and although his body couldn’t move from the spot,
His Divine Soul was directly sucked out, separating soul from body.
"My Lord," Bai Meng yelled out, ready to open the tenth Vein Gate with the determination to save Xu Zimei at the cost of his own life.
Xu Zimei’s Divine Soul looked up, as his Divine Soul was slowly being pulled into the void storm.
Inside the storm, a crack appeared like a sliver of sky, and within that crack, he seemed to see the vague outline of a world’s ghostly silhouette.
"Don’t, you take good care of my body, I will come back," Xu Zimei shouted.
Then his Divine Soul was completely sucked into the crack of the void storm.
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Darkness, boundless darkness enveloping his whole being.
Xu Zimei felt his consciousness becoming murkier, as if all five senses were sealed.
His thoughts gradually drifted into sleep, and before falling into slumber, he felt as if he was being squeezed into a shrinking space.
Thereafter, there was no more consciousness.
...…
Eternal Ancient Continent,
Nine Heavens Imperial Sect!
