Chapter 506: World Wonder—The Primordial Light (First update, seeking votes)

During the process of the soul biting, Di Zhiyi discovered with horror that Li Zhangsheng's Soul Light Sphere was becoming increasingly brilliant and dazzling, while his own was growing dimmer and dimmer.

One was outputting with full force, while the other was being interrupted from time to time; the result was predictable.

If Di Zhiyi's soul had been at its peak—no, even if it had just been at the stage where his soul had newly broken free from the shackles of his physical body—he would not have suffered the fate of a tiger fallen to the plains being bullied by dogs.

From the moment he broke free from his physical body's shackles, Di Zhiyi first used a Soul Roar to freeze Li Zhangsheng's Demon Pets, then spent two breaths of time approaching Li Zhangsheng; in particular, he had forcibly used Instant Movement to break through the chaotic space, all of which consumed a massive amount of soul power.

Originally, Di Zhiyi's plan was to hope that Li Zhangsheng would touch his corpse, because whether it was taking the token or the treasures on his body, contact with his corpse was unavoidable.

In this way, he wouldn't even need to break free from the shackles of his corpse; he could forcibly enter Li Zhangsheng's Consciousness Sea the moment they made contact, reducing unnecessary depletion.

So infuriating!

In order to successfully possess his target, Di Zhiyi had plotted for decades, yet now he faced a situation where he would end up with nothing; how could he not be angry?

While Di Zhiyi was furious, he also carried a hidden fear; he was not just ordinarily afraid of death, otherwise he would never have had the idea of Possession.

Originally, his target was Liu Xudong, but Liu Xudong had been forcefully killed by Li Zhangsheng.

It was precisely Liu Xudong's death that caused Di Zhiyi's Mental Power to fluctuate slightly, which was how Li Zhangsheng, transformed into a Black Tortoise, discovered the anomaly and turned to attack the Black Altar.

The Black Altar was very important to Di Zhiyi, because even if the Possession were successful, the new physical body would inevitably reject Di Zhiyi's soul, and the compatibility would certainly be very poor—it was possible he might only be able to move a finger—and this altar could, to a certain extent, improve the compatibility between the soul and the physical body.

It was precisely Li Zhangsheng's act of destroying the altar that forced Di Zhiyi to submit, leading to his current predicament.

Di Zhiyi wanted to turn the situation around, but nothing he did was of any use; instead, as time passed, Li Zhangsheng's state became increasingly valiant, and an intense sense of weakness began to fill his body and mind.

The overall situation was settled!

Di Zhiyi's Soul Light Sphere had dimmed to the extreme, and many memories had disappeared permanently, becoming nourishment for Li Zhangsheng.

Even if it was less than one-tenth of his peak, this was, after all, the soul of a King; Li Zhangsheng's soul was like it had consumed a potent tonic, beginning to show a trend toward materialization, and his Mental Power surged by a significant margin, saving him at least a month of bitter cultivation.

If he completely devoured Di Zhiyi's soul, Li Zhangsheng even had the confidence to advance to a Fifth-tier Beastmaster.

"I am not reconciled!"

Di Zhiyi was no good person, so naturally, he could not possibly fulfill Li Zhangsheng, after all, the other party had ruined his decades of planning.

The next moment, Di Zhiyi's soul completely collapsed, turning into a soul shockwave that rushed rapidly toward Li Zhangsheng's Soul Light Sphere.

Li Zhangsheng hurriedly controlled the Heart-Clearing Soul-Suppressing Bell to collide with the soul shockwave.

Dong~

The Heart-Clearing Soul-Suppressing Bell let out a mournful cry, several cracks appeared on the bell body, and it was forcibly knocked away by the soul shockwave; immediately after, the soul shockwave, now weakened by more than half, ignored the protection of the Taiyin Token and the Third-Grade Star Palace Lotus Platform, and charged straight into Li Zhangsheng's Soul Light Sphere.

Hum~

Accompanied by a humming sound, Li Zhangsheng only felt an indescribable, intense pain wash over him, his brain instantly went blank, and he lost consciousness directly.

While Li Zhangsheng was unconscious, his Soul Light Sphere was also rapidly digesting everything regarding Di Zhiyi.

Li Zhangsheng had a dream, a very, very long dream, so long that he almost forgot his own identity.

Di Zhiyi's final madness meant that Li Zhangsheng did not receive all of his memories, and many important memories were in a chaotic mess.

Even so, this was still a portion of the life memories of a King, which could not be measured by value at all.

Not knowing how much time had passed, Li Zhangsheng slowly woke up, only to feel his head unusually heavy, with a faint, throbbing pain.

The first thing that met his eyes were the concerned and worried gazes of his Demon Pets.

Upon seeing Li Zhangsheng wake up, the Demon Pets clearly breathed a sigh of relief, greeted Li Zhangsheng in their own ways, and then sat on the ground, exhausted.

Among them, Round-and-Round was even rubbing its belly, showing a pained expression.

They were worried about Li Zhangsheng's state, and for this reason, they had not rested for an entire night, fearing that Li Zhangsheng would become a vegetable.

As for whether Li Zhangsheng had been possessed by someone, they could naturally sense it, because the one who contracted them was Li Zhangsheng, not Di Zhiyi.

While Li Zhangsheng felt a warmth in his heart, he checked the time and discovered that he had been unconscious for more than ten hours; it was now six o'clock in the morning of the second day, and he had to leave the Secret Realm before noon.

Seeing the exhausted state of his Demon Pets, Li Zhangsheng hurriedly took out a large amount of food and water; watching them gorge themselves, a look of satisfaction appeared on his face.

While they were finishing their food, Li Zhangsheng began to check his gains.

The first benefit: Li Zhangsheng's soul underwent a qualitative change, significantly increasing his resistance to Mental Power, illusions, hypnosis, and similar effects acting on the soul; correspondingly, these abilities used by him would also be strengthened.

The second benefit: his Mental Power surged by a significant margin, which saved him a month of bitter cultivation.

The third benefit, naturally, was a portion of the memories of the Flame King Di Zhiyi.

An ordinary King only has a lifespan of two hundred years, but Di Zhiyi had lived for nearly three hundred; besides having consumed some Alchemical Pills, potions, and Heavenly Material and Earthly Treasure that increased longevity, it was also related to a research project he had "invented."

In the nearly three hundred years, the first hundred years were spent by Di Zhiyi on the path of seeking to become a King.

After successfully becoming a King, Di Zhiyi did not settle for the status quo and wanted to further become a Double-Character King, so he spent the second hundred years anxiously seeking a breakthrough.

By the time the second hundred years were nearly over, Di Zhiyi only had two Demon Pets that had reached the Demon Saint level; with his remaining lifespan, it was almost impossible to become a Double-Character King.

Seeing that his lifespan was about to be exhausted, Di Zhiyi had to give up the path of pursuing the Double-Character King and instead began to seek a breakthrough in longevity.

The so-called "the longer one lives, the more one fears death"—Di Zhiyi was among this group.

In the remaining time, besides collecting Alchemical Pills, potions, and Heavenly Material and Earthly Treasure to increase longevity, Di Zhiyi began to go into seclusion, attempting to research a method to break the limit of his lifespan.

Among them, a research notebook of the Shadow Snake King gave Di Zhiyi a lot of inspiration; based on this, Di Zhiyi explored a research result he named "The Method of Crossing Tribulation and Feigned Death."

Simply put, this was a method to slow down the wear and tear of the human physical body, thereby achieving the goal of increasing longevity, but the premise of all this was that it required a massive investment.

With a cost-no-object investment, Di Zhiyi's lifespan increased by a full thirty to forty years.

From Di Zhiyi's partial memories, there happened to be a complete version of "The Method of Crossing Tribulation and Feigned Death," which was temporarily useless to Li Zhangsheng, as he was still very young.

In the final 20 years, Di Zhiyi felt that his physical body was nearing its limit; unwilling to fall just like that, he had to summarize a set of plans specifically designed for Possession.

First, he had to find a physical body that was compatible with his soul; for this, Di Zhiyi spent several years traveling across the countries, finally locking onto Liu Xudong, who was still a little brat at the time.

That's right, it was Liu Xudong!

Given that the gap between the two was too large, even if Liu Xudong's physical body was compatible with Di Zhiyi's soul, it would be impossible for it to withstand it; Di Zhiyi had to artificially arrange a series of "encounters" for Liu Xudong, hoping he would grow up as quickly as possible.

For this pre-selected physical body, Di Zhiyi was quite willing to invest, as this was, in his view, his future body.

Liu Xudong's Creation Fruit came from Di Zhiyi; Liu Xudong's Life-Bound Demon Pet, the top-grade Six-Headed Bird, including his later main Demon Pets like the Black Dragon and the Spirit-Devouring Rat, were also the result of Di Zhiyi's clever arrangements; everything was under Di Zhiyi's control.

The only pity was that shortly after Liu Xudong became a Monster Tamer, Di Zhiyi's physical body was already on the verge of collapse; he had to temporarily change his plan and specifically arranged a treasure space for Liu Xudong, where, in addition to some treasures, he also placed maps of the Fire Flame Secret Realm, tokens, and a Li Fire Parasol Tree.

On this token, Di Zhiyi specifically set a hidden Restriction; only when Liu Xudong becomes a Fifth-tier Beastmaster will the Restriction on the token break on its own, thereby revealing the accurate location of the Fire Flame Secret Realm, and the entrance to the Secret Realm even changes at any time according to Liu Xudong's age.

In other words, the restriction on the Secret Realm entrance is not under 20 years old, as long as it is not higher than Liu Xudong.

It can be said that Liu Xudong is like a marionette, manipulated by Di Zhiyi his whole life, moving in the direction Di Zhiyi envisioned, and Liu Xudong, kept in the dark, even feels smug about it, thinking he is like the protagonist in some novels, defying the heavens, the earth, and the air.

Unfortunately, his fate was already doomed; even if he were not killed by Li Zhangsheng, he still could not escape a tragic end.

The importance of Liu Xudong to Di Zhiyi goes without saying, which is also the reason for the dissipation of Di Zhiyi's Mental Power fluctuations.

After Li Zhangsheng destroyed Di Zhiyi's schemes, and additionally attacked the Black Altar, Di Zhiyi had to take his final measure, not caring whether Li Zhangsheng's physical body was compatible with his soul, wanting to perform Possession on Li Zhangsheng's body, but Li Zhangsheng had many tricks and managed to kill him.

Li Zhangsheng is not very interested in the details Di Zhiyi arranged for Liu Xudong; what he is interested in are Di Zhiyi's series of Possession operations and the Black Altar.

Before his physical body was on the verge of collapse, Di Zhiyi used a Secret Technique to forcibly cut off a small soul fragment, then cast a portion of his own consciousness into this soul fragment, and finally sealed it within his own World Wonder; only when the Dixiagongdian is opened will he wake up from his slumber.

In addition, under Di Zhiyi's arrangement, his Demon Pets were tricked one by one into this Black Altar, eventually becoming the nourishment for the operation of this altar.

However, the memory Li Zhangsheng obtained did not contain information about the Black Altar.

"This guy is a ruthless person!"

Li Zhangsheng sighed; for Di Zhiyi to continue living, one could completely describe it as stopping at nothing.

Besides the "Crossing Tribulation False Death Method" and the Secret Technique of cutting the soul, Li Zhangsheng naturally had other gains.

First, rich combat experience; Di Zhiyi was a King after all, having fought countless battles in his life, including battles with other Kings.

Second, insights on training Demon Pets; a King's training insights are hard to measure in value, and some of the methods even left Li Zhangsheng amazed, including a special training method called "Spirit Communication Training Method".

The "Spirit Communication Training Method" is different from the "Spiral Training Method"; this is a training method specifically for exercising the minds of Demon Pets, eventually achieving an effect similar to a Mental Connection between Demon Pets, which can significantly improve the coordination of the Demon Pets.

With this special training method, Li Zhangsheng's overall strength will definitely be further improved.

Third, secret lore; in the last three hundred years, Di Zhiyi collected a large amount of secret lore, and the most recent piece of secret lore was from five years ago; this not only expanded Li Zhangsheng's knowledge but also has the potential to let Li Zhangsheng profit.

One piece of secret lore is even related to an Emperor Rank who fell over a hundred years ago.

Both being Ninth-Rank Demon Tamers, the status of an Emperor Rank is even above that of an Emperor, equivalent to the difference between the Sixth Rank and a Pseudo-King.

Unfortunately, the secret lore about this Emperor Rank only consists of a few words, without much useful information.

After roughly digesting Di Zhiyi's memory, Li Zhangsheng floated to the front of Di Zhiyi's corpse.

Even if it is just a corpse, it still brings Li Zhangsheng no small amount of pressure.

Even after three years, Di Zhiyi's corpse is still preserved extremely well, without even a trace of the smell of decay.

It is rumored that after advancing to King, the entire skeleton will completely transform into Jade Bone, and the physical strength goes without saying; the ability to resist decay is naturally different from ordinary people.

Li Zhangsheng pried open the token held in Di Zhiyi's hand with force; Di Zhiyi was gripping it very tightly, and even with Li Zhangsheng's strength, it took a little time to take it out.

Without surprise, this token is the key to controlling the Fire Flame Secret Realm; as long as it is completely refined, one can open and close the Fire Flame Secret Realm entrance at will.

Unlike the Baisheng King Secret Realm, the Fire Flame Secret Realm is intact; even if Di Zhiyi fell, it did not show any changes.

The importance of the Fire Flame Secret Realm goes without saying; the environment here is extremely suitable for planting Fire Element spirit plants and Fire-type Fairy, and at the same time, it can become a nearly perfect shelter.

Even if a King were to come in person, it would be difficult to break into the Secret Realm.

Besides this token, Li Zhangsheng also fished out a Crystal Ball from Di Zhiyi's bosom.

From the obtained memory of Di Zhiyi, this is the World Wonder born from Di Zhiyi opening up the Fire Flame Secret Realm, or more accurately, a World Wonder.

This World Wonder, named "Original Light" by Di Zhiyi, has the effect of nourishing the soul, which is also the key to Di Zhiyi's execution of the Possession plan.

Besides the token and the Original Light, there were no other items on Di Zhiyi, not even a Space Ring.

Li Zhangsheng has reason to suspect that Di Zhiyi gave the Space Ring to Liu Xudong; as for Di Zhiyi's collection over these years, besides giving it to Liu Xudong, the rest were likely concentrated by him in the thirty-six Tiangang Guiyuanzhu.

However, Li Zhangsheng still prepared to burn Di Zhiyi's corpse; perhaps there are other gains.

There is a second update at 12:00 noon, both are 4,000-word chapters.

Today's goal: three, pig, proof!

(End of this chapter)