"Strange, where have they all gone?" Yuan Ming's eyebrows furrowed, a sense of unease growing in his heart. He informed Xi Ying of the situation, but Xi Ying was equally puzzled.

"Xi Ying, when you performed a Soul Search on that soul leech earlier, were you able to discover any useful information? For instance, what kind of Soul Cultivation Divine Powers does the Six Desires Venerable possess?" Yuan Ming asked, unwilling to give up hope.

"The Six Desires Venerable's control over memories is far superior to mine. Even a soul leech would be able to hide important information well enough to prevent detection by others. While we cannot grasp the soul cultivation divine powers of Six Desires, I do know some things about the common Sleeping Witch. The core of the Sleeping Witch's powers lies in one word: 'sleep,' which is to put the enemy into a deep slumber rapidly," Xi Ying said with a sigh of resignation.

"Slumber?" Yuan Ming's interest was piqued.

"Do not underestimate this ability; no matter how formidable a person is, once they fall asleep, they are like lambs to the slaughter," Xi Ying said.

"That's true. On a battlefield where situations can change in the blink of an eye, a moment's hesitation can mean the difference between life and death, let alone falling asleep," Yuan Ming agreed profoundly.

"Not only that, but aside from inducing sleep, a Sleeping Witch can also manipulate dreams, and even kill a person within a dream," Xi Ying continued.

"Kill within a dream?" Yuan Ming couldn't help but gasp in surprise, astonishment flooding his heart.

"This is the Sleeping Witch's most common tactic. Once someone falls under the control of a Sleeping Witch's dream, it is difficult to survive, even if their strength exceeds the witch by one or two realms. Therefore, one must never fall asleep when facing a Sleeping Witch!" Xi Ying cautioned.

Hearing this, Yuan Ming's expression grew solemn as he nodded slowly.

Xi Ying said nothing more and went to sit down to one side, closing her eyes to recover her Mana.

Yuan Ming also took out an elixir and swallowed it, continuing to manipulate the restrictions in search of the Six Desires Venerable.

Although he had fought two battles in a row, he had mostly used Soul Cultivation Divine Powers, resulting in little Mana exhaustion, and he recovered quickly. Yet, the Six Desires Venerable still did not appear.

Inside the Spiritual Beast Bag, Hua Zhi was still casting, and it seemed she would not finish anytime soon.

After a brief moment of contemplation, Yuan Ming leapt up to sit on the White Jade Lotus Platform.

He took the Spiritual Beast Bag that held the Three-eyed Crow, placed his palm on it, and began the Beast Taming Secret Technique. Billowing black mist surged out and merged into the bag.

This Three-eyed Crow had extraordinary potential and considerable strength, making it suitable to be his spirit beast.

Of course, Yuan Ming had another reason for subduing this Three-eyed Crow.

While running the Beast Taming Secret Technique, he began casting an Illusion Technique to make the Three-eyed Crow submit and believe in the Nether Moon God.

With only Yan Sijing as his believer inside the Shura Palace, the situation was somewhat perilous. Should anything happen to this woman, he would be unable to influence anything outside from within the Stealing Heaven Tripod. It was crucial to subdue another believer.

Now that Yuan Ming's Soul Power had reached the level of a Sleeping Witch, the Three-eyed Crow had no chance of resisting, and he soon subdued it completely.

He stopped casting and, with a wave of his sleeve, both the Three-eyed Crow and Yan Sijing left the Stealing Heaven Tripod Space and arrived inside the Shura Palace.

Yuan Ming urged the Shura Stone Tablet, and a flash of white light surrounded them, vanishing from their spots.

The very next moment, the Three-eyed Crow appeared at the entrance of netherworld, while Yan Sijing materialized in the middle of Yin Capital City.

He spread his Divine Sense through the anchors of their desire powers.

With the Divine Sense reinforced by the Stealing Heaven Tripod, the search might be more effective than even the Shura Palace's restrictions, and he might be able to locate the whereabouts of the Six Desires Venerable's soul leech.

Black light emanated from the third eye on the Three-eyed Crow's forehead, scanning in all directions.

This was the power of the Three-eyed Crow's third eye: the ability to see through Illusion Techniques, disguises, restrictions, and more—a capability the Heavenly Ghost Wanderer arrogantly named 'the Illusion-breaking Demon Eyes'.

Although the name might sound presumptuous, the third eye of the Three-eyed Crow truly deserved it.

This demon eye was a natural mutation, far more powerful than that of an ordinary Three-eyed Crow. The Heavenly Ghost Wanderer somehow found a cultivation method for the Spiritual Eye that allowed it to absorb Illusion Power to grow stronger.

For a long period in the past, the Heavenly Ghost Wanderer cast illusion spells on the Three-eyed Crow daily to help increase its Pupil Power. Accumulated day by day, there was already a considerable buildup.

Yuan Ming's Divine Sense spread out and quickly scanned both Yin Capital City and the vicinity of the entrance to the Netherworld, finding nothing.

Undiscouraged, he shifted their positions and continued the search.

At that moment, Hua Zhi also finally completed her preliminary analysis of the Silver Vine.

"Master, according to my exploration, this Silver Vine not only can manipulate Space Power but also affect the instantaneous movement of the Shura Palace's restrictions or even traverse through the Void. It's a spatial type of demon beast, with inscrutable and formidable power, no less than the Blood Willow," she reported.

"Anything else?" Yuan Ming nodded and inquired.

"That's all I can discern for now," Hua Zhi replied with a shake of her head.

"Knowing this much is already good. If I'm not mistaken, that Silver Vine is likely the Six Desires Venerable's spirit beast. I'm beginning to understand why those soul leeches of the Six Desires Venerable disappeared — they've probably been taken away by the Silver Vine breaking through the Void," Xi Ying opened her eyes and said.

Hearing this, just as Yuan Ming was about to say something, the spirit light on the Shura Stone Tablet suddenly flickered.

Yuan Ming quickly began casting to investigate, and his expression immediately darkened.

He discovered that the instantaneous movement restriction within the Shura Stone Tablet was no longer usable, and the other restrictions were also greatly compromised.

"Has something happened?" Xi Ying frowned and asked.

Yuan Ming did not conceal anything and told Xi Ying about the situation while he stimulated the probing restriction.

This time, it was not futile. The probing restriction found something unusual near the Black Tower, where the Spiritual Energy fluctuations were quite strong.

"Let me out. You are currently unable to use the Instantaneous Movement restriction. I have a Flying Magical Treasure that can quickly get us to the Black Tower," Xi Ying said.

Yuan Ming immediately waved his hand, releasing Xi Ying.

Xi Ying lightly waved her sleeves, and a flying car made entirely of lustrous white material appeared. It seemed to be crafted from the skeleton of a demon beast. An engraved image of a flying bird adorned the body, and two pairs of wings fitted on either side, with runes fluttering on them, gave off the elegant impression of being ready to dissolve into the wind at any moment.

Xi Ying put away the Stealing Heaven Tripod, landed on the flying car, and began casting the mnemonic.

The flying car turned into a white rainbow, breaking through the sky to fly away. Its speed far surpassed that of a Core Formation Stage cultivator's Flying Escape, almost matching the likes of Dugu Feng and Thunderbolt Ancestor.

"I didn't expect you to have such an impressive Flying Magical Treasure," Yuan Ming praised.

"This treasure is known as the Kunpeng Flying Car. I accidentally obtained a Kunpeng skeleton in a relic years ago and had it refined into this vehicle. It's a pity that my Mana is currently not sufficient; otherwise, the tunneling speed would be even faster," Xi Ying said, pouring more Mana into it.

The location where the two were positioned was not too far from the Black Tower, and they quickly arrived with the speed of the Kunpeng Flying Car.

A figure was already standing before the Black Tower—it was Yan Sijing.

The space above Yin Capital City was not extensive, and Yuan Ming had already quickly finished probing it earlier, relocating that woman to the space where the Black Tower was located.

Yan Sijing happened to be near the Black Tower, and so she arrived first.

Yuan Ming activated his Divine Sense, probing inside the Black Tower, quickly looking through all four layers without finding anything unusual.

His brows furrowed as he extended his Divine Sense to scan the surroundings.

The area within a few dozen miles of the Black Tower was quickly examined but nothing was discovered, so Yuan Ming stretched his Divine Sense toward the depths below.

His Divine Sense descended five hundred yards, but still, he found nothing.

"Could it really have been a mistake?" Yuan Ming thought, but he chose to trust his judgment and continued to extend his reach to the depths below.

When his Divine Sense sank to nine hundred yards, his eyes brightened, finally discovering something.

Below, a sizeable Stone Chamber had been created within the earth, and inside it lay a Blood-colored Coffin.

Yuan Ming's Divine Sense was omnipresent, easily penetrating the interior of the Blood-colored Coffin. Inside lay a corpse that had not yet decayed, and by appearance, it was indeed the body of the Shura Master.

Near the Blood-colored Coffin, a Silver Crystal Stone the size of a human head floated, brilliantly shining and illuminating the entire chamber.

A silver-robed man in his twenties stood next to the crystal stone. With small eyes and a large mouth, his appearance was quite ugly. His goldfish eyes rolled around wildly, giving off the impression of being as crafty as a fox.

This man was missing an arm; the sleeve was empty and hanging loosely. His left hand had transformed into several Silver Vines, wrapping around the Silver Crystal Stone.

The Six Desires Venerable, in his Divine Soul state, stood beside him, with one hand pressed on the crystal stone and silver light flickering in his palm.

"Who would have thought that within the Shura Palace there would be such a large Void Crystal Stone? I was wondering, with the strength of the Shura Master at the Returning to Void Stage, how could it be possible to create such a vast space? It turns out to be because of this treasure!" the Six Desires Venerable exclaimed joyfully.

"The master's fortune reaches the sky. With this Void Crystal Stone, you can accumulate enough contribution points with the Wu Yue God and exchange for the mantra of the Seventh Layer of the Six Desires Breaking Emotion Great Method," the silver-robed man said.

Hearing this, the Six Desires Venerable laughed heartily, extremely pleased with himself.

"While that is true, the Void Crystal Stone and this space have already fused into one. It's not easy to take it away. I have already used the Soul Leech to reside within the crystal stone and have cut off the connection between the Void Crystal Stone and the prohibition of the Shura Palace's space. You should use your Space Divine Power to extract this stone quickly, lest Xiao Ying and the person behind her arrive, and it becomes troublesome," the Six Desires Venerable said, his laughter abruptly stopping.

"Understood," the silver-robed man responded, as strands of silver light appeared on the Silver Vines that his arm had become, pouring continuously into the Void Crystal Stone.

"So they went to dig up the Void Stone, no wonder they couldn't be found there!" A sharp gleam flashed through Yuan Ming's eyes.

He discussed tactics with Xi Ying and then activated the Shura Stone Tablet, causing a thick white fog to reappear around the Black Tower. Within the fog, more strands of prohibition light emerged.

"Not good, the restrictions near the Black Tower have been activated, they are here!" the Six Desires Venerable suddenly looked up from within the Stone Chamber underground.

Yuan Ming's brow lifted slightly as he took out the Soul Destroying Sword without hesitation, activating the Curse Rune on it.

After his Divine Soul was restored by Xi Ying with a secret technique, not only had his Soul Power greatly increased, but his entire Divine Soul had become much more tenacious. He was now able to barely withstand the Soul Sword and the backlash of the Curse Rune.

Instantly, a powerful Curse Power broke through the air and entered the body of the silver-robed man.

The silver-robed man showed a look of pain, and his demonic power drastically dropped by a small realm.

"Ouch! That person is back again. Such attacks are unforeseeable. What kind of monster has Six Desires provoked, no good, no good! A place of conflict is no place to stay!"

The silver-robed man's eyes rolled frantically, not bothering to collect the Void Crystal Stone anymore, he flashed with silver light, and astonishingly, directly escaped into the Void.

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