As a result, when his divine sense clearly saw that the small worm-like creature, Xiao Mu was startled.

The little worm was indeed a worm, resembling a miniature maggot with a black hard head and a white body in appearance.

However, the entire body of this maggot was composed of the forces of death and disaster.

The small worm used its sharp, hard shell to drill forcefully into Xiao Mu's divine sense, attempting to break out from within it.

Emperor Taija!

Xiao Mu could no longer remain calm.

Emperor Taija's attention towards him had changed again, extending his authority into Xiao Mu's divine sense, trying to break it and come out directly.

"As my strength improves, Emperor Taija's focus on me has intensified once more."

"Forget it, I'll go see Du Yao and ask her to take a look at what's happening now, what exactly these small worms are, and what effect they have on my body. I'll also ask her to help me conceal heaven's secrets."

Soon, Xiao Mu thought of Du Yao, and immediately headed to the Mengtian Pavilion to ask Du Yao to help conceal heaven's secrets for him.

The mutant beings at the Mengtian Pavilion, upon seeing Xiao Mu arrive, all greeted him flatteringly. Then, informed by the workers, Xiao Mu smoothly found Du Yao in room number seven.

"Xiao... Grand Elder Xiao, that day... thank you for that day!"

Facing Xiao Mu, Du Yao stuttered, recalling the help Xiao Mu gave her at the Soul Cultivation Pavilion, she nervously thanked him.

"You're nervous again."

Xiao Mu chuckled, "Relax, try to stay relaxed in front of me. Haha! You've stepped into the Divine Spirit Realm, that's great!"

Saying this, Xiao Mu noticed that Du Yao's realm had actually improved, not only successfully becoming a divine spirit but also reaching the early stage of the Divine Spirit Realm.

"It's... all thanks to you, Grand Elder Xiao, the headquarters... provided me with the energy fruits I needed for cultivation." Du Yao felt a bit embarrassed, and her words were somewhat jumbled.

"But it still requires your own sufficient effort. If you don't work hard enough, even if I wanted to help you, I wouldn't be able to."

Xiao Mu praised her with a smile and then said, "As promised, I said I'd give you divine authority once you stepped into the Divine Spirit Realm. Luckily, I have the Electromother authority here, you can take it to use."

With that, Xiao Mu placed an Electromother authority symbol in front of Du Yao.

Du Yao, feeling both flattered and uneasy, said, "This... Grand Elder Xiao, it's too... too valuable, I... I can't accept this."

"Can't accept it?"

Xiao Mu laughed, "Aren't you my exclusive Mengtian envoy?"

"Yes... I am." Du Yao hesitated and nodded, feeling uneasy.

"If your strength is greater, can you serve me better?" Xiao Mu asked with a smile.

"This... this..." Du Yao felt flustered and got lost in a complicated logical debate, feeling at a loss.

"Just take it, I have an important matter to consult with you."

Xiao Mu instructed and shifted the topic smoothly.

Du Yao quickly thanked him and nervously accepted the Electromother authority symbol.

Then, Xiao Mu recounted in detail the changes happening to him and asked Du Yao what exactly was occurring, whether Emperor Taija's focus on him had weakened or strengthened.

Du Yao listened quietly, and after hearing everything, her expression turned grave and she reported to Xiao Mu, "Reporting to Grand Elder Xiao, the situation with you has become more serious."

"More serious?" Xiao Mu frowned, "In what way?"

Du Yao, speaking on serious matters, became much more composed and clear-minded, "Emperor Taija's focus on you has begun to affect your mind and spirit."

"Initially, during the earliest stage, it was just focus, with only a trace of power falling on you, projecting disaster and death authority over you."

Xiao Mu understood that Du Yao was referring to his former condition and listened carefully, not interrupting her.

Du Yao continued, "When only power rests upon you, it's the lightest scenario, meaning that Emperor Taija has just started focusing on you."

"As the focus continues, Emperor Taija's authority will increasingly affect you, going from just beginning to affect you to starting to influence your spiritual consciousness."

"The authority Emperor Taija uses to influence you is ethereal. This ethereal authority first affects your spiritual consciousness."

"As this authority's influence intensifies, the impact will leave your spiritual consciousness, turning the unreal into real, breaking through your spiritual consciousness and starting to influence your body."

Xiao Mu's expression changed slightly, as Du Yao's description immediately reminded him of the cultivation system of this world's mutated beings.

Mortal Realm, True Realm; stepping from the Mortal Realm into the True Realm is the process of turning the unreal into real.

And the influence of Emperor Taija's authority on him also started from the unreal spiritual consciousness, breaking the void and then transforming into reality, starting to affect his body.

The incessant maggot drilling in his spiritual consciousness was evidently just a projection of the authority of disaster and fate, materializing a once-ephemeral concept into a tangible form.

The goal of the maggot was undoubtedly to break through his spiritual consciousness, enter the real world, and through reality, start genuinely affecting his body.

Du Yao had no intention of pausing, and continued, "Once Emperor Taija's authority completely invades your body, it will then enter your essence, beginning to erode your essence."

"Once your essence is thoroughly eroded, at that time, it would be the full outbreak of Emperor Taija's authority, and by then, you might... might..."

Du Yao stuttered, glanced timidly at Xiao Mu, and dared not continue.

"What will happen?" Xiao Mu associated with a certain possibility.

"You will... will die!"

Du Yao hesitated for a while before continuing, "A death caused by divine soul collapse and essence damage."

Xiao Mu fell into silence.

The death Du Yao mentioned was completely different from usual death. Ordinary death had the chance of resurrection, especially for someone like him who had practiced the Immortal Divine Technique, resurrection was relatively straightforward.

However, the collapse of the divine soul and the damage of the essence utterly removed the possibility of resurrection.

Du Yao nervously looked up at Xiao Mu, but when she saw his face, her gaze suddenly firmed, and she firmly stated: "Grand Elder Xiao, you... don't worry, for now... there is still a way to handle it temporarily."

"Haha!"

Xiao Mu laughed, feeling relieved, and ordered, "Go ahead and handle it for me!"

Du Yao seemed a bit happy, cheerfully responded, and then went to the cabinet, and shortly returned with a bundle of mutant incense about a foot long with a diameter of seven or eight centimeters.

She introduced to Xiao Mu, "Grand Elder Xiao, this is the Unique Ancient Divine Fragrance, and I plan to use this incense, paired with a unique hand technique, to drive the calamity and death worm from your divine sense. However, it might take some time, I hope you... you don't mind."

"It's alright, let's begin!"

Xiao Mu sat on a chair, half-lying in it, and instructed Du Yao to start.

"Yes... Yes!"

Du Yao replied, utilizing the large Unique Ancient Fragrance, she drew a spiritual circle around Xiao Mu, then implanted the Unique Ancient Fragrance into the ground in front of Xiao Mu's feet.

She rubbed spiritual fire with her hands, easily lighting the Unique Ancient Fragrance.

This massive spiritual incense emitted black spiritual smoke, filling the entire room number seven with a strange fragrance.

After that, Du Yao pinched the star seal with her left hand, manifesting small stars composed of spiritual energy, and with her right hand, pinched the thunder seal, producing lightning symbols. The star and thunder seals cast hand decisions upon the Unique Ancient Fragrance, causing the black spiritual smoke to, under her control, penetrate into Xiao Mu's body.

A feeling of comfort arose from his body, and Xiao Mu only felt a waft of fragrance entering his divine sense.

In his divine sense, the calamity and death worm, affected by the fragrance, slowed its drilling speed and even began to feel discomfort, emitting a squealing sound of agony.

This shrill sound in his divine sense made Xiao Mu feel an eerie chill.

The process of using the Unique Ancient Fragrance was quite simple; since the smoke entered Xiao Mu's body, Du Yao felt relieved, only needing to occasionally cast the star and thunder hand technique upon the Unique Ancient Fragrance to correct the incense smoke, controlling its direction, to prevent it from straying.

Xiao Mu glanced down at Du Yao crouching in front of his feet, cautiously operating, and suddenly felt a notion, chuckling, "You said earlier that the entire process of performing the technique is lengthy, and long durations can be tedious, why not engage in something joyful to liven it up a bit?"

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