Thud thud thud—

The archeology team of four sprinted with all their might toward the nearby cave, followed by a swarm of bats with glowing red eyes, flapping their wings, seemingly wanting to make the adventurers their dinner.

Just as the leading bat pounced on the shoulder of the last runner, Yin Qiming, they jumped into a peculiar tree hole and jammed a stone slab against the entrance to prevent the bats from entering.

About ten minutes later, the bats outside, unable to find their trail, retreated with rustling noises.

"Phew... can't this cave have a little bit of normality?" Ghost Valley couldn't help but gripe.

In just a few days, they had experienced all seasons within the cave—spring, summer, fall, and winter.

Certainly, the peculiar cave was barren when they first entered, but it began to display all sorts of strange flora and fauna, defying the very laws of physics and biology.

Take those bats, for example, transformed from stalactites that fell from the cave's ceiling!

They witnessed the rock gradually growing hair and wings, eventually morphing into bats that ravenously devoured a nearby yak at an alarming speed!

A yak! How could there be a yak in this place?!

"Hiss... doesn't this indirectly prove that the place the stone slab leads to truly holds miraculous events?" Yin Qiming winced, baring his teeth.

Hearing his slightly trembling voice, everyone immediately gathered around to check him out.

They then noticed that his shoulder was bleeding profusely, presumably bitten by the bats earlier.

Yao Qingxue quickly took out a dwindling roll of bandages and alcoholic antiseptic from her backpack, doing her best to disinfect and bandage his wound.

"It's nothing, soon your wound will be healed by some miracle, I have seen such a future." Yao Qingxue reassured.

This bizarre statement didn't leave the others puzzled in the slightest.

Everyone deeply believed what she said.

Because within these three days, unprecedented transformations occurred with Yao Qingxue!

Whenever she closed her left eye alone, she would see some strange scenes, which were confirmed by everyone to be events yet to occur in the future!

Thanks to this, they successfully found this tree hole to hide from the stalactite bats' chase.

"Master's wife has already got superpowers, neither you nor Master are ordinary, once Wu Liang is resurrected, even he won't be able to lie to you anymore haha..."

Yin Qiming joked amidst his shoulder pain, lightening the grim and tense atmosphere after seeing him injured.

Having witnessed the miracles associated with the stone slab and various bizarre phenomena within the cave,

everyone quickly accepted Yao Qingxue's gradually emerging extraordinary abilities.

Only Wu Liang, hiding with his Mist Ghost ability, could truly comprehend how absurd this all was.

"The Supernatural Calamity is supposed to erupt a year later, and humans begin to awaken at least two years after that, but seeing glimpses of the future now, does this not mean—"

"Mother is actually the first true Awakened in the world!?"

Wu Liang was so shocked that he found himself at a loss for words.

Not only because Yao Qingxue's awakening abilities appeared so early, but also because her Awakened Ability was completely different from what it was in Taohua Village!

This also suggests that not only is she the initial Awakened, but she might also be the only person in the world with multiple Awakened Abilities!

"Don't be cheeky, the bleeding just stopped, don't get too excited, Xiaoyao, where do we go next?" Yao Qingxue spoke helplessly to Wu Xiaoyao beside her.

At that moment, Wu Xiaoyao held the stone slab in his hands while carrying the mummy-like body of Wu Liang, strapped securely on his back with several strong nylon ropes.

In the crises over the past few days, the stretcher was long gone, so Wu Xiaoyao had been carrying his son's corpse the entire time.

"Just keep moving forward, soon we'll see the Immortal Realm, because after tonight at midnight, it's the last day." Wu Xiaoyao stated unwaveringly.

According to the stone slab—

The location of the Seven Days of Soul Revival could actually be achieved within this cave.

However, one must carry the deceased's body within the cave and strive to move forward to the seventh day, at which point the entrance to the Immortal Realm will open.

Placing the deceased first into the Immortal Realm will resurrect them, after which they could join with the resurrected Wu Liang.

Initially, everyone was puzzled as to why a mere cave could take so many days to traverse, until they realized upon entering that the cave seemed endless!

Let alone seven days, even seventy days of exploration might not suffice to traverse it.

"Let's wait for Yin Qiming to stabilize a bit, then continue onward." Wu Xiaoyao gritted his teeth, panting, with his forehead drenched in sweat, dripping down his face like washing.

His legs and arms had been trembling from the prolonged journey and burden.

But he dared not stop!

Wu Xiaoyao feared that the stone slab's condition of "striving to the fullest" would determine the appearance of the Immortal Realm and the probability of resurrecting Wu Liang through it.

So he could only keep moving forward...

Forward... and forward again!

Even if he had to crawl! He had to crawl one more meter before that time arrived!

Everyone exchanged glances, then looked at Wu Xiaoyao, whose eyes were bloodshot from fatigue.

They could sense that his condition was already vastly different from when they first entered the cave.

The closer they got to the seventh day point, the more tense his mental state became.

After all, Wu Xiaoyao was the one who discovered the stone slab, the only one who could perceive its messages, and it was he who witnessed Wu Liang's accident — it was his idea to come to this cave.

Even if no one had accompanied him here, Wu Xiaoyao would have likely tried this so-called Seven Days of Soul Revival alone, carrying Wu Liang's body.

Unable to imagine what kind of breakdown Wu Xiaoyao, as a father, husband, brother, or teacher, would experience under such tremendous pressure if the Immortal Realm failed to appear on the seventh day...

"It's no problem, Teacher, I can move..."

Yin Qiming also sensed Wu Xiaoyao's anxiety, standing up with a forced smile, ready to move forward.

He didn't want to cause the team to halt because of him.

And Ghost Valley, taking a deep breath, pressed his numb legs to stand up.

Unexpectedly, a slip sent him crashing toward Yin Qiming!

As he instinctively reached out to support himself, he realized he was about to land right on Yin Qiming's injured shoulder.

"Oh no! After the effort to stop the bleeding, am I going to cause Qiming to be injured again?"

Thump—

The two of them fell heavily to the ground, with a meaty thud.

Even in a healthy state, such a fall might cause injury, let alone poor Yin Qiming, who was already gravely wounded.

Ghost Valley hurriedly rolled aside to check Yin Qiming's injury.

If he hemorrhaged again, they wouldn't have enough bandages left!

Yet, an inexplicable scene unfolded.

Upon unraveling the bandage, they found that Yin Qiming's bitten shoulder had mysteriously scabbed over, with fresh pink skin growing over it, almost completely healed.

Ghost Valley's hands, supposedly to be stained with blood while undoing the bandage, were untainted.

Then a drop of blood from the bandage slipped down, landing on his palm.

To everyone's astonishment, the blood droplet absorbed into Ghost Valley's hand, further healing Yin Qiming's shoulder.

"Huh? Do I have superpowers too?"

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