Chapter 368 - Curses (2/2)

He raised his pitch-black hand and reached out to Zhong Yue. Darkness fell upon the world, and Zhong Yue became fully engulfed in it. The Flame Order Palace, the Fire Sui Tree, and the Sui Sovereign all disappeared, there was only himself left, lost in an endless void of frigid darkness, awaiting his judgment from the dark hand.

"You think, these are all just illusions? How naive." The evil voice sounded in his ears again, send his hopes to oblivion.

Zhong Yue then felt an immense pressure billowing over and gulping his psyche, will, Yuan Shen into darkness, nothing was left, and he was left floating in the dark!

Suddenly, Zhong Yue could feel as if something was eating him away, the pain came from inside of his spirit and soul, from his Yuan Shen. Seconds after he was eaten away, he was restored back to his peak form and was eaten away again, and the process would repeat ad infinitum, like an eternal and cyclical torture.

Time passed unbeknownst to him, day after day, soon, a few months passed then years, decades, and then centuries….

He had lived in the complete darkness for an unknown period of time, and he had been eaten away more than he could remember. His psyche, will, and Yuan Shen was on the brink of utter collapse. He had become a play doll that the great existence toyed with as it pleased, sadistically destroying him one time after another.

Even so, he still visualized the Sui Sovereign, persisting and never once giving up despite the unbearable torture. He was trapped in an endless loop of visualizing the Sui Sovereign, being eaten away, and being revived back to his peak form.

All of a sudden, a faint light suddenly appeared amidst the darkness, shining onto Zhong Yue's broken body.

Zhong Yue's eyes slowly lit up, and he looked over at the only ray of light. It was then that he saw it, a shabby looking copper lamp that emanated a warmth in the darkness. It added a different color to the black abyss he was trapped in and seemed to melt away the surrounding darkness.

The light in the dark, it seemed so … warm.

"Xin … Huo…."

Zhong Yue struggled to control his body as he walked toward the light. Behind him, the insidious force surged in the darkness and rammed into him again. Even though it was dark and imperceptible, it felt like as if countless evil creatures were hiding behind it. However, no darkness could penetrate the solemn light in front of him.

A huge black hand then emerged, grabbing over at Zhong Yue's back as it pushed forward.

Zi-la ——

Green smoke was released as the pitch-black hand was burned by the light, forcing it to disappeared back into the darkness.

Zhong Yue was staggering as he walked to the copper lamp, and he moved faster as he slowly regained control over his body. Behind him, a huge eye was staring at the shabby copper lamp.

"Soul of a galaxy, Xin Huo the Fire!"

The malicious eye then slowly closed and faded away, and the darkness soon disappeared into the void.

"We will meet again when you break the second layer of bloodline seals, young Fuxi. You can rest assured that you won't be so lucky next time…."

Zhong Yue strode forward to the copper lamp, and he clenched it tight in his hand.

"Xin Huo!"

Zhong Yue opened his eyes and looked around. Tian Mo Concubine, Ji Xiang Concubine, and the other ladies were shot away in all domains while the boat's broken pieces were still spewing out around.

The demon ladies yelled out loud as they tried to regain their balance. Their sleeves fluttered in the winds. Seconds later, as they collected themselves again, the ladies then dashed forward, and Saint Concubine asked, "What happened to you? You are so scary!"

Ji Xiang Concubine nodded and said, "All of the blood have gushed out, and you nearly died! Also, why do you have an additional wheel?"

The ladies were blasting their concerns and questions to him while the one of the center of their focus, Zhong Yue, was still dumbfounded as if his soul was still lost in another place.

Tian Mo Concubine then waved her hands before his eyes, and Zhong Yue slowly regained his thoughts and stared at her jade-like hand. He suddenly asked, "How much time has passed?"

Tian Mo Concubine was between laughter and tears, she said, "You are cultivating, and suddenly, you broke my boat into pieces. Then, blood started rushing out of your body, and so we came forward as quickly as we could to check on you. What dumb question are you asking?"

Seven hundred years of torture had elapsed in his mind … was it all just illusions as he initially thought?

Zhong Yue was startled; he lowered his head and looked at the copper lamp in his hand and the little flame burning quietly in it.

"But if it were illusions, then why is the copper lamp in my hand?" Zhong Yue mumbled in a low voice.

"It flew out from your secret realm, and then you grabbed it in your hand. We almost thought that you've gone crazy and were trying to kill us with the soul weapon!"

Tian Mo Concubine heard him and said, "This ancient looking copper lamp is so shabby, could it be a divine weapon?"

Zhong Yue calmed his mind and kept the copper lamp in his Yuan Shen secret realms. He thought back to the experience he had in the darkness and was still shaking in fear. He mumbled, "Thankfully it's just an illusion…."

The little flame then flew out from the lamp and went into his psyche ocean.

"Xin Huo, how is that you are in the lamp and flew out from my Yuan Shen secret realm?" Zhong Yue then asked.

The little flame then stretched his body into a curve and said lazily, "Your soul that is part of the Yuan Shen suddenly disappeared, and I just wanted to shine the copper lamp on you to see where you are."

Zhong Yue's body shook violently, and he quickly cast out his Inner Core, inspecting on his lifespan and as soon as he looked, his lifespan was only left with three hundred years, the other 700 have disappeared.

His soul had lived in an unknown space for 700 years!"

It wasn't an illusion … it was real…. The reality left Zhong Yue shivering in a terror he had never before felt.