505: Cuckoo in the nest

In the Void Realm a thousand miles from Gui Zhou Island, when that hidden primordial spirit clone dissolved into the two mysterious light/aura (boundary).

Far away in the Qiming Sect, atop Yuyang Peak, in the eastern part of the Eastern Barrens.

The aura of a man in luxurious clothes, sitting cross-legged, suddenly dropped.

“Pfft!”

Zhou Yuyang spat out a large mouthful of fresh blood, his face deathly pale.

“Husband!”

Mu Qing'er, who was waiting beside Zhou Yuyang, looked at him, whose aura had suddenly dropped to the edge of Mid-stage Void Refinement and was about to fall to Early Stage Void Refinement, her face anxious and uneasy.

In just an instant, he had become like this. What exactly did he encounter during that time? Many thoughts flashed through Mu Qing'er's mind.

But she couldn't do anything; her Realm was not high enough to help.

Zhou Yuyang did not reply. The moment this change occurred, his profound art was already in operation, stabilizing his Realm.

At the same time, with a wave of his hand, numerous precious medicines emitting Dao-infused spiritual light floated around him.

These were precious medicines he had painstakingly collected to restore and enhance the power of his Primordial Spirit, and they were incomparably valuable.

They were originally intended for Breakthrough Bottleneck, but at this moment, he couldn't afford to care too much.

When his primordial spirit clone perished, his Primordial Spirit power instantly lost as much as sixty percent.

If it had been a bit more, his Realm would have fallen to Early Stage Void Refinement, and the injury to his Primordial Spirit would have been impossible to recover from, losing the opportunity to advance further in this life.

Now, there was still some chance.

Zhou Yuyang didn't hesitate, disregarding the heartache, and absorbed all these rare precious medicines, which would certainly cause Void Refining Great Power to contend for them if brought to the outside world, into his body.

Endless spiritual light surged towards the illusory and ethereal Primordial Spirit within his body, which seemed as if it would dissipate with a gentle blow.

As these streaks of spiritual light entered the Primordial Spirit.

The damaged, illusory Primordial Spirit immediately stabilized, no longer in danger of dissipating.

At this point, Zhou Yuyang let out a long sigh of relief.

Just a little more, and his Dao path would have ended here.

“Hoo~”

The power of the precious medicines within his body was continuously refined. Zhou Yuyang slowly opened his eyes and saw the incomparably anxious yet beautiful face beside him.

“This time, I really suffered a great loss.”

Zhou Yuyang shook his head, a wry smile on his face.

“Yuyang, what happened?”

Seeing Zhou Yuyang, whose aura was now stable though still low, Mu Qing'er breathed a sigh of relief, then asked him.

“The information was wrong. The Void Refining Great Power guarding Gui Zhou Island is a Void Refinement Late-stage Cultivator, extremely powerful. Just one Divine Ability destroyed my primordial spirit clone, which had condensed most of my Primordial Spirit power.”

“If my true body had gone, I probably wouldn’t have had the chance to see you again.”

Zhou Yuyang felt somewhat fortunate. From the thought transmitted by the primordial spirit clone, which was defeated in an instant, Zhou Yuyang perceived the immense power of the existence that had not yet appeared.

“Void Refinement Late-stage, how could this be…”

Mu Qing'er found it difficult to remain calm, the shock in her heart evident on her face.

A Void Refinement Late-stage Cultivator is a powerful Cultivator who already has the qualifications to contend for the Dao Lord of He Dao, a true regional powerhouse.

At the Void Refinement Late-stage Realm, Primordial Spirit cultivation is already nearing Perfection, and their strength is extremely formidable.

Even within the Yaoguang Ancient Kingdom, such powerful individuals are not many.

The First Old Ancestor of the Mu Family, who was the oldest and often secluded himself for Dao comprehension, was at this Realm. This is why the Mu Family holds a respected position within the Yaoguang Ancient Kingdom, not only because of being highly regarded by Lady Yao Guang, but also as a manifestation of their own strength.

“How could such a powerful individual appear?”

Mu Qing'er looked at Zhou Yuyang, somewhat doubting whether the news from the Li Luan Sea Region was accurate.

Back then, the Qiyang Zhou Clan was merely a small force with a few Nascent Soul Venerable guarding it.

If not for the changes that occurred within her Clan at that time, causing her to be injured and drift to the Li Luan Sea Region, with her status, how could she have been bullied by those from the Qiyang Zhou Clan, who even dared to forcibly take her as a concubine?

If not for a Void Refining Great Power who was traveling in the Chaotic Sea at that time intervening, the few remaining Cultivators with low cultivation and Mortals of the Qiyang Zhou Clan would have long since been annihilated, let alone simply being exiled.

Yet, how could the exiled Qiyang Zhou Clan, relying on mere old, weak, sick, and disabled individuals, produce such a powerful person?

“Yuyang, do you need to ask the Clan for help?”

Unable to believe it, after a moment of hesitation, Mu Qing'er asked Zhou Yuyang, who was pondering something.

“No.”

Hearing this, Zhou Yuyang shook his head with a complex expression.

“That’s not the Qiyang Zhou Clan.”

He then continued.

“Do you mean?”

“Someone is usurping the name, using the Qiyang Zhou Clan's reputation to act?”

Mu Qing'er’s heart trembled, understanding Zhou Yuyang’s meaning.

“That’s possible.”

“It’s impossible for the Qiyang Zhou Clan to have a powerful individual of this Rank. Moreover, there was no trace of the Qiyang Zhou Clan’s aura in the Divine Ability that annihilated my primordial spirit clone.”

“Hiding their identity and acting under the name of the Qiyang Zhou Clan, they must have some ulterior motive, and perhaps there are other powerful individuals hidden behind them.”

“If we act rashly and provoke them, it might be difficult to escape. Since it’s not the Qiyang Zhou Clan, I have no enmity with them.”

Zhou Yuyang said with a complex look in his eyes.

If he could, he would naturally want to retaliate, as the injuries he sustained would likely take several hundred years to fully heal.

However, the Void Refinement Late-stage Cultivator alone, who was openly displayed, was not easy to deal with.

Even if the Mu Family’s First Old Ancestor were to act, it is not certain he could defeat him; only several Late Stage Void Refining Great Power acting together would guarantee success.

However, that would come at too great a cost.

“Besides, the Family is also tied up these days.”

Zhou Yuyang said, having already given up on the idea of acting again.

However, the injuries he suffered today and the matter of someone using the Qiyang Zhou Clan’s name were two things he absolutely had to settle personally.

“Husband is right.”

Mu Qing'er pondered Zhou Yuyang’s words, slowly nodding in agreement.

During this time, things had also happened in the Yaoguang Ancient Kingdom. Several Old Ancestors of the Mu Family were summoned by the Female Sovereign into the Imperial Palace, and after coming out, they left the Clan.

The Mu Family members were unaware of what transpired.

“What exactly are they plotting…”

Zhou Yuyang’s gaze looked into the distance, seemingly piercing through layers of space, seeing Gui Zhou Island shrouded in mist, but he couldn't guess anything.

Underneath Gui Zhou Island, at the bottom of the sea.

The Black Giant Serpent, over three hundred thousand feet long, withdrew its gaze, its aura returning to calm.

It sensed the hostile primordial spirit clone’s aura, which had been spying on it, dissipate.

Mo Xuan’s Divine Sense spread out, but he found no other discoveries.

Such acts of hiding one’s presence and entering an area tens of thousands of miles away can all be considered provocations to the powerful individual stationed there.

Moreover, that person dared to approach within a thousand miles to spy.

Due to such hostile behavior, he decisively acted and annihilated it.

This was both punishment and a warning.

“Void Refinement Late-stage now…”

When he confirmed there were no other spiers, Mo Xuan slowly began to feel the enhancement in all aspects: his magical power, Primordial Spirit, Physical Body, and so on.

“The feeling of power…”