44: Chapter 44 Awakening of the Divine Source, the Primordial Saintess!

Then, his Primordial Immortal Pupil flickered slightly.

Through the light membrane on the surface of the ancient divine source, he looked deep inside.

He saw it.

At the very core of the ancient divine source.

A woman in a plain white palace dress was quietly sleeping within.

Her demeanor and appearance were identical to what Lin Yi had seen before.

The System panel automatically appeared.

[Name: Shen Qingyue]

[Identity: Saintess of the Ancient Imperial Clan Shen Family, Destined Female Lead]

[Physique: Innate Taichu Dao Body (Dao Injury State)]

[Realm: Late Stage of Spirit Transformation (Sealed)]

Lin Yi retracted his gaze, the curve of his lips deepening.

"So you were hiding here."

He murmured, then placed the entire ancient divine source into his System space.

His movements were relaxed and casual, as if he had just picked up a pebble from the roadside.

Behind him.

Ye Chen finally couldn't withstand this last blow.

He watched helplessly as the ancient divine source was taken by Lin Yi.

Along with his last hope.

Along with his last dignity.

Together, they turned to ashes.

"Pfft!"

A large mouthful of congested blood spurted from Ye Chen's mouth, splashing onto the surface of the spiritual liquid ocean and turning into a mist of blood.

His eyes completely lost their luster.

"Why..."

Ye Chen's voice was like a wisp of smoke, his breath barely there.

"Why is it always... you..."

Lin Yi glanced at Ye Chen, who was like a walking corpse.

He uttered two words indifferently.

"Because—"

"You don't deserve it!"

"You don't deserve it!"

These three words were light.

But they made Ye Chen's body sway.

He knelt in the spiritual liquid, his eyes hollow, staring at Lin Yi's back.

His lips moved a few times, but he couldn't utter another word.

Xu Chen stood on the shore, looking at Ye Chen's miserable state, no longer even gnawing on his spiritual fruit.

He patted his chubby face and muttered softly:

"Senior Brother Lin's words are really venomous."

"Just a few words and he knocks someone down."

"If I were Ye Chen, I'd just self-destruct on the spot."

Chu Wanqing patted Xu Chen's shoulder.

"Xu Chen, why do you always manage to rub salt into the wound so precisely?"

"This is called empathy!"

"Empathy my ass."

The conversation between the two reached Ye Chen's ears, making his face even paler.

Even an unknown fatty was pitying him.

This feeling was even more humiliating than having the ancient divine source taken by Lin Yi.

Lin Yi no longer looked at Ye Chen.

He turned around and walked back to the shore.

Then, he took out the huge crystal of seven-colored brilliance.

ancient divine source!

Su Yuxi's gaze fell on the ancient divine source, a hint of shock flashing in her beautiful eyes.

In her previous life as an Empress, she had vast experience.

But a divine source of such quality was something she had never seen in her life.

The purity of the vital essence contained within it was almost at the legendary Immortal Source level.

"This thing..."

Su Yuxi hesitated to speak.

She wanted to ask Lin Yi how he planned to deal with this ancient divine source.

But the words reached her lips and she swallowed them back.

Why ask?

Given this man's nature, he would most likely give it away.

Thinking of this, an indescribable emotion rose in Su Yuxi's heart.

Lin Yi placed the ancient divine source on the ground and activated his Primordial Immortal Pupil.

Light flowed within his pair of golden-purple pupils.

The scene inside the ancient divine source was perfectly clear in his eyes.

The sleeping woman floated quietly at the core of the ancient divine source.

Ancient cloud patterns were embroidered on her plain white palace dress.

Her long hair, black as ink, cascaded to her waist.

Her face was so exquisitely beautiful it seemed unreal, like an Immortal in a painting.

Even in her sleep, a cool and indifferent aura emanated from her brows.

That was the composure that only settled after countless eons.

"Destined Female Lead!"

Lin Yi retracted his Immortal Pupil, a plan already formed in his mind.

This Saintess of the Ancient Imperial Clan Shen Family, Shen Qingyue.

The third Destined Female Lead.

And his next, most important move.

"Everyone, step back a bit."

Lin Yi spoke indifferently.

Su Yuxi, Chu Wanqing, Xu Chen, Wang Hong and others all retreated dozens of feet.

Ye Chen and his two Dao Protectors, at this moment, barely had the strength to move their bodies.

The three of them knelt in the spiritual liquid, like three clay statues.

Lin Yi raised his right hand, carefully removing most of the outer layer of the ancient divine source, leaving only a thin inner layer.

Then, a wisp of Primordial Purple Qi condensed from his fingertip.

That purple Qi was pure, containing the primordial vitality of creation.

He slowly injected this wisp of purple Qi into that thin layer of ancient divine source.

Buzz!

The ancient divine source trembled violently.

The warm light membrane on its surface fluctuated intensely.

The internal seven-colored brilliance began to circulate faster.

The originally calm vital essence surged like boiling seawater.

"Crack!"

A faint crisp sound.

The first crack appeared on the surface of the ancient divine source.

Followed by the second, and the third.

The cracks spread and expanded at a visible speed.

The vital essence overflowing from them was so dense it was almost liquefied.

The entire underground cavern was filled with this aura.

Even the mineral crystals embedded in the dome were stimulated to emit an even more dazzling glow.

Chu Wanqing covered her mouth.

"So beautiful..."

Xu Chen was also stunned, not even noticing the spiritual fruit slipping from his hand.

Su Yuxi's gaze was fixed on the ancient divine source.

She felt an ancient and powerful aura awakening from its Seal.

That aura made her Empress instincts from her previous life sound an alarm.

This was no ordinary person.

"Crack! Crack, crack!"

More and more cracks appeared.

Finally, in a certain instant.

That seemingly thin layer of ancient divine source shattered with a crash.

Endless vital essence transformed into a magnificent rain of light, falling from the sky.

And at the center of the light rain.

A slender figure slowly emerged.

Her plain white palace dress fluttered in the wind.

Her ink-black long hair scattered in the light rain.

Her skin was like snow, untainted by dust.

The woman's eyelashes trembled.

Then, she slowly opened her eyes.

A pair of autumn-water-like eyes, cool and bewildered.

As if gazing across hundreds of millions of years, examining this unfamiliar world.

Her gaze swept across the underground cavern, across the scattered rubble.

Swept across Ye Chen, who was stunned in the distance.

Swept across Su Yuxi and Chu Wanqing, who were equally shocked.

Finally, it landed on the white-clothed youth standing with his hands behind his back before her.

Their eyes met.

Lin Yi looked at her, his expression calm.

Shen Qingyue looked at him, her eyes subtly moving.

She could feel that it was the young man before her who had awakened her from her slumber.

The aura of that wisp of Primordial Purple Qi still lingered within her body.

Warm and pure.

Shen Qingyue opened her mouth.

Her voice was somewhat hoarse, as if she hadn't spoken for a long time.

"May I ask... Fellow Daoist, what year is it now? Is it still the Ancient Era?"

She paused, as if she had thought of something.

A hint of unease appeared in her clear eyes for the first time.

"Is my Shen Family... still here?"

This question was asked very softly.

So soft it was almost drowned out by the sound of the light rain.

But everyone present heard it.

Chu Wanqing's smile froze.

Although she didn't know what kind of Family the Shen Family was.

She heard the fear in that sentence.

It was the fear of someone waking from a long slumber.

The fear of finding everything utterly changed.

Su Yuxi lowered her gaze slightly.

As a Rebirth person, she knew this feeling all too well.

The memories of her previous life, the reality of this life.

Between them lay a chasm that could never be crossed!

Lin Yi looked at Shen Qingyue's uneasy eyes.

He didn't lie, nor did he beat around the bush.

"Young lady has slept for too long."

"Many tens of thousands of years have passed since the Ancient Era you speak of."

"As for the Imperial Clan Shen Family..."

He paused.

"There are no longer any records of the Imperial Clan Shen Family in the Three Thousand Dao Domains!"