191: Chapter 191 Soul Search! The Mystery of the Void Abyss!
"Ah—!!!"
A shrill scream echoed through the Supreme Divine Hall. The Evil Venerable of Ten Thousand Souls, Hun Cangming, rolled on the ground in agony, his entire body engulfed by a layer of eerie black flames.
The flames had no temperature, yet they exuded a hair-raising aura of destruction, as if they were chewing and devouring his Soul bit by bit.
This black fire was not only burning his Physical Body but was also rapidly erasing the Origin of his Divine Soul!
Seeing that Hun Cangming was about to be reduced to ashes, those important clues regarding the mastermind behind him were also about to vanish.
"Trying to silence him? Dream on!"
Xia Xuanji's eyebrows arched in anger; she made a prompt decision.
Her jade hands moved, and the vast Mahayana Stage Qi within her surged out, transforming into a brilliant, ribbon-like Milky Way that struck straight toward the black flames on Hun Cangming.
She attempted to forcibly protect Hun Cangming's remaining Divine Soul.
However, a hair-raising scene occurred!
The moment Xia Xuanji's mighty Milky Way power made contact with the black flames, it was like ice and snow falling into magma—it didn't even stir a ripple before being instantly devoured by the black fire, leaving no trace!
Moreover, the black flames seemed to possess life; like bone-eating gangrene, they followed the Qi released by Xia Xuanji and backlashed at extreme speed, striking straight toward her main body!
"Not good!"
Xia Xuanji's face turned pale with shock; the eeriness of these black flames far exceeded her imagination.
She made a decisive choice and used all her strength to sever the connection with that stream of Qi.
"Boom!"
The severed Milky Way ribbon instantly collapsed and dissipated. Having lost the bridge for its spread, the black flames burned in mid-air for a moment, unwillingly, before gradually shrinking back onto Hun Cangming's body.
Xia Xuanji's face turned slightly pale, her chest heaving violently, and she retreated to Wang Yang's side with lingering fear: "Revered Master, Husband... these black flames are so eerie!
They not only can devour Qi, but they even ignored my Mahayana Stage Law; it's as if they were living things, wanting to devour me as well!"
Wang Yang looked at the black fire still crazily burning Hun Cangming, and a cold sneer curled at the corner of his mouth:
"In my territory, trying to silence someone right in front of me? Did you ask me first!"
Before the words faded, Wang Yang moved his mind, and the vast power of his Invincible Domain descended upon Hun Cangming like a materialized mountain!
Under this absolute power of the Dominator, the eerie black flames were finally suppressed, and their spreading speed visibly paused.
But to Wang Yang's surprise, the tenacity of these black flames exceeded his imagination.
Even under the suppression of his Domain, it was still stubbornly resisting, trying its best to incinerate Hun Cangming's memories.
Unfortunately, within Wang Yang's Invincible Domain, such efforts were destined to be futile!
"Stubborn!"
Wang Yang snorted coldly, his Divine Sense directly transforming into a sharp sword, forcibly piercing into the depths of Hun Cangming's collapsing Divine Soul, and began to forcibly read his remaining memories.
Although Wang Yang reacted quickly, because he had been unprepared for this sudden turn of events just now, most of Hun Cangming's Origin and memories had already been ruthlessly incinerated by the black fire.
When Wang Yang withdrew his Divine Sense, Hun Cangming's body had completely turned into a puddle of black ash, his body and Soul destroyed.
"Husband, how is it? Did you find any useful clues?" Chu Lingyue, Xia Xuanji, and the other women gathered around and asked with concern.
Wang Yang frowned slightly, sorting through the fragmented memories he had just intercepted, his tone somewhat heavy:
"The information obtained is very incomplete; these black flames are indeed an extremely vicious method of silencing. I only saw a portion of the fragmented memories..."
Wang Yang told the women the fragmented information he had obtained:
Deep in Hun Cangming's memories, there was a mysterious place hidden called the "Void Silence Abyss".
He had been saved by this mysterious evil force and was ordered to obey them.
The creatures there were neither human, nor immortal, nor demon, nor monster, nor ghost—they were extremely eerie.
And that cluster of black flames on Hun Cangming had been a Restriction personally planted by the Master of the Void Silence Abyss, a peerless expert known as the "Lord of Oblivion".
Under the command of this "Lord of Oblivion", there were four Abyss Venerables known as the "Four Executors of World Destruction".
Judging from Hun Cangming's memories, any one of these four Abyss Venerables possessed strength even greater than Hun Cangming at his peak as a Mahayana Stage Supreme Being!
"For these past few decades, Hun Cangming has been controlled by them, working for them in the dark. Because of some Restrictions, the people of the Void Silence Abyss seem unable to easily leave that Forbidden Ground."
Wang Yang rubbed his temples, "What's more troublesome is that the memory shows that Hun Cangming was ordered to do things around the forces of various Supreme Beings in the Spirit Realm. Unfortunately, the important part of the memory regarding what exactly he did has already been incinerated by the black flames."
After hearing Wang Yang's account, the entire Divine Hall fell into a deathly silence.
"Void Silence Abyss... Lord of Oblivion... Four Executors of World Destruction..."
Chu Lingyue murmured these unfamiliar names. She had lived for over ten thousand years and had witnessed the rise and fall of countless powers in the Spirit Realm, yet she had never heard of the existence of such a terrifying force.
However, her Xuanhuang Heavenly Palace was founded by herself; she had no ancient Legacy and did not know too many ancient secrets.
"If such an existence that defies common sense truly emerges, the Spirit Realm will likely face a real catastrophe."
Chu Lingyue's expression was solemn; she turned to look at Xia Xuanji, "Xia the Charlatan, your Xingyan Immortal Sect specializes in the Dao of Deduction and has a long-standing Legacy. Have you ever caught even a whisper of this 'Void Silence Abyss' in these long years?"
Xia Xuanji's brows were tightly locked, and she fell into deep recollection.
The name Wang Yang mentioned was like a key, unlocking a segment of her memory that was extremely distant and almost forgotten.
"I remember now..."
Xia Xuanji suddenly raised her head, a trace of horror in her eyes:
"Before my Master passed away, she once forcibly deduced the heavenly secrets while in an extremely weak state. At that time, she only left an eight-character prophecy before she exhausted her life force and died."
"Those eight characters are: 'Void Silence Abyss, Doomsday Catastrophe.'"
Xia Xuanji took a deep breath and continued: "It has been nearly ten thousand years. I never paid much mind to the specific meaning of this prophecy. If it weren't for hearing Revered Master Husband mention the name 'Void Silence Abyss' today, I probably wouldn't have remembered this old story at all!"
The Divine Hall fell into silence again, the atmosphere so oppressive that it was hard to breathe.
The prophecy from ten thousand years ago had now been verified in Hun Cangming's memories.
Could it be that the Spirit Realm would one day face a Doomsday Catastrophe?
Moreover, those terrifying existences lurking in the shadows had already planted dark chess pieces near major powers. Did this mean that the so-called "Doomsday Catastrophe" was about to arrive?!