Ling Yun instantly frowned as he opened his eyes, but he was not outside and was inside his soul space, and there were countless manifestations of negative emotions inside, which kept making eerie sounds and disturbed his concentration.
"I see." Ling Yun nodded in understanding after he understood the situation. "These creatures are the embodiment of the negative emotions of the victims who fell in past wars, both humans and demi-humans, and they were previously left in that blood pool. That's why they can enter my soul space, especially since my body keeps absorbing them."
Ling Yun decided to retract his devil soul into his body, and its red eyes glowed as soon as it saw the creatures. Without waiting long, it immediately opened its mouth and started to absorb them, but those creatures tried to escape from it.
"These foolish creatures! Do they think they can escape from my devil soul?" Ling Yun muttered before transforming into his complete dragon form. "Since you guys dare to invade my soul space and want to control my soul, you all have to stay here and become my power."
*Roar*
Instantly, those creatures froze in their places as soon as Ling Yun released his dragon roar, and his devil soul moved even faster to absorb them all. However, their numbers did not decrease in the slightest, and their numbers continued to increase instead, especially since his body continued to absorb negative emotions in the blood pool.
Even so, Ling Yun was not worried about the increase in their numbers, and he actually looked completely satisfied after he saw the changes in his devil soul, which was becoming more and more like a true devil. "Even though they can increase my strength, I also have to be careful, or else their negative emotions will affect me, and I will become like them in the end."
"Hmm?" Ling Yun suddenly noticed something unusual in another area of his soul space, so he rushed there. Upon arrival, he found an incomplete black dragon statue, so he returned to his human form before picking it up. "Could this statue be left behind by the old dragon? What was his purpose in leaving this here?"
Ling Yun thought wrongly about the incomplete black dragon statue, as the Primordial Chaos Dragon that he met before was just a remnant of his soul, so he couldn't leave anything in his soul space, and their souls had already completely fused. Instead, the statue appears after his skeleton is fused with his body, which indicates that he is his sole successor, but he doesn't realize it until now.
Since he had not yet realized the usefulness of the incomplete black dragon statue, Ling Yun decided to leave it at that place and go to another area, where Lei Lin's golden seed resided.
With a sad look, Ling Yun touched the golden seed. "Lei, I am almost ready to break through to the Peak Saint Realm, and I will supply you with lightning from my lightning tribulations when I break through later. I know that they won't be enough to help you, but I promise I will try hard to reach the Five God Realms as quickly as possible, so you can return to my side again."
As if understanding his words, the golden seed vibrated and glowed brightly, and Ling Yun smiled when he saw that, but he immediately walked away from that area. "Wait for me, Lei. We'll definitely get together again soon."
When he arrived at the original area, Ling Yun saw his devil soul still flying around above while continuing to absorb those new creatures, and he immediately sat down cross-legged before closing his eyes again.
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"Hmm?" Hu Yuan, the black tiger, expressed surprise as he observed the black aura covering Ling Yun's body gradually dissipating, and the baleful aura that had previously emanated from his body started to lessen, causing him to exhale with a sense of relief. "I thought you would fall under the influence of those negative emotions, Master. It turned out I was wrong, and you seemed to have managed to control them instead, which would be great for you."
Hu Yuan then stood up and ran towards the surface, especially since Ling Yun's situation had stabilized, so he didn't need to worry about him anymore.
"What happened? Why are you in such a rush? Did something happen to Mo Chen?" Lang Zhi asked once Hu Yuan arrived at the surface.
"My master's situation has stabilized again, and nothing has happened to him."
"Really?" Lang Zhi immediately told the four women about Ling Yun after Hu Yuan nodded to him, and their worried expressions instantly disappeared.
Tian Yueling then said to the three demon women. "Since Mo Chen has stabilized, the three of you can go back there to absorb it again, but you better be careful or those negative emotions will affect you like what happened to him before, and I will wait here together with Lang Zhi."
Hearing that, Mao, Layla, and Kate immediately went to the blood pool again. However, Hu Yuan did not return there and lay down in a corner, but his expression was filled with longing as he looked at that area.
Noticing this, Lang Zhi sat beside Hu Yuan and leaned against him. "Do you find it hard to leave this place?"
"Yes." Hu Yuan responded with a nod. "The dark abyss tiger brought me here when I was very small, and I've been living here alone after he and the others left this realm, so I find it hard to leave this place. However, I've become my master's beast contract, so I have to go with him."
"I can understand your feelings." Hu Yuan immediately turned to Lang Zhi. "This is my first time leaving my birthplace, and I also initially felt the same feelings as you do now. However, I don't want to stay confined there, so I decided to follow Mo Chen, and I wanted to see many places in this universe. Anyway, there are still many people outside this place, the majority of whom are your master wives and families."
"My master is a true dragon, so it's natural that he has many wives."
"Hehe." Lang Zhi chuckled at that. "You haven't seen your master's true form, and his true form is truly gigantic, which can cover the entire region. Anyway, your master is great, and you are lucky because he chose you to be his contract beast."
"Please tell me about him." Hu Yuan said it with a curious look.
"I haven't known Mo Chen for a long time, so I don't know much about him, but I'll tell you what I know." Lang Zhi then told him about Ling Yun's breakthrough and his battle against the incarnation of the heavens, a revelation that left Yu Huan both stunned and amazed, particularly considering the absurdity of such an event.
As she listened to them from a distance, Tian Yueling shook her head, guessing that Ling Yun's charm had already captivated Lang Zhi, particularly considering her demi-human status and beast bloodline. 'Sigh, he already has dozens of official women now, and he also has several dual cultivation partners, but I'm sure the number of his women will continue to increase in the future. Since my family has decided to hand me over to him, I have to find a way to improve our relationship, or it will continue to stagnate.'
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In the blood pool, Layla kept looking at Ling Yun with a strange feeling, especially since she had long prepared herself to become his woman. However, he consistently ignored her, rarely meeting her in private and only interacting with her when she was with his other women.
Mao suddenly moved next to Layla and gave her an idea. "Hey, Yun'er is immersed in his activities right now, so I think you can force yourself on him now, and I'm sure he won't push you aside again if you do that."
"Mom, you better not follow Aunt Mao's idea." Kate, who was sitting not far from them, said, causing Mao to turn to her with a raised eyebrow. "He does have lots of women, but he won't like it if you do that, and he'll actually be angry with you later, which will make you lose the chance to be with him."
"I know." Layla answered with a nod, especially since they had lived together for months, so she already knew more or less Ling Yun's character, and she had no desire to follow Mao's crazy ideas. "Why don't you do it yourself? Don't you also want to experience dual-cultivating with him?"
"Haha." Mao laughed wryly at that. "Hey, you already know my daughter's character, right? Yao doesn't mind if Ling Yun has many wives, but she would never be willing to share a husband with me. Moreover, I've wronged her a lot in the past, so I don't want to disappoint her again. Besides, he doesn't want to disappoint her as much as I do, so he never tries to approach me, but I don't think too much about it, and I might meet the right man for me in the future."
After that, they didn't say anything else and focused on absorbing the remaining power in the blood pool, but they couldn't absorb too much, especially since most of it was absorbed by Ling Yun.
