"To your doom!" Jun Bugu’s mouth gaped wide. He would never permit anyone to look down upon the Demon Realm’s Primal Embryo. At that moment, he transformed into a stream of bloody light, plunging downwards. Black mist emanated from the light; this strike was utterly sinister. "Let me enter your body and see precisely what secrets you hold inside!"

Ye Xiu charged forward recklessly. Who would have thought that the moment his Sky-Defying Sword contacted Jun Bugu’s body, the fellow suddenly dissipated into a puff of gas that rushed down his nostrils? He struggled, his entire body stiffening as if frozen, and collapsed onto the ground. "You... what is this..."

"Blood Transformation Technique!" Jun Bugu, in an entirely different form, had already entered Ye Xiu's interior. He darted through every part of Ye Xiu’s body, and the surrounding, aimless power filled him with dread. "I never imagined the power you harbor within is far more complex than just one clan’s lineage."

Ye Xiu slowly knelt on the ground. He could feel a turbulent flow moving throughout his body, never realizing such a bizarre maneuver existed in the Demon Realm.

"Besides the Earth Treasury Buddha Power mentioned by Sha Jun Tianxia, there is also the Fox Demon Power!" Jun Bugu had only just returned the Fox Demon Power to the Fox Demon Palace, yet he could vaguely sense the formidable nature of the Fox Demon Power within Ye Xiu. "This amount actually surpasses the Earth Treasury Buddha Power!"

"Get out... Ah!" Ye Xiu exploded with energy and leaped up. The surrounding sea of blood instantly evaporated. He subjected his own body to the scorching heat of the Black Flame, attempting to force Jun Bugu out. "I warn you, messing with the power inside me is a very dangerous undertaking!"

"Is this enough, then!" Jun Bugu had merely chipped away at the isolation barriers between the various powers inside Ye Xiu. He leaped out, regaining his appearance, and stood before Ye Xiu. "Now, what can you do!"

"Waaah... Ah!" Ye Xiu strained his body and roared in fury. At this moment, veins crisscrossed his upper body, and various luminous glows flickered. "You..."

Jun Bugu circled Ye Xiu cautiously, laughing. "Dealing with an aggregate of terrifying energy like you, all I need to do is make your powers clash against each other. Wait for death, Ye Xiu!"

Ye Xiu felt a wave of dizziness. Clearly, the Netherworld Power held the upper hand inside him, but the Fox Demon Power surged forth again. His feet had transformed into razor-sharp blades. He had only one conviction: to kill Jun Bugu. "Yah..."

"What!" Jun Bugu hadn't expected Ye Xiu to charge him at such a moment. He exerted his power to evade, but his speed couldn't match Ye Xiu's. In an instant, his body was pierced by Ye Xiu’s grotesquely distorted feet, resulting in a bloody mess. "Pffft..."

"Hahahaha, hahahaha!" Ye Xiu seemed to have lost all reason. He violently dropped the Sky-Defying Sword and raised one hand. Due to the effect of the Hundred Insect Soul, that hand had turned into a mantis claw. That claw plunged into Jun Bugu’s abdomen, tearing out a bundle of crimson viscera. "This is the ending you desired, isn't it? Demon Realm Primal Embryo!"

"Ah! Ah!" Jun Bugu never expected Ye Xiu to turn feral when losing control. He desperately tried to stabilize his power, but it proved insufficient against such a formidable Ye Xiu. "How can I die here, the Demon Realm Primal Embryo..."

"Yah-ha!" A green light pulsed ceaselessly in Ye Xiu’s eyes. At this moment, he bared his fangs. Due to the Fox Demon Power, those fangs had grown incredibly long. He lunged forward, poised to tear open Jun Bugu’s throat.

"Hoo... hoo..." Suddenly, a warm, gentle breeze blew into the forest, and pink petals drifted down, evoking a sense of immense peace and comfort.

Ye Xiu felt as if he were bathing in an ocean of flowers. He inhaled deeply; the mellow fragrance was enough to quell all the aggression in his heart.

The Priestess walked slowly from the distance, draped in a thin veil. She was tall and exquisitely beautiful, shaking an old, worn bell in her hand. The sound of the bell was melodious, like a soul-beckoning banner. "Enough, Ye Xiu. If you continue this slaughter, the powers within you will likely collide."

"Hoo..." Ye Xiu let out a long breath. He staggered back a few steps, and all the abnormalities on his body vanished. Only at his feet did Jun Bugu lie, his body so damaged he barely clung to life. "Demon Realm Primal Embryo!"

Jun Bugu’s body trembled incessantly. He lacked the strength to speak; his eyes were filled with despair—despair born from overestimating his own power and misjudging the true might of Sha Jun Tianxia’s Demon Realm Primal Embryo power.

"Priestess, you intend to..." Ye Xiu recovered, his own body incapable of sustaining such severe damage. He knelt down and asked, "Are you here to save Jun Bugu?"

The Priestess slowly approached Jun Bugu. She gently raised her arm, then opened her palm. A swirl of pollen danced lightly and settled upon Jun Bugu’s body. "He was merely an external manifestation of Sha Jun Tianxia’s power. There is no saving involved."

"This is..." Ye Xiu gasped for breath, as the moment the pollen landed, Jun Bugu’s entire flesh melted away. "What did you do to him!"

A mass of dark red light emerged from the dissipated blood mist. It drifted and finally settled back into the Priestess's palm, which she grasped firmly. "This is Sha Jun Tianxia's Extinction True Essence, just a fragment of the Demon Realm Primal Embryo’s power. With this, Sha Jun Tianxia will possess the sixth layer of the Primal Embryo’s strength. Even the sixth layer is enough to crush the four directions."

Ye Xiu certainly understood the power of the Demon Realm Primal Embryo, but he couldn't grasp why the Priestess acted this way. "Isn't this Boundless Realm your homeland? Can you bear to watch outsiders destroy it?"

"Is destruction not also the beginning of the future..." The Priestess’s tone was detached, as if none of this concerned her, yet her actions seemed to hasten its occurrence. "With the current strength of the Boundless Realm inhabitants, killing Sha Jun Tianxia at Sumeru Mountain is impossible. Only if you can drag Sha Jun Tianxia into the Heavenly Emperor's Revolve will there be a chance to eliminate him without damaging the continent of the Boundless Realm."

Ye Xiu had heard Old Liu mention this before. What the Priestess was doing seemed contradictory: saving Sha Jun Tianxia on one hand, yet revealing the method to kill him on the other. "I only wish to know: in this catastrophe of the Boundless Realm, what will you gain?"

"The future. Those who hold the future control everything!" The Priestess spoke sincerely, just as resolute as the Demonic Empress in the Illusionary Realm declared to the King of the Deathly Kingdoms. "My pollen can only temporarily restrain the chaotic energy inside you. His rampage during the Sumeru Mountain battle is inevitable afterward."