Will Search Souls with Will, Cold and Ruthless

It was not deliberate pressure, yet it made the entire space within the Sea Gazing Pavilion sink into a strange stagnation. Even the flow of time seemed to turn viscous and slow.

Xi Kui felt an irresistible chill born from life instinct explode from the depths of his soul, instantly freezing his limbs and bones.

His massive body began trembling violently of its own accord, as though he were facing a majestic world-creating will. The back he had only just straightened instantly bent low again, his forehead pressed tightly against the cold wooden floor. He did not even dare breathe.

He had no doubt that, with a single thought from the City Lord, an Eternal True God like him could be reduced to cosmic dust.

"Yuan... treasure ground..." Bai Yu's voice finally sounded. It remained gentle and calm, like a mountain spring flowing by. Yet beneath that gentleness was something that made Xi Kui's soul tremble, something that seemed capable of piercing through the ages and Spacetime.

"You said... when you searched his soul, you touched an imprint?" Bai Yu's gaze fell upon Xi Kui like a tangible probe.

"Y-Yes!" Xi Kui answered with a trembling voice. "That imprint was extremely ancient, powerful... Filled with... an indescribable aura! This subordinate... this subordinate merely glimpsed its edge, yet felt his soul about to split apart and his origin shaking. If this subordinate had not been born into the Thick Earth Rhinoceros clan, with an innately resilient soul, then I fear... I fear my soul would already have been annihilated!" He added with lingering fear, cold sweat streaming down his forehead.

Yuan's legend had drifted across the Origin Continent for Countless Years. As a late-stage Eternal True God, even though Xi Kui had never truly seen Yuan, he had grown up listening