This time, they had entered Yuqing Heaven without bringing Nuwa, Fuxi, or the others from the Chaos World.
Including Luo Zheng, there had been forty humans in total.
Just after setting foot in Yuqing Heaven, more than thirty had perished. Only seven had survived...
Such an outcome was difficult for anyone to accept.
"Was this... the Snake Spirit King's doing?" Nuwa asked, overcome with grief.
"Yes. Taishang Laojun said it was called the Devouring Void Art..." Luo Zheng answered gravely.
Taishang Laojun's wisp of divided soul emerged from the top of Luo Zheng's head. "This is an ability of the Guiding Space Stone, a Saint Zuo's Object. The Snake Spirit King must have prepared for this long ago..."
"Could the Snake Spirit King have been lying in ambush here all along?" Fuxi looked around, his face full of wariness.
Their surroundings remained as quiet as ever, without any trace of an eerie presence.
Taishang Laojun shook his head. "He doesn't need to lie in ambush here. The Limited Omniscience Stone can reveal everything within Yuqing Heaven, including the conversation we're having right now!"
"The Limited Omniscience Stone is that powerful?" Fuxi's eyes widened.
"I already explained this to you before we set out. You weren't listening!" Taishang Laojun said irritably.
Taishang Laojun had learned about some of the Snake Spirit King's methods through Elder Xue. Having also spent so many years hiding in Yuqing Heaven, he knew something of the Snake Spirit King's abilities, though his knowledge was far from complete.
"Before we set out, I knew our lives would hang in the balance on this journey, but I never imagined it would be this perilous," the Primal Celestial Venerable said in anguish.
Taishang Laojun was much calmer. "At least they left a divided soul in the Civilization Tool. They