Xiao Tianshu's words were filled with resolve.
If he was going to die sooner or later, he would rather let his soul self-destruct and take these secrets with him into the grave than leave them to the enemy who had killed him!
Yang Qingyun fixed his gaze on him.
Xiao Tianshu met his eyes,
without the slightest fear.
"There are still other things left in there, enough to take Fellow Daoist Yang's strength a step further."
"Now that you have entered the First Heaven of the Supreme Realm, the remaining things may not be enough to let you reach the Third Heaven, but they can at least carry you to the Second Heaven."
"I can help you open that place again, but on one condition: swear that you'll spare my life!"
Facing Yang Qingyun's aggressive gaze and pressure,
Xiao Tianshu exposed part of his trump card, yet showed no intention of backing down.
He made it clear that unless Yang Qingyun swore a Dao heart oath to spare his life, he would get nothing!
The surroundings fell deathly silent,
and the atmosphere grew oppressive.
At that moment,
Yang Qingyun also sank into thought.
Whether or not to swear to spare him—
that was the question.
Xiao Tianshu's expression did not seem feigned. Although the Great Dao mana within him had been sealed by Yang Qingyun using the power of the Great Dao of Yin Yang, his soul had clearly undergone a transformation as well. There was a high probability that he possessed the ability to destroy his own soul.
And if he were in Yang Qingyun's place,
he would certainly rather take his secrets and opportunities into the grave than aid the enemy who had killed him.
If he killed him,
he might gain nothing at all!
If he did