"Ding-dong! The Intelligent Cultivation System is at your service! One-Click Auto-Management, Intelligent Upgrade! Beginning cultivation management now. Friendly reminder: during cultivation, the host will lose control of his body. Please do not panic..."
"Ding-dong! Host detected engaging in Dao Contention. The system will continue cultivation on your behalf..."
The System Prompt rang out, and Pei Ling's mind instantly cleared.
Intermittent memories still surfaced in his mind, but they no longer affected him in the slightest.
Immediately afterward, the spiritual power within him began circulating. Under the system's control, it swiftly activated the Sun Erosion Secret Record.
The black line connecting the two of them suddenly snapped taut, like a bowstring pulled to its limit.
A mysterious, indescribable power flowed along the black line, surging in the opposite direction and entering Pei Ling's body.
The black-robed figure's face was hidden in the darkness of the hood, making his expression impossible to discern. His gaze seemed to sharpen slightly as he spoke in a cold, obscure voice: "Long shall you dwell in hell, forever cut off from the path of this life.[Note 1]"
"By your hand the sinful cause was sown; today, its new sprouts appear.[Note 2]"
Before the words had even faded, an intensely thick black mist burst from the black-robed figure's body.
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!
Amid the endless rush of sound, strands upon strands of black lines shot out through the spreading mist and lashed onto Pei Ling, binding the two of them even more tightly together.
Faint traces of aura still clung to those black lines: Jiuyi Mountain, Liulan Dynasty, Yanxi City, Suzhen Heaven, Cold Abyss Sword Sect, Tower of Reincarnation, Chongming Sect, Wushi Villa, Innate Religion... They were the lines that had previously connected to the Nine Great Sects' Dao Integration cultivators beneath the water!
Now, however, those