Turning Point

"Hahaha! You Old Ghost! You can't hold on any longer! Today is the day when your last shred of remnant will completely dissipate! I, the Phoenix, will burn this wretched place to ashes!" The Ancient Heavenly Phoenix let out a joyful yet venomous roar, its attacks becoming increasingly ferocious.

Upon seeing this, Huang Ming and the others on the Altar showed joy again, and without hesitation continued to urge their Essence Blood, turning it into streaks of blood that merged into the Heavenly Phoenix Remnant Soul to replenish its power!

Nourished by the bloodline of its descendants, the Heavenly Phoenix Remnant Soul surged with power, its Red Gold flames nearly igniting half of the space! Meanwhile, the Remnant Soul of the Beast Taming Sect Master flickered like a candle in the wind, on the verge of extinction.

Yu Cang's Remnant Soul hovered in the void, gazing at the increasingly ferocious Ancient Heavenly Phoenix below, and the five members of the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan were constantly spewing out Essence Blood and supplying power to it on the Altar. His illusory face was full of deep weariness and helplessness.

The light around him grew dimmer and dimmer, and even maintaining his Remnant Soul form became difficult. Every faint Soul Fluctuation carried a heavy burden.

"Well..."

A long sigh rang out again, this time carrying not only desolation but also a sense of powerlessness in the face of fate.

"I never imagined that the Beast Taming Sect, once the pinnacle sect in the art of beast taming in the Middle Continent, would end up being buried here with this abomination, leaving not even a trace of its legacy... So be it! Since this is the way of Heaven, let all these grudges vanish completely into the long river of history!"

The moment the words fell, Yu Cang's already illusory body suddenly began to emit an unstable reddish-white light, containing destructive fluctuations, like a volcano about to erupt, brewing wildly within his body.

A terrifying aura of spontaneous combustion of soul energy suddenly spread out, and wherever it passed, the space began to creak and groan, as if it were about to completely collapse at any moment.

The entire Altar trembled violently, its black rock surface covered with spiderweb-like cracks, and the runes on the Altar flickered on and off, as if they might go out completely at any moment. The entire Underground Space groaned under the strain, large chunks of rock fell from the ceiling, cracks on the rock walls continued to spread, and even the air became scorching and oppressive.

Everyone understood that Yu Cang was willing to sacrifice his own Remnant Soul to trigger the innate Restriction beneath the Altar, burning together with the Heavenly Phoenix Remnant Soul!

"No! He's about to spontaneously combust!" Huang Ming was the first to react, his face turning deathly pale. He frantically roared at the Heavenly Phoenix Remnant Soul, "Ancestor! Stop him! If he spontaneously combusts, we will all perish here!"

The Heavenly Phoenix Remnant Soul also sensed that destructive aura, a hint of fear flashing in its eyes, but more so, fury.

It abruptly abandoned its attack on Yu Cang, flapped its wings, and pounced on Yu Cang's Remnant Soul, attempting to shatter it before it spontaneously combusted.

At this moment of despair, the violent tremor of space triggered the Storage Ring on Lin Ming's finger.

Within the Storage Ring, an ancient Black Token suddenly emitted a warm and strange fluctuation, as if it were responding to something with a life of its own.

Upon hearing this, Lin Ming had an idea and took out the palm-sized Black Token with the words "Beast King Token's Token" on the front from his Storage Ring.

As soon as the Beast King Token left his body, it seemed to break free of its restraints and began to tremble gently in Lin Ming's palm.

Immediately afterwards, a mysterious resonance suddenly occurred between it and the Altar below, and between it and the Remnant Soul of Yu Cang that was about to spontaneously combust—the originally dim beast-shaped runes on the surface of the token suddenly lit up with a faint but firm blue light, like stars that had been lit up!

"This is..."

Just as Yu Cang was about to detonate the Remnant Soul and the Restriction, his movements suddenly froze! The resonance originating from the depths of his soul instantly calmed the restless destructive energy within him. He turned his head in disbelief, his illusory gaze piercing through the pervasive rock dust, past the light and shadow of the fierce battle, and precisely landing on Lin Ming at the edge of the Altar.

When he saw the Beast King Token radiating a blue light in Lin Ming's palm, even with his experience as a former leader of a major sect and a seasoned veteran of many storms, he couldn't help but be shaken to his core! What shocked him even more was that when his gaze swept over Lin Ming and the three people beside him, his pupils suddenly contracted.

The young man holding the Beast King Token was in his early twenties, yet his aura had already reached the Dou Venerate level. Even more terrifying was that the Soul Fluctuation surrounding him had reached the Spirit Realm Grand Perfection! Such talent, even during the most prosperous period of the Beast Taming Sect, would be considered a once-in-ten-thousand-year prodigy!

The girl, dressed in blue and with delicate features, did not display any special form in her eyes, but he could clearly sense the unique origin of her pupil technique hidden within her body— the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils!

This is a perfect physique that the Beast Taming Sect searched for across the entire Middle Continent for generations without success. Those who possess this eye can easily enslave snake-like Magical Beasts and control their souls, making them the most suitable candidates to the Beast Taming Sect!

The Purple-Haired Little Girl, though seemingly young, exuded a powerful aura that made him tremble—it was the supreme aura originating from the depths of her bloodline, the bloodline of the Ancient Void Dragon, one of the three supreme beings in the Magical Beast World!

Such beings would never have dared to provoke even at the peak of the Beast Taming Sect, yet they have appeared here now, accompanied by the token holder!

The last Big Man, as imposing as an iron tower, while not as impressive as the first three, still possessed the powerful bloodline of Ancient Dragon Bear. His physical strength far surpassed that of other experts of the same level, making him a rare and formidable close-combat warrior!

These four exceptionally talented young people with astonishing backgrounds appeared here at a time of despair, when the sect's lineage was on the verge of extinction, wielding the Beast King Token, the heirloom of the Beast Taming Sect...

Yu Cang's soul fluctuated violently, and his illusory face showed an expression of extreme shock. Then, the shock turned into ecstasy, and the ecstasy turned into liberation.

This is no coincidence; it is clearly a blessing from heaven, a guidance from the unseen masters of the Beast Taming Sect, and the last hope for the sect's continued existence!

"Haha! Hahaha!"

The emotions suppressed for millennia erupted completely at this moment. Yu Cang, his laughter filled with relief and relief. His originally dim Remnant Soul even showed a glimmer of life because of this.

"Heaven has spared my Beast Taming Sect! I never imagined that just as I was about to self-immolate and die for my cause, I would see hope for the sect's continuation! It seems that there is still a possibility for my Beast Taming Sect to leave its legacy in the world!"

He abruptly composed himself, his eyes hardening with unwavering resolve. "In that case, I, the last and incompetent Sect Master, will do this final thing for you, for the last hope of our sect!"

Before the words were even finished, Yu Cang's Remnant Soul, which had been preparing to spontaneously combust, suddenly changed its energy trajectory. All the destructive energy stopped spreading outward and instead began to burn completely and relentlessly!

Crimson and white flames blazed from his Remnant Soul, enveloping his illusory figure. A Soul Power far more powerful and pure than before erupted, drawing in all the Heaven and Earth Energy of the Underground Space and causing it to converge madly towards him.

The burning Remnant Soul continued to condense in the torrent of energy, eventually transforming into a white light hand that was fifteen feet tall and engraved with countless mysterious beast-shaped runes.

Ignoring spatial barriers, this giant hand descended from the sky with irresistible force, grabbing the roaring Heavenly Phoenix Remnant Soul tightly in its palm!

"Eh?!!"

The Heavenly Phoenix Remnant Soul let out a terrified scream. It could clearly feel the terrifying power contained in the white light's hand—the final blow that Yu Cang had delivered by burning all his Remnant Soul!

It struggled frantically, its body engulfed in crimson -Golden Flame, its sharp claws clawing fiercely at the white light hand, trying to break free of its restraints. But the white light hand remained as still as an iron clamp, its runes flashing as it continued to compress its soul.

The face formed from Yu Cang's burning Remnant Soul appeared above the white light hand, its eyes filled with kindness and expectation. It glanced at Lin Ming and the other three one last time, its gaze lingering for a moment on the Beast King Token in Lin Ming's hand, Qing Lin's Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils, and Zi Yan's Ancient Void Dragon Bloodline, before suddenly waving its hand.

"Buzz--!"

With a wave of his hand, the Beast King Token in Lin Ming's hand suddenly flew out and hovered in mid-air. The beast-shaped runes on its surface lit up completely, bursting out with an unprecedentedly strong blue light!

The azure light, almost tangible, instantly enveloped Lin Ming, Zi Yan, Qing Lin, and Xiong Zhan, forming a sturdy energy shield that isolated them from the surrounding Destructive Aura.

At the same time, a thick golden beam of light suddenly shot out from the core of the Altar, from the recessed area inlaid with Crimson Crystals. The beam of light precisely aligned with the blue light of the Beast King Token, and the two lights intertwined and merged, outlining a distorted Spatial Rift in mid-air.

A temporary yet incredibly stable Space Passage suddenly formed amidst the light! Then, it enveloped Lin Ming and the others, causing them to disappear from this place.

"No!! Ancestors!!" "Our heritage!! We cannot let them go!!"

At the Altar, the five members of the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan roared with boundless resentment and rage, their eyes bloodshot.

Huang Ming frantically lunged towards the Space Passage, trying to stop Lin Ming and the other three from leaving, but as soon as she got close to the azure light shield, she was thrown back by an invisible force and crashed heavily onto the Altar, spitting out a mouthful of blood.

The other four also wanted to go forward, but they were suppressed by the fluctuations emanating from the Space Passage and could not get close at all. They could only watch helplessly as Lin Ming and the other three were swallowed up by the blinding light and their figures disappeared into the Space Passage in an instant.

The Altar collapsed with a deafening roar amidst the surge of energy. The screams of the five members of the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan were drowned out by the deafening roar. The Ancient Heavenly Phoenix's unwilling cry and Yu Cang's final, relieved sigh also vanished in the wave of destruction...

After a long time, the energy surge gradually subsided, and the Underground Space was completely reduced to Ruins, with only rock dust floating in the air. The Altar that once bore witness to countless ancient grudges was gone, and only in the empty space of destruction did a few resentful roars seem to linger, echoing in vain before gradually dissipating and returning to silence.