Wisps of ink-black Ancient God aura came surging in.
Like serpents, they burrowed into Chen Yan's body.
"Why?"
Chen Yan's gaze was calm. He could feel the Ancient God's rank within his mind growing stronger and stronger.
His Will rank trembled incessantly, yet the increasingly powerful Ancient God rank kept suppressing it.
This crisis had come out of nowhere.
Yet there was no panic in Chen Yan's eyes.
His Dao Heart was already unshakably firm. He knew that panicking now would only make the Inner Thief more likely to kill him.
But.
A powerful question filled Chen Yan's heart.
Why?
The Ancient God rank had been sent by Fan Ni.
In the eyes of everyone under heaven, the Ancient God who was about to awaken was eradicating his greatest future enemy.
But Chen Yan knew that the Fan Ni who had awakened that time still retained a final trace of reason.
She hadn't wanted to kill Chen Yan.
She had given Chen Yan her final instructions.
Over and over, she had spoken two words to him.
[Return to Unity].
This was what Chen Yan couldn't understand.
But the [Return to Unity] Fan Ni had spoken of had to be connected to the Ancient God rank she had given him.
Chen Yan couldn't figure it out.
But he was certain that Fan Ni hadn't meant him harm.
But now...
The minor tide had arrived, and the Ancient God rank was actually absorbing the Ancient God aura nearby.
This brought Chen Yan an unimaginable crisis.
A faint crack sounded. A bloody fissure split open between Chen Yan's brows, and black lines spread like a spiderweb across his face.
Crack, crack, crack!
Countless fissures spread across Chen Yan's body, and his aura began to fluctuate.
His incomplete rank was now like a ravenous