Something ahead emitted a dazzling light.
Li Ye strained to look, but he couldn't make it out.
By now, he had taken more than a dozen steps. His body was riddled with holes, and all his flesh was gone.
Even his Primordial Spirit had faded considerably.
The bones in his chest had been ground down layer after layer, becoming thin and brittle, as if they might shatter at any moment.
The bones in Li Ye's spine and legs were also being dissolved by the power here, vanishing silently.
His whole being was heading toward annihilation.
At the same time, a question arose in his mind. Given his current cultivation, he should be no weaker than any genius from past or present who had come here.
He might even be stronger than most of them.
If even he was about to give in, how had those people made it inside?
"Life, death..."
"Without life, how could there be death?"
A thought surfaced involuntarily in his mind. The insights into the mysteries of life that he had gained earlier came back to him, suddenly stirring into activity.
"It was you?"
Li Ye looked in surprise at the Universe Tree in his sea of consciousness.
He had been focused on taking out his weapons and had forgotten to bring out the Universe Tree. The little fellow was still in his sea of consciousness, its tiny body swaying as layer upon layer of mist poured from it.
The mist flowed into Li Ye's sea of consciousness and dantian.
It was working far harder than usual, doing everything it could to keep Li Ye alive.
Li Ye froze. "You can withstand the power here?"
He realized that if the little fellow hadn't been protecting him so desperately, his Primordial Spirit might already have ceased to