Although Emperor Donghua was unwilling, with the battle having reached this point, he still chose not to hold anything back. Under his urging, the Eastern Emperor Bell rang out with a tremor several times greater than before, instantly freezing the large Flame Butterflies across an even wider area.
Afterward, the Eastern Emperor Bell returned to his side, and Emperor Donghua took something out from within it...
This item looked utterly unremarkable, merely a withered yellow leaf. Yet for some reason, the moment you saw it, an inexplicable sense of closeness rose within you.
"I do not know what Dao Source Essence you speak of is. But among the things I obtained in the Desolate Ancient Relic, if there is one item that might possibly help this time and bears even the slightest connection to the words 'Dao Source,' then it can only be this."
After saying this, Emperor Donghua finally stopped agonizing over the item, his bearing becoming even more open and unrestrained. Though this thing had once helped his accompanying supreme treasure complete its transformation, it had shown no further changes afterward. No matter what he tried, it was useless. Now, it seemed that all things had their predestined fate. This item had likely never been meant for him, and it was time to use it.
Having seen through this, even outsiders could clearly sense Emperor Donghua's change. It was plainly a transformation in his state of mind that had raised his strength once more. Of those present, only Witch Emperor Houtu had experienced such a strange phenomenon before. The rest had only ever read of it in Historical Records.
When they learned from Emperor Donghua that this tiny leaf had been the key item that helped the Eastern Emperor Bell transform and later allowed Emperor Donghua to attain