In the premonition, Ye Chen had been trapped in a pitch-black snare. After some time, a black afterimage appeared, and Ye Chen was thrown onto an altar.
The center of the altar was inscribed with bizarre crimson and violet patterns. Merely looking at them with the naked eye sent an inexplicable chill down one's spine. Four dark-brown stone pillars stained with blood stood in the four directions. As the ritual proceeded, the scene abruptly came to an end.
Under normal circumstances, this would naturally have left you puzzled. But after emerging from seclusion, you had already sought Hou Ba's guidance on the finer details of Lifebound abilities. Though he did not understand why you were asking about these matters, you said that personal experience was more practical than what was recorded in books, so Hou Ba told you everything he knew about Lifebound abilities.
He was not worried that you would harm him. As your follower, his interests were now aligned with yours. If something happened to Hou Ba, it would be your loss as well. Besides, your strength far surpassed his; if you truly wished to act against him, there was no need for any needless tricks.
Therefore, having obtained all manner of Lifebound experience from Hou Ba, you understood that this scene represented the fate of the person in your premonition—Ye Chen had already perished!!!
You could only cry out, "Good heavens!" So the third stage of your Double Pupils had awakened for Ye Chen's sake. The very first crisis was related to him. Nothing had happened in the previous million years, yet less than three years after you awakened and emerged from seclusion, trouble had arrived.
The reason you still had the leisure to think about such things was that, in those scenes, Ye Chen had waited