Xiao Yang's voice came from atop the lotus platform, devoid of emotion.
"Yes, senior!"
Zhao Wuji, kneeling at the very front, trembled violently at the words. He didn't dare delay for even a moment, and hurriedly sprang to his feet. With trepidation and reverence in his heart, he flew beneath the Heavenly Emperor Cauldron.
He looked up at Xiao Yang, seated cross-legged atop the cauldron and shrouded by the Green Lotus, his emotions a tangled mess.
He was the Crown Prince of the mighty Immortal Dynasty. When had he ever been so abject?
But when he thought of that terrifying "Great Medicine Imprint" and the Star God Palace Holy Son's fate—his Divine Soul utterly destroyed—the little resentment in his heart vanished in an instant, leaving only his desire to stay alive.
"Open your mind. Don't resist at all."
Xiao Yang's voice rang out again.
"Yes..."
Zhao Wuji took a deep breath and shut his eyes in humiliation. He completely abandoned all resistance, placing his life and death entirely in the other man's hands.
The instant he opened his mind—
Xiao Yang's eyes snapped open!
Two dazzling beams of divine light shot from them!
"Absorb!"
He gave a low cry and reached out toward Zhao Wuji below, grasping at empty space!
A terrifying devouring force erupted from the Great Dao Green Lotus in his palm. It was far more domineering—and its Origin Power countless times purer—than the Great Devouring Art Dong Sheng Yi had used earlier!
"Argh—!"
Zhao Wuji felt as though an invisible hand had seized his Divine Soul and was tearing it out of him!
The excruciating pain of his soul being sliced apart and peeled away inch by inch made him let out a bloodcurdling scream.
To his horror, he "saw"—
The Great Dao Origin he had painstakingly