The moment Yellow Springs finished speaking, circles of lustrous crimson light rippled out from beneath his feet, sweeping across the Pure Land in an instant and stretching toward the endless distance.
Meng Qi felt his flawless, perfect body become like a punctured hot-water bottle, its strength drawn away by the Pure Land with eerie, relentless force. He could neither resist nor reverse it. Waves of blood-yellow mist rippled outward like water.
His recovery could not keep pace with the drain. In just eighteen breaths, this body's strength would be exhausted... Meng Qi's mind was as still as a mirror as his thoughts turned, accurately judging his condition. Beside him, the Asura Ancestor's demonic body had also reddened, crimson radiance spilling from it, infused with terrifying bloodlust and the will to fight.
Seeing this, Yellow Springs burst into laughter. "When Buddha measured the Nine Abysses, how could he have overlooked the Origin of Life and Death? These nine Stone Temples circling the River of Yellow Springs were built for that very purpose!"
"Before, I couldn't understand their mysteries. But after entering the Origin of Life and Death, everything became crystal clear!"
"Every place within the Pure Land, except for the point where I stand as the catalyst, is drawing in power. That power flows through the corresponding Pure Lands that link the nine Stone Temples, forming a phantom Yellow Springs. Using it as a guide, the river will be turned back on itself, opening the Origin of Life and Death."
"When that happens, Yellow Springs will die, and only the 'Daoist of Life and Death' will emerge. I'll thank you both in advance for your 'help,' fellow Daoists."
His malicious tone could not conceal his unbridled delight. He had deliberately exposed himself and let the secret slip so that powerful experts