Enslaving a Universe Venerable was extremely difficult. Lin Yuan had been able to enslave the Blazing Mane Beast before only because he'd gotten lucky.
Lin Yuan had thought of two ways to enslave these High Universe Venerables and Universe Overlords.
The first was to ask his teacher, Lord of Void Gold, to suppress them. Under the pressure of his immense divine power, every bit of these Universe Venerables' and Universe Overlords' divine power would be bound, leaving them unable to self-destruct.
Then he could gradually weaken their divine power until only 1% remained, putting them into a dormant state. That would make it easy to enslave their souls.
The second method was to ask the Lord of the Universe, who was highly accomplished in soul illusions, to cast an illusion on these powerful beings.
The simplest and most direct solution was to ask Darkness Lord for help.
Lin Yuan's own illusions could only completely ensnare a small number of High Universe Venerables with weak wills who hadn't cultivated any powerful Soul Defense Secret Techniques.
Even if the rest fell victim to an illusion, they might break free as soon as he attempted to enslave their souls. A moment of clarity would be enough for them to self-destruct.
But if Darkness Lord intervened, he could easily make all of them sink into the illusion. Even when their souls were being enslaved, they wouldn't wake from it.
Darkness Lord was still in Human Territory in the Primal Universe and had yet to return to the Cosmic Sea.
During this time, Lin Yuan had been making regular visits to Thunder Island in the Virtual Universe to cultivate the Illusion Universe under Darkness Lord's guidance.
I should pay Darkness Lord a visit later, Lin Yuan thought.
After all, the first method required him to