Within the Sea of Spirit, Dai Yunze's consciousness manifestation sat cross-legged above the rippling waters, his face as dark as still water.
Above his head, the brilliant golden sun had completely transformed into the Fate Eye due to the Fate Eye's awakening. Dai Yunze did not know when he had obtained the Fate Eye, but it was likely when he had been badly injured while fleeing from Evil Soul Masters in the Star Dou Great Forest.
Perhaps the reason not a single wound remained on him afterward was because the Three-Eyed Golden Lion had performed the Fate Guidance ritual on him.
Yet the Fate Eye he had obtained seemed somewhat different. He could not sense any power related to fate within it. When he concentrated, he could control the Fate Eye and use it to unleash Spirit Eye soul skills with explosively amplified power, but he simply could not detect any "fate" power. Instead, another mysterious force seemed to occupy it. However, that force could not yet overwhelm the Fate Eye, which was why the Fate Eye still appeared rose gold.
But none of that was Dai Yunze's primary concern. What he cared about more now was the contract formed within his body. The contract's power remained, yet the other end connected through it seemed to have suddenly fallen into an unknown darkness, cutting off all his senses.
Perhaps this was one major drawback of an Equal Contract. Any party to the contract could cut off the other's perception of them at any time, completely concealing their condition.
Just like now, Dai Yunze knew nothing of Qingya's situation and could only deduce and speculate based on the final information transmitted before their contract connection had been severed.
To protect him, Qingya had forcibly endured a Crimson Death God's Light from