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Only, affected by the clear qi from earlier, Red Leopard's sinews and bones were weak and limp. Though she was clearly trying to prop herself up, she instead looked as if she were rubbing herself against the ground.

Yu Chen tapped the ground with his vine staff. Slender vines sprouted beneath Red Leopard's body, allowing her to lie more comfortably. Then their branches and leaves unfurled, and strands of clear qi flowed from them, winding around Red Leopard's body and seeping into her with each breath.

Yu Chen's power cautiously probed the clear qi that carried the aura of a curse, sensing it collide and entangle with another murky divine power of the earth within Red Leopard's body.

In Yu Chen's perception, the clear qi and the earth divine power were utterly repulsed by one another.

The curse mixed into the clear qi had instead become the weak point in their conflict—one could even say it served as a buffer zone.

Just as I thought...

This discovery made Yu Chen even more certain of his understanding of the ritual object left behind by the Spirit Shaman Lineage long ago.

In the Primordial Era, the relationship between the Heavenly Sovereign and the Earth Mother had never been good. By the Ancient Era, the Heavenly Sovereign and the Earth Mother had engaged in a fierce battle. Yu Chen did not know much about its cause or course, and history and legends had not preserved a complete account. Most of what remained were rumors that sounded plausible yet false.

But the outcome was obvious. The Earth Mother had fallen. Part of her divine power and flesh scattered through the land, becoming numerous earth gods. More of her divine power and flesh, meanwhile, had wrapped around the Heavenly Sovereign's essence and plunged endlessly downward,