"When?"
Luo Ling, the most powerful deity in the history of this world, did not immediately lose his reason even under another's control. He struggled to speak, while simultaneously deflecting his attack. Cooperating with Yu Chen's movement, he swept past him and shattered a stretch of void.
Though Lai Quan had been pulled aside by Yu Chen, the aftermath still made him open his mouth and spit blood. His injuries were far from light.
"You should return first." Yu Chen raised a finger, and a lotus blossomed above his head. It stirred the accumulated merits and auspicious qi within Lai Quan, transforming them into a precious robe that covered his body. Then, with a turn of his palm, he summoned a gust of wind from thin air and sent him back down to where the cultivators had gathered. Only then did he look up at the goddess amid the treetop canopy.
As Yu Chen sent Lai Quan down, the goddess Dawnshine had already answered Luo Ling's question.
"Of course, when you returned this time! Come to think of it, it was fortunate that you had not been too guarded against us, giving me several chances to administer drugs and lay curses. Otherwise, my Curse-Dream Jadeite truly would not have been able to control you!"
As she spoke, a crystalline green gemstone emerged between the opposing snake heads at the tip of her staff, where the twin serpents coiled together.
At first glance, the gemstone was a vibrant green brimming with life. Yet upon closer inspection, that green seemed incredibly insubstantial, like flowers in a mirror and the moon in water—impossible to grasp. In essence, it was a convergence of immense curse power and dream power. After materializing it, the goddess lightly brushed it across her body. The straw transformed into