Chaotic Thoughts Enter the Ape's Heart, King and Ministers Press the Palace Gates

"Hmm?"

This consciousness was incomparably vast, mixed with complex realms of intent. It surged in from all directions, instantly making Qiu Yan feel there was nowhere to evade, nowhere to flee!

In a haze, his consciousness drifted, and strange scenes emerged within his perception—

It was a stretch of deepest crimson blood. Apart from blood-red, no other color could be seen. Even space itself had been squeezed out and repelled by that red, unable to penetrate within.

Scarlet, pure to the extreme!

Then Qiu Yan's consciousness trembled and cleared somewhat. He understood that he had encountered an illusion born of karmic entanglement, and from the look of it, it was clearly connected to bloodwater and a sea of blood.

However, even after realizing the cause, the abilities of a single wisp of consciousness only allowed him to summon several Orders to protect himself. He still could not break free from this karmic illusion. Yet Qiu Yan had no intention of withdrawing. He felt inclined to investigate along the current, and so, transformed into a clear breeze, he continued deeper into the sea of blood along the ocean current...

The scene then shifted. Qiu Yan's consciousness gradually sank into the blood-red depths of the karmic illusion, as though diving through water. Scarlet filled his sight, giving him a suffocating sensation, until suddenly everything opened up!

Whoosh!

The red receded, and in an instant his consciousness was flooded with realms of intent—violence, heavenly might, instinct, and more!

Even with Qiu Yan using several Orders to suppress his consciousness, it was still battered into swaying, nearly unable to hold itself together. But with Order shielding it, he barely managed to gather himself and condense a shred of focus.

Only then did the karmic illusion become much clearer, allowing Qiu Yan to see a