A Beauty That Stunned the World

Inside the Gourd Space.

Yin Ming sat cross-legged before the Zero-Ring Formless Tree. Through the gourd, he sensed Lady White Moon's presence and the fury she was holding back.

He relaxed slightly, then murmured with a resolute look, "Gambling with my life feels awful, but it's also a way for the weak to rise quickly."

"Once I ran into Eternal Silence's Remains, Simon Marshall, I had no choice but to gamble. If I win, everything is mine. If I lose, everything I have goes to the victor."

The moment Yin Ming put the Amber Sword into the gourd, there was no longer any question of sides.

He belonged neither to the God Hunters' side nor to Lady White Moon's.

Offering up everything and begging for his life might have worked for some other low-level wizard.

But not for Yin Ming!

He could not show his memories to those Sixth-Ring Near-God Realm powerhouses for inspection. Killing him would yield more than killing a Seventh-Ring Ancient God. Who would let a prize like that slip away?

So when he ran into Eternal Silence's Remains a second time, there had only ever been one path to survival.

He had to use the Scavenger Gourd to buy time, then use the Amber Sword: Bromanson to summon Lady White Moon.

Once Lady White Moon defeated the God-Hunting Squad, he would exploit the vulnerability the chief priest had built into the Ancient God to kill or control Lady White Moon, Lucky Star Lucia.

"I have to become the true chief priest who commands a god!"

"The fifth Moonstone Fragment should contain the Undying God Cult chief priest's secret for controlling Ancient Gods."

"First, there's the scepter formed from Lucky Star Lucia's remains, later reforged by Flameburning Fire into the Sealing Sword."

"Second, there's Skeleton Keli, Lucky