Because I Could Steal the Secrets of Heaven

After Ring Fusion appeared, the entire Icefire Yin Yang Well was sealed off. Outsiders could not enter, and those inside could not leave.

Streams of silver light gathered behind Duan Yu, forming the phantom of a Dragon King. A clear dragon cry rang out.

The Dragon King's phantom stared directly toward a distant corner.

Then, the phantom transformed into a longsword and fell into Duan Yu's hand. Holding the sword, Duan Yu slashed toward that spot.

After Ring Fusion, the power of this strike could fully match the all-out blow of a Soul Saint-level expert.

Yet such a powerful strike was forcibly blocked when it slashed toward that corner.

Duan Yu frowned. His strike was not as simple as it appeared. It had also been layered with spatial power and shifted countless times.

When the first strike failed, Duan Yu turned his wrist and brought the sword down again.

This strike was still blocked by some unknown force.

After two strikes, Duan Yu finally realized that something was wrong.

Rather than saying his two strikes had been blocked—

He was more willing to believe that both strikes had been transferred elsewhere.

The other party had actually mastered spatial power as well?!

Earlier, he had used Ring Fusion to form a spatial battlefield because he feared someone might escape, preventing anyone from fleeing.

Now that he realized the other party also possessed spatial power, this was easy. He only needed to reclaim all the spatial power scattered throughout the Icefire Yin Yang Well.

Duan Yu flicked the longsword in his hand. The sword transformed into a dragon, and the Spatial Dragon raised its head and spread its wings in the air, circling endlessly overhead.

Under Spatial Dragon Dance, the spatial elements within the Icefire Yin Yang Well were drawn back in. Strange silver light flowed into its body.

Over a thousand spatial ripples surrounded it, filling the Icefire Yin Yang Well.

As the Spatial Dragon King's dance grew faster and faster, the Icefire Yin Yang Well had seemingly become a domain.

The spatial fluctuations here became increasingly powerful. The entire space turned unpredictable, and all manner of wondrous spatial changes continuously appeared.

"Still not planning to come out? If you wait until I make a move, it won't be this simple anymore."

Duan Yu spoke toward the empty air.

Then, no one answered him.

"Damn!"

Duan Yu cursed under his breath. "You won't give up until you see the coffin!"

Duan Yu brought his fingers together. Countless silver points of light surged and roared, and amid their flow, everything shifted illusorily.

At that moment, Duan Yu's body seemed to transform into countless silver points of light, spreading in every direction.

As the silver points gradually gathered toward the corner, just one step away from touching and locking onto it—

The one hiding within the Icefire Yin Yang Well—

No, the plant hiding within the Icefire Yin Yang Well finally spoke. "Human, there is no need for this trouble. I will come out now."

Sure enough, his judgment had been correct. Someone really had been hiding here.

Duan Yu's first thought had been that an outsider had intruded. Although it had tried its best to conceal itself with spatial power, Duan Yu had still noticed a trace of something unusual.

As for why he dared to attack? Heh, what a joke. If its strength surpassed his, it would have ambushed him while he was off guard. Would it have hidden immediately instead?

Now that the other party had finally spoken, Duan Yu did not stop what he was doing.

Spatial power continued to gather, with no sign that he intended to hold back.

Seeing this, the other party immediately panicked and spoke again. "Human, stop! I will come out now!"

Duan Yu snorted coldly. "I told you to come out earlier, but you refused. Now that you know you're finished, you want to come out?"

"In that case, take this soul skill of mine first before you speak."

He wanted to see just who could stall him for so long and make him search for half a day.

Since it had made him search for half a day, it could go die.

With that thought, Duan Yu did not hesitate in the slightest. He swung the sword in his hand and swept it directly toward the corner.

With one sword tremor, the entire Icefire Yin Yang Well changed after the strike was unleashed.

As the strike swept out, the spatial power in the corner was stripped away, revealing two tiny figures there.

"Immortal Herbs?!"

Duan Yu stared at the two Immortal Herbs swaying on their stems in the corner, his face filled with shock.

At first, he had thought someone had snuck in, stolen the Immortal Herbs he intended to give Qinghe, and hidden them away. He had never expected the Immortal Herbs to have developed sentience.

The silver-white Immortal Herb, resembling a clover, swayed its leaves in reply.

"Human, please show mercy. We had no intention of offending you."

When Duan Yu heard it speak, he became even more certain of his suspicions, though he still found it hard to believe.

"You can speak human language. Have you already reached one hundred thousand years?!"

How was that possible? The last time he came, he had clearly not sensed that this Immortal Herb had reached one hundred thousand years. How had it suddenly reached that level and developed sentience?

The silver-white, clover-like Immortal Herb was the Seven-Leaf Spatial Orchid. Like Duan Yu, it controlled the spatial attribute.

However, in terms of rank, the Spatial Dragon King held authority over space far beyond that of the Seven-Leaf Spatial Grass.

Under the suppression of that authority, the Seven-Leaf Spatial Orchid naturally found it difficult to wield its spatial attribute.

One leaf of the Seven-Leaf Spatial Orchid unfolded as it said, "Human, as you can see, I have indeed reached the one-hundred-thousand-year level."

Duan Yu nodded, but his eyes remained fixed tightly on it.

"When I came last time, I carefully investigated the entire Icefire Yin Yang Well. I did not sense a single Immortal Herb that had developed sentience."

"How did you develop sentience after I was only gone for such a short while?"

"And there are two of you?"

Duan Yu directed the last question at the golden, rose-shaped Immortal Herb sleeping in the corner.

That Immortal Herb was clearly the one he had found for Qian Renxue. If it had developed sentience now, that would be truly troublesome.

The Seven-Leaf Spatial Orchid heard the suspicion in Duan Yu's words. Silver light appeared and covered their area as it explained.

"Even in this treasured land, under normal circumstances, it would indeed be impossible for Immortal Herbs to rapidly develop sentience in such a short time."

"But our situation is different."

The Seven-Leaf Spatial Orchid changed the subject and looked at the unconscious Golden-Glow Rose beside it, speaking dejectedly.

"I control the spatial attribute, while Rose controls the light attribute. Rose used its light attribute to forcibly raise the age of my sentience to one hundred thousand years."

Upon hearing the Seven-Leaf Spatial Orchid's words, the look in Duan Yu's eyes as he regarded the Golden-Glow Rose instantly changed.

Forcibly increasing another's sentience and age—what a terrifying ability.

However, Duan Yu did not reveal much on his face and continued asking.

"But why would it suddenly risk falling unconscious to forcibly raise your age and help you develop sentience?"

The Seven-Leaf Spatial Orchid swayed. Spatial power spread out and transformed into images that appeared in the air.

Within the scene formed from spatial power, he saw many images: some of him and Qinghe together in Heaven Dou Palace, and others of him later appearing at the Icefire Yin Yang Well.

Before Duan Yu could speak, the Seven-Leaf Spatial Orchid spoke first.

"Because I, who control spatial power, can steal the secrets of heaven and foresee what will happen in the future."