Enslavement

It was the low-level Universe Venerable whose divine body had been reduced to just 20% by Venerable Yu Qing.

More than half of her petals had shattered, black fluid continuously gushing from her wounds. The entire flower looked as though it might fall apart at any moment.

"Crossing of All Beings!"

Crossing of All Beings—the innate secret technique of the Black Sky Lotus Race!

That Venerable's body began to change. Her petals fell away one after another, turning into pure light.

Her withered stamen began to burn, erupting with a dazzling radiance.

Her divine body and soul burned completely at that instant, transforming into the purest comprehension of the Law of Space.

She became a gentle, warm ray of light, passing through the Dark Night Zone and the Dawn Zone before plunging straight into the giant lotus.

The giant lotus trembled violently.

The golden light on its surface stabilized at that moment.

Then, only empty wreckage remained in the void.

That Venerable had vanished completely.

Soul sacrifice!

She had made herself a part of the Black Sky Overlord!

Then another figure rose from the depths of the Dawn Zone.

She was another low-level Universe Venerable.

Her divine body was likewise battered and broken, with less than thirty percent remaining.

She said nothing.

She merely glanced at the giant lotus, the corners of her lips lifting slightly into an exceptionally faint smile.

Then her body began to burn as well.

Her petals fell away, her stamen burned, and at last she became a ray of light that entered the giant lotus.

Boom—

The golden light on the giant lotus's surface surged again.

At the same time, the other Immortals of the Black Sky Lotus Race launched a suicidal charge at Venerable Yu Qing.

Every second they could buy was a second gained!

Ten seconds later, every member of the Black Sky Lotus Race in the Primordial Universe had died in battle...

Yet the enormous Black Sky Lotus at the center of the Dawn Zone now appeared utterly withered and ruined.

"Did it fail?"

Fang Yan muttered.

Venerable Yu Qing saw Fang Yan, but she did not attack him.

Because Fang Yan had already revealed his human avatar, and she merely took him for a human spy placed within the Black Heaven Secret Realm.

"Hehe."

Looking at the Black Sky Lotus as it began to wither, Venerable Yu Qing chuckled softly.

However, in the very next moment, a violent aura suddenly erupted.

The Origin Law Ocean abruptly appeared above the Black Heaven Secret Realm, its multicolored aurora pouring down like waterfalls toward the black lotus formed by the Black Sky Overlord.

"Not good!"

Just as Venerable Yu Qing was about to interrupt the Black Sky Overlord, Fang Yan made an equally insane decision.

With a thought, he transferred the Origin Core from his Spring Autumn Cicada avatar into his human avatar. Then the human avatar transformed into a streak of golden light and shot toward the Dusk Zone.

With the Origin Core gone, even if the Spring Autumn Cicada avatar perished, he would merely lose one avatar!

With that thought, Fang Yan's heart settled completely.

A thousand-meter-long black-gold cicada shot into the air, and its target was actually the Primordial Universe's Law Ocean!

The multicolored Law Ocean was madly pouring its power into the Black Sky Overlord.

"Trust me!"

Fang Yan first sent a voice transmission to the Black Sky Overlord.

The next moment, the sound of cicadas rang out through the Black Heaven Secret Realm.

Fang Yan was actually absorbing the power of the Law Ocean!

Back when the Spring Autumn Cicada was in the Gu World, it fed on the waters of the River of Time.

And after being altered by the Supreme Rule, the Spring Autumn Cicada could also feed on the Time Law within the Law Ocean!

Fang Yan's mouthparts pierced into the void, touching that silvery sea.

At that instant, an indescribably vast power surged into his body.

Venerable Yu Qing arrived in moments, treading on silver-white light. Her spear radiance then blasted toward the Black Sky Overlord like a river of stars.

At this moment, the entire void was trembling.

"Stand down!"

Fang Yan shouted at Venerable Yu Qing, his voice echoing throughout the Black Heaven Secret Realm.

"Heh, human brat, who do you think you are? Relying on that laughable avatar of yours?"

Venerable Yu Qing sneered, but the speed of her spear radiance did not slow in the slightest.

Boom! The secret realm shook violently!

The silver spear directly pierced through the giant black lotus...

"I said, stand down!"

Fang Yan's voice came again.

A golden light expanded at an unimaginable speed. Wherever the light passed, the timeline began to reverse.

Shattered petals reassembled from the void, and black fluid flowed backward into the bodies of the Black Sky Lotuses.

That spear rapidly flew back.

Innate secret technique, Time Reversal!

Borrowing the power of the universe's Law Ocean, Fang Yan began reversing time throughout the entire Dawn Zone.

This time, Fang Yan chose to reverse everything except himself.

Venerable Yu Qing returned to her original position, the silver light in her palm dispersing.

Those shattered Black Sky Lotuses bloomed anew, the law patterns on their petals restored to their original perfection.

However, just as time reversed to the instant before the Black Sky Overlord's breakthrough, when her aura was nearly extinguished—

Time Reversal abruptly stopped, and Fang Yan instead activated Time Pause.

The next moment!

"Time Illusory Martial Arts" Enslavement Secret Technique—"I wish to face the mirror, but my heart is in turmoil!"

An incomparably beautiful bronze mirror appeared above the giant lotus formed by the Black Sky Overlord, reflecting the dying Black Sky Overlord.

Fang Yan was actually attempting to enslave the Black Sky Overlord!

The secret technique created by Source, "I wish to face the mirror, but my heart is in turmoil," had been designed to overcome the strong with the weak.

Furthermore, plant lifeforms were inherently poor at soul techniques, and the Black Sky Overlord was at her weakest right now.

Fang Yan had truly exploited an opening. In the current clash of souls, the Black Sky Overlord held no advantage whatsoever against Fang Yan.

"Damn it, don't underestimate our bond!"

At the same time, the human avatar that had escaped the Dawn Zone immediately sent a plea for help to the entire Hong Alliance through the Virtual Universe.

[Black Heaven Secret Realm · Danger! Universe Venerables, come to the rescue! — Flame Ruins, Holy Son]

Fang Yan, who was battling the Black Sky Overlord's soul, grew anxious when he still could not subdue her.

Once the Law Ocean withdrew, not only would he be unable to maintain Time Pause, but even that heaven-defying innate secret technique would be exposed.

"My dear Overlord sister, why don't you just submit to this little sister... ptoo... to me! Hehehe!"

Fang Yan grinned viciously, trying to break the Black Sky Overlord's composure.

"Despicable wretch!"

The Black Sky Overlord's cold, commanding voice came through, carrying three parts grievance beneath her defiance.

A plant lifeform had finally become a Universe Master, only to fall at the hands of a World Lord. This was simply the most humiliating Universe Master in history.

She wanted to self-destruct, but under Time Pause, she could not even do that.

Yet Fang Yan was not doing well either. The Law Ocean was showing signs of retreating, while he had no idea how much longer it would take to subdue the Black Sky Overlord.

"My dear Overlord sister, how about you willingly acknowledge me as your master?"

Fang Yan entertained a tempting thought. After all, 99.9% of plant lifeforms in the Primordial Universe had to acknowledge a master.

Moreover, making a plant lifeform acknowledge a master was far better than enslaving a soul lifeform.

After a plant lifeform acknowledged a master, it simply could not betray its master, though its life and death remained in its own hands. But once it became a soul slave, even its soul no longer belonged to itself.

Not only would its life and death no longer be under its control, it would also develop incomparably fanatical devotion toward its master.

At that thought, even the Black Sky Overlord could not help but waver.