Enslavement

It was the Lower Venerable whom Venerable Yu Qing had beaten until only 20% of her divine body remained.

Most of her petals had already shattered, black fluid continuously gushing from her wounds. Her entire flower form looked ready to fall apart at any moment.

"Crossing of All Beings!"

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

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.

At that moment, her divine body and soul were completely set ablaze, transforming into the purest comprehension of the Law of Space.

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

The giant lotus suddenly shook.

The golden glow on its surface stabilized at that moment.

Then, nothing but empty wreckage remained in the void.

That Venerable had completely vanished.

Soul sacrifice!

She had turned herself into a part of Black Sky Overlord!

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

It was another Lower Venerable.

Her divine body was equally damaged, with less than 30% remaining.

She said nothing.

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

Then, her body began to burn as well.

Her petals fell away, her stamen burned, and in the end, she became a beam of light that entered the giant lotus.

Boom—

The golden glow on the giant lotus's surface surged once more.

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 worth it!

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 had also become utterly withered and ruined.

"Did it fail?"

Fang Yan muttered.

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

Because Fang Yan had already revealed his human Clone, she merely took him for a Human Race spy stationed in the Black Heaven Secret Realm.

"Heh."

Looking at the Black Sky Lotus beginning to decay, Venerable Yu Qing gave a soft laugh.

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

The Origin Law Ocean appeared above the Black Heaven Secret Realm, five-colored aurora pouring down like a waterfall into the Black Lotus formed by Black Sky Overlord.

"Not good!"

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

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

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

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

A thousand-meter-long black-gold giant cicada shot into the air at high speed. Its target was actually the Primordial Universe's Law Ocean!

The multicolored Law Ocean was frantically pouring into Black Sky Overlord.

"Trust me!"

Fang Yan first transmitted his voice to Black Sky Overlord.

The next moment, the cry of a cicada rang out through the Black Heaven Secret Realm.

Fang Yan was actually drawing upon the power of the Law Ocean!

Back in the Gu World, the Spring Autumn Cicada had 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 the void and touched that silver sea.

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

Venerable Yu Qing arrived in an instant atop silvery-white light, then her spear radiance blasted toward Black Sky Overlord like a river of stars.

At this moment, the entire void trembled.

"Stand down!"

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

"Heh, Human Race brat, who do you think you are? Relying on that laughable Clone 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 pierced straight through the giant black lotus...

"I said, stand down!"

Fang Yan's voice rang out again.

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

Shattered petals reassembled from the void, while the black fluid flowed backward into the Black Sky Lotus's body.

The spear rapidly flew backward.

Innate secret technique, Time Reversal!

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

This time, Fang Yan had chosen to reverse everything except himself.

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

Those shattered Black Sky Lotuses bloomed anew, the law patterns on their petals restored without the slightest flaw.

Yet just as time reversed to the moment before Black Sky Overlord's breakthrough, when her aura was on the verge of extinction.

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

The next moment!

Time Illusory Martial Arts' enslavement secret technique—"My enslaved self wishes to face the mirror, yet my heart is in turmoil!"

A breathtakingly beautiful bronze mirror appeared above the giant lotus formed by Black Sky Overlord, reflecting Black Sky Overlord in her dying state.

Fang Yan was actually attempting to enslave Black Sky Overlord!

The secret technique created by Source, "My enslaved self wishes to face the mirror, yet my heart is in turmoil," had been designed to overcome stronger opponents with weaker strength.

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

Fang Yan had actually found an opening. In this clash of souls, Black Sky Overlord held no advantage whatsoever against him.

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

At the same time, the human Clone 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 · Critical! Universe Venerables, provide aid at once! — Flame Ruins Holy Son]

As Fang Yan continued his soul clash with Black Sky Overlord, he 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.

"Come now, Overlord sis, just submit to your little sister... pfft... to me! Hehehe!"

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

"Despicable wretch!"

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

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

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

Yet Fang Yan was not having an easy time either. The Law Ocean was showing signs of withdrawing, while he had no idea how long it would take to subdue Black Sky Overlord.

"Say, Overlord sis, how about you voluntarily 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 masters.

Moreover, making a plant lifeform acknowledge a master was far better than turning a soul lifeform into a slave.

After a plant lifeform acknowledged a master, it simply could not betray its master, though its life and death would also be in its master's 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 its own, it would also develop incomparably fanatical devotion toward its master.

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