Over these long months, Jiang Yun had been like a burning torch, expending vast amounts of vital energy and mana.
However, he had already reached the Immortal King Realm and had an entire world supporting him, so he could withstand the continuous expenditure and replenishment.
Yet when he examined the battle within his body, his heart sank.
After months of arduous effort, the results were shockingly meager. He had worn away less than one-thousandth of the dark power.
A profound sense of powerlessness welled up within Jiang Yun. He secretly estimated that at this rate, it would likely take several thousand long years to completely grind away this wisp of Dark Source energy that clung to him like a bone-deep parasite.
"As expected of Dark Emperor Blood. Even tiny traces of it are this troublesome."
Thinking of this, he could not help but draw a sharp breath, his heart filled with astonishment and wariness at the sheer tenacity of this dark aura.
"Once infected by this aura, the flesh, laws, and will are all eroded. Darkness spreads like cancer cells."
While resisting the dark aura with all his strength, Jiang Yun also sensed the evil nature of the dark laws within his body.
Countless thoughts churned through his mind like raging waves. Amid those endless thoughts, he could not help thinking of the person who had buried him.
That mysterious and powerful existence seemed to be the starting point of this entire dark calamity.
The first lifeform to be tainted by darkness appeared to have been him alone. Afterwards, this dark plague had spread like an uncontrollable wildfire, gradually reaching every corner of the Heavens and Myriad Realms, Heaven, the Sea of Realms, and the Immortal Domain.
Jiang Yun knew that even figures Above Sacrificial Dao could not eradicate this