Twice!

Yuqing Domain, Domain Lord's Great Hall.

The Starry Sky was silent.

Barren Planets orbited the magnificent hall, moving along their predetermined Orbits as though they had remained unchanged since Eternal times.

On the surface of one planet, the young man sat cross-legged before a fissure. Two brilliant Golden Lights shot from his eyes like swords piercing through the Stellar Sea, plunging straight into the squirming nebula deep within the crack...

Before the hall gates, the atmosphere was so quiet it felt oppressive.

Whether it was Qu Hongwen, the Domain Lord, the sixty-seven councilors, or Lu Bing, Kong Yang, and Chi Wen, all wore expressions woven with indescribable tension and confusion.

The air seemed frozen, every heartbeat exceptionally heavy amid the silence.

Without a doubt,

not long ago, Li Qingshan's mind had been completely Corrupted by the Greed Golden Light seeping from the fissure. That utter, extreme greed had been enough to make one's heart tremble.

And now, an even stranger scene was unfolding—

The Greed Golden Light had long since receded into the depths of the fissure like a retreating tide, yet not only had Li Qingshan failed to regain consciousness, A Pair of Eyes instead erupted with an even more dazzling, purer golden light, pursuing it without the slightest hesitation!

"Domain Lord Qu," Kong Yang said, unable to suppress the worry churning in his heart. He could only look toward the sole Above the Nine Heavens present and cup his hands. "The General... he's all right, isn't he?"

As soon as he spoke, every gaze around them instantly focused on Qu Hongwen, every pair of eyes filled with the same question and unease.

"He should... he should..."

Qu Hongwen frowned tightly. After pondering for a long while, he still could not give a clear answer.

His gaze pierced through