"The Yin-Yang Cicada can gnaw away at a Titled Divine Emperor's Dao foundation without leaving a trace!"
"In other words, the fortune of the Great Dao!"
"It gives that fortune a chance to leak out!"
"The key is that in the early stages, the Yin-Yang Cicada is still small, and it barely gnaws at the Dao foundation. The Titled Divine Emperor himself can't sense his fortune slipping away!"
"Later, as the Yin-Yang Cicada grows stronger, the amount of fortune it gnaws away will increase as well. By then, even if the Titled Divine Emperor knows his Dao foundation is being eaten away, he'll be helpless!"
"Unless he can find the Yin-Yang Cicada!"
"But... there's basically no hope of that!"
Wang Dun looked at He Pingsheng and said with utmost seriousness, "In ancient times, cultivators relied on this method to launch sneak attacks on Divine Emperors, creating the conditions for fair competition!"
"That made it possible to replace the three thousand Divine Emperors!"
"But now, after countless years of encirclement and hunting by the Titled Divine Emperors, these things have long since gone extinct!"
"Little brother, where exactly did you see this thing? In a book?"
"Or have you seen a Yin-Yang Cicada's corpse?"
Wang Dun asked He Pingsheng.
He Pingsheng did not hide anything. Instead, he gestured with his chin toward the amber-colored bead. "Senior Brother Wang, this thing in front of you right now is a [Dao-Sacrificing Yin-Yang Cicada] egg!"
After saying that, He Pingsheng added, "A living one!"
"Holy shit..." Wang Dun's voice turned shrill as he stared at the amber-colored sphere floating in the void before him. "This... this is a Yin-Yang Cicada egg?"
He Pingsheng nodded. "Yes, it's the Yang Cicada of the Yin-Yang Cicadas!"
Wang Dun said, "Where did you get it?"
He was somewhat