"The Great Desolation Tablet? The Great Desolation Tablet is actually with you?"
The Black-Eyed Elder naturally knew of the Great Desolation Tablet. After all, the Great Desolate Ancient Tablet had been created based on it.
The Great Desolation Emperor had comprehended his most accomplished martial art, the Great Desolate Prison Heavenly Finger, while sitting cross-legged before the Great Desolation Tablet.
The next moment.
A vast fluctuation rang out from Fang Yi, sweeping across the entire wasteland space as surging power of desolation erupted from his body.
"This is the Great Desolation Scripture. You haven't cultivated it, Senior, but you can sense it, can't you?"
The Black-Eyed Elder fell silent. This familiar power of desolation was identical to the Great Desolation Emperor's back then.
"What does the Great Desolation Tablet want with the Devouring Ancestral Symbol?"
"A Yimo King is suppressed beneath it. According to the tablet, it can completely grind him out of existence with the help of two Ancestral Talismans."
"The Devouring Ancestral Symbol has already been taken. I was powerless to stop it, and besides, the Devouring Ancestral Symbol isn't your path."
"Even with my power, you might not be able to gain the Devouring Ancestral Symbol's recognition. Even if you did, it would forcibly alter your power."
"You have the potential to reach the Reincarnation Stage. Changing your path rashly would cost you more than you gained."
The Black-Eyed Elder's tone had softened considerably. As long as they stood against the Yimo, they were comrades in arms.
"If you only seek to comprehend it, I can pass on my insights into the Devouring Ancestral Symbol, gained over the many years I wielded it."
The Black-Eyed Elder had offered another solution. It wasn't that he was reluctant to part with it; he had seen a little of Fang Yi's foundation.
Since Fang Yi had gained the Great Desolation Tablet's recognition, he was surely opposed to the Yimo as well.
If a promising talent were ruined because of the Devouring Ancestral Symbol, that would be terrible.
Fang Yi cupped his hands. "Then sorry for the trouble, Senior. Once I reach the Samsara Stage, I'll definitely return to help you suppress and kill the Yimo here!"
"There's no need to rush. You can return when you reach the Reincarnation Stage."
The Black-Eyed Elder spoke gently.
In truth, he didn't have much confidence. Back then, he had only just broken through to the Reincarnation Stage, while the Great Desolation Emperor had already reached the peak of the Samsara Stage.
Even so, they had struggled to withstand the Yimo's assault. The Ninth King Hall alone, the weakest of them, had forced them to sacrifice their entire sect just to suppress it.
Although, in his view, Fang Yi had the makings of a Reincarnation Stage cultivator,
reaching that stage required countless things: perseverance, opportunities, talent. Anyone who reached the Samsara Stage had the makings of a Reincarnation Stage cultivator.
Yet those who could reach the Reincarnation Stage were few and far between, to say nothing of killing the Ninth King Hall here.
Probably only the once-famous Eight Masters could have done it.
"All right, focus on comprehending it!"
The Black-Eyed Elder extended a finger and pointed at Fang Yi. A ray of black light landed directly in front of Fang Yi, then rushed into his body.
Fang Yi sensed the immensely vast information in his mind. Even an ordinary Nirvana Realm cultivator might have needed considerable effort and time to digest it.
But he had already been steeped in the Great Five Elements Technique, the Great Origin Technique, and numerous other inheritances.
He was exceptionally familiar with this sort of situation.
He immediately sat down cross-legged and began unraveling the insights into devouring that the Black-Eyed Elder had imparted.
Combining darkness and devouring? That's different from the Lord of Devouring's path. But that's only natural. The Black-Eyed Elder is human, while the Lord of Devouring is a Kunpeng...
Besides, darkness is another form of devouring. Looking at it that way, the Lord of Devouring and the Lord of Darkness should be on good terms...
Hmm, neither darkness nor devouring is my path. I only need to devour this power. The Black-Eyed Elder used darkness to command devouring; I can use spacetime to command it...
Black holes, the five elements, spacetime...
His terrifying comprehension allowed Fang Yi to rapidly digest the inheritance the Black-Eyed Elder had given him. He didn't swallow it whole like a jujube or force it into place; he incorporated it into his own system of power.
In an instant.
Fang Yi opened his eyes and murmured, "The destruction of the five elements and the collapse of spacetime-that is the greatest form of devouring..."
His mental power spread wildly, transforming into the two powers of space and time, which intertwined to form a gigantic vortex.
At the same time, the Origin Energy within Fang Yi transformed into the power of the five elements and collapsed inward in unison, also forming a vortex.
The two vortices blended like water and milk. A surging suction force erupted from within them, as though nothing could escape this black hole.
Matter, spirit, and even everything else.
"This technique could perhaps be called the Great Five Elements Spacetime Collapse!" Fang Yi looked at the black hole vortex.
The black hole could devour everything, tangible or intangible. It was formed by combining the collapse of the five elements and the breakdown of spacetime with devouring.
"With comprehension like that, is he an immortal?"
The Black-Eyed Elder was stunned. Although he was only a remnant of a memory, the power he retained allowed him to sense that terrifying vortex.
This black hole simply hadn't spread.
If it truly spread, even he, a remnant of a memory, would be unable to escape.
This man.
He had merely combined the elder's insights into the Devouring Ancestral Symbol, yet he had created such a terrifying martial art?
And he had only just given him the inheritance, hadn't he? Fang Yi had already digested it and turned it into his own path?
Black Eyes felt he had to take back what he had said.
Perhaps this boy really could deal with the Yimo King at the Samsara Stage.
Fang Yi opened his eyes. His bearing had not changed much, since he had merely created the beginnings of a martial art. He cupped his hands and said, "Thank you for your guidance, Senior."
The Black-Eyed Elder's gaze was complicated. Of course, his eyes were pitch-black, so Fang Yi couldn't see it. He only said, "I hope you won't forget what you said earlier!"
"Of course. The Yimo are everyone's enemy."
Fang Yi nodded and cupped his hands to the Black-Eyed Elder once more.
He owed the Black-Eyed Elder a favor this time, and the elder was also a senior who had fought against the Yimo.
The Black-Eyed Elder vanished, and Fang Yi knew it was time for him to leave as well.
As for not receiving the Black-Eyed Elder's mark, he had expected that before coming.
Lin Dong had gained the Black-Eyed Elder's recognition because his own natal symbol seal was connected to the Devouring Ancestral Symbol.
Otherwise, how could an Ancestral Talisman be so easy to master? Quite a few Samsara Stage cultivators had died under the trials of Ancestral Talismans.
He could only say that the one and only talent nurtured by this era truly lived up to his name!
Only after so many years had another person with an affinity for Ancestral Talismans been born. Fang Yi couldn't believe the Plane Embryo hadn't manipulated things behind the scenes.
It was simply too much of a coincidence.
It looks like the Plane Embryo isn't much good either. Back then, the Symbol Ancestor fought the Otherworldly Demon Emperor with all his might. If you, the Plane Embryo, had just helped, the Otherworldly Demon Emperor would have been finished long ago.
Would the Symbol Ancestor have needed to sacrifice himself to seal the Otherworldly Demon Emperor? And now another person with an affinity for Ancestral Talismans has been born, and heaven has started spoon-feeding him...
Fang Yi couldn't help suspecting that the Plane Embryo wanted to raise a native Heavenly Sovereign.
And.
The physique that granted an affinity for Ancestral Talismans might even have been copied from the Symbol Ancestor by the Plane Embryo.
Fang Yi left the Black-Eyed Elder's world and reappeared on the Black Altar.
If the Plane Embryo was that devious, he might not necessarily be able to obtain it.
But that was fine too. If all else failed, he could forcibly suppress the Plane Embryo when the time came. It had probably counted on the Symbol Ancestor's sense of duty in the first place.
Some of the Earthly Sovereigns of the Great Thousand World would probably have run off long ago.
Stay behind to help you fight the Yimo, and even sacrifice themselves?
He could only say,
In his previous life, the Plane Embryo would have been a straight-up gold digger!