A calamity had flown in from nowhere, impossible to guard against.
Jun Ling Yuan had never imagined that, as a dignified Golden Immortal expert, he would actually fall victim to someone else's body snatching.
This should have been a tribulation only those juniors needed to guard against. Who could have known he would run into the cornered Eternal Night Devil Venerable? His luck was truly rotten to the core.
In an instant, two divine senses tore at each other wildly within the sea of consciousness, like trapped beasts fighting for their lives. Each wanted to crush the other completely and swallow this physical body whole.
"Kid, hand over your shell obediently."
The Eternal Night Devil Venerable threatened and coaxed, trying to subdue the enemy without a fight. "I swear to preserve your soul intact for reincarnation, and I'll even protect your Dao for the rest of your life!"
Yet how could Jun Ling Yuan simply sit around waiting for death?
He had endured countless hardships along the way and, after finally achieving the Golden Immortal peak, had a promising chance of spying upon the ultimate realm of Daluo.
If he truly abandoned this physical body, he would have to start all over again. Even with the experience of his previous life, if he reincarnated into some mediocre nobody, returning to the peak would be nothing short of a fool's dream.
"Hmph. One must be willing to be flayed alive to dare drag the emperor from his horse. You've fallen into such dire straits, yet you're still putting on the airs of a Devil Venerable here? What a joke."
Jun Ling Yuan steeled his heart and tore away all pretense. In a frigid voice, he said, "Once I refine your divine sense and obtain the invincible experience of the Peering into