Nine Nether's eyes held a hint of recollection, which finally transformed into a smug smile. This struggle, which had lasted for tens of thousands of years, he was going to win!
As long as he broke free, with the current Strength of the Dou Qi Continent, they couldn't stop him. As long as he occupied this Continent, everything would be worth it!
Nothing else, the Plane Embryo of the Dou Qi Continent could condense again and again, which meant that one Heavenly Supreme after another could be born!
It was precisely because he discovered this point that Nine Nether decided to fight the Dou Qi Continent to the death. Otherwise, he wouldn't be willing to do such thankless work.
Unfortunately, he ultimately underestimated those Quasi Heavenly Supremes, which led to his current predicament. Fortunately, Heaven didn't abandon him. Just as he was about to completely dissipate, Heaven sent Zhao Li to his side. He was finally going to be free...
While Nine Nether was envisioning the future, he didn't notice at all that when his Soul Imprint merged into Zhao Li's Sea of Consciousness, another, even purer Soul Power appeared within Zhao Li's Soul Power.
Although the newly appeared Soul Power wasn't vast, as soon as it appeared, Zhao Li's Soul Power was like soldiers who had found their leader. Although the quantity didn't change much, its quality improved by another level!
That wisp of Soul Power didn't delay and directly merged into Zhao Li's Sea of Consciousness. With its addition, the Soul Imprints in his Sea of Consciousness began to struggle as if they had encountered something terrifying.
And as that suddenly appearing Soul Power continuously surged from an unknown place, those Soul Imprints also quieted down. They huddled together like mice seeing a cat, not daring to move!
Zhao Li felt the support from his True Form, and then easily removed those imprints, but he remained expressionless and quietly began to study them.
"Interesting, these imprints seem similar to the soul seeds used by Bone Chilling Flame to create Souls. With this method, could it really be Tuoshe Ancient Emperor?"
Zhao Li smiled inwardly. Things seemed to be getting interesting.
He discovered that these imprints seemed to have a mechanism almost identical to when Bone Chilling Flame created Soul Puppets. Thinking back to that White Bear, was it possible that this person was behind it?
However, thinking this way, there were still some inconsistencies. Zhao Li overturned this guess and tried other directions:
"That's not right either. If he were truly Tuoshe Ancient Emperor, then with his status and Strength, what couldn't he just say directly? Why play these games with me? Hmm, could it be... he was subjected to a Heavenly Flame Backlash and instead became a Puppet of the Heavenly Flame?"
He couldn't help but think of the original storyline when the Purifying Demonic Flame appeared. There were some Puppets slightly weaker than the Demonic Flame, and it was also said that the fall of the Purifying Demonic Saint seemed to be related to the Demonic Flame's Backlash.
However, he couldn't imagine what level of Fire could possibly backlash a Dou Di?
"Bone Chilling Flame, unknown Evil Demons, a suspected sealed Formation, and this person who seems to want to refine me into a Puppet... What other secrets are hidden within this?"
Zhao Li's mind flashed with various anomalies, but he couldn't determine who the person in front of him was.
Although he had considered the possibility that he was an Evil Demon, this possibility was even smaller than him being Tuoshe Ancient Emperor. The reason for this thought was simple: he seemed too weak, not at all as terrifying as he had seen. In his memory, the Evil Demon's mere appearance caused the earth to collapse and caused him to suffer a Backlash.
He had forgotten that back then, he was just a Small Fry who had just entered the Dou Sheng realm. Now, he could contend with the World Origin and had embarked on an alternative Dao.
"Although I've removed the Soul Imprints, I don't know when he'll discover it. Before he realizes something is wrong, I need to extract everything he knows as much as possible!"
Zhao Li stopped overthinking. Now, the advantage was with him. He just needed to fleece this sheep completely.
With this thought, he put on a look as if he had just recovered from the series of messages he had received, looked at Nine Nether, and asked:
"Senior, do you know the source of that Formation?"
Nine Nether glanced sideways at Zhao Li. He didn't even need to think to know what Zhao Li was planning. He asked coldly:
"What? You still want to break a Formation set up by several Dou Di existences? It's not that it's impossible, but after you break the Grand Formation, how will you deal with the potential danger?"
In fact, Zhao Li did have this idea. He suspected that the Passage opened by the Flame Emperor when he ascended was a corner of the Formation. At that time, there were no foreign enemies attacking the Continent. If he could break the Formation, perhaps he could allow Origin Qi to regenerate on the Continent and raise the overall Strength of the Continent to another level.
He nodded and replied:
"I do have this idea. As for foreign enemies, in the Dou Qi Continent, the word 'Dou' has long been ingrained in the bones of the people of this Continent. What our ancestors could do, we are not afraid to challenge. We can't just lose our spirit to break through because we are afraid."
Seeing him speak so calmly, as if the enemies outside the Chaos that could make even the Emperors wary were nothing, Nine Nether's heart pounded wildly, feeling a sense of unease for no reason.
Looking at Zhao Li in front of him, he seemed to see the Dou Di from ancient times. The Dou Di on the Continent back then were just like this. Although they were not his opponents, it was this spirit that, one after another, actually managed to seal him here.
"This kid, such pure Will. If he gets an Opportunity and ascends to the Great Thousand, I'm afraid he could really make a name for himself up there. Unfortunately, he won't have the chance."
Thinking that he had already planted a Soul Imprint, Nine Nether sneered. He hadn't expected that after being sealed by those who were inferior to him, his former spirit was gone.
He suppressed the unease in his heart, stared intently at Zhao Li, and threw out another big secret:
"The core of the Formation is right here!"
With the Soul Imprint planted, he didn't need to think too much. He just needed to constantly incite Zhao Li's Desire, allowing the Soul Imprint to take root and sprout. And this was what he, as the King of the Youmeng Clan, was best at!
This time, Zhao Li was truly shocked. The core of a Formation that encompassed the entire Continent was actually in such a godforsaken place.
Immediately, he was suddenly enlightened. No wonder he had gone to the Chaos several times and hadn't found anything that truly determined the operation of the Grand Formation. What he had seen were just a small part of the Formations that made up the Grand Formation.
And this, perhaps, was the main reason why this Space could hide from the detection of an Emperor Realm Soul.
Seeing Zhao Li in a daze, Nine Nether continued to deceive him:
"Have you ever thought about why This Emperor is the last Dou Di on the Continent, and the only one, yet my reputation is not well-known, and I haven't left any forces or Legacy in the world?"
Zhao Li followed his train of thought and realized that it was indeed the case. If what he said was true, then before him, there were no Dou Di on the Continent for Ten Thousand Years. Since he had broken through to Dou Di, he should have been an invincible existence.
But such a person, who should have become a living legend, had almost only a name in the current records of the Continent and in stories. His sense of presence was even lower than that of the Ancient Emperor Tuoshe Jade.
Before, he had thought that Tuoshe Ancient Emperor had ascended after breaking through, but from the looks of that Grand Formation, it seemed that wasn't the case!
His curiosity was genuinely piqued, and he asked:
"Why is that?"
Nine Nether's gaze was distant, as if he was truly recalling past events. After a long time, he seemed to have been drained of all his strength, leaning limply on the chair, and a reluctant and powerless voice came from his mouth:
"Because I once had the same thoughts as you!"
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