CHAPTER 803: CHAPTER 205: GREAT YONG’S SITUATION

In mid-air, the divine body of the Void Demon Ancestor had already disintegrated into specks of light and dissipated. A divine flag, losing its luster, fell downward.

"The Demon Ancestor..."

"Why didn’t the god-locking work?"

"He actually..."

The demon saints on the nine Myriad Feet Pagodas around were also stunned, staring fearfully and incredulously at Lin Yue, who appeared in mid-air.

Lin Yue, disinclined to waste words, swept his gaze over the dozens of demon saints, and an invisible thunderbolt erupted, annihilating numerous demon saints in an instant.

Simultaneously, the Prison Demon God, miles away from the large formation, suddenly awoke and transformed into a stream of light, desperately flying toward the distant Yanfu entrance with all his might!

He understood that he could not escape, but before his death, he had to convey this message to the Heavenly Demon Ancestor!

The area near the Yanfu entrance was isolated for thousands of miles. As long as he crossed a few hundred miles, he could transmit the message. Those few hundred miles were negligible for a demon god.

Especially since the Prison Demon God was also adept in speed.

However, someone was much faster than him.

"Where are you running to?"

A mocking divine thought transmission echoed in the mind of the Prison Demon God.

After transforming into a stream of light, he had just flown a hundred miles when he saw a familiar figure, one that made his heart tremble, appear before him.

"It’s over!"

The thought flashed through his mind as he witnessed Lin Yue ahead extend his hand and make a grabbing motion toward him.

In an instant, an irresistible terrifying force descended. He was like an insect frozen inside amber; his proud power was utterly useless, unable even to struggle.

Afterward, his primordial spirit was also sealed.

"Prison Demon God, is it?"

Lin Yue casually sized up the Prison Demon God and said, "Answer me truthfully, and I’ll make it quick for you."

As he spoke, he slightly relaxed the seal, allowing at least the Prison Demon God to speak.

"Are you really King Xia?"

The Prison Demon God stared at him in disbelief. "You’re just a Saint. How can you possess such power? You’ve clearly not yet condensed your divine heart. Why didn’t the god-locking work on you?"

"I’m the one asking the questions, not you."

Lin Yue shook his head slightly and then suddenly pointed a finger at the other’s forehead, letting invisible power permeate his primordial spirit.

The eyes of the Prison Demon God suddenly dimmed, turning void and blank.

"Soul-searching is not possible, but bewildering the mind is quite easy."

Lin Yue’s lips curled up with a smirk.

He had spent five years in the Yanfu World, and then three more years cultivating in the Divine Palace of the Master of Yanfu, with an acceleration of three hundred and sixty-five times, amounting to over a thousand years.

Over those thousand years, he not only pushed the ultimate path to the perfect realm, mastering any path and cultivation method with ease, but he also refined a perfect divine body using true primordial divine power, making him far stronger than before.

However, solely relying on the harmonization level of the ultimate path, he still couldn’t perform soul searches on those in the proving realm to directly read memories.

Thus, he had to resort to a bit more trouble, befuddling the mind before slowly interrogating.

"Tell me, what are these nine pagodas?"

Lin Yue looked at the Prison Demon God and directly asked.

The Prison Demon God, expressionless, replied, "The Nine Nether Locking God Towers. It’s said that a hundred years ago, Xiahou Shou brought this treasure from the Ancient World. It possesses two divine skills: condensing the void and locking divine power. The Heavenly Demon Ancestor, unable to free himself from the Great Yong, entrusted this treasure to the Void Demon Ancestor, waiting here for your appearance and planning to use the Nine Nether Locking God Towers to suppress you."

"Lock divine power?"

Lin Yue raised an eyebrow slightly and asked, "Can it suppress anyone’s divine power?"

The Prison Demon God answered truthfully, "Ordinary divine power would be completely locked, while even divine lord-level divine power would be suppressed by ninety percent, only those who have condensed a divine heart could bypass it."

"Divine lord-level divine power suppressed by ninety percent?" Lin Yue was enlightened, "No wonder it had little effect on me."

Ordinary divine power would be completely locked, while divine lord-level divine power would be suppressed by ninety percent, indicating that these Nine Nether Locking God Towers could not fully suppress divine lord-level divine power.

And the divine power within him was true primordial divine power!

Not only a level above divine lord-level divine power but also refined a perfect divine body, so these Nine Nether Locking God Towers barely suppressed one-tenth of his divine power, almost negligible.

This was also the reason he could instantly kill the Void Demon Ancestor with one strike.

The perfect divine body refined by primordial divine power was already comparable to a divine heart of the Heavenly Demon Ancestor. Plus, his lifebound divine artifact had already evolved to a semi-finished ultimate divine artifact state, which was no less than the lifebound sovereign artifact of the Heavenly Demon Ancestor.

——It’s just that the realm falls short; the Ultimate Path at the Harmonization level is one tier below the part of the Ultimate Path after Transcendence.

But overall, it is only slightly inferior to the Son of God, vastly surpassing the Divine Son level of the Void Demon Ancestor.

The suppression of the Nine Nether Locking God Tower is nothing but a joke.

"How is the situation in Great Yong?"

Lin Yue continued to ask.

"The core of the Great Yong Divine Formation in Jingzhou’s territory still cannot be dismantled."

The Prison Demon God replied blankly, "However, it is said that the Second Primordial Spirit of the Prison Demon God has had a breakthrough, seemingly having condensed the Divine Heart, preparing to attempt another strong attack on the Great Yong Divine Formation."

Lin Yue pondered for a moment and asked, "How much national fortune does Great Yong have left?"

The Prison Demon God said, "Currently, it holds about twenty percent of the Human Clan’s luck."

"Dropping so fast? It’s only been eight years." Lin Yue slightly frowned and asked, "What’s going on?"

"After the outside of the Great Yong Divine Formation was broken, the arrays that drew Essence from the surrounding Eighteen States became ineffective, and the Essence in Jingzhou decreased significantly."

The Prison Demon God said, "While the Essence in the surrounding Eighteen States returned to normal, the Heavenly Demon Ancestor ordered that only the Human Clan talents who pledged allegiance to our Demon Clan would be eligible for cultivation opportunities."

"The Human Clan talents who pledged allegiance to our Demon Clan were all implanted with restrictions. Over the eight years, many Human Clan talents from the Eighteen States have already pledged allegiance to our Demon Clan, betraying Great Yong."

The Prison Demon God said, "Thus, the decline in Great Yong’s national fortune is even faster than the Demon Ancestors anticipated."

Lin Yue then understood.

In essence, the Human Clan’s luck corresponds to current strength and potential.

Strength, treasures, and the like relate to the power level, while talents and the cultivation environment represent potential.

Great Yong is left only with Jingzhou’s territory, where the cultivation environment has worsened significantly, while the other Eighteen States occupied by the Demon Clan have improved cultivation environments, and a large number of Human Clan talents have betrayed Great Yong.

Naturally, Great Yong’s national fortune has weakened significantly.

"Only twenty percent left..."

Lin Yue slightly frowned, "According to Second Brother, Great Yong needs to hold at least ten percent of the Human Clan’s luck to control Jingzhou’s Heavenly Dao..."

In just eight years, it dropped from under fifty percent to around twenty percent.

At this rate, in a few years, the formation in Jingzhou might collapse without effort.

"How is the situation within Jingzhou?"

Lin Yue asked, "In these eight years, have any significant figures died in Jingzhou?"

"No." The Prison Demon God said, "But some of the Great Yong’s Human Clan Saints have betrayed, actively transforming into the Demon Clan."

Lin Yue frowned and said, "For the Human Clan Saints in Jingzhou who want to betray, how could they escape?"

Though Jingzhou is blockaded by the Demon Clan, the Crown Prince controls the Heavenly Dao within Jingzhou’s territory. In theory, everything in Jingzhou should be under control. Even if there are traitors, how could they escape Jingzhou?

"Because the Heavenly Demon Ancestor used the Eye of the Lord of the Ancient Day to taint the Eye of Heaven."

The Prison Demon God said blankly, "Although the Crown Prince controls the Heavenly Dao, with the Eye of Heaven tainted, he cannot monitor the entirety of Jingzhou. As the taint of the Eye of Heaven deepens, the Crown Prince’s use of the Heavenly Dao Power becomes less precise, forcing him to focus on protecting Jingzhou from outside invasions while finding it difficult to prevent internal departures."

"What about Great Yong’s other Proving Realm experts?" Lin Yue asked.

"They have to help the Crown Prince resist the various methods of the Demon Ancestors."

The Prison Demon God said, "The more the Crown Prince uses the power of the Eye of Heaven, the more severe the Ancient Day’s will taints it. Therefore, the Heavenly Demon Ancestor and the other Demon Ancestors often take action to force the Crown Prince to use the Heavenly Dao Power, so the Great Yong Proving Realm experts also have to step in to resist."

Lin Yue pondered for a long time and said, "Tell me in detail about the happenings in these eight years."

...

A moment later.

With a gentle palm strike, the Prison Demon God turned to dust without realizing anything, his Divine Soul shattered and completely dissipated.

Lin Yue slowly furrowed his brows: "The situation for Great Yong is grim..."

He contemplated for a long time, casually collecting treasures such as the Nine Nether Locking God Tower, before traversing the Void to leave the area.

After quickly leaving the isolated area at the entrance of Yanfu, Lin Yue flipped his hand, taking out a jade-like figurine, which he then crushed.

A wisp of soul force emerged from the Void, transforming into a figure.

It was the Second Prince.

"Second Brother!"

Lin Yue revealed a hint of a smile and said, "I came out alive."