The voice echoed throughout the void, like rolling thunder, continuously booming.
In the depths of the darkness, golden lines resembling meridians extended and fell toward the area where the spring mouth floated.
The body of Ling Yuling, sitting cross-legged within, emitted faint movements. An immense force seemed to gather her scattered true spirit within this space, attempting to guide it back into her body.
However, this force was too weak to accomplish such a feat. It couldn't even make her open her eyes.
In the darkness, Ling Yuling's scattered true spirit let out a faint sigh.
She had overestimated her sister's current strength and underestimated the corrosive power of the dark energy here.
Unless Ling Yuxian personally found this space and, with the help of everyone's strength, devised a way to guide her true spirit back, all efforts would be in vain, a waste of time.
"Stop wasting your energy on useless endeavors. All your efforts are nothing but a joke to me."
Seeing this, the Eternal Life Spirit laughed maniacally, utterly unrestrained, believing that Ling Yuling was merely struggling in her final moments.
She was no longer at her peak, unable to muster even one ten-thousandth of her former strength. There was no hope of her escaping this place.
Unless someone of her true level from the outside world could intervene and guide her true spirit back.
"I cannot escape this place, and neither can you. But my inability to leave now doesn't mean I never will. My people already know where I'm trapped, and they will find a way to rescue me. Your days are numbered."
Ling Yuling's voice remained calm as she responded to the Eternal Life Spirit.
"Heh, I'm not like you. I will soon break free. You'll never know what methods I have, and all your tricks are already known to me. They can't affect me in the slightest."
"Even if your people know where you're trapped, what can they do? With their strength, they can't even guide your true spirit back to your body. How can you expect them to save you?"
The Eternal Life Spirit continued to sneer, utterly unconcerned.
Ling Yuling seemed unperturbed, her tone unchanged. "Oh, are you so sure I have no other means? All these years, you've been unable to do anything to me."
Though she spoke this way, she was still somewhat worried, unsure of what methods the Eternal Life Spirit had to be so confident.
She wanted to probe further, to see if she could glean any information from the Eternal Life Spirit.
After all, the Eternal Life Spirit still didn't know that she and her sister, Ling Yuxian, shared a special connection.
It wasn't through some method that she had left clues to guide her sister here. This was her only chance to relay a message to Ling Yuxian and allow her to prepare in advance.
"Heh, at this point, you're still trying to trick me into revealing information. But what does it matter if I tell you? You've already lost. I can feel that presence approaching."
"The Jing Clan you entrusted with your instructions has long been under my control. They are my pawns, my nourishment. When I break free, they will all become my sustenance, allowing me to recover to a state far beyond your prime."
"You have no hope left."
In the darkness, an overwhelming malice seemed to rise, accompanied by emotions of violence, greed, destruction, and fanaticism.
Ling Yuling's heart grew heavier, a suffocating sense of powerlessness pressing down on her. In her sigh, she could only try to relay this message to her sister.
"Sister…"
Ling Yuxian, sitting cross-legged in the void, suddenly heard Ling Yuling's response and was filled with joy.
However, she didn't have time to check on her sister's current state. She only heard the warning to be cautious of the Jing Clan.
Something had gone terribly wrong with the Jing Clan.
Ling Yuxian was stunned. The Jing Clan had been fine earlier—how could something have gone wrong so suddenly?
She thought of the strange disturbance she had sensed from afar earlier. It seemed something major had indeed happened with the Jing Clan.
"Could it be related to that tower I saw earlier? Are the Jing Clan trying to open it?"
But now, she had no time to worry about that. "Sister, where exactly are you? I will find a way to bring you back."
Ling Yuxian quickly responded to Ling Yuling's message, gritting her teeth. At the same time, she instructed the elders of the Imperial Immortal Palace to assist her, lending her their strength, regardless of whether her body and soul could withstand it.
Several Ancestral Dao Realm elders from the Imperial Immortal Palace who had accompanied her wore grave expressions.
They wanted to help Ling Yuxian but didn't know the ancient guiding technique she was using.
Moreover, they had no blood connection with the founder of the Imperial Immortal Palace and couldn't sense her location. For now, they could only do their best to protect Ling Yuxian.
If they lent their power to Ling Yuxian, even just one percent of it, it would be enough to overwhelm her current body and soul, reducing her to ashes.
"You're insane. If this continues, your body won't be able to withstand it, and your soul will shatter. You risk complete annihilation."
In the depths of the darkness, Ling Yuling's scattered true spirit sensed this and was horrified, feeling that Ling Yuxian had gone mad.
The Eternal Life Spirit also hadn't expected Ling Yuxian to risk her life so recklessly.
Despite only having the strength of a Quasi-Immortal Emperor, she dared to borrow the power of several Dao Realm existences.
"Heh, what a fearless fool. But this is still a waste of time and effort."
It sneered, completely unconcerned.
Ling Yuling's heart grew even heavier.
Even though Ling Yuxian had resorted to such extreme measures, the Eternal Life Spirit remained unshaken, clearly confident of its victory.
Ling Yuxian ignored her sister's message.
She sat cross-legged in the void, radiant light and chaotic energy swirling around her, her entire body glowing.
Her cheekbones became translucent, her soul blazing brightly, with traces of eternal life energy spreading, as if it might leave her body at any moment.
The surrounding elders of the Imperial Immortal Palace, their expressions solemn, sent beams of divine light converging onto Ling Yuxian.
A vast and surging power gathered here, causing her aura to rise and transform, the phenomena around her becoming even more astonishing.