"If that's the case, then just wait to call me Grandpa!" Yang Kai laughed heartily. As he spoke, his figure flickered, and he had already arrived behind the spatial rift closest to the Heavenly Infant Grass.
This rift was less than twenty zhang from where the Heavenly Infant Grass grew.
Once Yang Kai steadied himself, Xu Wei and Purple Dragon, father and son, both fixed their gazes on him, wearing expressions of amusement as they watched his movements.
No one believed Yang Kai could succeed.
Standing in place and pondering for a moment, Yang Kai then reached out and flicked a Golden Blood Thread.
He had never tested just how terrifying the Seven Luminaries Treasure Light's power truly was. He had only heard Ni Guang say that it was extremely dangerous, so he didn't know whether his Golden Blood Thread would be of any use.
A golden glow appeared, and under Yang Kai's careful control, the Golden Blood Thread slowly probed into the Seven Luminaries Treasure Light.
But in the next instant, Yang Kai's expression shifted slightly.
The moment the tip of the Golden Blood Thread made the slightest contact with the Seven Luminaries Treasure Light, a hissing sound rang out. Under the Seven Luminaries Treasure Light's influence, the tip of the Golden Blood Thread was directly corroded clean.
That wasn't even the end of it—the corrosive force traveled along the Golden Blood Thread, surging toward Yang Kai at breakneck speed.
Yang Kai was startled. He hurriedly released his grip and flung the Golden Blood Thread away. Before it even hit the ground, the entire Golden Blood Thread had been corroded clean, vanishing without a trace.
Yang Kai couldn't help but show a look of horror.
The terrifying might of the Seven Luminaries Treasure Light truly lived up to its reputation.
The Golden Blood Thread was refined from his own golden blood. Since its creation, not a single strand had ever been damaged—yet now, under the corrosion of the Seven Luminaries Treasure Light, it disintegrated in an instant.
The Seven Luminaries Treasure Light ignored all defenses. It not only possessed the ability to corrode flesh and blood but also had the power to annihilate the divine soul. The Golden Blood Thread's properties happened to be completely countered by it.
From the looks of it, any living creature of flesh and blood, once tainted by the Seven Luminaries Treasure Light, would suffer devastating consequences.
On the other side, Xu Wei and Purple Dragon, who had been watching Yang Kai's movements, were also secretly alarmed.
This was the first time they had witnessed the power of the Seven Luminaries Treasure Light. The two Void King Realm experts privately admitted that if they were careless enough to be touched by this treasure light, they would be in serious trouble as well.
But soon, Xu Wei began to mock loudly: "Kid, you don't seem to have much ability, do you? That's it? Go on, keep going!"
Yang Kai glanced at him and let out a cold laugh.
The reason he had flicked the Golden Blood Thread was primarily to test whether the Seven Luminaries Treasure Light's power was truly as fearsome as the rumors claimed. Now that he had his answer, there was no need to continue experimenting.
As for how to harvest that stalk of Heavenly Infant Grass, he already had a plan. No matter what, the Heavenly Infant Grass was enormously valuable. Yang Kai wasn't about to let it go, and he certainly wasn't going to let Xu Wei and Purple Dragon get their hands on it.
Ignoring Xu Wei's mockery, he simply sat cross-legged on the ground.
Then, with a wave of his hand, a stone figure that gleamed golden and looked rather dull-witted suddenly appeared before Yang Kai.
Stone Puppet Number Two!
Stone Puppet Number Two was Yang Kai's dharma body. Back when it was born within the Lingxiao Sect, it had been innately lacking in spiritual intelligence. Although it survived, it possessed no consciousness of its own and could not move independently—it was the simple-minded fool of the Stone Puppet race. So Yang Kai had taken it as his dharma body.
Because Yang Kai had infused it with a considerable amount of golden blood at the time of its birth, it appeared brilliantly golden, somewhat different from the other stone puppet, Xiao Xiao.
For the longest time, this dharma body hadn't been of much use. When battling enemies, Yang Kai already had Liuyan the Fire Bird and Xiao Xiao as two great helpers, so the dharma body had always been kept in reserve.
But now was the perfect time to put it to use.
Yang Kai didn't dare rashly release Xiao Xiao—after all, Xiao Xiao was one of his major assets. If something happened to it within the Seven Luminaries Treasure Light, the loss would be too great.
The Stone Puppet race was not of flesh and blood, so they shouldn't fear the Seven Luminaries Treasure Light. Moreover, this one was innately lacking in spiritual intelligence, so it didn't need to fear the light's power to annihilate the divine soul. The only thing Yang Kai needed to worry about was his own split soul fragment.
For the dharma body Stone Puppet to move, Yang Kai had to pour the split soul fragment he had been nurturing in his Sea of Consciousness into the dharma body's interior. Only then could he control it to move.
The question was whether the Seven Luminaries Treasure Light would penetrate through the dharma body's frame and cause damage to his split soul fragment.
But this was something he could only find out by trying. Having made up his mind, Yang Kai reached out and tapped the dharma body's head.
The split soul fragment that had been nurturing in his Sea of Consciousness was instantly channeled into the dharma body. The originally dull eyes of the Stone Puppet suddenly became lively and alert.
And Yang Kai himself, at that moment, felt as though he had split in two. He not only possessed his own field of vision and perception but also had the dharma body's field of vision and perception. At that moment, the dharma body also developed a sensation of bloodline connection with his true self—it was truly wondrous.
Controlling the dharma body, Yang Kai stood in place and moved its limbs slightly, adjusting to the heavy frame.
"What is this?" On the other side, Purple Donglai's face showed a look of astonishment as he stared blankly at the gleaming golden Stone Puppet, utterly confused.
He had never seen such a peculiar existence before. The stone figure didn't appear to be some lifeless puppet or construct—rather, it seemed to possess its own life, remarkably extraordinary.