That said, Blood Crow knew his own limits. If the two of them fought one-on-one, there was only one possible outcome.
Which was that he would be devoured clean by Wu Kuang, reduced to nothing but withered bones!
The Grand Meridian Indestructible Blood Illumination Scripture was inferior to the Heaven Devouring Battle Law when it came to devouring and refining.
Nowadays, both Wu Kuang and Blood Crow served under Grand Meridian Pass, and the two of them were Commander Feng Ying's right-hand men!
Wu Kuang's appearance in the Void Domain had been pure coincidence. Back in the day, he had offended one of Withered Flame Divine Lord's people and was personally hunted down by the Divine Lord himself. With no other option, he had fled to the Broken Ruins, hoping to use their treacherous terrain to shake off Withered Flame.
He was a clever man—this approach was exactly the same as what Yang Kai had done back then.
Breaking into the Broken Ruins, falling into the Sea of Divine Abilities—but his luck was better than Yang Kai's.
Yang Kai had assumed Wu Kuang was trapped in the Sea of Divine Abilities, which was why he hadn't shown his face for two hundred years. In reality, it had taken him just a single year to escape the Sea of Divine Abilities, and by sheer coincidence, he had stumbled into the Sacred Spirit Ancestral Ground.
He had no idea it was the Sacred Spirit Ancestral Ground—thinking he had merely fallen into some unknown secret realm, he was just about to search for opportunities when he happened upon a Golden Rooster.
That Golden Rooster had lived in the Sacred Spirit Ancestral Ground its entire life, innocent and naive to the world's dangers. Upon spotting this stranger Wu Kuang, it approached with eager curiosity.
Wu Kuang was the very definition of lawless and untamed. Seeing that this Golden Rooster appeared to possess Sacred Spirit bloodline—and was one that hadn't yet fully matured—his mind immediately began to race.
In his lifetime, he had refined countless beings, but never a Sacred Spirit. If he could refine the power of a Sacred Spirit, it might well drastically boost his strength.
No sooner had he made up his mind than he activated the Heaven Devouring Battle Law to refine the Golden Rooster. But the moment he made his move, an even larger Golden Rooster appeared!
Only then did Wu Kuang realize that the little Golden Rooster had been backed by its elder—and that elder was comparable to a peak Eighth-Order human cultivator!
Another desperate flight ensued. Had his commotion not alerted Shan Qingluo, who was cultivating nearby, Wu Kuang would likely have met his end right there.
When the two came face to face, both were utterly astonished. Neither had expected to run into the other in a place like this.
Thanks to Shan Qingluo's mediation, and with Wu Kuang swallowing his pride to offer a sincere apology, Mie Meng learned that this fellow was actually an old friend of Yang Kai's. Since her child hadn't suffered any real harm, the matter was dropped.
Before leaving, however, she warned Wu Kuang that if he ever dared come near her child again, she would show no mercy.
Wu Kuang, of course, nodded meekly in agreement...
Through his conversation with Shan Qingluo, Wu Kuang learned that this was the Sacred Spirit Ancestral Ground. Not only was Shan Qingluo here, but Su Yan, Zhu Qing, and everyone else who possessed Sacred Spirit bloodline had been cultivating here for several hundred years.
The Sacred Spirit Ancestral Ground was not a place where ordinary people could stay. Just as Shan Qingluo had gathered Su Yan and the others to discuss sending Wu Kuang out, the Ink Clan conquered No Return Pass and broke into the Void Domain.
The Dragon and Phoenix Clans sent word, summoning the Sacred Spirits from the Ancestral Ground to aid them in the Void Domain.
Upon receiving the news, led by the Four Phoenix Pavilion and the Kun Clan, the Sacred Spirits hurried to No Return Pass. Wu Kuang, sensing there would be excitement to be had, eagerly tagged along.
He didn't dare return to the Broken Sky anytime soon anyway, so he might as well join the fray at the Void Domain battlefield.
Because of their connection to Yang Kai, the Sacred Spirits who had emerged from the Ancestral Ground aside, the others—including Su Yan, Shan Qingluo, Liu Yan, and Jiu Feng—were all incorporated into Grand Meridian Pass, serving under Ancestor Xiaoxiao's command.
Once on the Void Domain battlefield, Wu Kuang thrived like a fish in water, liberated and unstoppable. Here, he could deploy the Heaven Devouring Battle Law without restraint, and no one called for his head anymore. His cultivation grew with each passing day.
He felt as though he had been born for precisely this kind of battlefield. The Ink power that countless humans feared was, to him, simply the finest nourishment imaginable.
Here, he had even struck up a bond of mutual appreciation with Blood Crow, who practiced the Grand Meridian Indestructible Blood Illumination Scripture. Blood Crow looked after him at every turn—a truly heartwarming sight.
...
Little did Yang Kai know just how colorful Wu Kuang's adventures had been. Having finished his instructions to the senior and junior disciples of Celestial Network Palace, he handed them a generous supply of Ink Purging Pills, informing them that if anyone was corrupted by Ink power, they could take one of these pills before the corruption fully transformed them into Ink Disciples, and it would purge the Ink power from their bodies.
That woman had experienced Ink corruption firsthand and understood the value of these pills all too well. She accepted them gratefully, and together with her senior brother, vowed that they would not fail Yang Kai's trust and would carry out his instructions to the letter.
Only then did Yang Kai vanish and depart.
"Not heading to the Void Domain?" Ji Lao San noticed that Yang Kai was heading in the wrong direction and hurriedly asked.
Yang Kai shook his head. "Something has changed in the Broken Sky. Ink Disciples have appeared here now, and I need to track down their movements and origins. Brother Ji, there's something I need to trouble you with."
"Go ahead."
"Please make a trip to the Void Domain and inform them about the Ink Disciples appearing in the Broken Sky. Also, ask the Ancestors there whether any Royal Lord has activated the Royal Lord's secret technique, or whether any Eighth-Order Open Heaven cultivators have been Ink-corrupted. If either is the case, then the Void Domain and the Broken Sky may already be connected. Have the Ancestors locate that connection point and find a way to seal it. The Phoenix Clan's Phoenix Queen has the ability to do so!"
Ji Lao San understood the gravity of the situation and nodded immediately. "Understood. I'll head to the Void Domain right away."
"Additionally, have them send some personnel to the Broken Sky to seal its gateway."