After pondering for a long time, Yang Kai still couldn't find any answers. With no other choice, he decided to let it go for now—finding the supreme-grade Open Heaven Pill was the priority. He could always come back to figure this out later if the opportunity arose.
But before he could set off, he suddenly sensed something. He turned his head to look in a certain direction, and in the next instant, he activated the Dao of Space, merging his body into the void.
A few breaths later, a figure streaked toward him from the distance at great speed, shrouded in a conspicuous aura of ink. It was clearly a Mo Clan Domain Lord. However, under Yang Kai's perception, this one appeared to be merely an Acquired Domain Lord—its aura lacked the profound density of an Innate Domain Lord.
Killing an Acquired Domain Lord like this would have been no trouble at all for Yang Kai. He was about to strike from the shadows when he noticed something in the Domain Lord's hand.
Yang Kai hesitated briefly, abandoned his plan to attack, and instead concealed his presence, tailing the Domain Lord from behind.
The reason was simple: the Domain Lord was carrying a small Ink Nest, and judging by its hurried pace, it was clearly in a rush to get somewhere.
Having dealt with the Mo Clan for so many years, Yang Kai recognized at a glance that the small Ink Nest was specifically designed for sending messages. Back outside No Return Pass, when the Innate Domain Lords had surrounded and tried to kill him, they had used exactly this kind of small Ink Nest to coordinate.
Of course, Ink Nests were not limited to communication—willing to invest enough resources, one could even incubate them into a full-fledged Ink Nest.
Carrying a communication Ink Nest while moving with such urgency, it wasn't hard to deduce that this Domain Lord had already made contact with its kin and was using the Nest's guidance to rush toward a rendezvous.
Killing one was nowhere near as good as wiping out the entire group—that was the reason Yang Kai held back his killing intent.
What Yang Kai hadn't expected was that the communication function of these small Ink Nests actually worked inside the Qiankun Furnace too. The Domain Lord he had killed together with Liao Zheng earlier, on the other hand, hadn't carried a small Ink Nest.
After a brief moment of contemplation, Yang Kai understood.
The Mo Clan knew nothing about the Qiankun Furnace, so they naturally hadn't prepared thoroughly. This Domain Lord had an Ink Nest simply because it had been carrying one all along.
As he tracked the Domain Lord, it remained completely unaware of the powerful figure following behind. After all, the gap in their strength was enormous, and the Dao of Space was supremely mysterious. With Yang Kai deliberately concealing himself, how could an Acquired Domain Lord possibly detect him?
Following behind the Domain Lord, Yang Kai moved in stealth with patience, speculating about what might lie ahead.
A Domain Lord rushing like this after being called by its companions meant either they had found something valuable or had run into a conflict with the Human Race. Either way, the situation was unfavorable to the humans.
By following them in secret, Yang Kai might be able to relieve whatever danger the Human Race was facing.
He had thought that was all there was to it, but when the Sun-Moon Mark on the back of his hand suddenly transmitted a faint pulse of resonance, Yang Kai's mind shook violently!
Having witnessed the birth of those nine supreme-grade Open Heaven Pills with his own eyes, only to miss out on them—it was impossible not to feel frustrated.
Although he had branded marks inside them, so much time had passed without any response that Yang Kai had almost begun to suspect the marks he'd left behind had faded away.
Never had he expected that under such a fortunate coincidence, a resonance would finally emerge!
Suppressing the wild joy in his heart, he focused carefully on the sensation. The direction from which it emanated was none other than the path this Domain Lord was heading. Could it be that the Mo Clan had found one of the supreme-grade Open Heaven Pills?
And which faction were they fighting against for it?
He couldn't know yet, but once he arrived, the truth would reveal itself.
After traveling an unknown distance, the sounds of battle suddenly reached him from ahead—and they were considerable.
Straining his eyes to their fullest, Yang Kai gazed ahead, and the sight that met his gaze gave him a brief pause.
The vast expanse of void was filled with countless peculiar entities, large and small, resembling jellyfish from the sea. They radiated a kaleidoscope of multicolored light that flickered between bright and dim, their very forms constantly shifting between solid and intangible. The sight was extremely bizarre.
Amid this swarm of jellyfish-like creatures, several figures were scattered about—some clashing, others dodging and weaving.
There were no Human Race members among them.
However, there was a member of the Monster Race.
The Monster Race creature had a sleek, fluid form about two zhang in length, covered in bright leopard-like markings that flashed like patches of lightning. It shifted between leaving afterimages and revealing its true body.
By itself alone, it was holding its own against several Mo Clan Domain Lords.
Thunder Shadow Great Emperor!
Yang Kai truly hadn't expected to encounter his demon beast avatar here. Honestly, ever since the avatar had ascended to Great Emperor in the Myriad Beast World and he had personally gone to provide protection during its breakthrough, he hadn't paid it much attention afterward.
There had been no need to pay further attention. Blessed with the fortune of a Great Emperor, the demon beast avatar's cultivation in the Myriad Beast World was destined to go smoothly.
Judging by the current situation, that was indeed the case. The avatar's cultivation was now roughly equivalent to the peak of the Eighth Order for a human. Although it had tempered its inner core using the ancient method, much like Fang Tianci back in the day, it was constrained by the limitations of its true body—its current level was the absolute limit of its potential, with no room for further breakthroughs.