Although it was covered in cracks, this mysterious egg still hadn't hatched. The strange vortex inside the egg kept absorbing the power of the laws, without any sign of stopping.
"This thing is really greedy!" Nie Li said in frustration. It had absorbed so much power of the laws and still hadn't hatched.
"The power of the laws you possess is not yet enough to hatch it," the Goddess Yuyan shook her head. An egg that hadn't even hatched yet had absorbed this much power of the laws and it still wasn't sufficient — this egg was truly extraordinary.
Although he hadn't managed to fully hatch the egg, Nie Li could faintly feel the heartbeat pulsing inside. The more power of the laws he fed into it, the stronger the heartbeat became, and the connection between Nie Li and the creature inside grew ever tighter.
It seemed he needed to slow down. Trying to hatch this egg all at once was no easy feat.
Although the Goddess Yuyan could provide an abundant supply of power of the laws, Nie Li still decided to hatch it himself. After all, his own power of the laws could establish a bond with the creature inside.
Just as Nie Li was studying the patterns on the egg, Patriarch
"Patriarch Ye Yan, where did you fly off to? I haven't seen you for so long!" Nie Li looked at Patriarch Ye Yan and said. "While you were away, the
"When those people from the Witch Ghost family attacked the City of Radiance, I watched the whole thing. Those from the Witch Ghost family couldn't handle the City of Radiance. During this time I also explored the Nether Domain world and learned some news. Nie Li, would you like to hear it?" Patriarch Ye Yan said deliberately being mysterious.
"What news?" Nie Li asked.
"Spit it out already — no one has time to sit around chatting with you," the Goddess Yuyan said with a slight frown.
"Little girl, you need to be patient when listening to others speak. I've lived for over a thousand years at the very least. You should show some respect to your elders, understand?" Patriarch Ye Yan said. He glanced at Yuyan — her body was rather small, and he wasn't sure why. It was one thing for Nie Li to not respect this old man of his, but this little girl also had no patience for him — absolutely intolerable. "Nie Li, where did you kidnap this little girl from?"
Hearing Patriarch Ye Yan's words, Nie Li's expression turned odd. He glanced at the Goddess Yuyan, whose face had darkened somewhat, and said, "Patriarch Ye Yan, I forgot to introduce you. This is the Goddess Yuyan. Her divine shatter and her physical body was destroyed, so she had to start reforming her divine body from scratch. That's why she's become this small — she only has cultivation at the Legendary level now. At her peak, she was a Spirit God who transcended the Legendary realm! Also, I forgot to mention — she's already lived for hundreds of thousands of years..."
"Ahem, ahem." Patriarch Ye Yan immediately broke into awkward coughing and glared at Nie Li. "Why didn't you say so earlier?"
Having lived a thousand years — when measured against someone who had lived hundreds of thousands of years, that was practically an infant. He had actually called the other party "little girl." Patriarch Ye Yan was mortified. He had no idea how Nie Li had managed to pull off something like recruiting a Spirit God.
Patriarch Ye Yan actually knew a thing or two about Spirit Gods. They were beings that only appeared in legends and myths, and whether they truly existed — no one knew for certain. But what he did know was that the City of Radiance held a shattered divine fragment of the Wind Snow Spirit God, an incredibly powerful treasure.
"Let's just get on with it," the Goddess Yuyan waved her hand, having no interest in continuing a debate about who was older.
Patriarch Ye Yan's expression turned serious as he said earnestly, "The Nether Domain Overlord is preparing to take on a disciple. If one becomes the Nether Domain Overlord's disciple, there will be an opportunity to become the master of the Nether City and obtain the Nether Domain Overlord's inheritance. Sub-god-tier powerhouses from every family have gone to participate, including three sub-god-tier experts from the Witch Ghost family. So for the next half year or so, the Witch Ghost family probably won't make a move against the City of Radiance. After all, compared to the City of Radiance, the Nether Domain Overlord's inheritance is a far greater temptation!"
"The Nether Domain Overlord's inheritance?" Nie Li furrowed his brow slightly and thought for a moment. "How does one become the Nether Domain Overlord's disciple?"
"I hear that you first need to reach the highest level of the Ninefold Death Ground. That's where you can meet the Nether Domain Overlord," Patriarch Ye Yan said. "I've heard that throughout the entire Nether Domain, every powerhouse at the Black Gold rank and above has headed to the Ninefold Death Ground — even including the
Even the Dark Guild's Demon Lord had left seclusion to go — that showed just how seriously they took this matter.
"As long as you've reached the Black Gold rank, you can go. We could give it a try," Nie Li thought for a moment.
"Nie Li, kid, you really want to go?" Patriarch Ye Yan looked at Nie Li.
"Isn't that exactly why you told me this news?" Nie Li shot Patriarch Ye Yan a look. After thinking it over carefully, no matter what level of powerhouse the Nether Domain Overlord was, going to meet him couldn't hurt.
Having been seen through by Nie Li, Patriarch Ye Yan could only smile awkwardly and say, "The Nether Domain Overlord won't just take in those with raw strength — he'll certainly seek out those with exceptional talent. In that regard, I believe in you! Once you become the Nether Domain Overlord's disciple, who would dare touch the City of Radiance in the future?"
Hearing Patriarch Ye Yan's words, Nie Li nodded. This was indeed a viable path forward.
The Goddess Yuyan pondered for a moment. Although the Nether Domain Overlord was an exceedingly mysterious Spirit God whose true background no one knew, one thing was certain — the Nether Domain Overlord had once, as a member of the human race, taken action against the Demon Beast clan's Spirit God.