# Chapter 1672: Cracks
Advances in the Profound Way always change the aura of one's profound force.
And every advance in the Great Dao Pagoda Art changes the aura of one's life force.
Back then, at the Zhou Tian God-Sealing Platform, after Yun Che endured the ninefold heavenly tribulation and stepped into the fifth realm of the Great Dao Pagoda Art, no matter how much he subsequently meditated and comprehended, he made no further progress.
But this time, the manifestation of True God power had invisibly cleaved open yet another Pagoda gate for him.
Coupled with his Dragon God bloodline and Dragon God's Marrow, his current physical strength had already surpassed that of Tianlang Xisu back then!
Added to the Light Profound Force he had inherited, the speed of his bodily self-healing and profound energy recovery had reached a level that no one else could match or even comprehend.
And the flash of True God power brought far more than just that.
When boundaries were broken, he also inadvertently and intangibly touched upon a deeper "Void."
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"Little Che, wake up! Time to get up!"
"Mmm... it's still so early, let me sleep a bit more."
"Today is your wedding day with Miss Situ! The hour is almost upon us, get up quickly!"
...
"Little Che, this is the congee I just made. Your body is weak, and the morning is so long... you need to drink it all."
"Alright, alright."
"Ah... you don't have to be so eager, there's still some time."
"Whew... all finished. In the future, I don't know if I'll still get to eat Little Aunt's cooking often."
"Hehe, you're marrying the City Lord's daughter and bringing her home, not marrying into her family. As long as you want, I'll still cook for you every day like before... But Little Che, after you start a family, you'll definitely have less time for me."
"How could that be! I just promised Little Aunt yesterday: after marrying Situ Xuan, I can't have a wife and forget Little Aunt. I can't reduce the time I spend with Little Aunt, and I must still come running whenever Little Aunt calls, just like before!"
"Hehe, at least you're obedient!"
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"Yuanba, why are you up so early?"
"Hehe! Today is your wedding day, so of course I have to come help... Actually, there's some good news. My father invited a friend the day before yesterday who serves as a mentor at the New Moon Mystic Palace. He originally wanted to use him to get me into the New Moon Mystic Palace, but unexpectedly, that senior mentor said that with my talent, I could directly enter the Cangfeng Mystic Palace."
"Oh! That's great! This is a joy for our entire Liuyun City!"
"Hehehe... I've been so excited I haven't slept well for two days. Once I enter the Cangfeng Mystic Palace and get stronger and stronger, let's see who still dares to bully you!"
"This matter is still a secret for now. Father said we need to keep it quiet for the time being to avoid complications. Only you know about it now... Oh, right, speaking of which, over the past two years, I've heard a lot of bad rumors. They all say that City Lord Situ will definitely cancel the engagement and betroth Situ Xuan to Xiao Yulong, the son of your Xiao Sect's sect master. Hearing those rumors made me really angry, and I didn't dare tell you. But now, those rumors have collapsed on their own."
"Every wind has its cause. But it's fine, I'm used to it by now. A waste like me, having a friend like you and being able to marry the City Lord's daughter—that's already a gift from the heavens."
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"Che'er, your marriage to the City Lord's daughter was also sealed that day. City Lord Situ was grateful to Ying'er for saving his daughter, so he immediately swore brotherhood with Ying'er on the spot, and declared before everyone that his daughter would only marry Xiao Ying's son in the future, as a way to repay heaven's favor for the rest of his life."
"Because of that rescue, Ying'er's profound energy was greatly depleted and his vitality severely damaged. But during that time, he suddenly encountered some villains... and was murdered by their hands."
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His consciousness had clearly awakened, yet for some reason he couldn't wake up... Instead, one voice after another clamored chaotically within his mind.
These voices were clearly familiar, yet they carried a strange sense of unfamiliarity.
They clearly resounded within his mind, yet they also seemed so distant that he could never reach them.
His hazy consciousness told him that these familiar yet strange, near yet distant voices—he wasn't hearing them for the first time. They had rung out in his dreams before.
Those absurd dreams... In those dreams, Xia Yuanba had a stature similar to his own, a thin frame, handsome features, and an astonishingly remarkable profound way talent.
In those dreams, the woman he was to marry wasn't Xia Qingyue, but Situ Xuan, the daughter of the Liuyun City Lord.
Even the baby girl that Xiao Ying had saved back then was Situ Xuan.
In those dreams, Xia Yuanba envied him for having a Little Aunt by his side who would never let him be lonely, because he had no siblings.
Why were these absurd dreams appearing again... and all at once...
Yun Che's consciousness began to struggle, desperately trying to wake up. Suddenly, without any warning, the ocean of his consciousness plummeted into a violently distorted expanse of pale whiteness.
Within the distorted whiteness, fragmented voices echoed...
"Do you (I) truly wish to do this?"
"Do you (I) know... how many long years... how many cycles of reincarnation... it took to finally have a 'complete' you..."
"If all of this... if the source power is given to him... you (I) will no longer be able to truly exist in this world..."
"He... is ultimately just a mortal..."
"Fine... as you (I) wish... After all, your (my) will is my (your) will."
"His frail body cannot bear my (your) power, nor can I (you) bestow it upon him. What can be given is only the [Sacred Body] forged from the Void Law, which can accommodate all power in heaven and earth..."
"Isn't that enough?"
"No... Fate is the thing in this world that cannot be interfered with."
"Even I (you) cannot do so."
"Fine... if you (I) insist on this..."
"Even the slightest alteration to fate will involve changes to the entire world's causality. The consequences are something no one, not even you (I), can predict or control."
"The last remnants of source power may be enough to complete one causal correction..."
"But it will take a very long time... perhaps a few years, perhaps decades..."
"During this time, I (you) will stop this world's time wheel... except for that world to which he is about to be sent, allowing him to complete the fusion with the source power."
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"Uh!"
Yun Che's eyes snapped open, and he turned over to sit up sharply.
The fragmented voices that had been clamoring chaotically in his mind rapidly blurred and faded from his consciousness. He concentrated, trying to retain and remember them, but they grew fainter and farther... until finally, they vanished completely from his memory.
He couldn't recall a single word.
"Finally awake."
Yun Che looked up. Before him, Qianye Ying'er was leaning far back against the wall, her arms crossed over her chest, her cold eyes fixed on him.
Shaking his head, Yun Che immediately sensed the tremendous changes in his body.
The flow of his life force, the circulation of his blood, the rhythm of his breathing, his perception of heaven and earth... everything had changed.
He delved his consciousness inward... The Pagoda Tower that had been silent for so long had now astonishingly turned pure gold.
The Great Dao Pagoda Art had advanced again, abruptly. And he clearly felt that the magnitude of change brought by this advance far surpassed any previous one.
Mo Li had once told him that with twelve levels of the Great Dao Pagoda Art, a mortal body could only cultivate up to the sixth level at most. Beyond that lay a divine realm forever unreachable.
He raised his arm, silently sensing the changes in his body. With his once-again transformed physique, activating Yama King would no longer require enduring the burden that always brought damage, and he should be able to maintain it for a considerable length of time.
Once he achieved the Divine Lord Realm in the future, maintaining Yama King in a normal state would definitely not be impossible.
Bang!
A muffled explosion of profound energy, and most of the newly changed outer garment on Yun Che's body burst apart.
He furrowed his brow, then suddenly looked up at Qianye Ying'er. "Set up a barrier. Don't let anyone approach."
"..." Her arms tightened slightly across her chest. Qianye Ying'er snorted coldly. "There are two demonesses just outside. You'd better restrain yourself!"
"I'm about to break through. Guard me!"
With those words, Yun Che quickly drew his arms back, focused his mind, and began to guide the chaotic, surging profound energy that was on the verge of breakthrough circulating through his body.
Qianye Ying'er was stunned for a long moment, then quickly rose, waved her arm to erect a barrier, and simultaneously sent a sound transmission to Chi Wuyue, blocking anyone from approaching or even any sound.
Every minor realm breakthrough of Yun Che's was vastly different from that of ordinary profound practitioners.
A breakthrough within the Divine Sovereign Realm was normally a lengthy, quiet process of massive quantitative change and minor qualitative change. But for Yun Che's minor realm breakthroughs within the Divine Sovereign Realm, the circulation of his profound energy was like a raging sea in a storm, nearly reaching a level that could easily destroy a normal profound vein.
His previous few breakthroughs within the Divine Sovereign Realm had all been accomplished inside the Primordial Mystic Ark. This time, being in the Jiehun Sacred Domain actually made him feel much more at ease.
Within the barrier, Qianye Ying'er silently watched Yun Che's breakthrough. The violent currents of air tossed her golden hair and stirred her skirt and sash. Only her eyes never wavered, not even once.
Even she was beginning to feel... that she had indeed changed.
Changed into a form that the former her would never have believed or accepted... one she had most disdained and despised.
And she knew very well that the one silently driving this change, or rather allowing her to gradually see and accept all of this, was not herself—it was Chi Wuyue.
Chi Wuyue's earlier words, every single one of them strange and eerie, had echoed countless times in her mind these past few days.
Half an hour later, with one final muffled explosion, the storm around Yun Che suddenly ceased.
His eyes opened, and a divine radiance deeper than before shot from his pupils.
The aura of the Divine Sovereign Realm, Level 8, silently emanated from his body.
Combined with the advance of the Great Dao Pagoda Art, even though it was just the crossing of a single minor realm, the increase in his overall combat strength was far beyond what ordinary people could imagine.
He had used the source power of the Annihilating Four Star Gods to activate two breaths of "Divine Ashes," expecting severe consequences. Instead, it had allowed him to swallow and shatter barriers.
However, there was no excitement or joy in his opened eyes.
After all, to him, this was merely another step—a destined, necessary step—on the path of revenge.
"Finished?" Qianye Ying'er lightly turned her waist and flipped her golden hair back... These unconscious movements had never occurred in front of Yun Che before.
"You didn't end up half-crippled or dead, and instead it helped you break through. Hmph! Your life is certainly incredibly stubborn!"
With a cold final remark, Qianye Ying'er opened her fingers, preparing to dispel the barrier.
But Yun Che suddenly reached out, stopping her action, and asked, "How is Fenyue Realm?"
Qianye Ying'er replied, "Aside from Fen Daojun and Fen Daocang, whom you killed, the other Moon Devourers and Burning Moon Divine Envoys have all submitted. Fenyue Royal City has also fallen under the demonesses' control."
"All of them!?" Yun Che's brows sank heavily.
"You've seen Chi Wuyue's methods before. You're not unfamiliar with them," Qianye Ying'er glanced at him. "Those Moon Devourers were already scared out of their wits by you. Her demon voice plunders souls and bewitches hearts. With just a few words, every single one struck at their vital points. She completely rode on your momentum to take control of Fenyue without shedding a single drop of blood."
"But isn't that good? An incredibly smooth major step."
"..." Yun Che fell silent, his expression extremely ugly.
"What? You think Chi Wuyue is too terrifying a woman?" Qianye Ying'er said.
Yun Che was speechless, which was as good as an admission.
In his mind, every event, every scene, even every word from the moment he had stepped into Fenyue Realm rapidly replayed. His brows gradually knitted tighter and tighter.
"If she weren't smart enough, how could she be worthy of cooperating with us?" Qianye Ying'er said. "Besides, no matter how superb her schemes and means, she must rely heavily on us. At least for now, when we share a common goal and have no conflict of interest, you don't need to worry too much."
Yun Che lifted his eyes, frowning, and looked slowly into Qianye Ying'er's eyes. "You're speaking up for her."
"..." Qianye Ying'er was stunned for a moment, then a trace of complexity appeared in her eyes. "It does seem that way. Are you thinking... that even I have been soul-plundered and heart-bewitched by her?"
Yun Che fell silent again. After a long while, he extended his arm. As his five fingers opened, a pure, soothing light to the extreme spread within the barrier. In just an instant, it was as if the entire world had undergone a strange qualitative change because of it.
It was the Primordial World Pill!
Back in the Tai Chu Divine Realm, after fusing the Primeval Divine Marrow and the Tai Chu Divine Fruit, He Ling had jointly refined two Primordial World Pills.
One had been refined by Qianye Ying'er, allowing her to advance by leaps and bounds within half a year and achieve the Eighth-rank Divine Lord Realm.
And the other was one that Yun Che had planned to take after he himself reached the Divine Lord Realm.
But now, he was taking it out prematurely... and offering it to Qianye Ying'er.
"Take it."
The Primordial World Pill—the highest-level mysterious pill known to the current world, a miraculous item that even God Emperors dared not hope for. Yet, facing this second Primordial World Pill, Qianye Ying'er's golden brows furrowed, and her voice turned colder. "What does this mean? Guilt? Compensation? Pity?"
"No," Yun Che said slowly. "What happened this time gave me a sense of crisis. Chi Wuyue does rely heavily on my Dark Eternal Calamity, but... in terms of raw power, we are still far too far apart from her."
"And only your power is truly... completely mine."