# Chapter 2095: The Chilling Eternal Night
"She won't find it."
The Dragon Lord's aged voice carried certainty: "I happened to hear that a Divine Official of the Immortal Spirits above the Pure Land once sent his Abyss Knights to search everywhere for Primordial Flame Crystals because his divine body was unwell. Tens of thousands of years passed without any success, and he had to find another way."
"Such ephemeral things should have already gone extinct. Even a Divine Official of the Immortal Spirits could not obtain one, let alone Long Xi..."
He thought of the Qilin Bone Spirit Orchid that Long Xi had recently found, and thought of how she had miraculously already found four of the so-called Five Spirit Supreme Treasures. Still, he instructed: "We must still guard against the unexpected. Chixin, keep a very close watch on her. If a Primordial Flame Crystal really does appear..."
"Rest assured, Dragon Lord. I understand."
BOOM!
The air above the Ancestral Dragon Mountain Range suddenly churned, and the space trembled slightly.
The Dragon Lord and Long Chixin both raised their heads. Long Chixin said in surprise: "This is... a breakthrough to the Demigod realm! Wait... this aura..."
"It's Long Xi." The Dragon Lord stared into the distant sky, his expression indescribably complicated.
The joy on Long Chixin's face instantly faded, replaced by an expression as complicated as the Dragon Lord's.
The Dragon Lord asked somewhat distractedly: "Chixin, in the entire history of the Ancestral Dragon lineage, has there ever been one who reached the Divine Annihilation Realm before the age of a hundred?"
"Never." Long Chixin shook his head without any hesitation.
No matter which plane, the improvement in cultivation for the Dragon Clan was far more difficult than for the human race. Yet they relied on their physical bodies, souls, and lifespans that far exceeded other races to become the honored ones among all tribes.
But in this world of the Abyss, the existence of Yuan Chen made them, as the only remaining beast clan, far weaker than the human race led by the Pure Land and the Six Divine Kingdoms.
The Dragon Lord let out a long sigh and murmured: "Long Xi has been aloof and lonely since childhood, always solitary. She has never been willing to accept even the slightest resource. And in these decades, she has had to sacrifice her essence blood every month for Wang Chu, and most of her energy has been spent searching for the 'Five Spirit Supreme Treasures' that I fabricated."
"Even so... even so... she was still able to complete her breakthrough to the Divine Annihilation Realm at the age of half a Jiazi..."
She was a miracle dragon maiden that their Ancestral Dragon lineage wouldn't even dare to dream of... yet she was unfortunately from an unknown foreign clan.
He couldn't help but marvel, couldn't help but feel sorrow, and even more couldn't help but feel panic.
Long Chixin knew what he was lamenting. In recent years, the Dragon Lord's most frequent sighs were nothing more than "If Long Xi were my descendant, I would die without regret," "If Wang Chu had even one-tenth of Long Xi's ability, I would trade my life for it"...
Long Chixin said: "Dragon Lord, in any case, this is a very good thing. Long Xi has completed a major realm breakthrough, and her dragon blood will naturally undergo mutation. The assistance she can provide to Wang Chu will definitely be much greater than before."
The Dragon Lord was silent for a long time, then nodded slightly: "That is correct. For Wang Chu, for the future of our Ancestral Dragon lineage, we must use every means to make Long Xi remain here longer. At the very least, we must wait until Wang Chu becomes a Demigod Dragon."
RUMBLE...
The storm of Profound Force raged with such intensity that it was like countless thunderclaps exploding wildly.
The breakthrough had only just begun, yet the commotion was already this enormous. Even in the Dragon Lord's exceedingly long memory, he had never seen a breakthrough of any Ancestral Dragon that could compare.
A great unease suddenly rose in his heart.
Such a terrifying, almost heretical half-human, half-dragon body... who could her parents possibly be...
This unease flashed and was quickly suppressed.
If she truly had powerful parents to rely on, why would she be willing to sacrifice her own essence blood just to exchange for a place of peace and safety?
"Perhaps there is another choice." Feeling the increasingly exaggerated phenomenon in the distance, the Dragon Lord spoke slowly.
"The audience at the Pure Land three years from now will definitely be an extremely special one."
A strange light of hope reflected in his aged dragon pupils: "The Abyss Emperor has found the spatial passage to the 'Eternal Pure Land.' In fifty years, when the power of the four Divine Officials and seven Divine Venerables is fully restored, they will be able to activate the Divine Mirror again and reopen the passage to the 'Eternal Pure Land.'"
"The Divine Mirror can only transmit a very limited number of people each time, and the audience at the Pure Land three years from now will very likely determine the first batch of people qualified to go to the Eternal Pure Land."
"Although our Dragon Clan is weak, we must secure a place. If we can send Wang Chu to the 'Eternal Pure Land'... in a world without Yuan Chen, the growth of our Dragon Clan will no longer face such cruel obstacles. Perhaps, in that world called the 'Eternal Pure Land,' as generations multiply and eras change, our Ancestral Dragon lineage will once again stand above all races and tread the peak of all living things."
Long Chixin nodded heavily: "The Dragon Lord's hopes will surely be fulfilled."
"Go to Wang Chu's side." The Dragon Lord said, "Long Xi's breakthrough will definitely greatly stimulate him."
His words were weak. He knew better than anyone what kind of scion his descendant was... yet he was the only direct junior of the Ancestral Dragon lineage.
"Especially... warn him once more: no matter what, he must not expose the matter of Long Xi's essence blood. Sigh."
Even without lies, he knew well how ugly this behavior was. Coupled with the fact that Long Xi gave true essence blood, while what bound her was always fabricated lies... even if the original intention was for the future of the Ancestral Dragon lineage, he clearly knew that if this matter were exposed, what a huge blow it would be to the reputation of his Dragon Clan.
"Chixin understands." Long Chixin accepted the order.
...
Deep within the Mist Sea.
Darkness pervaded, not a trace of light visible.
The Mist Lord's hand grasped, and immediately, the darkness scattered like a solid curtain.
The Calamity Demon Disaster was lifted, and the flow of darkness on Pan Buwang's body slowed. The erosion and suppression of Yuan Chen surged simultaneously, causing him, already exhausted, to fall to one knee, gasping desperately for breath.
"Mas...ter..."
He barely managed to cry out, but a pulling force came, yanking him fiercely toward the Mist Lord.
Pan Buwang dared not resist, watching helplessly as a hand wrapped in thick Yuan Chen grabbed his head.
BOOM—
Darkness exploded in his vision and soul sea, his entire body seeming to sink into an endless dark abyss.
He fell and drowned in the extreme darkness... until a sharp pain came, and he was thrown far away by the Mist Lord.
"Ah..." He shook his head, struggled to stand, then suddenly froze, staring blankly at his hands.
His perception of dark force had clearly become a notch clearer. Especially the dark profound light winding around his ten fingers, so docile that for a moment he couldn't believe his own spiritual sense.
The "Dark Abyss" he had just fallen into had once again remade him.
His body, which had been trying to struggle upright, knelt back down. He said hoarsely: "Thank you for the gift, Master."
"You thank me too early."
An Abyss Beast exuding the aura of Divine Annihilation came to the Mist Lord's side.
A rather large Abyss Crystal was thrown in front of Pan Buwang, and the Mist Lord's cold, deep voice followed: "You have half an hour to recover. After half an hour, this Abyss Beast of the same realm as you will attack you to the death. At this depth of the Mist Sea, you are at an absolute disadvantage in battle with it."
The Mist Lord turned around and walked away mercilessly: "At this time tomorrow, if you are dead, then you are nothing but a useless piece of trash that cannot be carved. If you are still alive, I will begin to mutate your dark profound art, so that in this world of the Abyss, no dark profound practitioner of the same realm will be your match."
"Don't disappoint me!"
Staring at the receding gray figure of the Mist Lord, Pan Buwang gritted his teeth and whispered: "Ten days ago, I would rather have died. But now... no one can block my path of revenge!"
Despair extinguishes the will to live, while hope awakens the beast within the soul... The Mist Lord knew this well.
...
Weaving Dream Divine Kingdom, Divine Son Hall.
The moment Yun Che stepped out of the cultivation space, Liu Zhanyi hurriedly greeted him: "Young Master, Divine Son Xi has come to visit... ah no, Divine Son Xi said he 'requests an audience.' He has been waiting for three hours now."
"Understood. I'll go now."
The moment he saw Yun Che, Meng Jianxi immediately stood up, a clear hint of unease on his face.
"Abyss Divine Son..."
"Hey?" Yun Che raised his hand: "The Divine Son of Weaving Dream Divine Kingdom is only you, Meng Jianxi. Others call me Abyss Divine Son out of flattery. You don't need to."
Meng Jianxi didn't insist: "Alright, in that case, I'll still call you Brother Abyss. How about that?"
"At least it sounds better than Abyss Divine Son." Yun Che didn't force him to address him by name. He sat down across from him and said casually, "What brings you here today?"
Meng Jianxi calmed his mind slightly and said: "The matter of the Tianqi Divine Jade has been completely settled. The blame was shifted as much as possible onto Jiansheng, and I publicly apologized for failing to control my subordinates. However..."
He closed his eyes, as if afraid to look at Yun Che's expression: "My mother... she is still my mother after all. I..."
"Regarding the calamity that befell Meng Jianyuan a hundred years ago, was it related to your mother?" Yun Che suddenly asked.
In fact, he knew better than anyone that the ones who killed Meng Jianyuan were Meng Jingzhe and Meng Jianzhou. Even if Meng Xuanjue was involved, it was at most behind-the-scenes prompting... such as luring or handing over the knife.
"Yes." To Yun Che's slight surprise, Meng Jianxi admitted it directly, almost without hesitation.
It seemed that before coming here, he had already made his choice and prepared his resolve.
"But my mother only gave secret assistance. The actual killer was my brother Jianzhou's guardian, Meng Jingzhe. And Meng Jingzhe and Jianzhou perished in the Mist Sea half a year ago, so they have received their due punishment. Although my mother is guilty... she did not directly act, and Brother Abyss has returned safely... at least she does not deserve the death penalty."
Yun Che thought for a moment, then said: "Have you said these words to your father god?"
"No." Meng Jianxi shook his head.
Yun Che narrowed his eyes, his gaze appraising: "Regarding that matter back then, let alone evidence, even traces have long vanished. Even if she were suspected, as long as she firmly denies it, no one could convict your mother."
"I believe that the Divine Venerable has long suspected your mother. But the Divine Venerable never speaks of suspicions without solid evidence, let alone acts upon them. Since that is the case, why do you admit this matter in front of me?"
Meng Jianxi raised his eyes, meeting Yun Che's gaze directly: "Because I believe that the value I can bring to you is enough to balance out... surpass the crime my mother committed against you!"
Yun Che laughed: "A good answer. No wonder you managed to bring six of the nine Dream Halls under your faction in just a hundred years."
Meng Jianxi felt a great relief inwardly: "So, Brother Abyss is willing to spare my mother?"
"That depends on you, not on me." Yun Che hadn't expected Meng Jianxi to be so protective of his mother.
This ambiguous answer did not cause Meng Jianxi to feel dissatisfied; instead, he showed some emotion: "As expected of... Brother Abyss. Frankly, no matter whether Brother Abyss answered 'forgive' or 'not forgive,' I would have been somewhat disappointed. It seems that being crushed to the point of losing all will so quickly was indeed not unjust at all."
"Oh?" Yun Che glanced at him sideways and smiled wryly: "Spare me this kind of nonsense. That day, I told you to organize your intelligence network. You didn't forget, did you?"
Meng Jianxi said seriously: "The department in charge of intelligence is the Xuanji Hall, the Seventh Dream Hall under my uncle Meng Xuanji. All intelligence from the Xuanji Hall will be synchronized to me immediately, and from now on, it will naturally be synchronized to the Divine Son Hall immediately."
"What do you know about the current Divine Maiden of the Eternal Night Divine Kingdom?" Yun Che asked.
He had some knowledge of the Divine Sons and Divine Maidens of other divine kingdoms. Only the current Divine Maiden of the Eternal Night Divine Kingdom was almost completely unknown to him, except for her name, Shen Wuyi.
When Hua Caili mentioned other divine kingdoms, she was extremely detailed. Only regarding the Eternal Night Divine Kingdom, she had never been there and had never seen the Eternal Night Divine Maiden Shen Wuyi.
"Very little." Meng Jianxi gave a meager answer.
"How little?" Yun Che frowned.
Meng Jianxi thought for a moment and said: "It has been over a decade since the Eternal Night Divine Kingdom deposed Shen Wuqing and established Shen Wuyi as the Eternal Night Divine Maiden. But to this day, it seems no one outside the Eternal Night Divine Kingdom has ever seen Shen Wuyi."
Yun Che showed surprise: "Hiding her that deeply?"
"Yes." Meng Jianxi nodded. "However, it is not that the Eternal Night Divine Kingdom deliberately wanted to hide this new Divine Maiden. Rather, the Eternal Night Divine Kingdom has been in a state of 'self-imposed isolation' for these years."
He organized his words and spoke slowly: "The previous era of the Eternal Night Divine Kingdom was not named 'Eternal Night,' and they had good relations with all the divine kingdoms. But ever since Shen Wuyanye became the Divine Venerable, the atmosphere of the Eternal Night Divine Kingdom underwent a complete transformation, as if it had truly fallen into a gloomy 'Eternal Night.'"
"Setting aside other matters, in terms of intelligence alone, it is not difficult to plant spies in other divine kingdoms. But in the Eternal Night Divine Kingdom... even if one manages to plant a spy by some method, that spy will never be able to approach its core."
"Because..." Meng Jianxi paused, and it seemed to be a momentary palpitation: "Divine Venerable Wuming never trusts anyone. All core profound practitioners of the Eternal Night Divine Kingdom will be implanted with the 'Polar Night Death-Seeking Seal.'"
The moment the words "Death-Seeking Seal" were uttered, Yun Che's heart and soul uncontrollably trembled.
The Buddhist Soul Death-Pleading Seal that Qianye Ying'er had implanted in him back then was far too terrifying. Even now, he had not fully escaped the shadow of that time.
And this "Polar Night Death-Seeking Seal" was clearly something of the same nature.
"The 'Polar Night Death-Seeking Seal' is an extremely cruel blood-and-bone seal. When activated, it causes unbearable pain and makes death impossible." Meng Jianxi's voice involuntarily lowered: "Divine Venerable Wuming does not believe that loyalty exists in this world. So she uses absolute control and fear to exchange for 'loyalty.'"
Blood-and-bone seal? Not a soul seal like the Buddhist Soul Death-Pleading Seal.