The elder said, "Young friend must be in a hurry to continue your journey, so I will not say much more."

Then, he raised his hand and grasped.

Song Yan felt the Changwang Melting Furnace emit a slight tremor, but nothing seemed to change.

Looking up again, he saw a small white stone in the elder's palm.

He remembered that this white stone had unintentionally adhered to him back when he was at the edge of the Sea of Suffering, and over the years, it had always been useless. He had almost forgotten about this small stone.

The elder focused on the small white stone, closed his eyes slightly, felt it briefly, and suddenly went mad, tears streaming down, murmuring, "Is this what you thought when you died?"

This scene caught Song Yan off guard; being able to easily take something so deeply hidden on his Changwang Melting Furnace showed that this elder's true power far exceeded his imagination.

Not daring to stay longer, Song Yan respectfully said, "Since senior has found what he sought, this junior shall take his leave."

The elder sighed deeply, opened his tear-filled eyes, and then tossed out an ancient gold token, saying lightly, "Today counts as a fateful encounter. If you ever have the chance to come to the Vast Sea Celestial Strange Sword Palace, you may use this Ascension Order to find me. I will accept you as my registered disciple and keep you by my side for a thousand years.

However, you bear a heavy evil aura, as well as Po Xu's Safflower, and many forbidden evil treasures forged from various beings. Such things, if I had seen them in the past, would all have been cut down with one sword.

But since you hold a relic of my old friend, it means we share some fate, so today I won't ask further. But should we meet again, you must rid yourself of these evil impurities, remember!"

Song Yan received the token called the "Ascension Order" and then put it away.

He cupped his hands, about to speak, but the elder suddenly said, "You indeed are being watched by many, take some time to sort it out."

Song Yan squinted almost immediately and pulled out the Black and White Dragon Bracelet, asking, "Senior, is it this?"

The elder nodded ambiguously and said, "This is one; there's another, weaker one."

Song Yan had already made up his mind, and he respectfully thanked, "Thank you, senior."

Looking up again, the elder had already disappeared.

'This senior truly comes and goes like a ghost.'

'Fortunately, he only saw Po Xu's Safflower, Changwang's Evil Treasure, and not the Remaining Life Dao Fruit... Otherwise, who knows what would have happened.'

'As for being watched...'

Song Yan frowned and pondered for a moment, then made a decision in his heart.

'Better return quickly.'

...

Song Yan continued to travel.

By now, he had reached the very outskirts of the Void Ruins.

He released his divine sense.

Suddenly, he noticed a person on the dark side of a floating fragment.

The person lay motionless but was not dead!

Song Yan quickly approached.

Upon closer look, it was a young man with an evil appearance.

The young man's eyes were tightly shut, and he seemed to be at the Early Stage of the Divine Infant.

The Cultivation Realm is indeed peculiar: those at the Late Stage of the Purple Mansion are often middle-aged men and elders, while those at the Early Stage of the Divine Infant are typically young men and robust adults...

At this moment, strands of tadpole-like black aura suddenly oozed from the young man's seven orifices, and once exposed to the void, they transformed into myriad bizarre scenes before Song Yan's eyes.

Within them, the hidden Celestial Demon aura startled Song Yan.

Immediately, he realized, "This is Outer Realm Evil Thought!"

Having slain and merged with Celestial Demons, he was no stranger to "Outer Realm Evil Thought," but he did not expect to encounter so much of it in the void!

He had thought Outer Realm Evil Thought was merely isolated thoughts, but now it seemed far more than that, perhaps numbering in the millions, tens of millions, or even billions, scattered everywhere!

These thoughts seemed like the essence of life scattered into the great world, constantly seeking, but only those with extremely good fortune could be nurtured into Celestial Demons, thus beginning their journey in the Sea of Suffering.

The many Outer Realm Evil Thoughts before him numbered in the hundreds, each possessing Divine Soul Power at the Purple Mansion level.

Even a Cultivator at the Middle Stage of the Divine Infant would be hard-pressed to deal with so many evil thoughts.

And this eerie young man, merely at the Early Stage of the Divine Infant, encountering such a thing, certainly counted as unfortunate.

The multitude of Outer Realm Evil Thoughts, noticing Song Yan, swarmed towards him.

If it were anyone else, they would likely only have one path—to turn and flee—but Song Yan remained exceptionally calm.

Around him instantly appeared the two manifestations of "prayer beads" and "melting furnace."

The many Outer Realm Evil Thoughts "splatted" onto the prayer beads and melting furnace, quickly adhered, and after a brief struggle, quieted down.

Song Yan felt the power within these thoughts, each almost capable of being refined into a "Slaughter Spear" through the "Purple Mansion Primordial Explosion Technique."

Previously, due to the lack of a divine soul, the "Purple Mansion Primordial Explosion Technique" had been in a disabled state. Unexpectedly, this inadvertent action gained him hundreds of materials.

Collecting these Outer Realm Evil Thoughts, he again looked at the eerie young man.

The Changwang Prayer Beads tugged, pulling out his divine soul.

And on his divine soul, there were many dense Outer Realm Evil Thoughts.

These evil thoughts fought to control the young man's divine soul, conflicting with each other, making the young man lie seemingly dead on the spot.

Clearly, the Outer Realm Evil Thoughts are rampant but lack intelligence.

Whether the Demon Monk or the Nine-Child Demon Mother, both originally evolved from small Outer Realm Evil Thoughts, yet the two sides are now on entirely different levels.

Song Yan once again contained this batch of evil thoughts within the Changwang's Evil Treasure, then transformed the young man into a Transformed Minion, and asked, "Who are you?"

The young man was still somewhat confused, but upon hearing Song Yan's question, he instinctively hurried to reply, "Starfall Region, loose cultivator, Yu Chitian..."

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