Li Wei returned to reality from his Soul Space.

Before him stood the Demon Dragon King, still towering in the sea even in death.

The Demon Dragon King's eyes were wide open, but the light had already faded from them.

His soul had already dissipated.

Saint Xi and the Saint Dragon King flew to his side, seeing the motionless Demon Dragon King.

The Saint Dragon King asked, "What's going on? I have a feeling the Demon Dragon King is already dead."

Li Wei nodded. "He is indeed dead."

Li Wei explained to the Saint Dragon King how the Demon Dragon King, in a last-ditch effort, chose to project his soul to fight him to the death.

The Saint Dragon King was stunned and looked at Li Wei with concern.

"Are you alright?"

"A battle between souls is incredibly perilous. Even if you win, it can leave behind massive latent damage," the Saint Dragon King cautioned.

Li Wei shook his head. "I'm fine."

He didn't explain why.

'According to the Demon Dragon King, this path of burning away everything to achieve ultimate sublimation and transform into a Divine Spirit was a dead end.'

'It was a trap left by the gods.'

'The gods don't know that I've already walked this path to its end and succeeded.'

'So, I can't reveal it yet.'

'The only one who knew, the Demon Dragon King, was dead.'

Since Li Wei didn't want to be discovered by the gods, he couldn't speak of this matter to anyone.

Saint Xi seemed to sense something, but she said nothing.

'It had been strange when Li Wei first chose this path to break through to the Demigod realm.'

'If even he, with his profound foundation, couldn't make the breakthrough, then who else could possibly walk this path to the end, ignite their Divine Fire, and become a Divine Spirit?'

Only after the Demon Dragon King's explanation did Li Wei realize that the path itself was not the problem.

The problem was that the gods had laid a trap on it.

It ensured that any Demigod who chose this path in an attempt to escape the control of the gods would find only death, with no chance of turning back.

This was also the method the gods used to control the Demigods within the Sky Dome World.

If one didn't choose the path to godhood by burning away everything for ultimate sublimation, the only alternative was to submit to the gods and rely on the "Faith Material" they provided to ascend.

They would never be able to escape the control of the gods for their entire lives.

Li Wei opened a Teleportation Gate, sending the Demon Dragon King's corpse into the Sun.

The Divine Fire incinerated the Demon Dragon King's corpse.

The moment the corpse was fully consumed, the twelfth color of his Divine Fire stabilized.

The remnants of the Demon Dragon King's Divine Format were still burning.

Once the Divine Format was completely consumed by the Divine Fire, Li Wei would also master the Demon Dragon King's Projection Law.

The Saint Dragon King gazed at the sky and sighed. "It's finally over."

Everything had gone as the Saint Dragon King expected, except for the Demon Dragon King's final promotion to a Pseudo-God and his powerful counterattack, which had caught him by surprise.

If not for Li Wei and Saint Xi, it was hard to say who would have won had he come to challenge the Demon Dragon King alone.

If Li Wei and Saint Xi hadn't come to him, he would still possess the Divine Fragment from the Dragon God.

His odds of victory might have been slightly higher.

But that would have meant making the same choice as the Demon Dragon King.

He would have had to abandon his chance at true godhood, becoming a Pseudo-God just to gain greater Power.

Even if he had won, it would have been a pyrrhic victory.

The Saint Dragon King, Saint Xi, and Li Wei flew back to Dragon Island.

Inside the palace on Dragon Island, Li Wei discovered an unexpected figure.

The Legendary Witch Lich was pinned to the main gate of the palace on Dragon Island.

The Demon Dragon King's Demon Flame was continuously torturing his soul.

Because the Legendary Witch Lich had split his own soul into several pieces, distributing them among Soul Boxes hidden across the world.

The Demon Dragon King, who had not yet mastered the Projection Law, was unable to kill the Legendary Witch Lich completely.

So, he could only imprison him here, scorching his soul day and night with Demon Flame.

He hoped that by making this part of his soul collapse, it would trigger a chain reaction, causing the other soul fragments to collapse as well.

The arrival of Li Wei and his companions, and their defeat of the Demon Dragon King, resulted in the rescue of the trapped Legendary Witch Lich.

Li Wei extinguished the Demon Flame, shattered the restraints, and freed the Legendary Witch Lich.

He was extremely curious as to why the Legendary Witch Lich was here.

"Why are you here? I remember you saying you were going to the Dark World to seek greater Power," Li Wei asked.

The Legendary Witch Lich answered weakly, "I found the Dark Power and advanced to become a Demigod Witch Lich."

"Then, I came to challenge the Demon Dragon King. I never expected his Power to far exceed my predictions. I was no match for him whatsoever."

"After he defeated me, I was trapped here for more than three years. Thank goodness you came."

Saint Xi walked over and cast a Time Dragon Language Curse, helping the Legendary Witch Lich recover some of his Power.

The Legendary Witch Lich had been enduring this torture for far too long.

Saint Xi's current Power was insufficient to rewind time that far back.

Even so, the Legendary Witch Lich felt much better.

"Saint Xi, you've grown up," the Legendary Witch Lich remarked, looking at her with deep emotion.

The Saint Dragon King stared at him, remaining silent for a long time before he finally remembered.

The man before him was the Human Mage who had once seduced his daughter.

'To think he actually managed to survive until now.'

He was Saint Xi's father now, so out of respect for Saint Xi, the Saint Dragon King couldn't bring himself to say anything.

He just pretended he hadn't seen the man at all.

The Saint Dragon King was quite displeased with the Legendary Witch Lich.

From the moment he learned that his daughter had fallen in love with a human, the Saint Dragon King had vehemently opposed their relationship.

Even if they could overcome the chasm between species, the barrier of lifespan was nearly impossible to surmount.

The Holy Giant Dragon clan had lifespans of ten thousand years, whereas humans, even if they became Legendary Professionals, could live for a few hundred years at most.

A short-lived species like humans was nothing more than a fleeting guest in the long life of a Giant Dragon.

The Saint Dragon King had been afraid his daughter would, for the sake of this so-called love, sign a Soul Contract with the human and give him half of her lifespan.

Unfortunately, before that day ever came, he received the tragic news of his daughter's death.

To this day, the Saint Dragon King still did not know how to face the Legendary Witch Lich.

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