Chapter 12472 Saw the Light

Chapter 12472 Saw the Light
"Because of me?"

Ye Chen was somewhat moved as he looked at the affectionate Chenxi. As a pillar god, she looked as pure and shy as a young girl. Chenxi was a symbol of hope. Even if the world was full of vicissitudes and the starry sky was dark, as long as hope remained, she would always look like a pure girl. Only such a beautiful appearance could represent the totem of hope.

"Sister Chiori, don't talk nonsense."

Chenxi waved her hands repeatedly, and after hearing the words of the Radiant Queen, her face turned even redder. She then whispered to Ye Chen,
"In short, Lord of Reincarnation, you saved me, and I will repay you."

"I have restored some of the divine authority of the Dawn God. If you encounter any demons that you cannot deal with, you can borrow my radiance, and I will help you."

She gently clenched her fist, and the radiance emanating from her, like the breaking of dawn, became even purer and richer.

As long as the dawn is still here, it means there is still hope.

"Okay, I understand. Thank you, Chenxi."

Ye Chen smiled and thanked the dawn.

At this moment, Mu Youying, standing by the campfire, called out:

"Hey, Ye Chen, there seems to be something here."

Her eyes gazed into the dark depths of the desert, where a faint light appeared, as if she had discovered something.

Ye Chen snapped out of his daze and asked, "What?"

Mu Youying said, "I saw light."

Ye Chen asked, "Light?"

He knew Mu Youying's "Eyes of the Night," which allowed her to discover hidden things in the dark. Could it be that she had already discovered something unusual?

"It might be some lost treasure, should we go take a look?"

A surge of curiosity and impulse welled up in Mu Youying's eyes; if there were any lost treasures, she didn't want to miss them.

Looking across the entire starry sky, she was actually a genius, but she couldn't compare to Ye Chen.

After witnessing Ye Chen and Jiang Su's duel, she was deeply shaken and only wanted to improve her strength as soon as possible. If she could obtain some lost treasure, she might be able to soar to great heights.

The Land of No Worries is the sacred land of the Heavenly Saints. Even if it is annihilated, some treasures will remain.

"Lost treasure?"

Ye Chen frowned but remained unmoved, saying, "Let's not do it, so as not to cause any unnecessary trouble."

Ye Chen's purpose in this trip was solely to seek the light of the Heavenly Sage and resolve the curse upon him; he had no intention of causing any unforeseen complications.

"If you're not going, then forget it, I'll go by myself."

Mu Youying snorted, ignoring Ye Chen, and stood up. She took out a jade pendant hanging from her chest, glanced at the sky, and whispered:
"Your Majesty, protect me."

She was praying to Emperor Taiyi for blessings, but she wasn't recklessly rushing out to search for treasure; that would be tantamount to courting death. The Black Sand Ruins in the darkness were teeming with demons.

After finishing her prayer, Mu Youying immediately floated away. As soon as her body merged into the darkness, she vanished instantly, just like water merging into water.

She is proficient in the ways of Yin and Sha, and her ability to stealth in the dark is exceptional.

"Hey!"

Seeing that Mu Youying had really rushed out, Ye Chen immediately shouted, then couldn't help but curse:

"This crazy woman!"

He took the Yaochi Golden Heart Pearl with him and ran out as well.

With the Night Emperor Scripture activated, Ye Chen's body merged into the darkness, and he quickly caught up with Mu Youying.

Mu Youying was surprised to see Ye Chen catch up in an instant and said, "Your movement technique is faster than mine?"

Ye Chen remained silent with a sullen face, only asking:

Where is the lost treasure?

Mu Youying said, "It's not far ahead."

As she spoke, she quickened her pace and sprinted forward.

Ye Chen quickly followed, and the two ran for a while before seeing the corpses of demons in the desert. They looked like they had just died, and the blood was still fresh.

The surrounding black aura also became denser, almost tangible.

Ye Chen smelled a putrid, sinister, and rotten odor. It wasn't the smell of demonic corpses, but the stench emanating from the decay of the world itself, from the earth's veins turning into swampy silt resembling rotting flesh.

The Land of No Worries had long been dark, corrupt, and decadent, but the stench was still much stronger than usual, exuding a deep sense of danger.

"Something's wrong."

Ye Chen frowned, looking at the fallen demon corpses around him, he stopped and looked ahead warily.

"There's danger ahead. Didn't you say there was some lost treasure?"

Seeing the corpses of demons lying all around and smelling the stench of decay from the world's corruption, Mu Youying's expression turned serious. She said:

"It's a little weird indeed."

"But I can't be wrong, there's light ahead!"

"Even in such darkness and with such a putrid stench, the light cannot be concealed. This must be an extraordinary and rare treasure!"

After speaking, she strode forward again, then turned back to Ye Chen and said:

"If you're scared, you should go back first."

Ye Chen shook his head. Since he had already come all this way, how could he leave empty-handed?

He also wanted to find out what was ahead.

The two continued onward, only to find more and more demon corpses appearing, and the dark, filthy, and foul stench in the air growing stronger.

In the end, the corpses of those demons completely rotted away, and even the desert was corrupted, turning into patches of silt.

Ye Chen held the divine authority of the Rotten Ancestor, and these corrupting energies had not exceeded the range that his divine authority could bear, so he felt no discomfort.

If he needs to, he can even devour all the decaying essence around him to strengthen his divine authority.

But he didn't do that.

Because the path of decay is a dark and eerie path, if it becomes too powerful, it will harm one's true nature.

Ye Chen only uses the corrupt divine power for self-preservation.

"Well……"

Mu Youying was gradually finding it hard to withstand the stench of decay around her. Even with her mastery of the Yin Sha Dao, she was struggling to resist it.

"Such a strong aura of corruption from the abyss!"

"What exactly is that treasure ahead? It still emits light despite being so corrupted."

Mu Youying murmured with some discomfort, looking ahead. Behind the sand dunes in front of her, she saw a point of golden light shimmering.

Ye Chen also saw that point of golden light, the only glimmer of light in the boundless darkness.

"If you can't hold on, stay here. I'll go check on you."

Ye Chen glanced at Mu Youying, who was already panting heavily, completely unable to withstand the dark and corrupt environment around her.

Mu Youying gritted her teeth, wanting to say something, but the dark and corrupting aura kept assaulting her, and she didn't even dare to speak, otherwise the rotten smell would rush into her mouth and throat if she opened her mouth.

Seeing that her originally fair and delicate skin was now shrouded in a shadow, Ye Chen said:

"Hey, are you okay?"

Why do I get the feeling you're about to die?

"Here, take it and put it in your mouth."

Ye Chen put the Yaochi Golden Heart Pearl in his hand into Mu Youying's mouth.

Mu Youying was stunned for a moment, but still silently opened her mouth and put the bead in her mouth.

After taking the Yaochi Golden Heart Pearl into her mouth, the shadows on her skin gradually dissipated, and her overall condition improved significantly.

Without waiting for her to recover, Ye Chen used his movement technique to fly behind the sand dune.

"Well!"

Mu Youying's eyes widened, wanting to speak, but with Ye Chen's object in her mouth, she couldn't utter a word.

Ye Chen crossed the sand dune alone, only to find corpses piled up behind it. The remains of demons, some in animal form and others in human form, lay scattered haphazardly, all rotting and stinking, turning this desert area into a swamp of decaying flesh and blood.

Ye Chen was enveloped in a layer of starlight, which protected him from the surrounding stench and filth.

This is the light of the Starry Sky Daoist Book.

He possesses numerous magical treasures and a multitude of means to resist darkness and filth.

Standing in the swamp of rotting flesh and blood, Ye Chen saw that there was actually a small black lion inside.

That's right, it's a little black lion!

"A...little black lion?"

"No, it's a Suanni!"

Ye Chen walked closer and saw the little black lion in the mud. It turned out to be a Suanni beast, which looked like a lion but was small in size. It seemed to be a cub, and its golden fur was completely stained black by rotten blood.

It appeared to be poisoned, its body covered in black spots, and it lay unconscious in a pool of rotting flesh, breathing heavily and on the verge of death.

Ye Chen bent down and touched the little black lion's body, but immediately withdrew his hand as if he had been electrocuted.

"This is……"

"curse?"

His eyes narrowed slightly as he sensed that the deadly poison in the little black lion's body and his own Seven Sacred Curses Wheels originated from the same source—the poison of the abyss curse, born from the darkness and corruption of the world, representing the ultimate in entropy and sin.

This deadly poison is not man-made; it is naturally occurring, a poison originating from the abyss, enough to corrupt and darken the world.

Ye Chen saw that the little black lion's eyes were half-open and half-closed, with a layer of golden light flowing slightly in its pupils. Even though it was suffering from such a fierce poison, the light in its eyes had not completely dimmed.

The light that he and Mu Youying saw was the same light that the little black lion saw!
"Is this Suanni beast some kind of ancient mythical beast?"

Ye Chen looked at the little black lion, discerning the secrets of heaven, and vaguely sensed that this little black lion seemed to be related to the legendary Heavenly Saint!

"Hey, what did you find?"

At that moment, a voice came from behind Ye Chen.

Mu Youying also arrived. She spat out the Yaochi Golden Heart Pearl from her mouth, held it in her hand for protection, frowned, and waded through the rotting flesh and sewage to reach Ye Chen's side.

Mu Youying was also taken aback when she saw the little black lion.

"Is it... a baby black lion?"

The source of the light was not some lost treasure, but a mythical beast called Suanni!
"It's been afflicted by a deadly poison curse!"

"The demon corpses we saw along the way were all poisoned!"

Mu Youying had sharp eyes and immediately noticed it.

Seeing that the little black lion seemed extraordinary, Ye Chen's heart stirred. He immediately summoned the Starry Sky Dao Book and gathered strands of starry sky spiritual energy into water, washing it over the little black lion.

The starry sky spiritual water washed over him, and Ye Chen then used the Abundance Secret Technique to treat the deadly poison on the little black lion's body.

He did not use the Heavenly Light Divine Water because its properties were too potent. In some ways, it was the same as the Black Abyss Poison Spring – both were poisonous waters.

Using the spiritual energy of the Starry Sky Dao Book, Ye Chen tried to cleanse the little black lion of its deadly poison, but he discovered that the little black lion's deadly poison curse, like his own, had already fused with its bloodline and was difficult to remove.

Moreover, the little black lion's symptoms of the curse seem to be even more severe than his!

"What a powerful curse! How did it manage to withstand it!"

Ye Chen was amazed and kept washing himself with the Starry Sky Spirit Water.

Soon, the poisonous aura on the little black lion's surface was washed away. Although the poison deep within its body was still deeply rooted, it was at least somewhat relieved.

"Woooo..."

The little black lion let out a groan and finally opened its eyes, waking up.

Its eyes, filled with golden light, looked extraordinary, possessing a sacred and transcendent quality, and were also extremely spiritual.

"Hey, who are you? Did you save me?"

The little black lion rubbed its eyes, and then surprisingly began to speak in a somewhat childish voice, saying,

"Where is Fairy Lingtong? Where is Fairy Lingtong?"

Ye Chen and Mu Youying were both shocked when they heard the words "Fairy Lingtong".

"Who is this Fairy Lingtong you're talking about? The Fairy Lingtong among the Seven Primordial Gods?"

Ye Chen grabbed the little black lion by the neck and quickly asked.

He also remembered that among the seven primordial gods, there was one called Fairy Lingtong, who was said to be the eye of the primordial world.

The authority of the seven primordial gods is no small matter.

Could it be that there is a Pillar God, or even a Source God, in this Black Sand Ruins?
"If Fairy Lingtong is here, why do I feel nothing?"

Ye Chen was filled with doubt again. He had a deep connection with the Skeleton Ancestor and the Green Silk Fairy. If there was another Origin God here, he should have been able to detect it without realizing it.

"Yes, Fairy Lingtong is the Primordial God, the eye of the Primordial Beginning."

The little black lion said.

"Are you her pet?"

Ye Chen asked.

The little black lion shook its head and said, "No, my master is the Heavenly Sage, and I am the Heavenly Sage's mount."

"The Heavenly Sage?" Ye Chen and Mu Youying were even more surprised and exclaimed in unison.

The little black lion said, "Yes, that's what I remember."

It swiped its paw, its eyes flashing with golden light, and a scene coalesced in front of it.

Whether out of naivety and lack of suspicion, or out of a desire to repay Ye Chen for saving its life, it actually manifested all the scenes from its memories.

In the scene, an old man in white robes with a long beard, riding a golden lion, holding a scroll of heavenly book, walked out of the sacred temple and stepped into the starry sky. In just an instant, he illuminated all worlds and suppressed the darkness of all heavens.

The white-robed old man in the picture, radiating a soft holy light, is none other than the Heavenly Sage.

It turns out that when he ventured into the starry sky, he wasn't alone; he had a mount!
It was a golden lion, majestic and extraordinary.

That golden lion is none other than the little black lion!
Ye Chen was deeply shaken by what he saw.

The mount of the Heavenly Sage must be extraordinary!

"So you are the mount of the Heavenly Sage."

Ye Chen looked at the little black lion with some disbelief.

The little black lion said, "Yes, that's a very ancient memory. After the destruction of the Worry-Free Temple, the Heavenly Saint fell, and I was also killed, and I have been sleeping for countless years."

"When I woke up, I found that my body and mind had degenerated into that of a cub, and I could never grow up. Moreover, I was also cursed with a deadly poison."

"It is the destroyed Holy World, the darkness deep within the ley lines, that has been eroding my entire being while I slept."

"Hmm, these ancient memories feel like a dream to me, but I think I'm not mistaken, that's right."

"Thank you for saving me. Wait, wait a minute, you...you are...the Lord of Reincarnation?"

The little black lion explained its origins, blinked its golden eyes, and glanced at Ye Chen. As if it had caught something, its eyes widened in surprise, and it exclaimed in disbelief.

"Well, it's me."

Ye Chen nodded, considering how to deal with the little black lion.

It turned out to be the mount of the former Heavenly Saint. Unfortunately, it had degenerated, both in body and mind. It had degenerated into a cub, naive and innocent, with no wariness of people. As soon as they met, it told Ye Chen about its origins.

This little black lion carries a deadly poisonous curse, originating from the same source as the Seven Sacred Curses Wheel.

This curse was something Ye Chen himself could hardly break, let alone help the little black lion.

"Oh! So it's the Lord of Reincarnation!"

"Your aura is magnificent and boundless, and your extraordinary phenomena often reach the Land of No Worries. Fairy Lingtong and I admire you very much."

A look of admiration welled up in the little black lion's eyes, then it let out a muffled groan, its face darkening, and bared its teeth.

"Ah, is the curse within me still not broken?"

It thought that Ye Chen had already helped it break the curse and cured it.

"Sorry, not yet, it's just a temporary relief."

Ye Chen said.

The little black lion drooped its head and said, "Fine, I knew it. This is a curse of world corruption. How could it be so easily resolved?"

After a pause, it added, "Um, could you take me back to Fairy Lingtong's side?"

"Oh dear, it's already dark, and demons are roaming freely. Without my protection, Fairy Lingtong might be in danger!"

In the end, it became somewhat worried again.

Ye Chen and Mu Youying exchanged a glance, and Mu Youying secretly transmitted her voice:

"This little black lion is poisoned and beyond saving. We might as well kill it now and gouge out its eyes!"

Now, the little black lion is entangled in a deadly poison and curse, deeply rooted and beyond cure, but the divine light in its eyes still remains. As the mount of the Heavenly Saint, even its eyeball has infinite value.

Ye Chen was shocked, not expecting Mu Youying to be so ruthless.

"Eh?"

"Sister, are you... are you trying to kill me and gouge out my eyes?"

The little black lion seemed to see through Mu Youying's thoughts, showing a blank and bewildered expression. Then, like a wild beast that had sensed danger, its fur stood on end, and it kept panting heavily.

Wow!
In the next instant, golden light burst forth, and the little black lion's body rapidly expanded, instantly growing into a mighty golden lion-like beast. All the poisonous curses on its body were suppressed, and its entire body was as if sculpted from gold, majestic and extraordinary, arrogant and unparalleled.

"If you want to kill me, I will not sit idly by and wait to die!"

The golden lion roared to the sky, unleashing a deafening roar. Golden divine light spread outwards, evaporating all the rotten flesh and sewage, turning the surroundings into a golden world resembling a sacred temple.

Ye Chen and Mu Youying both felt a fierce pressure coming towards them.

"calm!"

"Little one, I saved you, why would I kill you?"

Ye Chen stood up and quickly comforted the golden lion.

The golden lion's expression softened slightly, but it still stared intently at Mu Youying with a fierce look in its eyes. Its blood essence seemed to be burning, and a faint blood-red light covered its golden body.