Afterward, Zhou Yan and Jia Yongheng directly passed through some spaces, once again entering a special ancient place.

"After heading west from the Hangu Pass, here, this should be the Ancient Land of Shitian."

"The Ancient Land of Shitian was once the King’s Land of Shitian, but later became an abandoned place for certain reasons. Yet, unexpectedly, the Moral King is now in this place."

"Perhaps, it is precisely because of this that the Moral King can’t be found by any of the beings."

"Even those beings who reach the Hangu Ancient Land can’t find the Moral King, because the Green Bull and Shepherd won’t truly activate the Baby Array Plate."

Jia Yongheng said.

This relieved Zhou Yan.

"So this is the Ancient Land of Shitian. Could it be related to Emperor Shitian? Among the Thirty-Three Heavens, there’s the existence of Emperor Shitian."

"Previously, a series of ancient cities like Shanjian City from the Thirty-Three Heavens and Heavenly Capital have appeared."

Zhou Yan inquired.

"More or less, these matters, in fact, once you fully awaken your memory in the future, you will know far more than I do. So there’s no need to understand them now. This Ancient Land of Shitian is heavy with atmosphere; it seems the Moral King might have faced misfortune."

Jia Yongheng sensed something, and his tone also became a few degrees heavier.

This statement evidently made Zhou Yan’s mood much more solemn.

Zhou Yan sighed and said, "The Eternal Spirit should have been carefree and unrestrained, without bondage. Yet even the Holy Spirit can end up like this. What secrets and methods caused such a dire outcome?"

Zhou Yan murmured to himself.

Jia Yongheng heard this and bitterly smiled, "Hence, every civilization that develops to a certain level will face a disaster of destruction. Is this true destruction? Not really, it is rebirth.

Just like the cycle of birth, aging, illness, and death. Without death, there would be no birth, because the number of souls is ultimately constant. After destruction, there must be new life."

"Therefore, without destruction, there would be no birth."

"The Earth Ancestral Land has faced multiple civilization destructions, which in reality, is about welcoming a new reincarnation. However, among various civilizational attempts, only the combination of technology and emotional civilization is the most stable—despite the many drawbacks of such a situation."

"However, these matters are for you to worry about where to come. Now, what we need to do is awaken the Moral King and prevent—prevent some things that shouldn’t happen from happening."

Jia Yongheng stopped halfway through his words, suddenly remaining silent.

But, what he was talking about preventing, Zhou Yan’s heart shuddered, already sensing a few things.

Prevent what?

What can be prevented is none other than things related to Hou Chen.

The matters of Hou Chen have become unimaginable, strange, and mysterious.

And Zhou Yan had considered that the life saint spirit clan Jia Yongheng mentioned earlier—that must be the life system behind the golden leaf.

But these matters will ultimately present an answer in the future.

Zhou Yan followed Jia Yongheng onward, in front, an ancient ruined palace appeared.

In the palace, there was a desolate tomb, extremely bleak.

Sitting atop the tomb was an emaciated skeleton, an elderly man with hair and beard completely white, quietly sitting there cross-legged.

The tomb was barren, without flowers, grass, or trees, only piles of yellow earth.

The most ordinary yellow earth, and this yellow earth came from the Earth Ancestral Land.

The elderly man with white hair and beard sat quietly on this most ordinary yellow earth, without a ripple of any life energy.

"Master!"

The Green Bull Shepherd suddenly cried in grief and then knelt on the ground.

"Moo—"

The Green Bull beside the Shepherd let out a mournful cry, echoing through the heavenly vault, unceasingly.

The painful meaning within that mournful cry, even Jia Yongheng and Zhou Yan hearing it, couldn’t help but feel a heartbreaking sorrow.

"Has he... already undergone Transformation?"

Zhou Yan felt sad in his heart, despite expending all efforts, never expecting such a result.

But his sorrow wasn’t for the result; it was for how such a great Holy Spirit, too, met such a pitiful end.

A Holy Spirit, so lonely and solitary, undergoing Transformation in this place.

As Zhou Yan was pondering, Jia Yongheng urged him to take out the Golden Armor Battleship.

Zhou Yan’s heart moved, and instantly seeing Jia Yongheng so calm, knew there was hope.

After all, if Jia Yongheng came here without confidence, why would he have come?

If there is no certainty, the shepherd bringing Jia Yongheng here wouldn’t just be for corpse collection... With this thought, Zhou Yan immediately knew that things might not be so bad.

Zhou Yan was contemplating, yet he wasted no time. He immediately took out the Golden Armor Battleship.

This Golden Armor Battleship, after being used previously, was stored away as a collection by Zhou Yan. Now, when Zhou Yan took it out, Jia Yongheng immediately enveloped it with endless Luck Power, transforming it into a golden battle armor filled with rich Luck Power.

The golden battle armor took the initiative to fly out and suddenly shot towards Zhou Yan’s brow.

Zhou Yan hesitated but did not resist.

The golden battle armor suddenly pierced the mark on Zhou Yan’s brow, then absorbed a drop of Original Blood before flying away from him again, diving deep into the brow of the Moral King.

In the next instant, unique energy breaths presented themselves deep in the brow of the Moral King, as the golden light of the battle armor spread out, endless energy began to emerge and eventually transformed into a light golden Daoist robe.

Wrapped in the Daoist robe, the old man who was aged like dried bones now began to show a rosy complexion, and his face was no longer skin-and-bones but had some flesh.

However, his hair and beard remained silver-white, showing no change, his appearance still exceedingly old and not becoming youthful.

But this did not mean he was still old, for within him, there was endless powerful force surging mightily, very astonishing.

This is the power of the King Holy Spirit, the dormant strength awakened at this moment, akin to a hiding storm.

So close to sensing this, Zhou Yan immediately felt a situation where he might be shattered himself.

When this situation occurred, Zhou Yan also felt that the cultivation method of the inheritance he practiced, the One Qi Three Purities King Dao, almost entirely vanished.

Mysteriously, it just disappeared.

The moment it disappeared, all that energy, purple aura, gathered in the brow of the Moral King.

Seeing this scene, Zhou Yan couldn’t help but show a bitter smile, finally understanding why the King Dao does not easily let other lifeforms cultivate and comprehend, because once the king awakens, all those Dao will be automatically reclaimed.

The situation of the Speech Spirit Heavenly Girl is similar, and now the situation of the Moral King is the same.

However, if the One Qi Three Purities Dao is reclaimed, wouldn’t the elves in the Elf Domain also lose their Dao?

Zhou Yan was indifferent to the loss of his skills, as now he possesses his own King Dao, others’ King Dao could be taken or discarded, not considered important.

But the Dao of the elves is one of their trump cards, so losing it would significantly increase the danger.

As Zhou Yan was contemplating, the Moral King had already awakened.

The Moral King awoke, seeming to know Zhou Yan’s worries, then pointed a finger toward him.

Zhou Yan was taken aback, and the Moral King had already revealed a very kind smile, saying: "Don’t worry, Zhou Yan, my friend, I just borrowed your power, and now I will compensate you."

"Zhou Yan, although your condition has been wounded, I have a way to help you recover. You remember the Tao of Do Nothing, right? Specialize Qi to become soft, like a baby."

"Therefore, you only need to transform your comprehension of the King Immortal Principle into a baby form, create a sort of chaos and then rediffuse it throughout your Eternal Spirit, and you can almost restore your origin. Naturally, your lost Gift of Word Spirit is truly gone, but the Word Spirit King Dao you founded yourself still belongs to you, so no need to worry."

"As for the One Qi Three Purities, it’s a Dao shared by both you and me, no need to differentiate we from each other."

As the Moral King spoke, a purple aura was already sent into Zhou Yan’s brow.

And Zhou Yan, truly understood what the ’Specialize Qi to Softness’ origin really meant.

In such circumstances, Zhou Yan instead sensed his Eternal Spirit stabilized like never before.

And even if the injury to the Eternal Spirit was not healed, under such conditions, being shaken out by an enemy would be very difficult.

It’s equivalent to saying that the guidance of the Moral King has directly allowed Zhou Yan to advance further in understanding and take another significant step on the path of transformation.

As Zhou Yan felt comforted in his heart, the Daoist child joyfully knelt and kowtowed to the Moral King repeatedly.

"Tian Hui and Tian Shu, you two have been the most loyal servants by my side on my journey of cultivation, regrettably your junior brother having lost his way in the Soul Burying Starfield... From now on, you must steadfastly guard your true heart."

"Disciple admits the error, disciple will certainly guard the true heart from now on and no longer be arrogant."

The Daoist child, named Yin Tianhui, solemnly and respectfully said.

The Moral King nodded, then glanced at the void, following with a hand to point out a multitude of singularities, composing into a baby’s face.

The baby’s face changed a bit, then gathered into the phantom of a giant White Tiger.

After the White Tiger phantom appeared, the White Tiger Saint Spirit manifest a faint apparition. 𝚏𝐫𝚎𝗲𝕨𝐞𝐛𝕟𝚘𝐯𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝗺

But this apparition flickered once before disappearing again, failing to connect to certain rules.

Then the Moral King began to cough, his complexion reddened slightly, showing a hint of irregularity.

"Moral King."

Jia Yongheng said with some concern.

"It’s okay, just didn’t expect the situation has deteriorated to this extent."

The Moral King sighed and subsequently performed the Singularity Divine Skill once more.