Zhao Yin couldn’t help but feel a sense of confusion.

Years ago, an enemy had beaten him to the brink of annihilation. His only recourse was to hide within the Reincarnation Pool, constantly undergoing reincarnation to restore his Yin Spirit Thoughts.

To recover his strength, he had no choice but to forcefully refine a planet’s consciousness and use it to nourish himself.

Unfortunately, something went wrong, and he suffered a backlash from the planet’s consciousness.

Fortunately, the Reincarnation Pool protected his core thought, allowing him to be reborn and slowly refine the planet’s consciousness.

Now, the refinement process should be nearing its end.

He had even specifically sent out most of his Yin Spirit to reincarnate into the material world, all for the sake of refining every one of those bodies.

’How is it that I can’t feel a single ripple from the part of my Yin Spirit I sent out?!’

Just as this doubt crossed his mind, RUMBLE!

A Heaven-Covering Hand Seal abruptly shot toward him, and in an instant, the surrounding Space seemed to lock down completely!

"Hm? How is this possible? How could someone physically enter this place?!"

Zhao Yin finally snapped to his senses and let out a furious roar.

His expression changed drastically as he felt the intense fluctuations radiating from the Heaven-Covering Hand Seal.

’This level of power... It far surpasses a Dao Realm Cultivator! It’s broken through the limits for Cultivators in this corner of Heaven and Earth!’

’Could it be? Has my enemy found me?!’

’Impossible!’

’I only fell into this Cosmos and discovered this planet by accidentally passing through a Wormhole.’

’There’s no way my enemy could have followed me!’

A series of questions flooded Zhao Yin’s mind.

However, he no longer had the luxury of pondering these questions.

In his prime, he would have had no fear of this person before him.

But now, he was incredibly weak and absolutely no match for his opponent.

In the span of a thousandth of an instant,

Zhao Yin activated the Reincarnation Pool, preparing to tear open Space and escape.

The Reincarnation Pool was his very foundation; not even a Divine King could necessarily stop him!

However, at that very moment,

a ripple of space and time suddenly spread out, sealing everything in all directions. 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝒆𝒘𝙚𝓫𝙣𝙤𝒗𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢

The golden light from the Reincarnation Pool seemed to be extinguished, and the pool itself froze in place.

"What’s going on? Impossible! What is this power?!"

Zhao Yin roared in fury as he stared at the approaching Heaven-Covering Hand.

"No! I refuse to accept this!"

"I’ve plotted for an entire epoch and was just about to regain my strength! How can I be defeated here!"

"I haven’t even gotten my revenge! How can I die!"

"Better to die in glory than live in shame!"

"Aaargh!"

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM—

Zhao Yin frantically channeled his Yin Spirit, and beams of light erupted from his eyes, arms, and chest!

Immediately after, his Yin Spirit violently shattered!

Fluctuations in space and time rippled out, gradually quelling the violent explosion of the Yin Spirit.

Wang Xiao’s body returned to its normal size. Looking at the shattered Yin Spirit, he sighed.

"I’ll have to develop a Magic Technique to stop Yin Spirits from self-destructing in the future!"

’The Yin Spirit of a Tier Seven Life, and one from a Cultivation Sacred Land like the Celestial Universe Star Domain, no less... It must have held so many precious memories. What a pity.’

Still, Wang Xiao reflected with some emotion.

Fortunately, Zhao Yin had been gravely injured, with not even one-thousandth of his original strength remaining.

Otherwise, he never would have been able to capitalize on this opportunity.

’Even a Tier Seven Life can’t guarantee its own safety and is in constant danger of falling. I’m still far too weak. After I return to the real world, I must seize every resource I can to increase my strength!’

As Wang Xiao was lost in thought,

HUMMM!

The Book of Space-Time in his mind began to emit ripples of space and time.

Then,

its pages began to flip rapidly before stopping on a specific one.

The next moment,

a brilliant golden light surged from the page and shone upon the Reincarnation Pool.

The Reincarnation Pool began to shrink continuously until it was finally imprinted onto the page.

Revealing an image of the Reincarnation Pool!

’Gasp... The Book of Space-Time absorbed the Curiosity just like that?’

’It seems the rank of the Book of Space-Time is even higher than I imagined!’

Just as Wang Xiao was lost in thought,

lines of text suddenly materialized before his eyes.

[Refinement of Curiosity [Reincarnation Pool] successful.]

[Unlocking new ability...]

[New ability successfully unlocked.]

[Anchor Point and Future]