Within My Sect, All Realms Unite-Chapter 65: Soul devouring Skinwalker

As Chu Yue and Han Leu listened to his words carefully, both of them showed faint confusion, their expressions tightening slightly as they tried to grasp the deeper meaning behind what he had just said.

Noticing their reaction immediately, Lin Xiaotian did not pause, his gaze steady as he continued speaking without giving them time to interrupt or question him further. "This barrier I set up earlier helped stabilize the situation and bought us some breathing room," he said calmly.

His tone controlled as his eyes shifted briefly toward the system interface. The mission timer related to the demonic source had already extended by five full days, a detail that did not ease his mind as much as it should have.

He looked back at them, his expression growing slightly colder as the weight of the situation settled more clearly. "But that same barrier has also trapped us here completely until it disintegrates on its own, and we have no way of leaving before that happens without risking everything collapsing at once."

A brief silence followed as his words sank in, the implications becoming clearer with each passing moment. "We do not have any solid information about the enemy controlling all of this, and worse, we cannot even send a signal to our allies outside to inform them of our situation."

His gaze sharpened slightly as he finished, the calmness in his voice contrasting with the underlying tension. "Right now, we are isolated, blind, and sitting inside something that was never meant to protect us in the first place."

Han Leu looked at him steadily, the tension in his eyes no longer hidden as he finally voiced what had been weighing on his mind. "What can we even do now, Sect Master?"

he asked, his tone serious as he glanced toward the sealed exterior beyond the cabin walls. "The way things are going, everything is becoming far too risky, and the worst part is we do not even know what that beast is going to do next."

Lin Xiaotian met his gaze without hesitation, his expression calm yet carrying a sharp edge of intent that had not been there before. "We need a plan," he said slowly.

He looked between both of them. "And I might already have one, but it depends on whether we are willing to take a greater risk now instead of waiting for a worse outcome later."

He paused briefly before continuing, his tone turning colder as his thoughts aligned into something more decisive. "That thing, whatever it truly is, will most likely not attack us immediately again, because it is preparing for something bigger.

Something far more dangerous." His eyes narrowed slightly as he spoke further. "If we wait a few more days, our chances of survival might drop to zero before we even understand what we are facing."

Without another word, he raised his hand and brought something out, placing it between them where both could clearly see it. It was the severed arm of the beast they had fought earlier, but now it looked unnaturally withered, its flesh shriveled as if something inside had devoured it completely from within.

Han Leu’s expression darkened as he observed it closely, sensing something deeply wrong beneath the surface of what should have been a simple corpse fragment. Before either of them could question it further, Lin Xiaotian calmly brought out a piece of cloth and unfolded it slowly in front of them.

Resting on the cloth was a strange worm-like creature, its body twisted with unnatural markings that pulsed faintly with a disturbing aura. Chu Yue frowned slightly as she looked at it, unable to immediately recognize what she was seeing, though instinctively she felt something deeply unsettling about it.

Han Leu, however, reacted instantly.

His pupils shrank as his expression changed drastically, a trace of disbelief flashing across his face before a strained, almost involuntary voice escaped his throat. "Soul Devouring Skinwalker..." he said hoarsely, the words carrying both shock and dread.

Chu Yue turned toward him, confusion clearly visible in her eyes as she tried to understand the weight behind his reaction. Lin Xiaotian gave a slight nod in response, confirming the identity without hesitation.

"This thing should have been extinct long ago," Han Leu muttered, his voice lowering as if even speaking of it felt dangerous. Lin Xiaotian nodded again, his gaze steady as he pointed toward the worm’s surface.

"Precisely," he said calmly. "And this is not just any ordinary specimen either, look closely at the markings along its body." His tone sharpened slightly as he continued. "This is a worker worm, and not just that, it is a mutated one."

The moment those words settled, Han Leu’s lips turned slightly pale, the implication hitting him immediately with full force. "Sect Master... if that is true, then this situation is far more serious than we initially believed," he said quietly, his voice carrying a restrained tension.

Lin Xiaotian nodded once more, acknowledging the concern without dismissing it, his expression remaining composed despite the gravity of the situation. "I understand exactly how serious this is, and I am aware of the scale of the problem we are dealing with," he replied, his gaze shifting briefly toward Chu Yue as he began explaining further.

"This creature belongs to what is known as one of the Nine Ancient Evils," he said steadily, his tone carrying a faint weight.

As he spoke of something rarely mentioned. "That title was given to entities, things, or monstrosities that once pushed the entire cultivation world to the brink of collapse."

Internally, he recalled how he once treated all of this like some cheap story and casually binge-read it.

A faint embarrassment crept in as he realized just how stupid that thought had been.

He paused slightly before continuing, his eyes growing colder as the memory of those records surfaced in his mind. "Even the infamous Ten Thousand Beast Sovereign Sect, which once caused massive chaos across continents, was considered insignificant compared to what these creatures once did."

Chu Yue’s expression changed subtly as she listened, her usual calm demeanor tightening just slightly as she began to grasp the scale of what he was describing. Lin Xiaotian continued without hesitation, his voice remaining steady.

"These worms burrow into a host and slowly devour everything from within while perfectly mimicking their behavior afterward," he explained. "Their only limitation was their reliance on demonic energy, but even that was not something impossible for them to overcome over time."

His gaze hardened further as he added, "To eliminate them, both demonic and righteous sects were forced to unite for the first time in history, something that had never happened before or since." A faint pause followed before he spoke again. "And yet, if one has appeared here again, then something far worse must have happened behind the scenes."

Han Leu remained silent for a moment before suddenly speaking again, his thoughts aligning into a sharp question. "Then how were you not attacked by it, Sect Master?" he asked, his eyes narrowing slightly as he looked directly at Lin Xiaotian.

Lin Xiaotian smirked faintly at that, a hint of his usual confidence returning as he pointed toward his robes. The Sect Master robes had already repaired themselves, faintly shimmering as if nothing had ever damaged them in the first place.

"These robes are not as simple as they look," he said lightly, though his tone carried subtle pride. "Even at their current low level, they are still artifacts with certain functions that remain active."

He paused briefly, his expression shifting inwardly as a thought crossed his mind as he sighed.

If only they could amplify others’ cultivation the same way they amplify mine

Letting that thought pass, he waved his hand toward both of them, signaling them to focus again as his demeanor returned to seriousness. "Enough of that," he said, his tone firm as he began outlining his idea. 𝗳𝚛𝚎𝚎𝘄𝕖𝕓𝕟𝕠𝚟𝚎𝕝.𝗰𝕠𝐦

He brought out a rough map of the Beast Forest, spreading it out before them as he began explaining his plan step by step, his finger tracing specific routes and locations. As they listened, the details slowly became clearer, and with every passing moment, both Chu Yue and Han Leu’s expressions changed.

Their eyes widened gradually not due to confusion but from the utter outrageousness of the plan.