He remembered that when his main body passed zero o'clock in the prison, among the notification sounds he heard, the phrase immediately following "the martyr's skeleton" was—

The sins of bygone days shall be retried in the Court of Disorder…

It was also that notification that, at the time, guided Jiang Ye's main body to its destination—the Court of Disorder! 𝑓𝘳𝘦𝑒𝑤𝑒𝘣𝘯ℴ𝘷𝘦𝓁.𝑐𝑜𝑚

Thus, for the sake of his main body, Jiang Ye threw all caution to the wind and invested a massive number of clones into the Court of Disorder!

A full ninety thousand light clones.

Additionally, for Zhou Yuling's ten thousand followers, he mortgaged another ten thousand puppet clones.

Equivalent to investing a full hundred thousand clones for the【Court of Disorder】!

Later, before the【Court of Disorder】officially held its session, the competition for session slots took place within the 「Formless Domain」…

Until the loss of control from the depths of the Abyss Restricted Zone began to spread outward, Jiang Ye's main body within the【Court of Disorder】had basically taken control of the situation.

Which is to say…

All players who obtained session slots did so only after pledging allegiance to the【Formless Leaf】.

Which is to say…

All players who obtained session slots were, in essence, Jiang Ye's clones!

The subsequent session then coincidentally collided with the spread of the Abyss Restricted Zone's loss of control, which was this large-scale time-travel incident…

Thus, the connection between the clones and the main body was once again completely severed.

In fact, Jiang Ye couldn't even be certain…

Whether the batch of clones trapped in the【Court of Disorder】alongside his main body had also achieved "time travel."

It was just that he instinctively felt—

That "extreme session" of the【Court of Disorder】, which Zhou Yuling had predicted to be of the highest difficulty…

Had a very high probability of occurring in this era.

Not only because the spread of the Abyss Restricted Zone's loss of control caused this time-travel incident.

But also because, after arriving in this "Doomsday Prison" era, Jiang Ye inexplicably felt—

That the so-called extreme session of the【Court of Disorder】was *meant* to happen in this era!

That is to say, the time travel experienced by his main body within the【Court of Disorder】was not "just a coincidence," but "how it was supposed to be"!

The trial referred to by the Court…

Was *meant* to happen in this era!

Of course, this idea was merely an intuition that arose within Jiang Ye after arriving in this era.

And at this very moment…

Gazing at this colossal, pitch-black entity with distinct white bones visible within…

The phrase from the notification surfaced in his mind—"the martyr's skeleton, in the abyss, glows like a stele"…

He inexplicably felt another strong intuition—

That the formation of this colossal entity at this very moment…

Was very likely connected in some way to his main body's trial within the【Court of Disorder】!

And after this thought emerged, he couldn't help but wonder…

Was missing the opportunity to feed flesh and blood to the Giant Skeleton the right or wrong choice?

He couldn't say for sure.

It was just that at this moment, as this colossal entity stood up, as the luminous white bones within it became clearer and clearer, radiating an increasing sense of power…

The three of them—Jiang Ye, He Yuliang, and Du Yuheng—immersed in the Blood Pool, seemed to be under a paralysis spell, completely unable to move!

At a time like this, Jiang Ye was absolutely certain—

In the eyes of this colossal entity, the three of them were just like the three Moon People in the eyes of Sun Person players.

If it wanted to crush them, or to erase them… it would probably be nothing more than a passing thought!

At this moment, their fates were entirely not in their own hands, but decided by this colossal entity!

At this moment, both Du Yuheng and Jiang Ye wore slightly tense expressions.

However, perhaps due to the subtle effect of He Yuliang's【Luck】talent…

This terrifying colossal entity seemed to merely glance at them, then completely ignored them as if an elephant ignoring ants.

Then…

This colossal entity with luminous white bones directly submerged its entire massive body into the Blood Pool.

Strangely enough—

According to the principles of physics, when such a colossal entity completely submerges into the pool water, the water level should rise violently, even overflow significantly.

But this colossal entity seemed to have no volume.

After submerging into the Blood Pool, it didn't cause the pool's surface to rise even a single bit.

In fact, very quickly, the pool surface, which had been rippling slightly, returned to complete calm.

The oppressive presence felt while the colossal entity existed also vanished without a trace…

The previously tense emotions of the three gradually eased.

He Yuliang was the first to let out a heavy sigh: "Phew… s-scared me to death… that…"

He was about to say, "what the hell was that thing"…

But he suddenly remembered that earlier, when he looked at the small skeletons by the Blood Pool that had grown flesh and asked if they were moon infants, a voice had answered him.

Although it was just a voice answering him and didn't cause any substantial harm,

He Yuliang was acutely aware—

Some terrifying existences beyond normal comprehension were probably not even to be discussed by ordinary people!

Thus, he forcibly swallowed the words halfway, not daring to show even the slightest disrespect or make any comment about that colossal entity.

Of course, including the moon infant mentioned in the previous announcement, he didn't dare mention it again.

In comparison, Du Yuheng and Jiang Ye were also somewhat silent.

Du Yuheng lowered his eyes, lost in thought about something.

Jiang Ye also wore a pensive expression, surveying this Blood Pool.

He suddenly realized with a jolt—

Could this so-called "Blood Pool" of the "Blood Pool and Forest of Flesh"…

Be the very same Blood Pool that later appeared on the rooftop of the Doomsday Apartment, extending countless iron chains to imprison the Moon Phase Clock?

Speaking of which, that clone of his that later turned into a Blood Skin Desiccated Corpse had also been thrown into a Blood Pool.

Originally, it was to cooperate with Salvation's experiment, to see if his blood could have an effect similar to the Crow's in delaying the Moon Phase Clock's time.

For Salvation, the experiment was a failure.

But for Jiang Ye…

He gained another clone with an unusual condition.

Namely, the Blood Skin Desiccated Corpse Clone that was bottled up by the Formation Master at the time and later installed onto a desiccated corpse by the Formation Master.

Hiss…

Jiang Ye now realized belatedly—

Blood Skin Desiccated Corpse, Blood Skin Coat?

Could there be some connection between the two?

The reason Jiang Ye referred to that clone as the "Blood Skin Desiccated Corpse" clone…

Was because that clone truly seemed to have been refined by the Formation Master into a sheet of blood skin, worn over the desiccated corpse prepared by the Formation Master.

And the Blood Skin Coat of this era was a coat, thin as a cicada's wing and bearing blood-colored patterns, that Sun Person players would wear during a solar eclipse…

Functionally speaking, there did seem to be some connection between the two.

Moreover, what Jiang Ye couldn't help but ponder was—

At the time, the Formation Master seemed able to send that Blood Skin Desiccated Corpse Clone into the center of the Forbidden Zone.

That is, he needed that Blood Skin Desiccated Corpse Clone to also experience this "time travel"?

For ordinary players, time travel was basically a complete formatting.

Not only could talents and skills not follow the player, but various equipment and items naturally couldn't follow either.

Of course, the temporary prison watch worn by Chen Cang was an exception.

So…

The reason the Formation Master sent the Blood Skin Desiccated Corpse to the center of the Forbidden Zone…

Was likely because he believed the Blood Skin Desiccated Corpse wouldn't be judged as an item.

But would be judged as a player and also travel to this era!

Then, did the Formation Master know the Blood Skin Desiccated Corpse was Jiang Ye's clone?

No.

Based on the Formation Master's expression and behavior at the time, he probably didn't know.

That is, even if that Blood Skin Desiccated Corpse didn't contain Jiang Ye's consciousness, it should still be able to time travel like a player.

And the Formation Master went to great lengths to make the Blood Skin Desiccated Corpse time travel, probably wanting to use it for something…

For a moment, Jiang Ye's thoughts wandered from the Blood Pool, to the Blood Skin Desiccated Corpse Clone, to the Blood Skin Coat, to the Formation Master's motives…

Finally, his thoughts returned to this "Blood Pool."

Initially, he really hadn't paid much attention to this "Blood Pool and Forest of Flesh" that Li Si called an asset.

Now, considering it was very likely connected to the Blood Pool that later imprisoned the Moon Phase Clock, his attitude became increasingly serious.

Of course, even without considering that, the fact that such a terrifying entity, suspected to be a "martyr," was born from this Blood Pool…

Had already proven its extraordinary nature.

Jiang Ye pulled back his thoughts and turned his gaze to Du Yuheng.

Noticing his gaze, Du Yuheng met his eyes.

After a moment of silent eye contact, Jiang Ye spoke:

"If I'm not mistaken, you were just about to reveal your trump card to persuade me."

"Although I've now missed the chance to feed flesh and blood to the Giant Skeleton, why not still let me see this so-called trump card that could truly persuade me?"

Du Yuheng remained silent for a moment before sighing:

"You should also be able to guess that I didn't immediately use that reason to 'persuade' you. There's naturally a reason for that."

"So, I'll still wait until I obtain the【Salvation Domain】skill before telling you."

"…" Jiang Ye took a deep breath, barely suppressing the urge to kill this guy, and asked again:

"Earlier, when you were staring into the depths of this Blood Pool, did you detect something with your【True Sight Eye】?"

Du Yuheng shook his head: "No, I was thinking—"

"Since the step of feeding flesh and blood to the skeletons wasn't carried out according to Li Si's instructions…"

"Then is the next instruction, to explore the depths of the Blood Pool, still necessary?"

"Of course, what I'm really concerned about is—if we also venture into the depths of this Blood Pool now, would it displease that existence from earlier?"

When Du Yuheng mentioned "that existence," his tone carried obvious apprehension and caution.

Clearly, like He Yuliang, he also felt that such an existence was too transcendent and terrifying, probably not something ordinary people could mention or discuss.

So when he had to refer to it, he naturally did so carefully, using "that existence" to refer to it.

Jiang Ye was also hesitant, unsure if he should explore the depths of the Blood Pool.

At times like this, he increasingly appreciated the benefits of having a large number of clones, and even being able to generate new clones at any time.

If he had a large number of clones as backup and could generate new ones anytime…

Then he wouldn't need to hesitate at all right now.

He could just generate a clone and send it to explore the depths of the Blood Pool.

His current "Cheng Lin" clone possessed the SSS-level【Salvation】talent…

And was also equipped with mechanical eyeballs, becoming a Sun and Moon Person.

Overall, this clone was quite valuable.

He naturally couldn't bear to risk this clone.

Just as he was thinking this…

Jiang Ye's eyes suddenly flickered, a flash of pleasant surprise passing through them!

His gaze quickly shifted towards the black mist outside the Blood Pool.

In the excellent vision provided by his mechanical eyeballs, he indeed saw two familiar figures, unmistakably—

Chen Cang and Li Si!

These two had actually appeared directly within this Blood Pool and Forest of Flesh!

Of course, in reality, what he detected even before his mechanical eyeballs' vision was the connection between him and his clone!

This reunion at this moment…

Instantly triggered another wave of memory sharing between Cheng Lin Jiang Ye and the Witch Gui Jiang Ye.

Thus, Cheng Lin Jiang Ye instantly learned—

After the explosion in the Giant Toad's stomach, after Chen Cang attempted to use【Blood Prison Contract】on that newborn giant sphere…

He had indeed encountered an attack from the Giant Toad!

It was still that bluish-gray long tongue, coiling around and restraining both Chen Cang and the newborn giant sphere.

So initially, the crushing pain throughout his body that Jiang Ye sensed through【Pain Sharing】came from the Giant Toad's long tongue squeezing them at that time.

Fortunately,【Pain Sharing】was active then; otherwise, with just Chen Cang alone, it was uncertain if he could have withstood that terrifying crushing sensation.

Even Chen Cang, despite possessing the【Protagonist Halo】, was somewhat frightened at the time.

He frantically tried to think of ways to struggle himself while also urging the Witch Gui Jiang Ye, whom he treated as a portable old grandpa, to think of something.

What could the Witch Gui Jiang Ye do?

He was just a consciousness, without a proper physical body.

However, the Witch Gui Jiang Ye at that time did discover a turning point!

Initially, when he fell into the Giant Toad's stomach along with the newborn giant sphere, the Witch Gui Jiang Ye had tried to see if he could directly invade the newborn giant sphere with his consciousness.

After all, before that, he had the cheating experience of directly invading a Mirror Puppet BOSS with his consciousness and then becoming the Mirror Puppet BOSS.

However, the result was, of course, failure.

Perhaps it was because the newborn giant sphere was immersed in stomach acid at the time, or because the newborn itself was not fully developed…

In short, his attempt to seize the body failed.

The Witch Gui Jiang Ye at the time even wondered if the newborn's mental attributes were too extraordinary, causing his seizure attempt to fail?

In any case, initially, he couldn't directly seize the newborn giant sphere.

However…

When Chen Cang urged him to hurry up and think of something,

He was surprised to discover—

At that moment, he could suddenly directly seize the newborn giant sphere!

This…

Was it because the giant sphere had left the stomach acid? Or did Li Si's vanished mechanical eyeballs produce some effect?

Or perhaps, the【Blood Prison Contract】used by Chen Cang had some effect on the giant sphere?

In any case, the Witch Gui Jiang Ye did successfully seize the body, parasitizing onto the newborn giant sphere.

Immediately, he also tried to use【Nesting Inner Demons】on the newborn giant sphere…

And it succeeded too!

Then, he directly seized the newborn giant sphere!

However, even after seizing the newborn giant sphere, he was still coiled within the Giant Toad's long tongue, unable to move.

The entire not-yet-fully-born newborn also had no ability whatsoever to assist.

But…

The Witch Gui Jiang Ye at the time found an opportunity to break the situation from the【Blood Prison Contract】spread across the giant sphere!