This voice resounded throughout the void space, like claps of thunder exploding continuously.
Deep within the darkness, one golden, meridian-like pattern after another extended and appeared, falling towards the area where the spring eye floated.
Within it, the physical body of Ling Yuling, sitting cross-legged, emitted a trembling movement. A kind of great force vaguely appeared, trying to gather her true spirit, scattered throughout this space, and summon it back into her body.
But this force was too weak, insufficient to accomplish all this, unable even to make her open her eyes.
In the darkness, Ling Yuling's scattered true spirit also emitted a faint sigh.
She had overestimated her sister's current strength and underestimated the corrosive nature of the dark aura existing here.
Unless Ling Yuxian personally found this space and, with the help of everyone's strength, tried to summon her true spirit together, otherwise it would only waste time, all efforts in vain.
"Stop wasting effort on useless actions. All your efforts are nothing but a joke in my eyes."
Seeing this scene, the Eternal Life Spirit laughed even more arrogantly and wantonly, thinking Ling Yuling was merely struggling in her dying moments.
She was far from her peak, unable to muster even one-ten-thousandth of her strength at her prime, let alone think about escaping this place.
Unless there was a true peer-level existence outside who could summon her true spirit.
"I cannot escape this place, and neither can you. Just because I cannot leave now doesn't mean I cannot leave in the future. My people already know where I am trapped, so there must be a way to rescue me. Your days are numbered."
Ling Yuling's voice remained calm and unruffled, responding to the Eternal Life Spirit's words.
"Heh, I'm not like you. I will escape soon. You will never know what methods I have. All your methods I've long witnessed; they simply cannot affect me in any way."
"Even if your people know where you are trapped now, so what? With their strength, they can't even summon you back to your body. Do you still expect them to save you?"
Hearing this, the Eternal Life Spirit still sneered continuously, seemingly not caring at all.
Ling Yuling seemed not to mind, her tone not changing much. "Oh? Are you so sure I have no other methods? For so many years, you still haven't been able to deal with me."
Although she said this, she was actually somewhat worried, not knowing what methods the Eternal Life Spirit possessed to be so brazen.
She wanted to probe, to see if she could learn something from the Eternal Life Spirit's words.
After all, the Eternal Life Spirit still didn't know she had a certain connection with her sister, Ling Yuxian.
It wasn't that she had left clues through some method to lure her here.
And this was her only chance to transmit the message to Ling Yuxian, allowing her to prepare in advance.
"Heh, at this point, you're still trying to trick me into talking. But, what's the harm in telling you? Because you have no chance of winning left, and I have already sensed the arrival of that aura..."
"The Jing Clan you instructed and entrusted have long been under my control. They are all my pawns, my nourishment. When I escape, they will all transform into my nutrients, allowing me to recover to a state far surpassing your prime."
"You have no hope at all."
In the darkness, it seemed as if boundless malice surged forth, accompanied by emotions of violence, greed, destruction, fanaticism, and more.
Ling Yuling felt increasingly heavy-hearted, a sense of powerless suffocation.
With a sigh, she could only try to transmit this message to Ling Yuxian, who was trying to summon her back.
"Sister..."
Ling Yuxian, sitting cross-legged in the void, suddenly heard Ling Yuling's response at this moment, her face immediately showing deep joy.
However, she had no time to check her sister's current state, only hearing her warning to be careful of the Jing Clan.
A major problem had arisen within the Jing Clan.
Ling Yuxian was stunned again. The Jing Clan, which had been fine earlier, suddenly had a major problem?
She thought of the anomaly from the distance earlier; it seemed something major had indeed happened with the Jing Clan.
"Could it be related to that pagoda seen earlier? Are the Jing Clan members trying to open that pagoda?"
"But right now, I can't care about that. Sister, where exactly are you? I will definitely find a way to summon you back."
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Ling Yuxian hurriedly responded to Ling Yuling's message, gritting her teeth tightly.
Simultaneously, she also instructed the Imperial Immortal Palace elders to help her, borrowing their strength, regardless of whether her body and primordial spirit could withstand it.
Several Imperial Immortal Palace elder ancestors of the Ancestral Dao Realm who had followed along all wore extremely solemn expressions.
They also wanted to help Ling Yuxian, but they did not know the ancient summoning technique Ling Yuxian was using.
Moreover, they had no blood connection with the Imperial Immortal Palace's Ancestor Master, so they couldn't sense her location. Thus, they could only try their best to protect Ling Yuxian now.
If they intervened, lending their power to Ling Yuxian, even just one percent would be enough to cause the current Ling Yuxian to explode, body and spirit annihilated.
"You're insane. If this continues, your body won't be able to bear it, your primordial spirit will crack; there's a risk of complete annihilation."
Deep within that profound darkness, Ling Yuling's true spirit, scattered in various places, sensed this scene. Her expressions all changed drastically, feeling Ling Yuxian had gone mad.
The Eternal Life Spirit also hadn't expected Ling Yuxian to disregard life and death, fighting so desperately.
With only Quasi-Immortal Emperor level strength, she dared to borrow power from several Dao Realm existences.
"Heh, quite a fearless fellow. But doing this is also a waste of time, useless effort."
It sneered continuously, appearing completely indifferent.
Ling Yuling felt even heavier at heart.
Even though Ling Yuxian was already employing such means, the Eternal Life Spirit still didn't care, clearly confident of victory.
Ling Yuxian paid no heed to her sister's transmission at this moment.
She sat cross-legged in that patch of nothingness, radiant light steaming, chaos qi swirling, her entire body glowing.
Her cheekbones became translucent, her primordial spirit brilliant and blazing. Longevity substances seemed to diffuse, ready to step out and leave her body at any moment.
The many Imperial Immortal Palace elders around her wore solemn expressions, sending forth beams of divine light that converged upon Ling Yuxian.
Vast, surging power stirred here, causing the aura on her body to continuously rise and transform, the phenomena becoming even more astonishing.