The undead have descended upon the world? I possess a sword that can cleave the heavens once more!

A pale blue figure hovered beside Wu You, its head slightly tilted back, its eyes, covered in moisture, fixed intently on the violently changing dark vortex in the sky.

Wu You also raised his head, his right hand resting on the hilt of the already formed Pivot Sword, his fingertips touching the icy surface, ready to deal with anything that rushed out of the vortex at any moment.

At the same time, even the black kitten in the inside pocket of his trench coat quietly poked out half of its ear tip, its fiery golden eyes peeking out through the gap in the fabric.

"three."

"two."

The pale blue figure's lips moved slightly twice. The sound was not loud, but it clearly pierced through the wind and the murmur, reaching Wu You's ears.

Wu You's heart skipped a beat. Did the Fifth Lord of Li know the exact time of the Lustful Projection's arrival, even down to the second?

"one."

"zero!"

When the last word was uttered, the violently churning black vortex suddenly quieted down.

The bulging undercurrent at the center of the vortex subsided rapidly, as if its force had been withdrawn from the other side. The churning undercurrent at the edge also slowed down in an instant, as if the entity behind the vortex had given up on breaking through the vortex to enter the deeper dark domain.

But Wu You immediately realized: it wasn't that the other party had given up, but that they had already completed it!

At this time.

Huhu——

Huhu——

The previously faint sound of wind suddenly surged, carrying dark mist that rushed in from all directions, causing the hem of Wu You's black trench coat to flutter and the fabric edge of the collar to slap against his chin.

At the same time, the low murmurs carried by the wind grew louder, turning from faint whispers into clear murmurs, pouring into his ears from all directions simultaneously.

"Ah, you're wonderful."

"Ah, you're wonderful."

"An unsatisfied lord, a sower of evil thoughts, a fallen king in delusion!"

"You are the Lord of the Abyss of Evil Thoughts!"

"You are the god of lust!!!"

"Ah, praise be to the great god of lust!"

At the same time, tiny black currents of air emerged from the sky, from underground, from people's hearts, and from every possible place.

The air currents began to converge, entwine, and shape beneath the dark vortex, gradually forming a humanoid outline. However, its hands and legs were disproportionately long, while its torso was extremely thin, as if it had been stretched and deformed.

The entire outline has a light black, semi-transparent texture, with the edges undulating slightly in the air.

The moment that semi-transparent humanoid figure took shape, Wu You could clearly feel that his heart lake, guarded by the Clear Sword Heart and Clear Mind State, began to fluctuate violently.

A series of sentences with peculiar tones and strong seductive meanings emerged from the depths of Wu You's mind, as if they were his own thoughts!

"Indulging in vain pleasures without recognizing one's true self; a surge of madness overturns one's spiritual altar; endless anxiety seals off one's spiritual clarity; countless worries shatter one's true heart; sinking into sorrow and grief, forever falling into desolation; fear arises and one's foundation of the Way collapses; in a sudden shock, one's state of mind collapses."

"Excessive joy erodes the spirit, anger burns the internal organs, sorrow imprisons the soul, infatuation entangles the bones, grief permeates the spirit, chills invade the mind, and chaos causes the body to collapse."

"This is ultimate bliss!!!"

"Ah, ruin, ruin!!!"

"To fall into endless depravity and enjoy endless bliss!!!"

Those thoughts climbed up from the bottom of the lake of my heart like vines, layer upon layer, densely wrapping around every inch of the lake's surface.

Then, whoosh—

The sword light of the Clear Sword Heart shone brightly above the Heart Lake. A silver-white light swept across, and those evil thoughts broke and dissipated like broken branches.

But the next second, new evil thoughts surged up from even deeper within, like severed vines growing more branches at the wound site.

It seemed as if they could not be killed or eliminated indefinitely.

Wu You could only maintain his focus and rely on the combined power of his Clear Sword Heart and Clear Mindset to suppress his thoughts and ensure that they remained clear and undisturbed by those evil thoughts!

At the very instant that pale black, semi-transparent figure took shape, the Fifth Lord of Li made his move.

The pale blue figure simply extended a single finger.

The movement didn't seem aggressive at all; it was like someone trying to touch something far away, just slightly raising their fingertips.

Instantly, the air became dry, the plants withered, the soil turned to sand, and even the clouds in the sky were not spared.

All concepts related to water seemed to be drawn out of this space at the same moment, and then transformed into strands of blue light that converged from all directions, dancing and swirling around the pale black, translucent figure, like a swarm of blue fireflies weaving a web in the air.

The blue light intertwined, overlapped, and solidified, eventually forming a pale blue seal that tightly locked the pale black, semi-transparent projection of lust within.

To Wu You's surprise, the projection of lust did not offer any resistance whatsoever.

He stood silently inside the seal, his pale black, translucent body motionless, letting the blue light swirl and converge around him.

His gaze did not linger on the seal itself, but instead passed through the light blue confinement to look at Wu You beside him!

That glance was brief, but Wu You could feel the suppressed evil thoughts deep within his heart surge upwards in that instant, almost breaking through the dual suppression of the Clear Sword Heart and the Clear Mind State!

Then the projection of lust slowly shifted its gaze and turned to the Fifth Lord of Li.

A hoarse voice, seemingly containing all desires, emanated from within the seal, its tone both eerie and composed:

"Thirteen."

"twelve."

"eleven."

Upon hearing this voice, Wu You frowned sharply: What's going on? Instead of resisting or struggling, it started counting down?

But then he immediately realized: the countdown rhythm was exactly the same as the way the Fifth Lord had counted down earlier?!

The light blue figure's pupils contracted sharply the moment he heard the string of numbers, and for the first time, a hint of tension appeared in his usually gentle and composed gaze.

Thirteen seconds—that's the time it takes for the other Li Lord projections to arrive here!

But how could the projection of the god of lust know this?

Could it be—

Fifth Lord Li dared not consider that possibility further!

The God of Lust, who already controlled all desires, naturally noticed the subtle change in the pale blue figure's emotions.

A hoarse voice emanated from within the seal once more, carrying a satisfied feeling, as if savoring something: "Hehe—"

"No need to guess, it's exactly what you thought!"

"You humans are nothing but a lowly race, and you've only been awakened to spiritual power for less than a hundred years."

"So, you dare to defy the hierarchy of life, ascend to a divine throne, and look down upon all living beings?!"

At this point, the voice paused for a moment, then turned slightly by half a degree.

The gaze of the projected lust once again pierced through the seal and the distance of space, landing on Wu You.

But Wu You quickly realized: No, He wasn't looking at him, but at something in his pocket!

"And you, beasts."

"You relied on the self-destruction of your divine throne to create countless divine power clones to distract us, which is how you managed to escape with a wisp of your true spirit."

"So, all this is to be used as a pet by humans, this inferior race?"

At this moment, the God of Beasts also realized something: why He clearly had a way to be exempt from the binding and dying together; why He was now extremely weak and needed to be cautious the most; why He knew that this Dark Domain gathering was definitely related to His old friends.

He knew it all!

But He suddenly made a very irrational decision: to leave the real world and go to the deep dark realm.

The reason given was simply fear that something might happen to the person he was bound to?

Something interfered with His decision!

A hoarse voice suddenly rang out: "It's 'Destiny'!!!"

Meanwhile, in some unknown place filled with the sound of flowing water, a pale hand is holding a pure white quill pen and slowly writing something on a pure black notebook.

The pen tip made a soft rustling sound as it glided across the paper, blending with the distant, continuous, strange sound of flowing water.

"The rifts between the two worlds were largely closed, and a passage large enough to accommodate the projection of a god was opened."

"The one who holds the power of destiny on the human side glimpsed a corner of the river of fate and foresaw the arrival of the projection of the god of lust."

"Because of their desire and yearning for a higher realm, and for some more important reason, the human side decided to invest more resources to capture that projection of lust."

"This is perfectly reasonable and in line with the course of fate!"