Chapter 1979: Whatever You Say Goes

Even though it had been dead for who knows how many millennia, this remnant bone still shone with golden light, emitting extremely profound energy fluctuations.

This golden bone was indestructible and immortal.

"Such powerful energy fluctuations! This Celestial Venerable, when alive, was probably infinitely close to the Celestial Emperor realm," Song Yu said, his heart trembling.

Ye Yuan nodded in agreement. "Those bone demons were likely born under the influence of this Celestial Venerable's remnant bone and grew under his Dao resonance, reaching their current realm. That's why Zuo Mo and the others wanted to take the bone, driving the bone demons mad."

Guo Jingyang chuckled. "They lured the bone demons away, which works in our favor. The Dao resonance and energy contained in this Celestial Venerable's bone are enough to help us break through several realms."

This Celestial Venerable's remnant bone was extremely spiritual and contained immense energy. Using it for cultivation or comprehending the Heavenly Dao would yield twice the results with half the effort.

What was a great opportunity?

This was a great opportunity!

In this ancient god battlefield, countless great cultivators had fallen.

Even obtaining just a tiny bit would benefit them for a lifetime.

"I think this bone should go to Brother Ye. Without him on this journey, we might have died long ago," Hu Fei said.

A flicker of reluctance passed through Song Yu's eyes, but after a struggle, he nodded. "You're right, Brother Ye. This Celestial Venerable's bone is yours."

Faced with a treasure, it would be false to say they weren't tempted, but they knew deep down that without Ye Yuan, they wouldn't have made it this far.

Throughout the journey, Ye Yuan had contributed the most, yet he had shared all the treasures with everyone.

Ye Yuan smiled. "Everyone who sees it shares it. How could I keep it all to myself? Let's split this Celestial Venerable's bone equally."

Song Yu was taken aback. "Brother Ye, are you joking? This Celestial Venerable's bone is probably harder than most Celestial Venerable spiritual treasures. How can we split it?"

Ye Yuan laughed. "We can't split it, but someone else can!"

The others were puzzled. As they stood there dazed, Ye Yuan walked toward the bone.

He picked up the Celestial Venerable's bone and began refining it on the spot.

Hum!

At that moment, an extremely powerful soul force suddenly burst forth from the Celestial Venerable's bone.

"Hahaha... I have been trapped here for countless ages, and today I finally see the light of day! Kid, to repay you, let me take your body as my own!"

Seeing the aged figure, Song Yu and the others' expressions changed drastically.

"A Celestial Venerable's residual thought! This Celestial Venerable actually sealed a wisp of his residual thought inside the bone!" Song Yu exclaimed.

"Brother Ye, be careful!" Guo Jingyang and the others shouted in terror.

The aura emanating from the Celestial Venerable's residual thought was so powerful that it made their souls tremble.

A Celestial Venerable stood at the pinnacle of this world.

Mortals simply couldn't comprehend their power.

Before this Celestial Venerable's residual thought, they couldn't muster the slightest will to resist.

Ye Yuan showed no intention of fleeing. He looked at the residual thought and smiled. "Senior, please trouble yourself to split this bone into five parts."

The Celestial Venerable's residual thought had just been reveling in the joy of breaking free, but upon hearing Ye Yuan's words, his laughter abruptly stopped.

Was this kid an idiot?

Right now, I'm about to possess you!

Not only him, but even Song Yu and the others were stunned into silence.

What was Ye Yuan up to?

This wasn't how the script was supposed to go!

Had Ye Yuan been scared silly by this sudden Celestial Venerable's residual thought?

"Kid, I'm about to possess you. Don't you understand?"

The Celestial Venerable's residual thought looked at Ye Yuan, utterly bewildered.

This kid didn't look like an idiot at all!

Ye Yuan smiled. "I'm asking you to split the bone. Don't you understand?"

Idiot!

Definitely an idiot!

At that moment, the Celestial Venerable's residual thought was absolutely certain—this was definitely an idiot!

"Oh well, since you're an idiot, let me grant you release. You'll thank me!"

The Celestial Venerable's residual thought found it boring. He felt that at this moment, Ye Yuan should be trembling and begging for mercy on his knees.

But the script didn't go as he expected.

He was about to possess him, yet Ye Yuan wanted him to split the bone...

Back then, after a great battle, he was gravely wounded and near death.

Unwilling to die, he wanted to live another life.

So he refined all his lifelong cultivation into one of his bones.

Then he sealed a wisp of his residual thought into that bone and fell into endless slumber.

As long as someone obtained this bone and tried to refine it, the seal would break, allowing him to emerge and possess the person to be reborn.

Now, someone had refined it, so he came out.

He thought the whole world would tremble, but Ye Yuan didn't.

Rumble!

The Celestial Venerable's residual thought turned into a puff of black smoke, trying to drill directly into Ye Yuan's body.

"Brother Ye, be careful!"

Song Yu and the others' expressions changed drastically. They wanted to rush forward, but their feet wouldn't move.

But at that moment, an even more terrifying aura erupted from Ye Yuan.

A massive soul vortex, like an endless black hole, actively met the Celestial Venerable's residual thought.

"Ah! A... a Celestial Venerable spiritual treasure! Damn it!"

The originally imposing Celestial Venerable's residual thought let out a strange cry, and the puff of black smoke desperately tried to break free from the vortex's pull.

But how could Wuchen let him escape?

The Soul-Calming Pearl was the bane of such soul entities.

Back then, the Soul-Calming Pearl's spiritual energy had been nearly drained by Celestial Venerable Xianlin.

But after Ye Yuan's many years of nurturing, the pearl's vitality had recovered to sixty or seventy percent.

This sixty to seventy percent power was naturally insufficient to deal with a true Celestial Venerable, but it was more than enough to handle a mere residual thought.

The Celestial Venerable's residual thought used every trick to escape the Soul-Calming Pearl's absorption, but he was now like someone stuck in a quagmire, unable to pull free.

His mood shifted from surprise to gradual fear.

"Young brother, I... I know I was wrong. Spare me, please? I truly know my mistake!"

The Celestial Venerable's residual thought had lost all his earlier arrogance; his voice even carried a sobbing tone.

He was truly afraid!

This soul-type Celestial Venerable spiritual treasure posed too great a threat to him.

Ye Yuan smiled. "I can let you go, but you have to split the bone into five parts."

The Celestial Venerable's residual thought dared not say a word of dissent. He quickly agreed, "Whatever you say goes, young brother! Not just five parts, even fifty, I'll split them for you."

Ye Yuan nodded, and the soul vortex instantly dissipated. The pressure on the Celestial Venerable's residual thought suddenly lifted, and he reappeared.

But his form was noticeably dimmer than before, and his expression looked very weary, clearly having suffered considerable damage.

Song Yu and the others stared dumbfounded at this scene, their mouths agape in shock.

Was this even possible?