"Sister, hold on. It will dissipate soon."
Ling Yuling was also struggling at this moment, as she was far from her prime.
Relying on her current strength to activate and unleash her secret treasure from the past required an enormous price.
Ling Yuxian already felt her consciousness growing somewhat blurred. That exploding sensation felt as if it were completely tearing her apart. Fortunately, this feeling gradually began to fade away afterward.
Along with it, the dark aura that had surged forth also slowly dissipated.
The part of consciousness scattered by the Eternal Life Spirit was also nearly gone, no longer as arrogant and domineering as before.
"Did we succeed?"
Ling Yuxian let out a long sigh of relief. Her true soul was extremely dim, filled with numerous fine, web-like cracks. She wasn't sure if this counted as success.
"It should be considered a success."
Ling Yuling shook her head slightly, her tone not entirely certain either. Her true soul's state wasn't good.
The previous strike had essentially exhausted all her current strength, and it had even damaged the core of her true soul. Even recovery would require a vast amount of time.
"Haha, I told you you have no hope. Even if you annihilate me now, so what? I cannot die."
"Go ahead, do your worst. I said, darkness shall ultimately return, once again shrouding the myriad worlds." The weakened voice of the Eternal Life Spirit rang out again, still carrying thick disdain.
It hadn't completely dissipated. Even burned by the Great Dao true flames, it still lingered in this space. However, under Ling Yuling's means, it had been mostly annihilated, no longer as dominant as before.
Ling Yuxian was shocked. She hadn't expected that even after she and her sister paid such a price, the Eternal Life Spirit still existed. Moreover, this was only a part of its scattered true soul, not the complete Eternal Life Spirit.
If it were the complete Eternal Life Spirit, only she and her sister recovering their peak cultivation could possibly withstand it.
Ling Yuling frowned deeply, wanting to say something more.
However, this remaining part of the Eternal Life Spirit suddenly sneered, then transformed into a wisp of black mist, dispersing within this space, hiding who knows where.
For the time being, Ling Yuling also found it difficult to locate its hiding place.
"Forget it. Since we cannot truly eliminate it anyway, buying some time is already enough. Next, Sister, help me return my true soul to my physical body. Afterward, we both leave this space..."
"I have a premonition the Eternal Life Spirit still has other means. It said before that the current Jing Clan is under its control. I fear unexpected events; we must leave here as quickly as possible."
Ling Yuling said solemnly, having no time at all to catch up with Ling Yuxian.
"I know, Sister. I will definitely help you leave this place." Ling Yuxian also nodded, her expression serious. Although she also wished to catch up with her sister and pour out her heart,
time was pressing, offering no spare moments for them both.
Before passing through the dimensional barrier to this space, she had sensed anomalies from the Jing Clan side, as if something major had happened. But at that time, she was focused on rescuing her sister and paid it no mind.
Therefore, Ling Yuxian also feared the Eternal Life Spirit's words might come true, that major problems might arise with the Jing Clan, affecting her plan to rescue her sister.
The next moment, she once again sat cross-legged in the void, chanting ancient sacrificial texts, her entire body wreathed in a Great Dao-like radiance.
One brilliant, dazzling meridian after another extended from another place, magnificent beyond compare, like a vast, surging ocean or a sky-blotting starry river, transmitting sufficient energy to her.
Ling Yuling's true soul also closed its eyes and sat cross-legged, in a meditative posture, using this energy to recover her own strength. The previously weakened true soul became solid and full again; the blurred features also showed signs of becoming clear.
However, this tormented the Imperial Immortal Palace elders in the other location.
After all, this energy came from within them, borrowed by Ling Yuxian.
The cultivation level of Ling Yuling at her peak was horrifying; even the magical power of an Ancestral Dao Realm existence would be instantly drained dry, turning to withered bones.
Now, Ling Yuling also considered this, controlling a limit, worried that the Imperial Immortal Palace elders in the other place might face issues, suffering core depletion and severe cultivation drops.
While she could recover this way, it would make others pay a price, not a scene she wished to see. Of course, there was another reason: Ling Yuxian, as the bridge and medium, couldn't support excessive energy.
Within the pitch-black, deep void space, that spring-eye-like aperture emitting faint light now also radiated a jade-like brilliance, dispersing the dark aura of this place...
Inside, Ling Yuling's physical body sat motionless, rising and falling slightly, unmoved since ancient times. Her vital energy and blood had long stagnated and dried up. Although her appearance remained eternally youthful, it was far from her prime peak, with less than one ten-thousandth of her strength remaining.
Her true soul was attempting to return to her physical body.
Meanwhile, outside this dimensional spacetime.
The Imperial Immortal Palace elders sat in formation around the area, jointly lending their strength to Ling Yuxian. But now, everyone's complexion looked sickly and parched.
Some people's faces were even pale, unstable in their seated posture. Even continuously consuming heavenly materials, earthly treasures, divine pills, and wondrous medicines could hardly alleviate the madly draining strength.
"The Little Ancestor's true soul has already entered the path summoning the Ancestor Master..."
"She is using her own body as a bridge to transmit power to the Ancestor Master."
"Everyone, hold on. I believe the Ancestor Master will soon be able to leave the trapped place." The elder ancestors responsible for protection understood the situation and spoke solemnly one after another. Although they possessed Ancestral Dao Realm strength, they couldn't help much now.
Though willing to transmit power over, they feared causing problems for Ling Yuxian, ruining the effort.
"It seems Senior Sister Yuxian is about to succeed. Our arrival should be quite timely."
At this moment, a slightly amused voice suddenly sounded, startling the Imperial Immortal Palace elder ancestors. A young man walked over from not far away, followed by an elderly man with a refined, clear-cut face and billowing black robes. They, as Ancestral Dao Realm existences, hadn't sensed any aura fluctuation?
"You are that disciple by the Little Ancestor's side?"
The most senior among the elder ancestors, after their initial shock, recognized Gu Changge, their expressions easing slightly. Because Ling Yuxian had been quite close to him recently.
However, the black-robed elder following Gu Changge felt somewhat unfamiliar to them.
Gu Changge wore a smile on his face, nodding slightly toward them without saying much.
"And who might you be?"
Faced with the unfamiliar-faced, somewhat unfathomable black-robed elder, the Imperial Immortal Palace elder ancestors grew somewhat wary, couldn't help but ask solemnly.