The wails echoed throughout the land. Those who practiced that Cultivation Technique found their Cultivation Realm rapidly declining, accompanied by severe headaches.

In contrast, those who hadn't cultivated in the past two days felt significantly less pain, with their Cultivation Realm only dropping two major levels before stopping, gradually stabilizing.

The others, however, saw their Cultivation Realm plummet to nothing, turning into ordinary people.

This roller coaster of emotions completely crushed them; they couldn't accept the feeling of having no power.

It's easy to go from frugality to extravagance, but going from extravagance to frugality is difficult.

The crowd fell into despair.

"Captain, Senior Xiao Yao didn't lie to us. The Cultivation Technique is indeed strange!" Xiao Ting exclaimed in surprise, her complexion gradually improving as her Cultivation stopped declining further.

In comparison, others had to start their cultivation anew from scratch.

"Yes, if we hadn't listened to Senior Xiao Yao, we would probably be just like them and turned into ordinary people." Li Jun wiped the cold sweat from his forehead; they only experienced a momentary pain, losing little of their Cultivation Realm.

Those people were miserable enough; fortunately, they heeded Senior Xiao Yao's advice, or else they would have ended up like those people.

Soon, the cries of pain subsided, but the faces of those people suddenly took on a bizarre expression.

One by one, they opened their mouths wide without making a sound. Their bodies twisted grotesquely, with arms and legs bending backward and their heads spinning 360 degrees like a spinning top.

Their skin rapidly turned black until wisps of black air flowed from their bodies and into the Quasi-Emperor's body. Then they stopped, collapsing silently.

Witnessing this eerie and terrifying scene, Li Jun and the others quickly backed away. Those who hadn't used the Cultivation Technique over the past two days didn't show any of these strange symptoms.

That meant the Cultivation Technique was indeed problematic!

"I didn't expect you lot to refrain from using the Cultivation Technique for two days, interrupting my Soul Absorption Technique. How did you discover the problem?"

At that moment, the Quasi-Emperor spoke coldly, his voice sharp like a woman's yet hoarse and unpleasant.

"Who exactly are you, and what on earth is this Cultivation Technique?" a cultivator bravely questioned in anger.

"Since you're all doomed anyway, there's no harm in telling you." The Quasi-Emperor sneered, beginning to recount the tale.

"This Cultivation Technique is actually my Soul Absorption Technique. The reason you could use it perfectly is because I improved it. I gave it to you because I needed you to grow stronger so that I could become more powerful." Having said that, the Quasi-Emperor threw his head back and laughed heartily.

"Now that you've heard, it's time for you to die." The Quasi-Emperor was about to strike, but suddenly paused as a figure appeared before him.

Chen Lan appeared out of thin air, surveying the corpses and the Quasi-Emperor in front of him, immediately comprehending everything that had happened.

"Senior Xiao Yao!" Li Jun cried out excitedly upon seeing Chen Lan appear.

The others were equally excited, not expecting Chen Lan to actually come, keeping his promise.

With this great figure here, they were no longer afraid.

"Who are you?" The Quasi-Emperor gazed at Chen Lan in astonishment, realizing he couldn't discern Chen Lan's Cultivation Realm—could he be even more powerful?

But then another thought crossed his mind, perhaps it was an issue with his own body.

"I waited two days, worrying you wouldn't use that Cultivation Technique." Chen Lan smiled faintly.

Two days ago, he had already discovered that the Cultivation Technique could absorb others' souls and cultivation, so he warned them not to use it.

The reason they didn't use it was due to a drawback of the Cultivation Technique: if not used for two days, the power it could absorb was significantly reduced. That's why those people only dropped two or three major levels while others lost their lives.

Especially those who were using the Cultivation Technique in the last second; they were the first to die.

"You knew?!" The Quasi-Emperor was startled; this man knew what he planned to do?

Then why not stop others from using the Cultivation Technique and instead watched so many people die?

"Their deaths have nothing to do with me; you're the key." Chen Lan smiled calmly.

"Me?" The Quasi-Emperor was dumbfounded—what did it have to do with him?

"Because you are the best nourishment." With that, Chen Lan extended a hand, swiftly pulling the Quasi-Emperor over.

"Sure enough, you cannot absorb souls from a distance; you can only concentrate all the Soul Dao Power in this vessel. You must also be comprehending the Soul Dao."

Upon hearing this, the Quasi-Emperor's expression turned to shock, his eyes widening: "How is this possible; you also know about the Soul Dao? Who are you? Are you the human who destroyed my long-laid trap two days ago?"

What on earth are the Ten Rakshasas doing? How have they not managed to kill this man after such a long time? Didn't I send them out two days ago?

"This place was indeed worth coming to." Chen Lan smiled contentedly, his eyes flashing purple as he began to absorb the Quasi-Emperor's soul.

"No, let go of me, let go of me! This is my Soul Dao Power!!!" the Quasi-Emperor shouted in alarm as his Soul Dao Power rapidly drained away, the man before him not planning to leave him with a single drop.

This was the culmination of tens of thousands of years of his meticulous preparation, and it would be used to benefit someone else—how could he bear it?

"Damn it, if I can't have it, you won't either!" The Quasi-Emperor roared and suddenly self-destructed!

With a loud bang, the Spiritual Power shockwave from the Quasi-Emperor's self-destruction spread in all directions, sending the spectators flying, crashing heavily to the ground, with those of lower realms dying instantly and the stronger ones severely injured.

The black smoke billowed, obscuring everyone's view of the scene. Li Jun struggled to his feet, watching the spectacle in shock.

"The Quasi-Emperor self-destructed; is Senior Xiao Yao okay?"

Despite being so far away, they were still affected—standing at the center, Xiao Yao surely couldn't have survived?

But soon, the black smoke cleared, revealing Chen Lan standing unscathed, much to everyone's astonishment.

Even a Quasi-Emperor's self-destruction didn't kill Chen Lan. Just what realm was he? This was terrifying!

"Self-destruct?" Chen Lan was rather speechless, though it wasn't much of an issue for him.

With a gentle wave of his hand, time around him began to reverse. The dead were revived, and the shockwave returned, the Spiritual Power from the explosion reversed and reformed the Quasi-Emperor, resetting everything.

"You... you also mastered the Dao of Time!"

Time Reversal did not erase their memories; they clearly remembered the memories of the time rewind, fully aware of what just happened.

Chen Lan remained silent, continuing to absorb the Quasi-Emperor's Soul Dao Power.

Knowing the other could control Time Reversal, the Quasi-Emperor gave up completely, allowing Chen Lan to absorb him until he was entirely drained, his body slowly turning to ash and dispersing with the wind.

"Human, I've finally found you."

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