Chapter 734 - 394: Spirit Charm

On the way back to the old residential complex, Yang An was no longer weighed down by his thoughts.

Pan Yu and Pan Shi, on the other hand, still had no idea where to begin.

Can Meng Daoist’s mission for them was to kill and devour the incarnations of the Celestial Dao’s will that came to attack them. By doing so, they could expand their domain of reality and gradually gain control of this world.

This meant they were in a passive position, forced to wait for the Celestial Dao’s will to come to them—a situation fraught with danger.

"We need to hurry back," Pan Yu said. "Inside our room, we can freely control our power. Even facing danger, we’ll have a fighting chance."

But outside the room, their powers were restricted. Pan Yu was no different from a normal person, and Pan Shi was only a little stronger.

Walking behind them, Yang An was lost in thought.

’According to the information from my special appraisal ability, the so-called "whispering will" is probably an incarnation of the Celestial Dao’s will—the very thing trying to eliminate Pan Yu and Pan Shi.’

This reminded him of his first time in the Illusion Realm, and those invisible entities.

’Now I know. Those things were coming for Pan Yu, not me.’

’The Celestial Dao sent me to the Origin Realm, burdened with the task of saving Earth from its crisis. There’s no way it would also consider me an enemy.’

’But I can’t just stand by and watch Pan Yu fall into danger. She’s my friend, and Old Life Crane also wants me to help her. As long as I do, everything should remain under control.’

’If Pan Yu dies, who knows what Can Meng Daoist and Old Life Crane will plot next? The situation would spiral out of my control and only become more dangerous.’

’So, Pan Yu must live, and their plan must appear to proceed smoothly.’

What Yang An needed to do was build his strength in secret and raise his Cultivation Level as quickly as possible. He was currently only at the Insect Dao Realm. And while he might be unmatched within the Insect Dao, that was nowhere near enough to face the Immortal Platform.

’If I can reach the Immortal Platform, then no matter what these old schemers are planning, it will all be useless in the face of true power.’

But *how* to advance had now become the difficult problem facing Yang An.

’This isn’t the Origin Realm. Or rather, it’s just a way station between the Origin Realm and Earth, but it’s still separated from the Origin Realm by the Broken Armor.’

’So there’s no Spiritual Muddied Mana to absorb here. That means even if I want to raise my Cultivation Level, it’s pointless without any Mana to refine and absorb.’

’How am I supposed to get Mana?’

’I can’t just travel back and forth through the Broken Armor, running between the Origin Realm and here just to cultivate.’

Yang An was stumped.

’Unless... I could guide Spiritual Turbidity into the area Pan Yu controls.’

’But that’s not feasible either. Once the Spiritual Turbidity enters, this world would be polluted and assimilated by it. Even if I ultimately save Earth, if it’s already been invaded by the Spiritual Turbidity, the same tragedy that befell the Origin Realm would happen all over again.’

’The more I think about it, the more it seems like an unsolvable problem. I really can’t think of a good solution.’

Just as Yang An was deep in thought, Pan Yu, walking ahead of them, suddenly trembled.

"What’s wrong?"

Pan Shi noticed something was wrong and immediately asked the question, which also drew Yang An’s attention.

The trio had been moving quickly and had already reached the base of their apartment building, but an expression of caution now crossed Pan Yu’s face.

"Let’s hurry back! Something’s coming!"

She said urgently, as if she had sensed something.

Without a second thought, Pan Shi grabbed Pan Yu’s hand and leaped straight up, intending to reach the Fifth Floor corridor in the fastest way possible.

But just as Pan Shi, carrying Pan Yu, leaped past the second-floor landing, a white shadow suddenly appeared above him. With a flash, it swatted the two of them out of the air, sending them smashing to the ground below.

The impact gouged a sizable crater in the ground. Luckily, Pan Shi acted as a cushion, and neither of them was seriously injured.

After getting to their feet, they both looked up. Yang An’s gaze followed theirs to the white shadow that had appeared so suddenly, and he saw the creature’s true form.

It was a massive tiger that seemed to be formed from countless wisps of white mist. It was over ten feet long, its body covered in black stripes, and it looked incredibly fierce.

It was currently perched between the third and fourth floors, its eyes glowing menacingly as it stared at Pan Yu. A thunderous roar erupted from its mouth.

’This isn’t what I imagined,’ Yang An thought. ’The first time I entered the Illusion Realm, the dangers came from things I couldn’t see.’

’But even though I couldn’t see them clearly, the firelight revealed that those things were obviously humanoid, completely different from this white tiger.’

’Has the form of the Celestial Dao’s will that’s attacking Pan Yu changed?’

’Wait!’

Yang An suddenly remembered something.

’After I first entered the Illusion Realm, I killed several of those unknown entities. But from their ashes, I obtained the Illusion Technique—a Secret Technique recorded in the Charming Record.’

’But the Charming Record is a Cultivation Technique from the Origin Realm. It doesn’t exist on Earth.’

’So, what I encountered back then wasn’t an attack from the Celestial Dao’s will. It must have been creatures drawn to something related to Pan Yu’s Cultivation Technique, and I just happened to accidentally kill them and pick up the spoils.’

’It’s very likely that this thing in front of us now is the *real* incarnation of the Celestial Dao’s will.’

’But whether I’m mistaken or not doesn’t really matter. All these things are coming for Pan Yu, and I can’t just stand by and watch her be attacked.’