Ye Yu asked, "Then why are you sure I'm not the one transformed from the Origin of Evil?"
Zi Ji said, "The Origin of Evil, once the Apocalypse disappears, takes a long time to evolve again. When I met your father, it was one hundred thousand years ago, so you cannot be the transformed Origin of Evil but an inheritor."
Ye Yu frowned, "What about my father? If I inherited the Origin of Evil, will my father disappear?"
"I don't think so. Your birth doesn't mean you completely take over the Origin of Evil. It should hide deep within your body and grow gradually."
"Where is my father now? Do you know?" Ye Yu was eager to know.
Zi Ji shook her head, "I don't know."
Zi Ji's face turned somewhat heavy, worried, and sighed, "When I saw your father back then, I thought his cultivation had at least reached ninety hundred thousand years, only one celestial tribulation away from becoming a God. But the celestial tribulation of the Apocalypse Black Dragon is more terrifying, especially nearing Godhood. The final celestial tribulation must be unimaginably terrifying. Perhaps, it's an impossible tribulation to pass."
"Now, one hundred thousand years have passed. Your father might have already faced that last celestial tribulation..."
Zi Ji stopped here, the meaning clear: a slim chance of survival.
Zi Ji sighed lightly, "You are human too. It's hard to imagine your father would have a child with a human. Who is your mother?"
In her heart, Zi Ji was enviously jealous. What kind of outstanding human woman could obtain such a man? Even she couldn't reach him.
Ye Yu's expression dimmed, "My mother is no longer around. I am certain she was murdered."
Zi Ji was surprised, "As the woman of the Apocalypse Lord, she was murdered? It seems something unknown indeed happened."
Ye Yu's eyes gleamed coldly, "I have identified two forces related to my mother's death. Once I have enough strength, I will investigate."
Zi Ji nodded determinedly, "Yes, anytime you face trouble or need help, come to the depths of the Xingdou Great Forest. If you release the Power of Extreme Evil, I will lead the Hell Demon Dragon Race to aid you. No matter who the enemy is, we will fight with all our might. Without your father, there would be no Hell Demon Dragon Race."
Ye Yu nodded, but he tried not to trouble others, to avoid putting them in crisis because of him.
"This time, I'm here mainly to give you something."
Zi Ji took out a pendant, a black crystal pendant.
Zi Ji said, "This is the Evil-Sealing Pendant. If the Power of Extreme Evil inside you goes out of control, this pendant will suppress a portion of it, preventing you from losing your mind. This pendant was also your father's. He gave it to me initially to help heal me and prevent me from succumbing to extreme evil power and collapsing mentally. So this Evil-Sealing Pendant can suppress part of the extreme evil power to keep you from going berserk. With your current strength, the pendant should still work to suppress it."
Ye Yu took it, grasped it tightly in the palm of his hand, then put it on his neck.
"Then I will leave now."
Ye Yu nodded, "Yes, thank you."
Zi Ji's figure shimmered and disappeared.
Ye Yu returned to Lanba Academy, lost in thought along the way.
Today, he learned a lot, but he also realized he would face much more in the future. He needed to become stronger. Otherwise, knowing everything would be futile.
Returning to Lanba Academy, it was already evening.
"Hmm?"
At this moment, Ye Yu sensed a familiar aura.
Ye Yu dashed to a concealed dark spot in the Lanba back mountain forest and asked, "Is that Uncle Tang Hao?"
Tang Hao sighed lightly, "Xiao Yu, your sensing ability is really strong."
Ye Yu guessed why Tang Hao was here and asked, "Worried about Xiao San's injuries? Don't worry, they were superficial. After my treatment, they're almost healed and will be fully recovered in a few days without a scar."
Tang Hao nodded, "Yes, thank you, Xiao Yu."
"No need to be so polite. Xiao San is like my own brother."
Tang Hao said, "Can you control that extreme evil power now? Let me see you release it."
Ye Yu nodded, black energy entangled around his left arm, expanding, and then the black energy surged across his body. His robust left arm, with two black dragon scales on the back of his hand, was revealed before Tang Hao.
Tang Hao sighed lightly, "This evil is truly utterly pure. Back when you lost control and went berserk, your left arm completely turned into a Dragon Arm, smashing a small mountain. You were at the peak of slaughter and evil. If I hadn't stepped in to stop you, you would have soon destroyed Soul Saint Village and then continued to wreck other cities. So, it's best not to lose control again unless you have someone by your side strong enough to stop you. But, when you went berserk before, you had such strength. Now that you're a Soul King, I can't even imagine how strong you'd be if you went berserk again."
Ye Yu nodded, "Thank you for the reminder, Uncle. Unless I encounter a life-or-death crisis, I won't let myself lose control."
Tang Hao nodded, ready to leave, but was stopped by Ye Yu.
"Uncle Tang Hao, can you help me with something?"
"What is it?"
"It's like this..."
...
Afterwards, Ye Yu headed to a tavern and found Tang Long and Tang Hu.
The two were surprised, "You?"
They naturally knew Ye Yu. All the contestants did. They envied him. Throughout the tournament, he had won without a fight.
The two looked wary, "What are you here for?"
"Follow me if you dare?"
The two brothers snorted lightly, "As disciples of the Vast Heaven Sect, what do we have to fear? But, what are you up to?"
"I want to talk with you. If you dare to chase after me, then catch up."
As Ye Yu finished speaking, he sped off towards the Tian Dou City forest.
The two brothers were startled, "Such speed, an Agile Attack Type?"
"Even if an Agile Attack Type, to have such speed without releasing Martial Soul or Soul Techniques, purely relying on his own speed, it seems Ye Yu's not just lucky, his strength is strong too."
"You follow him. I want to see what trick this boy is playing."
An elder in his sixties appeared, strong and robust, exuding an imposing aura.
"Father," Tang Long and Tang Hu respectfully addressed.
"Follow him. Even if the disappearance of his opponents is really related to him, with me here, it's not possible for you to disappear. I want to see who is helping him."
"Yes!"
Tang Long and Tang Hu quickly caught up, unfazed; their father was an eighty-second-level Soul Douluo and one of the Hall Masters of the Vast Heaven Sect.
Ye Yu arrived at the forest. Not only the two brothers came, but behind them followed unhurriedly a grey-clad elder with immense momentum and hands behind his back.
"Speak, what is it?" Tang Long asked.
Ye Yu said straightforwardly, "In tomorrow's final four matches, my opponent is Tang Hu. I hope Tang Hu will concede then. In the final match, if I face you, Tang Long, I hope you'll concede too."
Hearing this, the two brothers frowned, finding it laughable, "Let us concede? Hmph, you still want to win without a fight? Impossible!"
Ye Yu was helpless, "Is it really impossible?"
Tang Hu snorted disdainfully, "Of course, why should we concede? What makes you think you're so important that we'd concede?"
Tang Long released his Martial Soul, his battle intent surging, "Are you going to make us disappear next?"
At this moment, the grey-clad elder behind moved, speaking calmly, "Come on, call out the one helping you, let me see who dares to have such guts to target the Vast Heaven Sect."
Ye Yu nodded, "Alright, I initially planned to communicate peacefully with you, but your disdain left me with no choice but to be frank."
Ye Yu shouted to the back, "Uncle Tang, come out."