Chapter 955: Chapter 923: Concept Skill

Shi Li gestured with her eyes, Ye Lin was about to retort but seeing this, she begrudgingly swallowed her words.

Shi Li continued to smile as she looked at Xia Feng, “So, Your Highness, the Holy Son, means to head out for a while to seek the Time Soil?”

“Correct.” Xia Feng nodded, “Of course, if you can help me gather 8 grams of Time Soil, I could awaken Gong Changyi right now.”

The whole 8 grams of Time Soil thing was really just Xia Feng’s ploy to fool these women and delay time.

After all, he was certain the Goddess Hall didn’t have any reserves of Time Soil left. If they didn’t want to completely fall out with him, they would have to let him leave for now.

“Oh well, since Your Highness, the Holy Son, insists, we shouldn’t oppose Your Highness’s wishes.”

Shi Li spoke gently, yet slowly walked behind Xia Feng, her slender hand quietly placed on Xia Feng’s right shoulder as she gently lifted and positioned herself to softly grip Xia Feng’s chin, “But Your Highness, to ensure we can keep in touch with you at all times and guide you back to the Goddess Hall, accepting this ‘seal of contract’ shouldn’t be a problem, right?”

Those cold fingertips lightly tapped on his thin lips, giving Xia Feng the illusion of being choked by a terrifying lion. Unable to speak, an information emerged in his mind simultaneously.

[Concept Skill · Lion Heart Seal]

[With this contract, your existential concept will intertwine with ‘Shi Li’s existential concept, allowing Shi Li to control your space-time point and life status at all times. Moreover, if you were to die, Shi Li would die too. If you were resurrected by any means, Shi Li would also resurrect at the place of death.]

[Do you accept?]

This was the first time Xia Feng encountered a concrete application of a Concept Skill on himself.

Directly targeting the Concept Domain, capable of affecting the resurrection mechanism of the Evil Demon Heart.

This thing didn’t actually harm him in any way.

It’s merely about monitoring his location and survival status, let it monitor; he wasn’t planning to break the agreement anyway.

The reason he didn’t want to awaken Gong Changyi now was because he needed to go find Miss Mu to complete the ‘April’ practice and return after forming the Moon Time Dao Fruit.

After contemplating for a moment, Xia Feng decided to accept, immediately, a lion-like Flame Seal descended upon his throat, and quickly dissipated.

Seeing this, Shi Li softly retreated with a smile, “Your Highness, the Holy Son, where do you intend to seek the Time Soil?”

“That’s none of the Master’s concern now.”

Xia Feng turned back, “I have just one question, where is Huang Zhaoyue?”

“Dead.”

“?!”

Seeing Xia Feng’s expression lose control momentarily, looking suddenly shocked and stern, Shi Li gently smiled, “Just kidding, Your Highness, follow me please.”

“…..”

You old woman, Xia Feng thought to himself, evidently, this woman already guessed that he and Huang Zhaoyue were in cahoots.

Of course, him turning into a Sin Shadow Black Cat wasn’t hard to figure out either.

Following Shi Li through twists and turns, entering a mysterious place resembling a starry corridor, one could see the starry spectacle outside Burning Heaven Island.

He saw the Ten Beast Masters land on the already dead white incandescent Constant Star, saw the ripple of particles from the ongoing battle between Hua God and the Heavenly Burning Saint Master.

However, unexpectedly, the light path formed by that silver glow ball was fading away.

Xia Feng was startled, turning to look at Shi Li, “What’s going on? Did someone acquire…. that thing?”

Shi Li glanced thoughtfully at Xia Feng, “Why, is Your Highness interested in this too?”

“Just asking.”

“This thing is called Dubhe Five, very crucial to Hua God, but it seems…. neither Hua God nor Year Lord managed to seize it. The rippling aftermath of their battle tore open the Space Gate leading to the Fifth District, and it fell into the Fifth District.”

Fifth District? Xia Feng was astonished internally.

Whether Golden Sparrow City or Huang Zhaoyue’s Extreme Abyss City, both were in the Fifth District.

The Imperial 51st District, equivalent to fifty-one universe planes, with endless Eternal Flow Sea separating the planes.

Xia Feng knew Burning Heaven Island was in the Tenth District, returning to the Fifth District would take quite a bit of time.

“You Burning Heaven people actually have a Space Gate linked to the Fifth District?” Xia Feng asked surprised.

The Empire uses Space Gates for warfare divided into Zone-level Space Gates, Domain-level Space Gates, Forbidden Technique Space Gates, and the most powerful Star Realm Gate.

From what he knew, even the lowest Zone-level Space Gates were strictly controlled by the Empire, rarely opened during non-war times.

Shi Li smiled gently, not answering his question, just opened a mysterious high door, “Your Highness, the Holy Son, we’ve arrived.”

….

Seeing Huang Zhaoyue, Xia Feng was surprised.

The black-and-white female figure lay on an ice bed, face pale, eyes half-closed, appearing on the verge of death.

Xia Feng’s expression slightly tightened, “This is….”

“Did Your Highness think, Burning Heaven Island was a place to casually come and go?”

Shi Li glanced at Xia Feng with beautiful eyes, in a bland tone, “If not for the protection of Goddess Hall, how could Your Highness be standing here unharmed?”

“…..”

No, I think the reason I’m safely standing here is entirely because of my bad luck power, Xia Feng retorted internally.

“So, who beat her into this state?” Xia Feng asked curiously.

“Four Venerable Seats and two Angel Envoys.”

“Hmm?” Xia Feng was even more puzzled, he really hadn’t quite figured out the internal structure of Burning Heaven.

Shi Li calmly explained, “Below the Three Gods and One Saint, aside from the Ten Beast Masters, there are four Venerable Seats, and thirteen Angel Envoys.

Beast Lords follow the destruction divine system, possessing beast transformation power, primarily responsible for the defense, Concealment, migration, and preaching, training new believers on Burning Heaven Island.

Venerable Seats follow the Heavenly Gift system, capable of humanizing Spiritual Artifacts, mainly tasked with espionage infiltration of the Empire, spreading fear, aggressive invasions, etc…. each Venerable Seat commands a legion, similar to Imperial Army legions.

Angel Envoys, also known as Heavenly Emperor’s Apostles, are responsible for preaching in the Three Realms, seeking out, converting believers, expanding Burning Heaven Sect followers, obeying the Heavenly Burning Saint Master.”

“Usually, the four Venerable Seats and thirteen Angel Envoys carry out tasks in the Empire and Grey Realm all year round, but today, due to the Holy Track ceremony, all four Venerable Seats returned to the island, likewise two Angel Envoys also returned. Unfortunately, you forcibly broke into the island, so even if the Ten Beast Masters were dispatched to the Holy Track ceremony, you trying to leave the island safely was simply impossible.”

Saying this, Shi Li watched the comatose black-and-white female shadow on the ice bed with interest, “I must say, this Imperial Concubine from your Empire, is indeed extraordinarily powerful, fighting six alone, and one of them being a Sage, she still managed to escape the siege unscathed….”

Upon hearing Shi Li’s explanation, Xia Feng roughly understood.

After the four Venerable Seats and two Angel Envoys captured the Sin Shadow Venerable, it wasn’t long before they finally discovered Huang Zhaoyue’s tracks.

Then, both sides fought, Huang Zhaoyue, despite being terribly injured and unmatched, still luckily escaped, found the remains of the Great Sin Battleship, and attempted to activate the Tree of Sin on the battleship to forcibly flee the island.

However, Shi Li had already gotten to the wreckage of the battleship first and laid an ambush here, successfully capturing Huang Zhaoyue and covertly transporting her back to the Goddess Hall.