His fingers brushed over the cold source fragments, feeling the immense energy within attracting the power in his right arm. Pei Yan's excitement gradually calmed as he took out one fragment containing laws and murmured, "If I absorb these fragments, I can master more variations of the death force like Friedrich and others, right!"

"That's possible, but you'll also be closer to death!" Lin Junzhao's teasing voice echoed in Pei Yan's mind.

Pei Yan furrowed his brow in confusion and asked, "Why? Didn't you say that collecting more source fragments would enhance my control over this death force?"

"That would be the case if your strength had increased. The current situation is that if you absorb the power of these source fragments now, the Power of Origin within the death force in your body will exceed your own Power of Origin, breaking the balance. The death force will not just gather in your right arm but invade your entire body. As someone who is not of the Demon Race and hasn't been modified, your body will be eroded and collapse!" Lin Junzhao explained with exasperation.

Upon hearing this, Pei Yan thought of the treasures in front of him that he could only look at but not consume. He stood up and paced back and forth, pointing at the source fragments in the box with frustration, "Isn't even your Power of Origin unable to resist this death force? Do I just have to, just have to watch them like this!"

"My power resisting these small fragments is certainly no problem, but that's my power, not yours. Using my power will have your body under my control at all times, and once you regain your own consciousness, the balance between the two forces will break, and your body will still be the one harmed. If you're willing to let me control your body, I wouldn't mind!" Lin Junzhao's tempting voice echoed in Pei Yan's mind again.

"Is there really no other way?" Pei Yan sat back down with a dejected thud, unwilling to hand over control of his body unless absolutely necessary.

"There is another way. The first is simple: increase your strength, allowing your ability to store Power of Origin to improve. Then, absorbing this fragment won't be a problem! The second way, if you can find a source fragment of life from the Spirit Monster Plane corresponding to the Hell Plane, you can balance the two forces with your current capabilities and absorb them now!"

This statement completely squashed Pei Yan's thoughts. He begrudgingly closed the box containing the source fragments. Life fragments? This would be like going to Hell Plane itself to get them!

Watching the excited Pei Yan rush into the bedroom and then walk out crestfallen, Gu Shenghui and Elder Lin, who had come to guard outside his bedroom upon hearing he would be in seclusion, stepped forward to ask, "What happened? You finished so soon?"

Pei Yan let out a long sigh and shook his head, recounting everything Lin Junzhao had just told him to the two men. Elder Lin patted Pei Yan's shoulder and consoled, "Since that's the case, don't be too discouraged. Haste makes waste; these things are already in your hand, and they won't run away. They'll be your power sooner or later, so don't be rash and prioritize safety!"

Pei Yan nodded. At this point, what else could he do? Once the excitement passed, the hunger in his stomach emerged, and he went to the living room, clutching his belly, to see if there was anything to eat.

As Pei Yan was about to walk down the stairs, Gu Shenghui, standing in place, suddenly remembered something and murmured, "Perhaps you can indeed find a life fragment here!"

Although the voice was low, it sounded like a clap of thunder in Pei Yan's ears, making him freeze in place and ask incredulously, "Where?"

Five minutes later, Pei Yan looked at the creature in front of him, tearing at the room's expensive leather sofa and occasionally looking at him, drooling and grinning foolishly. Pei Yan stepped forward, rubbed its head, and looked at Gu Shenghui puzzled, "You mean this?"

"Yes! When Elder Cen specifically mentioned bringing it and Su Xiang, I was puzzled, but now it makes sense that its abilities must have predicted something." Gu Shenghui also sat down on the tattered sofa, took out a bag of beef jerky from his storage ring, and fed a piece to the creature.

Watching the creature munch on the jerky, Pei Yan continued to ask, "What does it have to do with the life source fragment?"

"Haven't you noticed its extraordinary healing ability? Moreover, it was entirely unafraid of Buck House's death force, which is the power of a high-level demon, a force not easily resisted even by common ability users." Elder Lin spoke, glancing at Gu Shenghui with a fleeting hesitance on his face.

"That does seem to be the case! Could it have consumed a life source fragment?" Pei Yan recalled the scene and nodded, realizing the overlooked oddities now that things had calmed down.

"It's more significant than that; it's a secret within the hall! Even your old superior Shangxing only speculated about it." Gu Shenghui glanced around the emptied living room before focusing on Pei Yan and softly saying, "You've seen that old yellow dog guarding the storeroom in the hall, haven't you? You should know who it is now, right?"

Pei Yan nodded. Previously, he didn't know, but upon seeing the old yellow dog enter and exit alongside the source avatars from other planes, it was clear even to a fool what it was. He quickly responded, "I know, a source avatar from the Spirit Monster Plane?" Seeing this, Pei Yan suddenly understood and looked at the creature beside him in shock.

"That's right, just as you thought!" Gu Shenghui noted Pei Yan's expression, recognizing he had figured it out. He picked up a water bottle from the table and poured himself a drink to soothe his throat.

"There are actually two Spirit Monster Plane avatars in this world, but why is it so, so foolish? Could it be pretending?" Pei Yan stood up in disbelief.

Pfft! Gu Shenghui spat out half of his water, looking at Pei Yan and coughing dryly, "Cough, cough, cough! What are you thinking? This is a descendant of that great one!"

"What?" Pei Yan was even more shocked than Gu Shenghui by this revelation. The idea of a pure energy source entity having descendants boggled his mind.

"What's so surprising about that!" Lin Junzhao's voice rang out in Pei Yan's mind again. She continued, "The Sifuer, Samikina, and Bailang you know, these so-called noble demons, actually have the bloodline of the source entity of this plane. Among the major planes, it's the only one ardent about attaching to life forms, passing on its power through bloodline. It's just curious why that old dog came up with the same thought."