As time ticked by, Xu Hei gazed at the other person until her figure gradually faded.

Inside the Demon God Cauldron, a surge of powerful spiritual energy emerged, mixed with the fragrance of various herbs, all rushing forth. These were the substances she had consumed in her lifetime, stored within her body.

At the same time, Xu Hei's injuries were healing at an astonishing speed, with his primordial spirit, which had been depleted by thirty percent, on the verge of complete recovery.

"Why didn't you resist?"

Xu Hei finally asked.

Yu Shiyu, however, gave no response, merely closing her eyes.

Why didn't you resist?

Suddenly, Xu Hei seemed to realize something. He looked at the "hidden weapon" in his hand, the purple robe.

Did she really intend to harm him by creating such a hidden weapon?

"Why?"

Xu Hei quickly stopped the Demon God Cauldron, looked up again at the woman inside, and repeated his question.

But Yu Shiyu kept her eyes tightly shut, her body turning transparent, unable to respond any longer.

…………

At the edge of the Northern Continent.

Two figures who had just flown inland suddenly halted.

Gong Tianlei looked at the fish scale in his hand, the flame on it growing smaller, and then, right under his eyes, it extinguished.

"Extinguished?"

Gong Tianlei exclaimed in shock, as if struck by lightning.

Yuantai, the Frogman Ancestor, raised his hand, and a soul lamp emerged from his sleeve, its flame also dimming and quickly going out.

The soul lamp had extinguished!

They knew all too well what this meant!

"Dead?"

Gong Tianlei stood there, dumbfounded, as if struck by heavenly thunder.

Dead! The person they had just labeled a traitor, someone to be eliminated, was actually dead.

Now, they had lost their target and clues, and the soul-chasing technique was broken! They could no longer track the other party's whereabouts!

"It must be the invader's doing!" Gong Tianlei's voice was low, like an angry lion, gritting his teeth, "He realized we would track her, so he killed her. It must be like this!"

Originally, Gong Tianlei's emotions were a mix of sorrow and regret, but now, he was only filled with rage, endless rage!

He must kill the invader and grind his bones to dust!

Yuantai, however, showed little emotion, calmly saying, "Based on the earlier sensing, the other party should be in the northwest direction."

"In that direction, there are a total of five cities, thirteen tribes, and three major sects. We will search them one by one."

"As long as the other party doesn't flee, we can find them within an hour!"

With the Divine Transformation Stage's Divine Sense, searching the continent within an hour was not difficult.

"Kill!"

Gong Tianlei's figure vanished instantly, rushing toward the first city at the fastest speed.

Yuantai's eyes flickered with a ghostly light, thinking to himself, "To have held out until now, he really is patient."

In his expectation, the other party, having destroyed the Death God Deity, must be severely injured and in urgent need of seclusion to heal, with the best healing medicine being Yu Shiyu.

He had thought the other party would act a month ago, and to have waited until they caught up was beyond his expectations.

It must be a young Divine Transformation like Gong Tianlei, just with greater opportunities but less mature wisdom.

"Hmm?"

Suddenly, Yuantai took out the soul lamp from earlier.

In the center of the soul lamp, the once-extinguished flame had a faint glimmer, flickering on and off, appearing and disappearing.

Yuantai showed a strange expression, hesitating not at all, and swiftly moved toward the sensed location, continuously teleporting, pushing his speed to the limit.

…………

In the courtyard of Yage City.

Xu Hei threw all the revival herbs into the Demon God Cauldron, refining them with the divine cauldron, concentrating and merging them onto Yu Shiyu's primordial spirit.

The flame of her primordial spirit, which was about to extinguish, finally stopped dissipating.

At this moment, Xu Hei understood, he completely understood.

So, Yu Shiyu knew everything!

She knew Xu Hei needed healing, knew Xu Hei intended to act against her. She had seen through it long ago, just pretending not to know.

As for the so-called hidden weapon, she did it on purpose, wanting Xu Hei to let go of his mercy and act against her!

"So you knew everything."

Xu Hei's heart, as firm as a rock and long unshaken, finally stirred with intense waves.

Willing to be devoured was one thing, but to create a clumsy hidden weapon, why would she do this? Just to seek death?

Could it be that she sensed someone tracking them, and this was her last resort, just to make Xu Hei act quickly and not hesitate any longer?

Xu Hei immediately grabbed the Demon God Cauldron, continuously teleporting, leaving Yage City and arriving in a desolate area in the northwest.

Then, Xu Hei delved underground, excavating a spacious cave dwelling, and set up a barrier formation with formation flags.

Inside the Demon God Cauldron, Yu Shiyu's figure had become transparent, transformed into a primordial spirit form, with only a weak portion of her primordial spirit remaining.

This was only because Xu Hei had timely used spirit medicine to save her, preserving her primordial spirit from extinction.

Moreover, the Demon God Cauldron was filled with a vast amount of pure spiritual liquid, all the essence of the Divine Transformation Stage, which not only allowed Xu Hei to heal his injuries but also to advance his cultivation.

This was too extraordinary, defying common sense!

Suddenly, Xu Hei took out the purple robe, a resolute look flashing in his eyes, and put it on.

"Whoosh!!"

Inside the purple robe, countless thin strings suddenly emerged, like steel needles, piercing Xu Hei's body with thousands of wounds, separating his flesh, but quickly healing.

Xu Hei endured it all from start to finish.

Finally, when the mechanism ended, those thin strings and threads condensed into a palm-sized talisman, recording some information on it.

Xu Hei swept it with his Divine Sense, and countless familiar words entered his mind.

The first sentence was:

"I'm sorry, I lied to you. Actually, I'm not a princess sent for marriage, I am... a furnace."

The moment Xu Hei saw this sentence, he quickly looked at the vast amount of spiritual liquid in the Demon God Cauldron and his completely healed primordial spirit.

Xu Hei suddenly realized.

"Actually, you knew all along, didn't you? What Divine Transformation Ancestor still needs a Dao companion? Someone like me, a burden, no one would like. Smart as you are, you saw through everything, right?"

That familiar, playful voice seemed to echo in his ears.

It was as if Yu Shiyu stood before him, smiling, happily recounting a daily story.

Then, she lowered her head, a hint of sorrow flashing in her eyes, saying, "Actually, I was kept in the dark too, only a few Ancestors involved knew about this."

"After the two stars clashed, the Ancestors had a dispute. One side wanted me to be refined by our own people to enhance their cultivation; the other wanted me to regain my divine abilities and join the frontline battle."

"But as a furnace, from my cultivation technique to pills since childhood, everything was tailored for this purpose. My path has ended, how can I turn back?"

"From the moment I was born, my destiny was sealed."

"To be refined, that was the only path."

Yu Shiyu lowered her head, still smiling as if recounting a daily story, but tears unknowingly streamed down her cheeks.