After a brief silence, a hollow voice echoed from the depths of the sky,

"Your Highness guessed quite accurately, though there were still some errors."

"Errors?" Lin Yue paused for a moment, then suddenly said, "Do you have a Third Primordial Spirit?"

Only by proving the Dao could one become a Divine Dream Envoy of the true dream realm.

Moreover, one must abandon the self to become a part of the real dream.

The most important thing was...

The true dream realm was originally created to protect the Ancient Human Clan, and it could not target the Ancient Human Clan. By this reasoning, a Divine Dream Envoy, as part of it, should not be able to deal with him, an Ancient Human Clan member.

But the Daoist Ancestor still appeared at this moment.

So...

He immediately thought that perhaps the Daoist Ancestor had a Third Primordial Spirit?

"Your Highness is indeed clever."

In the midst of the hollow sigh, an elderly Daoist robed figure with hair and beard as white as snow appeared before him.

He looked at Lin Yue with regret in his eyes and softly said, "The Divine Separation Cultivation Method I created is indeed not the Second Primordial Spirit Cultivation Method, but rather the method of One Gas Transforming into Three Purities. The one who became the Divine Dream Envoy is precisely my Third Primordial Spirit."

Lin Yue said expressionlessly, "You are the Daoist Ancestor of the Human Clan. Why did you betray the Human Clan?"

"Betrayal?"

The Daoist Ancestor gently shook his head and said, "What talk of betrayal? The Dao is natural, the Dao is often inactive yet there is nothing it does not do. All things under heaven are within it; the Demon Clan and the Human Clan ought to follow the natural principles and laws."

"The extinction of the Human Clan and the thriving of the Demon Clan, is this the principles and laws?" Lin Yue retorted.

The Daoist Ancestor replied coolly, "I once heard the legend of the Ancient Human Clan and believed the Human Path was the Great Dao. However, now the Ancient Human Clan has long ceased to exist. I have observed for tens of thousands of years before confirming that in this world, the Eternal Night is the Dao. Our Human Clan's opposition to the Eternal Night goes against the Great Dao. To transform into a demon is the only path."

"You and the Fourth Prince share similar viewpoints," Lin Yue slowly shook his head.

"Because... humans think. Those who are immortal are not bound by life and death. They ponder the meaning of survival even more."

The Daoist Ancestor whispered, "Although many roads in this world lead to the same end, the paths themselves differ greatly. Our fellow travelers will meet eventually. Doesn't Prince Xia think so?"

Lin Yue fell silent for a moment and then said, "My second brother and the Fourth Prince said a lot, but he didn't listen. I guess you're the same. People, inherently, find it difficult to understand each other, so I won't discuss these concepts I cannot agree upon with those who have lived for countless years."

"It seems Your Highness, Prince Xia, is not planning to give up either." The Daoist Ancestor sighed, "Does Your Highness think there is still a chance to survive?"

The Nightmare Demon God chuckled softly and said, "It seems Your Highness is also aware this is the Star Temple. I suppose the Yuan Ling of the Old Wish told you this."

His aura gradually spread out, and the pressure of a Daoist power being caused the surrounding void to begin to distort faintly.

"The Star Temple is closed now. No one can open it again within seven days."

The Nightmare Demon God smiled and said, "After seven days, the Daoist Ancestor and I will not leave the Star Temple. We will remain here until the Demon Clan breaks through Great Yong... Our Demon Clan paid such a painful price for this very situation. Your Highness still refuses to give up?"

Lin Yue slowly tightened his grip on the Divine Artifact Battle Saber in his hand.

The Demon God, and the Daoist Ancestor.

With two formidable beings who had transcended the Daoist proving present, he had nowhere to escape. The outcome seemed inevitable.

The disparity was truly too vast.

Even though his strength was the highest among princes and princesses below the level of Daoist proving, he was still worlds apart from the Daoist beings of power.

Transcending heaven and earth, breaking free of constraints, shattering the final Primordial Heaven Barrier, breaking all earthly shackles, this was the most astonishing metamorphosis on the path of cultivation.

Below the level of Daoist proving, no matter the numbers, they could not contend with beings of Daoist proving. Those who had not crossed that line knew nothing of the world on the other side.

Only beings of Daoist proving could contend with beings of similar strength.

Within this Star Temple, all contact with the outside had been severed. He could not enter the Tianxia Building, nor contact the Second Prince...

At this moment, no one could help him.

He could only rely on himself and the saber in his hand.

"Prince Xia, give up."

The Nightmare Demon God slightly shook his head and nonchalantly sent a palm strike toward Lin Yue.

What appeared to be an illusory, dreamlike palm contained an immense, awe-inspiring power of a whole world.

A being of Daoist proving had already returned to simplicity, with every gesture carrying the power of a world. Even the simplest technique harbored the force to move mountains and overturn seas.

"Boom——"

In an instant, a colossal, nightmare-like murky world shadow emerged, bearing terrifying power, pressing down on Lin Yue with such intensity that even a hundred mountains stacked together would crumble and shatter in a moment!

Lin Yue swung his long saber, and under this world-ending palm strike, he seemed like a pitiful ant making its final struggle, appearing so weak and fragile.

"Pitiful..."

The Nightmare Demon God sighed wistfully.

The Daoist Ancestor also sighed softly.

However—

"Boom!"

A massive blade light soared towards the sky, suddenly bursting forth, transforming into a vast, star-lit celestial river in the blink of an eye.

This surging river of stars rose defiantly against the falling illusory world, raging and storming upwards. With the roaring of the star river and the shattering of worlds, the blade light overwhelmingly slashed through the world's shadow!

"Hmm?"

The Nightmare Demon God's expression suddenly shifted.

Though he had not used his divine power, the power of this palm alone was such that the combined strength of all the Saint beings of the great Yong Human Clan might not have been able to withstand it!