“Warring Old Freak, I owe you one for this.” The Illusionary Ancestor’s voice rang out from above. She was currently using everything to restrain the Starme Demon Lion. She no longer had much strength left.


    “It’s just a trifle. You don’t have to be so polite, Illusionary Ancestor.” The Warring Old Freak let out augh. He closed his hands in the air, and a spear appeared out of nowhere. Its tip glistened with sharp, cold light, targeting the Starme Demon Lion’s head.


    In the next moment, the spear erupted with blinding light. With a stter of blood, it pierced the Starme Demon Lion’s head mercilessly.


    However, it became stuck when it had only prated half way. The Warring Old Freak’s attack had failed to pierce the headpletely.


    However, that was already sufficient for the Master of Profound Secrets. He immediately controlled the cauldron, absorbing the Starme Demon Lion’s soul essence at full force under the assistance of the Jade Lotus Master, the Blood Butcher Immortal Exalt, the Rushing Lightning Immortal Exalt, and the Ancient Virtue Immortal Exalt.


    By now, the Starme Demon Lion had already be extremely feeble. With a major loss of its essence of the five organs, it seemed to lose a majority of its strength. Its colossal figure hovered in outer space feebly. It did not even have much strength left to break free from the Illusionary Ancestor’s restraints.


    Its resistance also became even flimsier.


    But despite that, its body was still very powerful.


    Wisps of power of the soul drifted out from the wound on its head, translucent and glistening like gentle ribbons of light. They were entirely absorbed by the cauldron.That was the Starme Demon Lion’s soul essence. It was not some regr power of the soul but a concentrate of the power of the soul.


    “This is thest part. As long as we collect enough soul essence, we’ll have gathered all the hard-to-find materials to refine the ancient pill.” Looking at the wisps of soul essence, the Master of Profound Secrets eased up. He felt like a great burden had been lifted from his shoulders.


    After all, this was the mission that the second ancestor of the Waymight n, the Illusionary Ancestor, had personally allocated to him. If he could notplete it, he truly could not answer back to the Illusionary Ancestor.


    At this moment, as the soul essence was being collected, the Starme Demon Lion seemed to be triggered by something. It began to struggle desperately.


    The Illusionary Ancestor was stern; thews rapidly manifested in her eyes. Her energy was being depleted at a terrifying rate.


    She did everything that she could to maintain the chains, keeping the Starme Demon Lion firmly suppressed.


    The Warring Old Freak did not idle around either. His energy surged like a tsunami, striking out with full force. He struck the Starme Demon Lion’s head again and again with his fists as if he was trying to knock out the space beast.


    Under the Warring Old Freak’s vicious attacks, the Starme Demon Lion became dazed, but the depleting soul essence ignited its fury deep within its bloodline. It began to resist fiercely under its instincts.


    A powerful force slowly emerged from its body, merging with its flesh and allowing it to recover some strength.


    “Not good! This animal is refining Tan Yu!” The Warring Old Freak’s expression changed when he saw this.


    “Senior Warring, don’t tell me someone you’re familiar with has been devoured by the Starme Demon Lion?” the Master of Profound Secrets said in surprise.


    The Warring Old Freak nodded and said, “The person who was devoured is called Tan Yu. He’s an Immortal Exalt of the Hall Brilliance Heaven. I actually came here to save him.”


    The Master of Profound Secrets sighed gently when he heard that. “Given the circumstances, it’ll probably be difficult to save him. Otherwise, it might lead to tremendous problems for the Illusionary Ancestor.”


    The Warring Old Freak fell silent. He was filled with a sense of powerlessness.


    He could tell that the ancient pill was extremely important to the Illusionary Ancestor. If rescuing Tan Yu would result in the failure of collecting the materials for it, the consequences would be beyond severe.


    After all, the Illusionary Ancestor was not simply an Eighth Heavenly Layer Immortal Exalt. She was also the second greatest ancestor of the Waymight n.


    In this day and age, the influence of that identity alone surpassed the prestige of Ninth Heavenly Layer Immortal Exalts.


    “<em>The Starme Demon Lion is clearly desperately trying to refine Tan Yu to replenish its strength. Looks like Tan Yu is truly beyond saving,</em>” The Warring Old Freak sighed inside. He understood the Starme Demon Lion. He was aware that under these circumstances, Immortal Exalt Tan Yu could notst very long with his strength.


    “Senior Warring, pry open the Starme Demon Lion’s mouth. I’ll go in and save Immortal Exalt Tan Yu!” At this moment, Jian Chen flew over from afar. The space beneath his feet rippled. In just a few shes, he covered the great distance and arrived before the Starme Demon Lion.


    Then he approached the Starme Demon Lion’s mouth directly without slowing down, his eyes filled with determination.


    Jian Chen’s action made the Warring Old Freak hesitate. On the other side, the Illusionary Ancestor’s expression changed drastically as she suppressed the Starme Demon Lion with all of her might. She withdrew part of her strength without hesitation and swung her hand at Jian Chen from afar.


    Immediately, the space in front of Jian Chen split open. A colossal spatial crack appeared. It was like a giant chasm, blocking him from reaching the Starme Demon Lion.


    “What are you doing? Is this a ce where you shoulde to? With your measly cultivation, just the shockwaves of the battle can im your life. Back off this instance.” The Illusionary Ancestor’s face was sunken as she yelled at Jian Chen from afar. There was undisguised fury in her voice.


    It was as if Jian Chen’s suicidal actions had truly angered her.


    “Senior Illusionary Ancestor, I am going to enter the Starme Demon Lion’s body to rescue someone. I definitely won’t affect your collection of the soul essence,” Jian Chen said sternly. Afterwards, the Laws of Space circted, and he seemed to merge into space. He actually made his way around the giant chasm produced by the Illusionary Ancestor, rushing directly towards the Starme Demon Lion’s body.


    But in the next moment, the Illusionary Ancestor suddenly appeared in front of Jian Chen. Her ck clothes surged about as a terrifying presence pulsed in the space there like waves, bringing Jian Chen great pressure.


    Looking at the Illusionary Ancestor before him, Jian Chen felt like a wall that connected the earth and the heavens stood before him. He felt like he could not traverse it no matter what.


    It felt like as long as the Illusionary Ancestor refused to give way, he could not bypass her no matter what he tried.


    “You will be very close to death once you enter the Starme Demon Lion’s stomach. You might not even be able to return alive.” At that moment, the Illusionary Ancestor was no longer as amiable as she was in the god artifact. She stared at Jian Chen frostily, giving off paramount authority that could not be defied.


    “Thank you for your concern, Illusionary Ancestor. I must enter to save him.” Jian Chen felt extremely pained. Only he knew that it was impossible for the Starme Demon Lion to kill him, but he had some trump cards that he could not expose. However, under the Starme Demon Lion’s desperate digestion, Immortal Exalt Tan Yu was already at the brink of death.


    If he wasted even an extra moment, Immortal Exalt Tan Yu would be in more danger.


    Time was extremely tight.


    “Is this person very important to you?” The Illusionary Ancestor gradually eased up when she faced Jian Chen’s determined gaze.


    Jian Chen was rather surprised, staring at the Illusionary Ancestor in bewilderment. With her great status, why did she suddenly care about these measly things?


    “Senior Illusionary Ancestor, this seems to be of no significance to you.”


    “That is true.” The Illusionary Ancestor’s gaze towards Jian Chen deepened. An indetectable hint of doubt shed through the depths of her eyes.


    At this moment, several of the chains that restrained the Starme Demon Lion suddenly snapped. The Starme Demon Lion struggled harder and harder, showing signs of breaking free from her restraints.