The Demon with Holy Radiance

The Forbidden Artifact Fragment he’d fused with was a Top Grade one, and only a tiny piece was missing. Since the fragment came from the Xian Origin Land, it was highly likely the missing part was there as well.

"Generally, Forbidden Artifacts are born from divisions of the world’s Great Dao. Every Forbidden Artifact is meant to be whole; the key is whether you can find the part you’re missing."

"What’s the fastest way to find the missing Forbidden Artifact Fragment?"

Yang An asked.

The only people he could turn to for help were Huan and the Workshop Master. Although he was asking Huan about the Insect Dao right now, he didn’t completely trust what Huan said. He would have to ask the Workshop Master later to corroborate the information and would only act after confirming a viable plan.

Huan didn’t hide anything.

"The Forbidden Artifact you’ve already fused with is your guide. Whether or not you can obtain the missing piece depends on your own destiny."

Huan’s meaning was simple, boiling down to one point: to find the missing piece, the key was the fragment he had already fused with. He had to find his guidance from it.

Yang An instantly understood what he had to do next. It looked like a trip to the Deep World of the Xian Origin Land was unavoidable.

He didn’t actually want to go. Compared to the Real World, that place felt far more dangerous to him.

It was all a relic of a bygone era. Powerful beings like Huan and He resided there, as did the Five Great Celestial Sects. Besides, He already had him in his sights. That bastard was probably still corpse-camping, waiting for him to show up.

But to obtain the missing Forbidden Artifact Fragment and break through to the Insect Dao, he had no choice.

Of course, there was another possibility.

Maybe another identical Forbidden Artifact Fragment existed in the Real World.

The Xian Origin Land was the world’s Yang Side, and yin and yang were always in opposition. He had managed to get a ’golden sun’ from the Xian Origin Land, so maybe he could find another one in the Real World.

As Yang An was mulling these things over, a sudden rapping sensation echoed in his mind.

’Someone sent a new message through the Tree of Flesh and Blood!’

Yang An instantly vanished from before Huan. He found a relatively secluded spot within Earth Demon Cliff and submerged his consciousness into the Tree of Flesh and Blood.

The fruit hanging on the tree revealed a message from White Bird.

"We’re in deep trouble! The Sect Leader has given the order—we’ve been targeted! The Golden Soul Sect has abandoned its plans for the Treasure Temple Domain and is preparing to uproot our Scripture Defector Association! They’re going to wipe us out completely!"

At that moment, even White Bird, who was for now safe within the Golden Soul Sect’s Central Sect, could feel the danger.

The Sect Leader, Non-Birth, had personally set his sights on them. He’d actually called off the plan to reinforce Great Virtue Temple just to deal with them first.

Everyone in the Scripture Defector Association was currently in the Fusheng Domain. What awaited them was an all-out manhunt by the domain’s ruling power.

Yang An was taken aback by White Bird’s message.

In a way, this had actually achieved the Scripture Defector Association’s objective.

Namely, to obstruct the Golden Soul Sect’s plans and throw the entire Fusheng Domain into chaos. He just hadn’t expected it to happen so fast.

He’d actually foreseen this possibility. That was why he sought out Huan for information on breaking through to the Insect Dao right after his confrontation with Non-Birth.

But he had still underestimated Non-Birth’s ruthlessness. To abandon a long-prepared plan just like that, all to wipe them out in one fell swoop.

Thankfully, he’d had the Scripture Defector Association lie low for the time being. It was the best possible course of action right now. They would just have to fend for themselves.

As for Yang An himself, if he wanted to break through to the Insect Dao, he couldn’t stay on Earth Demon Cliff. It wasn’t completely safe there, either.

’Still, for now, as long as Non-Birth doesn’t show up personally, I shouldn’t be in too much danger with my current strength.’

But Non-Birth’s resolute decision to target the Scripture Defector Association first meant he already had his eyes on them. It was only a matter of time before he came for Yang An himself.

’But expect him to just sit back and wait to be killed? Impossible!’