Having the genes of a demon king, I never intended to be a kept man.

Chapter 1139 Cooperation.

Ye Ge stared at the murals on the wall, her gaze heavy and earnest.

If these prophecies truly represent different timelines of "good endings" and "bad endings"...

No matter what, he would never allow the story of this life to end in a "bad ending"! He would never allow the fates of Xue'er and Xi Yao to slide into that dark abyss!

"November 30th..."

"Zulong..."

There are clearly two ways to obtain the power of the Heavenly Dao.

The first method is like Ye Ge and Gao Shenxue, who successfully fused and controlled divine and magical power.

This is obviously very difficult. Just as Ye Bing said, apart from the two of them, everyone else who tried to control this power before has already died.

That leaves the second option.

As a Ghost Master, one can directly summon the strongest undead spirit god, one of the Ancestral Dragon, Primordial Phoenix, or Primordial Qilin, who possesses the power of the Heavenly Dao!

Ye Ge took a deep breath, as if trying to inhale the heavy pressure into his lungs, and then slowly exhaled: "It seems that someone has coveted the power of the Heavenly Dao. They want to collect the spirits of the ancient beast races, and even want to demonize the Four Sacred Beasts..."

So, as long as he has all the spirits of these ancient races under his control before then, there shouldn't be any problems, right?

"I know you've already subdued the spirits of the three sacred beasts—Azure Dragon, White Tiger, and Vermilion Bird—leaving only Black Tortoise behind." Ye Bing's voice rang out with a knowing smile. "Coincidentally, I also have three ancient spirits at my disposal."

"You??" Ye Ge asked, somewhat surprised.

"Surprised?" Ye Bing said, "You don't really think that you're the only player who's been active in this world all this time, do you?"

Ye Ge paused for a moment, then asked, "Which three? Sacred beasts or ferocious beasts?"

Ye Bing smiled faintly: "The ferocious beast Jiuying, the ferocious beast Guiche, and a sacred beast... Chongming Bird. They are also descendants of Yuanfeng, and are indispensable sacrificial spirits for the spirits and gods that summon Yuanfeng."

"Nine-Headed Serpent, Ghost Chariot, Chongming Bird..." Ye Ge frowned: "How could you control these three ancient undead spirits?"

These three are all ancient beasts, and theoretically they shouldn't be much weaker than Muraki's hydra. How could they be...?

"You don't actually think that every ancient beast's spirit is like the Azure Dragon, who, through a contract with the First Emperor of the Human Race, forcibly broke the seal of the ancient gods, repaired his soul and body, and regained so much power, do you?"

Ye Bing crossed his arms and said, "The vast majority of ancient beasts are still tightly imprisoned by the powerful seals of the ancient gods. Even if they are released now, their souls are already severely damaged, and their strength is less than one-tenth of what it used to be. At most, they are only about as powerful as an ordinary early-stage Soul Emperor."

"Beings like the Azure Dragon and the Hydra are extremely rare."

“…I see.” Ye Ge said thoughtfully.

It seems so.

Like Senior Suzaku, who is still very weak.

"How about we try working together?" Ye Bing asked playfully.

"What kind of cooperation?" Ye Ge asked.

"Of course, it's about collecting and controlling the spirits of ancient mythical beasts and races." Ye Bing looked at the fifth mural and said, "To summon spirits and gods like the Ancestral Dragon, the Primordial Phoenix, and the Primordial Qilin, one needs to be a Ghost Master at least at the God Realm level, and also sacrifice ancient spirits of the corresponding attributes."

"To summon the Ancestral Dragon, besides needing the spirits of many ancient beasts as sacrifices, the most important condition is that you need at least one dragon beast, such as the Azure Dragon, Yinglong, Zhuolong, Panlong, Yellow Dragon, Red Dragon, Black Dragon, and so on..."

"To summon the Yuanfeng, one needs at least one of the following: the Phoenix, the Vermilion Bird, or the Chongming Bird."

"To summon the Primordial Qilin, you need at least one of the following: several Qilin, White Tiger, Bai Ze..."

Ye Bing looked at him and said, "Do you understand now? As long as we control some of the necessary offerings, we won't let the guy who's trying to summon the Ancestral Dragon succeed."

"And you should have noticed it too, right? The mysterious person on the fifth stone tablet mural who tried to summon the Ancestral Dragon and the mysterious person on the fourth stone tablet who tried to control your Xue'er are the same person, judging from their clothing."

"..." Ye Ge pondered for a moment, then said, "Okay, I agree to cooperate with you... So, do you have any leads right now?"

“Yes,” Ye Bing said. “I know of a territory of the Evil Nether Clan that happens to seal an ancient undead god, and there is also a prophetic stone tablet in that place.”

"Oh?" Ye Ge raised an eyebrow: "Where?"

Ye Bing met his probing gaze, the corners of her mouth curving into a deeper smile, but she didn't answer immediately. Instead, she looked at him with a leisurely air, her meaning self-evident.

"..." Ye Ge looked at Ye Bing's expression and knew what she meant. She sighed and said, "You still want the benefits?"

Ye Bing: "Of course."

"...So what do you want?" Ye Ge scratched his face.

"I want the power of the Heavenly Dao."

"???"

Ye Ge paused for a moment, rolled up his sleeves, and said, "How about I knock you out and you take a nap? After all, anything can happen in dreams."

"..." Ye Bing glared at him.

"Why don't you just say you want me to turn you into a demigod?" Ye Ge helplessly spread his hands: "Even Xue'er might not be able to develop a second one of those Heavenly Dao Powers right now. How can you expect me to give it to you?"

"I know the method for fusing the power of Heavenly Dao," Ye Bing said calmly. "It involves fusing divine power and demonic power, right?"

Night Song: "...You really know a lot."

"I don't need you to give it to me directly. After all, even if you did, if I couldn't control it and was backfired by the power, it might even kill me." Ye Bing narrowed his eyes slightly. "What I need is the 'component' of the fusion—the purest divine and magical origins that constitute the power of the Heavenly Dao."

Night Song seemed to understand.

"You want me... to lend you divine power?"