Xiang Beifei returned to his valley, where he used breath soil to condense a house, then set up a Formation outside to block Perception so that no one could know what he was doing inside.
"Woof woof!" Xiaohei hurriedly took out a large pile of spiritual power crystals.
Just from the battle with the man with the split hairstyle, he had obtained quite a few spiritual power crystals. Because the man with the split hairstyle had transplanted four systems, he intended to use the system of the Jiuzhou Human Race to defeat Xiang Beifei, so he spared no effort in spending all the collected system value he had gathered.
With the four systems, he displayed five strong abilities, which included Thunderclap Majesty, Swift as An Escaping Rabbit, Immovable as a Mountain, Prairie Fire, and Heartthrobbing, all of which were intercepted by Xiang Beifei, among which "Heartthrobbing" cost thirty million system value, its power comparable to the mid-stage of Heavenly Connection.
So these five abilities were transformed by Xiaohei into four spiritual power crystals at the early stage of Heavenly Connection, and one at the late stage of Heavenly Connection.
Next, when the man with the split hairstyle exploded, Xiang Beifei intercepted the Divine Laws his Orifice Soul had communicated with and turned them into spiritual power crystals. The man with the split hairstyle had the strength of the mid-stage of Heavenly Connection, so the Divine Laws he refined were also spiritual power crystals of the mid-stage of Heavenly Connection.
Besides, the four tentacles that the man with the split hairstyle had sealed were not ordinary since he, a single person, had communicated the four systems with the Heavenly Dao, independently refining four additional Orifice Souls.
The strength of these four Orifice Souls differed from his original strength, being only at the early stage of Heavenly Connection, so with the help of Xiaohei, these four tentacles were also refined into four spiritual power crystals at the early stage of Heavenly Connection!
Tallying up, there were a total of eight spiritual power crystals at the early stage of Heavenly Connection, and two at the mid-stage of Heavenly Connection!
Added to the previous spiritual power crystals, there were now enough to light up the Kui Constellation.
Xiang Beifei took out fifteen spiritual power crystals, then took out the Spirit Gathering Book and flipped to the page of the Kui Constellation. The fifteen spiritual power crystals quickly turned into flowing light and merged into the Spirit Gathering Book!
The aura on the Spirit Gathering Book began to surge, and the fifteen seals of the early stage of Heavenly Connection instantly peeled off. Soon, a terrifying and powerful fluctuation swept out, engulfing Xiang Beifei's entire breath soil house!
But fortunately, Xiang Beifei had made preparations from the beginning and protected the breath soil house well, isolating the aura and preventing it from spreading out!
A stone bead burning with flames floated in mid-air!
This stone bead was only the size of half a fist, rough in shape, uneven, but flickering with bright flames. The moment it appeared, the entire earth house became extremely dazzling.
Xiang Beifei looked at the Spirit Gathering Book, which had one line of text:
"Kui Constellation: Candle Dragon Eye"
Besides this line of text, there was still no further introduction.
"Candle Dragon Eye? What is this?"
Xiang Beifei scrutinized the small stone bead before him, somewhat puzzled.
The abilities of the Spirit Gathering Book that followed were all very strange; the person who sealed this book seemed to have become lazy, not bothering to mark the specific usages.
Xiang Beifei could only guess.
"Candle Dragon, is it the legendary dragon that controls day and night?"
The only thing he could think of was this powerful mythical beast, the Candle Dragon, which in a land without sun, held a candle in its jaws to illuminate the darkness of the Nine Nether Abyss. With the candle melting into the dragon's body, it symbolized day when it shrunk, and night when it closed its eyes.
According to ancient texts, this kind of mythical beast controlled the alternation of night and day in a region, with eyes open signifying day, and eyes closed, night.
"So does this Candle Dragon Eye actually control day and night?"
Xiang Beifei looked down at his feet, surprised to find that there was no shadow under his feet. He lifted his foot, but still did not see the shadow underneath, and even Xiaohei and Erha had no shadows, as if all the darkness had been dispelled.
The strong light illuminated every corner of the earth house, floating there without showing any dark side of anything!
This made Xiang Beifei even more curious. All things bear Yin and embrace Yang; theoretically, where there is Yang, there should be Yin, yet the Candle Dragon Eye managed to disperse even the shadows.
"So what is the use of this thing? Does it simply allow me to control day and night?"
Xiang Beifei didn't quite understand.
He reached out his hand and grabbed the flickering Candle Dragon Eye, feeling an extremely high temperature as the bead came into his hand, but he immediately used his Yin-Yang Spiritual Power to guide the Candle Dragon Eye, bringing it under his control.
He toyed with the Candle Dragon Eye in his hand and then gently gripped it.
The moment he gripped it, darkness suddenly surged from all directions, as if plunging directly from a brightly-lit day into the Nine Nether Abyss, a black and oppressive darkness everywhere, leaving only pure darkness in the world.
The most eerie part was that even Xiang Beifei could not see anything in the darkness. Knowing that at his level of cultivation, even if his vision was obstructed, he should at least be able to see clearly in the dark.
But at that moment, Xiang Beifei was like a blind man with eyes open, truly unable to see his hand in front of his face, reaching out with one hand to wave it, only to find he also couldn't sense his own hand!
In the instant he fell into darkness, Erha and Xiaohei also became invisible, with only a faint connection remaining, and he could no longer sense Youmong who was just lying on his shoulder.
The world seemed to have left only darkness, with him alone enveloped by the endless black.
Xiang Beifei tried calling out, but there was no response, as if a faint aura had weakened his Perception with Xiaohei and Erha.
He hurriedly opened his hand.
The light returned to the breath soil house, and all the darkness was driven away.
Erha cried out miserably, having found himself running headfirst into a wall and now holding his head, crying in pain.
Xiaohei also crashed into a wall, looking around in bewildered shock.
Meanwhile, Little Youmeng lay terrified on the ground, using its leaves to cover its little head.
"What happened to you guys?" Xiang Beifei asked.
"Woof woof! Woof woof!"
The three little fellows started shouting simultaneously, with Little Youmeng hastily running towards Xiang Beifei. It quickly climbed back into the pocket of Xiang Beifei's clothes.
Having listened for a while, Xiang Beifei finally understood. Just as he had grasped the Candle Dragon Eye, Xiaohei and the other two suddenly found they could no longer sense others around them, nor locate where Xiang Beifei was.
In the darkness, Erha blindly stumbled around, unable to distinguish north from south, and ran straight into the wall. Little Youmeng, terrified by the darkness, lay on the ground holding its head, while Xiaohei, relying on memory, tried to locate Xiang Beifei's position but found itself mistaken.
Xiang Beifei's gaze returned to the Candle Dragon Eye as he pondered deeply.
After everyone was enveloped in complete darkness, it seemed like everything could no longer be perceived, as if entering a world of pure darkness. This kind of perception-blocking darkness was indeed a bit weird.
Xiang Beifei held onto the Candle Dragon Eye once more, then spread his hand open, alternating between darkness and daylight, this time the three little fellows wisely stayed put.
After several attempts, he grew quite familiar with this ability.
But a new problem had arisen.
What could this object do?
Turn him into the master of day and night?
However, even though he could be submerged in darkness, he couldn't sense where his opponent in the dark was.
But then he thought that if this ability was used at the right moment, it could still be very useful. For instance, when an opponent's attack was coming his way, he could simply 'turn off the lights.' The opponent would probably be baffled, and he might even manage to surprise them.
Of course, if he encountered an opponent who was too strong, he should be able to use this object to escape.
Xiang Beifei considered how to make the best use of this ability, grasping and releasing the stone bead in his hand, repeatedly contemplating its uses.
While Xiang Beifei was experimenting inside the breath soil hut, he did not notice that outside by the Black Water Riverbank, chaos had ensued.
"Ah! It's dark again! It's dark again!"
"It's light! It's light! It's light again!"
"And dark again! And dark again!"
Many cultivators stared at the sky in horror. It had only been dark for two seconds before it suddenly became light, and then before even a second passed, it was dark again. Such rapid alternation of day and night startled them greatly.
"This alternating darkness and light, could it mean that a divine legacy is about to emerge?" a cultivator exclaimed.
"It must be! But where could the legacy be?"
Many cultivators from the Yi Trib looked around with hope, eager to find the Land of Inheritance. This place was already full of mysteries, the sky was locked with iron chains, and there were giant villages thousands of meters tall, so the rapid change of day and night was not too surprising.
At this time, the leaders of the three organizations also brightened up.
"Get ready, the Divine Legacy might be nearby!"
The High Priest of the Demon Tentacle Race, who had been discussing with the Yue Faction woman how to kill Xiang Beifei, saw the abnormal celestial phenomena and immediately started mobilizing his forces.
Over at the Heavenly Demon Assembly, the Night Demon closed his fan with a whoosh and commanded, "Be alert, the Divine Legacy seems to be emerging. We absolutely cannot let other cultivators get there first!"
In Light Valley, all the followers were circled around the Flaming Six Wings with devoted faces.
"Divine Envoy, what does the Divine Lord say?" Kana asked with respect.
Flaming Six Wings smiled, the halo above his head flickering again. He spoke cheerfully, "The Lord says, 'Let there be light!' The alternation of darkness and daylight is precisely the great Divine Lord guiding us to find the legacy. The sublime Divine Lord has included the means of finding the Divine Legacy within these cycles of day and night! It's just waiting for us to decipher it. We must steadfastly worship the sublime Divine Lord, master of day and night, and have light in our hearts even in darkness!"
"Let there be light!"
The cultivators of Light Valley excitedly repeated.
However, unbeknownst to them, the so-called great Divine Lord who controlled night and day, as mentioned by Flaming Six Wings, was nothing but a figment. It was merely Xiang Beifei, in his boredom, grasping and releasing the Candle Dragon Eye over and over...