Ye Xuan remained silent. He racked his brains about his past in the mortal world, but he couldn't find any clues.
"Then why did you bring me here?" Ye Xuan cleared his mind and looked at Aeon Shadow with a frown.
"I'm injured. Only by coming to the Chaos Origin can I avoid the punishment of the Chaosverse. If I stay in the Chaosverse, I'll be reduced to ashes sooner or later," Aeon Shadow said in a low voice.
"Then can you tell me who you are?"
Ye Xuan asked the question that had been bothering him for a long time. Aeon Shadow was so terrifyingly powerful that he had surpassed the Primordial Sovereigns. His identity had to be terrifying to the extreme.
"Who am I?"
Aeon Shadow murmured, but a hint of sorrow seeped out of him. He didn't answer Ye Xuan's question, because it was related to his greatest secret.
Ye Xuan's eyes flickered as he looked at Aeon Shadow's silence. He continued probing, "As far as I know, the Primordial Sovereigns are the most powerful existences in the Chaosverse, but you've surpassed them. I want to know if there are any other taboo existences like you in the Chaosverse."
"Taboo?"
Aeon Shadow laughed self-deprecatingly. He was silent for a dozen or so breaths before he looked at Ye Xuan with a pair of fierce eyes. "The word 'taboo' is indeed suitable for me.
"As for whether there are others like me, I only know of two. As for how many others there are, I'm not sure. However, based on my speculations, there are countless taboo existences hidden in the Chaosverse. It's just that they're in hiding and not known by others."
"Hiss!"
Hearing the conclusion of the Eternal Shadow, Ye Xuan was shocked. He sucked in a breath of cold air in his heart. If it was really as the Eternal Shadow had said, then this chaotic universe was simply too terrifying.
Ye Xuan had always believed that the strongest of all time was the limit, but now it seemed that this was not the case. Just the Eternal Shadow in front of him was a taboo character. If there were more people like him, then unimaginable things would happen in the future.
"I've been scheming since the ancient times, all for the sake of transcendence. It's just that I'm not accepted by the primal chaos and have always been struggling at death's door in the river of time. I'm sure it's the same for the others. They all have their own methods to conceal themselves, that's all."
"Now that you've left the river of time, are you going to stay here forever?" Ye Xuan probed.
"That's right. I'll stay here. If I leave the primal chaos origin, the Chaosverse will punish me once more. Not only will I have to stay here, you'll have to stay by my side as well. You're not allowed to take even half a step out of the primal chaos origin. Only when the cycle of reincarnation begins can you leave with me," Aeon Shadow said coldly.
"You want to imprison me?" Ye Xuan's expression changed drastically. A sharp glint flashed through his eyes, but it quickly disappeared.
"You can think of it that way, but I won't imprison you. You can leave if you want, but the eight supreme powers in your body are entangled with each other. If you leave my side, I'm afraid it won't be long before your body explodes," said the Ancient Shadow.
"Ugh!"
Suddenly, Ye Xuan's body swelled. The eight supreme powers within his body instantly went berserk. His body swelled like a ball, and a painful groan came from his mouth.
"Suppress!"
Hum!
Aeon Shadow pointed a finger at Ye Xuan and sent the Ray of Withering Death into Ye Xuan's body, completely suppressing the eight supreme forces. Only then did Ye Xuan's swollen body return to normal.
"See? I'm the only one who can suppress the eight supreme forces in your body. If you leave my side, your body will explode," Aeon Shadow said coldly.
At this moment …
Ye Xuan's expression flickered. He didn't want to stay by Aeon Shadow's side. Aeon Shadow was too unpredictable, and every time Aeon Shadow glanced at him, there was a hint of murderous intent.
Although this trace of killing intent was extremely obscure, Ye Xuan could clearly sense it.
Ye Xuan didn't fully believe Aeon Shadow's words today. He had a feeling that Aeon Shadow was still hiding something from him. It definitely wasn't as simple as it seemed.
"You've been listening for so long. Are you still not going to show yourself?"
Aeon Shadow's five fingers suddenly reached for Ye Xuan. A figure was pulled out of Ye Xuan's body. It was Gai Tianyuan, who had carefully concealed his aura.
"Senior, please spare me!"
When Gai Tianyuan's soul was pulled out, he begged Aeon Shadow for mercy. The Ray of Withering Death had made him feel the fear of death.
"A mere Sempiternal realm soul fragment dares to spy on me?"
What kind of person was Aeon Shadow?
He was a taboo existence that surpassed the Eternal Strongest.
Gai Tianyuan might be able to hide his soul in front of the Eternal Strongest so that they wouldn't know of his existence. But in front of Aeon Shadow, his methods were laughable.
"I'll give you a physical body. From now on, you'll be my servant."
Aeon Shadow's Ray of Withering Death shot out. In an instant, a golden body was formed and Gai Tianyuan's soul fragment was sent into it.
Creating something out of nothing, creating something out of nothing!
When this method appeared in front of Ye Xuan, Ye Xuan's face changed slightly. He looked at Aeon Shadow with even more caution.
"Thank you, senior, for your generous gift."
After obtaining a compatible body, Gai Tianyuan slowly opened his eyes and knelt on the ground, kowtowing to Aeon Shadow. However, even though his body was golden, there was an undetectable trace of Death Qi. Clearly, Gai Tianyuan was completely under Aeon Shadow's control.
However, Gai Tianyuan was already satisfied that he could survive and obtain a physical body. If he died in the hands of Aeon Shadow, that would be a tragedy.
What happened next was simple.
Gai Tianyuan transformed into Aeon Shadow's servant. The only thing he had to do was watch over Ye Xuan and report back to Aeon Shadow at all times.
Of course, Ye Xuan's every move was under Aeon Shadow's control. Even without Gai Tianyuan, Ye Xuan still wouldn't be able to escape Aeon Shadow's control.
However, Aeon Shadow placed great importance on Ye Xuan because he was related to the secret of opening the Gate of Reincarnation.
… …
Day after day passed, and time gradually flowed away.
Every ten thousand years, Aeon Shadow would suppress the eight supreme powers in Ye Xuan's body. Normally, Aeon Shadow would sit cross-legged in the belly of the mountain and spit out Death Qi, as if to heal his injuries.
During this time, Aeon Shadow also took away Ye Xuan's Ancient Bronze Scripture and Heaven Punishing Halberd, as if he wanted to comprehend something unknown.
However, Aeon Shadow only studied them for a while before returning them to Ye Xuan. This made Ye Xuan extremely curious. Aeon Shadow had only shown some interest in something that even the most powerful of the Aeon valued, but he didn't seem to have any intention of taking it for himself. Ye Xuan didn't think it was that simple. It was as if Aeon Shadow had studied the Ancient Bronze Scripture and the Heaven-Shattering Cauldron.
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