Chapter 249: Recognizing Kin

As soon as Jiang Yan entered the Secret Realm, he sensed through his Spirit Eye that the heaven and earth profound spiritual energy here was countless times more abundant than in the outside world.

Apart from the precious heaven and earth profound spiritual energy, occasional fragments of Laws drifted in the air.

Within the Secret Realm, thousands of strands of Spiritual Power extended, scouring the surrounding air in search of those elusive Law fragments.

Although the heaven and earth profound spiritual energy here was rich, compared to the preciousness of Law fragments, it was completely insignificant. No fool would choose to spend fifty Cloud Core Coins per hour cultivating heaven and earth profound spiritual energy instead of seizing the time to search for Law fragments.

Combat was forbidden in the cultivation Secret Realm, so all the Transcendents around were meditating in seated positions, relying on their own strength to compete for those rare Law fragments.

Jiang Yan also entered meditation, spreading his Sixth Rank Peak-level Spiritual Power like a tide, while simultaneously activating his Spirit Eye to search for Law fragments.

Perhaps it was luck, perhaps it was Talent, but as soon as Jiang Yan entered meditation, he found a unique strand of Law fragment.

Just as he was about to absorb it, he felt an unfamiliar Spiritual Power collide with his own in front of him, causing the Law fragment to hesitate uncertainly in the air.

Immediately after, more and more strands of Spiritual Power intertwined.

Jiang Yan felt a momentary daze. These people’s Spiritual Power…

They’re so weak.

Boom!

An invisible ripple spread out. The other Spiritual Powers were shredded apart by the attack Jiang Yan released, causing many people’s Spirit Platforms to tremble as they sat on the ground, howling in pain.

“Heh, interesting.”

From a corner, a three-eyed foreign race sneered coldly, activated his Spirit Platform, and similarly released Spiritual Power at the tide level.

The Spirit Eye Specter race naturally possessed Spiritual Power different from other races, and their Spirit Platforms were exceptionally resilient, often placing them at the upper level in Spiritual Power confrontations of the same rank.

“Ah, I didn’t expect there to be a Spirit Eye Specter here. It seems this unknown Law fragment will have to be handed over.”

The others sighed, forced to give up the competition.

“Kid, let’s be friends. Give this Law fragment to me. I’m planning to Breakthrough to the Ninth Rank soon and need Law fragments to enter the Dao. I hope you understand.”

During the Spiritual Power confrontation, a voice transmission appeared by Jiang Yan’s ear.

Jiang Yan met the Spirit Eye Specter’s gaze. The latter smiled slightly, and a mesmerizing light shot toward him.

“Heh, using hypnotic techniques—is this Your Excellency’s sincerity?”

Jiang Yan’s Spiritual Power blossomed forth as he simultaneously activated the recently learned “Chaos Yin-Yang Law.”

Transfer!

Boom!

The Spirit Eye Specter felt a sudden numbness in his scalp. Just as he wondered why he couldn’t find the other’s Spirit Platform, the next second, he was struck by Jiang Yan’s transferred hypnosis, his expression becoming dazed.

The Spirit Eye Specter’s face turned wooden as he stood up from the ground and walked over to Jiang Yan under the puzzled gazes of the crowd.

He removed the Spatial Ring from his finger and bowed slightly to Jiang Yan. The next moment, the Spatial Ring flew into Jiang Yan’s hand.

“Let’s—be—friends.”

After uttering these four words dully, he then walked step by step back to his original spot, head bowed to the ground, silent.

Jiang Yan quietly watched the other’s figure and calmly replied, “Alright.”

Such a Divine Ability was beyond the comprehension of anyone present, yet they all sensed its power and instinctively distanced themselves from Jiang Yan.

But at that moment, a familiar yet long-unheard voice resounded in Jiang Yan’s ear.

“What skillful means indeed.”

Yet at the transmission entrance, a gray-clad figure gazed lazily at Jiang Yan with an inscrutable expression, as if pondering something.

Jiang Yan’s heart jolted.

“Sky Demon!”

Though the visitor’s appearance was altered, the general features and spirit remained unchanged.

“How did this guy end up here?”

After only a moment’s thought, Sky Demon’s figure had already teleported right in front of Jiang Yan.

Too fast to react.

“No, I’ve been using the Chaotic Void Ancestral Spirit to conceal the Heaven Demon Origin Source all along. He didn’t notice it back then, so he shouldn’t be able to detect it now.”

Remaining calm, Jiang Yan pretended it was his first time meeting this old acquaintance, merely glancing at him before feigning immersion in cultivation, secretly activating the Chaos Yin-Yang Law and the now fully-formed Life and Death Law.

The moment the Laws were activated, Sky Demon suddenly closed his eyes, the curse patterns all over his body stirring as if sensing something.

“Yes, this is exactly the aura!” Sky Demon opened his eyes and stared intently at Jiang Yan.

Jiang Yan was baffled, pushing all his techniques to their limits. If Sky Demon made even the slightest suspicious move, he would react immediately.

Their eyes met, gazes intertwined, not a word spoken, as an intensely tense atmosphere brewed in the air.

“Brother!”

However, the course of events had already far exceeded Jiang Yan’s expectations.

Upon hearing the word “brother,” Jiang Yan felt as if he were wandering through a Norwegian forest, the folds of his cerebral cortex momentarily smoothed out.

“Bro—ther?”

Jiang Yan repeated Sky Demon’s heaven-defying statement, looking at this seemingly not-so-bright Sky Demon with an extremely concerned expression.

Sky Demon closed his eyes, sniffed near Jiang Yan’s clothes, and then his eyes gleamed with brilliance.

“Such a rich Life and Death Law aura—you must be my sibling, no doubt!”

Among the Demon Race, Laws possess an extremely rare hereditary nature. All Demons find it difficult to comprehend new Laws out of thin air, as the Laws they possess are passed down through generations. As long as certain conditions are met, they perfectly inherit some of their ancestors’ Divine Abilities, including their Laws.

And the Law of the Demon Race’s Supreme—the Life and Death Demon Skeleton—holds a transcendent uniqueness within the universe.

The Life and Death Law is difficult to replicate.

It is not a simple fusion of life and death but a unique, fateful, supreme Law belonging solely to the Demon Race’s Kings.

Sky Demon was certain that Jiang Yan’s Law definitely came from his father—the Life and Death Demon Skeleton.

Therefore, he should call Jiang Yan his brother.

It perfectly aligned with Sky Demon’s logical reasoning.

But to verify the truth of his speculation, Sky Demon cautiously looked into Jiang Yan’s eyes, just to be safe.

“Where are you from!”

In a short time, Jiang Yan fully understood Sky Demon’s train of thought and knew he might have to tell a colossal lie next.

“I don’t know.”

Sky Demon’s crimson pupils sharpened, Laws gathering in his hand, a hint of anger faintly emerging.

But Jiang Yan’s next response made Sky Demon’s expression soften once more.

“Since I was very young, all I saw before my eyes was darkness, with only occasional glimpses of sparkling things flashing by.”

“In my memory, a woman whispered in my ear: ‘Child, never return to the Endless Demonic Sea… Mother will always love you… I’m sorry…’”

“Later, I was rescued by a passing group of space pirates. As I grew up, I became one of them, wandering the Starry Sky with them, until finally, I offended a great Master.”

“The fleet was destroyed, and I alone escaped, wandering through the Starry Sky by myself ever since.”

Jiang Yan’s gaze met the Sky Demon’s as he spoke calmly, recounting his “wandering history” word by word.

The Sky Demon listened quietly, his hand unconsciously sinking into the soil.

“So… you too, like me, are a Mixed-Blood Demon Seed that cannot be tolerated…”

Jiang Yan: ?