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

Ye Ge said, "So, it's possible that a sealed Azure Dragon Treasure exists beneath Crimson Dragon City?"

Qinglong Laodeng: 'Yes.'

"..."

Ye Ge thought to himself, no wonder Sima Qing was so obsessed with Crimson Dragon City. At the very beginning of the war, he spared no expense in sending a large number of troops to launch a fierce attack on the Eastern Dragon Kingdom, the most powerful force in the Alliance of Ten Thousand Races.

According to the First Emperor, the prophecies of Heaven and the Azure Dragon Treasure are very likely not good things. They might even be a carefully orchestrated scheme by a higher dimension, a conspiracy spanning millennia!

Even if it's not a conspiracy, the power of the laws sealed within the Azure Dragon Treasure, once obtained by Sima Qing, will definitely cause endless trouble.

However, to open the Azure Dragon Treasure, two primal forces are required: the power of extreme Yin and the power of the Azure Dragon. Neither can be lacking.

On Sima Qing's side, there is now Mo Nanxi, the twelfth-level female pope of the Extreme Yin Sect, who possesses the power of Extreme Yin.

But how does he plan to resolve the lack of Azure Dragon power?

Ye Ge pondered in silence.

"Lord Yege?" Liu Ying tilted her head and called out when she saw that he remained silent for a long time.

"Hmm." Ye Ge snapped out of her reverie, paused, and said, "Go on."

“There’s another piece of information that I think you’ll also be interested in.” Liu Ying’s expression turned serious. “This information is probably only known to me in the entire company’s board of directors. Sima Qing has warned me several times that I absolutely must not tell anyone! I think it’s Sima Qing’s biggest secret right now!”

Ye Ge glanced at her and said, "Are you trying to say that Sima Qing used all the genes of the descendants containing ancient bloodlines that the gene company has collected to perform gene fusion and modification, and then used artificial cloning technology to simulate and cultivate a variant embryo of one of the ancient primordial beasts—the Primordial Qilin?"

"!!?!" Liu Ying was utterly shocked. "Holy crap! Lord Ye Ge, you're amazing! You even knew that???"

Ye Ge continued, "Furthermore, Sima Qing was worried that the divine beast, the Primordial Qilin, he would possess too much power and be unable to control it directly after birth. Therefore, he decided to apply the highest level of dark magic to it during the embryonic stage, using the binding power of the demonic seal to ensure that the demonized Primordial Qilin would forever be loyal to the company after birth. And you were chosen by him to be the one to carry out the demonization work on this divine beast embryo. So, apart from the beastman Amu and a few scientists and AI researchers, only you know about this within the company."

"hiss......"

Liu Ying gasped, her gaze towards Ye Ge now carrying not just surprise, but also a look of near awe and horror.

He just couldn't understand how Ye Ge knew such a top company secret.

"Lord Yege, you are truly terrifying..." Liu Ying said, "Could you really be the reincarnation of the legendary omniscient and omnipotent god?"

Ye Ge chuckled: "Alright, stop flattering me. So, how's this demonization work going?"

"To be honest, I don't know the progress either." Liu Ying spread her hands: "My job is simply to infuse magic into the instruments they set up, nothing more. To put it bluntly, I'm just a tool. And they never tell me about their research progress."

"I see..." Ye Ge stroked his chin.

This is indeed in line with Sima Qing's cautious character.

If Sima Qing can truly cultivate the embryo of the Primordial Qilin by fusing the genes of the descendants of ancient races... that would be one of the three divine beasts of the primordial era! Can such a divine beast really be controlled by merely using the power of the demonized curse seal?

Legend has it that the creator god and the three primordial beasts controlled almost all the fundamental forces that constitute all things in the world: soul power, divine power, demonic power, holy power, malevolent power, and even the power of the Heavenly Dao...

The Primordial Qilin itself should be the perfect aggregation of these powers, possessing magic power, and probably the highest level of magic power! Can such a being really be controlled by the demonic seal?

Isn't this the same concept as trying to control the Demon Lord with a demonic curse seal?

'Wait a moment......'

Ye Ge's heart skipped a beat, and she suddenly thought of something.

The Primordial Qilin possesses the primordial power of all realms on Earth...

This definitely includes the power of the Azure Dragon!

If Sima Qing really succeeded in cultivating that embryo...

Ye Ge's eyes immediately darkened.

"Well--!"

At this moment, the oriole beside her suddenly let out a suppressed groan of pain!

Her body went limp, and she collapsed to her knees. A hazy, dissipating magical mist rose uncontrollably around her.

That wasn't something she released voluntarily; rather, the source of her magic power was being forcibly extracted and dissipated by some invisible rule, constantly leaking out of her body!

Clearly, like Ye Bing, she was also suffering from the soul punishment of the company contract. If it cannot be stopped, her strength will soon drop to the Yellow Realm!

"Lord Night Song...save...me..."

Liu Ying struggled to raise her head, her forehead covered in a fine layer of cold sweat, and her face quickly lost its color.

She reached out her slightly trembling hand and weakly grabbed Ye Ge's trouser leg, her fingertips turning white from the force.

The pain of having one's power forcibly stripped away and one's realm collapsing is far beyond ordinary physical torture; it is a tearing and exhaustion originating from the soul and the source of life! That kind of torment can be said to be more painful than being cut into a thousand pieces or pierced by ten thousand arrows!

Soon, her breathing became rapid and weak, her grip weakened, and she became as weak as if she were dehydrated.

Seeing this, Ye Ge no longer hesitated, squatted down, and placed one hand firmly on her chest.

"Concentrate, gather all your magic and soul power into the core of your Holy Soul." Night Song's voice was steady and carried a convincing power. "Then, I will absorb your Holy Soul along with the gathered magic power."

Liu Ying opened her eyes in surprise: "What?!"

"Don't worry, of course I'll return it to you." Ye Ge said, "After the Holy Soul leaves your body, your level will drop to the Yellow Realm immediately. The contract will then determine that you have fallen to the Yellow Realm, fulfilling the 'punishment condition.' Once the contract completes the punishment, the power will automatically dissipate. After that, I will return the Holy Soul to you."

"Huh? You can exploit a bug like that??" Liu Ying thought to herself, "Oh, I see..."

Is this how Queen Ye Bing broke free from the control of the contract?

However, the company's contractual power is said to use a forbidden power from a certain ancient era. To completely neutralize this power, one would need to possess such forbidden power as well.

Could it be that Lord Night Song happens to possess this power?

"If you don't hurry, your magic will run out on its own," Ye Ge reminded him calmly.

"Ah...yes!" Liu Ying stiffened, enduring the pain of her soul being torn apart, and concentrated all her remaining will. She began to guide the violently dissipating power within her body towards the faint light deep within her soul, gradually concentrating it into the core of her holy soul.

Although handing over one's sacred soul to another is tantamount to surrendering one's life.

But now that things have come to this, she has no other choice...

I can only trust this man in front of me...

The hand that Ye Ge placed on her heart suddenly emitted a soft yet infinitely mysterious colorful radiance!

The radiance of the Heavenly Dao enveloped Liu Ying's entire body, and a gentle yet irresistible suction force emanated from her. Strands of pure, dark succubus primordial magic, as if guided, separated from her body, transforming into trickles that flowed into Ye Ge's palm, where they were absorbed by him.