Your Talent is Mine

TL: Etude

Zero was fairly confident in his ability to escape Ye Tian's pursuit.

Ye Tian possessed the Time-Space Shift Technique, and his speed was indeed fast, but Zero had roamed the chaos for countless years. He had no shortage of life-saving treasures on him, including items capable of instant long-distance teleportation, treasures that could isolate space-time, and even block the detection of one's aura.

"Dao Child of Ten Thousand Laws, next time, I will kill you for sure!" Zero activated a supreme treasure related to space-time, and his figure instantly vanished.

"He fled!" Ye Tian sneered.

Zero's life-saving treasures were indeed powerful, and even though Ye Tian used his time-space power to search, he couldn't find much… not enough traces to track him.

But what Zero never imagined was that Ye Tian had mastered the "Void Life Technique" and had already cast it on him.

Zero, who had been marked by the Void Life Technique, would never escape.

In another distant region.

He planned to hide for a while and only come out again after breaking through to the True Spirit Realm.

Suddenly.

A wave of panic hit him, as if something ominous was about to happen.

"What's going on? Why do I have this bad feeling? Could the Dao Child of Ten Thousand Laws have found a way to track me?" Zero pondered.

Immediately, he used his spiritual sense to scan his entire body but found nothing suspicious.

Then, he used a special secret treasure to inspect all the marks on his body.

This treasure was something he had acquired from a secret realm in the chaos. Even if he were affected by the most bizarre technique, this treasure would easily reveal it. In the past, it had even helped him discover a curse that left no trace.

Boom! The power of the treasure surged through his body, and lights began to shine from every part of his form.

Suddenly.

A strange aura was revealed, surfacing under the treasure's investigative light.

"This is…" Zero's expression changed drastically.

He recognized it. It was the aura of the Void Life Technique. Normally, it would be undetectable. Even True Monarchs or some weaker True Ancestors would have difficulty sensing the mark of this divine ability.

But under the scrutiny of this treasure, the mark was still discovered.

However, discovering it didn't mean it could be removed. If he couldn't get rid of this mark, it would follow him indefinitely, and even abandoning his physical body wouldn't help, for it would cling to his soul.

"Damn it! If it were a curse, I'd still have a way to remove it, but I have no means to get rid of the Void Life Technique's mark! It must be the Dao Child of Ten Thousand Laws who planted this mark on me. I can't believe he mastered such a strange and rare chaotic divine ability!"

Zero was in complete panic.

If he couldn't lift the Void Life Technique, he would never shake off Ye Tian. No matter how many life-saving treasures he had, they would eventually run out! Once they were depleted, Ye Tian would exhaust him to death! Moreover, at the moment, Zero still had no way to leave the Grand Universe. Unless a True Ancestor was willing to pay a great price to take him away, but in this situation, even a True Ancestor wouldn't dare to help him!

Soon.

A flame descended—it was the Eternal Immortal Flame.

Ye Tian had arrived!

"Damn it, how did he catch up so quickly!"

The Eternal Immortal Flame on Zero's body had never extinguished, and now, as the flame struck him again, his injuries worsened further.

Escape! Zero kept teleporting, but Ye Tian relentlessly pursued him.

In the time that followed, Ye Tian continually hunted Zero, chasing him from one end of the Grand Universe… to the other.

No matter how many life-saving treasures Zero had, he couldn't escape his fate.

One hundred years later.

Zero fell onto a neutron star. His battle armor was shattered, his body was cracked all over, and he was still engulfed by the Eternal Immortal Flame, which continued to burn his flesh and soul.

At the same time, his divine power was nearly exhausted, his soul was gradually withering, and his life force was on the verge of collapse.

At this moment, Zero was truly on the brink of death.

Whoosh! Ye Tian tore through the void and appeared, his gaze fixed on Zero.

"Dao Child of Ten Thousand Laws, I admit defeat! I am willing to offer up vast amounts of treasures in exchange for my life!" Zero admitted his loss.

"I told you, you must die!" Ye Tian coldly replied.

However, he had to admit, Zero was exceptionally skilled at escaping, and the sheer number of life-saving treasures on him far exceeded his expectations.

He hadn't expected to chase Zero for a hundred years and still not manage to kill him.

Fortunately, this was the Grand Universe. If they had been in the chaos, Zero might have fled far, far away, and he wouldn't have been able to continue the pursuit.

Zero's bad luck was that he had ventured into the Grand Universe and had offended him.

In the vast chaos, no matter how recklessly Zero behaved, it would have been hard for him to die!

"Dao Child of Ten Thousand Laws, I only killed a few humans. I am willing to resurrect them. I am even willing to give you all my treasures, even my inheritance. I beg you, don't kill me!" Zero pleaded again.

"No need!" Ye Tian didn't waste any words and directly attacked Zero.

Another intense battle broke out! Before long, Zero's body completely shattered.

"Dao Child of Ten Thousand Laws, I'm doomed, but I won't let you have it easy either!"

Zero laughed maniacally, and suddenly, a black skull appeared over his broken body.

"With my body and soul, I offer a sacrifice to the Lord of Evil Demons, cursing the one before me to never ascend to the True Spirit Realm for all eternity!"

After launching this curse, Zero's body and soul were completely annihilated—utterly erased from existence, disappearing from space-time and never to be resurrected.

The curse was complete! The black skull pierced through all of Ye Tian's defenses in a way he couldn't comprehend, merging into his body and soul.

"Not good!"

Ye Tian's expression changed drastically as he saw a black skull mark appear on his body. His soul also bore this black skull mark, and he couldn't remove it at all.

Feeling an ominous sensation, Ye Tian gathered Zero's remaining treasures and immediately returned to the Void Sky Hall.

Along the way, he ignored all the disciples who greeted him and went straight to find Heavenly Monarch Tun Yue, Heavenly Monarch Peng Yu, and others.

Without delay, he recounted the curse Zero had cast before his death.

Surprisingly, none of them knew anything about this curse.

"Dao Child of Ten Thousand Laws, this curse seems incredibly rare. We might need to consult the Dao Ancestor!" Heavenly Monarch Tun Yue said gravely.

"Then I'll seek my master's guidance right away!"

Ye Tian used a special transmission item to contact Dao Ancestor Void Sky.

As Dao Ancestor Void Sky's most valued disciple, he immediately sent down a wisp of his consciousness to the Void Sky Hall.

"Master!" Ye Tian greeted him respectfully.

"Ye Tian, what do you need from me?" Dao Ancestor Void Sky asked.

Ye Tian recounted everything that had happened, and upon hearing it, Dao Ancestor Void Sky's expression became serious.

"Let me take a look."

Dao Ancestor Void Sky carefully examined the skull mark on Ye Tian's body, and his face darkened.

"This is troublesome!" Dao Ancestor Void Sky sighed.

"Master, what is it?" Ye Tian asked.

"This is a curse from the Lord of Evil Demons. Although it wasn't cast by him directly, but through an item carrying his aura, it's still extremely difficult to deal with," Dao Ancestor Void Sky explained.

"The Lord of Evil Demons!?" Ye Tian didn't know about this being.

"Yes, the Lord of Evil Demons is a terrifying Dao Ancestor, but he has been in slumber for a long time, and no one knows where he is. Even I can't find him.

That curse Zero cast is called the Evil Demon Seal Curse. It can't kill you, but it can ruin a genius! During a past era of chaos, this curse destroyed many geniuses and was banned by the top forces of chaos. I didn't expect Zero to possess an item capable of carrying such a curse!" Dao Ancestor Void Sky explained.

"Master, even you can't remove this curse?" Ye Tian asked, his voice filled with tension.

"It's not that I can't remove it, but if I do, it will severely damage both your soul and body, ruining your future completely.

However, if I don't remove it, you will never be able to ascend to the True Spirit Realm, which would also destroy your future!"

Dao Ancestor Void Sky said, his tone filled with reluctance.

"Is there no other way?" Ye Tian asked anxiously.

"There is one more method!" Dao Ancestor Void Sky said, "In the past, several Dao Ancestors studied the Evil Demon Seal Curse and discovered that the curse did what it said. The curse prevents you from advancing to the True Spirit Realm, meaning it forces you to remain in the Destiny Realm.

But if you can break through the limits, surpass the boundaries of the Destiny Realm, and shatter the cosmic origin's seal, then you have a chance to break the Evil Demon Seal Curse. However, this step is extremely difficult—no one in chaos has achieved it yet!"

"Master, please tell me how to break the limit. I am willing to try!" Ye Tian pleaded.

He didn't want to remain stuck at the Heavenly Monarch level for life. No matter what, he had to attempt to break the boundary.

"Very well, I'll tell you!" Dao Ancestor Void Sky said.

Immediately, Dao Ancestor Void Sky shared with Ye Tian the method to break through the limit. However, these were all theoretical calculations, and none of it had been proven. Even Dao Ancestor Void Sky wasn't sure if it would work.