The seven figures were now regarding Yun Fan with peculiar expressions.
"Have you made up your minds?" Yun Fan asked directly.
Unexpectedly, Bai Fa spoke up, "Brother-in-law, we're family now. You can't possibly still enslave us, right!"
"Family?" Yun Fan's eyes immediately showed confusion. What kind of family was this? They were clearly enemies.
"That's right!" They told Yun Fan, "You consummated with our sister last night. Now you're our brother-in-law! How can we not be family?"
Hearing this, Yun Fan understood their intentions.
Just then, Huo Shui sidled up to Yun Fan, "Husband, I've given myself to you. Don't make things difficult for us anymore!"
Yun Fan stated plainly, "I never agreed, and besides, she's the victim. This trick won't work on me!"
The others were rendered speechless. If this ploy failed, Huo Shui's sacrifice would be in vain. They quickly exchanged glances with Huo Shui.
Huo Shui understood instantly and said to Yun Fan, "Husband, I don't mind you controlling them, but you can't control me. I'm your woman now!"
"What?" The others were truly taken aback by Huo Shui's betrayal. At such a critical moment, she had abandoned her teammates. It could be said that Huo Shui's action was utterly dishonorable.
"Enough!" Yun Fan said decisively, "I can help you remove the anomalies, but the Zhan Tian imprint must remain within you. Ten thousand years from now, I promise to help you remove the Zhan Tian imprint!" He needed to control these eccentric individuals with the Zhan Tian imprint. After ten thousand years, even if they begged him to keep it, he wouldn't agree.
The seven finally breathed a sigh of relief. Their objective had been achieved. Afterwards, with Yun Fan's help, the seven individuals' anomaly imprints were eliminated.
They then told Yun Fan, "Brother-in-law, from today until ten thousand years from now, we are at your disposal!" Although they didn't wish to be controlled, as long as the Zhan Tian imprint remained, they would always be under Yun Fan's command. Fortunately, they hadn't surrendered their souls; otherwise, Yun Fan could have made them die whenever he pleased.
Yun Fan remarked, "It won't be that long. At most a thousand years, and I'll let you go!" The seven were surprised that Yun Fan had shortened the timeframe to a thousand years, exceeding their expectations.
Yun Fan then asked, "Does your Sinister Star System have any supreme treasures?" He needed to break through now. Having subdued these followers, it was time to attend to his own affairs. Once he broke through one more realm, he would be at the sixth stage of Immortal Emperor. At this level, he would have more leverage. There was no point in thinking about leaping across several realms anymore; it was simply impossible. At this stage, even breaking through one realm at a time was excellent.
"Yes!" The seven immediately replied, "In our Sinister Star System, there is a crimson meteor that has been affecting our souls! The energy emanating from that meteor is immense. We once tried to claim it, but before we could get close, our souls nearly collapsed. We dared not go too near!" They explained the matter of the meteor to Yun Fan.
"So, the aura within this Sinister Star Cluster is all from that meteor?"
"Precisely!" Hearing this, Yun Fan stated directly, "Then there's no problem. I'll go take a look!" He relied on his identity as a Zhan Tian tribesman and didn't take these strange treasures too seriously. As long as he could break through, he would take the risk.
After Yun Fan departed, Huo Shui arrived.
"Why are you here?" Yun Fan asked, bewildered.
Huo Shui quickly replied, "I am your woman now, Husband. Wherever you go, I go!" Yun Fan was speechless. He had thought Huo Shui was merely using him to achieve her goal, but it seemed she had become serious, which was beyond his expectations.
Yun Fan said, "There's no need. I can go alone!"
"Husband, the reason I'm in this sickly state is actually due to the influence of the meteor. I want to resolve my distress!" Huo Shui revealed the truth to Yun Fan.
However, Yun Fan remarked, "This current state of yours is quite good!" Indeed, it was very stimulating. Yun Fan had to admit he didn't know he had become so perverse.
"Hate it!" Huo Shui exclaimed, "Husband, my strength isn't bad. Perhaps I can help you!" She was indeed at the sixth realm. Among all of Yun Fan's women, apart from Qing Xuan and Qing Ming who had heaven-defying cheat codes, none of them had reached Huo Shui's level. Moreover, Huo Shui was familiar with the meteor, so she might genuinely be able to help him.
Thus, the two of them, "making love" along the way, arrived at the periphery of the meteor. Yun Fan saw from afar a crimson, planet-like object standing in the center of the Sinister Star Cluster, radiating terrifying power. At this moment, Yun Fan didn't feel much, but Huo Shui's condition was very poor.
"What's wrong?" Yun Fan asked, not understanding why Huo Shui was in such a state.
Huo Shui replied with difficulty, "Husband, my soul can hardly bear it!"
"What?" Yun Fan asked, "Now?" Huo Shui carefully sensed for a moment and realized her soul had returned to normal.
"Husband, how did you do that?" She looked at Yun Fan, puzzled.
Yun Fan stated confidently, "Because my soul is very strong!" Although his current strength wasn't as heaven-defying as it was ten thousand years ago, his soul was a cheat code. Because his soul from ten thousand years ago had merged with his current soul, his soul had reached an unprecedented level of power. However, without reaching the eighth stage of Immortal Emperor, even the strongest soul was useless in combat. Currently, his soul's sole function was to allow him to advance without being affected.
Huo Shui was shocked. She hadn't expected Yun Fan's soul to be so powerful! How had he achieved this? Afterwards, the two arrived before the meteor. Yun Fan sensed carefully and discovered that there was more to the meteor than met the eye. Although he wanted to directly devour the meteor's power from the outside, it was repelled.
"This is amazing?" Yun Fan was astonished, never expecting such a phenomenon.
At this, Huo Shui told Yun Fan, "Husband, perhaps I can lend you a hand!"
"How?" Yun Fan asked, not understanding. Huo Shui then produced an embroidery needle. Although it looked like an embroidery needle, Yun Fan immediately recognized its origin: the universe-level treasure, the Tai Xuan Divine Needle. He hadn't expected Huo Shui to possess the Tai Xuan Divine Needle. It wasn't hard to infer that Huo Shui was the Saintess of the Tai Xuan Divine Sect before the Zhan Tian tribe descended ten thousand years ago. Her background was indeed significant. It was a pity, however, that the Tai Xuan Divine Sect had been annihilated by the Seventh Ancestor of the Anomalies. Perhaps the destruction of her sect had dealt Huo Shui a devastating blow, leading to her mental instability.
It was known that for nearly ten thousand years before the Zhan Tian tribe arrived, the anomaly race had reigned supreme. Before that, there had been many powerful forces in the Cosmic Lord's domain, but they had all vanished with the emergence of the anomalies. The Tai Xuan Divine Sect, which was even stronger than the Overlord Sword Tribe, was one such example. If not for the arrival of the Zhan Tian tribe, the entire universe would have been doomed. As for the Cosmic Lord's whereabouts, during the rampages of the anomalies, the Cosmic Lord had attempted to intervene but was utterly defeated by the Nine Ancestors of the Anomalies, becoming like a stray dog. From then on, the Cosmic Lord dared not act, letting the anomalies annihilate these super forces. With the Tai Xuan Divine Needle unleashed, the meteor was immediately breached, and Yun Fan leaped in.
The external structure of the meteor was peculiar, and he couldn't break through its defenses. Thus, he decided to attack from the inside. Upon entering, Yun Fan truly felt the terrifying power of the meteor fighting back against him. However, Yun Fan ignored it and directly began to devour the meteor's power. The meteor resisted continuously, but in the face of a Zhan Tian tribesman, its resistance was utterly ineffective. It could only let Yun Fan devour its power. After an unknown duration of devouring, the meteor's resistance weakened. Yun Fan's strength also increased exponentially, but unfortunately, the power was insufficient for a complete breakthrough.
As the meteor dimmed, Yun Fan stopped devouring. Success was within his grasp, yet he abandoned it. Was he brainless? Of course not. Because at that moment, a sword was pressed against his chest. Even Yun Fan dared not relax in the slightest. The strength of the person before him was immense, so strong that even Yun Fan might not be able to defeat them. Of course, the most important thing was that the person before him looked exactly like Huo Shui, but their body was ethereal and insubstantial. Without a doubt, this was a soul. Yun Fan couldn't understand why Huo Shui's soul was within the meteor.