Before coming in, he had only recovered less than half of his spiritual power with the help of elixirs, and using the Small Shifting technique continuously clearly seemed beyond his capacity.

Seeing how exhausted Yang Yan was, the Void-Devouring Tiger Spirit boldly and sarcastically mocked him, as if seeking revenge for Yang Yan confining it.

This arrogant behavior finally succeeded in angering Yang Yan.

With a cold laugh, Yang Yan tossed out several chains imbued with Soul Fire from the storage space, using Small Shifting to bind it with these chains.

Under the threat of Yang Yan’s Soul Fire scorching it, the Void-Devouring Tiger let out a terrified scream and used all its strength to rush out towards the exit, carrying Yang Yan along.

Now, it was truly on the brink of crying without tears, filled with regret.

Struggling through nearly half of the passage, an unexpected change suddenly occurred.

The entire space passage suddenly became extremely unstable, vibrating violently.

Yang Yan almost couldn’t steady himself, while the Void-Devouring Tiger Spirit beside him stumbled and fell to the ground.

Looking back, the space rift they had entered from had already closed and disappeared.

Their way back was now gone.

Immediately, the passage behind them started collapsing like dominoes and rapidly spread towards Yang Yan due to a chain reaction.

Wherever Yang Yan’s gaze fell, space rifts were collapsing swiftly.

Moreover, the collapsed parts were covered with spiderweb-like black lines, which then cracked, and these cracks continuously spread outward.

Soon, fierce gravitational winds from the Void blew in.

These winds cut through the space, making a hissing sound.

Upon hearing this, Yang Yan couldn’t help but furrow his brows.

However, the sound served as an aid for detecting the wind’s direction, helping him anticipate it and dodge in advance.

Yang Yan wasn’t quite sure about the power of these fierce winds, but he was certain that they could easily tear him to pieces.

What he feared most now seemed inevitable.

Amidst the roaring winds, Yang Yan was barely able to handle it with his agility.

But soon, the most dangerous and unpredictable space storm appeared in the passage.

Yang Yan had been fortunate enough to witness space storms before.

But the one before him was far more dangerous than any other he had seen.

With Yang Yan’s current cultivation, trying to resolve it with a little understanding of the Path of Space was just wishful thinking.

As he watched the space passage shatter instantly wherever the storm touched, a trace of despair flashed through Yang Yan’s heart for the first time.

Crack!

In the center of the space storm, several bowl-thick lightning bolts illuminated the entire space with their pale blue light, also reflecting on Yang Yan’s face.

His face, which was already pale, appeared even more eerie under the blue glow.

As the space storm drew closer, Yang Yan saw many familiar faces pass before his eyes.

He thought of Ten Swords and people like Zhou Hanyun who were far away on Earth.

In that moment, he thought of so many things, and his body continued to rush forward.

Resigning to fate was never Yang Yan’s nature.

Even knowing that under the terrifying space storm, all efforts seemed futile.

Huh?

Just as Yang Yan felt he was about to be torn apart by the space storm, everything suddenly stopped.

It vanished...

Just as it had come without warning, it left silently.

If not for the silently collapsed space passages that told of what had just occurred, it would have seemed as if it had never happened.

No time to think, Yang Yan hurriedly sped forward.

After surviving the disaster, he finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Seeing the catastrophic scene, Yang Yan furrowed his brows and simply took out all the elixirs he had.

They were all for restoring energy.

Apart from the Qi Replenishing Pill, Yang Yan didn’t have time to distinguish between them and swallowed them all in one go.

No matter the side effects, right now escaping was the priority.

He had to get out before the space passage completely collapsed.

But even if Yang Yan pushed Small Shifting to the extreme, it couldn’t match the collapse speed of the space passage.

Soon, he was battered and bruised by the fierce winds and turbulence in the shattered space.

At this point, Yang Yan’s body was covered in wounds, and blood was flowing everywhere.

Whoosh!

Yang Yan narrowly dodged a fierce wind, but couldn’t completely avoid another one slashing diagonally towards him.

Splash!

With a surge of burning pain, a mist of blood instantly rose, and a thick scent of blood rapidly spread in the space passage.

Meanwhile, the Void-Devouring Tiger Spirit wasn’t faring well either, looking extremely disheveled under the continuous assault of fierce winds, with the light around it noticeably dimmed.

"Hey! Do you have any other way? I don’t want to die here! Ah...." The Void-Devouring Tiger Spirit dodged left and right, shouting anxiously.

Yang Yan was speechless upon hearing its words.

If he had a way, would he be in such a predicament?

Avoiding another fierce wind, Yang Yan retorted:

"Aren’t you a member of the Void-Devouring Tiger Race? Quickly think of a way, or we’re both finished here today."

Even though Yang Yan was charging forward with all his might, the collapse speed of the space passage exceeded his imagination, and it looked about to catch up with him.

Three meters...

Two meters...

One meter!

Suddenly, Yang Yan felt completely exhausted.

It’s here!

The space he was in had already collapsed.

Yang Yan and the Void-Devouring Tiger Spirit he tied up were instantly sucked into the Void, about to be torn to shreds, returning to nothingness.

But at the critical moment, the Void-Devouring Tiger Spirit forcibly shifted back to its Flying Divine Tiger form, its entire body burning fiercely.

Yang Yan was stunned.

This is... a space shield constructed by burning its Primordial Spirit, no wonder it can temporarily block the space turbulence and prevent them from being annihilated in the void.

Although Yang Yan knew about the Void-Devouring Tiger Race’s powerful spatial talent, witnessing the little creature’s display of power in person was still astonishing to him.

Without much hesitation, he immediately asked: "Why didn’t you use this ability earlier?"

"Do you think I didn’t want to? This power isn’t something that can be used at will. Besides, I didn’t think of it earlier, it just suddenly came to mind at this moment of life and death."

The Void-Devouring Tiger Spirit then expressed its displeasure: "Even burning all my Primordial Spirit won’t allow me to escape; in the end, I’ll still die here. You better think of something!"

Yang Yan furrowed his brow: "Then quickly tell me what you need, the most crucial thing is to survive this crisis."

The Void-Devouring Tiger Spirit replied directly: "I’m in a soul state now, and can barely construct a protective shield by burning my Primordial Spirit."

"Unfortunately, with my current Soul Power, it’s impossible to sustain it unless..."

At this point, the Void-Devouring Tiger Spirit stopped speaking.

However, Yang Yan understood its implication.

Its intention was clear, it needed Yang Yan to continually supply it with Soul Power.

Yet, the residual souls Yang Yan had devoured were given to Star Night, leaving him with nothing extra.

Unless... he shared some of his own original soul power with it.