Chapter 635 – The Archery Scripture!

2 experts on the Hallowed Rankings!

The yellow robed young man on the city wall was first stunned before feeling
overjoyed because the Hallowed Grounds had finally stopped underestimating
Yang Ye. After all, just the 7th ranked expert, Yun Qingyao, had almost killed
Yang Ye just now. So, how could Yang Ye survive when the 6th ranked had joined
the battle as well?

Even though his initial objective was to seek reconciliation with Yang Ye, it would
naturally be for the best if Yang Ye were to die!

“What are you doing here?” Yun Qingyao spoke in a slightly angry tone when she
saw the man with a longbow on his back.

He Lianqi seemed to be quite afraid of her and didn’t dare look at her. He just
said softly, “I was afraid that you would be in danger!”

“Do you think I can’t deal with him?” Yun Qingyao glared angrily at He Lianqi, but
her voice had become much gentler.

“Zuo Dengfeng was defeated, Yao Ye was tortured to death, and Mo Yixie fled
after suffering an injury. Yang Ye is very strong!” He Lianqi spoke softly.

“You think I can’t deal with him!” Yun Qingyao grunted coldly and was slightly
displeased.

He Lianqi hurriedly shook his head and said, “I’m just worried about you!”

Yun Qingyao seemed to intend to say something when both their expressions
had suddenly changed, and then they looked in Yang Ye’s direction. At this
moment, Yang Ye was walking over towards He Lianqi with his sword in hand.

He’s fine?  A serious expression appeared in

He Lianqi’s eyes while the smile on Yun Qingyao’s face had vanished.

“You really are surprising!” He Lianqi glanced at Yang Ye’s chest but the injury
there had vanished.

“You surprised me as well!” Yang Ye said, “I’d thought that no one within the Exalt
Realm would be able to penetrate my dragon scale armor, but you pierced
through it with a single arrow. Looks like I have to reassess the strengths of the
geniuses on the Hallowed Rankings.”

Yang Ye’s physical defense had arrived at a terrifying level after he obtained the
Dragon Ancestor’s inheritance. Not to mention Exalt Realm experts, even
Monarch Realm experts would probably find it difficult to break through.
However, He Lianqi’s arrow had pierced through his defenses with ease. Yang Ye
was very clearly aware that the strengths of those experts on the Hallowed
Rankings far surpassed his previous estimates!

“So your body possesses the ability to repair itself!” Yun Qingyao glanced at Yang
Ye’s chest and spoke abruptly.

Yang Ye suddenly stopped moving and gestured to the violet mink and Lei Lin.
Both of them understood what he meant. The violet mink hesitated slightly
because Yang Ye wanted them to head into the Primordial Pagoda. However, Lei
Lin didn’t hesitate at all and transformed into a bolt of lightning that entered
Yang Ye.

Yang Ye gestured towards the violet mink again. She puckered her lips before
nodding with extreme reluctance, and then she entered the Primordial Pagoda
as well.

He Lianqi took his bow from his back and withdrew a golden arrow before
nocking it. He aimed it at Yang Ye before he said, “Take this!” He released the
arrow at the same time he spoke.

The golden arrow had just left the bowstring when it suddenly expanded in
midair and transformed into a 300m long golden dragon.

Roar!

The golden dragon opened its mouth and shot over to bite Yang Ye.

“Watch out! He has inherited the Dragon Ancestor’s blood, so he possesses a

form of lethal suppression towards all types of dragons!” Yun Qingyao’s anxious
voice suddenly resounded.

He Lianqi’s expression changed slightly, and he was just about to take the arrow
back, but it was too late. The golden dragon had arrived in front of Yang Ye, and
it was just about to bite when it seemed as if it had encountered something
horrifying. Its figure shook before it exploded apart in midair, and then an arrow
fell to the ground in front of Yang Ye.

“Nine star barrage!” He Lianqi’s voice resounded again, and then another ray of
golden light shot towards Yang Ye. As soon as it appeared, another ray of golden
light followed closely behind him, and this continued until nine rays of light had
formed a chain. They shot over in succession like a golden beam that was shot
from He Lianqi to Yang Ye!

Yang Ye slowly moved his right foot forward before he lowered his body a little,
and he held tightly onto the Intent Sword. Yang Ye’s pupils constricted when the
1st ray of golden light arrived before him, and he swiftly slashed, “Critical Strike!”
Since he’d cultivated the 1st stage of the Critical Strike technique, Yang Ye had
never utilized it because Heavenrend was usually sufficient for him to end the
battle.

The reason he was utilizing it now was because he didn’t want to waste time.

Hiss!

After his sword struck the ray of golden light, the effects of the Critical Strike
technique caused the might of his 11th level Sword Intent to suddenly double,
and his Intent Sword slashed the ray of golden light apart as he followed behind
his sword all the way towards He Lianqi. In just an instant, Yang Ye had arrived in
front of He Lianqi.

He Lianqi’s expression changed slightly when he witnessed this scene. However,

there was no panic on his face, and there was just a trace of surprise in his eyes.
Even he had never imagined that such a figure actually existed on Profounder
Continent, and he felt that Yang Ye was an extraordinary genius even in the
Hallowed Grounds.

“Spatial Warp!” He Lianqi’s voice resounded when Yang Ye arrived before him,
and then he suddenly vanished on the spot and appeared over 1km away.

“Cloud Striker!” He Lianqi’s voice resounded once more, and then a golden arrow
flashed over like a ray of light. It arrived in front of Yang Ye at practically the
exact same moment that He Lianqi’s voice resounded.

Clang!

Yang Ye placed his sword horizontally before his chest. His Intent Sword shook
slightly when the golden arrow struck it, and then countless cracks started
spreading like spiderwebs throughout it. At the same time, Yang Ye was blasted
flying by the impact!

“The five shots of the Archery Scripture!” Yun Qingyao’s eyes flickered with
excitement. She hadn’t expected that He Lianqi would immediately execute his
strongest attack!

The Archery Scripture had been created by a Saint Realm expert of the Hallowed
Grounds, and it was extremely formidable. During the battle between the
Hallowed Grounds and the defiant profounders all those years ago, that Saint
Realm expert had instilled terror in the hearts of the defiant profounders
because Saints could be slaughtered when those five shots were executed
simultaneously!

Of course, He Lianqi clearly couldn’t kill a Saint even if he executed them

simultaneously, but slaughtering a Monarch Realm expert was definitely easy to
the extreme. The reason Yun Qingyao was ranked below He Lianqi was because
she couldn’t resist He Lianqi’s 5th shot! The 5th shot! Not all 5 that were shot in
unison!

“Star Crusher!” He Lianqi’s voice resounded once more, and then an arrow that
seemed like a shooting star pierced through space as it appeared before Yang
Ye.

Yang Ye’s pupils constricted, and he flicked the Intent Sword upward and struck
the arrow.

Clang!

The Intent Sword in Yang Ye’s hand suddenly exploded apart but the arrow
merely trembled and continued towards Yang Ye’s chest. Yang Ye didn’t dare
allow it to pierce his chest because he felt that it carried a strange force. If it
were to be allowed to pierce his body, then he would definitely be heavily
injured even if he could avoid death!

Yang Ye shouted as he pressed his dragon claws together and clasped the arrow
between them. However, the strength carried by the arrow was truly too great,
and the impact caused Yang Ye’s feet to scrape the ground as it pushed him
backward for over 1km!

On the other hand, blood had started to flow from his hands!

“Break!” Yang Ye suddenly exerted force, and the arrow between his claws was
instantly broken into two.

“Moon Chaser!” He Lianqi’s voice resounded once more, and then another ray of
golden light flashed towards Yang Ye. A pitch black spatial rift resided
throughout the space it passed through, and even the space in an area of over
30m around the spatial rift was trembling violently and showed signs of
collapsing!

Yang Ye had a solemn expression in his eyes as he suddenly grasped his right
fist before an Intent Sword appeared within his grasps. He sheathed it within the
ancient sheath and immediately drew it.

“Heavenrend!” The sword shattered as soon as Yang Ye’s voice resounded, and
then a ray of light surged forward. It was extremely swift like a flash of light, and
it instantly collided with the arrow.

Bang!

Both instantly exploded apart upon contact, and then countless waves of energy
swept madly towards the surroundings. A moment of silence ensued before the
space in the surroundings suddenly collapsed, and an enormous black hole
appeared before everyone.
Around 3 breaths of time passed before the black hole was repaired by the Laws
of the world!

“How formidable!” The yellow-robed young man on the city wall was speechless
when he witnessed this scene. At this moment, he finally understood the gap
between the profounders of Profounder Continent and the Hallowed Grounds.
Besides Yang Ye and An Nanjing, everyone else in the younger generation of the
continent were probably trash before the geniuses of the Hallowed Grounds.

Luo Jun was the Mortal Emperor. But unless he was able to unite the entire
continent at his current age, he was nothing before these monstrous geniuses of
the Hallowed Grounds!

At this moment, the young man had decided that as soon as he returned to the
capital, he would suggest that the emperor stopped at nothing to form a good
relationship with the Hallowed Grounds. At this moment, a storm was brewing in
the empire, and it could only survive if it sought the support of the Hallowed
Grounds. Of course, it would be better if Yang Ye died right now!

“Sun Piercer!” Right after the 3rd arrow and Yang Ye’s sword qi vanished, He
Lianqi’s voice resounded again, and then a golden arrow surged forward from
the bow in his hand.

The arrow shot through space and seemed like it could pierce the sun!

Yang Ye’s pupils constricted into the size of needles when he saw this arrow.
Because he sensed a strong feeling of danger from it. At the same time, a feeling
had arisen in his heart, and it told him that Heavenrend couldn’t stop this arrow
unless he forcefully improved his strength to the Monarch Realm!

Obviously, that was impossible!

Yang Ye sighed lightly, and he felt quite uncomfortable in his heart. Because it
was the first time that Heavenrend had lost to a technique of a profounder in
the same realm of cultivation as him. So, how could he not feel uncomfortable?

Yang Ye had no other choice. He took a step forward, and then the Sword
Domain swept out. As soon as it appeared, the aura of He Lianqi’s arrow was
instantly suppressed. Even though it wasn’t completely stopped, its aura and
speed had been suppressed, and it was extremely inferior when compared to
before.

“Break apart!” Yang Ye appeared in front of the arrow, and then he slashed with
the Intent Sword and instantly blasted the arrow into pieces.

“The Sword Domain, huh?” He Lianqi nodded slightly, and then he flipped his
palm. He nocked 5 arrows on his bowstring, and then they shot out
simultaneously!
“Cloud Striker!”

“Star Crusher!”

“Moon Chaser!”

“Sun Piercer!”

“Heaven Destroyer!”

Chapter 636 – It’s Not At The 1st Level!

Five arrows had been released simultaneously!

The 5 arrows were linked together in a chain, and they were shooting towards
Yang Ye from different directions instead. However, they suddenly turned upon
arriving 300m away from Yang Ye, and then they converged together to form a
long arrow that was a few meters long. The long arrow spiraled towards Yang Ye,
and the space in its path seemed like glass that was instantly shattered into
powder!

He Lianqi’s countenance had instantly turned ghastly pale once he executed this
attack, and he took a knee in midair.

Yun Qingyao clenched her fists when she witnessed this scene, and excitement
covered her face. He Lianqi had executed this technique when he challenged the
5th ranked expert on the Hallowed Rankings. Unfortunately, He Lianqi lost. Since
that battle, she’d never seen He Lianqi execute this technique again because no
one was worthy of it besides those top 5 geniuses on the Hallowed Rankings!

Now, he’d executed it again!

However, its target was just a first rank Exalt Realm sword cultivator in
Profounder Continent!

Could Yang Ye resist that attack?

Yun Qingyao felt that he couldn’t, even if he possessed the Sword Domain. Of
course, it would be a completely different story if Yang Ye had truly grasped the
secrets of the Sword Domain!

At this moment, the yellow robed young man and all the profounders of the
Exalted Han Empire were stunned. As far as they were concerned, it wasn’t
something that an Exalt Realm expert could execute at all, and even some
Monarch Realm experts weren’t this terrifying!

The Hallowed Grounds!

At this moment, all of them felt even more reverent and respectful to the
Hallowed Grounds!

Yang Ye took a step forward as he deactivated the Sword Domain. The intent
sword in his hand entered the ancient sheath before he drew it swiftly…. Yang Ye
instantly repeated this action 3 times, and 3 Heavenrends overlapped together,
causing the sword energy that came from the ancient sheath to be practically on
par with He Lianqi’s attack!

Everyone watched as Yang Ye’s sword qi collided with the long arrow.

Bang!

In just an instant, the space around the point of collision collapsed and shattered
into powder….

Clang!

A clear and melodious clang resounded. Yun Qingyao’s pupils constricted

because the 1st arrow in the chain had been broken but Yang Ye had lost a
strand of sword qi as well!

Clang!

Another clear and melodious clang resounded as another arrow was blasted
apart. However, Yang Ye lost another strand of sword qi as well.

Bang!

When Yang Ye’s 3rd strand of sword qi smashed against the 3rd arrow, both of
them trembled violently before a wave of energy erupted from the point of
collision, and then a moment of silence ensued before both of them exploded
apart. They transformed into specks of light that rained down in the
surroundings.

Since there were no more sword qi to obstruct it, He Lianqi’s last 2 and strongest
arrows instantly arrived in front of Yang Ye.

He Lianqi heaved a sigh of relief when he witnessed this scene, and a slight smile
appeared in his eyes. Because the outcome had been decided. The last 2 arrows
were the strongest amongst the arrows he’d shot. Once these arrows came close
to Yang Ye, it didn’t matter even if Yang Ye destroyed them. Because the energy
which would erupt from those arrows would be sufficient to kill Yang Ye!

Yun Qingyao heaved a sigh of relief, and her tightly clenched hands relaxed. At
the same time, the dazzling glow emanated from the sabers of those 360
skeletons had gradually dispersed.
Even though she’d allowed them to fight a one on one battle, it didn’t represent
that she would stand by idly. She wouldn’t hesitate to lend a hand if He Lianqi
lost!

However, it seemed like that was no need for that now!

The yellow robed young man suddenly revealed excitement on his face when he
noticed the expressions of Yun Qingyao and He Lianqi. Because the Exalted Han
Empire would be able to rise once more if Yang Ye really died right now, and it
was very likely for him to become the next emperor of the empire. As for Luo
Jun, he’d been completely eliminated from the fight for the throne!

Yang Ye sighed lightly when he saw all 3 of his sword qi were destroyed.
Needless to say, He Lianqi was really strong, and he was the strongest Exalt
Realm expert that Yang Ye had met besides An Nanjing. No, it should be said
that if An Nanjing’s strength still remained the same as it was when before they’d
parted, then she would definitely be unable to defeat this fellow!

However, Yang Ye firmly believed that An Nanjing would definitely remain on the
spot without advancing, and he just didn’t know exactly how strong she was
right now!

Yang Ye cleared the distracting thoughts in his mind, stretched out his hand, and
condensed an intent sword in his grasp. He smiled as he said, “Needless to say,
you would really be a huge problem for me in the past, but now…. Bring it on!”

As soon as he finished speaking, Yang Ye suddenly swung his sword!

“Critical Strike!” As soon as he spoke, the blade of the intent sword slashed
forcefully against the tip of He Lianqi’s 4th arrow.

At this moment, He Lianqi shook his head while Yun Qingyao laughed with
ridicule. Because Yang Ye’s 11th level Sword Intent enhanced by the Critical
Strike technique was formidable indeed, and it was as strong as a Dao Rank
technique. However, utilizing such an attack at this moment was no different
than courting death. After all, even if he could slash through the 4th arrow, what
about the 5th?

The 5th arrow was absolutely not something that Yang Ye’s 11th level Sword
Intent could slash through! He Lianqi was very confident in it because he was
clearly aware of the might possessed by 11th level Sword Intent. After all, he’d
witnessed its might in the Hallowed Grounds, and he’d fought it in the past. So,
he knew that the best 11th level Sword Intent could do was to destroy his
4th arrow, and that was only because Yang Ye’s physical strength far surpassed
ordinary profounders!

Hiss!
Suddenly, He Lianqi and Yun Qingyao were stunned, and then they watched with
disbelief as Yang Ye’s intent sword actually slashed He Lianqi’s 4th arrow into 2
with ease…. It was like a hot knife slicing through butter, and it was beyond
easy….

After that, Yang Ye’s intent sword arrived before He Lianqi’s final arrow, and it
stopped for a moment. However, it wasn’t long before it was easily split into 2
just like the 4th arrow had been!

“How could this be possible!?” He Lianqi and Yun Qingyao’s eyes were filled with
disbelief because the might of 11th level Sword Intent was utterly incapable of
being that terrifying, and it was absolutely not this terrifying even if it was
enhanced by the Critical Strike technique!

“Watch out!” Suddenly, Yun Qingyao shouted from atop the city wall while her
hands moved slightly at the same time. The 360 skeletons on the ground below
swiftly swung their blades, and an enormous beam of saber qi whistled through
the air as it flashed towards Yang Ye.

It turned out that Yang Ye was already in front of He Lianqi, and it caused He
Lianqi’s expression to change. He flicked his fingers successively, and 100 golden
arrows instantly shot forward.

However, Yang Ye just swung his sword casually, and all of them were dispersed
and transformed into nothingness….

He Lianqi seemed to have thought of something, and it caused his pupils to

constrict while shock filled his eyes. No, it should be described as terror. But
even then, his reaction wasn’t slow at all, and he suddenly shouted. “Horizon
Wa….”

He hadn’t even been able to finish speaking when an invisible force pressed
down upon him like a mountain, and it caused his body to stop for an instant. It
was precisely this instant that allowed a sword to stab through his chest….

“It’s not at the 1st level….” He Lianqi gazed at Yang Ye while shock still filled his
eyes.

“You’re right. Unfortunately, it’s too late!” Yang Ye’s voice resounded by He
Lianqi’s ears, and then a ray of light shot through his body before he lost all
signs of vitality.

“NO!!!” Suddenly, Yun Qingyao howled like a wild beast from atop the city wall.

Chapter 637 – How Do I Get To The Hallowed Grounds?

An enormous beam of saber energy had arrived behind Yang Ye.
Bang!

Yang Ye turned around and swung his sword, and then it was blasted into
nothingness.

The mind of the yellow robed young man on the city wall was on the verge of
exploding, and it became completely blank. Yang Ye actually won….

Yun Qingyao stared blankly at He Lianqi’s corpse in the distance, and she just
gazed at it for a short while before she closed her eyes. Two clear streams of
tears flowed down slowly.

You fool. Why did you follow me? Why? We said that we would fight the defiant
profounders together….

You fool. You’ve liked me since you were young, but you never dared to confess your
feelings to me. Do you know that I like you as well? I would have definitely agreed if
you confessed. Unfortunately, you never did. Even though it made me very angry, I
still loved you….

You asked me why I wanted to head to Profounder Continent to research formations.

I’ll tell you now. It was because I didn’t want to be a burden to you during the fight
with the defiant profounders….

A short while later, Yun Qingyao opened his eyes, and her eyes were crimson red
and ferocious as she said, “Yang Ye, it was you who killed him! I’ll bury you and
everyone related to you with him!”

Yang Ye waved his hand casually and took He Lianqi’s corpse. After that, he
gazed at Yun Qingyao and said, “Then bring it on!”

“Slash!” Yun Qingyao practically roared as she gave the order.

“Slash….” The 360 skeletons swung their sabers, and then 360 strands of saber qi
shot through the sky. They were like 360 shooting stars that shot through the
sky and descended in Yang Ye’s direction.

A cold smile appeared on the corners of Yang Ye’s mouth, and then he stabbed
the intent sword into the ground.

Bang!

The circle of light on the ground trembled before it shattered into pieces, and
then the 7 stars in the sky instantly vanished. Moreover, the 360 strands of saber
qi vanished along with the stars….

The formation was destroyed. Yang Ye flashed over to the skeletons, and then
he waved his hand and placed them all within the Primordial Pagoda. Earlier,
he’d noticed that the skeletons didn’t possess intelligence like Corpse Ancestor
and the others. They had no consciousness at all and were just simple puppets!

Even though they couldn’t reveal the same strength in his hands, they were still
very strong. At the very least, they wouldn’t be weaker to ordinary ninth rank
Exalt Realm experts.

“Blood Sacrifice!” Meanwhile, Yun Qingyao’s voice resounded once more.

“AH!!!” Suddenly, countless shrill cries resounded from Immortal Qilin City, and it
was extremely horrifying.

The young man was stunned, and he turned around to look at the city. At this
moment, the city was enveloped in a mist of blood, and he could still faintly
discern that some profounders were being devoured within the mist and
transformed into blood that converged into the mist of blood in the sky.

“What’re you doing!?” At this moment, the young man couldn’t be bothered
about feeling fearful of her, and he immediately berated. Presently, the Exalted
Han Empire had lost the trust of most of its subjects, and it might become utterly
infamous if another city were to be slaughtered.

“Could it be that you don’t want Yang Ye to die?” Yun Qingyao spoke calmly, “Do
you think that your Exalted Han Empire will be able to exist in peace if Yang Ye is
still alive?”

“Even then, you can’t….”

Yun Qingyao glanced coldly at him and said, “I’m not asking for your opinion,
understand?”

The young man’s heart felt cold when he noticed her icy cold expression. At this
moment, he finally recalled that she wasn’t someone whom he could offend
because both her strength and background far surpassed his own!

Yun Qingyao’s gaze descended onto Yang Ye, and she said, “Yang Ye, I’ll make
you pay the price!”

Yang Ye disregarded her and looked past her towards the mist of blood behind
her. Countless shrill cries were still resounded from within it.

Yang Ye merely glanced at it before he turned around and walked away.

Everyone here was stunned. Even Yun Qingyao was slightly stunned. What’s he
trying to do?

Yang Ye naturally intended to leave. He wasn’t an idiot. Even though he didn’t

know what sort of tricks Yun Qingyao had up her sleeve, he was very clearly
aware that she was definitely creating something terrifying. Moreover, it would
definitely be even more terrifying than those skeletons from before. While he
didn’t fear it, it wasn’t necessary for him to go head on against it!

In any case, his true objective was the capital of the Exalted Han Empire and not
Immortal Qilin City.

Since this path towards the capital was difficult, then he could just use another!

“Yang Ye! Stop right there!” Yun Qingyao suddenly shouted when she saw Yang
Ye’s figure going further and further away.

Yang Ye’s lips curled up. She really thinks too much of herself. Who does she think
she is? Why would I listen to her?

“Yang Ye! Are you a man!” Her voice resounded once more.

Yang Ye still paid no attention to her. He waved his right hand and a sword
appeared beneath his feet. He felt that it was completely pointless to argue with
her.

“Yang Ye, you should just stay behind!” Suddenly, a voice resounded, and then a
ray of white light instantly arrived before Yang Ye.

Yang Ye’s eyes narrowed slightly as he swiftly swung the intent sword, and an
explosion resounded. The white light dispersed, and a throwing knife fell to the
ground.

Yang Ye gazed towards the distance, and he saw that Mo Yixie had suddenly
appeared there. However, Mo Yixie’s arm had recovered.

“I was still too late!” Mo Yixie glanced over, and then he shook his head and said,
“I never expected that even Qingyao and Lianqi’s joint forces wouldn’t be able to
kill you. Yang Ye, you’ve really surprised me.”

“I’m rather surprised that you came to give your life away as well!” said Yang Ye.

“I really am no match for you!” Mo Yixie said, “But Qingyao can kill you!”

“She has lost!” said Yang Ye.

Mo Yixie suddenly chuckled, and he didn’t continue on the topic. He said instead,
“You know, regardless of whether it’s Zuo Dengfeng, Yao Ye, or He Lianqi, all of
them shouldn’t have died here. Even if they did die, they should have died at the
hands of the defiant profounders.”

“So you’re saying that I should have died instead?” Yang Ye chuckled.

Mo Yixie said, “Our Hallowed Grounds dispatched its forces to Profounder

Continent mainly with the intention of converging the elites of the continent to
resist the defiant profounders. But my Hallowed Grounds shouldn’t have
dispatched those idiots. If they hadn’t been too arrogant and conceited, then my
Hallowed Grounds wouldn’t have become mortal enemies with the southern
territory!”

Yang Ye shook his head and grinned, “I’m someone who doesn’t like to look for
trouble, but I’m not afraid of it. The Exalted Han Empire wanted to kill me, so I
intend to destroy it. Now, the Hallowed Grounds wants to kill me, so I’ll destroy
it. Of course, I know that my current strength is definitely insufficient, but you
really don’t have to worry. The day will come when I possess the strength to do
so, don’t you think so too?”

“You’re really arrogant!” Mo Yixie said, “Or I should say that you’re quite
conceited. Trust me, you wouldn’t speak like that if you’ve witnessed the true
strength of my Hallowed Grounds.”

“I was just a Labor Disciple in the past, but what about now?” Yang Ye smiled and
said, “The matters of the world are constantly changing, right?”

Mo Yixie took a deep and long glance at Yang Ye before he said, “Do you know
that if my Hallowed Grounds isn’t there to resist the defiant profounders once
they emerge from the seal, then your Profounder Continent would be destroyed
in an instant!”

Yang Ye smiled and said, “I believe that the first thing they do upon emerging
from the seal would definitely be to deal with your Hallowed Grounds. After all,
your Hallowed Grounds imprisoned them for 100,000 years, so how would they
vent their resentment that has been accumulating for 100,000 years if they don’t
slaughter the Hallowed Grounds? Don’t you think I’m right? So, your Hallowed
Grounds should be the one to be worried!”

“Such malicious words!” Mo Yixie spoke solemnly, “The defiant profounders are
the enemies of the entire human race….”

“What a joke!” Yang Ye interrupted Mo Yixie and said, “Up until now, your
Hallowed Grounds has been my true enemy. As for the defiant profounders,
they haven’t even looked for trouble with me. But your Hallowed Grounds has
been ceaselessly trying to kill me. So, my first target right now isn’t the defiant
profounders but the Hallowed Grounds!”

Mo Yixie fell silent because… he was really at a loss for words.

Yang Ye suddenly said, “Do you know why I’ve been wasting my breath with you
even though I know that you’re buying time for that woman?”

Mo Yixie’s eyelids twitched before he said, “I’m very curious about that as well!”

“How do I get to the Hallowed Grounds?” asked Yang Ye. The Sword Spirit used
to know how to get to the Hallowed Grounds. But 100,000 years had passed, and
it had truly been too long…. It was so long that the Sword Spirit merely
remembered a rough direction and had forgotten the exact way.

Yang Ye had to travel to the Hallowed Grounds. Of course, he wouldn’t head

over openly because the Monarch Realm and Half-Saint Realm experts there
wouldn’t abide by the rules that experts at the Monarch Realm and above
couldn’t act against him.

The corners of Mo Yixie’s eyes twitched, and he said, “Don’t tell me that you
intend to attack the Hallowed Grounds!”

Yang Ye shook his head and said, “I’m just asking. You wouldn’t mind telling me
about it, right? In any case, it’s impossible for me to be a threat to the Hallowed
Grounds, right?”

“There’s an island at the end of the southern ocean, and there’s a teleportation
formation there. You’ll be able to arrive at the Hallowed Grounds by entering
that teleportation formation. Of course, the precondition is that you’re able to
survive today!” Mo Yixie didn’t conceal it and spoke truthfully. Just as Yang Ye
had said, he didn’t think Yang Ye could be a threat to the Hallowed Grounds
unless Yang Ye attained the Half-Saint Realm!

“The end of the southern ocean?” Yang Ye nodded and said, “I’ll remember that!”

“Unfortunately, you won’t have a chance to head there anymore!” Meanwhile,

Yun Qingyao’s voice suddenly resounded from above the city wall.

Yang Ye turned around and looked over. At this moment, an almost 3km long
sword of blood had appeared in the sky above the city. The sword didn’t have a
hilt, and it only had a body and blade. It emanated a monstrous aura of blood
and evil, and Yang Ye could sense it with absolute clarity even from so far away.

“Yang Ye, you’re really too conceited.” Mo Yixie suddenly said, “The reason
Qingyao is ranked at the 7th position is because it takes a huge amount of time
to set up her formations. But no one would give her such time during a battle. If
she is able to meticulously set up her formations to deal with her enemies, then
not to mention you, even a ninth rank Monarch Realm expert would perish
before her!”

Yang Ye shook his head and smiled, “This is what both of you are relying on?”

As soon as he finished speaking, a strand of Sword Intent surged out from within
him, and then Mo Yixie and Yun Qingyao’s expressions instantly changed
drastically….

Chapter 638 – 12th Level Sword Intent!

The Sword Intent which surged out from him trembled slightly before it
transformed into a man who looked exactly alike to Yang Ye, and it stood by
Yang Ye’s side.

The ‘Yang Ye’ formed from Sword Intent was exactly similar to Yang Ye in
appearance, and only its expression was different. It had a clear and innocent
gaze while Yang Ye’s gaze was deep and icy cold.

Yang Ye glared at the ‘Yang Ye’ beside him, and the latter smiled before
transforming into an Intent Sword that floated in front of Yang Ye.

“12th level Sword Intent…. How could this be possible?” Mo Yixie’s eyes were
filled with disbelief because he was absolutely unable to imagine that Yang Ye’s
Sword Intent was actually not at the 11th level but the 12th!

Yun Qingyao’s gaze was just like Mo Yixie’s, and it was filled with disbelief!

9th level Sword Intent would undergo a qualitative transformation, and its might
was a few times greater than 8th level Sword Intent. After Sword Intent attained
the 10th level, its might would multiply a few times again. Of course, Earth Realm
Sword Intent wasn’t much of a threat to them, and only Heaven Realm Sword
Intent was a true threat to them!

After Sword Intent attained the Heaven Realm, it would undergo another
qualitative transformation, and that was the ability to condense into form and
become material. So, unless an external force completely transformed it into
powder and obliterated it, otherwise, 11th level Sword Intent was eternal!

On the other hand, 12th level Sword Intent….

The might of 12th level Sword Intent wasn’t something that 11th level Sword
Intent could compare to at all. Because it wasn’t merely Sword Intent anymore.
Once 12th level Sword Intent was attained, it represented that the Sword Intent
had gained intelligence, true intelligence. It represented intelligence that was
sufficient to govern itself. As for its might….

Mo Yixie had once witnessed the might of 12th level Intent from one of the
geniuses in the top 5 of the Hallowed Rankings. At that time, a Monarch Realm
expert had died at the hands of that genius’ Intent. That genius hadn’t attacked
at all, and it was only the Intent which had taken physical form that had fought
the battle.

It was formidable because it was eternal while its owner was alive. Even if a Half-
Saint acted against the Intent, that Half-Saint could only seal it and couldn’t
destroy it unless its owner was killed!

Yun Qingyao was stunned, and then she suddenly shook her head while
speaking in a slightly crazy tone, “Impossible, absolutely impossible. How could
you possibly possess 2nd level Heaven Realm Sword Intent? How could this be
possible? AH!!! Attack! Attack...”

As soon as she spoke, the enormous sword above the city had suddenly shot
towards Yang Ye.

“Go!” Yang Ye flicked his finger, and the intent sword in his hand shot into the
sky, and then it instantly started glowing. In next to no time, it collided with the
enormous sword in the sky.

Hiss!

Mo Yixie and Yun Qingyao watched with horror as the intent sword tore through
the tip of the enormous sword with ease, and then it pierced straight through it
and shot towards Yun Qingyao.

Yun Qingyao didn’t dodge as she was still overwhelmed with shock.

Right when it was about to arrive above the walls of Immortal Qilin City, a barrier
of light appeared and enveloped the entire city.

Bang!

The intent sword smashed against the barrier of light, causing it to tremble
violently while numerous cracks appeared on it. Moreover, these cracks were
spreading at an alarming speed.

The yellow robed young man and the others were horrified, and he immediately
howled madly, “Attack!”

All the crossbows in the hands of those profounders on the city walls released
their arrows, and they rained down towards Yang Ye.

“Draconification!” Yang Ye shouted, and then his entire body was instantly
covered in dragon scales. At the same time, he stomped the ground with his
right foot and shot up like a cannonball. He charged through the rain of arrows
as he recalled the intent sword into his grasp. In the next moment, he swung it
and almost 100 strands of sword qi swept forward!

All of them smashed against the barrier of light, and then a huge explosion
resounded before the barrier of light exploded into pieces….

“Retreat….” The yellow robed young man was already over 1km away when he
spoke these words. The Exalted Han Empire had severely underestimated Yang
Ye’s strength because Yang Ye’s Sword Intent wasn’t at the 11th level at all! It was
at the 12th level! Even ordinary Monarch Realm experts wouldn’t be a march for
Yang Ye and his 12th level Sword Intent! Moreover, coupled with the abnormal
physical defenses that Yang Ye possessed, numbers were utterly meaningless
before him!
At this moment, Yang Ye was a true god of war!

After the young man fled, all the other soldiers on the city walls were stunned
for a moment before they fled swiftly as well….

Yang Ye paid no attention to them because he had a single target, and it was Yun
Qingyao.

Yang Ye was just about to attack when a ray of white light suddenly arrived
before him.

Clang!

Yang Ye waved his hand casually and a throwing knife shattered apart in midair.

At the same time, Mo Yixie appeared in front of Yun Qingyao, and he had 2
throwing knives in his hand. Mo Yixie glanced at Yang Ye, and then the throwing
knives shot off from his grasp before he turned around to gaze at Yun Qingyao.
He said, “Leave. His 12th level Sword Intent isn’t something we can go against!”

“Lianqi is dead, so what’s the point of leaving?” Yun Qingyao shook her head.

“Is there any point in dying with him?” As he spoke, 2 more throwing knives
appeared in his grasp and shot forward. This time, Yang Ye was less than 300m
away from them.

“Lianqi died because of me!” Yun Qingyao gazed at Yang Ye who was only 150m
away from them and spoke softly.

“Someone will die right before you now if you don’t leave!” Four more throwing
knives appeared within Mo Yixie’s hands, but they didn’t shoot forward this time.

Yun Qingyao glanced at Mo Yixie and said, “He won’t be able to catch up to you
with the Horizon Warp technique you possess.”

“But you won’t leave!” said Mo Yixie.

Yun Qingyao gazed at Mo Yixie for a short while and said, “It isn’t worth it!”

Mo Yixie grinned, and then he looked her seriously in the eye and said, “It
doesn’t matter if it’s worth it or not. It’s only a matter of willingness. Don’t make
my sacrifice meaningless, alright?”

“Why?” asked Yun Qingyao as she gazed at him.

Mo Yixie said, “There’s no need for a reason. I feel that I’m willing to do this, so
I’m doing it. Leave right now or it’ll be too late. I don’t think I can hold him off for
long!”
“You know your limitations well!” Right at this moment, Yang Ye appeared in
front of them. At the same time, an invisible force instantly enveloped them. It
was the combined suppression of his Sword Domain and Sword Intent….

Mo Yixie had a bitter expression on his face as he said, “Looks like we have no
choice but to die together!”

Yun Qingyao gazed at him in silence.

Mo Yixie gazed at Yang Ye and said, “Can you give us a swift death?”

Yang Ye said, “I’m very interested in your movement technique!”

Mo Yixie was slightly stunned, and then he revealed a delighted expression and
said, “I’m willing to tell you everything!”

Meanwhile, Yun Qingyao remained absolutely silent.

Chapter 639 – Luo Jun!

Yang Ye vanished without a trace after the battle before Immortal Qilin City. As
for the 3 geniuses of the Hallowed Grounds, one perished on the spot while the
other 2 vanished. However, as far as everyone else was concerned, Mo Yixie and
Yun Qingyao were probably dead.

12th level Sword Intent!

Word of Yang Ye’s 12th level Sword Intent swept through Profounder Continent,
and then countless clans and sects left the territory of the Exalted Han Empire
and headed to the southern territory….

The Hallowed Grounds was very formidable, but it was very far away while Yang
Ye was right before them. Moreover, even if they were once Yang Ye’s enemies,
they had no choice but to admit that if Yang Ye had the chance to grow, then his
accomplishments would absolutely not be inferior to the Sword Sect’s Founding
Ancestor. So long as he became an existence on par with the Sword Sect’s
Founding Ancestor, then while he might not be able to destroy the Hallowed
Grounds, he would definitely be able to annihilate any power on the continent
with ease!

Most importantly, Yang Ye still hadn’t suffered a defeat until now!

Everyone had to choose sides during these chaotic times. A good choice would
naturally equate to survival or even great success, but a bad choice would lead
to eternal damnation.

Actually, if it was possible, then many clans and sects would rather side with the
Hallowed Grounds. But the problem was that the Hallowed Grounds didn’t
welcome them at all. After all, even if they wanted to head to the Hallowed
Grounds, would the Hallowed Grounds allow it?

The arrogance and haughtiness of the geniuses who’d come from the Hallowed
Grounds was obvious! Every single one of them was beyond arrogant, and they
made it seem like coming to Profounder Continent was like setting foot into a
pigsty….

Everyone had dignity of their own. So, since the Hallowed Grounds didn’t
welcome them, then had no choice but to side with the southern territory.

Of course, Ding Shaoyao wouldn’t accept everyone. All those who came to side
with the southern territory were tested and selected because she refused to
allow those who might betray the southern territory to join them.

As this continued, the forces of the southern territory grew greater and greater
while the Exalted Han Empire grew weaker and weaker….

3 days later, Yang Ye finally showed himself.

Yang Ye didn’t head directly to the capital like everyone expected. Conversely, he
travelled around the Exalted Han Empire for half a day before heading to the
Ascension Sect.

The entire Ascension Sect seemed like it was facing an extraordinary enemy
when Yang Ye arrived at their door. The grand formation was activated, and all
its disciples and elders left their places of cultivation. It was such a grand scene
that it seemed like a Half-Saint had arrived.

“Yang Ye, there’s no enmity between my Ascension Sect and you!” The Sect
Master of the Ascension Sect gazed at Yang Ye who stood in the air and spoke in
a deep voice. There were a few hundred Exalt Realm experts, over 10,000 Spirit
Realm experts, and countless King Realm experts standing around him. The
Ascension Sect could be said to have summoned all its elites.

Yang Ye glanced at them and said, “You allied yourselves with the Exalted Han
Empire, so you’re an enemy of mine.”

“The Exalted Han Empire is already in such a state. Sword Emperor, can you not
show mercy?” said the Ascension Sect’s Master.

“Weeds that aren’t uprooted will always stand up once more!” Yang Ye made a
grasping motion and an intent sword appeared in his hand. He said, “Ascension
Sect, I only ask if you’re willing to yield!”

“Yang Ye, don’t go too far!” The Ascension Sect’s Master spoke coldly.

Yang Ye nodded, and then suddenly swung his intent sword. A strand of sword
qi shot forward and crashed against the grand formation.
Bang!

The members of the Ascension Sect watched with horror as countless cracks
appeared on the grand formation which was capable of resisting the attacks of
Monarch Realm experts….

Yang Ye was just about to wave his sword once more when a white haired old
man appeared before him. Yang Ye’s pupils constricted because the old man
was a ninth rank Monarch Realm expert!

“Supreme Elder!” All the disciples of the Ascension Sect instantly heaved sighs of
relief when they saw the old man. Every single one of them had witnessed how
terrifying Yang Ye was, and they knew that if the Ascension Sect didn’t yield, then
Yang Ye would definitely slaughter their entire sect!

After all, how could anyone be a match for this demon if Monarch Realm experts
couldn’t act against him?

Yang Ye didn’t launch another attack. He just gazed at the old man while the old
man gazed at him as well.

After a moment of silence, the old man was the first to break the silence, “I didn’t
have the chance to witness the Unfettered One’s greatness, but I presume he
wasn’t as shocking as you are at such an age. Even I would probably be unable to
annihilate you if you attain the Monarch Realm.”

“Senior possesses unfathomable strength. I’m no match for you!” Yang Ye wasn’t
being humble. It was really what he felt. The old man’s strength was absolutely
not inferior to Luo Tian, and perhaps only existences like the Demon Emperor
and the Dragon Emperor could defeat the old man.

“I dare not attack you!” The old man shook his head and said, “Let’s get back on
topic. I presume you’ve witnessed how terrifying the Hallowed Grounds is. Since
it’s like that, then I’d like to know if you think that you can go against such a
colossus?”

Yang Ye said, “All I know is that they want to kill me, so I intend to destroy them.
As for whether I can go against them, haven’t you seen the outcome already?
Most of the members of the Hallowed Grounds who’ve come for me are dead,
right?”

“That isn’t their true strength!” said the old man.

Yang Ye smiled and said, “Then do you think the strength I’ve revealed is my true
strength?”

The old man too a deep and long glance at Yang Ye and remained silent.
Yang Ye continued, “The Hallowed Grounds has a formidable enemy, the defiant
profounders. So, they will definitely not swarm out from the Hallowed Grounds
to deal with me and the southern territory. If they don’t dispatch a Half-Saints,
then do you think anyone on the continent is capable of destroying me and my
master? There isn’t! The Half-Saints of the demon race, devil race, and oceanic
race won’t fight my master to the death for the Hallowed Grounds, right?”

“What if the Hallowed Grounds defeat the defiant profounders again?” The old
man said, “The defiant profounders are formidable, but that was in the past.
They’d been suppressed for almost 100,000 years now. I refuse to believe that
their strengths haven’t weakened. On the other hand, the Hallowed Grounds has
definitely amassed extremely terrifying strength throughout this time.
Otherwise, they wouldn’t seem completely indifferent after they lost that many
Monarch Realm experts!”

Yang Ye shook his head, and then he stared the old man in the eye and said,
“May I ask if anyone below the Monarch Realm from your Ascension Sect can
stop me?”

The old man’s eyelids twitched, and his gaze towards Yang Ye was icy cold.

Yang Ye remained completely fearless instead and said, “Senior, do you know
why I only came to your Ascension Sect after going around the central territory
for half a day? I wanted to see if the Exalted Han Empire and those other 2 sects
would assist your Ascension Sect. But even you’ve seen the outcome. The
Exalted Han Empire hasn’t come, the other 2 sects haven’t come, and even the
Hallowed Grounds didn’t come…. Senior, take a good look at your allies!”

The old man fell silent for a short while before he said, “You’ve convinced me!”

Yang Ye grinned, and he didn’t speak further. Actually, he was aware of the old
man’s choice from the very beginning. Or it could be said that the old man had
no choice. So long as the old man wasn’t a fool, he would absolutely not choose
to fight Yang Ye to the death.

After all, Yang Ye possessed absolute strength beneath the Monarch Realm!

Suddenly, the old man said, “Sword Emperor, I want a promise from you!”

“If the Ascension Sect doesn’t betray me, then I won’t betray the Ascension Sect!”
Yang Ye looked the old man in the eyes as he spoke.

A short while passed before the old man smiled and said, “Even though you’re
called the Sword Demon as well, I have to say that you’re much more loyal than
Luo Jun, and you’re much more trustworthy as well.” As soon as he finished
speaking, the old man turned around and said, “From this moment onward, my
Ascension Sect shall break all ties with the Exalted Han Empire. Understand?”
“Yes!” All of them answered in unison. Since the Supreme Elder has spoken, how
could they dare to object? However, all of them were quite worried because
while they’d dealt with the dangers they faced from Yang Ye, it was very likely
that they would have to face the Hallowed Grounds in the future, and it was a
terrifying existence that surpassed all the powers on the continent!

But they weren’t completely without any hope because they had a freak like
Yang Ye on their side….

“Senior, please lead the members of your sect to the southern territory. Since
Luo Jun can’t unify the human world, then I will!” said Yang Ye.

Yang Ye had no intention to strive for supremacy, but everything he’d

experienced allowed him to be clearly aware that the strength of a single person
was limited. Especially when he had to go against the Hallowed Grounds and
might have to fight the defiant profounders. It didn’t just require him to possess
formidable strength, he needed formidable forces as well. After all, regardless of
how formidable he was, how many could he kill by himself?

There was another benefit of possessing such forces. Just like this very moment,
while he was one of the reasons the Ascension Sect had yielded, it was still the
forces that stood behind him which played a larger role. Because to a certain
extent, the forces of the southern territory which he represented were entirely
on par with the Exalted Han Empire.

“Of course!” The old man nodded. Now that he’d decided to side with the
southern territory, he would naturally not allow the members of his sect to stay
here in the central territory.

Yang Ye nodded and then turned around with the intention of leaving.

The old man suddenly asked, “Where are you heading next?”

“The Clear River Sect!”

“They might not yield!” said the old man.

“Then I’ll kill them!” Yang Ye’s figure vanished in the horizon as he finished
speaking these words.

The old man stared blankly at the direction Yang Ye left towards, and then his
gaze gradually became solemn. Truthfully speaking, he really had no choice but
to yield to the southern territory. His original intention was to maintain a neutral
position, but it was obviously impossible. So, he had no choice but to choose the
southern territory. Because it was just like Yang Ye had said, no one in the entire
Ascension Sect could stop Yang Ye.
But he was very clearly aware that standing on Yang Ye’s side was equivalent to
becoming enemies with the Exalted Han Empire and the Hallowed Grounds. The
Ascension Sect was naturally unafraid of the Exalted Han Empire now, but he
had no choice but to fear a colossus like the Hallowed Grounds!

After all, could Yang Ye and the Undertaker really resist the Hallowed Grounds
once it was determined to kill them?

“The world… is really about to change….” The old man sighed lightly, and then his
figure vanished on the spot.

Yang Ye traveled to the Clear River Sect upon leaving the Ascension Sect.
However, the Clear River Sect seemed to have expected his arrival. Its grand
formation was active, and all its disciples were fully geared up. Moreover, Yang
Ye even saw experts of the Exalted Han Empire amongst them.

Of course, the most important thing was that he saw Luo Jun!

Chapter 640 – Then Let’s Fight!

At this moment, Luo Jun seemed completely fine if based on outward
appearance alone.

Yang Ye merely glanced at Luo Jun before his gaze descended onto the middle
aged man by Luo Jun’s side, and he said, “I presume you’re the Sect Master of
Clear River Sect. Let’s get straight to the point. Will your sect yield?”

“Yang Ye….” Luo Jun seemed to intend to say something but Yang Ye paid no
attention to him. He sheathed the intent sword within the ancient sheath before
swiftly drawing it!

Clang!

This time, merely some cracks appeared on the intent sword, and it didn’t
shatter!

A snow white beam of sword qi smashed against the grand formation that
protector Clear River Sect.

Bang!

Thunderous rumbling resounded throughout the sky above Clear River Sect, and
everyone watched with shock as cracks actually appeared on the grand
formation which was capable of resisting the attacks of Monarch Realm experts.
Even though it didn’t shatter into pieces, it was on the verge of it!

All the spectators were astounded by this scene, and even Luo Jun was
extremely astonished. He hadn’t expected that Yang Ye would actually act so
domineeringly. Of course, most importantly, he hadn’t expected that Yang Ye’s
strength was actually formidable to such an extent now.

Luo Jun’s pupils constricted when he noticed that Yang Ye intended to launch
another attack, and he hurriedly said, “Yang Ye. Perhaps we can have a
discussion….”

“Those who refuse to submit will be killed without mercy!” Yang Ye interrupted
Luo Jun. He sheathed the intent sword before drawing it once more, and then
another beam of sword qi smashed against the grand formation.

Bang!

A huge bang resounded as the grand formation trembled violently, and then it
exploded apart into specks of light that rained down throughout the
surroundings!

“How audacious! Yang Ye, do you think that you’re a Half-Saint?” Clear River
Sect’s Master had a livid expression on his face because Yang Ye didn’t give him
any face. However, he didn’t dare attack Yang Ye because the only Half-Saint in
the human world was standing on Yang Ye’s side.

“What can you do about it?” Yang Ye grunted coldly before his figure shot
forward explosively, and he entered into the sect. After that, he waved his right
hand, and released all his Sword Servants like the Divine Gold Dragon and the
members of both the Sword Team and Saber Team. Every single one of them
was an existence that could fight 10 peers on their own. Of course, most
importantly, there were 360 skeletons amongst his Sword Servants!

360 Exalt Realm experts!

Yang Ye would naturally not be arrogant to the point of thinking he could

slaughter a Ninth Rank Sect on his own because the resources and reserves
possessed by such sects couldn’t be underestimated at all. But if he possessed
almost 400 extraordinary Exalt Realm Sword Servants and Monarch Realm
experts couldn’t interfere, then even a Ninth Rank Sect was nothing before him!

The expressions of everyone within Clear River Sect changed when they saw
Yang Ye’s Sword Servants. After all, just Yang Ye alone was a huge headache for
them. If these puppets of his were included, then how could the Clear River Sect
resist him when Monarch Realm experts couldn’t interfere?

Luo Jun had a gloomy expression on his face. No one knew what he was thinking
as he held tightly onto the Mortal Emperor Sword.

Yang Ye pointed his sword at Clear River Sect’s Master and said, “Sect Master of
Clear River Sect, I’ll give you one last chance. Otherwise, the Clear River Sect will
cease to exist from today onward!”
Clear River Sect’s Master clenched his fists tightly while gloominess covered his
face. After all, being threatened and having a sword pointed at him by an Exalt
Realm expert was an extraordinary insult! But it just so happened that he was
helpless against Yang Ye.

Could anyone do anything to Yang Ye when that Half-Saint who stood on his side
was still alive?

Clear River Sect’s Master instantly felt powerless when he thought of the
Undertaker. After all, that was an existence who could slaughter Half-Saints!

Of course, the problem he faced right now wasn’t the Undertaker but the choice
to surrender!

All the members of the sect gazed at their sect master because the final decision
rested in his hands. However, the Sect Master of Clear River Sect gazed at Luo
Jun instead!

Luo Jun spoke flatly, “Sect Master Wang, I hope you realize that those geniuses
from the Hallowed Grounds weren’t in the top 5 of the Hallowed Rankings. Sect
Master Wang, do you think the Hallowed Grounds would let Yang Ye live after he
killed 3 of the Hallowed Grounds’ geniuses in succession this time? It wouldn’t!
The Hallowed Ground will only realize that Yang Ye is much more terrifying than
they’d imagined. Once they realize that, then the moment they’re truly serious
will come. At that time, Yang Ye will definitely perish at their hands!”

The Sect Master of Clear River Sect remained silent. The reason he was still
standing by Luo Jun’s side now was because the Hallowed Grounds hadn’t
abandoned the Exalted Han Empire. The strength of that colossus was
absolutely beyond doubt. If he were to submit to Yang Ye right now, then his
sect would be able to obtain a moment of peace, but the day the Hallowed
Grounds truly attacked would be the day his sect would face destruction.

But if he didn’t submit now, then how would the Clear River Sect repulse a
demon like Yang Ye?

Luo Jun continued, “I know what Sect Master Wang is worried about, but there’s
no need for that. Even though my Exalted Han Empire isn’t as strong as it used
to be, it hasn’t fallen to the point of just anyone can bully it.”

When he spoke up to this point, Luo Jun gazed at Yang Ye while a strange smile
arose on the corners of his mouth. He said, “Yang Ye, if I were you, I’d
immediately return to the southern territory and not try to show off here!”

Yang Ye frowned. Suddenly, a ripple appeared in the space before him.

A transmission talisman!
The smile on Luo Jun’s face slowly widened when he saw this….

“Sword Master, a huge number of Exalt Realm assassins have appeared in the
southern territory, and there are over a thousand of them. All of them are
targeting the important figures of the clans and sects that have sided with us
and the important figures of our southern territory. Up until this very moment,
we’ve lost almost 200 Exalt Realm experts, and every single one of them is an
important figure. This almost threw our forces into chaos. Fortunately, Miss Ding
was able to suppress it.

“Besides that, Little Yao, Bao’er, and everyone else related to Sword Master has
suffered assassination attempts as well. But you don’t have to worry. All of them
are fine. But Miss Ding…. There were numerous assassins hiding in the Ding
Clan, and she was careless…. She’s in critical condition right now, and she asks
that you swiftly return to the southern territory as she has things to tell you!”

Yang Ye slowly closed his eyes upon receiving all of this information. Suddenly,
he opened them once more, and a ferocious expression surged through them.
He sheathed the intent sword within the ancient sheath before suddenly
drawing it and slashing in Luo Jun’s direction!

“Luo Jun! I’ll slaughter your entire family!” A beam of sword qi surged forward as
Yang Ye spoke, and a few Exalt Realm experts who stood before Luo Jun hadn’t
even come into contact with the sword qi when the sharp Sword Intent it
contained heavily injured them.

Luo Jun’s eyelids twitched, and the Mortal Emperor Sword swiftly left its sheath.
A beam of white colored sword qi smashed against Yang Ye’s sword qi, but
merely an instant passed before Luo Jun’s sword qi was completely blasted
apart!

Luo Jun was astounded by this scene. At this moment, he finally understood how
terrifying 12th level Sword Intent was….

Right at this moment, a black robed old man appeared in front of Luo Jun, and
then the old man casually waved his hand and dispersed Yang Ye’s sword qi.

It was a Half-Saint!

“The Mortal Emperor can’t be allowed to die!” The old man spoke indifferently.

“I think it’s better for him to be dead!” Elder Mu appeared here.

The old man’s eyes narrowed slightly. Right at this moment, a white haired old
man appeared by the black robed old man’s side, and he said, “The defiant
profounders are about to emerge from the seal! The continent needs the Karmic
Luck of the Heaven Dao possessed by the Mortal Emperor! So, the Mortal
Emperor can’t be allowed to die!”
“I think the Mortal Emperor can’t be allowed to die as well!” The Oceanic
Emperor appeared here as well.

3 Half-Saints intended to protect Luo Jun!

The Sect Master of the Clear River Sect heaved a sigh of relief. He felt fortunate
that he’d resisted the pressure Yang Ye had caused him to suffer just now.
Otherwise, the consequences that his sect faced would be unimaginable….

A smile appeared on the corners of Luo Jun’s mouth, and it slowly grew wider….

Elder Mu glanced at the 3 of them, and then he said, “Since it’s like that….”

When he spoke up to this point, Elder Mu waved his hand, and a tombstone
appeared before him as he said, “Then let’s fight!”

Chapter 641 – Taking His Sword!

He intends to fight 3 Half-Saints on his own?

Everyone here was stunned by this.

At this moment, Yang Ye was stunned as well. Elder Mu actually intends to fight 3

opponents on his own? They aren’t Monarch Realm experts but Half-Saints just like
Elder Mu!

Was Elder Mu at the Saint Realm? That was clearly impossible. Because it was
impossible for Elder Mu to stay on Profounder Continent if he was at the Saint
Realm. So, it made Yang Ye wonder why Elder Mu dared to fight 3 other Half-
Saints!

Of course, no matter what, the stronger Elder Mu was, the better it was for Yang
Ye!

The expressions of the Half-Saints from the demon race, devil race, and oceanic
race changed. They’d thought that the Undertaker would make a compromise,
but they’d never imagined that he would actually intend to fight all 3 of them on
his own!

Is he that confident?

The 3 of them didn’t mock or ridicule Elder Mu, and they only had extremely
serious expressions on their faces. Because not only was the Undertaker’s
background mysterious, even his strength was extremely mysterious. So, since
he dared to speak about fighting the 3 of them, then it proved that he was
definitely confident in his ability to accomplish it. Otherwise, it would be
absolutely impossible for Elder Mu to act in this way. After all, the joint forces of
3 Half-Saints was absolutely capable of killing a Half-Saint!
Elder Mu said, “Those at the Monarch Realm or above aren’t allowed to interfere.
All of you have broken the rules. Since it’s like that, then pay a little in advance
for your mistakes!” As soon as he finished speaking, Elder Mu slapped his palm
towards the space in front of him….

The devil territory.

An enormous palm appeared out of thin air in the sky above the devil territory
before smashing down to the ground. The entire devil territory trembled
violently as millions of profounders from the devil race transformed into dust
and dirt….

At the same time, an enormous palm that blotted out the sky had appeared in
the sky above the territory of the oceanic clans. It descended into the ocean
before an enormous explosion resounded while waves rose to a height of over
30km. Just this attack took the lives of millions of profounders from the oceanic
clans!

“I’ll give the Demon Emperor face and spare the demon race!” Elder Mu glanced
indifferently at the white haired old man.

All 3 of them were astounded!

He actually acted against ordinary profounders!“You’re courting death!” The

Oceanic Emperor roared furiously as he waved his hand, and then an enormous
palm appeared above the southern territory as well. However, it had only just
appeared when another palm tore through the sky and smashed it into pieces.

The Oceanic Emperor’s pupils constricted while shock appeared in his eyes
because he realized that the Undertaker’s strength far surpassed his own….

“Do you really intend to fight us to the death?” The black robed old man spoke in
a heavy voice.

“All of you’ve broken the rules!” said Elder Mu.

“The continent’s survival is linked to the Mortal Emperor, so he can’t die!” said
the white haired old man.

Elder Mu shook his head and chuckled, “So only he can attack my disciple, yet
my disciple can’t attack him? Do the 3 really think that your joint forces can
suppress us? Cut the crap. All of you will never abide by the rules if you don’t
experience some pain. Come fight me or fuck off!”

“How dare you!”

All of them were Half-Saints so how could they endure such humiliation?

“Since you want to fight, then let’s fight!” The white haired old man flashed into
the sky.

“I’ll accompany you until the end!” The black robed old man grunted coldly and
shot into the sky as well.

“You’re dead!” The Oceanic Emperor glanced coldly at Elder Mu before he flew
into the sky as well.

Elder Mu glanced at Yang Ye and said, “Do as you want. No one will be able to
bully you!” As soon as he finished speaking, his figure flashed off after the other
3 Half-Saints.

In next to no time, the sound of battle resounded!

Yang Ye took a deep breath, and then he gazed at Luo Jun and said, “Only death
awaits you today! The Clear River Sect will be annihilated today as well! Die!”

As soon as he spoke, almost 400 Sword Servants instantly attacked the disciples
of Clear River Sect.

“Yang Ye, my Clear River Sect has changed its mind….” The anxious voice of the
Clear River Sect’s Master resounded. He hadn’t expected that the Undertaker
would actually dare to fight 3 Half-Saints on his own. He didn’t know if the
Undertaker would win, but he was clearly aware that even if the Clear River Sect
could win the battle with Yang Ye, it would be a pyrrhic one.

“It’s too late for that!” Yang Ye’s figure was like a ray of light that shot at Luo Jun.
After all, Luo Jun’s actions of ordering assassinations on Little Yao, Bao’er, Ding
Shaoyao, and the others had undoubtedly crossed the line and touched his
reverse scale. Especially when Ding Shaoyao was in a critical condition right
now….

At this moment, there was only a single thought in Yang Ye’s mind, and it was to
kill. It was the intention to annihilate all his enemies!

Moreover, he was determined to kill Luo Jun today!

Luo Jun’s eyelids twitched when he saw Yang Ye charging towards him, and he
moved backwards in succession. At this moment, he was clearly aware that he
was absolutely not a match for Yang Ye. While Luo Jun had retreated, the experts
of the Exalted Han Empire by his side charged at Yang Ye instead. It wasn’t that
they didn’t fear Yang Ye, but they had no choice because their families would be
annihilated if Luo Jun died!
No one was able to stop Yang Ye’s sword. All those who came into contact with
him were practically instantly annihilated or were suppressed by his 12th level
Sword Intent to the point that they didn’t dare move forward….

Luo Jun finally revealed terror in his eyes upon witnessing this scene. The reason
he’d dared to show himself before Yang Ye again and even scheme against Yang
Ye was because he had 3 Half-Saints standing behind him. But he hadn’t
imagined that the Undertaker would actually dare to fight all 3 of those Half-
Saints…. Since the Half-Saints were being kept busy, he had no one to protect
him anymore….

Retreat!

Luo Jun didn’t hesitate to turn around and flee. He was very clearly aware that
no Monarch Realm expert would dare to protect him while the outcome of the
battle in the sky hadn’t been decided. Because regardless of whether it was the
Clear River Sect or Exalted Han Empire, they were unable to endure the
vengeance of a Half-Saint. Since Monarch Realm experts couldn’t interfere, then
could anyone in the Exalt Realm stop Yang Ye?

A wisp of ferocity flashed through Yang Ye’s eyes when he saw Luo Jun flee, and
he activated his Sword Domain while he swiftly swung the intent sword without
end. Countless strands of sword qi shot violently towards the surroundings
while he transformed into a ray of light that shot towards Luo Jun.

“Protect Luo Jun!” Right at this moment, a voice suddenly resounded from high
above.

The expression of Clear River Sect’s Master changed slightly. What does he mean
by that? Does he want the Monarch Realm experts of my sect to act against Yang Ye?
Or does he want me to stop Yang Ye?Should I do it?

He was extremely conflicted, but it didn’t take long for him to come to a decision
when he saw Yang Ye’s puppets slaughtering the disciples of his sect. No matter
what, his sect had no way out of the situation now.

His figure flashed and appeared behind Luo Jun.

He gazed at Yang Ye who’d arrived in front of him and said, “Luo Jun can’t die!”

Swoosh!

Right at this moment, a pitch black walking stick shot through the sky. It wasn’t
really fast, but the expression of Clear River Sect’s Master had changed
drastically. He hadn’t imagined that the Undertaker would still be able to attack
him while dealing with the joint forces of 3 Half-Saints. He was just about to
dodge when the walking stick suddenly sped up, and it only took an instant for it
to pierce through his chest….
“I….” He stared blankly into the sky. Only now did the Sect Master of Clear River
Sect realize how formidable the Undertaker’s strength was….

“No one can save you!” Yang Ye appeared in front of Luo Jun and slashed his
intent sword down.

Luo Jun would naturally not wait helplessly for death to arrive. His profound
energy surged madly into the Mortal Emperor Sword before he swung it against
Yang Ye’s sword.

Bang!

A huge explosion resounded before Luo Jun’s figure was blasted flying.

“Die!” Yang Ye shot forward like a cannonball towards Yang Ye. When Yang Ye
was about to arrive before Luo Jun, the Mortal Emperor Sword suddenly left Luo
Jun’s grasp and transformed into a ray of golden light that surged towards Yang
Ye!

The Sword Spirit within it was protecting its master!

Yang Ye grunted coldly as he swung his sword down.

Bang!

The Mortal Emperor Sword was blasted flying, but it immediately transformed
into a ray of golden light that shot explosively towards Yang Ye.

“Fuck off!” Yang Ye roared furiously as he swung the intent sword against the
Mortal Emperor Sword and blasted it flying again. However, it shot explosively
towards him once more….

Yang Ye didn’t choose to blast it flying again. He draconified his hands and
activated the Sword Domain to suppress the Mortal Emperor Sword, and he
grabbed it at the moment it slowed down.

Luo Jun’s expression changed drastically when he saw this, and he charged
towards Yang Ye. He could lose the Mortal Emperor Seal and Mortal Emperor
Armor, but he absolutely couldn’t lose the Mortal Emperor Sword. How could he
possibly still be qualified to be the Mortal Emperor once he lost it? However, a
little girl appeared in front of him, and she blinked before two beams of lightning
surged forward and instantly blasted Luo Jun flying….

“Yes!” Lei Lin clapped while she revealed a happy smile. After that, she gestured
towards Luo Jun, and a bolt of lightning suddenly shot down towards him….

Meanwhile, the Mortal Emperor had instantly started trembling violently when
Yang Ye grabbed it, and countless rays of light were surging out from within it.
Yang Ye’s dragon claws instantly had countless fine holes opened up on them,
and it caused Yang Ye’s expression to change slightly. He hadn’t expected that
the Mortal Emperor Sword would actually be so terrifying. Right when the Mortal
Emperor Sword was about to struggle free from his grasp, the ancient sheath
that hung on his waist suddenly emanated a ray of light!

Yang Ye’s eyes lit up, and then he shoved the Mortal Emperor Sword into the
ancient sheath. As soon as it entered the ancient sheath, the ancient sheath
started trembling violently as if it was on the verge of exploding apart. However,
less than 2 breaths of time passed before the Mortal Emperor Sword calmed
down completely.

How could that be possible?  When Yang Ye sheathed the Mortal Emperor Sword
within the ancient sheath, Luo Jun who was resisting Lei Lin’s lightning sensed
that the link between him and the Mortal Emperor Sword had been cut. He
swiftly looked at Yang Ye while disbelief filled his eyes.

The Mortal Emperor Sword had acknowledged him as its master, and that
represented that the heavens had chosen him. So, even a Monarch Realm
expert would absolutely be unable to seize his Mortal Emperor Sword. After all,
the Mortal Emperor Sword would definitely not submit to anyone besides the
Mortal Emperor. But at this moment, he’d clearly sensed that the link between
them had been severed.

“Impossible!” Luo Jun was on the verge of going mad. The reason the Hallowed
Grounds and those Half-Saints had taken his side was because he was the
Mortal Emperor. Once he unified the continent, the Mortal Emperor Sword
combined with the Faith Energy of the continent would be capable of providing
great assistance in the fight with the defiant profounders. Yet now, the Mortal
Emperor Sword had been taken by Yang Ye, so it truly made him wonder if he
was still the Mortal Emperor!

“Horizon Warp!” Right at this moment, Yang Ye’s voice resounded, and then a
sword pierced through Luo Jun’s chest….

Chapter 642 – I Think You’re Daydreaming!

“You….” Luo Jun gazed at his chest with disbelief. There was a sword stuck in his
chest, and he could feel Yang Ye’s sharp and fierce Sword Intent raging about
within him.

Luo Jun had a slightly blank gaze. I’m dying just like that? The 1st  Mortal Emperor
to be killed throughout history?
Luo Jun suddenly roared madly, “Impossible! I’m the Mortal Emperor! I was
entrusted by the heavens to take charge of the world on its behalf! How could I
possibly die? How could this possibly happen!?”

Bang!

Countless strands of white energy suddenly appeared from the horizon, and
they descended down and enveloped Luo Jun. Luo As soon as they entered his
body, Luo Jun instantly sensed that the vitality which Yang Ye’s Sword Intent had
destroyed was recovering!

Luo Jun was overjoyed from being able to survive death!

Moreover, Yang Ye and the intent sword in his hand were instantly blasted over
1km away at the same time!

“Yang Ye, see that!? Even the heavens are helping me! You can’t kill me! Hahaha!”
Luo Jun roared wildly with laughter.

Yang Ye pondered briefly as he gazed at the white energy that covered the sky,
and then a ferocious expression surged into his eyes. The profound energy
within him surged madly as his 12th level Sword Intent shot out and enveloped
both the ancient sheath and the Mortal Emperor Sword.

“If I want to kill you, then even the heavens can’t stop me!” As soon as he
finished speaking, Yang Ye took the hilt of the Mortal Emperor Sword and drew
it. The sword trembled violently before a ray of sword qi flashed forward and
instantly smashed against the white energy that covered Luo Jun’s figure.

Bang!

An explosion resounded as the white energy shook violently, and countless

cracks appeared on it.

Luo Jun was horrified by the sight of this!

“Slash!” Yang Ye immediately roared furiously, and another ray of sword qi

smashed against the white energy.

Bang!

Luo Jun watched with horror as the white energy exploded apart….

Bang!

The white energy in the sky suddenly and strangely started to revolve, and it
wasn’t long before they condensed into an enormous white palm that smashed
down towards Yang Ye!

Bang!
The mountains in an area of 50km around Clear River Sect were instantly
transformed into powder by the terrifying might possessed by the enormous
palm!

Yang Ye’s pupils constricted because such an attack required a cultivation at the
ninth rank of the Monarch Realm, at least, in order to execute. But the heavens
had actually executed such an attack in order to protect Luo Jun, so it was
equivalent to the punishment of the heavens!

The heavens is starting to act shamelessly?  The Demon Emperor suddenly

appeared in the sky above Yang Ye. He stretched his hands forward before
pushing them apart towards opposing sides. An enormous black hole appeared
before the enormous white palm. The Demon Emperor’s countenance
immediately turned pale when the enormous white palm entered the black hole,
and then he pressed his palms together once more, causing the black hole to
close and vanish without a trace along with the enormous white palm.

“Senior, is that considered as defying the heavens?” asked Yang Ye.

The Demon Emperor glanced at him and said, “We who cultivate should hold
reverence towards the heavens, but should we still be reverent to it when it tries
to go against us?”

“That makes sense!” Yang Ye nodded and said, “Since it’s like that, then let’s defy
the heavens. Actually, I’ve been unable to stand the sight of it for a very long
time!”

“Someone’s full of hot air….” The Demon Emperor glanced at Yang Ye, and then
he vanished on the spot.

Yang Ye’s face darkened, and then he shook his head before he gazed at Luo Jun.
At this moment, Luo Jun didn’t flee because it was meaningless.

“I’ve lost!” Luo Jun gazed at Yang Ye and unexpectedly revealed a very calm
expression.

“So you’re going to die!” Yang Ye walked over towards Luo Jun.

“Profounder Continent won’t be able to resist the defiant profounders without

the Mortal Emperor!” Luo Jun said, “Yang Ye, there really is enmity between us,
but it isn’t irreconcilable. If you so desire, I can apologize and even compensate
you. You should be clearly aware that the strength of the defiant profounders
far surpasses our imagination. We’ll only stand a chance at going against them if
we join forces and become united as one. What do you think?”

Yang Ye stopped moving.

Luo Jun revealed a delighted expression when he saw this. However, Yang Ye
suddenly appeared in front of him, and then a sword flashed through his neck, “I
think you’re daydreaming!”

A rain of blood descended from the sky as lava surged out from the ground.

The Mortal Emperor was gone!

The first Mortal Emperor in history to be killed!

After Yang Ye killed Luo Jun, he suddenly felt like something had attached itself
to him, and it wasn’t something good. It made him feel uncomfortable, very
uncomfortable.

Meanwhile, the Sword Spirit appeared by his side and glanced at Luo Jun with a
complicated expression. She said, “The heavens and the earth grieve the Mortal
Emperor’s death, and the one who killed the Mortal Emperor will be cursed by
the world. From this moment onward, the entire world will reject you.”

“What do I have to fear?” Yang Ye spoke indifferently.

She said, “In the future, you’ll realize how troublesome it is to be cursed by this
world.”

Yang Ye smiled before he waved his right hand, and the Mortal Emperor Sword
appeared in front of him. He said, “This sword is a Natural Dao Artifact, but why
do I feel like it isn’t very strong?”

She said, “It’s the Mortal Emperor Sword, so only the Mortal Emperor can bring
forth its true might. Even though you’ve suppressed it with my help, it won’t truly
work together with you when you use it.”

Yang Ye suddenly asked, “How can one become the Mortal Emperor?”

The Sword Spirit said, “It requires the acknowledgement of the world. In any
case, you have no chance.”

Yang Ye shrugged and put the Mortal Emperor Sword away before he shot a
glance at the surroundings. The Clear River Sect was covered in corpses while its
disciples had either fled or perished in the battle. In short, the Clear River Sect
had ceased to exist.

“Exactly how strong is Elder Mu?” Yang Ye raised his head to look up into the sky
as he asked softly. Elder Mu’s strength had far exceeded his imagination. After
all, Elder Mu was fighting 3 Half-Saints on his own….

The Sword Emperor fell silent for a short while before she said, “He’s at the limits
of the Half-Saint Realm. If Primordial Violet Energy still exists in this world, then
he’ll definitely be able to become a Saint. However, there are some other
reasons which contribute to his ability to fight 3 Half-Saints on his own.”

“How is his strength compared to the Sword Sect’s Founding Ancestor from all
those years ago?” asked Yang Ye. After all, the Sword Spirit was definitely clearly
aware of the strength that the Sword Sect’s Founding Ancestor possessed all
those years ago, so she was the most suitable candidate for him to ask this
question.

She shook her head and said, “He’s inferior!”

Yang Ye gazed at her and said, “Why?”

She answered, “The Sword Sect’s Founding Ancestor had the Sword Domain, so
he was invincible in the same realm of cultivation. Moreover, his
accomplishments in the Sword Dao were extremely formidable to an extent
that’s beyond your imagination. Of course, your accomplishments will definitely
be extremely formidable as well, and it will definitely not be inferior to him!”

Yang Ye said, “Domain stands above Intent, but why do I feel like the might of my
Sword Domain isn’t much stronger than Heaven Rank Sword Intent? Moreover,
that’s only in terms of defense; if it’s in terms of offense, then I feel that my
Sword Domain is inferior to my 2nd level Heaven Realm Sword Intent. You’re a
Sword Spirit that has been by the Sword Sect’s Founding Ancestor’s side all those
years ago, so you should be aware of the Sword Domain’s secrets, right?”

She shook her head and said, “Even I don’t know the answer to that. I don’t even
have proper knowledge about Heaven Realm Sword Intent. After all, I’m just an
incomplete portion of my former self. However, I’ll definitely be aware of
everything once I’ve fused with my main body!”

Yang Ye sighed softly and said, “I know you want to save your main body, and so
do I. However, even you are aware that I’ve fallen to the first rank of the Exalt
Realm. Even though my Sword Intent has recovered, my strength is still weak. I
was able to execute Heavenrend 10 times in succession while I was at the sixth
rank of the Exalt Realm, but now that my cultivation had dropped, I’m only able
to draw 5 times at most. So, I’m absolutely unable to head to the Hallowed
Grounds right now!”

Even though his strength didn’t seem weak at all, only he was clearly aware of
the huge effect his loss of cultivation had on him. If his Sword Intent hadn’t
improved to the 2nd level of the Heaven Realm, then it would have been utterly
impossible for him to defeat He Lianqi!

Because he could only execute it Heavenrend 5 times! So, in his opinion, his
cultivation was the most important.
The Sword Spirit pondered silently for a short while before she said, “I
understand. But you really need to hurry up.”

Yang Ye nodded. He naturally wanted to obtain the sword that was a pair with
the ancient sheath. Based on his relationship with the Sword Spirit, the sword
would probably not refuse him, and he would be able to execute the true
Heavenrend Drawing Technique once he obtained it. At that time, he would be
much more confident in dealing with both the Hallowed Grounds and the
defiant profounders.

Yang Ye raised his head and glanced towards the sky, and then he shook his
head. He didn’t have the time to continue waiting because Ding Shaoyao’s fate
was unknown. So, he had to rush back to the southern territory.

Yang Ye waved his hands and kept the Sword Servants within the ancient sheath
before he rushed towards the southern territory with the violet mink and Lei Lin.

Elder Mu and the 3 other Half-Saints appeared in the sky above Clear River Sect
not too long after Yang Ye left.

At this moment, all 3 of them had extremely heavy expressions on their faces
because their joint forces had actually been unable to gain even the slightest
advantage against Elder Mu. Moreover, they actually showed faint signs of being
suppressed!

“Who exactly are you!?” The Oceanic Emperor gritted his teeth as he spoke in a
heavy voice.

Elder Mu didn’t answer the Oceanic Emperor. He just looked up into the sky and
said, “All of you should be very well aware that the Heavenpath is actually a
door, a door that’s blocking our way to become Saints. So long as we’re able to
pass through that door, then we’ll be able to immediately become Saints.
However, all of you dare not attempt to pass through that door!”

“Aren’t you the same?” The black robed old man spoke in a low voice.

Elder Mu said, “The Hallowed Grounds has countless Half-Saints, but there still
hasn’t been a single one of them who has been capable of becoming a Saint.
Could it be that even they don’t dare to do so?”

The 3 of them fell silent because they were very puzzled by this as well. If it was
said that the reason no one from the continent had been able to become a Saint
after the Sword Sect’s Founding Ancestor succeeded was because of the scarce
spirit energy on the continent, then it shouldn’t be the case for the Hallowed
Grounds. The spirit energy in the Hallowed Grounds far surpassed the continent,
and its inheritances far surpassed the continent as well. Since it was like that,
then why were there no Saints in the Hallowed Grounds as well?

“What are you trying to say?” asked the white haired old man in a heavy voice.

Elder Mu grinned and said, “The members of the Hallowed Grounds say that our
continent is an abandoned world. Actually, that’s very laughable. Because it isn’t
just our continent that has been abandoned, the Hallowed Grounds is actually in
the same situation as well.”

Their expressions changed drastically when they heard this!

Elder Mu took a deep breath while a solemn expression appeared in his eyes. He
said, “According to my inference, our entire world and even the Hallowed
Grounds are actually a huge cage. As for who this cage is for, I’m sure all of you
should be clearly aware of the answer.”

It was a cage for the defiant profounders!

Chapter 643 – The 2nd and The 3rd!

Ancient Domain City.

Yang Ye’s expression changed when he saw Ding Shaoyao’s figure on the bed.
Because the vitality within her was actually flowing away incessantly. Her
condition was much more severe than he’d imagined!

Ding Shaoyao slowly opened her eyes, glanced at Yang Ye, and said, “I thought I
wouldn’t be able to see you one last time!”

Yang Ye walked over to the side of her bed and said, “I’m sorry. I was careless.”
He hadn’t expected that the Exalted Han Empire would act against Ding Shaoyao
and the other important figures of the southern territory, and he’d only thought
about his younger sister and wives.

Ding Shaoyao shook her head slightly and said, “It was I who underestimated the
Exalted Han Empire’s strength, and I underestimated their resolve as well.”

Yang Ye took her hand, and the violet profound energy within him flowed slowly
into her. However, she said, “It’s useless. Actually, my injuries aren’t very severe.
The reason I’m in such a state is because the disease I suffer from has
resurfaced.” 

“Disease?” Yang Ye frowned.

She explained, “I’ve been suffering from some sort of unknown and strange
disease since I was born. The speed the life within me flows away is many times
faster than an ordinary person. Based upon the original circumstances I faced, I
wouldn’t have been able to live past the age of 10. However, I obtained a
fortuitous encounter when I was young, and it allowed me to live until now.
Actually, I’m already very satisfied.”

“What fortuitous encounter? Was it a treasure or something else?” asked Yang

Ye.

She gazed at him for a short while before she grinned, “Are you afraid that no
one will be there to deal with the southern territory for you if I’m gone?”

Yang Ye said, “People say I have very few friends. Actually, how many would dare
to become friends with me all along the path I’ve taken? My enemies were once
the Flower Palace and Origin School. Would anyone in the southern territory
dare to become a friend of mine when those two colossi were my enemies? That
would be like courting death.

“Now, my enemies are even stronger…. The Exalted Han Empire and the
Hallowed Grounds. So, I have even fewer friends. I don’t want to lose the few
friends I have.”

She said, “Your character is one that’s too rigid, and you don’t know how to be
tactful at all. The first thing you think about when something displeases you is to
deal with it with death and destruction. Just think about it, you even almost killed
me that day. So, would anyone dare to become your friend?”

Yang Ye laughed bitterly and said, “I knew you would refuse to let that go.”

She said, “The thing that worries me the most is those forces that have
converged in the southern territory. You have sufficient strength and can deter
them, but fully merging them into a single whole and dealing with the conflict of
interests between them isn’t a simple thing at all. Moreover, you clearly lack the
ability to do so. Amongst the people I know, only Qin Xiyue is barely capable of it.
But she’s a member of the Grand Qin Empire, and there are too many forces
that are linked to her, so she isn’t suitable for the job. So, I….”

“You’ll be fine!” Yang Ye interrupted her while the violet profound energy within
him surged incessantly into her body and ceaselessly cleansed her meridians.

“No….” She was just about to say something when her eyes suddenly opened
wide, and she gazed at him with disbelief. Because she sensed that the rate her
body was losing its vitality was actually slowing down!

Yang Ye heaved a sigh of relief because his violet profound energy was effective.
If it made no difference, then he would really not know how to save her.

“How did you do it?” asked Ding Shaoyao.

“It’s a secret. Only my wives know the answer. Do you want to know as well?”
Yang Ye joked.

She replied with a question, “Do you want me to?”

Yang Ye was speechless.

Ding Shaoyao chuckled as she gazed at Yang Ye’s slightly embarrassed face and
said, “You have enough wives. I don’t want to become one of them.”

Yang Ye didn’t dare to say anything, and he just concentrated on sending his
profound energy into her body.

She suddenly asked, “What do you intend to do after this?”

“I intend to take it one step at a time!” said Yang Ye.

“I think that the Hallowed Grounds will definitely not dispatch more fellows to
send equipment and techniques to you this time. They are very arrogant and
confident, but they aren’t stupid. You possess 12th level Sword Intent and have
successively killed 2 geniuses on the Hallowed Rankings. So, if they really do
dispatch more geniuses to kill you, then it would be those that they are
absolutely confident would be able to kill you. Are you confident in your ability to
deal with them?” asked Ding Shaoyao.

Yang Ye pondered deeply for a short while before he said, “The strength of the
geniuses from the Hallowed Grounds have surpassed my expectations indeed. I
dare not say that I’m absolutely confident in being able to defeat all those
geniuses on the Hallowed Rankings. All I can say is that I will try my best. Don’t
worry about it. Your main concern is to recuperate well and get well soon. I can’t
deal with the southern territory without you!”

“Even though the rate my body is losing its vitality has slowed down, I’ll still die
sooner or later!” said Ding Shaoyao.

Yang Ye looked her straight in the eyes as he said, “Do you trust me?”

She gazed at Yang Ye for a few breaths of time before she said, “I trust Yuxi!”

Yang Ye was speechless. He shook his head, summoned the Greenwood Spirit,
and placed it in her hand as he said, “Your body is too weak. The Greenwood
Spirit should be helpful to you. Trust me, I won’t allow you to die!” He wasn’t
bragging. After all, he just had to attain the Monarch Realm and he would be
able to access the 2nd level of the Primordial Pagoda. He was confident that the
contents of the 2nd level would absolutely be able to cure her!

Ding Shaoyao just gazed silently at him.

…
The Hallowed Grounds.

Two men arrived in succession at the peak of a mountain.

Both of them were a little over 20 years old. The man on the left wore green
clothes and had a dense scholarly aura. He held an ancient book in his left hand
and a pitch black brush in his right. His hair fluttered slightly as the mountain
breeze blew past him atop the peak, and he seemed to emanate an
extraordinary aura.

The man on the right wore a black robe. He held a violet spear that didn’t have a
tip, and his eyes were covered by a black piece of cloth. He clearly seemed much
more mysterious when compared to the man on the left.

“I never expected that Zuo Dengfeng, Yao Ye, Mo Yixie, Yun Qingyao, and He
Lianqi would be defeated by that Sword Emperor of Profounder Continent. No
wonder those old fellows dragged us out of the Ethereal Illusion Realm. But
aren’t they making a big deal out of it by asking both of us who are ranked at the
2nd and 3rd position on the Hallowed Rankings to join forces and kill a
profounder at the first rank of the Exalt Realm?” The man on the left chuckled
lightly as he spoke.

“Don’t underestimate any opponent!” The black robed man spoke in a concise
manner.

The green clothed man grinned, and then he said, “Unseeing, only you amongst
the 10 of us on the Hallowed Rankings have fought that abnormal fellow. Exactly
how formidable is her strength?”

The black robed man pondered deeply for a brief moment before he said,
“Unparalleled in both the past and future!”

The smile on the green clothed man’s face gradually vanished as he said, “Forget
it, I’ll give up on the 1st position. Unseeing, let’s fight after we’ve dealt with that
fellow in Profounder Continent. You’ve been constantly occupying the
2nd position, and I refuse to accept it as final!”

“Anytime!” said the black robed man.

The green clothed man roared with laughter, and then he lightly waved the
brush in his hand and said, “Swift!”

His figure instantly appeared in the horizon, and a very long rift in space
appeared behind him….

It was caused by the extreme speed he moved at!

The black robed man took a light step with his right leg, and then his figure
transformed into a ray of light that vanished in the horizon.
After a moment of silence.

Bang!

The mountain that the black robed man was standing on just a moment ago
suddenly collapsed….

Chapter 644 – Ganging Up?

Even though the vitality within Ding Shaoyao was still flowing away while both
Yang Ye’s violet profound energy and the Greenwood Spirit were healing her, it
was countless times slower. So, at the very least, there would be no danger to
her life in the near future.

With the lesson they’d learned from the previous attack they suffered, Ding
Shaoyao and Yang Ye fortified the defenses of the city. Not only were the Exalt
Realm experts ordered to form groups that patrolled the city throughout the
night, there were even Exalt Realm experts patrolling the sky.

Moreover, Yang Ye left the 10 Sword Servants he’d created from the members of
the Saber Team with Ding Shaoyao so that no other mishaps would befall her.
After all, their strengths far surpassed ordinary Exalt Realm profounders, and
they could even stop him for a short period of time.

In a room within the city.

Only two people were here, Yang Ye and Ding Shaoyao.

“Presently, the southern territory’s strength isn’t inferior to the Exalted Han
Empire, and my reputation is at its peak. It’s the perfect moment for us to attack
and destroy the Exalted Han Empire. What do you think?” asked Yang Ye.

The Exalted Han Empire had to be destroyed because only then could he unify
the entire human world, and only then could he converge the strength of all the
human profounders to go against the Hallowed Grounds and defiant
profounders. He was very clearly aware that both the Hallowed Grounds and
defiant profounders weren’t a force that he could fight on his own!

Ding Shaoyao shook her head and said, “You’ve successively killed numerous
experts who’re ranked on the Hallowed Rankings, and you’ve even attained
12th level Sword Intent. Your reputation really is at its peak, and it’ll definitely
only require half the effort if we attack the central territory now. But have you
thought about everything else? Our foundation is very rocky, and our forces are
made up of various different powers. All of them have their own intentions, and
they’ll do all sorts of things for the sake of their own benefit. For example, they
might kill or scheme against each other…. So, based on the state we’re in now,
even if we annihilated the Exalted Han Empire and took full control of its
territories now, we’ll fall into a state of internal strife right away. Moreover, it’s
even to the extent that we might suffer from internal strife before the Exalted
Han Empire is even destroyed!”

Yang Ye frowned because he’d never considered all of that.

Ding Shaoyao said, “All of this can’t be resolved by just killing a few people. We
have no choice but to deal with the internal problems we face before advancing
to the central territory. Moreover, you have to realize that while our strength
isn’t inferior to the Exalted Han Empire, our forces are showing signs of acting
based on their own interests. Just think about it, what would the consequences
be if orders aren’t obeyed during a war between 2 kingdoms?”

“How do we deal with it? How long will it take?” asked Yang Ye.

Ding Shaoyao grinned and said, “Thanks to the deterrence you exert upon them,
it isn’t very difficult to deal with it, and it’ll just take a little time. You don’t have to
worry about it because I’ll deal with it.”

Yang Ye sighed lightly and said, “To be honest, I’m lucky to have you by my side.
Otherwise, I would really not know how to deal with the southern territory!” He
wouldn’t fear an arduous battle that lasted all day and night, but he would truly
have a headache if he were asked to deal with all of this.

Ding Shaoyao suddenly said, “The northern territory dispatched a messenger

with the intention of joining forces with us against the Exalted Han Empire. What
do you think?”

“The northern territory?” Yang Ye was slightly stunned, and then he said, “It really
is rather tenacious to have survived the Exalted Han Empire’s attacks until now.
But they want to join forces with us now? Haha, why didn’t they come earlier?”

“If I’m not wrong, then the northern territory is under the control of that little
sweetheart of yours, Yin Xuan’er!” said Ding Shaoyao.

Yin Xuan’er?  Yang Ye frowned a little, and then he said, “She isn’t my sweetheart.
As for the decision to join forces or not, I’ll leave it up to you.”

Ding Shaoyao nodded and said, “Based on my inference, you intend to subdue
the entire human world, and then gather the strength of the human
profounders to resist the defiant profounders and the Hallowed Grounds. But I
have to tell you that it’s clearly not enough. It’s best if we can join forces with the
demon race, devil race, and oceanic clans. After all, both the defiant profounders
and Hallowed Grounds probably possess strength that far surpasses ours!”
“It’s quite difficult to accomplish!” Yang Ye said in a low voice, “It wouldn’t be too
difficult to join forces with the demon race because we’re already working
together with the Demon Emperor. But the devil race and oceanic clans….”

“You’ve killed Luo Jun, so is the Mortal Emperor Sword in your possession?”
asked Ding Shaoyao.

Yang Ye nodded.

Ding Shaoyao smiled as she said, “Actually, it’s not very difficult. Once we unify
the entire human world, you just have to use the Mortal Emperor Sword to
destroy the barrier between the human world and the demon territory. If the
devil race still refuses to join forces with us at that time, then we’ll just kill them.”

“Isn’t that a little too overbearing?” Yang Ye was astounded.

She rolled her eyes at him and said, “That isn’t overbearing but benevolent to
you.”

Yang Ye rubbed his nose and said, “Am I really such a devil in your eyes?”

She gazed at him and suddenly spoke seriously, “You’re a person who’s very
selfish and always goes to extremes. You kill at the slightest conflict and even
like to slaughter a person’s entire family. Usually, a person like you doesn’t live
long and no woman likes such a character. However, you just so happen to have
many wives. Do you know why?”

Yang Ye wanted to refute her, but when he thought about it carefully, he realized
that she wasn’t wrong….

She continued, “You have a merit, and it can be said to be your only merit. It’s
that you’re loyal. For example, those flaws of yours would vanish without a trace
in the eyes of those who you’ve acknowledged, like Yuxi and Qingshi. Moreover,
you’re willing to do absolutely anything for them, even go against the entire
world. Most women don’t care about the elegant demeanor possessed by a man
or how handsome that person is, they mostly care about what a man is willing to
do for them.”

Yang Ye was at a loss for words.

Ding Shaoyao continued, “I attached importance to your potential when I joined

forces with you that day, but I valued this merit of yours even more. Because I
was very clearly aware that so long as my Ding Clan doesn’t betray you, then
you’ll never abandon my Ding Clan. The reason Luo Jun lost can’t be said to be
entirely because of you, he lost because of himself. The Mortal Emperors of the
past have been benevolent existences that win the support and hearts of all.
However, he abandoned everything for the sake of eliminating you. If the Mortal
Emperor is unable to win the support and hearts of all, that Mortal Emperor
can’t be considered a true Mortal Emperor even if he has obtained the Mortal
Emperor Sword!”

Yang Ye said, “You mean that I have to win the support and hearts of the
people?”

She shook her head and said, “You’re not the Mortal Emperor, so it isn’t
necessary to take that path. You just have to stay invincible and ruthless as you
are now. Because your ruthlessness and status of invincibility is even more
effective than that so-called support of the people. At the very least, no one will
dare to betray you while you remain undefeated!”

Yang Ye nodded and said, “I’ve gained a great deal from this long talk with you.
At the very least, my objective is clear, and I know what I have to do. Herby, can
we be considered to be close friends? Because I feel that you know me better
than I know myself!”

She asked, “Close friends are those who know each other well. Do you know me
well?”

Yang Ye blushed with shame because he didn’t understand her well at all!

She seemed to have no intention to linger on this topic, and she said,
“Remember that everything I said is built upon the foundation that you remain
undefeated. If you are to suffer defeat, then it’ll be an utterly crushing blow to
the southern territory. Because everyone will feel that you, Yang Ye, are human
as well, and you can be defeated. At that time, the Hallowed Grounds would only
have to extend an olive branch and everything we formed with great difficulty
would collapse in an instant!”

“Looks like the pressure on me is great!” Yang Ye chuckled.

She gazed at him seriously and said, “If anything were to happen to you, then all
those who’ve been following you since the beginning will be buried with you.
They include me, the Demon Emperor, and even Elder Mu. Understand?”

Yang Ye’s smile froze when he saw the serious expression on her face because
the fate of many had suddenly rested on his shoulders, and it was the very first
time that Yang Ye felt pressure weighing down on his shoulders.

Because he didn’t want anything to happen to Elder Mu, the Demon Emperor,
Ding Shaoyao, and various others!

Right at this moment, a wave of sweet fragrance assaulted his nostrils, and then
he felt Ding Shaoyao hugging him. Yang Ye was stunned.
“Don’t think too much about it. At the very least, many will always be there to
support you!” Ding Shaoyao turned around and walked out of the room once
she finished speaking. Only Yang Ye who was staring blankly there remained.

“The 2nd and 3rd on the Hallowed Rankings, Xiahou Xuan and Unseeing, have
come to seek guidance from the Sword Emperor. Please meet us outside the
city!” Meanwhile, a voice resounded through Ancient Domain City.

Yang Ye’s eyes narrowed and turned cold.

Outside Ancient Domain City.

Yang Ye appeared outside the entrance of the city with the ancient sheath in his
hand.

“You’re Yang Ye?” The green clothed man sized up Yang Ye and said, “Sword
Intent that’s restrained yet fierce. As expected of 2nd level Heaven Realm Sword
Intent. You’re qualified to know my name. I’m Xiahou Xuan, an inheritor of the
Dao of Confucianism. He, on the other, has no name, and we just call him
Unseeing. He’s ranked at the 2nd position on the Hallowed Rankings.”

Yang Ye said, “I thought the Hallowed Grounds would send the 5th on the
Hallowed Rankings!”

Xiahou Xuan shook his head and said, “Our Hallowed Grounds underestimated
you. Our arrival here today represents that the Hallowed Grounds isn’t
underestimating you anymore. So, you and the forces that stand behind you can
vanish completely now.”

“Too much talk!” Meanwhile, Unseeing suddenly took 2 steps forward and said,
“Take a stab of my spear!” As soon as he spoke, the violet spear in his hand shot
off from his grasp like a bolt of lightning and instantly arrived in front of Yang Ye.

Yang Ye’s pupils constricted because his Sword Intent actually showed faint signs
of being suppressed by his opponent’s Spear Intent!

3rd  level Heaven Realm Spear Intent?  Yang Ye immediately drew the Mortal
Emperor Sword and slashed. A strand of sword qi surged forward, but it
trembled slightly upon coming into contact with Unseeing’s spear, and then it
was blasted into nothingness just a moment later….

The violet spear instantly smashed against Yang Ye’s chest!

Bang!

A mouthful of blood sprayed out from Yang Ye’s mouth as his figure flew
backward before smashing against the walls of Ancient Domain City. The entire
wall trembled violently before countless cracks appeared on it….
Everyone within the city was flabbergasted!

“Take this as well!” Xiahou Xuan waved his brush in midair, and then an
enormous ‘灭’ character appeared in the sky. As soon as it appeared, an aura of
destruction swept out, and then the walls of the city collapsed….

“Ganging up on him? Is this how the Hallowed Grounds acts?” Right at this
moment, a golden spear tore through the sky, and it pierced through the ‘灭’
character, causing it to explode apart.

A wisp of surprise flashed through Xiahou Xuan’s eyes, and he looked over and
saw a woman walking over slowly!

She wore a white robe, and her hair was tied up in a ponytail….

An Nanjing!

Chapter 645 – A World Within!

Ding Shaoyao and the others heaved sighs of relief when they saw An Nanjing.

Ding Shaoyao had expected that if the Hallowed Grounds were to dispatch more
of its forces, then it would definitely be extraordinary geniuses. But she hadn’t
expected that the Hallowed Grounds would actually dispatch 2 at the same time.
Moreover, they were even at the 2nd and 3rd on the Hallowed Rankings!

Ding Shaoyao was very clearly aware that the Hallowed Grounds was
determined to crush Yang Ye, and reality proved that Yang Ye was utterly
incapable of resisting both the 2nd and 3rd on the Hallowed Rankings!

Fortunately, An Nanjing had arrived!

The southern territory would still have hope of victory if An Nanjing joined forces
with Yang Ye….

Xiahou Xuan sized up An Nanjing before he said, “What a surprise. Besides this
fellow, Yang Ye, there’s actually another genius like you on this continent. Hmm?
You wield the spear as well? Haha, what a coincidence. This blind fellow by my
side uses the spear as well. He’s called the King of Spears in the Hallowed
Grounds. I think that you’re qualified to be his opponent!”

Unseeing stretched out his hand and gestured, and then the violent spear flew
back into his grasp before he faced An Nanjing.

An Nanjing paid no attention to them, and she just walked over to Yang Ye
instead.
Even though Yang Ye had been struck by Unseeing’s spear, he’d draconified
himself at the critical moment, so he hadn’t suffered much of an injury. But while
he hadn’t suffered a heavy injury, he noticed to his shock that blood was actually
seeping out from the flesh beneath his dragon scales!

It was just a single attack! A very casual attack!

Even though he’d been constantly warning himself not to underestimate those
geniuses on the Hallowed Rankings, he noticed that he’d still underestimated
them!

An Nanjing held Skysplit in her hand as she asked, “Are you alright?”

Yang Ye shook his head. He was trying to make a show of strength. He’d merely
underestimated his opponents just now, and that was why he’d been struck.
Moreover, the recuperative ability of his body made it so that he’d almost
completely recovered from the injury he’d suffered.

“What are you doing here?” asked Yang Ye. He remembered that she’d said that
she wouldn’t emerge from her closed door cultivation without attaining the
Monarch Realm. But she wasn’t at the Monarch Realm now.

“Helping you!” said An Nanjing.

Yang Ye glanced at her. She wasn’t a very beautiful woman, but he couldn’t deny
that she had a unique bearing that was attractive. It was a bearing that other
women didn’t possess, and it was exactly that bearing which made her stand out
from the rest!

An Nanjing revealed slight discomfort from being stared at by Yang Ye, and then
she turned her head away and said, “If you’re fine, then fight!”

Yang Ye withdrew his gaze, nodded, and then gazed at Xiahou Xuan and
Unseeing before he said, “Who do you want?”

“Who does she want?” Xiahou Xuan was slightly stunned, and then he chuckled
and said, “Unseeing, I never expected that we would actually be picked for battle
on this continent. If the others from the Hallowed Grounds and especially that
freak finds out about this, they might laugh at us!”

“She’ll disregard us!” Unseeing walked towards An Nanjing with his spear in
hand. When he was only 300m away from An Nanjing, his spear transformed
into a violet ray of light that instantly arrived in front of her.

An Nanjing moved sideways a little as she swiftly attacked with Skysplit.

Bang!

The violet spear was blasted back while An Nanjing took 2 steps back.
Xiahou Xuan’s eyes narrowed a little when he witnessed this, and he didn’t dare
underestimate An Nanjing in the slightest. After all, throughout the entire
younger generation of the Hallowed Grounds, only the top 5 on the Hallowed
Rankings were capable of resisting an attack from Unseeing, and besides that
freak at the 1st position on the rankings, only he was capable of resisting an
attack from Unseeing with such ease!

In other words, she wasn’t any weaker to him!

She really has become stronger!  Yang Ye thought to himself as he gazed at An

Nanjing. If An Nanjing’s strength hadn’t improved at all, then she would be
absolutely unable to resist that attack with such ease. But what exactly is the
origins of that spear of his? It was actually able to resist An Nanjing’s Skysplit!

“Very good!” Unseeing nodded as he took a step forward. As soon as he took

that step, he’d arrived in front of An Nanjing, and his spear swiftly appeared
before An Nanjing’s throat. However, she seemed to have expected this, and
Skysplit stabbed Unseeing’s violet spear before it could even strike her throat.

Clang!

A huge bang resounded as the violet spear trembled violently and moved a few
dozen centimeters upward. Moreover, An Nanjing seized this opportunity to stab
Skysplit at Unseeing’s throat.

However, Unseeing seemed to have expected this as well. His figure moved
sideways slightly and avoided An Nanjing’s attack. At the same time, the violet
spear in his hand swiftly swept out horizontally, “Clean Sweep!”

As soon as he spoke, a crescent of light shot out from the tip of Unseeing’s
spear.

An Nanjing’s face turned slightly solemn, but her reaction wasn’t slow at all. She
swiftly pulled Skysplit back and blocked Unseeing’s sweeping attack.

Bang!

Skysplit shook violently. The powerful force of the collision caused An Nanjing’s
figure to be pushed back by almost 300m, and she left an extremely striking
trench in her wake.

Yang Ye’s expression changed because he noticed that An Nanjing’s palm had
actually split apart, and blood was ceaselessly dripping down Skysplit.

Yang Ye was about to lend her a hand but she shook her head and said, “I’m fine.
Be careful!”

“You’re really not bad!” Meanwhile, Unseeing walked slowly towards An Nanjing.
She said, “Let’s move somewhere else?”

Unseeing stopped moving, and he said, “As you wish!” His figure immediately
transformed into a ray of light and vanished towards the distance.

An Nanjing gazed at Yang Ye and said, “Be careful!” After that, she immediately
tapped the ground lightly with her right foot, and her figure transformed into a
black shadow that vanished from Yang Ye’s field of vision.

“Your worries are warranted because she’ll die!” Xiahou Xuan suddenly said,
“Even though her strength exceeded my expectations, I have to say that besides
that freak who holds the 1st position on the Hallowed Rankings, no one in this
world can defeat Unseeing in the Exalt Realm.”

Yang Ye withdrew his gaze and gestured with his right hand. The Mortal Emperor
Sword flew into his grasp before he sheathed it, and then he looked Xiahou Xuan
in the eye as he said, “Let’s cut the crap and fight.”

Xiahou Xuan nodded slightly and said, “You’re unlucky because I won’t
underestimate you, and I’ll treat you as an opponent of equal strength. But this
makes you lucky as well because besides Unseeing and that freak, you’re the
only other person that I take seriously.”

As soon as he finished speaking, the pages of the book in his left hand suddenly
started flipping swiftly, and the surroundings gradually started to warp. It wasn’t
long before they appeared within a worm created by pages.

“Welcome to the world within my book!” Xiahou Xuan grinned.

Yang Ye glanced at the surroundings. He noticed to his astonishment that even

his Enlightened Sword Heart was actually unable to see through the flaws of this
illusory realm.

Wait! This isn’t an illusory realm!

Meanwhile, those pages in the surroundings had actually started moving….

Chapter 646 – Condemnation!

Swish!

The Mortal Emperor Sword suddenly swept forward, and a ray of violet sword qi
took the shape of a crescent as it smashed against the pages in the
surroundings. The pages trembled slightly, and then Yang Ye’s violet sword qi
vanished without a trace.

Yang Ye’s expression became solemn!

“This book is called the Word of Saints, and it was once the possession of a Saint
Realm expert of the ancient times. Not to mention you, even Unseeing isn’t able
to harm this book!” Xiahou Xuan flicked his brush lightly through the air, and
then the pages in the surroundings instantly transformed into small golden
characters that flew towards Yang Ye.

As he watched them fly over from various directions, Yang Ye waved his hand
and withdrew the sword chest, and then he issued a command in his heart. The
100,000 swords within it shot into the air and collided with the golden
characters.

“Zuo Dengfeng’s sword chest?” Xiahou Xuan was slightly stunned, and then he
shook his head and said, “If all of them were at the Dao Rank and enhanced by
your 2nd level Heaven Realm Sword Intent, then perhaps they might be slightly
effective. But swords that are only at the Heaven Rank are… too weak!”

Hiss!

Yang Ye’s pupils constricted because the swords were actually instantly
destroyed upon coming into contact with those small golden characters.

Yang Ye was shocked by this scene. After all, all of those swords were enhanced
by his 12th level Sword Intent. What exactly are those small golden characters?

It wasn’t long before all Yang Ye’s swords were destroyed….

Yang Ye took a deep breath and took a step forward as he activated the Sword
Domain. Those golden characters instantly dimmed down upon coming into
contact with his Sword Domain, and they became a few times slower.

“The Sword Domain?” Xiahou Xuan was slightly stunned, and then he said, “It
really is the Sword Domain. I didn’t expect you to have really comprehended the
Sword Domain. But that’s fine because only a sword cultivator who possesses
the Sword Domain is qualified to be taken seriously by me. Unfortunately, you’re
clearly not truly grasped your Sword Domain. However, that makes things easier
because I wouldn’t have to waste my time.” Xiahou Xuan waved the brush as he
spoke.

The characters that had been suppressed by Yang Ye’s Sword Domain suddenly
erupted with strands of dazzling and resplendent golden light, and then they
shot towards Yang Ye like arrows that had just left the bowstring.

He’s capable of disregarding the suppression and restraint of my Sword Domain?

Yang Ye’s brows were knit closely together because Xiahou Xuan’s attacks were
really too mysterious, and he’d never seen such attacks in his life! Yang Ye took a
deep breath while the violet profound energy within him surged violently, and
he changed the Mortal Emperor Sword into an intent sword. The Mortal
Emperor Sword was stronger than an intent sword, but he had no choice but to
use an intent sword because the Mortal Emperor Sword refused to let him utilize
it to its full potential!

As his profound energy and 12th level Sword Intent surged incessantly into the
ancient sheath, a ray of light erupted from it, and the countless small golden
characters were instantly obliterated upon coming into contact with it.

“Hmm?” Xiahou Xuan exclaimed, and his gaze descended onto the ancient
sheath in Yang Ye’s grasp. He hadn’t expected that a mere sheath would actually
be able to possess such strength. However, the excitement in his eyes grew
stronger. He wasn’t conceited but confident. He was confident that if it was in
the Exalt Realm, then even the 2nd on the Hallowed Rankings wasn’t able to kill
him!

Xiahou Xuan took a step forward while he waved his brush quickly through the
air, and the small characters that were flying towards Yang Ye actually started to
revolve. As they revolved, countless golden threads that were fine like the hairs
on an ox shot forward incessantly, and only an instant passed before the entire
world within the book was filled with these golden threads. Meanwhile, Yang Ye
was drowned beneath them!

“Pierce!” Yang Ye’s voice suddenly resounded, and then a violet ray of light and a
figure charged through the golden threads and instantly arrived before Xiahou
Xuan.

Xiahou Xuan wasn’t alarmed at all. He tapped the brush forward, and the ray of
violet light instantly exploded apart, and then he tapped it forward again. The tip
of the brush collided with the tip of Yang Ye’s intent sword!

Bang!

A ray of violet light and golden light flashed before they both were forced
backward by over 100m!

“What a formidable cultivation in the physical body. Your physical strength

should be on par with some Monarch Realm experts!” Xiahou Xuan gazed at
Yang Ye with a tinge of surprise in his eyes, and his right hand was still trembling
slightly.

“Horizon Warp!” Yang Ye had no intention to waste his breath on Xiahou Xuan as
they fought. He immediately shot towards Xiahou Xuan while holding an intent
sword in hand, and it whistled sharply through the air as it stabbed towards
Xiahou Xuan’s throat.

However, his sword missed because Xiahou Xuan was standing where Yang Ye
stood just before launching this attack!
“The Hallowed Grounds has 10 movement techniques, 10 divine techniques, and
10 secret techniques. All of these techniques are only provided to the geniuses
on the Hallowed Rankings. The greater one’s rankings, the greater the
movement techniques, divine techniques, and secret techniques are. This is why
countless monstrous geniuses desire to climb their way up the Hallowed
Rankings. The technique you’ve cultivated is Horizon Warp that’s ranked at the
7th position, yet I’ve cultivated is Spatial Shift that’s ranked at the 3rd position.
You’re clearly daydreaming if you think that you can use speed to defeat me!”
said Xiahou Xuan.

“The members of the Hallowed Grounds really do enjoy exceptional

advantages!” said Yang Ye. The reason these geniuses from the Hallowed
Grounds gave him such a headache was because they possessed various
movement techniques, divine techniques, and secret techniques. However, he
just so happened to lack all of these techniques. At this moment, his strongest
technique was Heavenrend, but it wasn’t even the true form of Heavenrend. As
for movement techniques or secret techniques, he’d seized all of that from his
enemies….

Xiahou Xuan said, “I think that the reason you’ve been able to kill the geniuses on
the Hallowed Rankings in succession wasn’t just because of the Heavenrend
Drawing Technique you execute with that ancient sheath, the other reason is the
physical body you possess. Besides a few, the attacks of most on the Hallowed
Rankings aren’t lethal to you at all, and it allowed you to remain in a state of
invincibility during the battles with them. So, how could they possibly defeat
you?”

Xiahou Xuan grinned when he spoke up to this point, and he said, “But the
advantage from the physical defense you possess will vanish when facing me.”
As soon as he finished speaking, Xiahou Xuan waved his brush and said,
“Restrain!”

The pages around them started to flip about, and then numerous ‘束’ characters
flew out from within the pages. They swiftly linked themselves together and
formed a long golden chain that instantly coiled around Yang Ye at a speed
which he wasn’t able to dodge at all!

Yang Ye’s expression changed because he noticed that his Sword Intent was
actually being suppressed and restrained by the chain that had coiled around
him.

“Stop resisting. These ‘束’ characters contain the energy of the Laws possessed
by Saint Realm experts. They aren’t just capable of suppressing your Sword
Intent, they can even suppress your profound energy and aura. Of course, they
can’t suppress your Sword Domain. However, you haven’t truly grasped its
secrets. Indeed, you can execute that secret technique and forcefully increase
your strength. Actually, I really look forward to facing you once you’re at the
Monarch Realm!” said Xiahou Xuan.

“Are you sure they can suppress my profound energy?” Yang Ye raised his head
and looked at Xiahou Xuan as he spoke.

“It can even suppress Heaven Rank Sword Intent, let alone merely profound….”
He hadn’t even finished speaking when a strand of violet profound energy
surged out from within Yang Ye, and then an explosion resounded as the golden
chain which bound Yang Ye was instantly blasted apart.

Xiahou Xuan’s face turned solemn, and he gazed at Yang Ye’s profound energy
and said, “Your profound energy is truly strange. It was actually able to disregard
the restrain of the energy of the Laws from within the Word of Saints.”

Yang Ye stretched out his hand and made a grasping motion. An intent sword
immediately appeared in his grasp before he sheathed it, and then his violet
profound energy surged into the ancient sheath. He draconified his hands into
dragon claws and his right claw held tightly onto the hilt of his intent sword
while the violent profound energy and Sword Intent within him surged into the
ancient sheath. At the same time, the scales that covered his entire right arm
slowly started to tremble!

Xiahou Xuan took a long glance at the ancient sheath in Yang Ye’s left hand
before he lightly waved the brush he held. The pages around them moved
swiftly, and it wasn’t long before countless tiny ‘守’ characters had formed a
defensive barrier in front of him.

“Slash!” Yang Ye’s voice resounded in this world within the book, and his intent
sword immediately shattered upon being drawn!

A violet beam of sword energy flashed forward and instantly smashed against
the barrier of ‘守’ characters that stood before Xiahou Xuan.

Bang!

The entire barrier trembled violently while Xiahou Xuan took over a dozen steps
back.

Meanwhile, the 2nd beam of sword energy arrived almost instantaneously, and

it smashed against the barrier again.

Bang!

Xiahou Xuan moved over 30m back while countless cracks appeared on the ‘守’
characters.

The 2nd beam of sword energy had just vanished when the 3rd arrived.
Bang!

The barrier exploded into pieces while Xiahou Xuan was blasted over 300m from
the impact. However, the 4th beam of sword energy had arrived in front of him.

Xiahou Xuan’s expression changed, and he waved his brush forward.

Bang!

His entire arm trembled violently while his figure was blasted over 1km away!

The entire world within the boom warped, and the two of them gradually
appeared outside Ancient Domain City again.

Ding Shaoyao and all the other profounders within the city were stunned. Who
won?

At this moment, Yang Ye was in quite a horrifying state because his entire body
was covered in blood. The Heavenrend Drawing Technique he’d executed just
now was unlike anything from the past because he hadn’t just poured all his
profound energy within it, he’d even utilized the physical strength he possessed.

It could be said that those 4 draws from before were the strongest attacks he
could execute at the Exalt Realm!

Unfortunately, his cultivation had dropped to the first rank of the Exalt Realm, so
he could only execute Heavenrend five times. If he was at the ninth rank of the
Exalt Realm, then he would definitely be able to execute it 10 times. Because his
Sword Intent wasn’t at the Earth Realm anymore. It was at the 2nd level of the
Heaven Realm!

Yang Ye said to himself, I have to work hard on improving my cultivation once I’m
done with all of this!

In the eyes of many extraordinary geniuses, there wasn’t much of a gap between
the 1st and the 2nd rank of the Exalt Realm. But Yang Ye was very well aware
that the gap between those 2 ranks of cultivation was actually very huge. For
example, if he was at the ninth rank of the Exalt Realm, then he wouldn’t just be
able to execute Heavenrend 10 times, his profound energy wouldn’t have been
instantaneously depleted as well!

Of course, most importantly, he had to attain the Monarch Realm as soon as

possible!

Otherwise, how would he take the little girl home, how could we fight the
Hallowed Grounds, and how would he go against the defiant profounders?

“What a formidable sword technique!” Meanwhile, Xiahou Xuan’s voice suddenly

resounded.
Yang Ye’s pupils constricted. He raised his head to look over and saw Xiahou
Xuan walking over slowly. At this moment, besides a wisp of blood red that hung
on the corner of his mouth, Xiahou Xuan showed no signs of suffering a heavy
injury!

“I still have the strength to fight, what about you?” said Xiahou Xuan as he gazed
at Yang Ye.

Yang Ye lowered his head to take a glance at his body. At this moment, the
dragon scales that covered his body had cracked apart and blood was seeping
out from those cracks. Moreover, there wasn’t a trace of profound energy within
him….

“If you don’t, then you’re going to die!” Xiahou Xuan waved the brush in his
hand….

In an instant, the world dimmed down!

“Condemnation!” The characters ‘笔伐口诛’ immediately appeared above Yang

Ye.

Chapter 647 – The Mortal Dao, The Heaven Dao, and The Saint Dao!
As soon as those characters appeared above him, Yang Ye noticed to his
surprise that he was actually imprisoned by an invisible force, and even the
Sword Domain was useless against it!

Right at this moment, the Demon Emperor suddenly appeared in the sky above
Ancient Domain City, and he had an extremely solemn expression as he gazed at
those characters above Yang Ye’s head.

Ding Shaoyao’s chest couldn’t help but feel tight when she noticed the Demon
Emperor’s expression, and she said, “Senior, what….”

The Demon Emperor took a deep breath and said, “There are records of this in
the ancient texts of my demon race. It was created by an ancient and almighty
existence in the Dao of Confucianism. It contains the energy of the Mortal Dao,
the Heaven Dao, and the Saint Dao. So long as one has gone against the Mortal
Dao, Heaven Dao, or the Saint Dao, one would be punished by the energy of the
Laws possessed by those 3 Daos. A very long time ago, this technique,
Condemnation, had once made the defiant profounders shudder in fear at the
mere mention of it. However, all the great figures in the Dao of Confucianism
were somehow slaughtered and annihilated. I never imagined that someone
from the Hallowed Grounds would have grasped that technique now!”

“Senior, please lend him a hand!” Ding Shaoyao bowed to the Demon Emperor.
The Demon Emperor shook his head in response, “It’s useless. The energy of the
Mortal Dao, Saint Dao, and Heaven Dao is needed to overcome Condemnation
by force. Otherwise, anyone who interferes will definitely suffer backlash from it.
However, I only possess the energy of the Mortal Dao. As for the energy of the
Heaven Dao and the Saint Dao…. That’s something that only Saint Realm experts
are capable of mastering!”

Ding Shaoyao’s face turned slightly pale because the Demon Emperor’s words
implied that even Elder Mu couldn’t save Yang Ye. After all, Elder Mu wasn’t at
the Saint Realm!

She asked, “Could it be that there’s no other way?”

He replied, “Not entirely. That almighty figure in the Dao of Confucianism was a
benevolent figure. He was afraid that the inheritors of the Dao of Confucianism
would misuse this technique to kill the innocent. So, if one can endure the
condemnation of the technique, or in other words, if one hasn’t gone against the
Mortal Dao, Heaven Dao, and Saint Dao and maintains a clear conscience, then
that person wouldn’t be punished. Moreover, those 3 Daos would even bestow
such a person with its gifts. But Yang Ye….”

Ding Shaoyao’s countenance turned even paler because she understood what
he meant. Yang Ye was called the Sword Demon, so how could he have not
violated those 3 Daos? Is Yang Ye doomed to die today? Why does my heart hurt
when I think about his death?  Ding Shaoyao was quite lost….

“You don’t have to feel too worried. Even though this fellow from the Hallowed
Grounds has grasped that technique, it’s absolutely impossible for him to fully
grasp Condemnation. Moreover, the energy of the Dao of Confucianism that he
possesses isn’t very strong, so Yang Ye might have a chance…. Elder Mu will lend
him a hand if there’s no other way. But it wouldn’t just be Elder Mu who suffers
from backlash then, even Yang Ye will probably suffer backlash as well…. Alas!”
The Demon Emperor seemed helpless for the very first time.

It was the first time he realized that the Hallowed Grounds was really
formidable, and it was formidable to the point even he felt slightly fearful!

Ding Shaoyao hadn’t heard him. She was just staring blankly at Yang Ye while
she held the Greenwood Spirit in her hand.

Yang Ye was astounded for quite some time upon being imprisoned by the
mysterious force, and then he forced himself to calm down. Because while that
force had imprisoned him, it showed no signs of harming him!

What exactly is this?  Yang Ye was still quite shocked because it was the first time
that even his Sword Domain had been suppressed. However, Yang Ye faintly
sensed that he would definitely not be restrained by this force if he’d truly
grasped the secrets of the Sword Domain! However, besides some of the living
fossils within the Hallowed Grounds, perhaps only the Sword Spirits main body
possessed knowledge of the Sword Domain’s true secrets!

It was absolutely impossible for him to obtain information from the Hallowed
Grounds!

If I’m able to survive this, then I have to stop at nothing to attain the Monarch
Realm!  Yang Ye decided in his heart. Only by attaining the Monarch Realm would
he dare to head to the Hallowed Grounds, and only by heading there and
rescuing the ancient sheath’s sword would he be able to truly master his Sword
Domain and execute the true form of the Heavenrend Drawing Technique!

In short, the precondition to accomplishing everything he wanted to do was to

attain the Monarch Realm!

Right at this moment, Xiahou Xuan flipped open the book, the Word of Saints,
while he said, “Yang Ye has committed 3 sins against the Mortal Dao. The Mortal
Emperor is the master of the continent who governs it on behalf of the heavens,
and he carries the will of the heavens. However, Yang Ye killed him, seized the
Mortal Emperor Sword, and slaughtered countless living beings. Such actions go
against the Mortal Dao. Please send down your divine punishment!”

As soon as he finished speaking, a ray of white light entered Yang Ye’s body, and
then a moment of silence ensued before Yang Ye’s cultivation started falling
rapidly….

The ninth rank of the Spirit Realm!

The eighth rank of the Spirit Realm!

The seventh rank of the Spirit Realm!

The first rank of the Spirit Realm….

In less than 2 breaths of time, Yang Ye had fallen from the first rank of the Exalt
Realm to the first rank of the Spirit Realm. He’d lost an entire realm of
cultivation!

The Demon Emperor’s eyes narrowed slightly while an unprecedentedly solemn

expression appeared on his face. On the other hand, Ding Shaoyao’s face had
turned pale as a sheet, and her eyes were filled with horror. Meanwhile, the
other profounders throughout the city were completely dumbstruck by this
scene!

At this moment, Yang Ye was beyond shocked. Because he sensed that his
cultivation had truly declined, and then a trace of bewilderment appeared in his
eyes as he gazed at the 4 characters that resided above him.
Conversely, Xiahou Xuan was overjoyed. Because his technique worked on Yang
Ye. Condemnation was a very formidable technique, and it was formidable to
the point that even Monarch Realm experts feared it. However, it had a flaw, and
it was that it couldn’t be utilized rashly. Because if the target of the technique
had a clear conscience and hadn’t gone against any one of the 3 Daos, then the
person who executed the technique would suffer extremely severe backlash.
That backlash was one where the person’s cultivation would be completely
transferred over as compensation to the target….

It was exactly because of this flaw that Xiahou Xuan had never dared to utilize
this technique against Unseeing or that freak ranked at the 1st position during
the past battles to ascend the Hallowed Rankings. Because he wasn’t confident
in his ability to succeed!

As for Yang Ye…. The facts of the situation proved that he was right!

Xiahou Xuan grinned and continued. “Yang Ye has committed 2 sins against the
Heaven Dao. His actions of killing the Mortal Emperor and countless living
beings have gone against the will of the Heaven Dao. Moreover, he’d proclaimed
his intentions to defy the heavens like the defiant profounders. Such actions
caused him to suffer divine punishment, but he escaped such punishment as he
was assisted by another. Openly defying the will of the heavens is in violation of
the Heaven Dao. Please send down your divine punishment!”

Another ray of white light entered Yang Ye’s body. A moment of silence passed
before Yang Ye’s cultivation started dropping once more, and less than a breath
of time passed before Yang Ye had fallen from the first rank of the Spirit Realm
to the first rank of the King Realm!

The Demon Emperor clenched his fists as he stood atop the walls of Ancient
Domain City, and a ray of violet light flashed through his fists. He was
determined to prevent Yang Ye’s death no matter what. It wasn’t just for the
sake of the alliance that was formed in the southern territory, it was for the
violet mink’s sake as well! However, even if he could save Yang Ye, Yang Ye
would probably be completely crippled by then….

Yang Ye was still looking at those 4 characters with a blank and bewildered
expression.

“Yang Ye, it’s time for the final punishment!” Xiahou Xuan smiled.

Chapter 648 – Cultivation Itself Is Defiance Of The Heavens!

“I think….” Right at this moment, Yang Ye suddenly started speaking.
Xiahou Xuan was slightly stunned, and then he gazed at Yang Ye as he wanted to
see what this dying man intended to say.

Yang Ye gazed at those 4 characters that floated above him and said, “What is
cultivation? Cultivation is an act of seizing resources from the world, it’s an act of
using the energy in the world to strengthen oneself, so that one’s aspirations
and desires can be fulfilled. Cultivation is an act of going against the heavens for
survival. So, cultivation itself is defiance of the heavens. So, what sins have I
committed by killing the Mortal Emperor and defying the heavens?”

“How absurd and heinous!” Xiahou Xuan shouted.

However, a strand of violet energy suddenly surged out from within Yang Ye,
and then an ethereal pagoda enveloped him. The words ‘Primordial Pagoda’
could be faintly noticed on the pagoda.

Xiahou Xuan was stunned. Suddenly, the ethereal pagoda shot into the air and
smashed against the characters ‘笔伐口诛’.

Bang!

A huge explosion resounded as the characters were obliterated!

All who witnessed this scene were stunned, and even Xiahou Xuan was stunned.
He gazed with disbelief at the ethereal pagoda and said, “How could this be
possible? How could this be possible?”

Meanwhile, a strange force enveloped Xiahou Xuan, and then the profound
energy within him surged madly before entering Yang Ye. Moreover, it wasn’t
just his profound energy, his spirit, energy, and essence had surged madly out of
him and shot incessantly into Yang Ye as well….

He was suffering from backlash!

Xiahou Xuan howled like a madman, “No! This is impossible! It’s impossible! Yang
Ye, you’ve gone against the Mortal Dao, Heaven Dao, and Saint Dao. How could I
suffer backlash instead! How could this be possible?” However, regardless of
how he screamed, the essence, spirit, and energy within him was still surging out
incessantly before entering Yang Ye’s body in quite a strange manner.

Moreover, Yang Ye’s cultivation was rising explosively at an extremely horrifying

speed!

The first rank of the Spirit Realm!

The second rank of the Spirit Realm!

The first rank of the Exalt Realm!

The second rank of the Exalt Realm!

The third rank of the Exalt Realm!

“Senior, what exactly is going on?” Ding Shaoyao heaved a huge sigh of relief
before she gazed at the Demon Emperor who stood by her side.

The Demon Emperor gazed at the ethereal pagoda above Yang Ye and shook his
head, “I’m not very sure. But it should be related to what he said. Even though it
sounded absurd and heinous, it makes sense if you think about it carefully. The
essence of cultivation is actually defiance of the heavens. Otherwise, the
heavens wouldn’t send down its divine punishment when we advance into the
Monarch Realm and Saint Realm!”

“Senior, you mean it was because of what Yang Ye said? Cultivation itself is
defiance of the heavens actually encompasses the essence of the Grand Dao
within it? And that was why Xiahou Xuan suffered backlash from his technique?”
asked Ding Shaoyao.

The Demon Emperor shook his head and said, “Yang Ye was punished earlier,
and that was sufficient to prove that Yang Ye’s actions had really violated the
Mortal Dao and Heaven Dao. While I’m not aware of the actual reason behind
why Xiahou Xuan is suffering such backlash, it's definitely related to what Yang
Ye said and the ethereal pagoda above him!

Ding Shaoyao was quite speechless because the Demon Emperors words didn’t
explain anything!

Xiahou Xuan had jet black hair when he arrived here, but it was snow white now.
His face had transformed from its handsome state to become covered in
wrinkles. As for his eyes, while there was still a little life in them, they were filled
with terror and disbelief….

Yang Ye’s cultivation was still rising.

Xiahou Xuan was a peak ninth rank Exalt Realm expert, and he was one that
hadn’t relied on external forces to attain such a cultivation. Now that his
cultivation was being completely transferred to Yang Ye, Yang Ye’s cultivation
naturally rose explosively. However, the speed at which Yang Ye’s cultivation
rose had finally started to show signs of slowing down when he attained the
ninth rank of the Exalt Realm!

The ninth rank of the Exalt Realm!  Yang Ye opened his eyes, took a deep breath,
and then formed an intent sword in his grasp. He sheathed it within the ancient
sheath before swiftly drawing it, and then a beam of violet sword energy shot
into the sky. Everywhere it passed, an enormous rift was torn open in space, and
this rift reached the clouds. He said, “The Mortal Dao? Heaven Dao? Saint Dao?
All of you can fuck off! Regardless of what Dao it is, I’ll slash away anything that
stands before me!”

Bang!

As if it was a reply to Yang Ye’s words. The sky suddenly dimmed downed, and
then dark clouds filled the sky. After that, a dark black pillar of lightning rumbled
down from the sky and descended towards Yang Ye!

“Black lightning…. The heavens are actually treating Yang Ye like a defiant
profounder!” The Demon Emperor was slightly confused when he witnessed this
scene. Because black lightning had only appeared in the legends, or to be more
precise, it had only appeared over 100,000 years ago when the Heaven Dao
fought the defiant profounders. Yet now, it had appeared again, and its target
was Yang Ye. The Heaven Dao was actually treating Yang Ye in the same way that
it treated defiant profounders….

Could it be that my demon race will really have to defy the heavens with Yang Ye?
Would we be any different than the defiant profounders if we did that?

Meanwhile, the ethereal pagoda above Yang Ye had suddenly shot into the sky
and collided with the pillar of lightning!

Bang!

Countless profounders watched with astonishment as the enormous pillar of

lightning was blasted into pieces, and it transformed into countless arcs of
lightning that dispersed towards the surroundings. Meanwhile, the ethereal
pagoda returned to Yang Ye!

Everyone including the Demon Emperor was looking at the ethereal pagoda
because the Demon Emperor had actually felt extremely attracted yet
threatened by the pagoda!

Yang Ye was shocked by this scene as well. He was naturally aware that the
ethereal pagoda was the Primordial Pagoda, but he didn’t understand why it had
formed a small ethereal pagoda that appeared above him!

Could it be that my words from before resonated with it?  Yang Ye thought for quite
some time before he shook his head and decided to stop lingering on this
question. Because the Primordial Pagoda had acknowledged him as its master,
so it won’t harm him no matter what.

“How did you accomplish this!?” Right at this moment, a seemingly aged voice
resounded from in front of Yang Ye.

Yang Ye looked over yet didn’t feel any pity when he noticed Xiahou Xuan’s aged
appearance, and there was only happiness in his heart. Because he was well
aware that the consequences of his defeat would absolutely not be any better
than Xiahou Xuan. He laughed coldly and said, “Do you think that I would tell
you?”

“Haha….” A wisp of self-ridicule appeared on his aged face as he said, “I learned

this technique, Condemnation, so that I could once again reveal the glory of the
seniors of the Dao of Confucianism during the fight with the defiant
profounders. I never imagined that I would just suddenly fall at your hands for
no reason. Over 20 years of cultivation have become yours now. I refuse to
accept this, I refuse!” Xiahou Xuan’s eyes were filled with boundless resentment
and hatred. Unfortunately, he wasn’t just unable to attack, he couldn’t even
stand steadily.

Yang Ye took a step forward and instantly arrived before Xiahou Xuan, and then
his sword stabbed through the latter’s throat.

Hiss!

Blood sprayed from Xiahou Xuan’s neck as his head flew off from his body.

Yang Ye shook his head as he gazed at Xiahou Xuan’s corpse. Needless to say,
Xiahou Xuan was very strong, strong to the point that he’d almost lost. However,
Xiahou Xuan shouldn’t have underestimated his opponent, or it should be said
that he shouldn’t have utilized Condemnation. Because if he hadn’t, then it might
not have been Xiahou Xuan who perished now. It might have been him, Yang Ye!

However, Xiahou Xuan was only ranked at the 3rd position on the Hallowed
Rankings!

This made Yang Ye wonder exactly how strong the 1st was!

Yang Ye’s brows were knit tightly together. He’d been constantly cultivating and
constantly strengthening himself. Before he experienced all of this, he’d thought
that there shouldn’t be anyone in the same realm of cultivation who was capable
of killing him. No, it should actually be said that he’d thought no one in the same
realm of cultivation could even defeat him. But the reality he faced was that he’d
almost been killed by an opponent at a similar realm of cultivation as him!

He hadn’t survived because of his own strength, and it was because of luck
instead. Yes, it was luck! It was luck that had allowed him to survive! This was
quite an insult to Yang Ye!

Once one attained success, one would become complacent. No one could avoid
such a thing. However, this battle had allowed Yang Ye to truly restrain his pride
and arrogance. Because he noticed that even if he was at the ninth rank of the
Exalt Realm, his strength was still nothing worthy of taking pride in. After all,
there was always someone stronger in this world!
Arrogance and conceit would only lead to death! So, he had to continue working
hard without end, and he had to work even harder than before!

Swoosh!

Right at this moment, the ethereal pagoda above Yang Ye had suddenly
transformed into a ray of light that entered into his body, and when Yang Ye
scanned his body, he only noticed the material Primordial Pagoda while the
ethereal pagoda was nowhere to be found!

Yang Ye sighed lightly as he gazed at the Primordial Pagoda. He was very well
aware that it was definitely a powerful weapon. Unfortunately, he wasn’t able to
wield it for now, and that was an extremely aggrieving and helpless feeling!

Bang!

Suddenly, an explosion that shook the world resounded from a few hundred
meters away, and then the entire ground started to quake violently while
countless cracks that were as thick as an adult's arm swept through the ground!

An Nanjing!  Yang Ye’s heart sank. He waved his right hand and transformed into
a ray of light that shot towards the distance.

Yang Ye felt more and more shocked as he travelled towards them. Because he
noticed that the state of the ground was growing more and more terrifying as he
got closer to them. For example, the ground beneath him right now had
collapsed by over 300m deep!

Regardless of whether it was An Nanjing or Unseeing, both their strengths had

greatly exceeded Yang Ye’s expectations!

It wasn’t long before Yang Ye saw An Nanjing and Unseeing. At this moment,
Unseeing was on his right knee, and the violet spear in his hand had a violet
colored spearhead now. However, half of it was broken. Moreover, Yang Ye
noticed an injury on Unseeing that stretched from his throat to his stomach, and
it was so deep that Yang Ye could even see Unseeing’s internal organs!

Yang Ye swiftly turned around to look at An Nanjing, and his pupils instantly
constricted into the size of a needle.

Because An Nanjing’s left hand was gone….

Chapter 649 – The 10th Pavilion Of The 10 Nether Pavilions!

“You won?” A faint smile appeared on the corners of her mouth as she gazed at
Yang Ye. However, An Nanjing’s smile was slightly pale, and her left shoulder was
still bleeding incessantly.
Yang Ye walked over to her. For some unknown reason, two streams of water
gradually seeped out of the corners of his eyes as he gazed at her mangled left
shoulder.

His heart hurt! At this moment, Yang Ye felt like his entire heart was being
stabbed by needles!

An Nanjing was quite stunned when she saw Yang Ye’s tears flowing for her, and
then her eyes drooped. She remained silent for a short while before she said,
“I’m fine. It hasn’t harmed my foundation, so I can regrow it!”

Yang Ye pulled her into his arms and placed his right hand on her left shoulder
before the profound energy within him surged madly. He just transferred his
profound energy to her in silence, and he didn’t say that he was sorry, nor did he
thank her. Because there was no need for all of that between him and her.

An Nanjing’s delicate figure stiffened, and she struggled slightly yet wasn’t able
to struggle free from his embrace. She fell silent for a moment, and then didn’t
continue trying to struggle free. She just let him embrace her while complicated
emotions and a trace of bewilderment appeared in her eyes.

“You actually killed Xiahou Xuan.” Meanwhile, Unseeing spoke abruptly.

“I’ll kill you in a while as well!” Yang Ye gazed at Unseeing while his voice was
completely emotionless.

“I’m not afraid of death!” Unseeing said, “I’m just curious about why you were
able to kill him.”

“Does it make a difference?” Yang Ye said, “He’s dead, isn’t he?”

Unseeing was slightly stunned, and then he nodded and said, “You’re right, it’s
meaningless now. What I wanted to say is that our battle isn’t over, so you
shouldn’t have interfered.”

An Nanjing nodded slightly and intended to struggle free from Yang Ye’s
embrace. However, he held on tightly to her and didn’t budge at all. An Nanjing
was stunned by this and just stared blankly at him.

Yang Ye spoke in a gentle tone, “Don’t forget that they’d never intended to fight
me in a one on one battle when they came here just now. So, just recuperate
and leave him to me. Alright?”

An Nanjing stopped hesitating when she recalled how Unseeing and Xiahou
Xuan had joined forces against Yang Ye just now, and she immediately nodded.
She was one who adhered to principals in battle, yet she wasn’t one who
adhered stubbornly to them. If Unseeing and Xiahou Xuan hadn’t joined forces
against Yang Ye in the beginning, then she would absolutely not allow Yang Ye to
interfere in their battle. Unfortunately, Unseeing and Xiahou Xuan hadn’t chosen
a one on one battle when dealing with Yang Ye just now!

Yang Ye smiled when he saw her nod, and then his gaze instantly turned icy cold
as he gazed at Unseeing and said, “The Hallowed Grounds has constantly tried to
kill me. I, Yang Ye, swear to the heavens that I’ll definitely wipe the Hallowed
Grounds off the face of the world one day.” He didn’t care about the fight against
the defiant profounders. All he knew was that the Hallowed Grounds wanted
him dead, so he would destroy it instead!

“You’re too confident!” Unseeing said, “Not to mention you, even the defiant
profounders can dream of easily destroying my Hallowed Grounds!”

“Perhaps!” Yang Ye said, “But I want to give it a try.”

Unseeing fell silent for a short while, and then he said, “We shouldn’t kill each
other. The defiant profounders are the true enemy of our human race. It’s not
worth it regardless of whether it’s the members of my Hallowed Grounds that
die at your hands or vice versa. Even if they die, they should die in the coming
battle with the defiant profounders!”

“You should tell that to the Hallowed Grounds!” said Yang Ye.

Unseeing said, “They’ll understand that after what happened here today!”

“It’s too late for that!” Yang Ye took a deep breath and said, “This war is
something all of you started, yet you want to put an end to it just like that? That’s
impossible! Moreover, I’m very well aware that with the pride your Hallowed
Grounds has, it’s absolutely impossible for it to seek reconciliation. Even if both
of you died today, they would only dispatch even stronger forces tomorrow.
Perhaps they might even dispatch Half-Saints, right? But don’t worry, I won’t
always stay in such a passive position. Once I take the initiative, I’ll truly become
the nightmare of the Hallowed Grounds!”

“Perhaps!” Unseeing said, “Once both I and Xiahou Xuan perish today, the
Hallowed Grounds will truly realize how terrifying you are. At that time, they’ll
have only 2 choices. The first, to draw you over to their side. Because you and
your woman will grow into peerless experts in the future. The second would be
to crush you. Because the Hallowed Grounds will absolutely not allow another….
No, two more formidable enemies like the Sword Sect’s Founding Ancestor to be
born in the future!”

An Nanjing had a slightly uncomfortable expression on her face when she heard
Unseeing say that about her, and she wanted to say something about it.
However, while her lips twitched for a long time, she didn’t say anything in the
end.
She didn’t have the habit of explaining anything to others…. Except Yang Ye!

Yang Ye suddenly asked, “The Sword Sect’s Founding Ancestor went to the
Hallowed Grounds?”

He’d met the Unfettered One’s soul, but he suddenly realized that the
Unfettered One seemed more and more mysterious in his eyes.

“He did!” Unseeing said, “And he even killed there!”

“How many did he kill?” asked Yang Ye.

Unseeing answered, “15 Half-Saints and a few hundred Monarch Realm experts!”

Yang Ye pupils constricted. 15 Half-Saints…. His strength was countless times

stronger than his depictions in the legends of the continent!

Yang Ye shook his head, let go of An Nanjing, and said, “How are you feeling
now?”

She replied, “I need a month to recuperate completely!”

Yang Ye nodded and said, “Don’t leave once this battle is over. Stay and help me,
alright?” He didn’t know how terrifying the number one genius of the Hallowed
Grounds was, but he was very clearly aware that the number one genius’
strength would absolutely far exceed his expectations. If it was a one on one
battle, then he wouldn’t fear such an opponent as he was at the ninth rank of
the Exalt Realm, but what if they used numbers against him?

Of course, most importantly, he wanted An Nanjing to cultivate within the

Primordial Pagoda. If An Nanjing were to cultivate there, then her natural talent
would definitely allow her strength to increase greatly as she cultivated there!

An Nanjing glanced at him and said, “I’m not leaving!”

Yang Ye smiled, and then he walked over to Unseeing while an intent sword
appeared in his grasp. He said, “You must die!”

“I won’t go down without a fight!” Unseeing’s hand shook slightly, and his violet
spear started to tremble violently. However, the injury on his stomach opened
even wider, and blood started pouring out incessantly.

Yang Ye didn’t hesitate to flash forward, and he transformed into a ray of light
that shot towards Unseeing.

However, the voice of a woman suddenly resounded, “Nether Maiden from the
10th Pavilion of the 10 Nether Pavilions. One who lives alone on the living rock of
the Netherworld to judge the souls of the dead, controls the divine energy of Yin
and Yang, knows the secrets of life and death….”
Yang Ye’s expression changed drastically when he heard this. Meanwhile, he saw
a black shadow flash before his eyes, and then a figure appeared in front of him.
After that, his intent sword which carried 12th level Sword Intent was clasped
between 2 fine and fair fingers!

“The 1st on the Hallowed Rankings, Nether Maiden!”

Bang!

An explosion resounded as soon as these words were spoken.

The intent sword in Yang Ye’s grasp exploded apart, and then it transformed into
nothingness….

Chapter 650 – Reverse!

A woman appeared in front of Unseeing. She was around the age of 20, with
silver hair, a linen dress, bare feet, and pitch black eyes. Moreover, even her
pupils were pitch black and deep like the night sky. A silver chain was coiled
around the woman’s wrist. However, it didn’t really seem like it was coiled
around her wrist but was restraining her instead.

Because the chain started from her arms and covered her entire body!

Nether Maiden gazed at Yang Ye. Her eyes seemed as if they carried an unusual
charm that caused Yang Ye to be dazed, and this made him feel even more
astounded. He hurriedly circulated his Sword Intent to expel the discomfort he
felt, and then his figure flashed over 30m back to widen to distance between him
and her!

An Nanjing walked over to Yang Ye’s side, and an unprecedentedly solemn

expression could be seen on her face!

“Another genius in the Sword Dao has appeared after the Sword Sect’s Founding
Ancestor. She isn’t bad as well. She has combined numerous Intents and
possesses over 20 different inheritances in the Martial Dao. She’s a rare and
peerless genius. Xiahou Xuan and the others shouldn’t die at your hands, and
the two of you shouldn’t die at my hands as well. The true enemy of Profounder
Continent is the defiant profounders. So, I won’t kill you today!” She spoke
slowly, and her voice seemed to carry a strange power that made both Yang Ye
and An Nanjing feel slightly dizzy.

“You’re really confident!” Yang Ye took a step forward as he activated his Sword
Domain, and an invisible force enveloped the surroundings.
“There’s no one beneath the Half-Saint Realm that I can’t kill!” She stretched out
her hand and grasped it lightly, and then an invisible force appeared around her
and kept Yang Ye’s Sword Domain away.

Yang Ye’s pupils constricted. What is that? It’s actually able to keep the energy of my
Domain away?

“Reverse!” She suddenly released her clenched fist, and then a ray of white light
and black light flashed. After that, a muffled groan resounded from Yang Ye as
he took over 10 steps back. His Sword Domain has been destroyed!

An Nanjing was about to attack yet Yang Ye appeared before her and took her
hand before he shook his head.

This woman before them was too mysterious!

Nether Maiden said, “The Sword Domain shouldn’t be that weak. The Sword
Sect’s Founding Ancestor relied on his Sword Domain to fight over a dozen Half-
Saints on his own. It seems like you haven’t truly grasped the essence of the
Sword Domain. Perhaps you’ll be able to fight me once you have!”

Yang Ye took a deep breath and said, “Go on and leave!” It wasn’t that he didn’t
desire to kill them right here and now, but it was utterly impossible. Her strength
felt unfathomable to him, and it was something he’d only felt from Elder Mu.
However, she was only at the ninth rank of the Exalt Realm….

Unless he truly grasped the method of utilizing the Sword Domain or obtained
the Sword Spirit’s main body, otherwise, he would definitely have a very slim
chance of defeating that woman!

Nether Maiden nodded. She turned around, gazed at Unseeing, and then waved
her hand slightly. A strand of white light shot into Unseeing’s stomach, and then
the enormous gash there started healing at a visible speed, and only less than
10 breaths of time passed before his injury had healed completely as if it was
never there!

Yang Ye’s expression changed slightly, and his gaze towards her grew even more
solemn!

“What’re you doing here?” asked Unseeing.

She replied, “I came to save both of you. Unfortunately, I was a step too late.
Xiahou Xuan is dead!”

Unseeing inquired, “How did he die?”

She pondered deeply for a moment and said, “A force that exceeds the scope of
this world killed him. That force possessed energy that was superior to the
energy of the Heaven Dao in this world, and it acknowledged Yang Ye. So, Xiahou
Xuan suffered from backlash.”

“Energy that surpasses the energy of the Heaven Dao of this world exists?”
Unseeing continued with a voice that carried shock.

“Yes, and there isn’t just a few of them….” She suddenly stretched out her hand
and grabbed his shoulder, and then her figure shook slightly before she
appeared 500km away….

“You should have been able to kill him just now. Why didn’t you?” asked
Unseeing.

She replied, “I couldn’t.”

“Why?” He was puzzled by her answer.

She answered, “That Half-Saint of this continent had his eyes on me once I made
an appearance there. I might be the one to have died if I attacked him!”

Unseeing asked, “Then why didn’t he kill you?”

“He wouldn’t dare because he’s afraid I’ll destroy his Dao….”

Unseeing was at a loss for words.

Elder Mu appeared in front of Yang Ye once Nether Maiden and Unseeing were
gone. At this moment, there was a trace of seriousness on Elder Mu’s face. He
gazed at the direction that Nether Maiden left towards and said, “She’s
extremely mysterious. The energy and Dao she cultivates are those that even
I’ve never seen. Even though she’s only at the Exalt Realm, I feel that she can
pose a threat to me!”

Yang Ye’s pupils constricted, and he said, “She can pose a threat to you? Is she
that strong?”

Elder Mu smiled and said, “It’s just a feeling. If we really fought, then even 10 of
her wouldn’t be a match for me. There are 2 reasons why I didn’t kill her just
now. Firstly, I don’t want to bully the weak. Secondly, I hope that you’ll do it
yourself and not need me to do it for you. You need to grow, and you have to
deal with your own enemies. All I can guarantee is that no one will bully you!”

Yang Ye nodded and said, “I understand. Don’t worry, Elder Mu. I’ll work hard.”

Elder Mu continued, “Your current strength is inferior to her. But you don’t have
to feel dispirited. She’s quite mysterious and can’t be judged by convention. You
have to work hard on stabilizing your current cultivation and tempering your
Sword Intent. Even though you’re at the ninth rank of the Exalt Realm now, you
obtained it through external assistance. So, there are some latent problems with
it that you must eliminate. Otherwise, you’ll suffer from incessant problems in
the future. It’s the same for you Sword Intent. You have to temper it incessantly
and improve it!”

Yang Ye nodded and said, “Elder Mu, do you know about the Sword Domain?”
Even though he’d comprehended it, he hadn’t truly grasped it, and that made
him feel extremely depressed. Otherwise, it wouldn’t be impossible for him to
kill Nether Maiden just now if he joined forces with An Nanjing.

Elder Mu shook his head and said, “The Sword Domain was something that only
the Unfettered One comprehended all the years ago, so even I’m not aware of its
secrets. Perhaps members of the Hallowed Grounds possess the answers you
seek, but they’re bound to not tell you anything based on the relationship you
have with them. So, you have to figure it out yourself. In any case, you’ve
comprehended it, so it won’t be going anywhere!”

“Figure it out myself….” Yang Ye laughed bitterly.

Elder Mu spoke abruptly, “Chaotic times are upon us. The enemies before you
are the Hallowed Grounds, the Heaven Dao, and it might even include the
defiant profounders. You should be aware of the consequences you’ll face if you
don’t possess sufficient strength. I’m not invincible in this world like how the
Unfettered One was all those years ago. There are still forces that can kill me. So,
if you want to live and live a good life, then you have to constantly strengthen
yourself and use your sword to break through all obstructions!”

Yang Ye nodded. He was very well aware that his current enemies were much
stronger than the Flower Palace and Origin School who were his enemies of the
past. He had to possess formidable strength in order to survive. As for Elder Mu,
he’d never thought about relying on Elder Mu forever. After all, one can only rely
on one’s self. He understood that principle a very, very long time ago.

Elder Mu smiled, and then he gazed at An Nanjing and said, “Your natural talent
is unprecedentedly rare. Your accomplishments may not necessarily be inferior
to that woman if you were born in the Hallowed Grounds.”

“I won’t lose to her!” An Nanjing spoke flatly in a firm tone.

Elder Mu smiled as he gazed at her, and then he gazed at Yang Ye and said,
“Cherish those in front of you!” He vanished once he finished speaking.

Yang Ye was slightly embarrassed by this.

The atmosphere between them was slightly embarrassing, and a short while
passed before An Nanjing suddenly said, “You can let go now!”

Yang Ye was slightly stunned. He lowered his head to have a look, and only then
did he realize that he still hadn’t let go of her hand….
Yang Ye didn’t let go and spoke instead, “Let me take you somewhere!” He
brought her into the Primordial Pagoda.

As soon as she entered it, her reaction was the same as Su Qingshi and the
others. She was shocked by the scene before her.

There was a luxurious palace standing before them. It was something Qin Xiyue
had brought in from the Gran Qin Empire. Su Qingshi and the others usually
cultivated within that palace.

“Where are we?” An Nanjing’s eyes were filled with bewilderment.

Yang Ye explained, “It’s a long story. In any case, all you have to know is that
cultivating here is very much faster than cultivating in the outside world. So, you
can cultivate here from now on. We can even have discussions to temper our
cultivation and techniques when I’m free. What do you think?”

An Nanjing glanced at the surroundings before she said, “The energy here really
is very abundant. It’s much more abundant than the outside world.”

“You’re willing to stay?” Yang Ye’s voice carried undisguised happiness.

She asked, “Do you want me to?”

“Of course!” he nodded. An Nanjing’s growth in strength was very beneficial to

him and herself. Of course, he didn’t have any intentions of using her, and he
just purely hoped that she could benefit from it.

She said, “I know you’re grateful, but this really isn’t necessary!”

Yang Ye’s brows knit together slightly, and then he tightened his grip on her
hand and said, “An Nanjing, do you think I brought you here and revealed this
secret of mine because I want to repay you?”

An Nanjing just gazed at him in silence, and it could be considered as silent

approval.

Yang Ye took a deep breath, and then he released her hand and said, “You lost
an arm to help me. It would be a lie if I said that I wasn’t grateful and guilty.
However, I’ve never said sorry or thank you to you. Do you know why? It’s
because I think that such words aren’t necessary between us. I firmly believe
that you would still step forward and lend me a hand if I was in trouble, and I
would do the same for you.”

An Nanjing lowered her head slightly and remained silent.

Yang Ye’s heart hurt a little as he gazed at her severed arm, and he hugged her
lightly and said, “Let’s not talk about all of that. I respect your decision. You’re
welcome to stay if you want, and I won’t stop you if you want to leave. All that
matters is that you’re happy!”

An Nanjing didn’t know what to say.