Chapter 670 – The Dao Of Alchemy!

The violet barrier dispersed, and a pavilion appeared before Yang Ye’s eyes. The
pavilion had just a single floor, and it wasn’t large. It was only around 30m in
both length and width.

There were 3 words inscribed right at the top of its entrance, Pavilion of
Alchemy!

“A place to refine pills?” Yang Ye frowned a little. Actually, he wasn’t really fond of
medicinal pills. There were medicinal pills in the continent as well, but their
effects were minimal. Especially after one attained a certain level of cultivation,
the effects of medicinal pills were practically unnoticeable. Moreover,
profounders who improve their strengths via medicinal pills would possess
strengths that are greatly inferior to profounders who cultivated normally.

In short, even though there were medicinal pills in the continent, no one
attached any importance to them. So, the status of Alchemists was far inferior to
Talisman Masters, and thus there were only a few Alchemists throughout the
continent!

Yang Ye stood on the spot and pondered deeply for a moment, and then he
pushed open the door and walked in.

Before his eyes were numerous bookshelves, and they were all around the
room. There were rows upon rows of bamboo scroll holders on the shelves
while an enormous furnace resided at the center of the room. On the ground
beneath the furnace was a circular stone platform which was partially black and
partially white, and there was a black and a white circle on the stone platform as
well.

The stone platform supported the furnace while four fist sized iron chains
chained the top of the furnace from 4 different sides.

Yang Ye’s gaze stopped on the stone platform for a moment before he gazed at
the furnace, and there were 3 words inscribed on the top of the furnace, Eight
Trigrams Furnace.

Besides that, there was a ball of dark red flames burning within the furnace.

Yang Ye’s pupils constricted when he laid eyes on the flames. At the same time,
the Nether Ghostflame suddenly emerged from within him and hid behind him.
Yang Ye sensed that the Nether Ghostflame was terrified and showing
submission. It was even more terrified than when it met Lei Lin that day!
What exactly is this flame? Why is it capable of making the Nether Ghostflame feel
such terror? Why is it capable of making me feel a terribly strong sense of danger
from it?

Yang Ye wasn’t able to wrap his head around it no matter how he wracked his
brain!

Yang Ye shook his head and stopped thinking about it. His gaze moved past the
furnace and descended onto a rack carved from jade that stood behind the
furnace. Atop the rack were rows of white colored jade bottles, and there were
over a hundred there!

Yang Ye was delighted by this scene, and he flashed over to the jade rack. He
looked carefully and noticed that they were actually jade bottles that were made
to store medicinal pills, and they were labelled with the names and effects of the
pills they contained. Yang Ye’s gaze swept through them before finally
descending onto a comparatively small jade bottle on the left.

“Soul Pill, third-grade. Repairs, strengthens, and fuses the soul.”

Yang Ye was overjoyed when he saw that. After all, Xiao Qi had fallen into deep
sleep because her soul had been damaged, and this pill just happened to be
capable of repairing her soul. In other words, she might be able to awaken if he
gave it to her. Yang Ye didn’t hesitate to grab it, but he was immediately stunned
on the spot!

“It’s empty!?” Yang Ye hurriedly opened it up, and it was completely empty….

“What’s going on?” Yang Ye frowned, and then he took another jade bottle yet
noticed it was empty as well. So, he took another, but it was still empty. It wasn’t
long before Yang Ye noticed that all the jade bottles on the jade rack were
empty!

They’re all empty!How am I to treat Xiao Qi?

A strand of panic arose in his heart. The reason he’d desperately attempted to
enter the 2nd level was because the medicinal pills here could save Xiao Qi.
,However, they were all empty. There wasn’t even a single pill here! Could it be
that I really have to wait over 100 years for her to wake up?

100 years….

This won’t do! Anything can happen! Who knows if anything might happen to her
during the next 100 years!?  Yang Ye took a deep breath, and then he gazed at the
bookshelves and said, “Since there are no pills, then I’ll make them myself.
Regardless of success, I still have to give it a try!” Yang Ye walked over to one of
the bookshelves as he spoke, and then he started looking through the bamboo
scrolls!
There were all sorts of things recorded on them. Like medicinal materials,
springs, and even ores and all sorts of other strange and exotic things. However,
all of them were more or less related to alchemy. Yang Ye didn’t look through
them in detail because he didn’t need them for now.

He searched for over 2 hours before he finally found what he needed!

Basics of Pill Refinement, A Comprehensive Collection of Alchemy, Alchemy: A

Detailed Guide.

Yang Ye was overjoyed when he found them because they provided information
on how to refine pills. It was especially so for the comprehensive collection of
alchemy. Within it was the detailed methods to refine numerous medicinal pills
and their respective effects, and it simply astounded Yang Ye and caused his
heart to palpitate with desire. For example, the medicinal pill called Violet
Extreme was capable of instantly providing 50 years of cultivation, and it came
without any side effects!

Besides that, the Immortal Pill of Nine Transformations had even more
astounding effects. It was simply capable of providing effects akin to rebirth.
Even if one had been killed and only a strand of that person’s soul remained,
consuming the Immortal Pill of Nine Transformations would be sufficient to
condense that person’s soul again and allow that person to be reborn….

Besides those two pills, there were many other miraculous pills that simply
seemed impossible to him. Yang Ye kept his doubts towards them because their
effects were truly too heaven defying.

Even though he was quite doubtful, Yang Ye still decided to give it a try. Of
course, he didn’t intend to try refining the Violet Extreme Pill or the Immortal Pill
of Nine Transformations. After all, he hadn’t even heard of the materials they
required, let alone refine them. Moreover, based on the introduction provided
on the bamboo scrolls, even if he possessed the ingredients, it was impossible
for him to refine them successfully with the strength he possessed right now. He
intended to try refining the Soul Pill!

Of course, he wasn’t stupid enough to start immediately. He had to gain an

understanding of the Dao of Alchemy before that. Fortunately, the
scroll, Alchemy: A Detailed Guide,  provided a detailed introduction to the Dao of
Alchemy, and there were even annotations within it. So, he was able to
comprehend it at a glance.

Yang Ye found out that Alchemists were just like Talisman Masters, and they
were divided by grades like Junior, Intermediate, Advanced, Master, and
Grandmaster Alchemists. Besides that, pills were divided into Mortal Pills, Spirit
Pills, Saint Pills, Immortal Pills, and Divine Pills. Every single one of them were
divided into 3 grades.

Junior Alchemists could only refine Mortal Pills. According to Yang Ye’s
estimations, such medicinal pills were only effective for profounders at the King
Realm and below. As for those above the King Realm, such pills merely provided
minimal effects.

Intermediate Alchemists could refine Spirit Pills, and such pills had quite great
effects. At the very least, they were effective when consumed by Spirit Realm
and Exalt Realm experts.

As for Advanced Alchemists, they could refine Saint Pills. According to the
descriptions of such pills, they were useful to the Monarch Realm and Half-Saint
Realms at least. Moreover, they were very effective when consumed by
profounders of those realms of cultivation!

For example, the Violet Extreme Pill was a Saint Pill, and it provided 50 years of
cultivation in an instant! If such a pill really existed, then Yang Ye was certain that
it would definitely make countless Monarch Realm experts fight for it. Besides
that, there was a Saint Pill called the Lifespan Pill. It couldn’t improve a
profounder’s cultivation, but it could provide a profounder with an extra 50
years of lifespan!

Yang Ye firmly believed that if such a pill did exist in the world, then countless
Monarch Realm experts would definitely fight madly for it, and it was even to the
extent that Half-Saints might fight for it as well. After all, it was 50 years of
lifespan! It was definitely something that a profounder who’d reached a
bottleneck in his cultivation and didn’t possess much lifespan left would stop at
nothing to obtain!

Of course, Yang Ye couldn’t dream of refining such a pill right now. Because the
conditions required were beyond difficult for Yang Ye. Not to mention anything
else, he hadn’t even seen a single one of the materials that were required.

However, Yang Ye’s main objective now wasn’t a Saint Pill but a Spirit Pill.
Because the Soul Pill was within the scope of Spirit Pills. Yang Ye was quite
worried because the little girl’s strength was at the Monarch Realm at least, but
the Soul Pill was only a Spirit Pill, so its effects on Monarch Realm experts was
clearly quite miniscule. But he had no other choice now and could only give it a
try!

Something worthy of mentioning was that alchemy wasn’t something just

anyone could accomplish. There was a prerequisite to refining pills, and it was
related to profound energy. The profound energy of an Alchemist had to be of
the five elements, and not a single element lesser. Such a requirement was
countless times harsher than the requirements to become a talisman master!

Why was profound energy of all five elements required? It was because alchemy
was related to all five elements. For example, it required flames that
represented fire in the five elements, it required medicinal materials which
represented wood, it required spirit springs that represented water, it required a
furnace that represented metal….

In short, the five elements had an inter-promoting relationship, so one had to

grasp the energy of the five elements to refine medicinal pills. Because only then
could one regulate the energy of the various elements within a pill.

Yang Ye didn’t possess profound energy of the five elements, but he possessed
violet energy instead. Even though his violet energy couldn’t be considered as
Primordial Violet Energy now, violet energy definitely far surpassed profound
energy of the five elements!

So, Yang Ye conformed to the requirements to become an Alchemist!

After that, Yang Ye started studying pill refinement on his own….

It was naturally an extremely difficult task. Fortunately, those 3 bamboo scrolls

from before had very detailed annotations and explanations, so he wasn’t
completely lost. Otherwise, it would definitely be impossible for him to study on
his own and start refining pills!

Yang Ye stayed in the pagoda for half a month, just like that. He’d tried to refine
some basic pills throughout this time, but every single attempt ended in failure.
This allowed him to realize that pill refinement was much more difficult than
crafting talismans, and it was absolutely not something he could master in a
short period.

10 more days passed. Yang Ye completed his studies of the Basics of Pill

Refinement  and Alchemy: A Detailed Guide.  But right when he was about to try
and refine a pill again, something had occurred on the continent, and he had no
choice but to leave the pagoda.

“Another defiant profounder has escaped, and he came to Profounder

Continent. Just a little while ago, he killed 3 of our Monarch Realm experts who
were garrisoned in the central territory. He’s killing anyone he sees!” An Biru
gazed at Yang Ye as she spoke solemnly.

A defiant profounder!  A cold glow flashed through Yang Ye’s eyes, and then his
figure flashed and vanished on the spot.
Chapter 671 – I Really Want To Give It A Try!
The central territory.

Bang!

A black clothed man’s figure was flickering incessantly through the southern
territory’s army that was garrisoned outside the capital of the Exalted Han
Empire, and rumbling resounded incessantly from within the army.

It was a slaughter!

The black clothed man was carrying out a frenzied slaughter!

He completely disregarded the experts of the southern territory as he flickered

through the army, and over a dozen experts of the southern territory would lose
their lives every single time he flashed through them and attacked. Moreover,
the Blood Essence and profound energy of those experts would be instantly
sucked dry!

“Haha!! Awesome! Come at me and let me absorb to my heart’s content!

HAHAHA!” The black clothed man grew more and more excited as he killed, and
he treated the southern territory’s army like they didn’t exist!

Ding Shaoyao had a very gloomy expression on her face as she watched from
afar, and her right hand was clenched a little.

“Shaoyao, he’s too strong. Unless an expert at the Monarch Realm like the
Demon Emperor is here, otherwise, ordinary Monarch Realm experts aren’t a
match for him at all. You must think of a way to deal with him or our southern
territory will suffer heavy losses if this continues!” Lu Jianyao spoke in a low voice
while she stood by Ding Shaoyao’s side.

Ding Shaoyao shook her head while a wisp of helplessness flashed through her
eyes. She said, “Both Elder Mu and the Demon Emperor haven’t shown
themselves until now. That shows that they’re still recuperating. I’ve sent
someone to Ancient Domain City to notify Yang Ye. If nothing unexpected
happens, then he should be on his way here.”

“Defiant profounders like him are very formidable. Even though he’s only at the
fifth rank of the Monarch Realm, his strength is absolutely much stronger than
ordinary ninth rank Monarch Realm experts. Will Yang Ye be able to surmount
his realm of cultivation and fight him?” Lu Jianyao was quite worried because
she’d personally witnessed 3 fifth rank Monarch Realm experts being killed by
the black clothed man. Moreover, it seemed like the black clothed man hadn’t
gone all out!

“You have to be confident in him!” said Ding Shaoyao.

Lu Jianyao glanced at Ding Shaoyao and remained quiet.

Swish!

Right at this moment, an arc of light flashed through the sky, and then it
instantly arrived before the black clothed man.

It was another defiant profounder!

The experts of the southern territory were terrified while Ding Shaoyao’s heart
sank. She waved her hand, and the experts of the southern territory in the
surroundings instantly started spreading apart.

The black clothed man didn’t attack again, and he gazed at Qin Bufan with
vigilance instead. Even though they were both defiant profounders, they weren’t
friends with each other. Conversely, many defiant profounders were very hostile
against each other. Because devouring the energy and essence of a defiant
profounder was countless times better than devouring it from an ordinary
profounder!

So, it was very common for defiant profounders to act against each other, and
that was the reason why the defiant profounders had been defeated and sealed
all those years ago!

It was because they weren’t united!

“Which level were you at!?” Qin Bufan’s voice resounded from within the arc of
light.

“The 31st level!” The black clothed man spoke in a deep voice, “What about you?”

“The 31st? Not bad. It’s one of the lower levels. Looks like you were someone
formidable in the past. As for me…. Hehe, I was at the 19th!” said Qin Bufan.

The 19th!

The black clothed man’s pupils constricted while the vigilance in his eyes grew
thicker. When they were sealed all those years ago, the experts of the Outer
Heavens and Profounder Continent had sealed them according to their
strengths. The stronger they were, the lower they were in the pagoda. Since Qin
Bufan was from the 19th level, it meant that Qin Bufan’s strength far surpassed
his own!

“Don’t worry, I would have attacked if I intended to attack you. The reason I came
to look for you is because I want to ask you about some things!” said Qin Bufan.

The black clothed man pondered deeply for a moment and said, “What?”

“Did anyone else escape with you?” asked Qin Bufan.

The man shook his head and replied, “No!”

“How did you get out?” Qin Bufan asked, “The Sword Precursor’s seal had
stabilized when I got out. So it’s definitely impossible for you to escape if the seal
didn’t loosen.”

The black clothed man answered, “The seal loosened abruptly, but it was only for
an instant. I seized that opportunity and escaped!”

Qin Bufan inquired, “No one from the Hallowed Grounds chased after you?”

The black clothed man replied, “There were, but they were very weak. It was only
2 ninth rank Monarch Realm experts, and they vanished after I repulsed them.
However, a Half-Saint did scan me with his divine sense later on, so I had no
other choice but to flee to this place.”

When he spoke up to this point, the black clothed man’s eyes flickered with
excitement as he said, “The profounders of this world are so much weaker than
the profounders of the Hallowed Grounds. So long as we join forces, then we’ll
definitely be able to slaughter all the experts in this world. We’ll definitely be
able to attain the Half-Saint Realm if we’re able to absorb their energy and
essence!”

Qin Bufan answered decisively, “I’m not interested!”

The black clothed man was slightly stunned, and he spoke in a puzzled tone,
“Why?”

Qin Bufan didn’t answer him, and he replied with a question instead, “You said
that the Hallowed Grounds merely sent 2 ninth rank Monarch Realm
profounders after you when you escaped?”

A ferocious light appeared in the black clothed man’s eyes when Qin Bufan didn’t
answer his question, but it was only momentarily. He would have attacked a
long time ago if it wasn’t for the fact that he feared Qin Bufan’s strength!

“I asked you something! Didn’t you hear me?” Qin Bufan’s cold voice resounded
from within the arc of light, and then the black clothed man’s heart turned cold.
Because he sensed that his aura had been locked onto by the man who stood
before him!

The black clothed man hesitated for a moment before he said, “There were only
2 of them, and they seem to have not gone all out!”

Qin Bufan fell silent for a short while before he said, “I understand now. The
Hallowed Grounds intend to use you! Haha! Looks like the Hallowed Grounds
really does intend to destroy Profounder Continent. How interesting! Not only
are we fighting amongst each other, even the profounders of this world like to
fight each other! Haha! How truly interesting!”

“The Hallowed Grounds let me out on purpose?” The black clothed man was no
fool. He’d felt that something was absolutely wrong, and not that he thought
about it, he felt that it really might be possible that the Hallowed Grounds had
let him out on purpose!

“Out of consideration for the fact that we’re from the same world, I’ll give you a
warning. Leave this place immediately. You can go to the devil territory or
oceanic clans. In any case, don’t kill here. Otherwise, you’ll die before you know
it!” Qin Bufan spoke abruptly.

“These ants?” A wisp of disdain arose on the corners of the black clothed man’s
mouth, and he said, “The spirit energy in this world is scarce to the extreme.
Even a Half-Saint can dream of killing me!”

Qin Bufan suddenly asked, “Do you know why we lost all those years ago?”

The black clothed man spoke in a deep voice, “What’re you trying to say!?”

“The reason we lost was because we were arrogant. We felt that we were the
strongest, and then we fought for our own objectives. In the end, we didn’t lose
to those bastards from the Outer Heavens, we lost to our own pride and
arrogance! The experts here aren’t as weak as you imagine. That’s all I’ll say. Do
as you please!”

“I really would like to see how strong they are!” The black clothed man spoke
coldly.

Om!

Right at this moment, a sword howl suddenly resounded in the horizon.

“They say that defiant profounders can’t be killed, but I really want to give it a
try!” Yang Ye’s voice resounded, and then he appeared before the gazes of
everyone.

Chapter 672 – Mageforce Shield!

Ding Shaoyao heaved a sigh of relief when she saw Yang Ye. At the same time, a
feeling of powerlessness arose in her heart. After all, numbers and strategy were
useless before absolute strength. Just like this incident. If Yang Ye hadn’t arrived,
then everyone from the southern territory would have probably been
slaughtered!

“It’s you!” Yang Ye’s gaze descended onto Qin Bufan.

Qin Bufan said, “I wasn’t the one who killed your forces. Of course, I’m not afraid
of you, I just don’t want to fight an unnecessary battle.” He would have been
confident in his ability to kill Yang Ye if Yang Ye didn’t possess the Stone of
Suppression, but Yang Ye did. So, he wasn’t confident in his ability to kill Yang Ye
right now.

Yang Ye withdrew his gaze, and then he gazed at the black clothed man and said,
“You were the one?”

A wisp of disdain arose on the corners of the black clothed man’s mouth when
he noticed that Yang Ye was just an Exalt Realm profounder. He was just about
to speak when Yang Ye suddenly spoke, “Your expression has told me the
answer. So, you can pay with your life!”

Yang Ye’s intent sword swiftly left its sheath once he finished speaking, and a
strand of violet sword energy instantly arrived before the black clothed man. The
black clothed man was shocked by this as he hadn’t expected that this ant at the
Exalt Realm would actually dare to attack just like that, and he’d never imagined
that this sword qi would actually be so swift to the point he didn’t even have a
chance to dodge. So, he had no choice but to cover his palms with profound
energy and smash them against the violet sword energy!

Yang Ye said in his heart when he saw this scene, Idiot!

His sword energy contained 6 overlapped Heavenrends and the 1st stage of

Critical Strike. Such an attack was capable of killing ordinary Monarch Realm
experts with ease, yet this defiant profound actually utilized his hands to resist it.
So, he was clearly courting death!

The black clothed man’s pupils constricted when the violet sword energy was
just a few centimeters away from his palm, and he revealed astonishment in his
eyes. He wanted to pull his hands away, but it was too late.

Hiss!

The violet sword energy sliced through the black clothed man’s palms without
suffering any obstruction at all, and then it continued towards his chest.

Bang!

He was blasted over 1km away before crashing to the ground, and his figure
smashed open a huge crater there.

All the profounders of the southern territory were dumbstruck!

They’d personally witnessed the strength of that black clothed man, and even
Monarch Realm experts couldn’t resist him! However, his hands were severed
with a single swing of Yang Ye’s sword….
Is Yang Ye really at the Exalt Realm?

Ding Shaoyao truly heaved a sigh of relief when she witnessed this scene. She
had no doubt that Yang Ye had become stronger. At the same time, she was
extremely shocked because while Yang Ye hadn’t attained the Monarch Realm,
he was growing stronger and stronger, and he wasn’t inferior to a Monarch
Realm expert at all! How did he do that? How strong would he be if he attains the
Monarch Realm?

“You’re even stronger than before!” Meanwhile, Qin Bufan spoke abruptly in a
low voice.

Yang Ye didn’t answer Qin Bufan. He suddenly stomped his right foot on the
ground, and he relied on the counterforce to shoot forward like a cannonball.
Not even half a breath of time passed before Yang Ye arrived where the black
clothed man fell, and then an enormous black fist blasted out from within the
crater.

Yang Ye’s brows knit together a little while his intent sword swept forward, and
an explosion resounded as it slashed the fist into half.

Meanwhile, the black clothed man had flown out from the crater. At this
moment, there was a deep gash on his chest, and even the internal organs
within him were clearly visible. He had a savage expression on his face because
he hadn’t expected that he would be injured by an ant at the Exalt Realm. That
was undoubtedly a huge insult to an extraordinary expert from 100,000 years
ago like him!

Yang Ye’s brows were slightly knit together because he noticed that while the
black clothed man’s hands were severed and there was a huge gash on his
chest, the black clothed man didn’t seem to be affected by it at all!

Can there defiant profounders really not be killed? Are they really so heaven defying?

“You’ve succeeded at infuriating me….” The black clothed man had just started
speaking when Yang Ye attacked again. He sheathed his sword, drew it, and a
beam of sword energy instantly arrived before the black clothed man!

The black clothed man was slightly stunned. Just like before, he hadn’t expected
that Yang Ye would actually attack without saying a single world, and he was
caught off guard again. Fortunately, his reaction wasn’t slow, and he
immediately placed an enormous black shield in front of him.

Bang!

The shield shook violently as the black clothed man moved over 30m back, and
then Yang Ye watched with astonishment as his sword energy transformed into
specks of blue energy that entered the shield!
“Eh? It’s actually the Mageforce Shield!” Right at this moment, Qin Bufan
exclaimed and said, “Tsk, tsk. It’s a shield that’s even able to absorb the attacks
of Half-Saints. It was definitely useless to me all those years ago. But heh…. In
this world without Saints, a defensive Dao Artifact capable of absorbing the
attacks of Half-Saints. Heh…. Give it to me and I’ll save your life today, alright?”

“You’re courting death!” The black clothed man paid no attention to Qin Bufan.
He roared furiously as he suddenly kicked the shield with his right leg.

Bang!

The shield transformed into a ray of black light that smashed towards Yang Ye!

Yang Ye drew his sword and stabbed, and the tip of his sword struck the
Mageforce Shield.

Clang!

The intent sword and the shield shook violently while Yang Ye took 2 steps back,
and his arm felt quite numb. Yang Ye was surprised by this because his current
physical body wasn’t inferior to a ninth rank Monarch Realm expert, but he
hadn’t imagined that the black clothed man’s strength would actually be that
great.

Bang!

The black clothed man suddenly appeared behind the shield, and then he kicked
it. The enormous force of his kick pushed Yang Ye back repeatedly. He moved
another 10m back before he suddenly stomped his right foot on the ground, and
then he suddenly twisted his right hand, causing a formidable force to blast the
black clothed man flying!

A wisp of burning desire flashed through Yang Ye’s eyes as he gazed at the
enormous black shield. After all, it was a defense Dao Artifact that was even
capable of absorbing the attacks of Half-Saints, it would undoubtedly become
another trump card against Half-Saints for him if he could obtain it. So, Yang Ye
didn’t hesitate to stretch his hand forward and grab it!

Bang!

Suddenly, a beam of blue light erupted from the shield and blasted against Yang
Ye’s hand. His expression changed a little as he took a few steps back repeatedly,
and he only stopped after moving over 100m back. Meanwhile, the skin on his
right palm had actually been scorched slightly black, and his entire arm even felt
numb!

A trace of surprise flashed through his eyes as he gazed at his palm. That shield
is actually so strong?
“That shield isn’t something for this world of yours. It was forged from stellar
metals that are found in outer space, and even Half-Saints would find it difficult
to destroy. Moreover, it can absorb most of the attacks it receives and store the
energy contained within those attacks. The more energy it absorbs, the stronger
it’ll become. It isn’t a threat to Saint Realm experts, but it’s capable of being
endlessly troublesome for Half-Saints!” Qin Bufan spoke abruptly.

“That’s an awesome treasure!” Yang Ye’s smile grew wider.

“Unfortunately, you won’t be able to obtain it unless he gives it to you willingly!”

said Qin Bufan.

“Why?” Yang Ye was puzzled.

Qin Bufan explained, “Because he has placed his Spiritual Brand within it, and
he’s immortal to a certain extent. At the very least, you’re definitely incapable of
killing him. Since you can’t, then you can’t eliminate the Spiritual Brand within it,
and you won’t be able to take control of the Mageforce Shield without
accomplishing that. Understand?”

“That’s why you aren’t seizing it from him, right?” Yang Ye glanced at Qin Bufan,
and then he walked over to the black clothed man while holding an intent sword
in his grasp.

“Smart!” Qin Bufan said, “Let me remind you that you can’t kill him!”

Yang Ye replied, “I still want to give it a try!”

Qin Bufan shrugged and said, “Then go ahead and try!”

“You’re courting death!” Meanwhile, the black clothed man suddenly roared
furiously. His face was completely ferocious while an imposing aura surged
madly out of him like a storm. The space around him started to tremble violently
while a glowing circle of energy suddenly swept out from within the shield. The
circle of energy grew larger and larger while its speed increased progressively.
Merely an instant passed before it arrived in front of Yang Ye.

Yang Ye’s eyes narrowed while a cold glow flashed through them. He swiftly
drew his intent sword, and a ray of violet sword energy swept forward.

Surprise flashed through Qin Bufan’s eyes when he saw this attack because the
energy contained within it was more than 3 times stronger than before!

Bang!

The sword energy and blue light collided, and then a moment of silence ensued.
In the next moment, the blue light seemed like snow that fell into boiling oil and
was instantly dispersed by the sword energy before the sword energy smashed
against the Mageforce Shield. However, the sword energy instantly transformed
into specks of blue light that were completely absorbed into the shield!

“Haha!!” The black clothed man roared madly with laughter and said, “Even a
Half-Saint can’t damage my Mageforce Shield, so how could an ant at the Exalt
Realm like you possibly accomplish it?”

When he spoke up to this point, a ferocious expression suddenly covered his

face, and he said, “I have to say that you’ve really succeeded at infuriating me,
and I’ll make living worse than death for you!”

“Where’d you get the confidence to say that?” Yang Ye laughed coldly as his
figure suddenly vanished on the spot, and he was already behind the black
clothed man when his figure appeared again. This time, the black clothed man
was prepared, and the Mageforce Shield immediately moved behind him when
Yang Ye appeared there.

At this moment, the intent sword in Yang Ye’s grasp had been replaced by the
Sword Ruler. At the same time, Yang Ye’s entire arm had been draconified, and
he held the Sword Ruler with his dragon claw as he swiftly smashed it against
the Mageforce Shield. A string of sparks sprayed towards the surroundings while
the shield and black clothed man were both blasted flying, and they flew for
always 300m before they finally stopped moving!

“Looks like that shield of yours can only absorb attacks executed with profound
energy, and it can’t absorb physical strength!” As soon as he finished speaking
these words, Yang Ye’s figure had arrived before the black clothed man, and
then he swiftly stomped his foot against the man’s head.

A shrill cry resounded from between the black clothed man’s lips while his entire
body transformed into a black ray of light that was blasted almost 3km back!

Yang Ye stretched out his hand and grabbed the Mageforce Shield. The shield
shook violently and almost shook itself free from Yang Ye’s grasp. Fortunately,
Yang Ye hurriedly used his other hand to grab it as well.

“You can’t take control of it!” said Qin Bufan from the side.

“Is that so?” Yang Ye laughed coldly, and then he tossed it into the Primordial
Pagoda….

Chapter 673 – He Can’t Be Killed?

Yang Ye tossed the Mageforce Shield into the 2nd level of the Primordial Pagoda,
the Pavilion of Alchemy, and the shield instantly fell silent.
“How could this be possible? How could this be possible!?” Meanwhile, the black
clothed man suddenly howled furiously while bewilderment and shock filled his
eyes. Because he noticed that the link between him and the Mageforce Shield
had actually been completely severed when Yang Ye took the shield, and this
made him feel extremely fearful of Yang Ye!

Because it was impossible for even a Half-Saint to wipe away his Spiritual Brand.
After all, it was something he’d imprinted into the shield while he was at his
peak. But this fellow with a sword who stood before him could actually sever the
link between him and his Mageforce Shield, so how could he not be shocked and
fearful?

Qin Bufan glanced at the black clothed man, and then his voice carried
extremely obvious shock and bewilderment as he gazed at Yang Ye and asked,
“How did you do it?”

It wasn’t impossible to eliminate another’s Spiritual Brand, but it was usually

something that a profounder of higher cultivation did to one of lower cultivation.
But Yang Ye was just an Exalt Realm profounder while the black clothed man
was at the Monarch Realm. So, one at a lower realm of cultivation had wiped
away the Spiritual Brand of someone at a higher realm of cultivation? He would
absolutely not believe it if he hadn’t witnessed it with his own eyes!

Yang Ye wasn’t surprised that the Primordial Pagoda could suppress the
Mageforce Shield. Because even until now, he still hadn’t come across anything
that it couldn’t suppress.

Yang Ye paid no further attention to the shield for now. In any case, it was his
now. He gazed at the black clothed man and said, “There’s no enmity between
me and the defiant profounders, but you immediately started slaughtering the
profounders of my southern territory once you escaped the seal. I’d like to ask
who gave you the courage to do that?” As soon as he finished speaking,
12th level Sword Intent swept out and enveloped the black clothed man.

The black clothed man’s expression changed violently when he felt himself being
suppressed by it, and he cried out involuntarily, “2nd level Heaven Rank Sword
Intent! You actually possess 2nd level Heaven Rank Sword Intent! But you’re just
an Exalt Realm profounder….”

The answer he received was a beam of sword energy. This time, it was much
stronger and faster than before. Because he was suppressed by Yang Ye’s sword
intent, the black clothed man wasn’t able to dodge at all, and he could only
collide head-on against it. However, he was very clearly aware of the state he
was in, and he knew that he would definitely be heavily injured if he did that.
He couldn’t die, but heavy injuries would cause his strength to decline, and that
was something he couldn’t tolerate at all. He hurriedly gazed at Qin Bufan and
said, “Please lend me a hand. I’ll definitely reward you greatly!”

Even though he’d asked for help, his counterattack wasn’t delayed at all. He
waved his arms around as a few dozen enormous snakes that were formed from
profound energy flashed forward and pounced at Yang Ye’s sword qi.

Hiss!

The enormous snakes were instantly dispersed upon coming into contact with
Yang Ye’s sword energy, and it smashed directly against the black clothed man’s
chest.

A shrill cry resounded as his chest exploded apart, causing blood and flesh to
spray towards the surroundings while his figure was blasted flying. However,
Yang Ye suddenly appeared in front of him. The black clothed man was horrified
by this, and he was just about to speak when Yang Ye’s Sword Ruler smashed
against his head.

Bang!

His head was like a watermelon that was smashed apart….

Yang Ye descended to the ground, and there was slight vigilance on his face as
he gazed at the headless black clothed man. In next to no time, his expression
changed a little because the pieces of the black clothed man’s head were actually
starting to converge together swiftly!

It wasn’t just Yang Ye who was shocked, everyone else here was beyond shocked
as well!

He can’t be killed?There really are people in this world who can’t be killed?

They watched with shock as the black clothed man’s head recovered to its
previous state. Moreover, even his hands had recovered as well. However, his
aura was much weaker than before, and he’d fallen to the first rank of the
Monarch Realm as well!

“You can’t kill him. At the very least, you can’t right now!” Qin Bufan spoke
abruptly.

Yang Ye said in response, “No one in this world is immortal!”

Qin Bufan replied, “You’re right. Even the most formidable person can be killed
with sufficient strength. We can die as well. So long as you have the strength to
deal with us, then we’ll die as well. Unfortunately, no one in this world possesses
such strength.”
“Then doesn’t that make all of you eternal?” asked Yang Ye.

Qin Bufan answered, “Eternal? Hah! Do you know why we’ve been seizing
Quintessence Violet Energy like madmen? It’s not to become stronger but to
escape the current situation we’re in. Actually, we desire death more than
anyone else.”

Yang Ye glanced at Qin Bufan and said, “You’re not someone who likes to waste
his breath. Why’re you tell me all of this?”

“Because you’re killing the members of the Hallowed Grounds!” Qin Bufan said,
“I’ve inquired into you, and I noticed that you are irreconcilable enemies with the
Hallowed Grounds. In other words, we have a common enemy. Of course, I’m
not trying to form an alliance with you. It’s just that in my opinion, regardless of
whether that person is good or bad, a person who’s killing the members of the
Hallowed Grounds shouldn’t die. Haha!!”

Yang Ye said, “In my opinion, it doesn’t matter if it’s the Hallowed Grounds or the
defiant profounders, I won’t offend them if they don’t offend me. The Hallowed
Grounds has offended me, so they’ll pay the price for that. Huh? You’re thinking
of fleeing?” When he spoke up to this point, Yang Ye suddenly looked towards
the side. The black clothed man had transformed into a ray of black light that
was flashing towards the distance.

“Horizon Warp!” Yang Ye vanished on the spot before a sword howl resounded
in the horizon. After that, countless strands of sword qi interweaved together
before the black clothed man’s shrill cry resounded from afar.

Qin Bufan gazed up into the horizon and spoke softly, “He’s merely at the Exalt
Realm yet is capable of surmounting his realm of cultivation and fighting
Monarch Realm experts. Interesting….”

“Bastard! You can’t kill me! You can’t kill me!” The black clothed man’s furious
howls resounded from afar, and it sounded quite miserable.

Yang Ye is beating up a Monarch Realm expert?

All the spectators weren’t able to wrap their heads around the situation here.
But it didn’t matter because Yang Ye’s strength had improved greatly, and that
was a good thing for the southern territory!

Actually, even if he could remain undefeated against the black clothed man, his
previous strength was absolutely insufficient for him to crush the black clothed
man with such ease. The main reason for this change was the Blood Essence of
the Dragon Ancestor and the 3 divine beasts which he’d absorbed earlier, and
the huge improvements he’d made in his attainments of the Heavenrend
Drawing Technique. Especially the combination of overlapped Heavenrends and
Critical Strike, it was something that ordinary Monarch Realm experts couldn’t
resist at all!

It wasn’t long before no more howls resounded from afar, and then Yang Ye
appeared once more within everyone’s fields of vision.

“Where’s he?” Qin Bufan spoke in a low voice.

Yang Ye glanced indifferently at Qin Bufan and said, “He’s dead. I slashed him
into bits. It’ll probably take him a few years to recover.”

Qin Bufan and everyone else in the surroundings were speechless.

Chapter 674 – Divine Yin Flame!

“You’re truly mysterious!” Qin Bufan’s voice was serious this time, and it even
carried traces of fear.

“Want to head to the Hallowed Grounds and have fun some time?” Yang Ye
spoke abruptly. He was very clearly aware that the defiant profounders were
about to emerge from the seal, and he couldn’t delay his trip to the Hallowed
Grounds at all. If it was before this, he would naturally not travel there before
attaining the Monarch Realm and give his life away. Yet now, he had the Stone of
Suppression, so he could resist even a Half-Saint. At the very least, he could
escape a Half-Saint.

He’d personally witnessed Qin Bufan’s strength, and he knew that even a Half-
Saint couldn’t harm Qin Bufan. So, if Qin Bufan joined him, then he would have
someone to split away the forces of the Hallowed Grounds.

“You intend to go to the Hallowed Grounds?” Qin Bufan’s voice carried a trace of
astonishment as he said, “Do you know why I came here? It’s because I wasn’t
able to survive there, and I had no other choice. You’re just at the Exalt Realm.
Even if you have the Stone of Suppression, do you think that you can go against
so many Monarch Realm and Half-Saint Realm experts?”

Yang Ye spoke abruptly, “Do you think the Hallowed Grounds will let you go?”

Qin Bufan shook his head and said, “They’ll never let a single defiant profounder
grow. Because they would pay an extremely heavy price if we’re allowed to
regain our strength!”

Yang Ye said, “Exactly. They won’t let you go no matter what. In other words,
they’ll continue dispatching experts to kill you. Even if they don’t do it now, they’ll
definitely do it in the future. Since there’s irreconcilable enmity, then why should
we always assume a passive position and can’t take the initiative instead?”
Qin Bufan replied, “You’ve never been to the Hallowed Grounds, so you don’t
know how terrifying it is. If I hadn’t taken them by surprise that day, it would
have been utterly impossible for me to escape. You know, the consciousnesses
of at least a few dozen Half-Saints were pursuing me when I just left the
Hallowed Grounds! I wouldn’t have been able to escape at all if it weren’t for the
fact that I had some special techniques!”

A few dozen Half-Saints!  Yang Ye’s expression became solemn. A short while
passed before he laughed coldly and said, “So what? We aren’t going there to
fight them in one on one battles.”

“You intend to play dirty?” asked Qin Bufan.

Yang Ye said, “It doesn’t matter. All that matters is that we can kill the members
of the Hallowed Grounds, right?”

Qin Bufan remained silent for a short while, and then he said, “You really intend
to go there?”

“Do I look like I’m joking?” said Yang Ye.

“Alright, then count me in! When are you leaving?”

Yang Ye pondered deeply for a moment and said, “A month from now!”

“Alright, I’ll come see you when the time comes!” Qin Bufan was about to leave
once he finished speaking, but he suddenly continued, “Do you know that you’re
colluding with defiant profounders by doing this?”

“Would the Hallowed Grounds let me go if I didn’t?” Yang Ye spoke indifferently.

Qin Bufan was slightly stunned, and then he smiled, “Interesting, truly
interesting! You’re the first person that I feel is agreeable since I’ve arrived in this
world. HAHAHA!” His laughter resounded as his figure vanished from the spot.

“Get me a quiet place!” Yang Ye turned around and gazed at Ding Shaoyao once
Qin Bufan left.

She nodded in response.

Yang Ye slowly closed his eyes within Ding Shaoyao’s temporary dwellings, and
he entered the Primordial Pagoda.

“What exactly is this place? What exactly is this place? You….” Yang Ye had just
entered the pagoda when an extremely shocked and terrified shout resounded
by his ears.

It was the black clothed man. At this moment, he was in quite a miserable state
as he was nailed to the ground by a few dozen swords. He couldn’t move at all.
Moreover, besides the intense pain he felt, his was covered in shock and
bewilderment towards the world around him.

The reason he was shocked was that he’d seen the world, and it was exactly that
which made him shocked. Because even if it was in the world that he was from,
he’d never seen anyone possessing a world within the person’s body. No, it
should be said that it was utterly impossible!

But the problem was that there was one before his eyes right now!

Yang Ye walked over to the black clothed man, and then grabbed his hair and
dragged him to the Pavilion of Alchemy.

“You actually dare to treat me like this!? I….” He hadn’t even finished speaking
when Yang Ye kicked his mouth and made him swallow everything he was about
to say.

“I have no interest in arguing with you, so just stop!” Yang Ye glanced coldly at
the black clothed man, and then he continued dragging the fellow to the
furnace. Yang Ye gazed at the flames within the furnace and said, “I admit that I
really can’t kill you, and I admit that I can’t do anything but bash you up.”

“Haha! Even Saint Realm experts can’t kill me, let alone you!” The black clothed
man roared wildly with laughter, and his gaze was filled with defiance.

Yang Ye nodded, and then he pulled the black clothed man up and pointed at
the flames within the furnace. He said, “This is the last way that I can think of. If
you still can’t be killed, then I can only say that I truly admire how tenacious the
lives of you, defiant profounders, are!!” He didn’t know what the flames within
the furnace was, but he was very clearly aware that it was the most terrifying
thing that he’d encountered until now. In any case, he didn’t dare to get close to
it….

The black clothed man had intended to ridicule Yang Ye because nothing from
this world could kill him. However, his expression instantly changed when he
saw the flames within the furnace. There was astonishment, extreme
astonishment within his eyes. After that, his body started to tremble violently.

Yang Ye’s brows knit together slightly because he felt that something was off.
Even though the black clothed man was his enemy, the black clothed man had
backbone, and he was absolutely not one who feared death. Otherwise, he
wouldn’t have refrained from begging for mercy until now! However, the black
clothed man actually revealed such a reaction right now….

What exactly are those flames?

“How could this be possible? How could it be here? How could this be possible?
How…?” The black clothed man seemed as if he’d gone mad, and he was acting
unusually.

Suddenly, a trace of extraordinary excitement and happiness appeared on his

face, “The Divine Yin Flame! One of the four heavenly flames and said to be
capable of burning anything. It’ll definitely be able to destroy the mark within
me. 150,000 years! It has been 150,000 years! For the sake of finding a damnable
pagoda, we traversed countless stellar regions and mysterious worlds, and we
endured days and nights of pain. Now, I can finally be free! HAHAHA!”

The black clothed man suddenly leaped into the furnace as he spoke.

Bang!

Yang Ye watched with a solemn gaze as the black clothed man’s entire body
exploded apart and transformed into nothingness…. After that, Yang Ye’s pupils
constricted because a fine black worm had appeared within the flames after the
black clothed man was incinerated. The black worm was merely the size of a
thumb, but Yang Ye was extremely fearful of it. His 12th level Sword Intent
surged out madly and formed a barrier before him.

After it appeared within the flames, the black worm emanated an extremely
terrifying and evil aura, and it made Yang Ye’s entire body feel icy cold. To put it
simply, he felt danger, extreme danger coming from it!

His intuition told him that he would definitely die if he came into contact with it!

The black worm wasn’t immediately incinerated within the flames, and it was
wriggling around incessantly!

Roar!

Suddenly, it opened its mouth and roared furiously, causing the entire furnace
to tremble violently. Yang Ye’s expression changed, and he moved a few more
meters back. Fortunately, it didn’t escape the furnace, and it merely struggled for
a while before it was incinerated into nothingness just like the black clothed
man.

Yang Ye stood silently on the spot for a short while and confirmed that both the
black worm and the black clothed man had vanished within the furnace before
he dispersed his Sword Intent, and then he walked over and stopped 3m before
the furnace.

A wisp of bewilderment and solemness filled Yang Ye’s eyes as he gazed at the
flames within the furnace. He said, “What exactly is it? He said that they were
looking for a pagoda for 150,000 years? A pagoda? Could they have been looking
for my Primordial Pagoda? Could the defiant profounders be from the same
world as Xiao Qi?”

Yang Ye’s expression gradually grew heavier and heavier. Because if they’d really
come here in search of the Primordial Pagoda, then he might be in big trouble.
What the black clothed man said had allowed him to roughly guess that the
defiant profounders should have been ordered by someone, or it should be said
that they were forced by someone to come here.

So, since the defiant profounders were already so terrifying, how terrifying
would the one who was capable of ordering them around be?

He’d considered the possibility that they were sent here by the last owner of the
Primordial Pagoda. However, after giving it some thought, he felt that it was
impossible for them to have been sent by that old man. The feeling that the old
man gave him was a feeling of righteousness, and it was a very comfortable
feeling. But the worm from before gave him a completely different feeling.

In other words, it was very likely that the defiant profounders had been sent
here by another force!

He possessed the Primordial Pagoda now, and that force wanted possession of
the pagoda. In other words, he’d unknowingly made an enemy who was
formidable beyond his wildest imagination….

He wouldn’t have such an enemy anymore if he handed the pagoda over. But
the problem was that he couldn’t control the pagoda himself, so how could he
hand it over? Besides that, he wouldn’t hand it over even if he could!

An enemy, and a formidable one at that was motivation for him to grow
incessantly stronger!

Suddenly, Yang Ye frowned and flashed out of the Pavilion of Alchemy. An

Nanjing was there.

“There was loud noise coming from here, so I came to have a look!” An Nanjing
explained.

Yang Ye said, “I’m not keeping any secrets from you anymore, so you don’t have
to explain anything.”

An Nanjing gazed silently at him.

“The internal injuries you suffered shouldn’t be a problem anymore, right?”

asked Yang Ye.

An Nanjing replied, “I’ve almost recovered, but some latent problems still
remain. So, I’ve been constantly treating it until now.”
“Will you be able to deal with it?” Yang Ye frowned.

She nodded, “I will, I just need some time.”

Yang Ye said, “Just stay here and recuperate for now. I’ll get someone to manage
your clan for you. You don’t have to worry about it.”

An Nanjing fell silent for a moment, and then she gazed at Yang Ye and said, “I
have a question for you. I can’t calm my mind until I get an answer!”

Chapter 675 – The Grand Preceptor!

Yang Ye fell silent while An Nanjing just continued looking at him, and she didn’t
ask because he didn’t nod with agreement.

A short while passed before Yang Ye said, “Do you not sense it?”

An Nanjing’s eyes clearly flickered a little, and then she nodded to him before
turning around and leaving. She didn’t have to ask anymore because she knew
the answer.

Yang Ye remained silent for a while as he watched her vanish from his field of
vision, and then he turned around and entered the Pavilion of Alchemy.

His gaze descended onto the flames within the furnace. He had no doubt that it
was absolutely stronger than his Nether Ghostflame, and it would definitely be a
formidable weapon to him if he could take control of it.

Such a thought had just appeared in his mind when he shook his head, and then
he flashed out of the Primordial Pagoda. He wasn’t aware of the flame’s exact
origins, but he knew that his current strength was absolutely incapable of taking
control of it.

He didn’t want to play with fire and get himself burned, so he’d decisively
abandoned such a thought for now!

After he left the pagoda, Yang Ye said, “Come in!”

Ding Shaoyao walked in a moment later.

“What’s the situation like now?” asked Yang Ye. He was slightly puzzled because
they’d fought their way to the capital of the Exalted Han Empire, but Ding
Shaoyao just so happened to have stopped. He knew that she definitely did it for
a reason, and he was very curious about it.

Ding Shaoyao pondered deeply for a moment and said, “The strength which the
Exalted Han Empire reveals on the surface now is inferior to us, and that’s why
we’ve advanced without any difficulty all along the way. Many think that we
should seize the opportunity to take this ancient capital in one go and unify the
central territory. However, we’ll definitely pay a heavy price if we do that!”

“Why?” asked Yang Ye.

Ding Shaoyao replied, “The Exalted Han Empire’s history goes back over 10,000
years. They have their own resources and reserves. Just like the Flower Palace
and Sword Sect, they’ve had Saint Realm experts in the past as well. What would
we do if we attack rashly and then someone like the Flower Palace’s Founding
Ancestor appears?”

“Have you investigated?” asked Yang Ye.

Ding Shaoyao shook her head and said, “It’s not that I haven’t, but I’m utterly
unable to find any information. Because their intelligence network has defensive
systems, and it’s much better than our southern territory. Even though I’m
unable to obtain any information, I expect that they definitely possess some sort
of trump cards or assistance. Otherwise, they would have definitely fallen into
chaos once our army arrived before their capital!”

“Even a dying empire can’t be underestimated for its remaining forces and
influence still remain!” Yang Ye spoke in a heavy voice. He knew that Ding
Shaoyao’s guess was probably true. The Exalted Han Empire had existed for so
many years. Even though its Half-Saint and most of its Monarch Realm experts
had perished, even he wouldn’t believe that it didn’t have any other trump cards.

Ding Shaoyao nodded and said, “Moreover, we’ll definitely suffer heavy losses if
we launch a frontal assault. Because the city walls are covered in no less than
100 defensive cannons from the ancient times. They launch energy attacks that
are capable of heavily injuring Monarch Realm experts. So, if we are to launch a
frontal assault, then we’ll have no choice but to use the lives of countless people
to resist those cannons and exhaust their supply of energy stones!”

Yang Ye stated, “You were very right to not launch a frontal assault. Deaths are
unavoidable on the battlefield, but meaningless deaths are best to be avoided!”

Ding Shaoyao replied, “I originally hoped that the Demon Emperor or Elder Mu
would be able to lend us a hand here, but I never expected that the Hallowed
Grounds would dispatch its forces and heavily injure both Elder Mu and the
Demon Emperor. So, I had no other choice but to delay here. Now that you’re
here, what do you intend to do? Right, the northern territory sent a messenger
again a few days ago. They’re willing to form an alliance with us, but only an
alliance and not join our forces!”

“What was your answer?” asked Yang Ye.

She answered, “Yield or die!”

Yang Ye grinned and said, “That’s exactly what I was thinking.” Forming an
alliance and yielding were 2 completely different things. Forming an alliance
represented that the southern territory and the northern territory were equals,
and the northern territory could ignore the southern territory’s orders. On the
other hand, yielding represented that the northern territory had to obey the
southern territory’s commands!

If it was before the Hallowed Grounds attacked and before the forces of the
Exalted Han Empire had been weakened, then he wouldn’t hesitate to accept the
northern territory’s proposal for an alliance. Because forming an alliance at that
time represented that the northern territory was willing to face all of these
opponents with the southern territory. But now, the northern territory was
proposing an alliance after the southern territory had repulsed the Hallowed
Grounds and inflicted heavy losses on the Exalted Han Empire! That was
definitely impossible!

“The northern territory’s strength might be stronger than we imagined.

Otherwise, they wouldn’t have been able to resist the Exalted Han Empire’s
invasion!” Ding Shaoyao spoke in a low voice.

Yang Ye said, “Let’s ignore them for now and deal with the Exalted Han Empire.
I’ll be leaving the continent in a month from now. So, it’s best if we’re able to
truly unify the continent within this period and make it so that we have no
enemies on the entire continent!”

Yang Ye stood up and walked towards the door as he spoke.

A strange glow flashed through Ding Shaoyao’s eyes as she gazed at Yang Ye’s
leaving figure. It was confidence. Yang Ye was much more confident than before.
No matter who it was, it was impossible to avoid being attracted by someone
who possessed both confidence and strength.

Yang Ye stood before the capital of the Exalted Han Empire, and there was no
one behind him. The entire army of the southern territory had vanished into thin
air.

Yang Ye’s body slowly soared into the sky and appeared above the capital of the
Exalted Han Empire before an intent sword appeared in his grasp. Right at this
moment, a man who wore a yellow robe appeared on the city wall.

The man wore a robe embroidered with dragons and a golden crown, and a
group of experts from the Exalted Han Empire were by his side.

Yang Ye had no doubt that man in a golden robe was the emperor of the Exalted
Han Empire, Emperor Han!
“Yang Ye, are you really hell-bent on being ruthless sparing no one?” asked
Emperor Han in a deep voice.

Yang Ye laughed with ridicule, “Ruthless? Who was the one who started all of
this? It was your Exalted Han Empire that wanted to kill me, right? Moreover, it
was always your Exalted Han Empire that has been acting against my southern
territory, right? What? Only you can kill me, yet I can’t kill all of you?”

“Luo Jun is dead, and my empire has lost most of its territories.” Emperor Han
said, “Is that still not enough?”

“It’s far from being enough!” Yang Ye’s voice resounded through the capital, “The
royal family of your empire must be annihilated today. I’ll kill anyone in this city
who dares to resist, and I’ll slaughter the entire city if I have to!” As soon as he
finished speaking, Yang Ye’s intent sword swept forward, and a ray of violet
sword qi shot forward and smashed against the city gate.

Bang!

The entire gate trembled violently before countless cracks appeared on it.

All the experts on the city walls were extremely astounded. They were
astounded by Yang Ye’s strength, and they were astounded by what Yang Ye had
just said. Because he’d said that he would kill anyone who resisted him, and he
would even slaughter the entire city if he had to!

No one doubted the truth of those words. They were very clearly aware that
Yang Ye was a madman, and he was absolutely capable of it!

Yang Ye didn’t feel even a shred of pity to the members of the Exalted Han
Empire. Because he was very clearly aware that if they’d succeeded at breaching
Ancient Domain City during the battles of the past, then everyone related to him
and everyone who stood by his side would suffer a horrifying end.

Of course, he didn’t really intend to slaughter the entire city. It was just as he’d
said, he wouldn’t hesitate to kill anyone who dared to resist!

Yang Ye sheathed his intent sword within the ancient sheath. The expressions of
the experts on the city wall changed when they witnessed this scene, and
Emperor Han immediately roared furiously, “Yang Ye, are you really trying to
make my Exalted Han Empire fight you to the death?”

Om!

The reply Emperor Han received was a beam of violet sword energy that
smashed against the city gate. An explosion resounded as numerous arm-thick
cracks covered the enormous gate.
“Fight me to the death?” Yang Ye laughed coldly and said, “Do you think your
empire has the strength for that now? I’ll repeat myself again. I only intend to kill
the royal family of the Exalted Han Empire, and I won’t stop anyone else from
leaving. Otherwise, it’ll be too late for all of you servants of the royal family to
surrender once I’ve breached the city.”

“Kill! Kill him!” Meanwhile, Emperor Han roared furiously.

Over 100 enormous ice blue cannons suddenly appeared on the city walls after
Emperor Han gave the order, and then over 100 beams of energy shot forward
simultaneously.

Yang Ye’s eyes narrowed while he revealed a slightly serious expression.

Because these beams of energy were very strong. No wonder Ding Shaoyao said
that these beams can threaten the lives of Monarch Realm experts. Even my physical
body would probably be unable to resist more than a few beams that carry such
terrifying energy. Most importantly, these beams are actually capable of locking onto
my aura, so it’s utterly impossible to avoid! I can only use force against them!

If it was just 1 or 2 beams, then he would be able to destroy them with ease.
However, there were over 100 descending towards him….

Yang Ye’s brows knit together, but it wasn’t long before they relaxed, and then a
shield appeared in front of him.

It was naturally the black clothed man’s Mageforce Shield!

The Spiritual Brand within it had vanished once the black clothed man perished.
In other words, he could utilize it now. It was very terrifying, especially its ability
to absorb energy, and it just happened to be perfect for him to deal with these
beams of energy!

All the beams of energy smashed against the Mageforce Shield, and the strong
impact from the collision pushed Yang Ye almost 1.5m back. However, the
countenances of the experts on the city walls had instantly turned pale. Because
they noticed that those beams which were capable of heavily injuring Monarch
Realm experts had actually been fully absorbed by the shield that stood before
Yang Ye!

“How could that be possible?” Disbelief filled Emperor Han’s eyes. After all, over
200 beams from those cannons would even be able to obliterate a Monarch
Realm expert with ease! Yet now, Yang Ye had resisted them with such ease….

“It’s my turn!” As soon as Yang Ye’s voice resounded, an enormous blue beam
that was over 30m wide suddenly shot out from the Mageforce Shield. The beam
was extremely swift, and it instantly smashed against the city wall.

Bang!
The entire city gate was instantly blasted into pieces, and the beam continued
forward into the city. After that, a string of explosions resounded incessantly.

Yang Ye chuckled. He was just about to charge into the city when 2 people
suddenly appeared at the entrance. The person on the left was a mysterious
profounder who wore a grey robe and a grey cloak while the person on the right
was a woman. Yang Ye recognized her because it was Yin Xuan’er!

“I’m the Grand Preceptor of the Shang Dynasty!” The grey robed man spoke
abruptly.

Yang Ye’s eyes narrowed slightly as he said, “Have we met? Because I sense a
slightly familiar aura from you.”

“Of course,” said the grey robed man.

Chapter 676 – Bring It On!

Yang Ye sheathed his intent sword and said, “It doesn’t matter who you are.
You’re blocking my path right now.”

“You really intend to destroy the Exalted Han Empire?” The grey robed middle
aged man spoke in a deep voice.

“Do you think that I’m joking?” Yang Ye held the ancient sheath as he walked
slowly towards the entrance.

The grey robed man said, “The Exalted Han Empire really is weak now, but it has
a history of over 10,000 years. Do you really think it doesn’t have any trump
cards?”

“So, what you mean is that I should bury the hatchet with the Exalted Han
Empire?” Yang Ye didn’t stop moving, and he continued forward towards them.

The grey robed man replied, “The Exalted Han Empire has lost numerous
experts and cities throughout the southern territory’s advance, but so has the
southern territory. I can tell you with certainty that if you insist on eliminating
the Exalted Han Empire, then your southern territory might lose even more
experts even if you succeed. Moreover, if the Exalted Han Empire’s royal family
really stops at nothing to take you down with it, then your southern territory
might not lose just a few of its experts!”

Yang Ye stopped moving and said, “I know that it’s very likely for what you said to
be true, but the losses my southern territory suffers in the future might be even
more terrifying if I don’t annihilate them now. Not pulling weeds out by the root
is a recipe for endless trouble in the future!” Yang Ye started advancing again
once he finished speaking.
“Are you willing to spare them if the royal family surrenders?” said the grey
robed man in a deep voice.

“No!” Yang Ye replied decisively, “I intend to wipe out all of my enemies from the
face of this world when I can so that they have no chance of becoming an enemy
of mine again.”

The grey robed man suddenly said, “What if my northern territory were to join
forces with the Exalted Han Empire?”

Yang Ye replied, “Then I’ll just crush all of you!”

“You would be dead now if it wasn’t for the Undertaker!” The grey robed man
said, “But he won’t be able to protect you forever!”

Yang Ye nodded and said, “I understand your northern territory’s stand now.
We’ll meet on the battlefield. Now, are you going to move aside, or should I
make you? Based on what you just said, I presume you dare not attack me. Since
it’s like that, then move aside?”

“Yang Ye!” Meanwhile, Yin Xuan’er spoke abruptly, “I know that you want to
destroy the Exalted Han Empire, but you have to think it through. The Hallowed
Grounds and the defiant profounders are our true enemies. Regardless of
whether it’s the defiant profounders or the Hallowed Grounds, they aren’t
existences that just the southern territory and demon territory can resist. We’ll
only be able to resist them if the entire continent joins forces.”

Yang Ye said, “But you seem to have forgotten that the Exalted Han Empire has
been constantly assisting the Hallowed Grounds.”

“So long as you’re willing to bury the hatchet, then they’ll stand on your side
from today onward!” said the grey robed man.

Yang Ye stopped moving, and then he smiled, “So that they can stab me in the
back and return to the arms of the Hallowed Grounds when its experts arrive
and weaken my southern territory?”

When he spoke up to this point, Yang Ye glanced at them and said, “Actually, I’m
quite confused. You were mortal enemies with the Exalted Han Empire just a
while ago. Yet now, you’re helping them. Why?”

“The Exalted Han Empire was our enemy as well while they stood on the
Hallowed Grounds’ side. But they can become our ally once they aren’t.” The
grey robed man continued, “Yang Ye, you are irreconcilable enemies with the
Hallowed Grounds and friends with us. We shouldn’t be fighting and killing each
other.”
“Why didn’t you tell that to the Exalted Han Empire when my southern territory
was weaker?” Yang Ye started advancing again and said, “Don’t you think that it’s
too late now? I’ll say it one last time out of consideration for our relationship in
the past. Miss Yin, move aside!”

Yin Xuan’er gazed at the grey robed man, and he waved his right hand. 2 soldiers
in golden armor appeared before Yang Ye. Yin Xuan’er sighed softly when she
saw this, “The Exalted Han Empire can’t be allowed to be destroyed, and my
northern territory can’t become a vassal of another. Young Master Yang, we’ll
have no choice but to fight if you refuse to make a compromise!”

Yang Ye stopped and frowned. He felt that there was something quite off about
all of this. Logically speaking, he had 2 Half-Saints on his side, so it was
impossible for the northern territory to make an enemy of him for the sake of
the Exalted Han Empire. However, the northern territory just happened to have
acted in that way. So, it made him feel that it was quite unusual….

But he was like a knocked arrow on a fully drawn bowstring, and it had to be
released….

Yang Ye drew his intent sword swiftly, and a beam of sword energy flashed
forward and instantly struck against the 2 Gold Guards which stood over 30m
away.

Bang!

Both of them took over a dozen steps back!

Yang Ye’s expression changed slightly because his sword energy had merely left
2 faint marks on their golden armor…. After all, he’d executed Heavenrend that
was enhanced by the 1st stage of the Critical Strike Technique just now!

“These Gold Guards aren’t the same 12 that Yin Xuan’er had in the past!” Yang Ye
noticed this when he sized them up carefully. Meanwhile, the Gold Guards
suddenly advanced swiftly. Yang Ye felt like 2 rays of golden light had flashed in
front of his eyes before they appeared in front of him. At the same time, 2
golden swords were stabbing towards his throat and stomach!

Bang!

An ear piercing sound of metal colliding resounded. Yang Ye was pushed back by
the enormous force that those 2 swords carried. Meanwhile, the swords didn’t
move away from his throat and stomach, and they were following him closely,
causing him to retreat incessantly.

Bang!
Yang Ye stomped his right foot on the ground and relied on the counterforce to
stop on the spot. At the same time, he exchanged his intent sword for the Sword
Ruler and swiftly swept it towards the abdomens of the Gold Guards.

Bang!

Both of them took a few dozen steps back.

At this moment, Yang Ye had a serious expression on his face. Because their
attacks actually made him feel pain. He’d actually felt pain with the physical
defenses he possessed right now! Moreover, their speed and defenses truly
surprised him, and it was especially so for their defenses. It wasn’t much inferior
to his own before he draconified himself!

Yang Ye glanced at the grey robed man and Yin Xuan’er before he said, “You’ve
really surprised me a little!”

“You surprised me as well!” The grey robed man replied, “I have to admit that
your future accomplishments will definitely not be inferior to the Sword Sect’s
Founding Ancestor. As I said before, we’re not enemies, and I don’t want to
become enemies with you. It’s even to the extent that my northern territory
wants to become friends with you. However, the precondition to that is that you
must cooperate!”

Yang Ye laughed with ridicule and stopped wasting his breath. He suddenly
stomped his right foot on the ground, and then he transformed into a black ray
of light that appeared before those 2 Gold Guards. Meanwhile, the Sword Ruler
rumbled through the air as it smashed forcefully against one of them.

Clang!

The tips of 2 swords struck Yang Ye’s Sword Ruler, and both of them curved like
a bow. After that, a powerful wave of air swept out from beneath both the Gold
Guards’ feet.

Suddenly, one of their swords changed direction and slid along Yang Ye’s Sword
Ruler as it descended towards Yang Ye’s stomach. Moreover, it was actually swift
to the point Yang Ye hadn’t even been able to react before it struck him.

Bang!

A muffled bang resounded as Yang Ye flew over 6m away. But he instantly

appeared before that Gold Guard just a moment later, and then 2 muffled bangs
resounded as both the Gold Guards were blasted flying. They flew for over 300m
before they crashed against the city walls, and the entire wall shook violently!

Yin Xuan’er’s pupils constricted when she witnessed this scene, and there was
extreme shock in the depths of her eyes.
“Draconification? Horizon Warp?” The grey robed man’s voice carried a trace of
surprise as he said, “You really are not bad. Especially that physical strength and
defense of yours. It’s simply like cheating in your realm of cultivation!”

Meanwhile, the 2 Gold Guards that smashed against the wall earlier had
suddenly stood up. Yang Ye’s eyes narrowed a little when he witnessed that
because he noticed that his attack had merely caused their abdomens to
become slightly deformed!

“They are puppets without any sense of pain. Moreover, the armor they are
wearing can even endure the attacks of a ninth rank Monarch Realm expert.
Most importantly, their armor has self-healing capabilities!” The grey robed man
continued, “As I said before, we can instantly become friends if you agree.
Moreover, I guarantee that my northern territory and the Exalted Han Empire
will definitely dispatch experts to assist you when the Hallowed Grounds and
defiant profounders attack in the future!”

“The armor of these puppets have talismans inscribed on them!” Yang Ye spoke
abruptly.

“How discerning of you!” The grey robed man said, “I almost forgot that you’re a
talisman master as well. Unfortunately, the true inheritances in the Dao of
Talismans within the southern territory have been lost, and only some
superficial knowledge of the Dao of Talismans remains. It isn’t just the southern
territory, even the Hallowed Grounds’ Dao of Talismans isn’t complete!”

Yang Ye gazed at the grey robed man and said, “I have to say that you really
surprised me. I’d thought that the northern territory’s strength was weaker than
my southern territory and the Exalted Han Empire. But now it would seem like I
was wrong!”

The grey clothed man replied, “Even though the Profounder Continent is small,
all sorts of formidable beings are hidden within it. For example, the Sword Sect’s
Founding Ancestor, your master the Undertaker, and the Exalted Han Empire.
The Exalted Han Empire’s current strength is weak indeed, but if it’s determined
to drag you down with it, then I guarantee that you’ll regret your decision!”

Peace? Or continue fighting?  Yang Ye’s eyes closed slightly, and he fell silent.

“If you’re willing to let the Exalted Han Empire go and agree to cease any future
attacks against the Exalted Han Empire and my northern territory, then Xuan’er
and the princess of the Exalted Han Empire can be married to you. In that way,
our forces will truly be bound together!” said the grey clothed man.

Yin Xuan’er’s expression changed slightly when she heard him, but she didn’t say
anything.
“Hahaha….” Yang Ye suddenly opened his eyes and said, “I’ve never bowed my
head to anyone throughout my lifetime, even if I was facing the experts of the
Hallowed Grounds. My sword would rather break than bend. So, I choose to
fight!”

A strand of extremely terrifying Sword Intent surged out from within Yang Ye….

The grey robed man was stunned, and then he nodded and waved his right
hand. In an instant, 100 Gold Guards appeared in front of Yang Ye, and he said,
“If you want to fight, then let’s fight!”

“Bring it on!”

Om!

A sword howl shot into the sky!

Chapter 677 – An Nanjing Joins The Battle!

360 skeletons appeared behind Yang Ye, and then the violet mink and Lei Lin
appeared by his side as well. He didn’t waste his breath at all before a beam of
violet sword energy immediately surged from the ancient sheath. It tore a huge
gash through the air as it smashed against one of the Gold Guards at the front,
and the Gold Guard instantly transformed into a ray of gold light that was
blasted flying!

It was an attack that carried 3 overlapped Heavenrends and the 2nd stage of the
Critical Strike technique!

Yang Ye stomped the ground with his right foot and charged into the group of
Gold Guards. Meanwhile, the 360 skeletons followed closely behind him.

The violet mink slapped Lei Lin on the head before pointing at the Gold Guards
in the distance. Lei Lin nodded in response, and then she clapped her hands
together, causing a bolt of lightning to surge forward….

Yang Ye was immediately surrounded upon charging into the group of Gold
Guards, and countless swords had struck him in an instant. Fortunately, his
physical defenses were simply abnormal, and he’d forcefully resisted all of these
attacks.

At the same time, the Sword Ruler in his hand smashed down swiftly towards
the Gold Guards. However, Yang Ye was surprised to notice that the Gold Guards
were actually able to resist it!

These Gold Guards are stronger than the 2 from before!Who exactly is this Grand
Preceptor? Why does he possess so many terrifying puppets? How could they have
lost to the Grand Qin Empire and the six great sects of the southern territory if they
possessed so many of these puppets?

A string of questions flashed through Yang Ye’s mind!

Yang Ye shook his head and discarded these distracting thoughts as a wisp of
ferocity flashed through his eyes. He flipped his right hand, and the Sword Ruler
was replaced by the intent sword. Next, he sheathed it before swiftly drawing it
once more!

Hiss!

A crescent of violet sword energy swept forward, and over a dozen Gold Guards
in the front of the group were instantly blasted into two. Moreover, even the
Gold Guards behind them were blasted over 100m away from the aftershock!

It was an attack that contained 5 overlapped Heavenrends and the 2nd stage of

the Critical Strike technique!

Yang Ye flipped his left hand and a few dozen extreme-grade energy stones had
appeared within his grasp. Meanwhile, another beam of violet sword energy
shot forward, and over a dozen more Gold Guards in its path were slashed into
half!

Yin Xuan’er’s expression changed when she witnessed this scene, and she said,
“His sword energy is a few times stronger than before!”

“They’re overlapped!” The grey robed man spoke in a low voice, “Moreover, he
enhanced them with a secret technique from the Hallowed Grounds. That’s why
it was able to break through the Gold Guards’ armor with such ease!”

Yin Xuan’er pondered deeply for a while and said, “Grand Preceptor, is it really
worth for us to make such a sacrifice for the Exalted Han Empire?”

The grey robed man said, “It isn’t. But we have no other choice because even the
entire continent might face destruction if the Exalted Han Empire disregards
everything in order to bring him down with them!”

“It’s that severe?” Yin Xuan’er was astounded.

“It’s much more than that!” The grey robed man sighed softly and said, “Yang Ye
isn’t aware of the reason. Of course, with his character, he probably wouldn’t
spare them even if he were. All those years ago, the Sword Sect’s Founding
Ancestor had almost annihilated the Exalted Han Empire. The reason it survived
wasn’t entirely because the Hallowed Grounds had stepped forward to lend it a
hand. The Unfettered One wasn’t afraid of the Hallowed Grounds all those years
ago, he feared the royal family of the Exalted Han Empire!”
“Is it capable of summoning a Saint Realm expert just like the Flower Palace
had?” asked Yin Xuan’er.

The grey robed man shook his head, “It’s impossible for Saint Realm experts to
descend into this world any longer. However, there are existences that are even
more terrifying than Saint Realm experts hidden on Profounder Continent and
the Hallowed Grounds!”

Bang!

Right at this moment, over a dozen more Gold Guards were blasted apart by a
ray of violet sword energy.

Yang Ye couldn’t execute overlapped Heavenrends without limits. However,

while he couldn’t execute it without limits, the extreme-grade energy stones
allowed him to execute it again after a short interval. Because energy was
ceaselessly surging into his body and being transformed into profound energy!

However, the situation was quite bad for Yang Ye!

Because the skeletons weren’t a match for those Gold Guards at all, and cracks
had actually started to appear on many of them!

Yang Ye took a deep breath when he noticed this, and then his gaze locked onto
the grey robed man in the distance. He didn’t hesitate to sweep away the Gold
Guards in front of him, and then immediately executed Horizon Warp. His figure
instantly appeared before the grey robed man.

However, a Super Gold Guard that was at least 1.5 times larger than the Gold
Guards behind him had appeared before him!

After that, a huge saber that was even larger than Yang Ye slashed down
forcefully towards him!

Yang Ye’s expression changed a little. It was too late to dodge, so he immediately
raised his intent sword to block it!

Bang!

A muffled bang resounded as the cracks instantly covered the intent sword in his
hand. Moreover, Yang Ye’s legs were actually hammered into the ground by the
force of this attack. Besides that, traces of blood had started to seep out from
between the dragon scales on Yang Ye’s right hand….

A wisp of ferociousness flashed through his eyes as he suddenly slapped his left
hand against the ground, and his entire body shot up into the air. He exchanged
his intent sword for the Sword Ruler before utilizing his entire physical strength
to smash the Sword Ruler against that Super Gold Guard!
Even though it was a puppet, its reaction wasn’t slow at all, and it flicked its saber
upwards against Yang Ye’s sword.

Bang!

A wave of air suddenly erupted from beneath the Super Gold Guard’s feet as
sword and saber collided, and cracks had even instantly appeared on the
ground. Enormous cracks stretched incessantly towards the surroundings, and
only less than 2 breaths of time passed before the ground in an area of 300m
was covered in cracks.

“Slash!” Yang Ye’s furious shout resounded as the Sword Ruler descended once
more onto the Super Gold Guard’s saber, and then an explosion resounded as
the ground beneath the Super Gold Guard collapsed!

“Slash!” Yang Ye raised the Sword Ruler again. This time, the entire Super Gold
Guard was nailed into the ground, and then Yang Ye jumped down after it.

Less than five breaths of time passed before Yang Ye emerged from beneath the
ground, and he was holding the head of that Gold Guard.

Meanwhile, the violet mink and Lei Lin appeared by his side, and the violet mink
pointed towards the distance. Yang Ye’s heart instantly sank when he looked
over because all the skeletons had actually been destroyed! Moreover, besides
the few dozen that he’d destroyed earlier, not another Gold Guard had been
destroyed! Only a few of them had some scorched marks on their armor from
Lei Lin’s attacks!

The remaining Gold Guards returned to the grey robed man, and he said in a
deep voice, “Actually, all 100 of these Gold Guards were at the Monarch Realm,
and I merely suppressed them to the Exalt Realm to use them against you. Even
then, their strengths aren’t inferior to ordinary Monarch Realm experts. But I
never expected that you would have been able to kill a few dozen on your own.
Haha, what a surprise!”

Yang Ye tossed away the head he held, and he said, “I wasn’t interested in your
identity before this, but I’m quite curious now. However, I’m only just curious. If
you intend to rely on them to stop me, then I don’t think they’re sufficient!”

The grey robed man nodded, and then he waved his right hand. 5 Super Gold
Guards appeared in front of him before he said, “What about now?”

Yang Ye’s eyes narrowed slightly, and then he formed an intent sword in his
grasp.

“Yang Ye!” Meanwhile, Yin Xuan’er suddenly said, “If you insist on fighting, then
the worst outcome would be that our northern territory and the Exalted Han
Empire will fight you together. At that time, it’ll be a Pyrrhic victory even if your
southern territory wins. We don’t want to become enemies with you. As we said
before, all of us can instantly become friends if you’re willing!”

“No, there has to be another condition!” Right at this moment, Emperor Han who
was escorted by numerous experts arrived by Yin Xuan’er and the grey robed
man’s side. He gazed at Yang Ye and said, “The southern territory’s troops must
pull out from the central territory and return the territory of my empire. Only
then can we truly become allies!”

Yin Xuan’er’s beautiful brows knit together. This isn’t good!

Sure enough, Yang Ye suddenly said, “Pull out from the central territory? Return
the territory of your empire? Haha! Have you been the emperor for too long that
you’ve gone mad?”

“If you don’t agree, then we’ll meet in battle!” Emperor Han spoke flatly.

A wisp of a savage smile arose on the corners of Yang Ye’s mouth, and then he
patted both the violet mink and Lei Lin. They understood his intentions and
immediately hid within the Primordial Pagoda. After that, Yang Ye held his sword
in hand as he walked over towards them and said, “Grand Preceptor of the
northern territory. Your words are actually very laughable. All of you are
constantly proclaiming that you don’t want to become enemies with me, but
your actions are doing just that. Since it’s like that, then you’re my enemies from
this moment onward. Don’t you have a huge amount of Gold Guards? Let me
see if you have enough for me to kill today!”

Yang Ye immediately drew his intent sword once he finished speaking, and a
beam of violet sword energy flashed forward. Not a single sound resounded as
the heads of over 20 Gold Guards which stood before him instantly flew into the
air. However, the sword energy didn’t disperse, and it flashed forward towards
the Grand Preceptor. However, 3 Super Gold Guards stepped forward when it
was about to arrive in front of the Grand Preceptor, and then 3 huge sabers
simultaneously struck Yang Ye’s sword energy.

Bang!

An enormous explosion resounded as the sabers exploded into pieces, and then
the sword energy continued forward and smashed against the chest of a Super
Gold Guard, causing it to instantly explode into pieces!

Everyone here was astounded!

Because that was Yang Ye’s true strength!

The grey robed man clenched his fists. Obviously, he hadn’t expected that Yang
Ye’s attack would actually be so formidable. Just a single attack had actually
slaughtered over 20 of his Gold Guards and a Super Gold Guard!
Yang Ye’s strength was much stronger than he’d imagined!

“Unless a Saint appears here today, otherwise, I, Yang Ye, will definitely
annihilate the royal family of the Exalted Han Empire!” A strand of Sword Intent
suddenly erupted from within Yang Ye, and it covered the heavens and the earth
as it enveloped down upon everyone in the surroundings.

“Yang Ye, you’re courting death! You’re leading the southern territory to its
doom!” said Emperor Han in a heavy voice.

Yang Ye pointed his intent sword at Emperor Han, “I don’t know if I’ll die, but I’m
sure that you will!”

Meanwhile, a group of Gold Guards had suddenly appeared before the grey
robed man! It was a group of 200 Gold Guards and 10 Super Gold Guards!

A strand of ferocity flashed through Yang Ye’s eyes.

At the same time, a ray of golden light flashed, and An Nanjing appeared by his
side.

Chapter 678 – Yang Ye and An Nanjing’s Shock!

An Nanjing!

Emperor Han and Yin Xuan’er’s faces turned grim when they saw An Nanjing.
They’d naturally heard of her strength, and some of the people here had even
witnessed it. If there was someone in the younger generation of the continent
who could fight Yang Ye, then it was definitely her! After all, she was a peerless
genius who could fight the 2nd ranked genius on the Hallowed Rankings!

“Wasn’t she heavily injured to the point her fate was unknown!?” Emperor Han’s
face was beyond unsightly. Just Yang Ye alone was a huge headache for them, so
what would it be like with An Nanjing here as well?

Yang Ye gazed at An Nanjing. She said, “My injuries are fine now. The latent
problems within me will only affect my future advancement into the Monarch
Realm but not affect my current strength. In short, I’ve made my decision!”

Yang Ye pondered deeply for a moment and said, “Since it’s like that, then let’s
join forces and destroy everything before us!”

As soon as he finished speaking, he suddenly drew his intent sword, and a beam
of violet sword energy flashed forward. Everywhere it passed, all the Gold
Guards which came into contact with it instantly fell to the ground, and it
slaughtered around 10 Gold Guards before 3 Super Gold Guards jointly
dispersed!
Yang Ye stomped his right foot against the ground, and he transformed into a
ray of light that shot towards the group of Gold Guards. Meanwhile, An Nanjing
transformed into a ray of golden light that flew by his side!

Bang!

As soon as they charged into the group of Gold Guards, numerous explosions
resounded incessantly, and then Gold Guard after Gold Guard were ceaselessly
blasted towards the surroundings.

An Nanjing was clearly extremely terrifying while she had Skysplit in her grasp.
Any Gold Guard that was struck by her spear would instantly have countless
cracks appear on its armor…. Not a single Gold Guard could take 2 blows from
her spear!

As for Yang Ye, the incessant supply of energy supplied by his extreme-grade
energy stones allowed him to execute 2 attacks which consisted of overlapped
Heavenrends every 15 minutes. Moreover, the heads of over 10 Gold Guards
would fly into the air with every attack he executed.

It was a slaughter!

The terrifying Gold Guards that used to be at the Monarch Realm were simply
like sheep waiting to be slaughtered when facing An Nanjing and Yang Ye’s joint
forces. It was a complete and utter slaughter!

Emperor Han and the others finally felt slightly worried. An Nanjing and Yang Ye
were truly too strong, and there was no one in the Exalt Realm who could stop
them. As for Monarch Realm experts…. Not to mention the Undertaker, even if
they did dispatch Monarch Realm experts, those experts might not even be able
to resist Yang Ye and An Nanjing!

“Grand Preceptor….” Yin Xuan’er spoke with an anxious expression, “Our Gold
Guards will be completely annihilated if this continued!”

The grey robed man remained silent for a short while before he said, “Haha….
The Martial God and Sword Emperor. They were supposed to be rivals, yet
they’ve joined forces now. Xuan’er, you’re right. Our Gold Guards really will be
annihilated if this continues, and it’ll probably make no difference even if I
summon even more!”

Emperor Han’s expression changed drastically when he heard this, and he gazed
at the grey robed man and said, “Are you thinking of going back on your word?”

The grey robed man said, “It’s not that I want to, but I’m powerless to help.”

“We might be able to stop them if we join forces!” said Emperor Han in a low
voice.
The grey robed man replied, “Unfortunately, your Exalted Han Empire doesn’t
have any experts anymore.” As he spoke, the grey robed man gazed at Yang Ye
and An Nanjing as he said, “You can stop. You’ve won.”

“Why should I do as you said?” Yang Ye laughed coldly as he swiftly drew his
sword, and a beam of sword energy shot forward before over 10 Gold Guards
were instantly annihilated.

Bang!

A spear transformed into a ray of golden light that flashed forward, and it
instantly pierced through numerous Gold Guards, causing them to crash to the
ground. An Nanjing gestured at Skysplit, and it flew back into her grasp before
she walked over to Yang Ye’s side.

“Kill!” Yang Ye glanced coldly at the grey robed man, and then he charged
forward and stabbed his sword at the chest of the Gold Guard which stood
before him. The Gold Guard was instantly blasted flying.

An Nanjing’s reaction wasn’t any slower. Her spear stabbed the chest of a Gold
Guard at the same time that Yang Ye blasted that Gold Guard flying, and her
attack caused the armor of that Gold Guard to instantly split apart. After that, An
Nanjing’s spear pierced straight through that Gold Guard!

Yang Ye glanced at An Nanjing’s Skysplit, and then gazed at the intent sword he
held. A trace of bitterness couldn’t help but suffuse the corners of his mouth.
Even though the intent sword was powerful, it was still a sword formed from
Sword Intent, and its might and various other aspects couldn’t compare to
Skysplit at all. Moreover, it was even much more inferior to Skysplit. If he had a
formidable sword like Skysplit, then it would be much easier for him to deal with
these Gold Guards!

Yang Ye shook his head and was about to continue his attack when the grey
robed man waved his hand, and then those Gold Guards instantly transformed
into rays of golden light that vanished before Yang Ye and An Nanjing.

The Grey Robed man said, “I’d thought that you were alone, but I never imagined
that the Martial God would be by your side as well. I miscalculated. These Gold
Guards of mine aren’t able to stop your joint forces. Now, both of you can do as
you please. However, allow me to give you one last piece of advice. You might
not be able to bear the consequences if you really intend to annihilate the
Exalted Han Empire’s royal family!”

Yang Ye and An Nanjing exchanged glances, and then both of them suddenly
shot forward. They were extremely swift, and almost no one here was able to
see their movements clearly.
They appeared before the grey robed man. At the same time, a sword and a
spear stabbed towards the grey robed man’s forehead and stomach
respectively!

An Nanjing and Yang Ye’s speed were definitely at the peak of their ability, and
less than half a breath of time had passed since they moved to the point their
sword and spear had arrived before the grey robed man!

However, it wasn’t long before both their faces changed!

Because both his sword and her spear were held by 2 fingers!

The grey robed man’s left hand held the tip of An Nanjing’s spear with 2 fingers
while he clamped the blade of Yang Ye’s sword between 2 fingers on his right
hand!

At this moment, it wasn’t just the expression on Yang Ye and An Nanjing’s face
that had changed drastically. Even the expressions of Emperor Han and Yin
Xuan’er had changed. It was especially so for Yin Xuan’er. Her eyes were filled
with shock and astonishment. Because she knew that the Grand Preceptor was
very formidable, but she’d never imagined that he was actually formidable to
such an extent!

Even a peak ninth rank Monarch Realm expert wouldn’t be able to defend himself
against Yang Ye and An Nanjing’s joint attack with such ease! Could the Grand
Preceptor be a Half-Saint?

It wasn’t just Yin Xuan’er who’d thought of this possibility. Countless others in
the surroundings had thought of it as well!

Chapter 679 – Blood Covers The Ground!

“Both of you aren’t a match for me!” An indifferent voice resounded from
beneath the grey robed man’s cloak, and then both Yang Ye and An Nanjing
were pushed back by a wave of enormous force. They were pushed almost 30m
away before they stopped themselves!

“I refuse to believe that!” Yang Ye flipped his left hand, and then the Stone of
Suppression appeared there. The effects of the Stone of Suppression caused the
grey robed man and all the experts of the Exalted Han Empire to be instantly
suppressed to a lower realm of cultivation!

The expressions of Emperor Han and the others changed drastically, and they
didn’t hesitate to turn around and flee.

“Kill!” Yang Ye stomped his right foot on the ground, and then he instantly
arrived before the grey robed man before stabbing his sword right at the grey
robed man’s chest. Meanwhile, An Nanjing appeared on his right, and her spear
emanated a dazzling glow as it stabbed towards the grey robed man’s chest as
well.

A strange and thin dark blue energy barrier appeared before the grey robed
man when their attacks were just over a dozen centimeters away from the grey
robed man’s chest.

Bang!

The barrier shook violently from the collision and countless cracks appeared on
it. Moreover, the grey robed man who stood behind it was forced to take 5 steps
backward.

“Break!” Yang Ye suddenly twisted his right hand, and the barrier instantly
shattered apart before his sword and An Nanjing’s spear stabbed swiftly at the
grey robed man who was exposed now.

The grey robed man slowly clenched his fists, and then numerous strange dark
blue symbols appeared on his hands. He finally smashed his fists against the tips
of their weapons when Yang Ye and An Nanjing’s attacks arrived before him!

Bang!

The ground in an area of over 1km around the grey robed man rumbled as it
collapsed, but the grey robed man didn’t move at all.

Yang Ye and An Nanjing’s pupils constricted because his strength was much
more formidable than they’d imagined!

“Back!” The grey robed man shouted, and then both An Nanjing and Yang Ye’s
weapons suddenly warped at a strange angle before both of them moved over
30m back.

A wisp of a ferocious expression flashed through Yang Ye’s eyes as he swiftly

sheathed his intent sword, and then immediately drew it. A beam of violet sword
energy flashed forward and instantly appeared in front of the grey robed man.
The powerful Sword Intent and terrifying strength contained within the violet
sword energy caused the space around the grey robed man to be severely
warped.

However, the grey robed man still remained completely motionless and steady
like a mountain!~

The grey robed man clenched his fists once more when the sword energy was
only a few centimeters away, and then he smashed them against it!

Bang!
The sword energy was blasted apart while the grey robed man took over 10
steps back!

Yang Ye’s pupils constricted. He actually resisted it!  That attack just now had 6
Heavenrends overlapped within it, and it was even enhanced with the 3rd stage
of the Critical Strike technique! Yang Ye was very confident that even a ninth
rank Monarch Realm expert wouldn’t be able to resist that attack with such ease.
However, the grey robed man had succeeded, and it was even after he’d
activated the Stone of Suppression!

Who exactly is he?

An Nanjing’s expression had turned serious as well, and she tightened her grip
on Skysplit.

The grey robed man glanced at his hands. There was a bleeding scar on them.
He said, “I never expected that you would actually be able to injure me. Looks
like I still underestimated you. Let’s leave today’s matter as it is. You can forget
about killing me as well. Because unless your master acts against me, otherwise
no one on this continent is able to kill me. It’s impossible even if you join forces
with that little girl. Perhaps you can give it a try once both of you have attained
the Monarch Realm!”

“You’re a Half-Saint!” Yang Ye spoke in a low voice.

The grey robed man replied, “Yang Ye, your character is the reason you possess
such attainments in the Sword Dao, but you’ll also encounter a huge amount of
trouble because of it. The headstrong never live long, it’s a principle that’s
existed since the ancient times. If you don’t know how to act according to the
situation, then your future will be filled with trouble. That’s all I have to say. Do
as you please!” The grey robed man and Yin Xuan’er vanished once he finished
speaking.

Yang Ye remained silent on the spot for a short while, and then he said, “The
southern territory would have instantly lost 2 enemies and gained 2 allies if I
agreed just now. But I didn’t agree because I wanted to destroy the Exalted Han
Empire’s royal family. Besides this incident, there have been many similar
incidents in the past. They wouldn’t have developed to the worst possible
scenario if I was able to be flexible. An Nanjing, was I wrong?”

An Nanjing walked over to face Yang Ye, and then she stretched out a finger and
pointed it at Yang Ye’s chest. She said, “Right or wrong isn’t important, what’s
important is that your own conscience is clear. Ask yourself if you would feel
guilty from annihilating the Exalted Han Empire!”

Yang Ye shook his head. The Exalted Han Empire had acted against him on more
than one occasion with the intention of killing him. He’d wanted to avenge that
enmity for a long time. So, how could he possibly feel guilty? Moreover, he
refused to believe the Exalted Han Empire, even if it surrendered!

An Nanjing said, “Since it’s like that, then why care about what he said? Since
there’s no guilt or fear in your heart, then you should advance courageously. I’ll
be there with you!”

Yang Ye fell silent for a while before he smiled, “You’re right. If I agreed just now,
then I might have gained 2 allies, but that wouldn’t be what I desire. Moreover,
how could I, Yang Ye, submit to another’s threats? So, let’s go. I intend to
personally bury this ancient empire that has existed for over 10,000 years!”

Rumble!

Suddenly, the entire ground started to tremble as a wave of rapid rumbling

resounded from within the city.

An Nanjing and Yang Ye raised their heads and looked towards the source of the
rumbling. They saw a group of dark golden armored cavalry charging towards
them with jet-black spears in their hands. The cavalry was over 500 men strong,
and every single one of them was at the ninth rank of the Exalt Realm. Moreover,
their mounts were Exalt Rank Crimsonflame Horses.

Crimsonflame Horses were enormous and had a horn that was strong as steel
on their heads. Of course, the most important ability they possessed was their
speed. Because their full speed was capable of rivalling the wind!

The cavalry stopped over 1km away from Yang Ye and An Nanjing, but the
imposing aura emanated from the cavalry caused both An Nanjing and Yang Ye
to frown.

Their aura was like a storm that caused both Yang Ye and An Nanjing to feel
slightly suffocated even if they were so far away from the cavalry. Because the
cavalry felt like a mountain that was falling down towards them!

“The Crimsonsky Cavalry!” An Nanjing’s profound energy surged as she spoke,

“This cavalry is one of the Exalted Han Empire’s last remaining trump cards. Even
though all of them are at the Exalt Realm, they aren’t weaker than Monarch
Realm experts. Especially when they start moving at full speed, even ninth rank
Monarch Realm experts dare not fight them head-on!”

Yang Ye nodded, he’d realized that they weren’t an ordinary cavalry just from the
imposing aura they emanated. He flipped his wrist and an intent sword
appeared in his grasp, and then his 12th level Sword Intent surged out from
within him and formed a barrier of Sword Intent that isolated them from the
cavalry’s formidable aura.
“Kill!” The members of the cavalry pointed their spears towards the sky as they
roared furiously, and their voices were like a thunderclap that resounded
through the sky.

Swoosh!

Meanwhile, An Nanjing’s Skysplit transformed into a ray of golden light that

flashed forward like a shooting star, and then over a dozen soldiers fell from
their Crimsonflame Horses.

An Nanjing moved her right foot backward a little, and then suddenly stomped it
against the ground. Her figure shot forward like a cannonball. She instantly
arrived before the cavalry in the lead of the group, and then her right knee
smashed against his head. That soldier’s figure smashed against a few more
soldiers behind him, and they were blasted away along with him. Moreover,
their fates were unknown!

After she blasted a few of them away, An Nanjing tapped her right foot against
the back of the Crimsonflame Horse beneath her, and it immediately exploded
apart. Meanwhile, An Nanjing’s figure shot forward again while a few soldiers
were blasted flying….

Yang Ye took a deep breath, and then his figure flashed and charged into the
group as well. Countless strands of sword energy flashed incessantly through
the cavalry as he swung his intent sword swiftly. Practically every single strand of
sword energy took the head of a soldier with it, but none of them fled, and it was
even to the extent that not a single shrill cry resounded!

It was a fight to the death!

The strength Yang Ye and An Nanjing’s joint forces revealed was practically
invincible. However, the cavalries were fearless, and they immediately charged
forward and replaced their fallen comrades.

Yang Ye and An Nanjing didn’t hold back at all. Every single one of their attacks
was ruthless, and every single attack would reap a life.

As he watched An Nanjing and Yang Ye reap their lives like gods of death,
Emperor Han’s face turned gloomy while the experts by his side revealed
astonishment. Moreover, all of their eyes were filled with terror.

When almost half of the cavalry had been annihilated, Emperor Han suddenly
turned around and gazed at those experts behind him, “All of you can leave. You
can surrender if you want. Yang Ye intends to annihilate the royal family. He
won’t annihilate all of you if you don’t resist!”

“Emperor!” Those experts were horrified, and they hurriedly bowed to Emperor
Han and said, “We’re willing to live and die with you!”
Emperor Han waved his hand and said, “The fact that all of you are still here
right now is sufficient proof of your loyalty. I’m not testing all of you. Even
Monarch Realm experts aren’t able to stop Yang Ye and An Nanjing. Staying here
is no different than giving your lives away. Go on. Just leave.”

“Emperor Han, we may not necessarily lose!” One of the generals said in a low
voice, “Emperor Han, please dispatch the Dragon Guard and Blood Guard. Allow
them to join forces with the Crimsonsky Cavalry!”

Emperor Han shook his head and said, “The Exalted Han Empire is as good as
lost. It’s powerless to turn the situation around. There’s still time for all of you to
leave. It might be too late if you don’t act now.”

That general continued, “Emperor, all of us who’re still standing by your side
right now would rather die than betray you. So, please don’t say such things
again. We’re willing to live and die with you!”

Emperor Han gazed at them for a short while before he turned around and flew
towards the palace while he said, “I’m returning to the palace. Order the Dragon
Guard and Blood Guard to stop Yang Ye and An Nanjing. Since Yang Ye wants to
destroy my Exalted Han Empire, then I’ll bury the entire continent with us!”

Hiss!

As the head of the last member of the Crimsonsky Cavalry was chopped off, all
the soldiers and their mounts were annihilated!

Blood covered the entire ground before the city gate!!

Yang Ye turned around to gaze at An Nanjing who stood by his side, and then he
stretched out his hand and wiped off the single drop of blood on her jade white
face. After that, he turned back around and walked towards the city gate with his
intent sword which was already dyed dark red from the slaughter.

An Nanjing remained silent for a moment before she followed him forward.

Chapter 680 – Yang Ye Is Going To Cause A Calamity!

“He’s going to cause a calamity!” The grey robed man spoke solemnly while he
stood somewhere outside the city. Yin Xuan’er who was still shocked by the
scene of Yang Ye and An Nanjing slaughtering the Crimsonsky Cavalry stood by
his side.

Yin Xuan’er recovered from her shock upon hearing him, and she said, “Grand
Preceptor, will you not stop him?”
The grey robed man shook his head, “I can’t. He’s an extremely vengeful person.
If I do stop him by force, then I’ll receive his vengeance in return. I’m not willing
to pay such a price, and I can’t pay it either.”

Yin Xuan’er frowned and said, “I don’t understand. The Exalted Han Empire is
almost powerless, and it doesn’t have a single Half-Saint anymore. So, what
exactly are you afraid of? Could it be that the Exalted Han Empire has some
other trump card?”

The grey robed man replied, “Just watch, you’ll know soon enough. Let me see
how the Undertaker will deal with it!”

Yin Xuan’er fell silent, and then she gazed towards the distance.

Yang Ye and An Nanjing stopped after they passed through the entrance
because over 10,000 soldiers of the Exalted Han Empire were standing before
them. All of them were fully armed and prepared for combat!

“Move aside!” Yang Ye spoke with an indifferent expression. The intent sword in
his hand had turned red from the blood of his enemies, and the bloody aura it
emanated from simple nauseating!

“We vow to protect Emperor Han to the death!” All of them roared furiously in
unison, and then they charged at Yang Ye and An Nanjing.

“As you wish!” Yang Ye swept his intent sword forward, and then a ray of violet
light flashed forward. Over 100 soldiers were instantly slashed into two.

Meanwhile, An Nanjing attacked as well, and the images of Skysplit covered the
sky as they enveloped down towards those soldiers.

A slaughter!

It was still a slaughter!

The strongest amongst them were merely ordinary Exalt Realm profounders,
and most of them were at the Spirit Realm and King Realm. How could
profounders of such level rival the strength of Yang Ye and An Nanjing’s joint
forces? Every single attack they executed would reap the lives of over 100
soldiers. However, it didn’t cause those soldiers to retreat. Conversely, they
acted just like the Crimsonsky Cavalry from before, and they pounced at Yang Ye
and An Nanjing in succession!

Of course, their actions didn’t make Yang Ye and An Nanjing stop at all. It was
especially so for Yang Ye. His attacks grew more and more ruthless. Moreover,
his eyes had turned scarlet red. He simply seemed like a god of death!

Yin Xuan’er sighed softly and said, “What a pity! They’re so loyal to the Exalted
Han Empire!”
The grey robed man said, “The Exalted Han Empire has existed for so long, and
it’s beloved and supported by the inhabitants of the central territory. It was Luo
Jun’s fault that it offended a maleficent existence like Yang Ye. But even then, it
still isn’t capable of affecting the empire’s status in the hearts of its soldiers.
Unfortunately, they who are weak like ants can only use their lives to display
their loyalty.”

“Weren’t there many who acted similarly when our Shang Dynasty was
annihilated?” Yin Xuan’er spoke softly.

The grey robed man fell silent for a short while before he said, “Xuan’er, I know
you blame me for abandoning the Shang Dynasty all those years ago and
causing both your parents’ deaths. But I didn’t abandon the Shang Dynasty
because I wanted to, I had no choice but to do so because of certain reasons.
You’ll have the chance to find out about all of it in the future!”

Yin Xuan’er remained silent.

The grey robed man continued, “Xuan’er, I know you want to reestablish the
kingdom, but it’s best for you to discard such thoughts. Because it’s meaningless
even if you unify the entire continent. Look further. The world is huge. It’s much
larger than you’ve ever imagined, and it’s much more marvelous as well!”

Yin Xuan’er spoke softly, “Grand Preceptor, the more I know, the more I’m
unable to truly understand you!”

He replied, “I have no ill intent towards you, or you wouldn’t be alive now. I
watched you grow up, and I hope that you’ll have a good life.”

Yin Xuan’er glanced at him, and then she shot her gaze at Yang Ye and An
Nanjing.

At this moment, corpses covered the ground at the city’s entrance. The blood on
the ground had converged into a pool, and the smell of blood curled up into the
air and could be clearly sensed from a few kilometers away.

Not a single one of those 10,000 soldiers remained! Everything single one of
them had been annihilated!

Yang Ye’s hair was scarlet red now, and the intent sword in his hand simply
seemed like a sword made of blood. It was a shocking red color. Countless
strands of baleful energy were surging throughout his body, and it made him
seem like a devil.

An Nanjing was in a slightly better state. After all, she was a woman, so she tried
her best to avoid being tainted by the aura of blood as she killed. Even then, she
still seemed like a female devil right now. Skysplit had been dyed red like a spear
of blood, and her white robe was mottled with spots of scarlet red blood.
Moreover, her ponytail had even turned red as well!

Yang Ye turned around to gaze at An Nanjing, and the scarlet red in his eyes
dispersed as he said, “Do you like killing?”

An Nanjing pondered briefly and said, “I don’t, but I don’t hate it!”

Yang Ye stated, “This is a path of blood. Do you really intend to follow me on it?”

“I’ll still kill them all even if another 100,000 appear before us!” An Nanjing stared
at him in the eyes as she spoke calmly, but her voice carried determination that
was beyond any doubt!

Yang Ye roared with laughter and said, “Alright, I’ll kill everyone that the Exalted
Han Empire sends to stop me! Kill! Kill until corpses cover the ground! Fight!
Fight to the point of supremacy!” His voice swiftly resounded under the effects of
his profound energy, and it only took a moment for an area of a few hundred
kilometers to be filled with Yang Ye’s voice.

Suddenly, 100 profounders in red cloaks who held sickles in their hands had
appeared in the distant, and the blood and baleful energy around Yang Ye and
An Nanjing actually started trembling upon their arrival.

“This is the Exalted Han Empire’s Blood Guard. The League of Doom in the
southern territory are a part of them. They’re very mysterious. Even my An Clan
has very little information about them. We’re only aware that the technique they
cultivate is very mysterious and strange. The Blood Guard are never dispatched
rashly unless the Exalted Han Empire faces annihilation because the Blood
Guard and the Dragon Guard are the final trump cards of the Exalted Han
Empire!” said An Nanjing.

Roar!

Suddenly, a dragon roar resounded from the horizon, and then a group of
enormous dragons that were like small hills appeared within Yang Ye and An
Nanjing’s fields of vision. There were an entire 100 of them, and they blotted out
the sky as they appeared in the air. Moreover, a black armored profounder who
carried a longbow in their grasps and a quiver on their backs were standing on
the backs of every single one of those dragons!

Yang Ye’s brows knit together slightly because the dragons weren’t alive. They
were bone dragons; they were skeletons just like the Corpse Ancestor!

“Yang Ye!” Meanwhile, a profounder in blood red clothes walked out from the
group of Blood Guards. His dressing was unlike the other Blood Guards because
his cloak was dark red in color, and his sickle was much larger than the others!
He walked slowly as he led the group forward towards Yang Ye, and he spoke as
he traveled, “We’re aware that both you and that woman are very strong, and it’s
very likely that your joint forces will annihilate us. However, I guarantee that we’ll
definitely be able to make both of you pay a horrible price before that happens!”

“I guarantee that you won’t have the chance!” As soon as he finished speaking,
Yang Ye had arrived before that leader of the Blood Guard. At the same time, the
scarlet red intent sword in his hand had instantly arrived before that Blood
Guard’s chest!

The Blood Guard’s reaction wasn’t slow at all. The sickle in his hand was
suddenly swung downward when Yang Ye arrived in front of him, and it
smashed against Yang Ye’s intent sword.

Bang!

The sickle trembled violently while the Blood Guard took over 10 steps
backward, whereas, Yang Ye remained on the spot. Right when Yang Ye intended
to use the advantage he gained and follow up with another attack, almost 100
rays of blood red light suddenly formed a dense mass that slashed down
towards him.

Yang Ye’s eyes narrowed slightly as he swiftly swung the intent sword in his
hand.

Bang!

The mass of blood red light was blasted apart as Yang Ye took a few dozen steps
back, and the intent sword in his hand had actually started to crack apart!

Swoosh!

Suddenly, a golden arrow shot down from the sky, and it instantly arrived before
Yang Ye. Yang Ye’s eyes narrowed slightly as he stabbed the intent sword
upward against the tip of the arrow!

Bang!

Both his intent sword and the arrow exploded apart at the same time, and the
powerful impact of the collision caused Yang Ye to take around 10 steps back.

Yang Ye raised his head to look up into the sky, and he saw a black armored man
looking at him from afar. Obviously, the arrow had come from him.

Yang Ye activated the Blood Essence of the Dragon Ancestor while he gazed at
those bone dragons, but it was completely useless. It didn’t take him long to
realize that they weren’t affected by his bloodline pressure because they weren’t
living beings!
“Die!” Suddenly, An Nanjing shouted as Skysplit transformed into a ray of golden
light that shot upward. A shrill cry resounded in the sky as that black armored
man and his bone dragon were blasted apart!

“Slash!” Meanwhile, the Blood Guards in the distance suddenly roared furiously,
and then blood red rays of light covered the sky as they enveloped down upon
Yang Ye and An Nanjing.

A trace of ferocity flashed through Yang Ye’s eyes as he stretched out his hand
and made a grasping motion, causing a intent sword to form within his grasp. He
sheathed it before drawing it immediately, and a beam of violet sword energy
shot forward and smashed against the blood red light.

Bang!

Both the sword energy and blood red light exploded apart on contact, and a
powerful wave of energy swept madly towards the surroundings. The houses
and ground in the surroundings were instantly destroyed by the wave of energy,
and only a breath of time passed before all the buildings in an area of 50km had
been transformed into an expanse of ruins….

An Nanjing walked over to Yang Ye’s side, and then she glanced at the bone
dragons above them before she glanced at the Blood Guards that had formed a
strange formation. She said, “Which do you want?”

“Why don’t you choose first?” said Yang Ye.

An Nanjing didn’t refuse. She nodded, and then stomped her right foot on the
ground and transformed into a ray of light that shot into the sky. She stabbed
Skysplit swiftly towards the sky, and then images of it covered the sky as they
enveloped one of the black armored profounders and bone dragons of the
Dragon Guard. Only a moment passed before a shrill cry resounded in the sky!

“Kill!” Meanwhile, the Blood Guards suddenly roared furiously, and then they
transformed into rays of blood red light that flashed towards Yang Ye.

Yang Ye sheathed the intent sword while Sword Intent surged madly throughout
him. He said, “If one blocks my path, then I’ll kill just one. If a city of people
blocks my path, then I’ll slaughter the entire city!”

Om!

A sword howl shot into the sky!

Chapter 681 – Destruction!

Yang Ye didn’t choose to let the southern territory’s army lend them a hand
because it would suffer huge losses. Moreover, he was confident in An Nanjing
and his own ability!

This time, the battle wasn’t one-sided as it had been before this. Regardless of
whether it was the Blood Guard or the Dragon Guard, none of their members
could fight Yang Ye or An Nanjing on their own, but their joint forces were
capable of resisting Yang Ye and An Nanjing. At the very least, both of them
weren’t able to kill with such ease as they’d done before this!

Yin Xuan’er withdrew her gaze and looked at the grey robed man, “Grand
Preceptor, Yang Ye and An Nanjing might be repulsed if you sent the Gold
Guards now!”

The grey robed man replied, “The Blood Guard and Dragon Guard aren’t bad,
but they can’t stop Yang Ye and An Nanjing. Have you not noticed? Yang Ye still
hadn’t utilized the Stone of Suppression or Sword Domain until now. As for An
Nanjing, she still hasn’t executed any techniques until now, and she’s been using
just normal attacks until now!”

Yin Xuan’er’s expression changed slightly as she said, “Grand Preceptor, you
mean that they aren’t fighting seriously at all?”

He answered, “They didn’t use their full strengths during their clash with me as
well!”

“Why?” She was puzzled.

He replied, “Battle is the only path to obtaining strength, and only ceaseless
battle is capable of allowing one to grow quickly. In a very far off place from
here, the geniuses of some clans would be sent into brutal training camps to
begin their training from the time that they’re capable of walking. They grow
amidst endless battle. Yang Ye and An Nanjing are very strong in this world, and
they can be considered to be rare geniuses there. However, they can’t be
considered to be at the top!”

“The geniuses of the world you speak of are even stronger than An Nanjing and
Yang Ye?” Yin Xuan’er’s eyes were filled with shock.

He replied, “Xuan’er, you must remember that there’s no such thing as a greatest
genius in this world because there’s always a better genius. Similarly, no one is
the strongest because there’s always someone stronger.”

“Grand Preceptor, you’re not from the continent, right?” Yin Xuan’er looked the
grey robed man in the eyes as she asked this question.

He replied, “You aren’t as well….”

Yin Xuan’er was speechless.

Hiss!

Yang Ye’s intent sword flashed through the neck of a Blood Guard, and then a
head was instantly tossed into a sky while Yang Ye immediately pounced
towards the next Blood Guard.

Kill!

Only such a thought remained in Yang Ye’s mind. In his opinion, anyone who
stood in his path deserved death. At this moment, he wasn’t able to release
sword energy anymore because there wasn’t any profound energy left within
him. Even the extreme-grade energy stones he possessed weren’t able to supply
him with sufficient energy. At this moment, he could only rely solely upon his
physical strength and defense!

Body after body fell beneath his feet, but his will was firm as a rock. Because
enemies had to be killed!

The amount of Blood Guards grew fewer and fewer, and only a little over 20
remained after just around 10 minutes had passed. Yang Ye had been struck
countless times during this entire process, but he’d forcefully resisted their
attacks. At this moment, he’d completely disregarded putting up any sort of
defense, and he just exchanged blows with them!

The outcome was that his enemies died while he survived!

At this moment, the advantage of having a formidable physical body was vividly
displayed!

“Slash!” Meanwhile, the leader of the Blood Guard suddenly appeared in front of
Yang Ye, and then his sickle transformed into a ray of blood red light that swept
towards Yang Ye. Yang Ye swiftly swung his intent sword, and the ray of blood
red light was dispersed while the sickle exploded into pieces. At the same time,
Yang Ye was forced over 10 steps back.

As soon as they were pushed away from each other, the other Blood Guards
instantly converged together, and their leader spoke in a deep voice, “We, Blood
Guards, have slaughtered countless Monarch Realm experts, and even ninth
rank Monarch Realm experts have fallen beneath our sickles. But I never
imagined that we would lose at the hands of an Exalt Realm profounder like you!
As expected of the most formidable genius in the Sword Dao after the Sword
Sect’s Founding Ancestor!”

Yang Ye looked up into the sky. At this moment, An Nanjing was flashing
incessantly through the sky, and every single time she swung Skysplit would
either kill or injure the members of the Dragon Guard!
An Nanjing was being surrounded and attacked, but she was in control of the
rhythm of the battle. Moreover, while she didn’t possess a similar physical
defense as Yang Ye, her combat instinct was much greater than Yang Ye. She
was constantly able to predict her enemy’s actions, so she practically suffered no
injuries at all.

This discovery allowed Yang Ye to feel fully at ease. He withdrew his gaze and
walked slowly towards the Blood Guards while holding an intent sword in his
hand. At the same time, the energy stones in his pocket were ceaselessly
emanating energy that surged into his body.

At this moment, there was no need for any words. It was impossible for the
Blood Guard to yield or retreat. So, he had to wipe them out if he wanted to kill
the Exalted Han Empire’s royal family!

Meanwhile, the leader of the Blood Guard spoke abruptly, “Everyone, even
Monarch Realm experts will find it difficult to cause any harm to his physical
body. Only death awaits us if we continue fighting like this. We owe Emperor
Han a huge debt. Now, it’s time for us to repay that debt. Disregard everything to
kill him! Stop at nothing!”

“Kill!” As soon as he finished speaking, one of the Blood Guard suddenly charged
forward, and he transformed into a ray of blood red light that shot explosively
towards Yang Ye. His body suddenly started swelling up when he arrived just 6m
away from Yang Ye, and then….

Bang!

His body exploded apart, and a terrifying blood red tornado swept towards Yang
Ye. Everywhere it passed, space trembled, and it was an extremely horrifying
sight.

Self-detonation!

Yang Ye’s expression changed a little. He hadn’t expected that the Blood Guard
would actually detonate himself! Yang Ye didn’t dare act carelessly at all as he
watched it sweep towards him, and he held the intent sword tightly with both
hands as he swung it swiftly.

Bang!

Yang Ye’s intent sword trembled violently while his figure was blasted backward,
and his legs dug open a rift that was over 30m long before he was finally able to
stop himself. At this moment, some cracks had appeared on his intent sword!

“Kill!” Meanwhile, another Blood Guard appeared in front of Yang Ye, and then
he suddenly exploded apart just like the previous Blood Guard, causing another
terrifying blood red tornado to sweep towards Yang Ye.
Yang Ye’s eyes narrowed slightly, and his intent sword shot forward like a bolt of
lightning and collided with the blood red tornado. An enormous explosion
resounded as the intent sword and tornado exploded apart, and a powerful
wave of energy blasted Yang Ye backward again….

“Kill!”

“Kill!”

“Kill!”

Roar after roar of anger resounded as Blood Guard after Blood Guard pounced
madly at Yang Ye before detonating themselves….

Chapter 682 – Kill Them All!

An Nanjing’s expression changed when she heard the enormous explosions
resounding from below while she engaged the Dragon Guard in intense battle.
She swung Skysplit horizontally, and a crescent of light flashed forward and
blasted away a few Dragon Guards who stood before her.

An Nanjing looked down. At this moment, the ground below was enveloped by
blood red tornados, and the rumbling of more and more Blood Guards
detonating themselves resounded incessantly.

It took only a few breaths of time for all the Blood Guards to detonate
themselves!

Every single one of them was a profounder at the peak of the Exalt Realm, and
the cultivation techniques they cultivated was a secret technique of the Exalted
Han Empire that had been inherited from the ancient times. So, every single one
of them was far stronger than an ordinary Exalt Realm profounder, so the blast
from their self-detonation was naturally much more terrifying than an ordinary
profounder!

As those blood red tornadoes appeared successively, it wasn’t long before the
entrance of the city transformed into a blood red vortex, and all the buildings
around it were blasted apart and transformed into powder!

As for Yang Ye who was at the center of the vortex….

An Nanjing’s heart sank slightly when she witnessed such a scene.

Suddenly, a ray of light shot into the sky from within the vortex, and then a few
thousand strands of sword qi shot up along with it. Merely an instant passed
before countless holes were pierced open within the vortex, and then the blood
red vortex lasted for just another moment before it slowly dispersed towards
the surroundings.

Yang Ye appeared before the eyes of everyone.

At this moment, Yang Ye was in a sorry state indeed. His intent sword had
shattered into pieces, blood was flowing incessantly from the corners of his
mouth, and his clothes weren’t able to cover his body any longer, causing huge
amounts of dragon scales to be exposed. Moreover, scarlet red blood was
seeping out from beneath the dragon scales.

Yang Ye wiped off the blood on the corners of his mouth, and then he closed his
eyes slowly.

This time, he understood that while his physical body was very formidable and
even stronger than most Monarch Realm experts, its strength didn’t represent
invincibility. He could still suffer injuries.

People were forgetful and lazy. There were things they felt made sense, and they
would commit it to memory at the time. But it wouldn’t take long for them to
forget it if nothing happened to jolt their memories.

The earlier self-detonations of the Blood Guard had injured him, but he’d
thought that it was impossible for him to be injured from the explosions. He was
wrong, so he paid a price for his mistake.

Yang Ye took a deep breath, opened his eyes, and said, “Why do I feel like my
path towards the Martial Dao has only just begun?”

Bang!

An Nanjing arrived by his side and asked, “Are you alright?”

Yang Ye shook his head and said, “It isn’t serious. What about you?”

She sized him up and confirmed that it was the truth before she said, “I’m fine.
They can’t harm me!”

When she spoke up to this point, she raised her head and gazed at the Dragon
Guard’s members who’d knocked their arrows and aimed at them. She said,
“Should we continue killing?”

Yang Ye replied, “Are you tired of it?”

She shook her head in response to that, “I told you, I’ll accompany you!”

Yang Ye roared with laughter as he stretched his hand forward, and an intent
sword condensed within his grasp. He said, “Of course we have to kill them. Let
me see how many people are willing to die for the Exalted Han Empire.” As he
spoke, his figure had charged up into the sky towards those Gold Guards.
“Kill them all!” There were no emotions on An Nanjing’s face as she stomped her
right foot against the ground. The ground instantly collapsed while her figure
transformed into a ray of golden light that shot into the sky after Yang Ye.

Yin Xuan’er withdrew her gaze from Yang Ye and An Nanjing, and then she spoke
softly, “No one can stop them unless it’s a Half-Saint.”

The grey robed man said, “Yang Ye’s a madman, an even greater madman than
the Sword Sect’s Founding Ancestor. His insane character will make many
enemies for him in the future. Some are those he can afford to offend, but there
are even more whom he can’t. For example, the Hallowed Grounds. If it
disregards the cost, then it’ll be able to annihilate Yang Ye with ease. It’s the
same for the Undertaker. However, they aren’t willing to pay such a price for
now, and they don’t dare to do so either!”

Yin Xuan’er gazed at the grey robed man and said, “Is that why you’re not trying
to draw him over to our side?”

He replied, “I can’t, and I don’t want to. His character makes it so that it's very
easy for him to cause trouble, and it’s too extreme as well. He raises his sword in
the face of even the slightest conflict. I don’t want to bring a disaster back to my
sect.”

Yin Xuan’er fell silent, and she didn’t tell him about the tiny vortex within Yang
Ye’s body. She hadn’t told anyone about it, including this Grand Preceptor who
she once trusted to the extreme. The reason she hadn’t spoken about it in the
past was because Yang Ye’s life would definitely be in danger if the Grand
Preceptor or anyone else found out about it. The reason she hadn’t spoken
about it now was because the Grand Preceptor seemed more and more
unfamiliar to her. To put it simply, she didn’t trust him!

“They’ve been annihilated!” Meanwhile, the grey robed man spoke abruptly.

Yin Xuan’er restrained her thoughts and looked over. At this moment, only Yang
Ye and An Nanjing remained in the air, and the ground below was covered in
numerous enormous bone dragons and the corpses of the members of the
Dragon Guard.

Yang Ye withdrew a few dozen extreme-grade energy stones and placed them in
An Nanjing’s hand before he started walking towards the distance with the
scarlet red and gorgeous intent sword in his grasp.

An Nanjing followed behind Yang Ye.

“He really should be called a Sword Demon!” The grey robed man spoke as he
watched Yang Ye and An Nanjing leave, “Not a single Sword Emperor of the past
has been so bloodthirsty as he is. It’s no wonder that the Heaven Dao is unable
to tolerate his existence. He possessed such strength and potential yet is such a
madman. How can anyone tolerate his existence?”

“If it doesn’t tolerate him, then he’ll defy the heavens!” said Yin Xuan’er.

“I firmly believe that!” The grey robed man replied, “The similarity between him
and the Sword Sect’s Founding Ancestor is that they’re both geniuses in the
Sword Dao. The difference is that Yang Ye is much more ruthless and merciless
than the Unfettered One. In his opinion, it doesn’t matter if a person is good or
bad; a person deserves death so long as that person becomes his enemy.
Conversely, while the Unfettered One killed decisively as well, he had
benevolence in him. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have spared the Exalted Han Empire
all those years ago. But if Yang Ye took the Unfettered One’s place all those years
ago, then the Exalted Han Empire would have probably been annihilated.”

“Grand Preceptor, do you hope that he lives or dies?” Yin Xuan’er spoke abruptly.

The grey robed man didn’t hesitate with his reply, “I hope he lives. Because he’ll
make the Hallowed Grounds pay a horrible price.”

She asked, “You have enmity with the Hallowed Grounds?”

The grey robed man, “There are some things that I can only explain when the
time comes!”

Yin Xuan’er fell silent, and she looked towards Yang Ye and An Nanjing instead.

Yang Ye and An Nanjing’s objective was the Exalted Han Empire’s palace.
Profounders constantly launched surprise attacks against them all along the
way, but they were killed without exception!

An Nanjing and Yang Ye stopped when they were still a few kilometers away
from the imperial palace. At least 30,000 profounders were standing before
them, and all of these profounders were at the King Realm, Spirit Realm, and
Exalt Realm.

An Exalt Realm profounder who led the group pointed his sword at Yang Ye as
he said, “Yang Ye, we know that we can’t stop the two of you. However, you have
to step over our dead bodies if you want to destroy our Exalted Han Empire!”

Swish!

A strand of sword qi flashed through the sky, and then that Exalt Realm expert’s
head flew into the air.

All the other profounders were horrified!

Yang Ye sheathed his intent sword within the ancient sheath, and then he waved
his right hand. An ancient portrait appeared before him, and it was naturally the
World Portrait. He’d asked the World Portrait to return when the Exalted Han
Empire attacked the southern territory that day. Even though the tiny vortex
possessed similar capabilities, he absolutely couldn’t allow others whom he
didn’t trust to possess knowledge of it.

The World Portrait returned to his human form and waved his right hand, and
then over 10,000 Exalt Realm experts appeared before Yang Ye.

Yang Ye gazed at Ding Shaoyao who led the group and said, “Kill all those who
resist or are our enemies. Kill and refuse any who try to surrender, understand?”

A wisp of hesitation flashed through Ding Shaoyao’s eyes. Even though she really
didn’t agree to Yang Ye’s actions, she didn’t defy him in public and nodded to
him.

“Kill!” She turned around and gazed at the group of profounders from the
Exalted Han Empire, and her icy cold voice resounded.

“Kill!”

The group of over 10,000 Exalt Realm experts tore through space and instantly
arrived before the troops of the Exalted Han Empire, and then shrill cries
resounded incessantly.

Yang Ye didn’t spare another glance at the battlefield. He turned around and
gazed at the World Portrait who had taken human form, and he said, “I’ll be
troubling Senior with taking care of them. Take them away immediately if
something unexpected occurs later. Especially Herby. She must be kept safe no
matter what!”

Ding Shaoyao glanced at Yang Ye yet remained quiet.

The old man gazed at Yang Ye while he sighed with emotion in his heart. Just not
too long ago, Yang Ye wasn’t even able to resist Monarch Realm experts. Yet
now, even he didn’t have the slightest confidence to defeat Yang Ye. Even he was
astonished by Yang Ye’s speed of improvement.

The old man nodded and said, “Don’t worry about them. I’ve used my aura to
lock onto every one of them, so I’m able to immediately pull them into the World
Portrait if anything unexpected occurs. You, on the other hand, should be
careful. This imperial capital suddenly started making me feel uncomfortable
from a while ago. I’m unable to figure out exactly what it is. At any rate, you have
to be careful!”

“Watch out for the Monarch Realm experts of the Exalted Han Empire as well!”
Ding Shaoyao spoke in a low voice, “Agreements are completely meaningless at
a moment of life and death. The Exalted Han Empire definitely understands such
a principle. But there hasn’t been a single Monarch Realm expert until now, and
that’s very strange.”

Yang Ye nodded. He knew that something was off as well. However, what else
could he do? Could he retreat back to the southern territory now?

He could only advance!

Yang Ye said, “Let’s go! Let’s see exactly what trump cards the Exalted Han
Empire has to even make that Grand Preceptor from before feel so fearful of it!”

Yang Ye’s figure flashed swiftly towards the imperial palace with An Nanjing by
his side.

It wasn’t long before they arrived before it.

Chapter 683 – An Expert Beneath The Ground!

Silence…. Deathly silence….

There wasn’t a single person within the entire imperial palace, nor was there any
sign of life. It was utterly deathly silent.

Yang Ye and An Nanjing frowned as they stood on the stone steps outside the
palace.

“Be careful!” She said in a low voice, “Something seems to be off.”

Yang Ye nodded in response, and then both of them flashed into the palace.
There was a single person seated on the throne, and it was Emperor Han.

Emperor Han’s hair was disheveled, his eyes completely red, and he seemed
quite ferocious.

“Yang Ye, do you know why the Sword Sect’s Founding Ancestor didn’t destroy
my empire all those years ago?” asked Emperor Han.

Yang Ye said, “I’m not interested.” The profound energy within him surged as he
spoke.

Emperor Han revealed a savage smile as he said, “Because he didn’t dare to!
Haha! You don’t believe me, right? Yes, he didn’t dare to. He was unmatched
throughout the continent at that time, but he didn’t dare to annihilate my
Exalted Han Empire. Do you know why? Because there’s someone even he fears
within my empire!”

“If it’s true, then your empire wouldn’t have been reduced to such a state!” said
Yang Ye.
Emperor Han stood up, and then his figure flashed and arrived before Yang Ye.
He gave the mirror-like limestone floor a light tap with his right foot and said,
“There’s a person beneath here, and he once killed a few dozen Saints of the
continent on his own. He almost destroyed the entire continent. In the end, he
was sealed by an ancestor of my Exalted Han Empire, and only the blood of
someone from the royal family of my Exalted Han Empire is capable of undoing
the seal!”

Rumble!

Suddenly, the entire palace started rumbling violently, and the ground started
moving up and down like waves.

Yang Ye’s eyes narrowed slightly. He took An Nanjing’s hand and flashed out of
the palace. Meanwhile, both of them revealed extremely solemn expressions!

The profound energy within the grey robed man who stood far away in the
distance had started to surge, and he spoke softly, “He’s finally coming out!”

“Who?” asked Yin Xuan’er.

The grey robed man replied in a low voice, “An expert that came from the same
world as the defiant profounder yet isn’t a defiant profounder. The Undertaker is
in danger!”

Yin Xuan’er’s heart shook because she felt heaviness in the grey robed man’s
tone, and there was a trace of fear there as well!

“Hahaha!” Emperor Han’s frenzied laughter resounded from within the palace,
and he said, “Yang Ye, didn’t you want to annihilate the royal family of my
Exalted Han Empire? There’s no need for that because all the members of my
empire’s royal family have taken their own lives. Hahaha! The Exalted Han
Empire and blood of my Luo Clan will cease to exist on this continent from today
onward. But it’s fine because you, the southern territory, and the entire
continent will be buried alongside us. Hahaha!”

A huge explosion resounded as soon as he finished laughing, and then the

entire palace collapsed.

In the next moment, something unexpected occurred!

The ground around Yang Ye and An Nanjing suddenly started to tremble. It

wasn’t just all around the imperial palace, even the entire capital was trembling
violently.

Countless people gazed towards the direction of the imperial palace with shock!

Crack!
A hole suddenly cracked upon on the ground over 30m away from Yang Ye and
An Nanjing, and then it slowly grew in size until it was over 1km wide.

Huff! Huff!

The sound of breathing suddenly resounded from below!

Yang Ye’s eyes narrowed as he held An Nanjing’s hand tightly. At the same time,
the Stone of Suppression appeared in front of him. He had no doubt that a
peerless expert was sealed beneath the Exalted Han Empire.

Meanwhile, Elder Mu appeared before them. At this moment, Elder Mu had an

extremely solemn expression on his face, and he gazed at the hole as he said, “I
never expected that an expert who’s at least at the Saint Realm was sealed here
on the continent!”

“The Saint Realm?” Yang Ye’s expression changed, and he said, “Elder Mu, that
fellow down there is a Saint Realm expert?”

Elder Mu shook his head and said, “His aura isn’t at the Half-Saint Realm, but it
isn’t at the Saint Realm either. In other words, he was definitely a Saint Realm
expert in the past. Yet now, there’s no Quintessence Violet Energy on the entire
continent and coupled with the fact that he has been sealed here for so long, it’s
impossible for him to still remain at the Saint Realm!”

“I can still kill you even if I’m not at the Saint Realm!” A voice resounded from
below the ground, “Not just you! Everything throughout this world has to die!”

Elder Mu said, “You can’t kill me. We’re only capable of heavily injuring each
other at most. I presume it was the experts of the Outer Heavens and the
ancestors of the Luo Clan who sealed you here. It isn’t worth it for us to heavily
injure each other here. Of course, we can give it a try if you insist!”

“Then we shall!” A middle aged man rose up slowly from within the hole while
these words resounded through the air. The middle aged man had long hair that
hung down to his shoulders, a square face, dense brows, and wore a greyish
white robe. There was a chain formed by symbols coiled around his robe, and it
chained his entire body. Even his neck was chained by it.

The middle aged man exchanged glances with Elder Mu, and then both of them
vanished at a speed which both An Nanjing and Yang Ye couldn’t see clearly. But
it wasn’t long before they returned to where they stood earlier, and a pitch black
hole which was over 600m wide had appeared before them. It was a spatial rift
that had been smashed open from a powerful collision….

“Elder Mu….” Yang Ye suddenly gazed at Elder Mu with astonishment because

Elder Mu’s entire right arm was actually gone….
Yin Xuan’er gazed at the grey robed man and said, “Grand Preceptor, are you not
going to help?”

The grey robed man clenched his fists tightly but didn’t speak.

The middle aged man suddenly said, “Perhaps you would be able to fight me in
my current state if you were at your prime. Unfortunately, the injuries within you
haven’t healed completely. You’re not a match for me right now!”

“That may not necessarily be the case!” Elder Mu issued a command in his heart,
and a black tombstone appeared before him, “I told you. You aren’t able to kill
me in your current state!”

The middle aged man gazed at the tombstone for a short while before he
nodded, “It’s a very good Dao Artifact. No wonder you’re that confident.”

He slowly closed his eyes as he spoke, and then countless material strands of
spiritual energy covered the heavens and the earth as they swept off into the
surroundings. He said, “So many years have passed, so I don’t know if the person
I’m looking for is still alive. If he is, then all of you can thank the gods; but if he
isn’t, then everyone in this world will be buried with him!”

It wasn’t long before the middle aged man opened his eyes, and a wisp of
sorrow flashed through them. After that, the sorrow in his eyes transformed into
ferocity, and he said, “He’s gone. I can’t find his aura. Since it’s like that, then
everyone in this world can die!”

Meanwhile, Yang Ye walked over to Elder Mu’s side while his profound energy
surged into the Stone of Suppression. The stone immediately emanated a
strange force that enveloped down upon the middle aged man.

A wisp of surprise flashed through the middle aged man when he saw the Stone
of Suppression, and then his gaze descended onto Yang Ye.

However, he was utterly stunned when he saw Yang Ye.

“Is your surname… Yang?”

Chapter 684 – Yang Ye’s Origins!

Yang Ye was slightly stunned, and then he said, “How do you know that?”

The middle aged man didn’t answer Yang Ye, he just stared fixedly at Yang Ye.
Excitement gradually appeared in his eyes, but it didn’t take long for the
excitement to transform into bewilderment. He said, “How could that be
possible? How could the Young Master have possibly…?”
Elder Mu, Yang Ye, and An Nanjing frowned while bewilderment filled their eyes
as well.

It was the same for the grey robed man and Yin Xuan’er who stood afar. Their
eyes were filled with a puzzled expression.

A short while passed before the middle aged man suddenly gazed at Yang Ye
and said, “Give me a drop of your blood!”

Yang Ye pondered deeply for a moment, and he didn’t refuse in the end. He
flicked over a droplet of his blood to the middle aged man.

The middle aged man took a deep breath after he gazed at it for a short while,
and he said, “It’s the blood of the Yang Clan indeed. Even though there are a few
other types of blood mixed within it, the blood of the Yang Clan still remains.”

When he spoke up to this point, the middle aged man’s gaze towards Yang Ye
had become gentle, “Are you parents still alive?”

Yang Ye tightened his grip on the ancient sheath and said, “My mother is gone.
As for my father, I’ve never met him. Who exactly are you?”

The middle aged man said, “My surname is Lu, and my name consists of a single
word, Yan. I’m your father’s servant, and now… I’m yours as well!”

Servant!Elder Mu’s eyelids twitched when he heard this. Even he couldn’t avoid
feeling utterly astonished right now.

Meanwhile, the expressions of Yin Xuan’er and the grey robed old man had
changed drastically. It was especially so for the grey robed man because the
shock within his heart had risen to its extremes. Servant!? An expert who was once
at the Saint Realm or even above the Saint Realm is actually Yang Ye’s father’s
servant?

Who’s his father?

Yang Ye was extremely shocked as well. He hadn’t expected that this expert
before him would actually know his father whom he’d never met, and he’d never
imagined that this expert would actually be his father’s servant.

“You probably have many questions!” The middle aged man said, “However, I
won’t tell you too much. Because it isn’t beneficial to you at all. You just have to
know that both your father and I were banished. As for why we were banished, I
can’t tell you the answer to that.”

“Tell me what you can!” said Yang Ye.

The middle aged man nodded, and then he glanced at the grey robed man and
Yin Xuan’er. Both of them instantly seemed as if they were facing a formidable
enemy.

Meanwhile, the middle aged man asked, “Are they your friends?”

Yang Ye glanced at them, and then he said, “The woman is, but not the man!”

“I understand!” The middle aged man was about to act when the grey robed man
suddenly said, “Yang Ye, my northern territory is willing to surrender to the
southern territory! Unconditionally!”

“Kill him!” Yang Ye remained unmoved.

The middle aged man glanced at Yang Ye, and then he made a grabbing motion
towards the grey robed man. A hand tore through space as it instantly arrived
above the grey robed man, and the terrifying energy it contained caused the
space around the grey robed man to warp. However, Yin Xuan’er who stood by
the grey robed man’s side wasn’t affected at all!

“Skyshatter!” The grey robed man roared furiously as he clenched his right fist
tightly, and then he smashed his fist towards the hand. An enormous fist that
was over 100m wide flashed up and collided with the enormous palm above
him.

Bang!

They immediately exploded apart on contact, and the grey clothed man spat out
a mouthful of blood.

“Eh?” The middle aged man exclaimed with surprise, “Energy that doesn’t belong
to this world. Looks like you’re from outside this world as well.” He was just
about to attack again when the grey robed man suddenly took off his cloak, and
then a familiar face appeared before Yang Ye!

Yang Ye, An Nanjing, and Elder Mu’s expressions changed, and there was a trace
of shock in their eyes. The shock in Yin Xuan’er’s eyes was even greater because
she hadn’t imagined that the formed Grand Preceptor of the Shang Dynasty
would actually possess 3 identities….

Lu Yuanhao!

The grey robed man was the city governor of Ancient Domain City, Lu Yuanhao!

“It’s was you!” Yang Ye spoke in a low voice. He hadn’t imagined that the Grand
Preceptor would actually be City Governor Lu, Lu Jianyao’s father!

Lu Yuanhao laughed bitterly. He didn’t want to expose his identity, but he would
die if he didn’t. He would absolutely be unable to escape if the middle aged man
joined forces with the Undertaker, so he had no choice but to expose his
identity!

Lu Yuanhao glanced at the middle aged man and Elder Mu before his gaze
descended onto Yang Ye, and he said, “Yang Ye, I told you before, we’re not
enemies. The reason I stopped you just now was mainly because I was afraid the
Exalted Han Empire would release him. You’ve witnessed his strength as well. No
one in this world can stop him.”

Yang Ye remained silent.

Lu Yuanhao continued, “Your master is aware of my identity. My enemy is the

Hallowed Grounds and not you. We can even be said to have a common enemy.”
The reason he gave such an explanation was because he knew that his fate
rested in Yang Ye’s hands.

“Let him live!” Meanwhile, Elder Mu suddenly said, “One more friend is better
than another enemy. I know what you’re worried about. Don’t worry, he won’t
collude with the Hallowed Grounds.”

Yang Ye stopped hesitating when he heard this, and he nodded, “City Governor
Lu, I hope you were telling the truth, because I don’t want to be enemies with
you for Jianyao’s sake.” As soon as he finished speaking, Yang Ye’s heart felt
much more relaxed because the human world was truly united. As for the devil
territory, oceanic clans…. Especially the oceanic clans, it had no Half-Saints
protecting it, so it was nothing to worry about!

Yang Ye restrained his thoughts and gazed at Lu Yan. Lu Yan said, “Your father
and I are from a distant universe, and there are countless clans there. Amongst
them are the 8 superior clans. Their strengths are beyond your imagination, and
you just have to understand that the weakest amongst them possesses at least
3,000 minor worlds under their command!”

Lu Yuanhao’s eyelids twitched when he heard this, and he revealed

astonishment in his eyes.

“Minor worlds?” Yang Ye frowned as he didn’t understand such a term.

“It’s equivalent to 10 Profounder Continents!” Lu Yuanhao spoke with a solemn

expression on his face.

10 Profounder Continents!Yang Ye, Elder Mu, and An Nanjing were shocked.

Because it was 3,000 minor worlds, and a single minor world was comparable to
10 Profounder Continents…. It truly made them wonder what sort of power it
was!

Lu Yan glanced at Lu Yuanhao and said, “You know those defiant profounders,
right? They’re from one of the 8 superior clans, the Gu Clan.”
When he spoke up to this point, Lu Yan sized up Yang Ye and said, “You really
surprised me because you were able to attain such accomplishments at such an
age while residing in a world with such scarce spirit energy. It’s truly a rare
accomplishment. However, it’s far from sufficient.”

Yang Ye said, “I have no intention to interfere in the disputes of your world!”

“You’re still too young!” Lu Yan shook his head and said, “In this world, you aren’t
just free of trouble because you didn’t seek it out or offend anyone. Not to
mention the world that your father and I are from, even if we speak only about
this world, your strength is still too weak. The spirit energy in this world has
dried up to the point it’s on the verge of destruction. Only death awaits you if
you don’t charge out of this world. Moreover, those fellows above us won’t just
allow us to charge out there.”

“Is it not possible even with your strength?” said Yang Ye in a low voice.

“I alone am not enough!” Lu Yan said, “Perhaps I can give it a try if I’m able to
recover my full strength. Unfortunately, there’s no Primordial Violet Energy here,
so I’ll never be able to recover.”

Quintessence Primordial Energy….  Yang Ye closed his eyes slightly. He had

Quintessence Primordial Energy, but it wasn’t much. Moreover, besides a few
whom he really trusted; he would absolutely not tell anyone else about it until
he had the strength to protect himself.

The Primordial Pagoda was too important and precious. Once it was exposed,
then it wouldn’t just be the Hallowed Grounds and defiant profounders who
stopped at nothing to seize it from him, even these experts who were his allies
might target him as well.

At that time, he wouldn’t be able to survive even if he had 100 lives!

“So, doesn’t that mean we have no choice but to wait for death to arrive?” An
Nanjing spoke abruptly.

Lu Yan chuckled and said, “Of course not. People are capable of anything when
they’re forced into a corner. There are extremely formidable figures amongst the
defiant profounders. Even though they aren’t at the Saint Realm now, they were
once experts at a realm even higher than the Saint Realm. If they were to really
disregard everything, then it wouldn’t be impossible for them to kill Saint Realm
experts while at the Half-Saint Realm!”

“The defiant profounders might be our enemies as well!” said An Nanjing.

“In the end, the Heaven Dao and those fellows above the Heaven Dao will be
everyone’s enemy!” Lu Yan explained, “Of course, the deep-rooted bad habits of
humans makes it so that we’ll never unite as one unless it’s a moment of life and
death. So, it’s impossible to avoid fighting and killing each other!”

Meanwhile, Lu Yuanhao said, “You’re very right. Humans will never unite as one
unless it’s a moment of life and death.”

Lu Yan said, “Any inhabited place is linked to the interests of others, and there’s
always conflict where personal interests are concerned.”

When he spoke up to this point, he gazed at Yang Ye and said, “You’re a member
of the Yang Clan. Even though you’re just the son of a banished descendant,
you’re still a member of the Yang Clan in the end. There are some things that
you can’t escape!”

Yang Ye shook his head and said, “Some things are too far away. Let’s talk about
the present for now. You’ve recovered your freedom now, so what do you plan
to do after this?”

“Follow you, of course!” Lu Yan replied, “You’re my only chance at returning to

the Yang Clan.”

Yang Ye nodded and said, “I don’t know if I’ll return to the Yang Clan, but having
you by my side will definitely be extremely beneficial to me. I’ll remember this
kindness, and I’ll definitely repay you in the future.”

Lu Yan smiled. He didn’t think Yang Ye could help him with anything, but he
didn’t refuse it. He flicked his finger, and a scroll made out of jade flew towards
Yang Ye as he said, “According to the conventions of this world, this is a divine
technique for sword cultivators. It’s called Lightspeed, and it has 3 stages. The
1st stage allows the speed of your sword to improve by 5 times, the 2nd stage
improves it by 10 times, and the 3rd stage improves it by 30 times! If you’re able
to cultivate it to the 3rd stage right now, then even I wouldn’t be able to avoid
your attacks!”

Chapter 685 – It’s Time!

The Exalted Han Empire was destroyed, and its forces instantly collapsed.
Coupled with the northern territory’s surrender to the southern territory, the
entire human world on the continent had truly been unified.

On the next day after the Exalted Han Empire was destroyed, the oceanic clans
and the devil race immediately dispatched a representative to surrender to the
southern territory!
If Lu Yuanhao and Lu Yan were included, then there were 4 Half-Saints on the
southern territory’s side. 4 Half-Saints was sufficient to annihilate both the devil
race and oceanic clans.

So, both had surrendered immediately.

After all, with Yang Ye’s character, they would probably vanish from the face of
the continent if they didn’t surrender!

At this point, the entire continent was truly unified.

Yang Ye locked himself behind closed doors once he returned to the southern
territory, and he constantly practiced Lightspeed which Lu Yan had given him.
Amongst the profounders in the same realm of cultivation whom he’d fought,
Yao Ye’s blade had the most terrifying speed. Because even he couldn’t avoid it
and had no choice but to clash with it head-on. However, he was certain that if
he cultivated Lightspeed to the 1st stage, then the speed of his sword would far
surpass Yao Ye’s blade!

Besides Lightspeed, he spent a huge amount of time studying alchemy every

single time.

After all, it was related to the little girl, Xiao Qi’s, fate, so he had to work hard on
it!

Fortunately, he’d obtained a huge number of herbs from the white dragon’s
abode all those years ago. So, his materials to practice pill refinement was very
sufficient.

After a period of painstaking studying and practicing, Yang Ye was finally able to
refine a medicinal pill called the Healing Pill. It was a Mortal Pill, and its effects
weren’t miraculous at all. It was merely capable of healing minor injuries like a
Healing Talisman. That was what Yang Ye thought.

However, Yang Ye was shocked once he tested its effects. It wasn’t just Yang Ye
who was shocked, even Elder Mu and Lu Yan were shocked.

The reason for Elder Mu’s shock was the effects of the Healing Pill. Because it
could actually affect him. Even though it was an almost indiscernible effect, it
was still effective! This was exactly the reason why Yang Ye was shocked.
Because the Healing Pill was just a Mortal Pill, so it was impossible for it to affect
a Half-Saint. But it just so happened to have!

It wasn’t long before Yang Ye figured it out. The Healing Pill was a Mortal Pill, and
it was impossible for it to heal Elder Mu. The only explanation was that the pill
wasn’t the cause of the effect which Elder Mu sensed; it was the Primordial Violet
Energy within the pill. Yang Ye had utilized the Primordial Violet Energy within
the pagoda when he crafted the pills, so the pills had Primordial Violet Energy
within them, and Primordial Violet Energy was the best healing medicine in the
entire world for Half-Saints!

However, it wasn’t very effective because there wasn’t much Primordial Violet
Energy within the pills!

On the other hand, Lu Yan was shocked because Yang Ye actually knew how to
refine pills….

In the room, Lu Yan gazed at the medicinal pill in his hand for a short while
before he took a deep breath, and then he gazed at Yang Ye and said, “You know
how to refine pills?”

Yang Ye nodded and said, “A little.”

Lu Yan revealed a trace of excitement as he said, “You’re probably not aware of

how important and respected Alchemists are. Simply speaking, the status of
Alchemists far surpasses the status of cultivators in our world. Even if you don’t
possess any cultivation right now, you’ll still be able to return to the Yang Clan,
and the entire Yang Clan will think highly of you!”

Yang Ye frowned and said, “There are Alchemists on the continent and the
Hallowed Grounds as well….”

A wisp of disdain flashed through Lu Yan’s eyes as he said, “Alchemists? Them?

They are herbalists at most. True Alchemists must possess profound energy of
the five elements. Even though the profound energy within this pill has fused
into it, I have no doubt that it’s definitely profound energy of the five elements.
Because only pills that are refined with the profound energy of the five elements
possess such effects. It’s even to the extent that I yearn for them a little!”

Actually, if he analyzed it carefully, then Lu Yan’s strength would have been

sufficient to notice that it wasn’t profound energy of the five elements but
Primordial Violet Energy. However, he hadn’t because he’d never thought of
Primordial Violet Energy at all.

There was no Primordial Violet Energy throughout Profounder Continent, so

how could Yang Ye possess any?

Yang Ye’s eyelids twitched when he heard Lu Yan. Fortunately, Lu Yan thought it
was profound energy of the five elements. After all, it would be a huge problem
if Lu Yan found out that it was Primordial Violet Energy.

Looks like it’s best for me to not reveal these pills to others in the future!  Yang Ye
decided that he would try his best not to reveal such pills in the future. He was
weak now, but he possesses something that all the experts in this world yearned
for. So once it was exposed, then the consequences would be unimaginable!

“You must return to the Yang Clan!” Meanwhile, Lu Yan suddenly said, “To take
back what is rightfully yours!”

Yang Ye said, “Mine?”

“The Patriarch of the Yang Clan had 6 sons and 3 daughters. Your father was the
youngest amongst them. The Yang Clan possesses 7,000 minor worlds under its
command, and 1,300 of them were under your father’s command. However, his
eldest brothers and 2 others joined forces and schemed against him. Not only
were all your father’s possessions taken back by the Yang Clan, he was almost
crippled as well. Fortunately, your aunty provided him protection in secret, and it
allowed him to escape calamity. But he was still banished from the Yang Clan
and thrown into the chaotic flow of space.”

“We can talk about returning in the future. The important matter at hand is how
we should survive!” said Yang Ye. He didn’t have any sense of recognition
towards that place, but he had to go there. Because it was very likely that Xiao Qi
came from the same world as Lu Yan.

Lu Yan glanced at Yang Ye, and then he said, “Right, we’ll talk about it later.
How’s your cultivation of Lightspeed?”

Yang Ye replied, “I’ve attained some comprehension, but there still are some
things which I don’t understand!”

Lu Yan said, “Tell me about it!”

Yang Ye was delighted as he knew that Lu Yan intended to provide him with
guidance, and he hurriedly described the questions in his heart….

After that, he started to practice Lightspeed and Heavenrend madly every single
day, and he could be said to be advancing by leaps and bounds under Lu Yan’s
guidance.

One month later, Yang Ye had attained the 1st stage of Lightspeed, and he could
overlap 7 Heavenrends at once!

If he was able to take his enemies by surprise with an attack that carried 7
overlapped Heavenrends which were enhanced by the 3rd stage of Critical Strike
and 1st stage of Lightspeed, then Yang Ye was confident in its ability to instantly
annihilate a ninth rank Monarch Realm expert!

He was even confident to face that 1st ranked expert on the Hallowed Rankings
whom he met that day, Nether Maiden!
Unfortunately, he was still at the Exalt Realm.

According to Lu Yan, he’d arrived before a barrier, and the key to overcoming the
barrier wasn’t continuous and frenzied cultivation but comprehension and a
critical factor. So long as he obtained it, then his advancement to the Monarch
Realm would come naturally. Because he was at the limits of the Exalt Realm
right now!

Yang Ye didn’t continue his painstaking cultivation because it was time to meet
Qin Bufan!

It was time to head to the Hallowed Grounds!

Chapter 686 – Just A Half Saint!

Book 6 — Heavenrend

“Are you really not going to take anyone with you?” Ding Shaoyao gazed at Yang
Ye as they stood outside Ancient Domain City. Xiao Yuxi, An Nanjing, Su Qingshi,
and the others were standing by her side.

Yang Ye glanced at them and said, “I’m not going there to sightsee, nor am I
going there to kill. So, the fewer the better. Moreover, I’ll only be at ease if all of
you stay in the southern territory and are protected by Elder Mu, Senior Lu, and
the others.”

“Why exactly are you going to the Hallowed Grounds?” asked Ding Shaoyao in a
low voice.

Yang Ye replied, “To get something. So, all of you don’t have to worry.”

“How can we not?” Qin Xiyue spoke abruptly, “Your character is too extreme, and
you fight in the face of even the slightest conflict. You’ll definitely cause a huge
commotion upon arriving there!”

Ding Shaoyao spoke as well, “You have to change your character. There are
many occasions where being slightly flexible wouldn’t make you lose anything.
Especially when you are in the Hallowed Grounds. There are countless experts
there, so you can’t just do as you please. Understand?”

“Do it for our sake! Think about us and think about Nianxue before you do
anything!” said Su Qingshi.

Even though the others didn’t say anything, their gazes told him that they were
of the same mind.
Yang Ye laughed bitterly and said, “All of you make it seem like I love causing
trouble. Good god, I’ve always kept a low profile, and I never offend anyone if
they don’t offend me first.”

Yang Ye’s words made them glare at him, and he hurriedly guaranteed that he
wouldn’t cause trouble.

Ding Shaoyao flipped her palm, and a ring appeared there. She said, “There are
100 Dao Rank swords within here. We got them from our search of the Exalted
Han Empire’s treasury. Even though you shouldn’t cause trouble in the Hallowed
Grounds, don’t be bullied by others as well. Otherwise, there are many here who
would die of pain and sorrow!”

“Herby, won’t you feel sad as well?” Qin Xiyue glanced at Yang Ye and said, “In
any case, this fellow has a few wives now, so it wouldn’t make a huge difference
even if you joined us. In my opinion, both of you should make it official before
he heads to the Hallowed Grounds.”

Ding Shaoyao glanced indifferently at Yang Ye and said, “Go on and indulge him.
You’ll regret

it sooner or later.”

The corners of Yang Ye’s mouth twitched a little, and then he glared fiercely at
Qin Xiyue before he took the ring. After that, he walked over to Qin Xiyue, took
her in his arms, kissed her on the forehead, and said, “Listen to Shaoyao and
Biru after I leave the continent. Don’t oppose their decisions, alright?”

“Do I seem so ignorant to you?” Qin Xiyue rolled her eyes at him.

Yang Ye glanced at Su Qingshi, Xiao Yuxi, An Biru, and An Nanjing before he said,
“Don’t worry about me. I have the Stone of Suppression, so even if I’m unable to
fight Half-Saints, I’ll still be able to escape. I’m not a fool, so I won’t fight a fight
that I know I can’t win.”

“We’ll be waiting for your return!” said Su Qingshi.

An Biru hesitated slightly before she said, “Be careful and remember not to act
on impulse!”

Xiao Yuxi stared Yang Ye in the eyes and said, “If you don’t return, then I’ll travel
to the Hallowed Grounds to look for you; if you died in the Hallowed Grounds,
then I’ll accompany you as well!”

Yang Ye nodded, and then he gazed at An Nanjing. She remained silent for a
moment before she said, “I’ll avenge you if you don’t return!”
Yang Ye didn’t know whether to laugh or cry. He walked over to An Nanjing and
pulled her into his arms. Her delicate figure stiffened slightly, and it was like
she’d been petrified.

Yang Ye brushed her ponytail lightly and said, “I’ll definitely be at the Monarch
Realm when I return. I hope that you’ll be at the Monarch Realm as well!”

As soon as he finished speaking, he released her from his embrace, and then he
turned around and transformed into a ray of black light that vanished before
their eyes.

A long time passed before they finally turned around.

Yang Ye stood on a sword as he shot towards the southern sea at an extremely

swift speed. The violet mink was on his shoulder while Lei Lin who held a spirit
fruit with both hands was standing in front of him.

He didn’t want to take them with him as well. However, he had no other choice
because they were adamant on coming. Especially the violet mink. He was
utterly helpless if she insisted on coming. Because her eyes instantly teared
moist when he tried to refuse, so he had no choice but to bring her along.

As for Lei Lin, Yang Ye noticed that Lei Lin wasn’t close to anyone else besides
him and the violet mink. To be more precise, she was extremely hostile to
humans. So, he had no other choice but to bring her along because she would
listen to no one but him and the violet mink. Moreover, she would only restrain
herself and not zap others at will if they were by her side….

Yang Ye rubbed Lei Lin’s head, and then his eyes suddenly narrowed a little as
he said, “Why hide if you’re here!?”

As soon as he finished speaking, an arc of light appeared over 30m away on his
right, and it flew by his side.

“You really intend to head to the Hallowed Grounds?” Qin Bufan’s voice
resounded from within the arc of light.

“What do you think?” Yang Ye replied with a question.

Qin Bufan said, “The Half-Saints of the Hallowed Grounds will immediately notice
you once you enter the Hallowed Grounds. Hmm? Wait! I’m actually unable to
sense your aura! An expert helped you conceal your aura!”

Yang Ye naturally wasn’t stupid enough to just swagger off into the Hallowed
Grounds. What a joke! Even though he had the Stone of Suppression, and his
strength had improved greatly, he didn’t think that he could fight the entire
Hallowed Grounds by himself! Not to mention anything else, just a single Half-
Saint would be a headache for him. So, he’d specially sought guidance from Lu
Yan. Fortunately, Lu Yan was able to conceal his aura, and it allowed him to save
a huge amount of trouble.

“Even though your aura has been concealed, you should be aware that the
entire world would be your enemy once you’re exposed in the Hallowed
Grounds. At that time, you’ll die a graveless death!” said Qin Bufan in a low voice.

Yang Ye glanced at Qin Bufan and said, “If I’m like you and can’t be killed, then I
would have attacked the Hallowed Grounds a long time ago. Actually, I’m really
quite puzzled. You defiant profounders possessed such formidable strengths all
those years ago, and all of you can’t even be killed. But why did all of you lose so
miserably?”

“Our arrogance was the cause of our defeat!” Qin Bufan spoke in a deep voice, “A
very long time ago, we were still considerably united while travelling through
space. But once we arrived in this region, we started to scheme against each
other and kill each other for the sake of our own interests. Of course, we
severely underestimated the experts of this region as well. Even though the
experts here were inferior to the experts of our world, they couldn’t be
considered as weak. Coupled with the fact that they gathered all the forces they
could muster, and we were killing each other. We lost in the end!”

Yang Ye said, “If all the defiant profounders escape from the seal, then would
their forces be sufficient to destroy the entire continent?”

“No!” Qin Bufan explained, “We’ve been sealed for 100,000 years, and coupled
with the lack of violet energy, our strengths have declined greatly. Besides that,
the Hallowed Grounds has definitely been preparing throughout the last 100,000
years, and that’s also the reason why they aren’t anxious even when they’re
clearly aware that we’re about to emerge from the seal. I’m most worried about
those fellows from the Outer Heavens. The reason the Hallowed Grounds is able
to stay so calm and confident is probably because they’ve received assistance
from the Outer Heavens!”

“Can the experts of the Outer Heavens descend to this world?” Yang Ye frowned.
If the experts of the Outer Heavens came here, then even the joint forces of the
continent and the defiant profounders wouldn’t be sufficient to deal with them!
After all, the gap between Saint Realm experts and Half-Saint Realm experts
wasn’t small!

“No, and they wouldn’t dare to as well!” Qin Bufan explained, “I’ll be able to
instantly ascend into the Saint Realm if another Saint Realm expert descends
into this world. Moreover, at least 20 plus defiant profounders that are sealed in
the Hallowed Grounds are capable of instantly attaining the Saint Realm as well.
Once all of us attain the Saint Realm, then we would be capable of joining forces
to annihilate the Heavenpath of this world. At that time…. Hehehe….”
“Since they can’t send Saint Realm experts down here, then how will they help
the Hallowed Grounds?” Yang Ye frowned.

“I don’t know!” Qin Bufan said, “But if they don’t receive assistance from the
Outer Heavens, then just the Hallowed Grounds strength is definitely insufficient
to stop us. In short, there’ll definitely be a war between us and the Hallowed
Grounds in the future. Hey, which side will you take when that time comes?”
Presently, the strength of the forces on Profounder Continent couldn’t be
underestimated at all. Because it had 4 Half-Saints, and there were even 2 who
could fight many Half-Saints on their own!

So, the continent’s stand was very important!

Yang Ye rubbed Lei Lin’s head and said, “Firstly, the enmity between me and the
Hallowed Grounds is definitely irreconcilable. So, there’ll definitely be a fight
between us. As for you, defiant profounders, I have no intention to become
enemies with all of you. However, I’ve witnessed how arrogant and conceited all
of you are. Thus, even if I don’t act against all of you, it doesn’t represent that all
of the defiant profounders wouldn’t act against me. So, there might be a fight
between me and the defiant profounders as well!”

Qin Bufan fell silent for a short while and said, “Needless to say, the possibility of
that is very high. Some of those sealed fellows are complete madmen. They’ll
definitely intend to destroy this world to vent the resentment they’ve been
accumulating for 100,000 years. In other words, they might just kill anyone they
see here!”

Yang Ye said flatly, “It doesn’t matter to me. In any case, I can kill them!”

Qin Bufan was speechless.

A short moment of silence ensued before Qin Bufan asked, “I’m really curious.
What exactly did you do to that black clothed fellow from before!” He was quite
doubtful that Yang Ye had killed that defiant profounder. Because it was truly
impossible!

“Why would I lie to you?” Yang Ye spoke flatly, “Let's get back on topic. Will you
be starting a slaughter or hiding after we arrive at the Hallowed Grounds?”

“Hiding, of course!” Qin Bufan replied, “My strength is sufficient to kill numerous
experts of the Hallowed Grounds, but it wouldn’t take long before I’m the one
who’s slaughtered. So, I have no choice but to hide myself and plan things out
slowly. What about you? Don’t tell me that you intend to start a slaughter upon
arriving there. If it’s like that, I’ll bury your corpse and write words of admiration
on your grave!”

“Only an idiot would do that!” said Yang Ye.

“Haha!!” Qin Bufan roared with laughter, and then he suddenly said, “We’re here.
Hehe, take care of yourself later!”

“Are there experts of the Hallowed Grounds guarding the entrance?” asked Yang
Ye.

“No, but there are guards on the Hallowed Grounds’ side!”

“How strong?”

“Not very. It’s just a Half-Saint….”

Chapter 687 – Saint Xing Yun?

A Half-Saint….  Yang Ye took a long glance at Qin Bufan who was within the arc of
light. He knew that Qin Bufan hadn’t said that because he was trying to put on a
show of strength, and it was because Half-Saints really were nothing to Qin
Bufan. Of course, it didn’t mean that Qin Bufan had the strength to kill Half-
Saints, it merely meant that Qin Bufan was confident that Half-Saints couldn’t
harm him!

“What? Are you afraid?” Qin Bufan’s resounded abruptly when Yang Ye remained
silent.

Yang Ye patted the violet mink and Lei Lin. Both of them understood his
intentions and hid within the Primordial Pagoda. After that, he said, “I wouldn’t
have come if I was!”

Qin Bufan smiled, “You’re the 1st person in this world who I feel is agreeable. I
hope we don’t become enemies in the future. Because I will feel quite regretful if
I kill you!”

Yang Ye said, “You look a little bit like me when you act so confidently.”

“Hahaha! I have a slight urge to kill you right now!” Qin Bufan’s roaring laughter
resounded from within the arc of light.

Yang Ye paid no further attention to Qin Bufan and just sped up. Qin Bufan
didn’t waste his breath anymore and sped forward at full speed as well.

After flying for almost a day, both of them finally arrived at an island.

Bang!

They’d just arrived on the island when an enormous pillar of water suddenly
shot into the sky from the ocean.

“Who are you? How dare you trespass upon my territory? Are you tired of living?”
A voice resounded before its owner even arrived. As soon as it finished
resounding, a bearded man who wore a dark blue robe and held a trident
appeared before Yang Ye and Qin Bufan.

A Monarch Realm expert!  Yang Ye sensed the aura of a Monarch Realm expert
from the bearded man. Moreover, he was at the fifth rank of the Monarch
Realm, at least. Yang Ye withdrew his gaze and gazed at Qin Bufan while the
latter said, “Don’t look at me, I have no idea as well. I never saw this fellow when
I arrived here that day.”

“How presumptuous!” The bearded man shouted furiously, and he pointed his
trident at Qin Bufan and said, “Where are the 2 of you from? Don’t you know that
this is the territory of I, Hong Man?”

“When did this place ever belong to someone?” asked Qin Bufan.

Hong Man laughed coldly and said, “Looks like both of you came here from
somewhere else. The ocean in an area of a few tens of thousands of kilometers
belongs to Saint Xing Yun, and I’m the 10th Guardian under Saint Xing Yun’s
command and the master of this island. Out of consideration that it’s your first
offence, I’ll let the two of you go. But don’t blame me for being merciless if you
dare to step foot into my territory again!”

Hong Man’s eyes were fixed on Qin Bufan while he spoke because he sensed
that Qin Bufan was a Monarch Realm expert. Moreover, he even felt an aura of
danger coming from Qin Bufan!

Saint Xing Yun?

Both Yang Ye and Qin Bufan were stunned when they heard all of this. Saint Xing
Yun? A Saint Realm expert? What a joke! Not to mention a Saint Realm expert, there
aren’t even any Half-Saints left on the continent besides the Half-Saints of the
southern territory!

Yang Ye said, “Saint Xing Yun? Who’s that?”

Hong Man moved his gaze away from Qin Bufan and looked at Yang Ye as he
said, “Why’s an ant at the Exalt Realm like you interfering in a conversation
between 2 Monarch Realm experts?”

Yang Ye was speechless.

“HAHAHA!” Qin Bufan roared wildly with laughter.

Yang Ye shook his head and said, “Can you just talk normally with me? I
promised my wives that I would keep a low profile when I left. I must keep a low
profile.”
A wisp of ridicule arose on the corners of Hong Man’s mouth, and he said, “An
ant at the Exalt Realm is talking about keeping a low profile? Why don’t you show
me how arrogant you can be?”

“Alright, I will!” As soon as Yang Ye finished speaking, he’d already appeared

before Hong Man, and then a string of explosions resounded as a fist blasted
through the air and smashed down towards Hong Man’s head.

Hong Man’s expression changed drastically because the speed of this ant had
completely exceeded his imaginations. He didn’t dare act carelessly in the
slightest, and he placed his trident horizontally before him to block Yang Ye’s
punch!

Bang!

A muffled bang resounded as the trident broke apart, and then Hong Man was
blasted over 1km away before he could finally stop himself.

Pu!

He’d just stopped his figure when a mouthful of blood sprayed from between his
lips, and then he gazed at Yang Ye with astonishment and said, “You…. You….
You…. You….” He was quite dazed from being blasted flying by a single punch
from an Exalt Realm profounder.

Yang Ye said flatly, “Can we talk properly now?”

“You….” Hong Man glared angrily at Yang Ye. He wanted to attack, but he didn’t.
In the end, he glanced at Qin Bufan, and then shot a glance at Yang Ye before he
said, “You…. Just you wait! Don’t leave if you dare! Just you wait!” As he spoke,
he’d transformed into a ray of light that vanished from Yang Ye and Qin Bufan’s
fields of vision.

He fled just like that?

Both of them were stunned because a Monarch Realm expert had immediately
turned around and fled….

“Do you think Saint Xing Yun is a Half-Saint?” Qin Bufan spoke abruptly.

Yang Ye pondered deeply for a short moment and said, “It’s not very probable.
My southern territory would have definitely found out if there are more Half-
Saints on the continent. I’m quite curious as well. I wonder who that fellow, Saint
Xing Yun, is to actually dare to call himself a saint!”

Qin Bufan spoke abruptly, “What do you plan to do if he’s really a Half-Saint?”
Yang Ye said, “He hasn’t offended us, so do we have to do anything? Moreover,
what can we do? Even if I use the Stone of Suppression to suppress his
cultivation, do you think our joint forces are sufficient to kill a Half-Saint?”

“It isn’t!” said Qin Bufan. The reason Yang Ye and him were able to kill a Half-
Saint that day was mainly because that Half-Saint of the Hallowed Grounds was
already heavily injured. Their current strengths were utterly insufficient to kill a
Half-Saint who was completely unharmed, and it was even to the extent that the
slightest mistake might cost them their lives!

Bang!

Suddenly, a huge explosion resounded from afar, and then over 30 rays of light
appeared within their fields of vision. It wasn’t long before those rays of light
arrived before them.

The person in the lead was an old man in a grey robe. His aura surged like a
powerful river, but he wasn’t a Half-Saint and was merely a ninth rank Monarch
Realm expert at most!

Amongst the 30 plus figures by the grey robed old man’s side, there were
actually 10 Monarch Realm experts if Hong Man was included! Moreover, the
rest were ninth rank Exalt Realm experts!

A wisp of surprise flashed through Yang Ye’s eyes. He hadn’t expected that there
would actually be such a force in this distant ocean in the south!

“Saint Xing Yun, they trespassed upon my island and threatened to teach you a
lesson!” Hong Man pointed at Yang Ye while resentment filled his eyes.

The old man grunted coldly, and then his gaze swept past Qin Bufan and
descended onto Yang Ye in the end. He was stunned when he saw Yang Ye, and
he took another careful look. In the end, he seemed to have confirmed
something, and he revealed astonishment from his eyes while his hands couldn’t
help but tremble.

“Kill them! They actually dared to attack someone from our alliance? They’re
really courting death!”

“Tsk, tsk! A Monarch Realm expert and an Exalt Realm expert, yet they actually
dared to trespass on our territory. They really don’t know what’s good for them.
Hong Man, you’re such a failure. You actually weren’t even able to deal with a
single Monarch Realm expert and an Exalt Realm profounder!”

“Wait, wait! I think that fellow in that arc of light should be quite strong. Why
don’t we let him join us? In any case, our alliance doesn’t have sufficient forces
yet. Right, as for that fellow at the Exalt Realm, we have no need for him.
Someone has to die when our Starcloud Alliance is offended, otherwise, it will
probably be difficult for us to deter those oceanic clans and independent
cultivators!”

The other profounders behind the old man hadn’t noticed the state he was in
right now, and they were speaking successively. Moreover, some had even
started circulating their profound energy and were prepared to attack.

Hong Man was filled with confidence when he heard them, and he gazed at Yang
Ye with a ferocious expression as he said, “Kid, weren’t you very haughty just
now? Didn’t you want to act arrogantly? Fucking do it again right now! Come on,
let me see….”

Slap!

The old man suddenly turned around and slapped Hong Man, causing the latter
to be blasted flying.

All the others were stunned by this sudden scene.

The old man gazed at Yang Ye as he forced out a smile that was even more
unsightly than a weeping face, “Are…. Are you Yang Ye?”

Yang Ye!

The countenances of all the other profounders behind the old man instantly
turned ghastly pale, and terror arose in their eyes.

Yang Ye frowned and said, “You recognize me?”

The old man’s smile grew even more unsightly when he heard this. He suddenly
bowed to Yang Ye and said, “Supreme Elder of the Starcloud Sect, Liu He, greets
the Sword Master!”

“Sword Master!” All the others behind the old man hurriedly bowed and spoke
respectfully.

“The Starcloud Sect?” Yang Ye frowned as he hadn’t heard of such a sect.

Liu He explained, “My Starcloud Sect is an Eighth Rank Sect from the central
territory. We pledged our allegiance to the southern territory while you were
cultivating behind closed doors. After that, Miss Ding sent us here to pay
attention to the oceanic clans at all times. The oceanic clans yielded 2 days ago,
so we….”

“So you occupied this place as your own, right?” Yang Ye spoke indifferently.

The old man’s figure trembled. Right at this moment, a distant expanse of the
ocean started to ripple violently, and then a few thousand men and women with
the upper body of a human, the lower body of a fish, and held tridents in their
hands shot out from the ocean there.
The countenances of Liu He and the others turned even paler when they
witnessed this scene.

“Shameless human! Hand over my younger sister or we’ll fight you to the death
even if that fellow, Demon Yang, comes here from the central territory!” An
extremely handsome man led the group. At this moment, his face was covered
in rage, and so were the other mermaids and mermen behind him.

“What’s going on?” Yang Ye frowned as he asked this question.

The old man’s lips twitched but not a single word escaped his lips.

Chapter 688 – A Rebellion!

“How presumptuous!” Liu He turned around to face those members of the
Mermaid Clan as he suddenly shouted, “You members of the oceanic clans have
yielded to my southern territory, yet you actually dare to openly attack us!?
You’re courting death!”

As he spoke, he’d slapped his right palm towards them, and an enormous palm
print flashed forward, but it wasn’t long before a ray of light blasted it apart.

The expressions of Liu He and the others changed, and they gazed at Yang Ye
with astonishment. After all, he hadn’t held back at all just now, but it had still
been blasted apart by Yang Ye. He’s only at the Exalt Realm. How could he be so
strong?

The mermaids and mermen there gazed at Yang Ye with astonishment as well.
They hadn’t imagined that the Exalt Realm human whom they’d disregarded just
now would actually possess such terrifying strength!

“Are you trying to kill them to keep them quiet?” Yang Ye gazed at Liu He as he
spoke, and his voice was slightly icy cold.

Liu He’s heart shook a little, and he hurriedly said, “I dare not do such a thing. I’m
afraid Sword Master is unaware that while these oceanic clans have yielded,
many clans are very hostile to us humans. So, profounders of our southern
territory are frequently killed in this area. Moreover, the Mermaid Clan is
extremely hostile to our southern territory, and the profounders of our southern
territory are frequently killed by them in secret!”

“Liu He! You’re lying!” The man who led the group of mermaids and mermen
spoke furiously, “My clan is hostile to the human race, but we did as we were
told, and we sent Monarch Realm experts to the southern territory after the
royal family of our oceanic clans yielded. We didn’t resist all of you. However,
you shameless and greedy humans treated us as slaves. Not only did all of you
plunder our treasures, you even kidnapped our women to satisfy your lust. At
least 10,000 women from our oceanic clans have died at the hands of you
shameless humans!”

“What nonsense! I’ll destroy all of you rebels!” Liu He’s face was livid. He
circulated his profound energy to his hands and was about to attack. However, a
strand of Sword Intent suddenly enveloped him. Even though it was very strong,
the Sword Intent wasn’t much to him. But he still didn’t dare attack.

Because the Sword Intent came from Yang Ye!

“Sword Master….” Liu He’s lips twitched while his countenance turned slightly
pale. However, he didn’t disperse the profound energy in his hands, and it grew
even stronger instead.

Yang Ye glanced coldly at Liu He, and then he gazed at the man from the
Mermaid Clan. He said, “Is everything you just said true?”

Even though Yang Ye was just an Exalt Realm profounder, that merman didn’t
dare look down upon Yang Ye at all. He glanced at Liu He, and then spoke
ferociously, “It isn’t just true, what they’ve done is 10 times worse. They take
everything they take a liking to. Regardless of whether it’s a treasure or a person,
they take it all, and they kill anyone who dares to resist. Countless clans have
been annihilated by them throughout this time!”

Yang Ye glanced at Liu He’s group, and then his gaze descended onto Hong Man,
“Is he telling the truth?”

“I….” Hong Man glanced at Liu He while hesitance filled his eyes.

A ray of light flashed, and then Hong Man’s right arm flew into the air.

Liu He’s eyelids twitched while a ferocious glow flashed through the depths of
his eyes. The others who stood behind him revealed astonished expressions as
well. They rarely spend their time in the southern territory and central territory
recently, but Yang Ye’s reputation had still spread here. When they witnessed his
strength now, they realized that Yang Ye was much more terrifying than the
rumors said!

At this moment, the members of the Mermaid Clan were shocked by Yang Ye’s
actions as well. They hadn’t expected that this profounder who was only at the
Exalt Realm had actually severed the arm of a Monarch Realm expert with a
single strike. Moreover, Liu He who was a ninth rank Monarch Realm expert
didn’t dare make a sound!

Who exactly is this human?

Hong Man didn’t dare hesitate in the slightest when he lost an arm, and he said,
“What he said is quite correct. However, most of the treasures and women we
took were sent to the southern territory….”

“The southern territory?” Yang Ye frowned and said, “I think that it was definitely
not sent to Miss Ding, right!?”

Hong Man didn’t dare speak another word.

The others behind Liu He remained silent as well.

“All of you aren’t afraid of death, huh?” Yang Ye’s eyes narrowed slightly while
the ancient sheath trembled a little, causing sword howls to resound incessantly.

Meanwhile, Liu He said, “Sword Master, we admit that those fellows from the
Mermaid Clan are telling the truth. But I guarantee that we didn’t do anything
that harmed the southern territory or you, Sword Master. It’s good that you are
benevolent, but the oceanic clans aren’t part of the human race, and those of
another race will definitely carry ill intent. Why make trouble for your own for
the sake of a single oceanic clan?”

“Our loyalty to you is beyond any doubt!” The others behind Liu He spoke
hurriedly.

“You that Yang Ye who’s called the Sword Demon….” Meanwhile, that merman
from the Mermaid Clan spoke abruptly with astonishment. He wasn’t a fool. Liu
He and many of the others were Monarch Realm experts, but they were so
fearful of an Exalt Realm profounder. Moreover, that Exalt Realm profounder
was a sword cultivator. So, he didn’t have to give it much thought to realize that
no one from the southern territory besides the Sword Demon, Yang Ye, could
make them act like that while at the Exalt Realm.

The expressions of the others changed drastically when they heard this, and
they gazed vigilantly at Yang Ye as if they were facing a formidable enemy!

Yang Ye’s reputation was clearly bad. He was said to be bloodthirsty, cruel, and
loved to spare no one!

So, the mermaids and the mermen turned pale when they thought of it, and it
was like they’d witnessed their entire clan being annihilated.

Yang Ye took a deep breath and said, “I’ve never considered myself to be a good
person, but I don’t think I’m bad either. Moreover, I’m not an idiot. It would have
nothing to do with me if all of you didn’t do it in the name of the southern
territory, and it would just be between all of you and the oceanic clans. However,
you used my name and the name of the southern territory to act as tyrants. All
of you gained the benefits from this yet made me and the southern territory
suffer all the infamy. Awesome!”
When he spoke up to this point, Yang Ye glanced at Liu He’s group and said,
“Besides that, the oceanic clans can be considered to be a part of the southern
territory now, so who gave all of you the authority to bully them?” At this
moment, he realized that everything Ding Shaoyao said made sense. The
southern territory’s foundation was too weak, and there were countless
parasites in the southern territory. If these parasites weren’t eliminated, then
huge problems might arise between the human race, oceanic clans, devil race,
and demon race!

At that time, there would be no need for the Hallowed Grounds and defiant
profounders to attack because the entire continent would fall into chaos on its
own.

Internal strife wasn’t something that just strength could resolve! So, he had to
resolve this incident well!

The mermaids and mermen heaved sighs of relief when they heard Yang Ye, but
their faces were still covered with vigilance.

On the other hand, Liu He and the others revealed unsightly expressions
because Yang Ye’s actions were equivalent to denouncing their crimes.

Liu He’s eyes narrowed slightly as he said, “Sword Master, even if we haven’t
performed anything meritorious, we’ve still done hard work. Do you really intend
to make things difficult for us just for the sake of some lowly mermaids and
mermen?”

Yang Ye gazed at Liu He and said, “I wouldn’t blame all of you if you really did it
for the sake of the southern territory. But you didn’t. Everything you did was for
your own selves. Haha, the Starcloud Alliance? If I didn’t come here, I’m afraid
the southern territory would still be unaware that there was actually such an
alliance in the southern ocean. Moreover, the members of this alliance are
actually under the southern territory’s command. I’m really curious. Where did
all of you get the gall to form an alliance on your own and brazenly bully the
oceanic clans?”

Liu He’s brows knit together while his eyes drooped, and he said, “Do you really
want to know?”

“Tsk, tsk….” Meanwhile, Qin Bufan who’d remained silent until now spoke
abruptly, “Yang Ye, he has actually aroused killing intent towards you. Hahaha!”

Yang Ye paid no attention to Qin Bufan. He gazed at Liu He and said, “I really do
want to know, and I’m very curious about which power amongst the allies of my
southern territory dared to allow all of you to do such things!”
Liu He glanced at Qin Bufan, and then a wisp of ghastly killing intent flashed
within his eyes. After that, he looked at Yang Ye and said, “Sword Master, you’re
forcing us to our deaths!”

Yang Ye nodded, and then he glanced at the others behind Liu He and said,
“What about all of you? Are all of you not going to tell me as well?”

“Haha….” Liu He suddenly chuckled and said, “Since you want to know so badly,
then I’ll tell you. We send everything to the Ding Clan! Yes, you didn’t hear me
wrong. It’s the Ding Clan which Miss Ding is from!”

“Shaoyao wouldn’t do that!” said Yang Ye in an icy cold tone.

Liu He explained, “Miss Ding wouldn’t indeed, but what about her clansmen? The
Ding Clan can be considered to be the number one power in the southern
territory because of Miss Ding. Coupled with the fact that you’ve once
proclaimed that the Ding Clan will never be destroyed so long as you are alive.
So, would anyone dare to go against the Ding Clan?”

Yang Ye closed his eyes slightly for a short while, and then he said, “I’ll deal with
the Ding Clan. So what about all of you? You’ve plundered the oceanic clans and
formed an alliance of your own. Don’t tell me that the Ding Clan taught was
behind all of that.”

“The Ding Clan gets the main course, so can’t we have some leftovers?” said Liu
He.

“Bastard!” Meanwhile, that merman roared furiously, “You damnable old

bastard! How many women of my Mermaid Clan have you killed? All of them
were tortured to death by you, yet you actually speak in such an upright and
dignified manner? You’re really worse than an animal!”

Liu He glanced indifferently at the merman and said, “Don’t worry, I’ll take good
care of your younger sister and all the women of your clan.”

Yang Ye chuckled and said, “Looks like you don’t even respect me!”

A wisp of ferocity flashed through Liu He’s eyes as he said, “Who do you think
you are without your master? Do you really think you can surmount your realm
of cultivation and fight us? All of those experts were merely afraid of your
master who’s a Half-Saint. But the southern territory is over 100,000km away. I
refuse to believe that your master’s divine sense can cover such a distance! Yang
Ye, if you want to blame someone, then blame yourself for not being sensible.
Because it’s the cause of your death.”

“Aren’t you afraid of my master’s wrath if you kill me?” Yang Ye spoke
indifferently.
“If worse comes to worse, I’ll just conceal my identity and go into hiding!” Liu He
spoke with a savage expression on his face.

Yang Ye nodded, and then he gazed at the others behind Liu He and said, “What
about all of you?’

All of them were hesitant.

Meanwhile, Liu He spoke abruptly, “Everyone, he clearly intends to act against

us. With the way he does things, do you think we’ll have a chance to survive?”

“Let’s do it!”

All of them stopped hesitating when they heard Liu He, and their figures flashed
and instantly surrounded Yang Ye and Qin Bufan from all directions.

There were 10 Monarch Realm experts!

“I was quite hesitant before this, but there’s no need for that now!” As soon as he
finished speaking, the Stone of Suppression appeared in Yang Ye’s grasp.

Chapter 689 – The 9th Pavilion!

Their cultivations were instantly suppressed by the Stone of Suppression, and all
the Monarch Realm experts here became Exalt Realm profounders!

They were astounded!

The reason they dared to take such a risk was because they were relying on the
fact that they had a huge group and 10 Monarch Realm experts amongst them!
Yet now, all they were left with was their advantage in numbers over Yang Ye!

Liu He’s expression turned unsightly for a moment before he spoke fiercely,
“Everyone, there’s only 2 of them, but there are many of us. Do we even have to
fear him? Let’s kill him and seize that treasure of his, then we would even be able
to protect ourselves when facing Half-Saints!” Liu He took the lead and charged
towards Yang Ye while he spoke.

The others felt that Liu He made sense, and they charged towards Yang Ye. Of
course, most importantly, they had no way out of the situation now!

“Hey, this is between you and them. It’s none of my business!” Qin Bufan flashed
over to the side and seemed to be unwilling to interfere.

No one paid any attention to Qin Bufan as well. All of their gazes had descended
onto Yang Ye. Because so long as Yang Ye was still alive, then it might be they
who died!
“Kill them! Protect that human!” The merman who led the Mermaid Clan’s forces
hesitated for a moment before he made his decision. He was very clearly aware
that the Mermaid Clan would definitely be annihilated if they killed Yang Ye.
Moreover, it wouldn’t just be the Mermaid Clan, even the other oceanic clans in
the surroundings might be annihilated as well. They only had hope of survival if
Yang Ye was alive!

However, they were just about to act when a sword howl resounded.

Sword qi shot out horizontally and vertically, and then corpse after corpse
crashed down from midair. Less than a few breaths of time passed before only 5
experts remained, and they were the 5 strongest experts in the group! As for the
rest, every single one of them had been killed by a strand of sword qi!

The mermaids and mermen were stunned. Is he really at the Exalt Realm?

At this moment, they finally realized how terrifying the famous Yang Ye was!

The 5 remaining experts didn’t attack. They just gazed at Yang Ye as if they were
looking at a monster, and their faces were covered in terror. Because Liu He who
was at the ninth rank of the Monarch Realm had actually been unable to defend
himself against Yang Ye’s attack and had lost his head just now….

Even though Liu He had been suppressed to the Exalt Realm, he was still an
extraordinary expert at the ninth rank of the Monarch Realm! However, such an
expert had actually been unable to resist just a single swing of Yang Ye’s sword!

All of them had been extremely shocked by that scene. One of them shrieked as
he transformed into a ray of light that fled towards the distance. However, a ray
of light that was even faster than him shot out from Yang Ye’s sword and
instantly pierced through his chest, and then a Monarch Realm profounder like
him exploded apart and transformed into a rain of blood.

The other 4 Monarch Realm experts intended to flee as well, but such a scene
instantly made their bodies stiffen on the spot. One of them suddenly bowed to
Yang Ye and said, “Sword Master, we realize our mistakes. Please spare us.”

The others hurriedly said, “We realize our mistakes. Please spare us!”

They couldn’t fight him nor escape him, so they had no choice but to yield.
Because only then would they have a chance at survival!

Yang Ye put the Stone of Suppression away, and then he withdrew over a dozen
extreme-grade energy stones and started to absorb the energy within them. The
Stone of Suppression was a formidable treasure, but it consumed a huge
amount of profound energy. A quarter of his profound energy would be
consumed every single time he utilized it. Moreover, such consumption would
continue as he kept it active. In other words, if he couldn’t kill his enemy swiftly,
then it would only take 15minutes for his profound energy to be completely
exhausted!

Yang Ye glanced at them and said, “If all of you acted in this way just now, then I
would have definitely spared all of you. Yet now, acting like this for the sake of
survival is a bit too late!”

“AH!! Yang Ye! Since you refuse to spare us, then we’ll take you down with us!”
When they realized it was impossible for them to be spared, one of them rose
his speed to its limits and charged at Yang Ye. Moreover, his stomach instantly
started expanding as if he was 10 months pregnant.

The other 3 Monarch Realm experts hesitated for a moment before they
charged towards Yang Ye as well.

All of them had chosen to detonate themselves!

Unfortunately, a ray of light flashed by at a speed which exceeded the ability of

their eyes, and then their heads instantly flew up into the air before they could
even explode.

The mermaids and mermen in the surroundings were astounded as they

watched those heads fly into the air. How were they killed?

Yang Ye had utilized Lightspeed in this attack, so not to mention those mermaids
and mermen, even those Monarch Realm experts didn’t know how they were
killed when his sword qi’s speed was 5 times faster. Because it was too swift! It
was swift to the point they weren’t able to notice its movement at all!

“How quick!” Qin Bufan spoke abruptly while a trace of seriousness appeared in
his eyes.

After he dealt with Liu He’s group, Yang Ye and Qin Bufan were led to an island
by the members of the Mermaid Clan. There was a palace on the island, and the
killing intent in Yang Ye’s eyes grew even stronger when he saw it. Because it was
so luxurious to the point it was merely inferior to the imperial palace of the
Exalted Han Empire!

After they entered the palace, he noticed that there were many iron cages
placed all around the hall, and women who didn’t have a strand of clothing on
them were within those cages. Some of the women were still alive, but most
were dead!

“I should have fucking killed a few just now!” Qin Bufan’s voice was filled with
killing intent as he glanced at the situation here.

Yang Ye’s eyes were filled with killing intent as well. Even though he wasn’t a
good person, he was absolutely incapable of doing such a thing! At this moment,
he realized how severe the problem was. Presently, the human race held a
dominant position on the continent, so the inherent greed of humans would
definitely emerge. Once that happened, it was very likely that many members of
the human race would bully and oppress the members of the other races!

The slightest mistake might really cause internal strife to arise throughout the
continent!

After they rescued the women who were still alive, they went deeper into the
palace, and they were shocked again when they arrived within a hall. The hall
was filled with all sorts of treasures like enormous pearls which took numerous
men who held each other’s hands to full embrace, a blood red coral that was
over 100m long and wide….

“Did they plunder all the treasures of the oceanic clans?” asked Qin Bufan.

The merman said, “They take everything they see, and we even have to offer up
a certain amount of treasures and women every single month. If any clan
doesn’t provide good treasures or sufficiently beautiful women, then they’ll use
all sorts of excuses to annihilate that clan!”

“Even though your oceanic clans lost its Half-Saint, there would be no lack of
Monarch Rank experts, right?” Qin Bufan said, “Why would all of you endure it
when they bullied all of you like this?”

The merman glanced at Yang Ye and said, “Presently, the human race has gained
a dominant position, and it possesses numerous Half-Saints and ninth rank
Monarch Realm experts. What can my oceanic clans do? What if it offends the
human race? Wouldn’t we be annihilated? Coupled with the fact that the Sword…
Sword Master once said that he would annihilate us, we didn’t dare offend the
southern territory at all. We were afraid they would use it as an excuse, and
then….”

Qin Bufan chuckled, and then he gazed at Yang Ye and said, “These crimes were
your doing!”

Yang Ye nodded and said, “I really should reflect on all of this. Send these
treasures back to your oceanic clans and return them to their rightful owner. As
for the oceanic clans… no, not just the oceanic clans, I’ll get a system created for
the oceanic clans, devil race, and demon race. Regardless of whether it’s the
oceanic clans, devil race, or demon race, all the races on the continent will be
treated as equals. I guarantee that such an incident will never happen again!”

“Really!?” The merman was extremely excited, and his voice even trembled
slightly. After the oceanic clans yielded to the human race, their future felt bleak
to them. Because humans were inherently greedy, so they would absolutely not
obtain peace and stability from yielding to the human race. The facts proved that
it was exactly so.

However, Yang Ye promised that all the races would be equals in the future. That
was undoubtedly tremendously good news for the oceanic clans. They would
definitely not believe it if this promise came from anyone else. But they had
reason to believe it when it was Yang Ye who gave the promise. Because they
had no doubt that Yang Ye was the person who possessed the greatest authority
on the continent!

“I keep my promises!” said Yang Ye.

“Thank you!” Meanwhile, a weak voice suddenly sounded out from the side, and
then an enormous seashell suddenly opened up. A woman with the body of a
human and tail of a fish appeared before them.

The woman was extremely beautiful. She had an inverted triangle face, curved
eyes, dark blue pupils, and dark blue hair. The most striking feature she
possessed was her waist. It was extremely fine to the point one could wrap one’s
arm around it with ease.

“Sister!” The merman who led the group from the Mermaid Clan was shocked,
and he hurriedly ran over to the woman and sized her up. He said, “They… they
didn’t….”

She shook her head and said, “For some unknown reason, all of them left after I
was captured.”

When she spoke up to this point, the woman gazed at Yang Ye and said, “Now, it
would seem like it was probably because of you. Thank you. My fate might have
been completely different if you were a step too late!”

Yang Ye nodded and said, “It’s good that you’re fine!”

She glanced at Yang Ye, and then she said, “I presume the Sword Master
wouldn’t take a liking to any of these treasures. Big Brother, get the Watersoul!”

The Watersoul!  The expressions of the other mermen and mermaid changed, and
the merman who led the group even revealed anger on his face, “Qianlan,
you….” The Watersoul was the ultimate treasure of the Mermaid Clan, but his
younger sister had actually spoken of it in Yang Ye’s presence….

The woman called Qianlan said, “It isn’t just our Mermaid Clan that owes Young
Master Yang a huge debt, even all the other oceanic clans do as well. Even
though the Watersoul is extremely precious, we can still condense another while
our clan exists. Bring it here!” As she finished speaking, her delicate voice
became slightly stern.
The merman hesitated for a long time. When he saw Qianlan suddenly seem
slightly angry, he didn’t dare hesitate any longer. He sighed softly, turned
around, and vanished.

Meanwhile, Qin Bufan suddenly said, “You’re quite intelligent to use that
Watersoul to gain a favor from this fellow. From today onward, no one would
dare to bully the Mermaid Clan. In the end, your Mermaid Clan gained more out
of this exchange!”

The woman glanced at Qin Bufan and said, “The Mermaid Clan is weak, and
there’s nothing that can be done about that! Please excuse our weakness, Young
Master!”

“That isn’t necessary!” Meanwhile, Yang Ye said, “I keep every promise I make!”

The woman grinned and said, “The Watersoul is condensed from the tears of the
Patriarchs of my Mermaid Clan for generations, and it contains unimaginable
energy. I noticed that Young Master Yang is still at the Exalt Realm, and the
Watersoul would be able to help you break through into the Monarch Realm!”

Meanwhile, the merman returned, and he said, “Even an Exalt Realm profounder
with mediocre natural talent would be able to attain the Monarch Realm by
consuming the Watersoul. With Young Master Yang’s natural talent and strength,
you’ll definitely obtain unexpected benefits when you consume it in the future!”
As he spoke, he passed over a fist sized, translucent, and crystalline ball of water
to Yang Ye.

“It can help me break through into the Monarch Realm?” Yang Ye’s voice carried
a trace of surprise.

“Of course!” replied the merman.

Yang Ye hesitated for a moment and said, “Then thank you!” He put it away as he
spoke. He was very clearly aware of the energy needed when breaking through
into the Monarch Realm. He’d utilized the Blood Essence of the divine beasts and
the Dragon Ancestor to attempt his breakthrough that day. Yet now, he didn’t
have all of that. So, the Watersoul was definitely timely assistance to him!

“I’ll get someone to deal with the matters related to the oceanic clans. Don’t
worry, she’d resolve it well!”

As soon as he finished speaking, Yang Ye and Qin Bufan turned around and left.

As she gazed at the spot Yang Ye vanished from, the mermaid called Qianlan
seemed to be lost in thought, and then red lips parted slightly as she spoke
softly, “The 9th Pavilion of the 10 Nether Pavilion’s Ice Maiden… thanks you for
this pleasure….”