Celestial Dragon Sword Venerable

Chapter 309: Ye Cangqian’s Shadow

Ye Cangkun was dismissive, but he still listened intently.

But upon hearing this, Ye Cangqian ground his teeth so hard they audibly GRINDED, his hatred clearly boundless.

"I will, Father!"

Ye Cangqian answered, enunciating every word.

By now, the projection of the Taotie Divine Beast had completely disappeared.

"Young Master Qian, Young Master Kun, we will now use the Space Transmission Array to cross the Void and enter the Jade Pool Sacred Land’s territory directly. We are new here, so it’s not wise to make a big show of things just yet. Let’s first understand the distribution of power and the situation in the Jade Pool Sacred Land, then we can begin to devour it piece by piece."

Ye Wuhen suggested.

"No. We’re not going to the Jade Pool Sacred Land first."

Ye Cangqian said suddenly.

"Hm?"

Ye Wuhen’s brow furrowed.

"First, we’re going to Qingyang Town. I’ll start with the Ye Race and carve a path of slaughter all the way to the Nine Swords Sect, and then to the Myriad Swords Sect! I’ll kill anyone and everyone connected to Ye Tianling! Devour the men, and perform Absorption on the women!"

Ye Cangqian spat out each word, his hatred soaring to the heavens.

"Mortals? They’re as worthless as straw dogs. There’s no point! Are you really going to fuss over some natives?"

Ye Cangkun said flatly.

His eyes were filled with utter contempt.

"Mortals? Don’t be so quick to talk shit, understand? Do you think our father would lose more than three projections to mere mortals? That Ye Tianling shattered two of Father’s clone projections with his bare hands! He literally tore another one of Father’s clone projections apart! Who do you think is so great, you or our father’s clone projections?"

Ye Cangqian openly mocked Ye Cangkun.

He had long since found Ye Cangkun to be an eyesore.

They were at the same Realm, so what if the other guy had Nine Forbidden Battle Power?

He wouldn’t necessarily lose!

Besides, with an underestimated attitude like that, it would be strange if he *wasn’t* completely thrashed after encountering Ye Tianling’s Blood Evil Demon Body!

As for what the Taotie Divine Beast had said, Ye Cangqian had only half-listened. ’Ye Tianling is crippled?’

He, Ye Cangqian, had heard that at least a hundred times!

But what was the reality? The more people said he was finished, the more outrageously, freakishly powerful Ye Tianling became!

Ye Cangqian’s words left Ye Cangkun unable to retort. Could he really say that his father’s clone projections were garbage?

A sliver of doubt appeared in Ye Cangkun’s heart. ’Are the natives on this backwater planet really that strong?’

Hearing Ye Cangqian’s words, Ye Wuhen’s heart leaped into his throat. ’This kid really dares to say anything!’

’If Lord Divine King knew you were talking about your father like that, you’d be skinned alive even if you weren’t killed!’

However, despite his thoughts, he immediately tried to smooth things over. "It’s not that Lord Divine King’s clone projections aren’t strong. Rather, this planet itself is exceptionally mysterious, and the rules between Heaven and Earth here are very independent. They place clear shackles on Saint Level existences, and completely suppress Divine Level ones.

"Lord Divine King may be powerful, but as they say, even a mighty dragon can’t crush a local snake."

Ye Wuhen didn’t dare reveal too many secrets, so he could only offer this explanation.

"I see. Fine, do as you wish. I won’t interfere."

Ye Cangkun didn’t want to waste any more words on the matter. Regardless of who was right, using their own father for comparison was a thankless and difficult task, especially if they were found out.

Ye Cangqian snorted, deeply dissatisfied with Ye Cangkun’s and Ye Wuhen’s attitudes.

At that moment, he even had a strange premonition— ’Sooner or later, these two bastards are going to get annihilated by Ye Tianling and suffer a huge loss! Only then will they realize that it wasn’t that I, Ye Cangqian, was weak, but that Ye Tianling is just too damn freakish.’

If anyone knew what Ye Cangqian was thinking, they would probably find it utterly unbelievable.

A Taotie Divine Son, with his immense pride, actually thought so highly of Ye Tianling?

No one knew that, in reality, deep in Ye Cangqian’s heart, Ye Tianling had already beaten a shadow into him—a lifelong shadow that could never be erased.

All of Ye Cangqian’s current plots for revenge were just to erase that shadow—the shadow of Ye Tianling beating him so badly he was shitting himself everywhere.

...

"HSSSS—"

A boundless, dark power permeated the area, like sinking into an eternal abyss.

This darkness seemed endless.

Ye Tianling was in an extremely ethereal, void-like state. The process felt wondrous, like passing through the Six Paths of Reincarnation.

Ye Tianling felt as though he possessed a god’s-eye view, standing off to the side, quietly observing this dark void.

The memories of the previous battle where he had wreaked havoc on the Dragon Race inexplicably flowed forth, as if he were experiencing it all over again.

This time, because of his ’god’s-eye’ view, Ye Tianling saw everything more clearly, more thoroughly.

The performance of every single person on the scene was perfectly vivid in his mind’s eye.

Finally, the scene where Ye Cangqian was ironically protected by the Ancient Soul Extinction Forbidden and taken away by the Taotie Divine Beast appeared, shocking Ye Tianling fully awake.

"No—this will spell future trouble! With the Taotie Divine Beast’s vicious nature, it will definitely... definitely not let this go! I have to do something!"

Ye Tianling’s eyes snapped open.

’Go back. Back to the Forgotten Dust World!’

Ye Tianling suddenly focused his will—a supreme will, one that seemed to birth a Power of Rules that could warp the very Void.

"BOOM—"

The dark world shook violently.

Then, Heaven and Earth inverted, and time flew like a shuttle.

"HUMMM—"

With a lurch of the world, Ye Tianling appeared in the Forgotten Dust World.

But the Forgotten Dust World of this moment seemed to have been eroded by the flowing Power of Time, leaving it desolate and mottled.

The blood-colored environment was gone, replaced by a barren, gray gloom.

There was no color between Heaven and Earth, only black and white.

In the distance, a black river flowed silently, and the surrounding void-like world was completely withered.

"You... How did you come back?"

On the river was a decaying Skeleton Warship, drifting silently from afar.

On the warship stood Ji Tianxie. He was cloaked in a gray pallor, his hair was streaked with white, and his entire being looked decayed and ancient.

"You—Elder Tianxie, how did you become like this?"

Ye Tianling’s heart trembled, and a host of strange feelings arose within him.

He didn’t know the reason, nor did he even think to find it out.

"Hmph. What I’ve become is not important. You must not come to the Forgotten Dust World unless absolutely necessary.

"That you were still able to come... Your will..."

Ji Tianxie was clearly very surprised, but when he considered the strength of Ye Tianling’s will, he gradually came to accept it.

"I can’t go back just like this. Without my Demon Heart Sword Body, I am only at the Half-step Sword Spirit Realm. Under these stricter rules, and having stepped into the Three Realms, Five Elements, and Six Paths, I can no longer cross swords with the Sword Ancestor. I’m not even a match for a Sword Tribulation.

"That’s not important, and I am not afraid.

"But the crisis with the Taotie Divine Beast has not been resolved. He will definitely return with a vengeance. Given Ye Cangqian’s nature, he will surely go on a mad slaughter."

Ye Tianling said in a low voice.