Celestial Dragon Sword Venerable

Chapter 320: Immortal Fire Slaying Divine Thought, Ancient Forbidden Technique Suppressing Cangqian

This flash of enlightenment took another thirty-one seconds.

"Little Dragon Girl, thank you!"

Ye Tianling was overcome with gratitude.

"You had already grasped most of it yourself. Otherwise, I couldn’t have taken the initiative to help you achieve enlightenment. I can only perform further inference based on the information and data you already possess. It’s merely a form of assistance."

Little Dragon Girl replied earnestly.

Ye Tianling was still touched, but he said no more.

He snapped his head up, his eyes manifesting an impossibly complex light of the Soul Dao.

The light shot forth, instantly forming endless, intricate Order Chains.

BOOM—

The moment the chains coiled around Ye Cangqian, his life-and-death Guardian shattered.

HISS—

The Guardian shot out a stream of Flowing Light, which manifested in the void as the form of the Taotie Divine Beast.

Seeing this, the faces of Wan Linmo and the others in the distance turned deathly pale.

"We’re done for!"

Many of the Cultivators’ hearts sank, feeling as if the apocalypse was upon them.

Just then, Ye Tianxi of the Ye Race appeared in the distance, flying over while wreathed in blood-red flames.

She had already stepped into the Nine Transformations of Sword Void Realm.

Her bloodline was constantly converging and evolving, her Talent soaring, and her Realm advancing by leaps and bounds.

An Inheritance Secret Realm had opened within her body.

The Five-Colored Divine Light Energy from the Inheritance Secret Realm of the blood-red Immortal Phoenix Peacock Lineage was constantly cleansing and reforging her Talent and strength, improving her Abilities step by step.

Ye Tianxi arrived. Her fiery phoenix eyes were locked on Ye Tianling and Ye Cangqian, the hatred within them burning like a raging inferno searing the soul.

Meanwhile, Ye Yuemei, having followed a trail of information, had also found her way to the Myriad Swords Sect and was now witnessing the world-shaking battle from a distance.

"Brother Tianling!"

Overjoyed, she rushed straight for the battlefield without a moment’s hesitation.

That single cry made Ye Tianxi, who had been about to strike, shudder in her flaming form. A hateful light flickered in her eyes, and she stopped, holding back her attack.

Hearing Ye Yuemei’s incredibly sincere and affectionate cry, Ye Tianling’s heart trembled. A weight lifted from his shoulders, yet it was replaced by a profound bitterness.

’I only have one minute left.’

’After one minute, I will completely lose my Emotions. What a terrifying end that would be.’

This feeling intensified when Ye Yuemei flew closer. His Soul Talent allowed him to clearly sense her feelings—so fervent they were almost manic, so sincere they were suffocating—and his heart ached.

’Ye Yuemei still doesn’t know... that her father has already... undergone the Transformation Dao, does she?’

"Ye Tianling, stay your hand! Think of this as a misunderstanding between us... We can conquer this planet together!"

The Taotie Divine Beast’s Manifestation was not aggressive; instead, it began to compromise.

"Royal Father!"

Seeing his father, Ye Cangqian grew ecstatic and shouted, "Royal Father, kill him! Kill this bastard! We can’t let him get any stronger! We can’t!"

"The Ancient Divine Beast Taotie!"

The projection of the Taotie Divine Beast grew even more lifelike, as if its true body had descended. This made the expressions of Ma Liang and the other Saint Children turn grim.

At that moment, the eyes of people like Wan Jianyun and Die Xiyue were filled with complex emotions, revealing their deep anxiety.

They worried Ye Tianling would be slain.

After all, an Ancient Divine Beast was still a Divine Beast—a true, Unparalleled Divine Spirit!

"Ye Tianling, can you spare my son? This Divine King... I am willing to pay a price!"

The Taotie Divine Beast said in a heavy voice.

It didn’t use any Abilities, but its Divine Dao aura alone was enough to make the Great Dao of this world resonate in harmony, causing Laws to fill the sky and Dao Marks to tremble.

"A price? You’re just a mere wisp of Divine Thought, nothing more than a guardian’s lingering will!"

"Kill!"

Ye Tianling sneered. His Samadhi True Fire locked onto his Thunder Flame Power, gathering the Thunder Flame to unleash the Celestial Evil Heaven-Breaking Annihilation Dao, stabbing directly at the Taotie Divine Beast’s lingering guardian will.

This lingering will was strong, but it was just that—a will. A mere thought condensed from the Divine Dao couldn’t possibly possess astonishing Battle Power.

In a fight against it, Ye Tianling had his Samadhi True Fire and Thunder Flame Power, forces that almost perfectly countered it.

HUMMM—

Ye Tianling struck. His Samadhi True Fire and Thunder Flame Power formed the Killing Dao. The attack looked ordinary, but it contained a terrifying, soul-slaying power.

"Insolent!"

The Taotie Divine Beast’s will sneered and met Ye Tianling’s attack head-on.

It was a Divine Spirit, while Ye Tianling merely had the Battle Power of a Nine Source Sword Saint. It naturally felt it could crush him.

But it was, after all, just a wisp of a guardian Divine Soul’s will. How could it have known that Samadhi True Fire was the supreme Immortal Fire of Huaxia’s Daoist tradition?

How could it have known that the Thunder Flame Power of the Thunder Flame Sword Body within him—the Silent Extinction Purple Flame—was the bane of Divine Souls and wills?

The head-on collision was incredibly fierce.

BOOM—

The void shattered once more, and the terrifying Void Turbulence was ignited by the Samadhi True Fire!

Thunder Tribulation bolts flew everywhere, lightning roared, and arcs of electricity scattered in all directions.

"ARGH—"

From that single blow, Ye Tianling’s entire body shuddered violently. Chunks of his flesh burst open, and blood streamed out.

Clearly, the Battle Power of a Nine Source Sword Saint was just that. It was impossible to surpass it. The deal with the Forgotten Dust World was a deal, plain and simple—no discounts, no extra Battle Power given!

This held true even with Ye Tianling’s many powerful Killing Dao techniques.

Thus, Ye Tianling was severely wounded in the exchange.

However, that same strike had hit the Taotie Divine Beast’s guardian Divine Soul will. Its body began to crack, fissure by fissure.

"You... what is your Talent, what is your constitution?! Damn you! Damn you! Ye Tianling, just you wait! I, the Taotie Divine King, will lead the armies of the Divine Realm to attack the Sword Ancestor Star and exterminate your Human Race!"

The Taotie Divine Beast roared, but Ye Tianling was already unleashing another killing blow!

He activated Kunpeng Carefree Travel, seeming to phase through the void itself as he struck again and again, completely obliterating the Taotie Divine Beast’s Divine Soul will.

PFFT! PFFT! PFFT!—

Under such a suicidal, frenzied assault, the Taotie Divine Beast’s guardian Divine Soul will was shattered, dissipating into a ball of light in the void.

The instant this ball of light appeared, Ye Tianling activated the North Nether Divine Skill and devoured it whole.

Only thirty-three seconds remained.

Ye Tianling took a deep breath and sucked the stupefied Ye Cangqian toward him before striking out with his palm.

SPLAT—

Ye Cangqian’s body burst apart; there was no escape.

BOOM—

He threw a punch, and Ye Cangqian’s newly-regrown head exploded once more.

Each time, Ye Tianling would gather his Samadhi True Fire to devour, incinerate, and refine the remains.

「Twenty seconds later.」

Ye Cangqian had been reduced to a fist-sized, toad-shaped homunculus.

Ye Tianling stopped his attacks and the Refinement. Possessing some of the characteristics of the Undying Fire Phoenix lineage combined with the traits of a Taotie Divine Soul, Ye Cangqian was indeed proving difficult to kill.

And his time was running out.

WHOOSH—

Ye Tianling summoned the Blood-Colored Crystal Coffin from his Space-Time Soul-locking Tower.

Then, he gathered Divine Soul Runes and cast the Ancient Soul Extinction Forbidden technique to completely suppress Ye Cangqian!