Even with all his strength, he was still being overpowered by his opponent.
He was being suppressed in every aspect!
There was no chance at all!
Mo Yan looked at Ye Xuan and said, “Calling for help? Go ahead!”
Ye Xuan glanced at the Qingxuan Sword in his hand, closed his eyes, and whispered in his heart, “Qing’er?”
No response!
Ye Xuan frowned slightly and called again, “Qing’er?”
Still, the Qingxuan Sword showed no reaction.
It was over!
Qing’er really wasn’t paying attention to him anymore!
Ye Xuan, unwilling to give up, called out once more, “Qing’er?”
Still, there was no response.
He was done for!
In the distance, Mo Yan suddenly asked, “Where are your people?”
Ye Xuan took out the small tower and said, “Little Tower, I need to summon my ancestors!”
The Little Tower hesitated for a moment before replying, “Go ahead and summon them!”
Ye Xuan’s face darkened. “How do I do that?”
The Little Tower sounded puzzled. “How would I know? I’m just a tower!”
Ye Xuan was speechless.
Damn it, now you remember you’re just a tower!
At that moment, Mo Yan spoke again, “Where are your people?”
Ye Xuan pondered for a moment, then activated his bloodline power and whispered in his heart, “Dad?”
No movement!
Ye Xuan’s face darkened completely.
Now he was truly done for!
Mo Yan suddenly laughed. “It seems you can’t call anyone!”
As he spoke, he gently waved his right hand. With that wave, the space around Ye Xuan began to ripple like waves.
Ye Xuan, caught in the undulating space, felt his expression change drastically!
At this moment, he felt as if his soul was being torn apart!
Death!
In that instant, he once again felt the breath of death!
It had been a long time since he had faced death so closely!
Despair?
Yes, he felt a bit of despair!
He had already used all his strength and played all his cards, but the gap between him and Mo Yan was simply too vast!
This was not an opponent he could contend with!
That’s why he had thought of calling for help!
But this time, no one came!
Qing’er didn’t respond!
His dad didn’t respond!
At this moment, he realized that he could only rely on himself!
With this thought, Ye Xuan smiled.
Actually, he had understood this principle many years ago!
Back in Qingcheng, he had known that one could only rely on oneself!
Because back then, he had no one else to rely on.
But later, he had Qing’er, he had his dad, he had people he could depend on!
And so, he had developed a sense of dependency!
Failure?
He had never truly failed.
Because whenever he was about to fail, either his dad or Qing’er would show up.
But now, they weren’t coming!
And without them, he realized just how helpless he was in the face of true difficulty!
Helpless!
Before this moment, although he knew the Divine Human Race was powerful, he had never truly feared them!
Why?
Because he had Qing’er and his dad!
With Qing’er and his dad being so powerful, could the Divine Human Race withstand even a single strike from them?
Definitely not!
Qing’er and his dad were invincible!
Ye Xuan had been fearless!
He had even mentally looked down on the Divine Human Race!
However, he had overlooked one thing.
Qing’er and his dad were invincible, and they could annihilate the Divine Human Race in an instant.
But Ye Xuan was not!
To be honest, without Qing’er and his dad, what was he?
What was he worth?
To the Divine Human Race, he was nothing more than an ant, one that could be crushed at any moment!
The truth was cruel!
But it was real.
Complaints?
He had no complaints!
He just felt that he hadn’t worked hard enough.
In that life-and-death moment, countless thoughts flashed through his mind like lightning.
Not long ago, he had known that one could only rely on oneself, but he had only understood it as a concept. Now, he truly felt it: one could only rely on oneself.
Understanding a principle and experiencing it firsthand were two different things!
Death!
He knew that at this moment, death was inevitable!
But he wouldn’t just sit back and wait for it!
Just as his soul was about to be completely torn apart, he gripped the Qingxuan Sword and slashed forward with all his might.
A sword strike seeking death!
This sword technique was something he had never wanted to use!
Because he wasn’t his big brother. When his big brother used this technique, it was for show. But when Ye Xuan used it, it was because he was truly about to die…
As Ye Xuan’s sword descended, the rippling space around him began to disintegrate bit by bit.
This was his strongest sword strike!
A sword strike seeking death!
Boom!
The space suddenly split open, and in the next moment, Mo Yan was forced back hundreds of feet.
Seeing this, the hidden experts of the Divine Human Race all frowned!
This human had actually forced Mo Yan back?
Not far away, Ye Xuan slowly fell, his soul rapidly dissipating!
Although he had forced Mo Yan back, he hadn’t completely nullified Mo Yan’s spatial power!
Mo Yan looked at the dissipating Ye Xuan, feeling a hint of shock.
Ye Xuan’s strength couldn’t be considered weak, given how young he was. What shocked him was Ye Xuan’s sword techniques!
That last sword strike had actually shattered his spatial suppression!
Was this a sword technique created by a human?
Mo Yan was truly astonished.
Just as Ye Xuan was about to completely vanish, a woman suddenly appeared before him. It was Yan Zhi!
Yan Zhi gently waved her hand, and a mysterious force enveloped Ye Xuan. She then turned to Mo Yan and said, “Clan Leader, this person cannot die yet. He has immense research value! Besides, we can use him to investigate the two behind him! Those two are still hiding, and if Ye Xuan dies, they might never show themselves!”
Mo Yan pondered for a moment before nodding. “Fine.”
He glanced at Ye Xuan’s soul and added, “But be careful with him.”
Yan Zhi smiled. “Don’t worry, I’ll place multiple restrictions on him.”
Mo Yan nodded, then looked down at the human universe below and frowned. “Destroy it.”
Yan Zhi suddenly spoke up again. “Clan Leader, wait!”
Mo Yan looked at her, and Yan Zhi smiled. “I don’t think we need to be in such a hurry.”
Mo Yan frowned. “Why?”
Yan Zhi chuckled. “Ye Xuan wants to protect these humans. To make him comply, I think we can use these humans to threaten him. Not only him, but also the two behind him! For now, we can set up formations here. Once Ye Xuan and those behind him are no longer useful, we can destroy everything. After all, the humans below can’t cause any trouble now.”
Mo Yan thought for a moment and nodded. “Fine.”
He was also somewhat interested in the sword techniques Ye Xuan had displayed earlier!
Those were no ordinary sword techniques!
The person who had created such techniques was definitely no ordinary individual!
As Yan Zhi had said, Ye Xuan and those behind him indeed had immense research value!
Soon, the Divine Humans retreated.
Yan Zhi looked at Ye Xuan, who was now only a soul, and smirked. “You’ve finally fallen into my hands! The tables have turned, huh…”
With that, she took Ye Xuan away.
…
Divine Human Race, Divine Academy.
The Divine Academy was the only academy in the Divine Human Race, a place countless Divine Humans dreamed of entering.
Because here, one could change their destiny!
Every race had its hierarchy, and the Divine Human Race was no exception.
Only by entering the Divine Academy and studying the Divine Path civilization could one change their fate.
Zhi Xue Palace.
This was Yan Zhi’s palace. As a mentor, and a high-ranking one at that, she had the privilege of owning her own palace.
Inside the palace, Ye Xuan sat on the ground. His physical body had already been restored, and before him stood Yan Zhi.
Yan Zhi examined Ye Xuan and smiled. “I’ve placed 360 Divine Law restrictions within you. With your current strength, there’s no way you can break free!”
Ye Xuan lay back, resting his head on his hands, lost in thought.
Yan Zhi looked at him. “What, feeling defeated?”
Ye Xuan shook his head. “Just didn’t expect to still be alive.”
Yan Zhi blinked. “Shouldn’t you be thanking me, then?”
Ye Xuan looked at her. “What do you want to know?”
Yan Zhi’s lips curled into a smile. “You really are a clever one!”
With that, she opened her palm, revealing the Little Tower and the Qingxuan Sword.
Ye Xuan asked, “You didn’t hand them over?”
Yan Zhi chuckled. “No.”
Ye Xuan smiled. “Planning to keep them for yourself?”
Yan Zhi shook her head. “Wrong!”
Ye Xuan frowned. “Wrong?”
Yan Zhi explained, “I’m interested in these two items because they contain immense knowledge. I’m only interested in knowledge.”
She pointed around the room. “Look around you. These are all books I’ve written, many of which are my research works.”
Ye Xuan glanced around. The room was filled with bookshelves, holding at least tens of thousands of books!
Yan Zhi continued, “Our Divine Human Race has always been researching the Dao of Space-Time. The deeper our understanding of space-time, the stronger we become! Do you remember your battle with the Clan Leader earlier?”
Ye Xuan nodded.
Yan Zhi smiled. “Do you know why you lost so badly?”
Ye Xuan replied, “I was overpowered.”
Yan Zhi nodded. “Yes, you were overpowered, but more accurately, you were suppressed by space-time! He used space-time suppression on you! Do you know how many layers of space-time there are?”
Ye Xuan shook his head.
Yan Zhi grinned. “Currently, we know of six layers of space-time. However, Divine Humans can only cultivate up to the fourth layer!”
Ye Xuan was puzzled. “Why only the fourth layer?”
Yan Zhi explained, “Because the fifth layer is multidimensional space-time. Entering multidimensional space-time is like overlapping multiple universes, and ordinary people can’t withstand the pressure of such space-time! Moreover, one can’t forcibly enter the fifth layer of space-time because it has space-time barriers. If you try to force your way in, you’ll be attacked by the space-time dimensions. Even a ninth-stage expert can’t withstand such attacks! Of course, if one could master this Dao of Space-Time, it would mean they could use multidimensional space-time power to strike their enemies. Unfortunately, to this day, no one has entered this layer of space-time. Even some peak ninth-stage experts only dare to observe it from afar and not touch it!”
Ye Xuan glanced at Yan Zhi. “If no one dares to touch the fifth layer of space-time, how do you know about the sixth layer?”
Yan Zhi smiled. “Speculation!”
Ye Xuan frowned. “Speculation? Without any basis?”
Yan Zhi blinked. “The exploration of the Divine Path begins with speculation, and then we gradually prove our speculations. Of course, this process is very difficult!”
Ye Xuan said seriously, “So, does that mean there could be a seventh layer, an eighth layer, or even a hundred layers of space-time?”
Yan Zhi replied earnestly, “Why not? Not to mention human history, even the history of the Divine Human Race is only 800 trillion years old! But do you know how many trillions of years our universe has existed? At least tens of thousands of trillions of years! Whether it’s humans or Divine Humans, in the grand scheme of the universe, we’re as insignificant as dust.”
Ye Xuan felt a headache coming on.
Damn it!
What even was he in the vastness of the universe?
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