What civilisation does Qing’er belong to?
Ye Xuan genuinely didn’t know, in his view, Qing’er was simply invincible, from the moment he met her until now, Qing’er had always been invincible!
When he encountered the Divine Human Clan, he had initially thought that the clan which created humanity might break Qing’er’s myth of invincibility, however, the facts proved that even this Divine Human Clan, which had created humanity, was like ants before Qing’er.
Just how strong was she?
He didn’t know, whenever he asked, the answer was always invincible!
Hearing Ye Xuan’s words, the Spirit King was momentarily stunned, then he fell silent.
Invincible!
In his opinion, calling someone invincible was somewhat exaggerated, but the strength of the person who forged that sword was undeniable, they were at least a powerhouse from a Level 5 civilisation!
A Level 5 civilisation!
At this thought, the Spirit King’s expression grew somewhat complex.
The Spirit Tribe had struggled for tens of millions of years as a whole to reach a Level 5 civilisation, yet, even now, they saw no hope! He hadn’t expected that a human could reach a Level 5 civilisation, especially considering that even the Divine Human Clan, which created humanity, was only a Level 3 civilisation!
The Human Clan was about to rise!
The Spirit King sighed inwardly.
Ye Xuan suddenly asked, “Senior, does this Tianling Universe have any Level 5 civilisations?”
The Spirit King shook his head, “No!”
Ye Xuan frowned slightly, “Not even in the past?”
The Spirit King hesitated for a moment, then said, “A very, very long time ago, this universe had an extremely powerful race called the Beast Spirit Clan, they were originally demonic beasts with mediocre strength, however, a super genius emerged within their clan: Yaoyao, this beast reached the legendary Fourteenth Stage and stepped into the Sixth Layer of Space-Time, and because of his breakthrough, the entire Beast Clan’s bloodline broke through its limitations, evolving into ‘Spirits’, under Yaoyao’s leadership, the Beast Spirit Clan advanced as a whole into a Level 5 civilisation, but later, for some unknown reason, they completely disappeared, according to our speculations, they either encountered an invincible civilisation or left the Tianling Universe entirely!”
Ye Xuan said in a deep voice, “So, when a bloodline reaches a certain level, it can also elevate to a higher civilisation?”
The Spirit King smiled, “Of course it can!”
Ye Xuan frowned, somewhat puzzled, his own bloodline wasn’t bad! So why was he still so weak? Could it be that his father had tampered with it?
The Spirit King added, “This Tianling Universe is currently facing a massive problem, and once this problem erupts, the entire Tianling Universe will descend into chaos!”
Ye Xuan snapped out of his thoughts and looked at the Spirit King, “A big problem?”
The Spirit King nodded, “The issue of spiritual energy!”
Ye Xuan said gravely, “Is the spiritual energy in this universe running out?”
The Spirit King replied, “Naturally it’s not enough, you must understand, any powerhouse who reaches a certain level can easily live for hundreds of thousands of years, the longer people live, the greater their demand for this universe’s spiritual energy becomes… the Tianling Universe has existed for at least trillions of years since its birth, and over these years, the beings in this universe have absorbed its spiritual energy without restraint, now, it’s fair to say we’ve reached a point of exhaustion, if we can’t break through to a Level 5 civilisation and leave this universe, it will devolve into a situation of mutual slaughter!”
Ye Xuan said, “Senior mentioned before that this universe has three superpowers, aside from the Spirit Tribe, there’s also the Nether Spirit Tribe and the Tianfu?”
The Spirit King nodded, “Yes!”
Ye Xuan said, “Can Senior tell me about those two forces?”
The Spirit King smiled, “Of course I can! The Nether Spirit Tribe is a peculiar race, they thrive in lands of dark miasma, they favour death energy and excel in the art of soul manipulation, it’s a very strange race, even my Spirit Tribe doesn’t want to provoke them, of course, we’re not afraid of them either, and they rarely venture out, mostly staying within the Realm of Dark Miasma.”
At this point, he looked at Ye Xuan and said earnestly, “Little friend, remember this well: unless necessary, never step into that Realm of Dark Miasma, it’s truly not a place a normal living being can endure!”
Ye Xuan gave a wry smile, “Senior, now that you’ve said that, I feel like I might end up there someday!”
The Spirit King frowned slightly, “Why?”
Ye Xuan shook his head, “Just a hunch!”
The Spirit King: “…”
Ye Xuan continued, “Senior, tell me about the Tianfu!”
The Spirit King’s expression gradually turned cold, “The Tianfu was originally a loose organisation of rogue cultivators, but later it grew larger and larger, they have all sorts of beings within their ranks, it seems there’s even a human!”
Ye Xuan frowned, “A human?”
The Spirit King nodded, “It seems there’s one human!”
Ye Xuan grew curious!
At that moment, the Spirit King suddenly said, “Little friend, we’ve arrived!”
Ye Xuan snapped out of his thoughts, he looked up, not far away in the sky, there was a massive palace, the palace seemed to be made of crystal, its outer walls were smooth as mirrors and slowly rotated, exuding extreme extravagance.
The Spirit King said, “This is the Heavenly Crystal Hall, usually, whenever my Spirit Tribe holds an auction for something, it takes place here! After the Divine Artefact Exhibition ends later, there will be a batch of divine artefacts auctioned off here, if you’re interested, little friend, you can buy some too!”
Ye Xuan blinked, “What do we use to buy them?”
The Spirit King opened his palm, and a deep purple crystal appeared in his hand, “This is a Heavenly Crystal, it’s the currency of our Tianling Universe, Heavenly Crystals are divided into low-grade, high-grade, and top-grade, one top-grade Heavenly Crystal is enough to sustain a Tenth-Stage powerhouse’s cultivation for a full year.”
With that, he smiled faintly, “Cultivation is actually quite expensive! You must have experienced that, right, little friend?”
Ye Xuan shook his head, “I’ve never lacked money!”
The Spirit King’s expression froze.
As Ye Xuan said, he truly had never lacked money… cultivation resources? He’d never been short of them.
Just then, a Spirit Tribe woman approached the two, the Spirit woman said, “Father!”
With that, she glanced at Ye Xuan, “Young Master Ye, hello!”
The Spirit King smiled, “Little friend, this is my daughter, Yiqin!”
Ye Xuan smiled, “Hello, Miss Yiqin!”
Yiqin smiled faintly, “Father, Young Master Ye, it’s about to start! Shall we take our seats?”
The Spirit King nodded, “Little friend Ye, after you!”
Ye Xuan smiled, “Senior, you first!”
The Spirit King laughed, “Let’s go together!”
In front of Ye Xuan, he truly didn’t dare act superior!
After the three entered the Heavenly Crystal Hall, Ye Xuan noticed that the interior of the hall was incredibly vast, the ceiling had no cover, allowing a clear view of the blue sky and white clouds.
In the centre of the Heavenly Crystal Hall was a massive circular platform, the platform stood over a dozen metres high, atop it stood a Spirit Tribe woman, and around the platform were large floating chairs suspended in the air.
By now, some people were already seated in the floating chairs around the hall, clearly all here to attend this Divine Artefact Exhibition.
The Spirit King led Ye Xuan to a seat at the very front, he turned his head and glanced to the right, not far away on the right, a middle-aged man sat, the man had two horns on his head and a faint smile on his lips.
As Ye Xuan took his seat, the man glanced at him.
Beside Ye Xuan, the Spirit King said, “This is the current leader of the Tianfu, Mutian, from the Rhinoceros Spirit Clan!”
Ye Xuan glanced at Mutian.
Unfathomably deep!
Mutian suddenly looked at Ye Xuan and smiled, “And who might this young brother be?”
Ye Xuan smiled, “Human Clan, Ye Xuan!”
Human Clan?
Mutian smiled faintly, “So it’s Young Master Ye from the Human Clan, I’ve long heard of you!”
Ye Xuan was speechless, long heard of me, my foot, do you even know me?
The Spirit King laughed, “Lord Mutian, I wonder what divine artefact your faction has brought this time, I’m quite looking forward to it!”
Mutian laughed heartily, he didn’t respond to the Spirit King, instead, he looked at Ye Xuan and smiled, “Young Master Ye must be new to the Tianling Universe, I have something here to gift you…”
With that, he opened his palm, and a divine artefact appeared in his hand, just then, Ye Xuan suddenly smiled and said, “No need!”
At this, Mutian froze.
The Spirit King beside Ye Xuan looked at him, a hint of surprise flashing in his eyes.
Ye Xuan smiled again, “I appreciate Lord Mutian’s kindness! If I need anything, I’ll ask the Spirit Tribe!”
Mutian’s smile gradually faded.
The Spirit King, however, burst into laughter, “If little friend Ye needs anything, just say it, as long as my Spirit Tribe has it, we’ll never hold back!”
Ye Xuan smiled, “Thank you!”
Was Mutian trying to show goodwill?
No!
Ye Xuan was very clear, on the surface, it seemed like goodwill, but in reality, he was trying to drive a wedge between him and the Spirit Tribe, if he accepted Mutian’s gift, the Spirit Tribe would undoubtedly feel uneasy, and would that mean he could befriend the Tianfu?
No!
The Tianfu hadn’t seen his ‘big brother’s’ strength, there was no way they’d respect him like the Spirit Tribe did or genuinely want to build a good relationship with him!
In this world, there’s no such thing as kindness without reason!
When surviving out in the world, one must always stay cautious and not let short-term gains cloud their judgement!
Mutian glanced at Ye Xuan, smiled, then looked away, his smile gradually fading.
Beside Ye Xuan, the Spirit King’s face broke into a smile.
“Human Clan?”
Just then, a light chuckle suddenly came from not far behind.
Ye Xuan turned his head, not far away, a man stood!
A human!
Ye Xuan froze.
Was this the human powerhouse who had emerged from the human universe?
Beside Ye Xuan, the Spirit King said, “His name is Ling Tian, a human powerhouse, now an elder of the Tianfu, a peak Twelfth-Stage expert!”
Ling Tian walked over to Mutian’s side, he looked at Ye Xuan and smiled, “I never imagined the Human Clan would finally produce someone after so many years!”
Ye Xuan smiled, “The Human Clan has indeed had it tough!”
At that moment, Mutian beside him suddenly laughed, “Elder Ling Tian, as the foremost human, why not tell us about the Human Clan, let us all learn a bit about them, how about it?”
Ye Xuan frowned slightly, “The foremost human?”
Mutian looked at Ye Xuan and smiled, “Elder Ling Tian is the foremost human, what, do you have a problem with that?”
Ye Xuan glanced at Ling Tian, “This ‘foremost human’ title… self-proclaimed?”
The Spirit King immediately burst into laughter, “It must be self-proclaimed, haha!”
Mutian smiled, “It seems Young Master Ye isn’t convinced! Since you’re not convinced, why not settle it with a duel?”
Beside him, Ling Tian smiled, “I’m ready anytime!”
With that, he glanced at Ye Xuan, “What about you?”
Ye Xuan drew the Qingxuan Sword, with a thought, the Qingxuan Sword shot straight into the Sixth Layer of Space-Time, seeing this, Ling Tian and the others’ expressions froze solid.
Ye Xuan smiled, “A duel? A mere Twelfth-Stage is so boring! Come on, Lord Mutian, call your ancestors!”
Everyone: “…”
