Just a tower!
Ye Xuan’s face darkened with frustration. *You damn well know you’re a tower now, huh?*
He really wanted to sell this useless thing!
At that moment, Little Tower spoke, “Little Master, have you considered that breaking this seal right now might not actually be a good thing?”
Ye Xuan chuckled, “Why wouldn’t it be?”
Little Tower replied, “Even if you undo the seal, you can’t beat the Snow Mountain King! He sealed you once—he can do it again!”
Ye Xuan: “…”
Little Tower continued, “For now, in this clash between the Evil Clan and the Ten Life-Knowing Saints, forgive my bluntness, but Little Master, you’re just a bystander!”
Ye Xuan frowned. “A bystander?”
Little Tower paused, then said, “I can’t explain that term to you!”
Ye Xuan was puzzled. “Why not?”
Little Tower answered, “It’s a complicated word. Its meaning goes beyond my understanding as a tower. All I can say is, those who get it, get it. Those who don’t, won’t—no matter how I explain it! Understand?”
Ye Xuan: “…”
Little Tower went on, “Little Master, if you get the chance someday, visit Sister Lian Shuang’s homeland. It’s a fun place!”
Ye Xuan smiled, about to respond, when Xue Linglong suddenly appeared before him.
He looked at her. “Is the Evil Clan making their move?”
Xue Linglong shook her head. “Not yet!”
Ye Xuan’s brow furrowed. Honestly, he was starting to hope Gu Chou would take down the Ten Saints!
Xue Linglong glanced at him. “Follow me!”
She turned and left.
Ye Xuan trailed her to a grand hall. At its center stood a statue of a middle-aged man.
The Snow Mountain King!
The invincible Snow Mountain King of old!
Xue Linglong gestured to Ye Xuan. “Please, sit!”
Ye Xuan didn’t hesitate, taking a seat. Xue Linglong sat across from him, watching him silently.
Ye Xuan smiled. “What’s on your mind?”
After a long pause, Xue Linglong asked, “Who do you think will win this time?”
Ye Xuan shook his head. “I don’t know!”
She kept her eyes on him. “Who would you help?”
Ye Xuan grinned. “Neither!”
Xue Linglong stared intently. “You’d help the Evil Clan! They’ve treated you well, while the Ten Saints targeted you the moment they appeared, right?”
Ye Xuan thought for a moment, then said, “What are you really getting at?”
After another silence, Xue Linglong said, “I can let you go!”
Ye Xuan blinked, stunned.
She looked at him. “But you have to promise not to meddle here! Go find whoever’s behind you! I don’t know how strong they are, but since my ancestor didn’t kill you, he must fear them.”
Ye Xuan asked gravely, “Does your ancestor know you’re letting me go?”
Xue Linglong shook her head. She opened her mouth to say more, but Ye Xuan cut in with a laugh. “Miss Linglong, don’t be so naïve.”
Her gaze hardened. “If my ancestor wins, they won’t spare you!”
Ye Xuan chuckled. “Why do you care so much? Don’t tell me you’ve fallen for me in such a short time?”
Xue Linglong bristled. “What nonsense! You really don’t know a good heart when you see one. Live or die—I don’t care!”
With that, she stormed off.
Ye Xuan shook his head, muttering, “Fool. Does she think her ancestor’s some soft-hearted saint?”
He turned to the statue, a faint smile on his face, lost in thought.
*Boom!*
Suddenly, a deafening explosion roared from the distant horizon!
The entire Burial Domain quaked!
Inside the hall, Ye Xuan whispered, “They’re finally out?”
He stood and left. At the hall’s entrance, Xue Linglong waited, her face cold.
Before Ye Xuan could speak, she grabbed him and vanished. They reappeared beneath the towering seal imprisoning the Evil Clan.
Ye Xuan looked up at the tower. Below it stood a man—Gu Chou, still clad in spotless white, unruffled as ever.
Gu Chou gazed at the tower above, a faint smile playing on his lips.
The tower began to tremble, waves of mysterious spacetime energy spilling downward.
Beside Ye Xuan, Xue Linglong said gravely, “He’s going to face all those spacetime arrays alone!”
Ye Xuan frowned. He’d assumed Gu Chou would use the Evil Clan’s collective strength against the arrays. He hadn’t expected him to challenge the spacetime formations—laid down by twelve Life-Knowing Saints—single-handedly!
Twelve Life-Knowing Saints!
Including terrifying powerhouses like the Snow Mountain King!
The spacetime energy within those arrays was undeniably fearsome—capable of erasing someone like Xue Linglong, a Life-Knowing realm expert, with ease!
In the face of those arrays, so-called Life-Knowing experts were ants!
Any one of those twelve Saints, back in their day, was a prodigy among prodigies!
In the distance, Gu Chou spread his palm. A silver thread, like a dancing snake, rose from his hand.
*Rip!*
A sharp tearing sound echoed through the air!
The silver thread sliced through the sky, weaving and slashing through the endless spacetime arrays. Compared to their vastness, it was a fragile boat adrift in a stormy sea—thin, insignificant.
Yet, bit by bit, that silver thread was shattering the countless arrays!
Ye Xuan’s expression grew solemn. Gu Chou was truly holding his own against the spacetime arrays of twelve Life-Knowing Saints!
Suddenly, Gu Chou laughed. “Break!”
With his voice, the silver thread shot upward, plunging into the tower!
*Boom!*
The tower shuddered violently, then began crumbling layer by layer. But the final layer remained untouched. Moments later, all but that last layer had collapsed into nothingness!
At the horizon, nine figures appeared—eight men, one woman. Leading them was a middle-aged man, clutching a palm-sized stone in his left hand.
Beside Ye Xuan, Xue Linglong whispered, “Wu Lingmu…”
Above, Wu Lingmu looked down at Gu Chou, his expression calm.
Behind him, Mu Mo’s gaze locked onto Ye Xuan, sharp as a blade, as if he wanted to pierce him through!
Ye Xuan glanced at Mu Mo but didn’t provoke him.
With his cultivation sealed, he wasn’t looking for trouble!
Below, Gu Chou slowly closed his eyes. “Countless eons in darkness… it ends now!”
His voice fell, and he slammed his right palm downward.
*Boom!*
The ground behind him split open. In an instant, countless Evil Clan members surged forth!
Emerging into the light, their eyes shifted from confusion to excitement, then to seething rage!
The Evil Clan roared wildly across the earth!
For many, this was their first glimpse of the outside world!
Watching this, Ye Xuan sighed inwardly. Sealed for so long—he’d go mad too.
He knew what came next: revenge!
Even if it meant death, they’d have it!
Generations of suppression—an irreconcilable blood feud!
The Evil Clan looked up at Wu Lingmu and the others, their eyes burning with venom.
Above, Wu Lingmu and his companions remained unruffled, not a flicker of emotion on their faces!
Suddenly, Wu Lingmu appeared before Gu Chou. At the same instant, six black-robed elders materialized behind Gu Chou, silent as phantoms, exuding no aura.
Wu Lingmu smiled at Gu Chou. “Care to spar?”
Gu Chou nodded. “Sure!”
With that, the spacetime around them blurred. In the next moment, they appeared in a mysterious dimension.
Outsiders could still see them, but they were no longer in this reality!
Wu Lingmu sized up Gu Chou, grinning. “Come on!”
He stepped forward and threw a punch!
A simple punch!
No energy fluctuations—just like an ordinary person’s strike!
It was almost comically straightforward!
Yet, the space before Gu Chou began to disintegrate, piece by piece!
Decomposing spacetime!
This punch wasn’t devoid of power—it was so overwhelming it could unravel reality itself.
Ye Xuan’s expression turned grave. He realized the gap between today’s Life-Knowing experts and those of old was like heaven and earth!
How would Gu Chou counter this?
In the distance, Gu Chou smiled faintly. He didn’t use his silver thread—instead, he met it with a punch of his own!
Another simple strike!
But something eerie happened. The disintegrating spacetime around him began to solidify, restoring itself bit by bit!
Seeing this, the eight Saints above finally showed a change—their faces grew solemn!
Wu Lingmu chuckled. “Worthy of the Evil Clan’s greatest genius in history. Even your ancestors couldn’t hold a candle to you!”
Gu Chou grinned. “A punch laced with the truth of spacetime—blending fist arts and the way of spacetime to this degree? Impressive!”
Wu Lingmu laughed heartily. “One more time!”
He stepped forward again, unleashing another punch!
As it landed, everyone’s faces paled!
The instant Wu Lingmu struck, a terrifying aura of destruction erupted, shattering countless dimensions in its wake. The heavens themselves began to collapse!
Everyone retreated frantically.
Xue Linglong dragged Ye Xuan back dozens of leagues…
When they stopped, Ye Xuan’s face was ashen, his heart pounding with awe!
Wu Lingmu and Gu Chou were unimaginably far away—not even in the same spacetime—yet the mere aura of that punch had obliterated their reality!
Just the aura!
Leaking across such a vast distance!
It was likely less than a hundredth of the punch’s true power!
Ye Xuan took a deep breath, gripping his Qingxuan Sword tighter. He muttered inwardly, “Qing’er’s protection—I’m invincible!”
You fight with your lives; I’ll fight with my sister. It’s all fighting in the end!
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