The sky erupted with sword energy, an endless torrent surging toward Gu Chou!
Magnificent!
Sword energy rained down, wave after wave, infinite and unceasing.
What’s more, each strand was formidable—capable of effortlessly tearing through any spacetime.
The faces of everyone in the field grew grave!
A Life-Knowing God!
And a sword cultivator to boot!
Could Gu Chou withstand this?
Under all eyes, Gu Chou threw a punch!
His fist moved slowly—agonizingly so, unnaturally sluggish, like an elderly man on the brink of paralysis. It barely seemed to move at all!
Yet that single punch slowed the entire world around him!
In that moment, every strand of sword energy vanished without a trace. Without warning, Fan Jian plummeted into a mysterious spacetime abyss. As she fell, her physical body disintegrated, leaving only her soul!
The crowd was stunned!
What just happened?
Above, Wu Lingmu stared at Gu Chou, disbelief etched across his face. “Impossible…”
Beside him, Mu Mo and the others seemed to realize something too, their expressions darkening.
Below, Ye Xuan glanced at Gu Chou and sighed inwardly.
He’d figured it out!
Time!
That punch hadn’t manipulated spacetime—it had wielded *time*!
A thought struck him. He looked at the Qingxuan Sword in his hand, wondering: could Qingxuan ignore such a terrifying time-based law?
In the distance, Fan Jian waved her hand lightly. A flicker of sword light split the abyss apart, and she stepped out. She looked at Gu Chou. “Time Domain!”
Gu Chou nodded.
Fan Jian studied him for a long moment, then nodded slightly. “I’ve lost!”
She’d lost!
Below, the Evil Clan’s taut nerves relaxed once more.
They’d been worried, naturally—Fan Jian was a Life-Knowing God, and a sword cultivator at that!
But now, the weight in their hearts lifted!
At that moment, Ye Xuan piped up, “Brother Gu Chou, what’s this Time Domain?”
Brother Gu Chou?
Hearing Ye Xuan’s words, several onlookers turned to him—especially the Evil Clan members!
Brother Gu Chou?
That title felt… off!
Gu Chou blinked, caught off guard. Then Mu Mo sneered, “Ye Xuan, you’ve got no shame! You know your own strength—or lack thereof! And you dare call him ‘brother’? You—”
Gu Chou cut him off, turning to Mu Mo. “What’s between me and Brother Ye got to do with you?”
Mu Mo’s face froze.
Gu Chou pressed, “Not convinced? Come down and spar a couple rounds!”
Mu Mo’s complexion turned the color of a pig’s liver!
Damn it!
Spar a couple rounds?
Fan Jian, terrifying as she was, had lost to Gu Chou—how could he stand a chance?
Gu Chou ignored Mu Mo and turned to Ye Xuan with a smile. “This so-called Time Domain, simply put, means I can reverse time and always stay one step ahead of my opponent. Just now, with Miss Fan Jian, I reversed her time and moved faster—striking the instant she swung her sword. Of course, reversing time alone? Many powerhouses can do that. But without forming a Time Domain, someone like Fan Jian could shatter it with a flick of her finger!”
“Time Domain!”
Ye Xuan nodded thoughtfully, then asked, “Is it hard to achieve?”
Gu Chou gave a wry smile. “Not just hard—it’s insanely difficult. If you can form a Time Domain, you can instantly crush anyone below that level.”
Anyone!
Ye Xuan’s expression shifted. He quickly said, “Brother Gu Chou, can we test it?”
Gu Chou paused, then asked, “How?”
Ye Xuan grinned. “I’ll swing at you, and you use your Time Domain—like you did with Fan Jian!”
Gu Chou hesitated, then nodded. “Alright!”
Ye Xuan readied his sword, but Mu Mo bellowed, “Ye Xuan, what are you playing at? You know your own pitiful strength! You—”
Gu Chou turned to Mu Mo again. “Are you an idiot?”
Mu Mo: “…”
Gu Chou frowned. “What’s my business with Ye Xuan got to do with you? You know your own strength—or lack thereof!”
Mu Mo glared, his face a mask of fury.
Damn it!
Was Gu Chou insane? Why was he siding with Ye Xuan like this?
Not just Mu Mo—even the Evil Clan struggled to understand why their Clan Leader showed such respect to this seemingly weak kid, even calling him “brother”!
Below, Gu Chou shot Mu Mo a cold look. “One more word, and I’ll reduce you to dust in an instant!”
Mu Mo fell silent, not daring to provoke further!
He could target Ye Xuan, but against Gu Chou? With the Snow Mountain King still absent, even Fan Jian and Wu Lingmu together might not stop Gu Chou from killing him!
Wu Lingmu glanced at Mu Mo. “Stop picking on the kid! I don’t know if his backers could kill you, but he might just annoy you to death!”
Mu Mo: “…”
Below, Gu Chou turned back to Ye Xuan with a smile. “Brother Ye wants to try? Let’s try. Swing away!”
Ye Xuan nodded. Under everyone’s gaze, he vanished, reappearing with his sword at Gu Chou’s brow. At that moment, Gu Chou threw his slow punch!
Just like before—agonizingly slow!
Yet Ye Xuan’s sword pressed right against Gu Chou’s brow!
The crowd froze!
Above, Fan Jian’s pupils shrank, disbelief flooding her voice. “How… is this possible…”
Her tone trembled with shock.
Wu Lingmu stared, equally incredulous, as if he’d seen a monster!
Mu Mo glared at Ye Xuan below, his face twisted with rage.
Gu Chou’s eyes flickered with confusion. “This…”
Realization dawned, and he looked at Qingxuan in Ye Xuan’s hand. “It’s the sword!”
Ye Xuan sheathed Qingxuan with a smile. “Yeah! My sister made it for me. It could already ignore any spacetime, but I wasn’t sure about your Time Domain. So I tested it—and looks like she can handle it!”
Ignoring all spacetime!
Ignoring all time!
The revelation struck the crowd like lightning!
Gu Chou said gravely, “Can we try again?”
Ye Xuan nodded. “Sure!”
He swung again, and Gu Chou punched once more!
As his fist moved, the space around them twisted violently!
Time Domain!
This time, he was serious!
Yet Qingxuan still pressed against his brow!
Fan Jian and Wu Lingmu’s expressions grew solemn, a trace of wariness creeping into their eyes!
Before Ye Xuan, Gu Chou shook his head with a bitter smile. “It really can ignore my Time Domain…”
He paused, a complex look in his eyes. “If Brother Ye lent this sword to Fan Jian earlier, I’d have been dead in one strike!”
The crowd’s faces twisted with strange expressions!
The Evil Clan powerhouses suddenly understood why their Clan Leader respected this kid and called him “brother”!
If Ye Xuan gave that sword to Fan Jian…
They didn’t dare imagine it!
Fan Jian realized it too, her gaze lingering on Qingxuan.
She’d lost because of Gu Chou’s Time Domain. With that sword, she’d have an 80% chance of killing him. Without it, she had no shot—Time Domain was a whole other level! With it, her odds flipped to 80% instantly!
A strange glint flashed in her eyes!
Gu Chou suddenly asked, “Brother Ye, where’s your sister now?”
Sister!
Fan Jian’s odd look vanished, along with a hidden spark of greed!
Everyone watched Ye Xuan—this second-gen’s identity was glaringly obvious!
Now they were curious: who was this sister he kept mentioning?
Ye Xuan smiled. “My sister’s a sword cultivator too…”
He offered Qingxuan to Gu Chou. “Brother Gu Chou, honestly, I don’t know where she is. If you want to meet her, you can sense her through this sword!”
Gu Chou stared at Qingxuan, silent for a moment, then shook his head. “No thanks!”
Ye Xuan blinked. “Why not?”
Gu Chou glanced at him. “I’m the hope of my clan—I can’t die yet!”
Ye Xuan: “…”
“What’s with the act?”
Mu Mo roared from above. “Ye Xuan, what are you pretending for? Dare to give me that sword? Let me meet this so-called sister of yours!”
Ye Xuan looked up, opened his palm, and Qingxuan floated toward Mu Mo. Mu Mo sneered at Ye Xuan, then gripped the sword. The moment he did, his brow furrowed.
He couldn’t sense its power!
Ye Xuan called out, “Old man Mu Mo, a friendly heads-up—my sister’s temper isn’t great. If you sense her, there might be… unfortunate consequences. Think it over!”
Mu Mo scoffed. “Unfortunate consequences? What, she gonna kill me across star domains?”
Ye Xuan nodded. “Actually, that’s possible!”
Mu Mo burst into laughter. “Ye Xuan, you’re not trying to anger me—you’re trying to make me die laughing!”
Ye Xuan nodded slightly, falling silent.
Mu Mo gave him a cold look, then began to sense. Wu Lingmu hesitated, then warned, “Be careful!”
He didn’t stop Mu Mo—they all wanted to see who was behind Ye Xuan!
Mu Mo sneered, “Across countless star domains—I’m scared of nothing!”
He gripped Qingxuan tightly. The sword trembled. Moments later, he smirked. “I’ve sensed…”
