The atmosphere in the scene grew heavy!
With the emergence of that mysterious race from the Heavenly Tomb Land, those who once stood at the pinnacle of the world suddenly found themselves at the bottom of the heap.
The gap was simply too vast!
Just then, Yuan Zun beside them suddenly said, “Lord Ye, if I may ask, earlier we were all slain, yet you were unscathed, and after we were revived, I noticed that mysterious woman’s physical body was gone! This… does it have something to do with you?”
At that, everyone turned to Ye Xuan.
They’d noticed it too, Ye Xuan had been fine from start to finish, and not only that, the godlike mysterious woman had lost her physical form!
Something big must have happened!
Ye Xuan smiled, “My little sister stepped in!”
Hearing this, the group exchanged glances, Yuan Zun said gravely, “Your sister destroyed that mysterious woman’s body?”
Ye Xuan nodded.
They exchanged looks again, their eyes filled with shock!
They hadn’t fought the mysterious woman directly, but they knew how terrifying her six subordinates were!
When facing those six, they hadn’t even had a chance to resist!
One could only imagine how fearsome their leader, that mysterious woman, must be!
And Ye Xuan’s sister had not only beaten her but shattered her body…
At that moment, An Beishen sighed softly, “So, we’re still nothing more than ants!”
Hearing this, everyone’s expressions grew complex!
Just then, as if sensing something, they all turned their heads, not far off stood a woman in a black dress!
It was that mysterious woman!
Seeing her, everyone’s faces changed!
Ye Xuan frowned, this woman wasn’t still after him, was she?
The mysterious woman looked at Ye Xuan, “Let’s talk!”
Let’s talk!
Hearing her words, Yuan Zun and the others hesitated, then quietly retreated!
A Dao Ling glanced at Ye Xuan, “Be careful!”
With that, she vanished with Yan Banshan.
In the scene, only Ye Xuan and the mysterious woman remained!
Ye Xuan looked at her, he had to admit, she was breathtakingly beautiful, her face could truly be described as peerless in the world, though sadly, the two characters on her forehead marred that perfection.
Trash!
Qing’er had carved them!
The mysterious woman stepped toward Ye Xuan, “Can you tell me about her?”
Ye Xuan shook his head, “Nothing much to say!”
The mysterious woman looked at him, silent.
Ye Xuan met her gaze, bloody hell, I’m not afraid of you!
They locked eyes, the air suddenly tinged with an odd ambiguity, almost like lovers staring at each other.
After a moment, the mysterious woman looked away, “Let’s start over, I’m Tian Yan, Ancient Priestess of the Tianqi Clan!”
Ye Xuan glanced at her, then said, “You were exiled?”
Tian Yan nodded, “In the battle of Buzhou Heaven Realm back then, my Tianqi Clan was defeated, so we were banished here!”
Ye Xuan grew curious, “Who defeated you?”
Tian Yan said flatly, “The Ten Thousand Clans!”
Ye Xuan frowned, “One race?”
Tian Yan glanced at him, “Ten thousand!”
Ye Xuan said, “You got ganged up on?”
A flicker of disdain crossed Tian Yan’s eyes, “If it weren’t for the gang-up, how could they have beaten my Tianqi Clan?”
Ye Xuan asked gravely, “Where are you from?”
Tian Yan replied, “The centre of the universe, the Zhouyuan Realm!”
Zhouyuan Realm!
Ye Xuan fell silent.
A new map had opened!
He knew Limitless Realm was about to become truly insignificant.
Ye Xuan sighed inwardly, how long would he have to struggle to become like Qing’er or his dad—someone who, no matter the world, no matter how the map changed, could dominate everything with one sword?
How much longer?
Ye Xuan felt a bit helpless.
At that moment, Tian Yan asked, “What’s wrong?”
Ye Xuan shook his head with a sigh, “Every time, I think I’m about to become invincible! But it doesn’t take long before I’m back to being a nobody. Back in the lower realm, I thought this otherworld might be the endgame, but now there’s this Zhouyuan Realm popping up…”
Tian Yan frowned, “Why would you think this otherworld is the end of the universe?”
Ye Xuan looked at her, Tian Yan said, “Even where we’re from, we never thought our place was the entire universe’s end!”
Ye Xuan was puzzled, “Why not?”
Tian Yan glanced at him, “Do you know what the universe represents?”
Ye Xuan shook his head.
Tian Yan said, “The universe represents the unknown, and even more, the infinite!”
Ye Xuan fell silent.
At that moment, Little Tower suddenly said, “Young Master, some of your ideas are off, it’s like those folks in the Milky Way, I stayed there once, they always thought their little ball was the only place with life in the universe, but in reality? In reality, their abilities were too limited, they couldn’t even discover the worlds beyond the Milky Way. Ability determines vision, when you think you’ve reached the universe’s end, it might just mean your ability’s too small to see the bigger world!”
Ye Xuan’s expression turned odd, “Little Tower, you’ve got some wisdom, huh!”
Little Tower grumbled, “So in your mind, Young Master, I was just a dimwit before?”
Ye Xuan nodded honestly.
Little Tower: “…”
At that moment, Tian Yan suddenly said, “Let’s make a deal!”
Ye Xuan looked at her, “What deal?”
Tian Yan pointed to her forehead, “You help me erase these words, I’ll help you advance!”
Ye Xuan frowned, “Erase?”
Tian Yan nodded.
Ye Xuan shook his head, “Qing’er put them there, I might not be able to erase them!”
Tian Yan stared at him, “These two words contain a powerful mysterious force, one I don’t dare touch, but you do, because my instinct tells me this force won’t harm you!”
Ye Xuan thought for a moment, then said, “How far can you help me advance? To Circle-Drawer?”
Tian Yan’s mouth twitched, “You haven’t even broken the circle yet, and you’re thinking of drawing one?”
Ye Xuan: “…”
Tian Yan continued, “I can help you become a Circle-Breaker, but becoming a Circle-Drawer depends entirely on your own fortune! Even where I’m from, there aren’t more than five Circle-Drawers!”
Five!
Ye Xuan frowned, “That few?”
Tian Yan nodded, “Very few, because to draw a circle means you’ve leapt beyond all rules, and you must create your own laws and principles, only then are you a true Circle-Drawer!”
She glanced at Ye Xuan, “So, I’m very curious about your sister, what realm is she really in?”
Ye Xuan smiled, “I don’t know her true realm, but one of my older sisters once told me Qing’er is someone who draws a circle, breaks it, draws another, breaks it again, and keeps cycling like that… she’s her own opponent!”
“Draws a circle, breaks it, draws again…”
Tian Yan’s eyes narrowed, after a moment, she whispered, “So it can be done that way…”
Ye Xuan’s mouth twitched, bloody hell, had this woman just had an epiphany?
Tian Yan looked at him, “I think I get it! But I feel she’s not as simple as you say! Like earlier, she could strike me across countless star domains, and I couldn’t even sense where she was… she’s not that simple!”
Ye Xuan glanced at Tian Yan, sighing inwardly.
Strength!
The only reason this woman was talking to him nicely now was because of Qing’er!
Sigh!
Ye Xuan sighed again, looks like he’d need to head back to Qingzhou someday to regain some confidence!
At that moment, Tian Yan suddenly said, “What do you think of the deal I just proposed?”
Ye Xuan looked at the two words on her forehead, shaking his head, “I don’t trust you!”
With that, he turned to leave.
Tian Yan frowned.
Just then, a terrifying aura swept into the scene, Ye Xuan turned to see a towering giant ape staring at him from nearby.
It was the same ape Tian Yan had released from the altar!
The ape had no pupils, it just stared at Ye Xuan, a bit unsettling!
Ye Xuan laughed, “What, you want to eat me?”
The ape suddenly pounded its chest, roaring furiously.
Ye Xuan abruptly turned and walked up to Tian Yan, pointing at the ape, “Three breaths, make it disappear from my sight, if it’s still here after three breaths, I’ll make your entire Tianqi Clan vanish from this world!”
Hearing this, Tian Yan’s eyes narrowed, her right hand slowly clenching.
At that moment, Ye Xuan said, “Time’s up!”
As his voice fell, he opened his palm, the Qingxuan Sword appeared, the next moment, it began trembling violently!
Seeing this, Tian Yan’s face changed, she whipped around and glared at the ape, “Get lost!”
Get lost!
The ape froze, then turned, leaping away and vanishing at the horizon.
Tian Yan looked at Ye Xuan, “Using her to threaten me, that’s a sign of your incompetence.”
Ye Xuan suddenly grabbed Tian Yan’s hand, saying, “Miss Tian Yan, back in the Heavenly Tomb Land, I wanted to work with you, because I was weak, I knew my limits, I had to cooperate with you to survive, but you didn’t care. I’m afraid of death, but I won’t live on my knees, so I chose to confront you, I knew I’d lose, but I still did it, because I wanted to die with dignity. Too bad…”
He grinned, “Too bad I couldn’t die! Because I have a sister… Miss Tian Yan, tell me, facing a powerhouse like you, what else can I do but call for help?”
Tian Yan looked at Ye Xuan, silent.
Ye Xuan continued, “From a small place to here, I’ve figured it out! On this road ahead, if I can walk it myself, I will, but when I really can’t, I don’t mind letting my sister give me a push.”
Tian Yan stared at him, “Have you ever thought about this: what if one day your sister isn’t around? She…”
Ye Xuan said, “Then I’ll go find my dad!”
He smiled faintly, “My dad and Qing’er are evenly matched!”
With that, he turned to leave, after a few steps, he stopped, “Oh, I forgot! I’ve got a sworn big brother too, his name’s Xiaoyao Zi, specializes in taking down self-proclaimed invincible types. He’s spent his life seeking defeat, if you’re ever bored, shout into the endless starry sky: ‘I’m invincible,’ and he might come looking for you!”
With that, he walked off into the distance.
Tian Yan watched him, “Are you planning to be a king backed by mountains?”
Ye Xuan: “…”
