Slaughter as ordered!
Upon receiving Ye Xuan’s command, Tu Chen and the others charged forward.
In an instant, the Immortal Path Temple was strewn with corpses!
In the distance, the elder glared at Ye Xuan, snarling, “Behind my Immortal Path Temple stands the Mysterious Sword Immortal Sect!”
**Mysterious Sword Immortal Sect!**
Ye Xuan’s eyes narrowed.
When he first reached the Sacred Heart Realm, his spiritual consciousness entered the Chaos World. Right upon entering, he encountered a mysterious powerhouse who claimed to be from the Mysterious Sword Immortal Sect!
Seeing Ye Xuan’s expression, the elder sneered, “It seems you’ve heard of the Mysterious Sword Immortal Sect!”
Ye Xuan smiled faintly. “So what?”
The elder stared at Ye Xuan. “We are part of the Mysterious Sword Immortal Sect!”
Ye Xuan laughed. “Is that all?”
The elder glared at Ye Xuan. “You dare to disregard the Mysterious Sword Immortal Sect!”
Ye Xuan opened his palm, and the Qingxuan Sword shot out. In a flash, the remaining Immortal Path Sect powerhouses were all slain!
**Exterminate the sect!**
Seeing this, the elder’s face changed drastically. “You… you dare to ignore the Mysterious Sword Immortal Sect!”
Ye Xuan ignored the elder and turned to his right. Tens of thousands of feet away, in the clouds, stood a woman!
It was Nan Shi!
Ye Xuan looked at Nan Shi. “Miss Nan Shi, I, Ye Xuan, repay kindness with kindness and grudges with vengeance. You helped me before, and today, I’m willing to let you scheme against me to repay that debt. We are truly even now! But if you dare scheme against me again, you’ll be my enemy. And as my enemy, I, Ye Xuan, will show no mercy!”
With that, he turned and left.
Nan Shi watched Ye Xuan in the distance, silent.
As Ye Xuan departed, Tu Chen and the others hurriedly followed.
They didn’t kill the elder for a simple reason: they couldn’t!
A Sacred Heart Realm expert determined to flee couldn’t be killed by them.
The elder, naturally, didn’t dare stop Ye Xuan and his group. He was alone now—how could he dare?
At that moment, the elder calmed down.
Ye Xuan wasn’t afraid of the Mysterious Sword Immortal Sect!
If he were ignorant of it, that would be fearless ignorance. But Ye Xuan knew of the sect and still wasn’t afraid—what did that mean?
It meant he had confidence!
As if realising something, the elder turned to Nan Shi in the distance, his face dark. “Nan Shi, you’ve underestimated the Mysterious Sword Immortal Sect! They’ve dominated the Chaos World for so many years—do you think they’re fools? You’ll reap what you’ve sown!”
With that, he turned and left.
Nan Shi stood in place, silent for a long while, before turning to leave.
…
Elsewhere, Ye Xuan led his group straight out of the Temple Universe and back to the Mysterious Realm.
Upon returning, he immediately brought Tu Chen, the Four Divine Beings, Heaven’s Wrath, and Earth’s End into Little Pagoda!
Needless to say, upon entering, Tu Chen and the others were petrified.
**Time was different!**
Ye Xuan opened his palm, placing all the star veins and Universe Hearts he’d collected before them. He looked at the group. “Your goal: Sacred Heart Realm!”
**Sacred Heart Realm!**
Everyone froze.
Reaching the Sacred Heart Realm was incredibly difficult, requiring repeated tempering of one’s Universe Heart—a process both painful and arduous.
It could be described as climbing to the heavens!
Ye Xuan smiled. “No confidence?”
Tu Chen hesitated, then said, “Young Master, it’s a bit challenging!”
Ye Xuan laughed. “Ten years here is one day outside… I’ll give you a month, which is nine hundred years. Is that enough?”
**Nine hundred years!**
Ye Xuan added, “In these nine hundred years, I’ll provide all the cultivation resources you need. You have time and resources!”
Tu Chen immediately said, “It’s doable!”
The Four Divine Beings nodded eagerly, visibly excited.
An opportunity!
This Little Pagoda was a once-in-a-lifetime chance for them!
Originally, reaching the Sacred Heart Realm wasn’t impossible. With their talent, they’d come this far. What they lacked was time and resources!
Now, Ye Xuan was giving them both!
After arranging for everyone, Ye Xuan left the pagoda. He didn’t cultivate further, as advancing beyond the Sacred Heart Realm was extremely difficult.
Besides, he wanted to take some time to reflect.
Ye Xuan strolled leisurely through the Mysterious Realm, soon arriving at a bamboo grove.
In the grove, he walked slowly, with leaves occasionally drifting down around him.
Suddenly, Ye Xuan closed his eyes.
**Calm the mind!**
A tranquil mind brings clarity to all things!
**Focus the spirit!**
A focused spirit clears the heavens and earth!
After a long while, Ye Xuan opened his palm, and the Qingxuan Sword appeared. He gently thrust it forward, piercing a falling leaf. In an instant, the leaf withered at a visible speed. Just as it was about to turn to ash, something strange happened—the leaf rapidly returned to normal, as if rejuvenated. Not only that, it began sprouting roots. The roots grew larger, and soon, a small tree appeared in his hand!
But it didn’t end there!
Before long, the small tree grew larger and larger until, finally, a towering ancient tree several meters tall stood before Ye Xuan!
Ye Xuan opened his eyes, looking at the ancient tree, silent.
**Reverse!**
He had first used the power of time’s passage to make the leaf wither rapidly, then used reverse time to restore it. But this time was different—he wasn’t reversing to the future, but to the past!
**What is reversing the future?**
Reversing the future meant striking now, with the effect manifesting later!
**What is reversing the past?**
That meant recreating scenes that had already passed!
**The passage of time!**
What was the passage of time?
The past was one manifestation of time’s passage!
When time left traces, it could be controlled. Just like space—weak cultivators might not even know what space was, let alone sense it. But powerful ones could tear space apart or even leap through it!
Anything with traceable patterns could be manipulated, including time!
Some powerhouses could reverse time, but only briefly—say, slowing your time relative to theirs. That was already heaven-defying. But as his strength grew, Ye Xuan realised this had little effect on truly powerful opponents, who could reverse time just as well.
What he’d just done was entirely different!
What was the origin of a leaf?
Naturally, a tree!
If a sword could sever the future, why not the past?
**Sever the past!**
Thinking this, Ye Xuan’s right hand slowly tightened.
How to sever the past?
By cutting away someone’s past with a single sword…
It sounded mystical!
If you erased someone’s past, would their present still exist?
Ye Xuan fell silent.
He felt his head starting to ache.
Moments later, he looked at the ancient tree before him. The next moment, he closed his eyes again. Instantly, the space-time around him twisted. After a long while, Ye Xuan himself became illusory, and the space-time he occupied began to ripple, like water disturbed by waves.
A few breaths later, Ye Xuan returned to a quarter-hour earlier!
**Forced reversal!**
At that moment, the ancient tree before him was still just a leaf!
Ye Xuan slashed with his sword!
**Swoosh!**
The leaf disintegrated.
The next moment, Ye Xuan’s pupils contracted. He realised his body and soul were gradually fading!
Horrified, he didn’t have time to think. He quickly used the Qingxuan Sword to return to the present. Upon returning, he found his body and soul were illusory! Worse, he seemed to be outside his original space-time!
Had he not fully returned from the past?
Ye Xuan’s heart raced. What was happening?
At that moment, Little Pagoda suddenly chuckled. “Little Master, messing with time like that—confused now, aren’t you?”
Ye Xuan said gravely, “Little Pagoda, do you know what’s happening to me?”
Little Pagoda replied, “No idea!”
Ye Xuan: “…”
Suddenly, his expression changed. His body and soul felt like they were about to vanish!
Terrified, he opened his right hand. “Little Soul, stabilise me!”
As his voice fell, the Qingxuan Sword merged with him!
**Boom!**
As the sword fused with him, Ye Xuan found his fading body and soul slowly stabilising!
Relieved, he noticed something off about the world around him!
He wasn’t in his original space-time!
He hadn’t returned to the moment before he reversed to the future. He was stuck in a strange space-time phase!
The future?
Or the past?
Ye Xuan was utterly confused!
He felt he’d played himself into a corner!
What was going on?
He opened his palm, and Little Pagoda appeared, also turning illusory!
“Holy crap!” Little Pagoda jumped. “No way! I’m the supreme pagoda of all heavens and realms—how could I be disappearing…?”
Ye Xuan looked at Little Pagoda, which was indeed fading at a terrifying rate. It wasn’t time’s passage—he couldn’t name the force. But he noticed that while Little Pagoda was vanishing, Er Ya’s horn wasn’t. However, the horn was subtly changing, as if losing its colour!
What was happening?
Ye Xuan was lost!
At that moment, Little Pagoda’s voice trembled. “Little Master, quick, take me back!”
Ye Xuan said calmly, “Didn’t you say you’re the supreme pagoda of all heavens and realms? Don’t be scared!”
Little Pagoda panicked. “Little Master, if you don’t take me back, Tu Chen and the others inside will die!”
Hearing this, Ye Xuan quickly pulled Little Pagoda back into his body!
Then, Little Soul’s voice trembled. “Little Master, I’m fading too!”
Ye Xuan’s pupils shrank. The Qingxuan Sword was also disappearing.
His face paled!
Bloody hell!
He’d gone too far!
At that moment, a sword appeared out of nowhere before Ye Xuan. The next instant, the space-time around him trembled violently!
**The Sword of the Way!**
The Sword of the Way gently sliced.
**Swoosh!**
Ye Xuan heard a tearing sound, as if something had been ripped apart!
Then, a terrifying voice echoed from all directions. “Who dares tear through the time barrier and disrupt time… Tired of living? Holy crap… It’s the Destiny Boss… The Lord of Time pays respects to the Destiny Boss! I’ll kowtow to you!”
Thud.
The sound of kowtowing reverberated through the endless cosmic void.
