The Middle World!
Ye Xuan was quite curious about this Middle World. After all, Sister Nian was there, along with An Lanxiu and others!
On the way, Ye Xuan suddenly asked, “Big sister, with all those divine treasures, why don’t you use them to improve yourself?”
Yang Nianxue said flatly, “Our old man said I’ve used too many divine treasures already. It’s not good for me—I need to settle down and consolidate.”
Ye Xuan was speechless.
*Too many divine treasures!*
Could his sister’s cultivation level have been entirely built by piling up divine treasures?
Very likely!
He’d noticed that her combat ability was actually… not that impressive!
Yang Nianxue suddenly asked, “Little brother, how are you able to enter the River of Time and reverse time?”
Ye Xuan laughed, “I cultivated it!”
Yang Nianxue glanced at him. “Teach me!”
Ye Xuan hesitated.
Yang Nianxue said coolly, “No can do?”
Ye Xuan gave an awkward smile. “Big sister, it’s actually quite special!”
With that, he opened his palm, and the Qingxuan Sword appeared. “The main reason is this sword, forged for me by Qing’er!”
Yang Nianxue looked at the Qingxuan Sword. After a moment of silence, she said, “Next time, can you ask your sister to forge me a sword too?”
Ye Xuan looked troubled.
Yang Nianxue said, “There’s a reward!”
Ye Xuan said earnestly, “Talking about rewards between siblings? That’s too distant! Too distant!”
Yang Nianxue rolled her eyes. “Distant, my foot! I know you. Would you do anything without a benefit?”
Ye Xuan laughed heartily. “Big sister, if you want a sword, why not ask our old man to forge you one?”
Yang Nianxue scoffed, “Don’t want to ask him!”
Ye Xuan was puzzled. “Why not?”
Yang Nianxue was silent for a moment, then said, “I don’t want to be a second-generation rich kid!”
Ye Xuan: “…”
Yang Nianxue glanced at him, somewhat helplessly. “From the moment I was born, I had everything. Whatever I wanted, our old man gave me. No matter what it was, he always fulfilled my wishes. It’s left my life without any pursuit! Ugh, can you understand this kind of pain?”
Ye Xuan’s face darkened instantly.
Yang Nianxue continued, “I came out here to experience the hardships of life. Little brother, have you ever felt life’s struggles?”
Ye Xuan felt a tightness in his chest.
Damn it!
He’d met someone who could out-brag him!
And he couldn’t even argue back!
This sister is inhuman!
Yang Nianxue was about to say more when Ye Xuan suddenly interrupted, “Big sister, let’s not waste time! Let’s speed up!”
With that, he grabbed Yang Nianxue and vanished into the starry horizon.
Yang Nianxue: “…”
…
Three days later, the Middle World.
When Ye Xuan arrived, he was shocked by the purity of the spiritual energy!
The spiritual energy here was far beyond his expectations, at least ten times purer than in places like the Mysterious Realm!
Ye Xuan turned to Yang Nianxue, who said gravely, “The Middle World has thirty-six super spiritual veins, all residing here. Because of them, the spiritual energy in the Middle World is outrageously potent!”
Ye Xuan frowned slightly. “Super spiritual veins?”
Yang Nianxue nodded. “Any one of them could sustain a universe like the Burial Heaven Divine Domain. And here, there are thirty-six!”
Ye Xuan asked solemnly, “Do these thirty-six veins belong to any faction?”
Yang Nianxue shook her head. “No! They don’t belong to any faction!”
Ye Xuan was puzzled. “No faction has tried to claim them?”
Yang Nianxue said, “Who would dare? These thirty-six veins are no weaklings. In the Middle World, they’re like gods. Any faction that dares to target them is essentially declaring war on all the powerhouses here. They’d be mobbed!”
Ye Xuan nodded slightly. “Transcendent status!”
Yang Nianxue nodded. “Their status is beyond ordinary. Of course, this is also because they never get involved in any disputes. No matter how the major factions in the Middle World fight, they stay out of it. So, all the factions respect them highly.”
She paused, then added, “But back then, this place almost faced a catastrophe!”
Ye Xuan was curious. “What catastrophe?”
Yang Nianxue laughed. “When we came here, didn’t we? Little White nearly convinced those thirty-six super spiritual veins to leave with her!”
Ye Xuan: “…”
Yang Nianxue continued, “In the end, our old man stopped Little White. If those thirty-six veins had really left with her, this universe would’ve been done for! Without spiritual energy to sustain it, this universe would’ve withered and faded at an alarming rate!”
Ye Xuan chuckled. “Little White’s charm is something else!”
Yang Nianxue nodded. “Her allure to spiritual beings is downright terrifying.”
Ye Xuan was about to speak when suddenly, more than a dozen powerful auras appeared in the distance. The next moment, a woman leading a group of powerhouses appeared before Ye Xuan and Yang Nianxue!
The woman wore a long black dress, holding a whip made of unknown scales. Upon seeing Yang Nianxue, she sneered coldly, “Yang Nianxue, you stray dog, you dare come back!”
Ye Xuan’s head ached instantly.
*Damn it!*
His sister had definitely stirred up trouble here!
Yang Nianxue shot the woman a cold glance. “Helian Xiao, if you’ve got the guts, fight me one-on-one!”
Helian Xiao mocked, “Why should I fight you alone? If you’ve got the skills, call for backup!”
She glanced at Ye Xuan, sneering, “This is your backup?”
Yang Nianxue said coolly, “My brother’s got a bad temper. You’d better not provoke him!”
“Brother?”
Helian Xiao sized up Ye Xuan, scoffing, “The sister’s so weak, who knows what kind of trash the brother is!”
She pointed at Ye Xuan’s legs. “Break his legs first!”
As her voice fell, one of the powerhouses beside her charged at Ye Xuan. But the moment he moved, his head flew off!
*Swish!*
A spray of blood arced through the air, gruesomely vivid!
Seeing this, Helian Xiao and her group froze.
*Instant kill?*
Ye Xuan looked at Helian Xiao, about to speak, when she suddenly shouted, “Retreat!”
With that, she led her group and vanished into the distant horizon.
*Gone!*
Ye Xuan was stunned.
*She ran that decisively?*
He turned to Yang Nianxue. “Big sister, you’ve got beef with her?”
Yang Nianxue nodded. “She’s from the Helian Clan! At an Immortal Treasure Pavilion auction, we bid on an item. She didn’t have as much money as me, so I won it. After that, she started targeting me everywhere! Of course, I didn’t take it lying down. One time, when no one was around, I gave her a good thrashing. But this woman has no honor—when she couldn’t beat me, she called for help, and a lot of help. Ugh…”
Ye Xuan blinked and asked, “Big sister, how much money do you have?”
Yang Nianxue grew wary. “Why are you asking?”
Ye Xuan gave an awkward smile. “Just curious!”
His instincts told him his sister was probably richer than a nation!
Yang Nianxue glared at him. “Don’t even think about my money!”
Ye Xuan was about to speak when Helian Xiao returned!
This time, she brought two black-robed elders, both at the Eternal Immortality realm!
Helian Xiao glared at Ye Xuan. “Kill him!”
As her voice fell, one of the black-robed elders reached out from afar, a powerful force surging toward Ye Xuan.
At that moment, Ye Xuan’s thumb flicked lightly.
*Swish!*
A sword light slashed through the air, instantly tearing apart the elder’s force. The sword drove straight forward, aiming for the elder.
Seeing this, the elder’s pupils shrank. He stepped forward and threw a punch, a fist aura erupting like a volcano, causing the surrounding spacetime to boil!
He met Ye Xuan’s sword head-on!
The moment the elder’s fist met the sword, his fist aura shattered. The next instant, he was sent flying thousands of meters back. As he stopped, his right arm exploded, and moments later, his entire body shattered and annihilated!
Seeing this, Ye Xuan himself was stunned!
This sword hadn’t sliced the past or future—it was just an ordinary strike!
His ordinary strike had become *this* powerful?
*My body!*
Ye Xuan quickly realized the key—his current body was completely different from before!
In the distance, the elder whose body had been destroyed stared at Ye Xuan in disbelief. “You…”
Before he could finish, the Qingxuan Sword plunged into his brow, absorbing his soul instantly!
Nearby, Helian Xiao was dumbfounded.
*Instantly killed!*
An Eternal Immortality powerhouse, killed in a second?
Helian Xiao quickly said, “Young Master, it was a misunderstanding earlier…”
Before she could finish, a sword pierced her brow!
Ye Xuan looked at her. “I let you go the first time, and you should’ve stayed away. This time, you think I’ll let you off again?”
The elder beside Helian Xiao hurriedly said, “Young Master, please show mercy! The Helian Clan will be eternally grateful!”
Ye Xuan glanced at the elder. “Are you threatening me with the Helian Clan?”
The elder quickly said, “No… I wouldn’t dare!”
At that moment, Helian Xiao suddenly said, “I’ll buy my life with money!”
Ye Xuan looked at her. “Buy your life with money?”
Helian Xiao’s voice trembled. “Three… three thousand Star God Veins, is that enough?”
Ye Xuan frowned. “Your life’s only worth three thousand?”
Nearby, Yang Nianxue remained calm, saying nothing.
Helian Xiao’s voice shook. “Ten thousand! I’ll offer ten thousand!”
Ye Xuan shook his head. “Even a million wouldn’t do! Know why?”
Helian Xiao was dazed. “W-why?”
Ye Xuan said earnestly, “My sister is the most important person to me, even more than our old man! Anyone who tries to harm my sister, I’ll wipe out their entire clan! Long live my dear sister!”
As his voice fell, the Qingxuan Sword absorbed Helian Xiao’s soul completely.
Yang Nianxue’s lips curled into a faint smile.
