Jiang Lian had naturally investigated Ye Xuan. In fact, all the powerhouses of the Dao Sect were familiar with him by now!
After all, Ye Xuan had clashed with the Dao Sect multiple times!
Hearing Jiang Lian’s words, the elder glanced at her, “If you put it that way, why are we even fighting for the Ruins? We might as well surrender!”
Jiang Lian gave the elder a faint look, saying nothing.
Her goal was simply to save one person!
Once that person was saved, she would withdraw!
Whatever the Past Sect did afterward was their business.
She wasn’t going to confront the Backer King head-on!
Soon, the two disappeared at the end of the spacetime tunnel.
…
After an unknown amount of time, Ye Xuan appeared in a desolate starfield. Tens of thousands of zhang ahead stood a massive stone monument and a stone gate.
On the monument were four large characters: The Ruins!
After appearing, Ye Xuan glanced around. The surroundings were deathly silent.
He paused for a moment, then walked toward the monument.
As he reached it, an elder appeared silently behind him!
The elder wore a long black robe, his hands hidden in its wide sleeves, clutching a sheathed long blade in his left hand.
As soon as the elder appeared, Ye Xuan felt a prickling sensation, his entire body uneasy.
With a thought, Ye Xuan summoned his Human Sword Intent, and the discomfort vanished.
He turned to face the elder, who was also sizing him up.
Neither spoke!
Suddenly, the elder’s left thumb flicked the hilt of his blade.
Sss!
The blade unsheathed, releasing a wave of blade energy that stretched ten thousand zhang, shattering the starry sky like slicing through marbled pork…
Ye Xuan frowned, swiftly drawing his sword and slashing!
Facing a Third Knowledge Realm powerhouse, Ye Xuan held nothing back, immediately activating his bloodline power and Human Sword Intent!
Boom!
A clash of blade light and sword light erupted before Ye Xuan, forcing him to retreat rapidly, his feet sparking from the friction…
In the distance, the elder looked at Ye Xuan, his voice hoarse, “You’re the first in history to block my strike at the Order Realm!”
Stopping, Ye Xuan glanced at his right arm, now numb.
He had to admit, the elder’s blade was formidable.
In the distance, the elder was about to act again when he turned his head. From the stone gate, a woman emerged, clad in white armour, her long hair tied back in a bundle. Her left hand was hidden behind her waist.
Dao Sect!
Ye Xuan looked at her and quickly asked, “How should I address you?”
The woman glanced at Ye Xuan, “White Armour!”
Ye Xuan nodded slightly, “Miss White Armour, how many people are guarding the Ruins?”
White Armour looked at Ye Xuan, “Just me!”
Ye Xuan froze, then said, “Isn’t that a bit… few?”
At that moment, he wanted to curse!
Damn it!
The Ruins, such a critical place, and the Dao Sect only sent one person to guard it? Was the Great Dao Pen’s master drunk on fake wine?
White Armour’s expression remained calm, “Few?”
Ye Xuan looked at her, “How many can you take on?”
White Armour raised one finger.
Ye Xuan’s face darkened, “Just one?”
White Armour looked at him, “What else?”
Ye Xuan was speechless.
In the distance, the elder was about to speak when White Armour suddenly vanished. The elder’s eyes narrowed, and he sidestepped, gripping his blade’s hilt. In the next moment, he drew and slashed.
At the same time, White Armour, now before him, squinted. Her left hand, hidden at her waist, struck!
A flash of blade light, and the scene fell silent.
The elder’s blade was only half-drawn. He stared at White Armour, bewildered, “So… fast… blade…”
With that, his head flew off!
White Armour turned to leave.
Ye Xuan watched her approach, saying nothing.
Of course, he was inwardly shocked!
This woman had killed a Third Knowledge Realm expert with one strike!
Truly formidable!
White Armour stopped before Ye Xuan, looking at him, “The Dao Token is with you?”
Ye Xuan nodded, “Yes!”
White Armour paused, then asked, “You’re here to help?”
Ye Xuan nodded again.
White Armour looked at him, silent.
Ye Xuan hesitated, then said, “Do you think I’m a bit weak?”
White Armour nodded honestly.
Ye Xuan said, “Should I leave?”
White Armour shook her head, “With the Dao Token, you’re in more danger elsewhere. Follow me!”
She turned and walked toward the stone gate.
Ye Xuan hesitated, then followed.
Entering the gate, they arrived on a plain. Ye Xuan looked into the distance, where endless mountain ranges stretched beyond sight.
Pointing at them, Ye Xuan asked, “That’s the Ruins?”
White Armour nodded, “Yes!”
Ye Xuan said, “There are life imprints there?”
White Armour replied, “Yes! The master sealed and suppressed everything here. There’s an order here—Reincarnation Order! All beings have a beginning and an end. When life reaches its end, their life imprints return to the Ruins, awaiting the next reincarnation!”
Ye Xuan looked at her, “Next reincarnation?”
White Armour nodded, “Reincarnation, not resurrection! If beings couldn’t die… without fear, they’d unleash the darkest sides of themselves!”
Her eyes flashed with coldness, “The Past Sect wants to destroy this place, disrupt the order, and plunge the universe into endless darkness for their own gain. They deserve death!”
Ye Xuan looked at her, “Can you hold it?”
White Armour’s expression was impassive, “Even if I can’t, I must!”
Ye Xuan nodded slightly, saying no more.
White Armour glanced at him, “Help me with something later!”
Ye Xuan said, “Tell me!”
She pointed at the ground, “There’s an array here, but it needs someone to activate and operate it. That was my job, but now, it’s yours.”
Without waiting for Ye Xuan’s response, she pointed at his forehead.
Boom!
A flood of information poured into Ye Xuan’s mind!
White Armour said, “This is how to operate the array!”
Ye Xuan nodded, about to speak when White Armour said, “Remember, don’t let them enter the Ruins!”
With that, she spun around, and in that moment, she and Ye Xuan were back in the starry sky. Simultaneously, her left hand struck!
A flash of blade light!
Boom!
Before White Armour, a shadow suddenly retreated!
The shadow fled tens of thousands of zhang before stopping. Before White Armour, a crack tens of thousands of zhang long appeared.
Ye Xuan looked into the distance. At the crack’s end stood a middle-aged man in a loose white robe, long hair draped over his shoulders, his right hand clenched tightly. His chest bore a torn garment with a visible blood mark!
That earlier strike nearly killed him!
The man looked at White Armour, saying softly, “I thought the Dao Sect’s strongest, aside from the Great Dao Pen’s master, was Dao Ling. I never expected the Ruins’ guardian to be this strong. Impressive!”
White Armour glanced at him, sneering, “Just one?”
The man said softly, “Of course not!”
As his voice fell, the spacetime behind him split open, and a terrifying aura swept out!
Sensing it, Ye Xuan’s face changed!
Damn it!
A powerhouse beyond the Third Knowledge Realm?
Beside Ye Xuan, White Armour’s eyes narrowed, her left hand slowly tightening behind her, a blade light flickering.
The man glanced at Ye Xuan, “You’re the Backer King!”
Ye Xuan remained silent.
Since when was he so famous?
The man chuckled, “They say you have a powerful backer. Is it true?”
Ye Xuan looked at him, smiling, “What, curious?”
The man said, “Not really!”
Ye Xuan was about to speak when the spacetime behind the man split open, and an elder in a splendid robe walked out!
The moment he appeared, the entire starfield trembled violently, then began to fade bit by bit!
And the elder hadn’t done anything!
Ye Xuan looked at White Armour, who paused, then said, “He’s not Third Knowledge Realm!”
Not Third Knowledge Realm!
Ye Xuan’s face darkened, “Can you handle him?”
White Armour looked at Ye Xuan, “I’m fine. The problem is you!”
Ye Xuan frowned, “What do you mean?”
White Armour looked at him, silent.
Ye Xuan’s expression grew grim!
If White Armour was tied up, who was in the most danger?
Him, Ye Xuan, of course!
Sure enough, the middle-aged man turned to him!
White Armour suddenly said, “Activate the array!”
With that, she walked toward the splendid-robed elder.
The elder looked at her, “Please, show me!”
White Armour’s lips curled into a ferocious grin. The next moment, she moved!
Sss!
Silently, the spacetime before the elder split, and a blade light surged out!
Fast!
Seeing this strike, the middle-aged man and Ye Xuan’s expressions changed!
Especially Ye Xuan—he’d never seen such a fast blade!
If he faced White Armour, his head would be gone before he felt it!
Yet the splendid-robed elder remained calm. He extended his right hand.
Boom!
An invisible force blocked the blade light!
But at that moment, White Armour spun and slashed down fiercely!
Boom!
A burst of blade light exploded, and the elder retreated tens of thousands of zhang!
Seeing this, the middle-aged man’s face darkened!
The elder glanced at his right hand, where a deep blade mark bled profusely!
He looked at White Armour, “Go deal with that kid!”
Hearing this, the middle-aged man turned to Ye Xuan, his right hand slowly clenching, a terrifying force gathering.
Ye Xuan’s expression was calm, his Qingxuan Sword trembling violently in his right hand.
But at that moment, the surrounding spacetime split open, and waves of terrifying auras swept in!
In an instant, thirty-six terrifying powerhouses appeared, led by six at the Third Knowledge Realm!
Ye Xuan glanced at the group, then said, “Little Tower, do you think I have a chance?”
Little Tower replied, “Don’t you know your own limits?”
Ye Xuan paused, then said, “I want to give it a shot!”
Little Tower asked, “Are you serious?”
Ye Xuan nodded.
Little Tower was silent for a long time, then said, “Fine, I’ll go crazy with you this time!”
Boom!
Little Tower turned into a golden light, bursting out of Ye Xuan’s body, laughing wildly, “Looks like I, Little Tower, can’t stay low-key anymore! Otherwise, people will think I’m just a Backer Tower!”
Ye Xuan looked at the tower in the sky, softly saying, “Little Pen, what about you? Make a stand!”
Little Pen paused, then said, “If you don’t sell out your teammates, I’ll go crazy with you! Honestly, I’ve been hiding some strength too… Big Bro, don’t betray us, okay?”
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