Seeing the Cosmic Spirit’s sleazy grin, Ye Xuan instantly grew wary.
This bastard is definitely scheming something. I need to stay sharp.
At that moment, the Cosmic Spirit put away its smile and said earnestly, “You must study this Dao Stone properly. Trust me, it will be a huge help for your god-breaking breakthrough. Right now, your faith power and your own sword dao have both reached their personal limits, but your understanding of the vast cosmic Great Dao is still quite shallow. I’m not asking you to learn the Dao inside this stone, just use it as reference. That’s all.”
Ye Xuan nodded slightly. “Alright.”
He was genuinely interested in the stone. After all, something even the Master of the Avenue Pen thought highly of had to be extraordinary.
Ye Xuan put the Dao Stone away, then said, “Thank you, senior, for the gift.”
The Cosmic Spirit froze. “Did I say I was giving it to you?”
Ye Xuan blinked. “You didn’t?”
The Cosmic Spirit’s face darkened. “I said I was lending it to you for study, not giving it to you!”
Ye Xuan nodded. “I understand. Don’t worry, I’ll return it once I’m done.”
The Cosmic Spirit stared at Ye Xuan in silence.
Ye Xuan said seriously, “Don’t you trust my character?”
The Cosmic Spirit said gravely, “This thing is extremely precious, truly. I’m only lending it to you to look at. I’m not giving it away. You… don’t do this.”
Ye Xuan replied, “I will return it.”
The Cosmic Spirit asked, “You’ll return it after you’re finished using it?”
Ye Xuan answered, “My son will return it.”
The Cosmic Spirit’s expression froze solid.
Bloody hell!
You’re making your son pay it back again? Is your son your personal scapegoat?
That’s inhuman!
The Cosmic Spirit’s face turned pitch black. This bastard really had no humanity.
Beside them, Qin Guan burst out laughing.
Little Xuan could be utterly shameless sometimes.
Ye Xuan said, “Senior, aren’t we going to the Domain of Gods to show off? Oh, no, I mean, to attend the meeting!”
After a brief silence, the Cosmic Spirit said, “Let’s make a deal. After you’re done, return the stone to me, and I…”
Ye Xuan interrupted, “Senior, I will definitely return it. I’m really not the kind of person who borrows without repaying! We Yangs always repay our debts. If not in this generation, then the next!”
The Cosmic Spirit’s face stiffened again.
I want to beat you to death!
Your son isn’t even born yet, and you’re already pushing the debt onto the next generation!
Are you an immortal or what?
A trace of helplessness rose in the Cosmic Spirit’s heart. He finally saw the truth. This prick simply had no intention of returning it.
Return it through his son?
Fine!
The Cosmic Spirit then said, “Write an IOU.”
Ye Xuan hesitated for a moment. The Cosmic Spirit said calmly, “There’s no problem with writing an IOU, right?”
Ye Xuan nodded. “Fine.”
He took out a sheet of paper and wrote in bold strokes: “Today I borrow one stone from the Cosmic Spirit. To be returned by my son.”
After finishing, he even stamped it with a bloody handprint.
The Cosmic Spirit glanced at Ye Xuan, pocketed the note, and asked, “Why not have your dad return it?”
Ye Xuan replied, “I can’t beat him.”
The Cosmic Spirit nodded and gave a thumbs-up. “So you can beat your son, is that it?”
Ye Xuan laughed. “Senior, let’s not waste any more time. To the Domain of Gods!”
Truth be told, he was actually quite looking forward to seeing this Assembly of Gods in the Domain of Gods.
Cosmic Spirits from other universes!
It might really broaden his horizons.
The Cosmic Spirit nodded. “Good. Let’s go.”
With a sweep of its sleeve, space tore open before them, revealing a spacetime tunnel.
Ye Xuan and Qin Guan exchanged a glance, then stepped inside.
Once the Cosmic Spirit entered, the spatial rift vanished instantly.
Inside the spacetime tunnel, the Cosmic Spirit suddenly asked, “Are you sure you don’t want to bring your little sister?”
Ye Xuan shook his head. “No need.”
The Cosmic Spirit glanced at him. “If you don’t bring her, keep a low profile, or you’ll get beaten. If you bring her, you can show off as much as you like.”
Ye Xuan said calmly, “Senior, are you sure you want me to bring my sister?”
The Cosmic Spirit frowned slightly. “What do you mean?”
Ye Xuan smiled. “If I bring her and she loses her temper, even I won’t be able to stop her. At that point, you might disappear from existence altogether.”
The Cosmic Spirit fell silent at once.
When that woman went berserk, she really didn’t play by any rules.
Ye Xuan laughed. “This time, we’re just going to see the world.”
The Cosmic Spirit nodded. “Then let’s just see the world.”
Ye Xuan glanced at the Cosmic Spirit, remaining secretly on guard. This fellow was full of bad ideas. He had to be careful.
At that moment, Qin Guan suddenly said, “The gods of the True Realm have been unusually quiet lately. Have they forgotten about us?”
Ye Xuan fell silent.
He was indeed worried about those gods from the True Realm. After all, right now he had to deal with them himself.
As if something occurred to him, Ye Xuan suddenly looked at the Cosmic Spirit. The Spirit hurriedly said, “Don’t look at me. We have an agreement: we cannot interfere in mortal disputes. If we Cosmic Spirits got involved, let me tell you, you’d really only be able to call your sister then.”
Ye Xuan laughed. “Senior, I’m just curious. Among the Cosmic Spirits, what level are you?”
The Cosmic Spirit replied calmly, “I can’t say I’m invincible, but at the very least, nobody dares to mess with me.”
Ye Xuan frowned slightly. “Really?”
The Cosmic Spirit sounded displeased. “Do you think I’m not strong?”
Ye Xuan shook his head inwardly. Like I’d believe you, you prick.
This guy was obviously not doing too well, or he wouldn’t be so desperate for me to bring my sister.
At that moment, the Cosmic Spirit suddenly said, “To be honest, if you rely only on yourself in this war, it will still be difficult.”
Ye Xuan asked, “Why?”
The Cosmic Spirit shook its head. “You don’t understand the True Realm well enough. That civilisation is genuinely heaven-defying. Back then, if the Master of the Avenue Pen hadn’t forcibly intervened, this universe would have been wiped out long ago.”
Ye Xuan suddenly asked, “Is there a possibility that the Master of the Avenue Pen wasn’t just saving this universe, but also saving the True Realm?”
The Cosmic Spirit frowned. “What do you mean?”
Ye Xuan looked at the Cosmic Spirit. “My little sister, my big brother, and my dad are all in this universe. As far as I know, the three of them have been invincible for a very, very long time.”
The Cosmic Spirit fell silent.
Ye Xuan said softly, “I wonder if the Master of the Avenue Pen is actually the biggest mastermind behind everything…”
The Cosmic Spirit shook its head. “Absolutely impossible.”
Ye Xuan looked at it. The Cosmic Spirit said gravely, “From what I know, he also hopes you break through as a god, and he wants it even more than I do.”
Ye Xuan was puzzled. “Why?”
The Cosmic Spirit said calmly, “He’s probably afraid you’ll slack off. If you slack off, we’re all finished.”
Ye Xuan: “…”
The Cosmic Spirit sighed and shook its head.
In truth, it wasn’t just the Master of the Avenue Pen who feared Ye Xuan slacking off. Who in the entire universe didn’t fear it?
If this prick slacked off, well, all the gods would have to run and hide.
At that moment, a beam of white light appeared in the distance. The three turned toward it.
The Cosmic Spirit said softly, “We’re here.”
The Domain of Gods!
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