My Dreams Connect to Ancient Times

Zhang Jifeng was stunned, frozen in place.

Chong Shanhu turned and walked onto the tournament stage. There, a Great Demon from the Monkey Race named Hou Hua already stood waiting, a mocking expression on his face.

"I’m not like that idiot Hu Futu. I won’t be giving you a chance to surrender..."

The words had barely fallen when the Great Demon’s eyes widened. His body transformed into a brilliant Great Sun as he slammed a palm downward, a terrifying aura erupting with devastating force!

"Shan Hu!!" Zhuge Ke, tears and snot streaming down her face, cried out in alarm. The expressions on Zhang Jifeng, Zhang Huatian, and the others changed drastically, and they let out a quiet sigh.

Even Xiaoyan couldn’t bear to watch and turned his head away.

"I’ll kill you!"

Hou Hua laughed, his voice shaking the stage. The fiery palm and its terrifying aura locked firmly onto Chong Shanhu, giving him no room to dodge and no chance to speak the words of surrender!

However, faced with the descending, fiery palm, Chong Shanhu’s body began to crack under the pressure of the turbulent Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi before the attack even landed.

But he had no intention of dodging or begging for mercy. A roar forced its way from his throat as he thought of the countless people who had died tragic deaths on this stage!

"Heaven... Breaking... Pillar!"

Chong Shanhu roared hysterically, meeting the Celestial Human’s palm head-on and forcing a counterattack!

"Hm?"

In a certain folded void, several hidden beings let out sounds of surprise. Li Changgeng was full of shock and doubt.

’This Killing Skill... does it carry a trace of the Jade Void Lineage’s Heaven-Flipping Seal?’

Yang Jian’s expression turned serious.

"It’s not a trace; it *is* there. Is this child connected to the Jade Void Lineage? Or did he just happen upon the inheritance?"

As the two conversed, a huge, muffled BANG erupted on the stage under countless astonished gazes, kicking up a cloud of dust and smoke!

The entire stage, forged from Divine Iron, trembled violently. The dust cloud billowed as the Monkey Demon let out a wretched scream. The entire hand that had slammed down was now broken, twisted at a grotesque angle!

But Chong Shanhu was in even worse shape. As a Grandmaster facing a Celestial Human—even one who was only at the First Celestial Realm of Climbing the Divine Ladder—and despite using the Heaven-Breaking Pillar and taking advantage of his opponent’s carelessness to block the palm and even break his arm, the sheer force of the rebound was enough to make Chong Shanhu erupt in blood. It poured from his pores as if it were free, and fresh blood streamed from the corners of his eyes, mouth, ears, and nose!

He coughed up blood, half-kneeling on the ground, while the Monkey Demon clutched its broken arm and let out a piercing shriek!

"Human, you deserve to die! You deserve to die!!"

The Monkey Demon shrieked, the sound so piercing it ruptured Chong Shanhu’s eardrums. He forced himself to his feet and, without hesitation, charged forward!

"Surrender! Surrender now!" Zhang Jifeng’s face paled as he yelled, but Chong Shanhu didn’t retreat a single step.

White streams of air blasted from the Monkey Demon’s nostrils. Feeling the contemptuous gazes of the other prodigies from the Demon Race and the searing pain in its left hand, it flew into a rage. The killing intent in its eyes was practically overflowing.

The Monkey Demon used its good right hand to channel its Primordial Qi. No longer underestimating its opponent, it formed a massive hand of Primordial Qi and violently snatched Chong Shanhu into the air!

It gnashed its teeth, yet asked with a sinister giggle:

"Do you surrender?"

The Monkey Demon had no intention of letting this human die easily. It decided to torture him, then kill him the instant before his spirit broke and he surrendered.

Held tight in the giant hand of Primordial Qi, Chong Shanhu struggled to lift his head.

"Surrender... my... ass!"

The Monkey Demon’s eyes glinted sharply. The giant hand of Primordial Qi tightened, and a terrifying force erupted, squeezing Chong Shanhu until he burst into blood once more. The bones throughout his body screamed, unable to bear the strain!

Then, the Monkey Demon controlled the Primordial Qi, grabbing the human and slamming him into the stage three times in a row, shattering every bone in Chong Shanhu’s body and leaving him limp on the ground!

"Do you surrender?" the Monkey Demon asked mockingly.

Chong Shanhu coughed up mouthfuls of blood. His spine was shattered, leaving him completely paralyzed, but he channeled his Power to vibrate his throat and force out the words:

"Surrender... my... ass!"

In the clouds above, both Yan Huang and Li Yutong clenched their fists. On the Floating Stone Platform, the prodigies’ eyes turned red. Zhuge Ke was crying uncontrollably, and Xiaoyan had crushed a treasured bag of potato chips into powder!

"He’s got a strong backbone," the Demon Race’s Little Saint said with a grin. "Wouldn’t you agree, Brother Li, Brother Yan?"

The two remained silent, their anger building, but reason kept telling them again and again: ’The greater good is what matters. The greater good...’

On the stage, the Monkey Demon spat out a thick stream of Primordial Qi, healing all of Chong Shanhu’s injuries. Then it grabbed him, and inch by inch, began to crush his bones, chuckling as it said:

"It’s fine if your bones are hard. I just have to crush them a few more times..."

As it spoke, it did just that, again and again. Chong Shanhu was in so much pain he couldn’t even scream, hanging limply in its palm like a ragdoll.

Once, twice, three times...

In the dead silence, only the sound of bones shattering echoed over and over.

The thousandth time, the thousand-and-first...

The two-thousandth time... two-thousand-five-hundredth... two-thousand-nine-hundredth... the three-thousandth time!

From mid-morning until the Great Sun had set!

"Fuck you!"

Yan Huang couldn’t take it anymore and shot to his feet. But at that same moment, two Grand Grade palms pressed down from the void, forcing him back into his seat!

"Do not interfere with the stage." Two Grand Grade voices sounded out. Yan Huang’s eyes were practically splitting with rage.

And in the void, Yang Erlang’s eyes narrowed dangerously.

"This child’s aptitude is a bit lacking, but his temperament is excellent. I’m thinking..."

Li Changgeng pursed his lips and said,

"You’ve already taken that girl Xiaotong as your disciple, and you want another? Give him to me."

As he spoke, he prepared to step out of the void but was stopped by Nezha at his side.

"Taibai, the Grand Grades are watching this place, and the Life Tower is observing as well. Don’t go out there. Don’t forget, we weren’t supposed to leave Gouxian Town... Just wait for the boy to die, then take his Soul and rebuild his body."

Li Changgeng silently retracted his foot.

Meanwhile, on the stage, the Monkey Demon had grown bored and let out a yawn.

"Still not surrendering? How boring, so boring..."

Xuan Tong, who was watching the battle, lifted his eyelids at this moment and said indifferently,

"Hou Hua, stop wasting time. Just kill him."

"Yes." The Monkey Demon became respectful. It grabbed Chong Shanhu and grinned. "Little whelp, any last words?"

After the repeated torture, his spirit seared by the Monkey Demon’s deliberate use of mental light, Chong Shanhu’s gaze was completely unfocused. Even his Soul was beginning to show signs of cracking!

He opened his mouth, wanting to say something, but no words came out.

The Monkey Demon grinned again, a vicious glint in its eyes. As it applied force with its hand, its Divine Thought also probed into the Human Race member’s mind, preparing to annihilate his Soul as well!

In the next instant,

BUZZ!

In the moment before Chong Shanhu’s Three Souls and Seven Spirits could collapse, a brilliant light burst forth. The single character for "Lu," personally inscribed by Yama of the Ancient Underworld, began to vibrate!

The ghostly light backlashed. The Monkey Demon let out a ferocious, sharp scream and fell to the ground, rolling over and over. Under countless stunned gazes, after just a few breaths, the Monkey Demon’s Soul shattered, and it died, its Dao extinguished!

The entire audience was silent.

In the void, the onlooking Yang Jian and the others wore expressions of disbelief. Li Changgeng was filled with shock and doubt.

’He was protected by an inscription from Yama? Which Fellow Daoist took a liking to this little guy back in the Ancient Times?’

When certain beings favored by powerful Immortal Gods or other great figures entered Reincarnation after death, Yama would personally inscribe a character on their Soul, both for protection and to indicate their background!

Yang Erlang was also shocked and uncertain. He opened his Celestial Eye and peered intently.

"...Lu?"

He said, dumbfounded,

"It’s the character ’Lu’. Who is that connected to? Lu..."

Yang Erlang’s voice stopped abruptly. Li Changgeng and Nezha stared at each other in bewilderment.

Lu.

’It can’t be... it couldn’t be *that* person, could it?’

’No, no, if it were him, Yama should have written "Supreme"... right?’

The three of them swallowed hard.

And at this very moment, high in the clouds, the Demon Race’s Little Saint broke the dead silence, shooting up in a fury and letting out a deafening roar:

"No external aid is permitted on the stage! This brat brought a hidden Exotic Treasure onto the stage! How audacious! Audacious! Audacious!"

He erupted with a sudden attack. Yan Huang and Li Yutong, who had been pleasantly surprised, saw their expressions change. They wanted to intervene, but two Grand Grade palms once again reached out from the void and blocked them!

The Demon Race’s Little Saint rose up in a rage, spanning the Celestial Vault. As his palm descended, he suddenly changed his mind, a malicious glint flashing in his eyes.

"The Human Race is despicable, breaking the rules. In that case, I’ll just... kill a few more!"

His palm suddenly expanded, engulfing the Celestial Vault as it pressed down not only on the stage but also toward the True Immortal holding it up and the other prodigies of the Human Race!

"STOP!!!" Yan Huang’s eyes were blood-red, but with a Grand Grade expert blocking him, he was too late to help!

Suddenly,

BUZZ!

Ripples spread through the void.

A Daoist Temple shot out with immense momentum and supreme heavenly might.

Perfectly on target, the Daoist Temple, which had appeared from nowhere, slammed right into the Demon Race’s Little Saint.

Under countless terrified and horrified gazes,

that Grand Grade Level Little Saint of the Demon Race was smashed into a firework of blood-red mist!