Celestial Dragon Sword Venerable

After the three kneelings and nine kowtows, Duan Jiutian quietly retreated. He bowed to Yue Lintian and said, "I, Duan Jiutian, was wrong. Today, with these three kneelings and nine kowtows, I will use my Vast Energy to perform a Soul Slash as a warning to others! However, the Celestial Secret Divine Son and the Celestial Mandate Divine Son must still compete to determine who is superior.

Destiny is singular and constant, which means a Life Chart is naturally singular and constant as well! There can only be one great Transcendent being in this world."

As Duan Jiutian spoke, he gave Long Xuanji, Long Wentian, Long Qingwan, and Long Fengyang a deep look.

Then, a stream of Vast Energy directly slashed his own Soul.

PFFT—

Half of his Soul shattered once more. His Sword Ancestor Six Paths Realm plummeted directly to the Sword Ancestor Two Paths Realm, making him the absolute weakest of all the Saint Masters present!

Now, he was even weaker than some of the top Saint Sons and Saintesses!

Among the four, all but Long Fengyang were utterly stunned.

They spontaneously withdrew the Sacred Artifacts they had locked onto Ye Tianling and silently retreated.

At this moment, even Long Fengyang found it incredibly hard to believe.

At the same time, a deep sense of regret, frustration, and even jealousy washed over him.

’If I had known Ye Tianling’s Talent was so outstanding and his background so immense, why would I have gone through all that trouble to suck up to the Taotie Divine Son, Long Cangqian?’

But now, beyond the shock and regret, the hatred from being defeated three times was like a festering wound—not only was it impossible to erase, but it was growing more and more frenzied.

’Without his Emperor’s Qi Sword Body, what else can he achieve? Besides, as for who between the Celestial Secret Divine Son and the Celestial Mandate Divine Son will achieve Transcendence, that can only be decided by a battle to the death!’

Long Fengyang took a deep breath, his mind racing.

"Let’s fight."

Long Fengyang also retracted all his killing intent and released the shackles of the Ancient Soul Extinction Forbidden Technique.

Those shackles were useless now. At least, for those taken away by a Saint and sheltered in the Holy Dao Space, he couldn’t drag them out anytime soon.

Besides, his vitality was depleted. The disastrous result of being defeated three times had left him completely spent. For the time being, he couldn’t forcibly seize those Puppets, nor did he have the Ability to break through the Guardian of the Holy Dao’s independent Space.

「In the Holy Dao Space.」

Ancient Fairy stood guard over Ye Yueling and Lin Yuchan, terrified they would choose to follow in Ouyang Ruoxue’s footsteps. After all, the two had already chosen self-Transformation Dao before, only to be stopped by the shackles.

Now that the shackles had temporarily dissipated, nothing would stop them if they chose to undergo self-Transformation Dao.

...

Aside from Long Tianyu and Long Tianmo, everyone else by his side had now been ’saved’.

This left Ye Tianling with no worries holding him back.

His heart was broken.

His Sword Venerate Dominating Body was seemingly gone.

But how could he possibly lack the strength to fight?

’Little Dragon Girl, your sacrifice will not be in vain. My heart is already shattered. Devoid of Emotions, I will use my supreme obsession to undergo Entering Demon, but I won’t let anyone see that it is the Supreme Demon Body.

Don’t I still have the Little Faceless Technique? Don’t I still have the Turtle Breath Technique?

This so-called Demon Heart Sword Body, in my eyes, is just another Void Body, an independent Clone.

With my will and obsession, with my unyielding Strong Heart, I can definitely control it with ease!’

’Ruoxue underwent Transformation Dao for me. Yuchan and Yueling also wanted to walk the path of Transformation Dao, only failing because the shackles stopped them, but they had the same heart to do so. Little Dragon Girl, you also gave all your Energy to fight for me. I can fail the entire world, but I absolutely cannot fail you all.’

’Therefore, I will not Manifest the traits of a Demon Body. I will not let the things you worried about most happen! I won’t, I absolutely won’t!’

Ye Tianling murmured these words with a single-minded obsession.

Then, his gaze shot through the Void and landed on Long Cangqian.

"It’s good that it has come to a fight. However, you’re too weak. Why don’t you recover for a bit? When you’re back at your absolute peak, I will fight you then and beat you to death!"

Long Cangqian said coldly.

He hadn’t completed the grand act of public Absorption, and while he was extremely displeased, he didn’t want to act arrogantly in front of a Saint.

Furthermore, Ye Tianling’s current status as the Celestial Secret Divine Son was something he could not ignore.

He wanted to crush the various Saint Sons and Saintesses under his feet, but he first needed to show some courage and responsibility.

"Recover? Against you, there’s no need."

Ye Tianling’s tone was very soft.

It was as if even speaking was difficult for him.

But after he spoke, the gazes of all the Saint Sons and Saintesses focused on him.

VMMM—

A bloody light shot out from between Ye Tianling’s brows.

The bloody light projected itself into the Void.

The projection gradually condensed, gathering into a physical form.

It was a War Body.

Bathed in divine radiance, its crimson form revealed a sparkling, crystalline, violet-gold skeleton through nearly transparent, blood-colored flesh.

"Another Void Body? Or did the two previous Ancestor Dao Void Bodies fuse into one?"

one of the Saint Masters exclaimed in amazement.

The Saint Sons and Saintesses were uncertain and visibly moved.

"Those two Void Bodies were nearly destroyed. It’s impossible for it to be them!"

the Qitian Dao Saint Master explained directly.

"Correct. This is a brand-new Void Body. Its physical body is incredibly strong, comparable to that of a Sword Ancestor. But it has no Realm whatsoever!"

Saintess Returning Butterfly rarely spoke, but she pointed this out.

"This looks like a Demon Body, but its skeleton is translucent and as clear as crystal, so it definitely isn’t one. It... does, however, have the characteristics of my Jiuli Race’s Divine Demon Blood."

The Saint Master of the Jiuli Race also spoke up.

The Saint Masters were already beginning to look forward to this battle.

As for Long Cangqian, his pupils contracted sharply.

The jealousy in his eyes was almost rabid.

’Why? Why did this native, Ye Tianling, who was nothing but an ant half a year ago, become the Celestial Secret Divine Son half a year later!’

’And becoming the Celestial Secret Divine Son isn’t all—he even has three whole Void Bodies!’

’Could it be that the offspring of a Double Void Body is truly this heaven-defying?’

The offspring of a Double Void Body would either be completely crippled or, with a one-in-a-hundred-quintillion probability, be a peerless genius.

And it was now obvious to everyone present that Ye Tianling was the latter.

"Good, very good! It seems you really are hard to kill! This time, I’ll kill you a hundred times, until you’re completely and utterly gone!"

Long Cangqian’s face was savage as he spoke, enunciating every word.

New and old hatreds surged up together.

He no longer bothered maintaining his composure—or rather, he never needed any composure to begin with!

Because in this world, the Laws are written only by the victors, by the strong.

"That is precisely what I was about to say to you!"

Ye Tianling responded coolly.

After his heart shattered, his emotions had become so cold that it deeply saddened Que De, Wan Jimie, Ancient Fairy, Lin Yuchan, Ye Yueling, and the others in the Holy Dao Space.

They had already figured some things out. Having witnessed the entire process from start to finish and seeing Long Fengyang suffer a backlash from using his Forbidden Technique, how could they not know that ’Ouyang Ruoxue’ had already undergone Transformation Dao?

The sight of Ye Tianling’s hair turning white in an instant, his heart’s blood exploding, and him spitting out that blood had happened before everyone’s eyes. How could it not break their hearts?

But what could they do?

Perhaps all they could do was also undergo Transformation Dao, to spare themselves the humiliation of being defiled by Long Fengyang or Long Cangqian, and to avoid provoking Ye Tianling even further.

...

Ye Tianling took a step forward, walking straight toward the Demon Heart Sword Body.

Before his powerful and unshakeable will,

the Demon Heart Sword Body submitted.

The Demon Heart Sword Body had been born, but it hadn’t turned into a blood-furred monster like the Blood Demon Ape.

It didn’t have that world-shocking, ferocious vitality.

There was only flesh like blood-colored crystal, and a violet-gold Crystal Skeleton, as pure as a gemstone.

And the Demon Heart Sword Body’s appearance was identical to Ye Tianling’s, with no abnormalities whatsoever.

This was Ye Tianling’s Strong Heart, his Invincible Will.

If it was something he wanted to do, a change he wanted to control, then nothing could change beyond his will, nothing could exceed the scope of what he would accept.

This was true for the Celestial Dao.

And it was true for the human dao as well.

Ye Tianling stepped into the Demon Heart Sword Body.

His original body completely fused into the Demon Heart Sword Body.

The next moment, he opened his eyes.

His shattered heart had recovered.

But it wasn’t a heart.

It was a peerless Demon Heart.

A Demon Heart of Nine-Orifices Exquisite, born of the Destruction Killing Dao!