Celestial Dragon Sword Venerable

"HISS—"

Seeing Ye Tianling’s appearance, the many Saint Masters, Saint Sons, and Saintesses couldn’t help but feel a chill run down their spines.

They had already retreated three thousand meters, but now, they fell back even faster, acting almost on pure instinct.

"Fall back—quickly, fall back!"

The Saint Masters began to shout cold commands. They simultaneously unleashed the mighty power of the Sword Ancestor Nine Paths, sweeping up the Saint Sons and Saintesses beside them to retreat immediately.

’It’s over!’

In the distance, within the territory of the Returning Butterfly Sacred Land, a look of endless sorrow appeared on Ouyang Tianqi’s face.

He sighed, glanced at Ouyang Qianyu beside him, and sent a Soul Transmission, "Saint Master, if we get a chance, we must leave this place! We must!"

He said nothing aloud, only conveying this message to the Saintess Returning Butterfly, Ouyang Qianyu.

Ouyang Qianyu’s body trembled, and a look of horror flashed in her eyes.

Ouyang Tianqi unleashed a dense wave of Sword Tribulation Energy, enveloping Wan Jianyun and Die Xiyue. "Come with me," he said. "Don’t ask any questions, and don’t say a word."

"Tianqi Saint Son, Tianling... Celestial Secret Divine Son, what... what happened to him?"

Wan Jianyun suppressed his shock and heartache, remaining silent.

But Die Xiyue could no longer hold back. Her beautiful eyes revealed extreme worry and anguish.

What in the world had happened to Ye Tianling?

How could Die Xiyue not see what was happening?

She was just speaking instinctively, her voice trembling, revealing the panic and unease, the pain and sorrow in her heart.

"Go!"

Ouyang Tianqi shouted sharply. Without responding to Die Xiyue, he immediately turned to leave.

As he left, he didn’t bother with pleasantries. He didn’t even greet Ouyang Ruoyun, simply sweeping her up as well.

Caught in Ouyang Tianqi’s sudden ’attack’, the dazed Ouyang Ruoyun didn’t fight back at all. She didn’t even have the slightest thought of defending herself.

Her state made Ouyang Tianqi feel even more regretful.

But he still did what he had to do. ’Perhaps, at a critical moment, Ouyang Ruoyun will be my trump card to survive.’

As for Ouyang Ruoshuang and Ouyang Ruobing, Ouyang Tianqi had already given up on them. He even secretly signaled Ouyang Qianyu with his eyes to distance herself from the two.

’Otherwise, not only will we be unable to escape, we’ll die even faster.’

Ouyang Qianyu had already witnessed Ouyang Tianqi’s formidable abilities before. Seeing this now, she was so shocked her entire body went cold, and a cold sweat broke out on her forehead.

But she now understood deeply that for someone to become the First Saint Son of a Holy Land, their sense of crisis, their Talent, and their intellect far exceeded her imagination.

The experiences with Ye Tianling and, before him, Long Cangqian had left an indelible impression on her—and indeed, on all the Saint Masters. It showed them just how heaven-defying, monstrous, and terrifying a top-tier Saint Child could be!

If the Saint Masters continued to act high and mighty, they were truly not far from death!

Ouyang Tianqi wasn’t the only one who had come to this realization.

Unparalleled Saint Sons and Saintesses like Wang Zhen, Xu Yaoyang, Li Jiuchu, Tianhong, Qin Xingyu, Tianchen, Tianqing, Li Xuyao, Li Xuting, and Sword of No Name were all fleeing in a panic.

This was a reaction they hadn’t even shown when they saw Yao Yusu display the power of a Nine Source Sword Saint.

And all this commotion was caused simply by Ye Tianling lifting his head for a single moment.

"CHH-CHH—"

The Power of Space Rules, accompanied by Law Shackles, descended upon Ye Tianling’s body.

Like terrifying manacles, they instantly locked Ye Tianling in place.

Ye Cangqian thought he had been granted a peerless opportunity. Believing Ye Tianling was now shackled, he charged forward directly.

"BOOM—"

Ye Cangqian manifested his Taotie Divine Soul, transforming into his humanoid battle form, and lunged forward to viciously devour Ye Tianling!

He was going to swallow Ye Tianling whole!

He believed that with the Space Power shackles from his mother, the Nine Source Sword Saint Yao Yusu, Ye Tianling would be completely powerless to fight back!

As for Ye Tianling’s monstrous transformation, he didn’t care at all. ’So he’s Entering Demon, what’s there to be afraid of!’

"ROAR—"

Ye Cangqian opened his maw wide and chomped down.

Ye Tianling’s eyes narrowed.

His eyes, hollow as pools of blood and indifferent as ten-thousand-year-old ice, suddenly shot out two terrifying rays of destructive light!

The Eye of Destruction!

The two rays of light traced an arc in the Void, like the two poles of Chaos, forming a great black chasm that tore through space.

"PFFT—"

Ye Cangqian’s entire mouth was pierced straight through by the dark Power of Destruction.

Behind his throat, a terrifying black hole appeared.

The black hole ripped open, causing his body to rapidly disintegrate!

"AHHH—"

He let out a heart-wrenching scream, frantically gathering Energy in an attempt to recover.

But this time, the wound he had sustained was completely unhealable!

"Damn it! How is this possible! You little bastard, how could you! How dare you harm my son!"

Yao Yusu shrieked madly.

Ye Tianling reached out and grabbed at the Void.

His hand seemed to pierce through the Void, expanding to the size of a mountain.

"VMMM—"

The two- to three-meter-tall battle form of Ye Cangqian was caught in Ye Tianling’s mountain-sized, blood-red palm. Then, Ye Tianling clenched his fist.

"BOOM—"

In Ye Tianling’s palm, the giant hand shrank, and the Space within it began to explode with a continuous RUMBLE.

"BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!—"

It was impossible to tell how many times this explosion repeated.

The force of the blasts, like the power to crush the Void itself, resounded continuously in his palm.

The force that shook the Void sent Yao Yusu, who was flying over, hurtling back!

"HISS—"

At this, Long Fengyang and the other three were so frightened they began to tremble, their very Dragon Souls quivering in fear!

Their Dragon Souls felt as if they had encountered the most terrifying Fierce Soul in history, or perhaps even a supreme, Venerable Dragon Soul.

"THUD—"

They couldn’t control themselves at all; they were scared into kneeling.

Even though they didn’t want to!

"PFFT! PFFT! PFFT!—"

Many True Disciples were stunned senseless by this power that crushed the Void, so scared that they lost control of their bladders.

Even some Saint Sons and Saintesses felt their Souls tremble and their bodies shiver uncontrollably.

"PFFT! PFFT! PFFT!—"

The sound of people spitting blood rose and fell in waves.

Space itself seemed about to shatter and crumble.

Terrifying cracks ravaged the Void again and again, shattering the vacuum, as if the apocalypse of Destruction had descended.

Long Wudao’s old face twisted, his eyes showing ultimate terror. "How... how can this be! Quick, call the other Saint Ancestors! Quick! Summon the Divine Beast Taotie’s Fierce Soul! Quick!"

He too was struck by the destructive Space Power, sent flying backward while spitting up mouthfuls of blood, yet he continued to roar and shriek madly.

But at this moment, it was hard enough to protect oneself. Who had the ability to summon a Saint Ancestor, let alone the Divine Beast Taotie’s Fierce Soul?

He had even forgotten that he himself was a Saint Ancestor, yet he was in such a pathetic state.

"BOOM-BOOM-BOOM-BOOM-BOOM—"

In Ye Tianling’s palm, Space continued to explode. Inside, the Taotie Divine Son, Ye Cangqian, had been crushed into a meat patty, yet he was constantly reforming.

As expected of a Celestial Mandate Divine Son, he was difficult to kill.

But after being crushed and reformed time and time again, Ye Tianling’s hand finally shrank to the size of a bowl.

In his hand, Ye Cangqian had disappeared. All that remained was something that looked like a deep-fried toad.

It was golden-yellow and dark red.

The toad was on the brink of death, its two webbed feet twitching intermittently.

Ye Tianling’s eyes were utterly dead. A destructive, bloody light burned within them, like a pair of crimson, ghostly flames.

He used his hand to tear off a piece of the toad’s flesh, bit by bit, and slowly stuffed it into his mouth.

He chewed.

"CRUNCH—"

"CRUNCH—"

Yao Yusu, looking completely crazed, unleashed various Laws that landed on Ye Tianling’s body, but they all vanished as if sinking into an unknown void!

Ye Tianling was completely undisturbed, unaffected by the Laws.

Having truly Entered Demon, he had jumped beyond the Three Realms and Five Elements, no longer part of the Six Paths of Reincarnation—the Laws of this world could no longer affect him.

Yao Yusu charged forward madly, wanting to save Ye Cangqian. But before her attacks could even land on Ye Tianling, the rippling bloody light from his body blasted her away, causing her to spray a mouthful of blood.