Chapter 286: Husband, Wake Up
Blood-red flames burned in Ye Tianling’s eyes as his Demon Heart Sword Body autonomously activated the Nine-Orifice Stone Embryo’s Primordial Demon Soul.
A Light of Destruction converged within his eyes.
The Eye of Destruction!
That arc of Destruction manifested as a black hole, tearing through the sky and shooting directly into the massive black maw of the Taotie Divine Beast.
"BOOM—"
The Taotie Divine Beast swallowed the deadly attack from the Eye of Destruction in one gulp, attempting to perform Refinement on it directly.
But immediately after, its body, as huge as a small mountain, began to convulse violently.
"REEEEEE—"
It let out a bloodcurdling shriek as a series of explosions rocked its innards. Its body thrashed about wildly, charging into the Void and rampaging through Space. It seemed to have descended into a hysterical frenzy, completely out of control.
"BOOM! BOOM! BOOM—"
The Power of Destruction ravaged its powerful Devouring Talent. With a single blow, even the Beast Soul of the Ancient Divine Beast Taotie, having descended from the distant Void, suffered a grievous wound.
"HSSSS—"
At this moment, Ye Tianling gathered the Silent Extinction Purple Flame in his fist.
He threw a punch.
"KRAKOOM—"
The terrifying Power of Destruction directly struck the mountain-sized Fierce Soul of the Taotie Divine Beast.
"THUD—"
The Taotie Divine Beast’s body caved in by more than a meter. The Bloodline Power within seemed to trigger a terrifying chain reaction, exploding repeatedly and sending flesh and blood flying everywhere.
Ye Tianling took a great breath of Blood Qi, as if to swallow Heaven and Earth whole.
With a "BOOM," his body suddenly swelled.
His massive body transformed into a mountain-like form, standing a full three thousand meters tall—enormous and savage.
With such a colossal physique, facing the Taotie Divine Beast’s mountain-sized body was now like a man facing a mouse.
"BOOM—"
Ye Tianling stomped down.
The earth quaked and the mountains swayed. The Ancient Battlefield began to fracture. This pocket dimension was finally on the verge of collapse, its destructive aftershocks beginning to shatter it completely.
A powerful storm of Destruction began to rage, spilling into the world outside.
"HUMMM—"
At that moment, the withered old woman casually waved her hand, releasing an aura imbued with the rhythm of the Dao that enveloped the entire area.
Miraculously, the space stabilized, its collapse halted.
However, the terrifying Force Qi had already punched through the small pocket dimension, spilling outwards.
A look of regret appeared in the withered old woman’s eyes. As she looked again at Ye Tianling and the Beast Soul of the Taotie Fierce Beast, she said nothing more and silently retreated to one side.
But the regret in her eyes was obvious—it seemed something terrifying was about to appear between Heaven and Earth.
...
From within the Heaven-Slaying Saint Sword, Ouyang Ruoxue materialized.
She was more beautiful and more powerful than before.
She had already reached the Nine Transformations of Sword Void Realm.
But the seal of the Ancient Soul Extinction Forbidden upon her was also stronger, and the Blood-Colored Order Chains binding her had become even more vicious and cruel, causing her immense pain.
But she paid it no mind.
The moment she took form, she forcibly exerted her power, materializing outside the Heaven-Slaying Demon Sword Holy Dao Space.
Her gaze fell upon a scene of carnage: Ye Tianling slaying the Taotie Divine Beast, confronting a withered old woman, and, in the distance, swathes of destructive blood mist, severed limbs, and a mountain of corpses in a sea of blood...
Tears instantly streamed down her face.
"My husband, please wake up—"
Ouyang Ruoxue cried sorrowfully.
She carried the hopes of Ye Yueling and Lin Yuchan, the hopes of the Ancient Fairy, Que De, and Wan Jimie, and also the hope of Yue Lintian.
She had to awaken Ye Tianling and stop his ongoing Demonization.
Even from within the Blood Cocoon, her Soul Talent had given her a clear understanding of the outside world. She knew exactly what this Demonization entailed.
And so, she knew better than anyone that once the energy fueling his Demonization was exhausted, Ye Tianling would be gone for good.
That fate would be even more terrifying than Transformation Dao.
...
With punch after punch, Ye Tianling shattered the Taotie Divine Beast’s Beast Soul.
Yao Yusu’s prediction had been correct. The Taotie Divine Beast had come, and it had lost.
The Taotie Divine Beast roared as one of Ye Tianling’s punches shattered it. Then, it was engulfed by the Silent Extinction Purple Flame and completely slain.
"AHH—JUST YOU WAIT! WHEN MY SECOND VOID GOD BODY DESCENDS, I’LL SLAUGHTER YOU! I’LL SLAUGHTER THE ENTIRE SWORD ANCESTOR STAR!"
The Taotie Divine Beast roared in madness, finally incinerated to nothing but ash by the Silent Extinction Purple Flame.
Ye Tianling’s gaze locked onto the withered old woman. "Hand it over!" he demanded.
The withered old woman shook her head. "In this small Space, Divine Power can flow and shatter the vacuum. It’s no great matter. But once this power flows outside, the Laws will descend. No matter how powerful you are, you will be erased by the rules of Heaven and Earth—"
"Even Saints are suppressed by the Laws and cannot emerge easily. What chance do you think a Demon Heart Sword Body, an Ancient Fierce Soul like you, stands!’"
"Ye Tianling, wake up now! Otherwise, you will be annihilated by the Celestial Dao, and every trace of your existence will be erased from this world! Transcendence of the rules is one thing, but you will also face Celestial Dao Erasure of all corresponding memories. From now on, absolutely no one in this world will remember you."
The withered old woman’s tone was grave and earnest.
Ye Tianling didn’t listen at all.
Behind him, someone was calling out.
It was a hazy, indistinct voice.
A voice that seemed to originate from his very Soul.
That voice seemed to cause a sharp, stabbing pain in his Demon Heart.
But he refused to listen.
And by refusing to listen, he naturally could not hear.
Ye Tianling looked at the withered old woman, silent.
"Being forgotten is not the terrifying part. What’s terrifying is that when all traces of your existence are erased... your enemies can still be re-manifested by the Laws. The trajectory of Heaven and Earth will quietly shift, reverting to a Rule Realm in which you never existed.
"And you... will cease to exist entirely.
"In that reality, Long Tianyu will still be the Tianyu Saintess, and Long Tianmo will still be the Tianmo Saintess. They will most likely still be turned into Void Bodies through Long Qianying’s Refining, or be subjected to Ye Cangqian’s Absorption.
"And you... you will be powerless to stop any of it, because you will not exist.
"The moment you undergo Transformation Dao, the rules of Heaven and Earth will begin to shift. Everyone will awaken as if from an epiphany to find that the world has undergone some ineffable change, but they will have no idea what it was.
"This is the cruelty of Time, and the cruelty of the Time Law.
"Ye Tianling, wake up!"
The withered old woman pleaded tirelessly, her voice carrying terrifying Laws imbued with Origin, which rippled out and sank into Ye Tianling’s Demon Heart.
But Ye Tianling showed not the slightest sign of waking.
His blood-red hair slowly shortened by half a meter.
But then it began to grow again, even more ferociously.
"HUMMM—"
Ye Tianling threw a punch toward the distance.
The two Saintesses, Long Yuqian and Long Qianyu, as well as over thirty members of the Dragon Race far behind them—including those with Candidacy for Saint Son and Saintess and other True Disciples—were all caught in the path of this single punch.
"SPLAT—"
A cloud of blood mist erupted.
All of them died a gruesome death.
Long Yunfan and Long Qianying were also caught in the attack’s path, but their vigilance flared. They instantly performed an Essence Blood Escape, Burning their Essence Blood to escape the attack’s range.