Celestial Dragon Sword Venerable

HISS—

Qin Xingzhao, Qin Xingfan, and Qin Xingchen simultaneously gathered their Bloodline Power and channeled it all into the scroll painting.

The scroll had originally depicted a simple landscape. But as the Bloodline Power flowed in, countless crimson motes of light appeared in the area of the Ten Thousand Beasts Ridge.

The motes began to flicker ominously, gradually converging into a phantasmal image.

Once formed, the image grew larger and took on a profoundly mysterious air.

The phantom was not humanoid. Instead, it took the shape of an immense dragon that stretched across the entire Ten Thousand Beasts Ridge.

Ye Tianling’s gaze had been fixed on the changes within the scroll. At that moment, his Eye of Celestial Secret instantly saw through the massive dragon phantom.

In that instant, Ye Tianling’s whole body jolted, and he blurted out, "The Ten Thousand Souls Bone!"

"The what? Ten Thousand Souls Bone?"

Qin Xingyi’s delicate body trembled. The landscape painting nearly failed to coalesce completely, instantly showing signs of collapse.

To her, Ye Tianling’s voice was like a sudden clap of thunder, so deafening it made her very Soul tremble violently.

"The Ten Thousand Souls Keel. This Ten Thousand Beasts Ridge was formed from the bones of a dead dragon, which became this Desolate Mountain, stretching over an endless area."

Ye Tianling didn’t hide anything and directly stated the truth.

HISS—

Upon hearing this, everyone present couldn’t help but gasp in shock.

This was simply too terrifying. If a region as vast as the Ten Thousand Beasts Ridge was formed from a single Dragon Bone, just how enormous must that dragon have been?

Everyone present understood perfectly well what such a massive size implied.

Only when evolution reached an unimaginable level could a creature’s body become so immense!

Take planets, for example. The reason they are so colossal is that they contain Laws, and their very will has reached the point of generating new Laws!

So, if the Ten Thousand Beasts Ridge was formed from a dragon’s bone, what Realm had that dragon reached? And why would a being of such a Realm have died here?

"If I’m not mistaken, and the Ten Thousand Beasts Ridge is part of a Dragon Bone, then the so-called Life Soul Spring is this dragon’s Life Soul Crystal—the crystallization of its Life Soul. And the so-called Elemental Magnetic Aurora is likely this dragon’s Soul Qi Origin.

It was once said that the Ten Thousand Beasts Demon Cave contained the Ten Thousand Souls Bone and the Soul Devouring Sand... It seems that was true."

Ye Tianling possessed the Eye of Celestial Secret and was skilled in the Inference Technique. Now, with the Totem manifested in the scroll, he had already deduced some clues.

"Then what is the Soul Devouring Sand?"

Xia Xinyan pondered for a moment before she couldn’t help but ask.

Her beautiful eyes sparkled brightly, and when her gaze fell upon Ye Tianling’s face, they held a look of deep admiration.

"The Soul Devouring Sand, obviously, is the treasure that killed this dragon. As for what it is exactly, I have no way of knowing. I could see the Manifestation of the Ten Thousand Souls Bone at a glance, but that Soul Devouring Sand... I can’t sense it at all. It might be something truly terrifying."

Ye Tianling’s voice was grave, his expression extremely serious.

Ye Tianling had a faint feeling that this Soul Devouring Sand would become the greatest threat in the Ten Thousand Beasts Demon Cave.

However, this was just a feeling, and he didn’t voice this opinion outright.

"It seems this journey is indeed fraught with peril. Celestial Secret Divine Son, if you need us to do anything, please don’t hesitate to ask!"

Xia Xinyan immediately realized the implications, and her expression also grew solemn.

Ye Tianling nodded slightly. Then, he gathered a wisp of power from his Nirvana Rebirth Skill and sent it shrouding over Qin Xingyi.

"Absorb it. Perform Refinement. Your expenditure will be restored."

The Nirvana Power Ye Tianling released was comparable to Origin Energy.

To him, this was nothing. After all, this bit of Origin Energy was directly extracted from the two Cultivators he had devoured earlier, costing him nothing at all.

But to Qin Xingyi, this wisp of Origin was immense, surging toward her like a torrential flood.

Her pale face immediately flushed with color. She felt as if she had been submerged in a Life Spiritual Spring, an indescribable feeling of comfort blooming from her very bones to the depths of her Soul.

"Mmm—"

She even let out a soft moan, unable to control her Emotions.

Noticing the change in herself—that she had been restored to her peak condition in an instant—Qin Xingyi’s pretty face flushed scarlet. It burned with heat, and she felt utterly mortified.

’This is so humiliating! How could I be... so weak!’

She cursed herself inwardly, filled with self-loathing, but she found herself completely captivated by that sensation.

It took her a long while to emerge from this strange state. Her heart was still racing, and she felt light-headed, as if everything were a dream, somewhat unreal.

’The Celestial Secret Divine Son... he’s just... so mesmerizing. I expended too much power before, and he used his own Origin Power to help me... His Origin Power is just so heaven-defying. Compared to him, what right do I have to be a Saintess... I’m no different from an ant...’

After this flurry of wild thoughts, Qin Xingyi secretly stole a glance at Ye Tianling.

At that moment, Ye Tianling’s robes fluttered. He stood as still as a deep abyss and as imposing as a great mountain, like a peerless War God gracing the mortal world—Unrestrained and Indulgent, handsome and transcendent.

In that instant, even a Saintess like Qin Xingyi was overcome with a feeling of inferiority.

...

After using the Nirvana Rebirth Skill to directly restore Qin Xingyi, Ye Tianling also casually restored the energy expended by Qin Xingzhao and the other two. Only then did he step into the air and fly directly toward the ancient, primeval forest.

Along the way, Ye Tianling had memorized the changes in the landscape painting, performed a degree of Inference, and locked onto a direction.

Therefore, as they advanced, Ye Tianling combined his Soul Talent with the Tianshu Ancient Town Celestial Secret Divine Skill to quickly break through numerous Illusion Realms and complex Arrays, leading the group safely through five treacherous areas.

「Two hours later」

Ye Tianling arrived before a cliff face.

The cliff looked like two broken mountains that had been cleaved apart by immense force, with a quiet, narrow path running through the center.

The path was very narrow, only about two meters wide, and it stretched into the distant darkness.

At the entrance to the path, a group of Cultivators were facing off against each other.

The situation was clearly tense, with a battle ready to erupt at any moment.

Ye Tianling’s arrival, however, caused the impending fight to come to a temporary halt.

"Li Xuyao, if you want to die, go ahead and try something! That’s right, I killed Li Xuting. I even performed Absorption on her until she was completely dead. So what? What can a piece of trash like you do to me?"

The speaker was a young boy whose voice was still somewhat childish, but his words immediately enraged many of the Cultivators.

On Li Xuyao’s side, the faces of two young men turned extremely grim, and their bodies began to tremble all over.