Celestial Dragon Sword Venerable

"Go!"

Ye Tianling took a deep breath, gathered his Celestial Dao Rule Domain, and directly used his Particle Origin to activate his Samadhi Celestial Fire Aura.

In an instant, the Celestial Fire Aura flowed in all directions, extending over ten meters and enveloping everyone within its range.

"Don’t leave this area of flames!"

Ye Tianling said in a deep voice.

At this moment, no one had the luxury of grief. The sudden, terrifying crisis had thrown them all into disarray.

This crisis was too abrupt, too unnatural.

As the Samadhi Celestial Fire, imbued with the Celestial Dao Rule Domain, began to burn, the sense of crisis immediately lessened a great deal.

Ye Tianling breathed a sigh of relief, but his heart grew even heavier.

Qin Xingzhao, Qin Xingfan, Xiao Xing, and Li Yanjin had all been good friends in their group.

They hadn’t been together for long, but they were true companions. For them to die so suddenly was a devastating blow.

"Brother Tianling, this has nothing to do with you. Don’t blame yourself."

Li Xuyao said in a low voice.

He remained vigilant. He was grieving as well, but he kept his sorrow tightly under control.

"Celestial Secret Divine Son, no one could have predicted such a danger. When we came here, we were already prepared for the possibility of not leaving alive."

Qin Xingchen sighed as well.

"I just didn’t think it would happen so fast, so suddenly."

Xiao Wan sighed in dismay. Her own situation was dire. While a lost arm could be regrown with a Cultivation Technique, the corresponding loss of vital energy and Origin was not so easily restored.

Losing an arm was equivalent to losing ten percent of her Battle Power!

For an unparalleled Goddess, a ten percent loss in Battle Power would require an immense stroke of fortune to recover.

"This spatial lethality is colorless and formless. My Celestial Fire Talent Ability can’t block it for long. We need to leave quickly. Follow my steps—don’t fall out of line!"

As Ye Tianling spoke, he prepared to forcibly break through this space and get off this narrow path.

This place was too oppressive, too brutal.

Never mind Qin Xingchen and the others—even he, Ye Tianling, had no confidence he could survive.

If this continued, they would all die sooner or later—the only way out was to find a spatial node and escape this small space.

As Ye Tianling spoke, he brought out the Star Disc.

The next moment, he channeled his Soul to perceive the fluctuations within the Celestial Dao Rule Domain while simultaneously gathering Primordial Runes to power the Eye of Celestial Secret’s inference abilities.

"SPURT—"

Ye Tianling burned a mouthful of Origin Essence Blood as a Blood Sacrifice to his Xuanyuan Battle Soul, using his primal Life Essence Blood to perform a forced inference.

Finally, after nearly ten breaths, Ye Tianling pinpointed a location.

And those ten breaths had been absolutely harrowing!

Despite the protection of the Celestial Fire gathering the power of the Celestial Dao Rule Domain, and even with the Xuanyuan Celestial Evil Sword flying out on its own to stand guard, another person had still died.

It was Saint Son Xiao Huang of the Celestial Blood Ancient Clan.

Of the Celestial Blood Ancient Clan, only Divine Lady Xiao Wan remained alive, but her Primordial Qi was damaged, and she had lost another ten percent of her Battle Power!

As for Xia Xinyan of the Great Xia Royal Family, she had also faced a fatal crisis, losing a Dao Body and crippling nearly thirty percent of her Battle Power!

From the Immortal Sacred Land, Qin Xingchen and Qin Xingyi were comparatively lucky, both times using their instinctive sense of danger to avoid a fatal blow.

Even so, both had sustained some injuries, and their situation was grim.

Ye Tianling found the spatial node. He used the Star Disc to forcibly break open the gate of the small space and, stepping in a Seven-Star Eight Trigrams pattern, used a special footwork to rush out.

Behind Ye Tianling, everyone followed suit without hesitation, using a similar method.

Finally, the group made it through the ordeal and escaped the perilous Small World.

"SPURT—"

After passing through the canyon, a vast expanse of the Ten Thousand Beasts Ridge mountain range lay before them.

It was as if they had returned to the outer edge of Ten Thousand Beasts Ridge. Gazing at the towering ancient trees that reached for the sky, everyone wore a grave expression.

In the distance, groups of Cultivators sat scattered about, covered in blood—a miserable sight.

Even further away, Ye Tianling saw with his own eyes that Kong Lindao was also bathed in blood, quietly standing guard beside Ye Tianxi.

The commotion of Ye Tianling’s group bursting out of the small space attracted the attention of many people.

Afterward, many Cultivators spontaneously gathered around.

They discovered that, at this moment, almost everyone in the area was an acquaintance.

From the Immortal Sacred Land, Qin Xingyu, Qin Xingzhou, and Qin Xingchan approached with strange expressions. They took charge of the injured Qin Xingchen and Qin Xingyi and began to treat their wounds.

Three Cultivators from the Celestial Blood Ancient Clan also walked over. Their leader was none other than Xiao Hu Divine Son, and the other two were the Goddesses Xiao Qin and Xiao Xin.

On the side of the Great Xia Royal Family, Ye Tianling also saw some familiar faces: Xia Xinning, Xia Xinqi, and Xia Xinzhen.

Xia Xinning was the same Jiang Xiangning from back in Luoyun Town. As for Xia Xinqi and Xia Xinzhen, they were two prodigy Divine Children from the Great Xia Royal Family who had emerged from the ancient era. Ye Tianling had heard of them but had never met them in person until now.

When Xia Xinning saw Ye Tianling, her beautiful eyes lit up, and she immediately bowed in greeting.

Ye Tianling gave a slight nod in response but said nothing more.

Near the Great Xia Royal Family, Ye Tianling also spotted three prodigies from the Holy Heaven Ancestral Land: Celestial Seal Divine Son, Celestial Praise Divine Son, and Tianyi Goddess.

Ye Tianling recognized all of them but wasn’t close to any of them.

Upon seeing Tianqing Goddess, a look of fondness appeared in their eyes, and they also breathed a visible sigh of relief.

Ye Tianling’s gaze shifted to the distance.

In the distance, Yao Qiye and Nine Demon Beauties from the Golden-winged Roc Lineage had also arrived. In addition to them, there were Yao Ling, Yao Lun, Yao Zhe, and Yao Zhen.

Yao Zhe and Yao Zhen were prodigies who had emerged after Yao Qiye and Nine Demon Beauties. Their strength was impressive, by no means inferior to the other two, and they were also considered a ’Golden Boy and Jade Girl’ pair.

When Ye Tianling looked over, both Yao Ling and Yao Lun clearly grew agitated. But then, as if remembering something, they quickly lowered their heads, avoiding his gaze and not daring to meet his eyes.

Next to the Golden-winged Roc Lineage were Kong Lindao and the others from the Immortal Phoenix Peacock Lineage.

When Ye Tianling saw Kong Lindao and the others, Kong Lindao himself had not yet noticed him.

Kong Lindao was in a peculiar state, while Kong Daoze and Kong Daoxi stood guard silently, paying no attention to the changes in their surroundings.

On the ground, Ye Tianxi lay quietly. Her Life Force was draining away rapidly, but her condition was stable for the moment, not worsening any further.

Beside Kong Lindao were four faces completely unfamiliar to Ye Tianling.

Ye Tianling used his Soul Talent to learn their identities. Their names were Kong Yunqi, Kong Yunyi, Kong Yunzhao, and Kong Yunsu, and they were Divine Sons and Divine Ladies from another branch of the Immortal Phoenix Peacock Lineage.