Celestial Dragon Sword Venerable

This was to be expected. After all, his strength was truly feeble—only at the Sword Tribulation Second Refining Great Perfection Realm.

All around him, it was still pitch-black, like an abyss. Ye Tianling couldn’t see a thing.

The path forward was blocked. With his current strength, he was like a blind man in this place, completely unable to move.

’I’ll have to use the female corpse again.’

Ye Tianling sighed. To be honest, after experiencing the sensation of his will instantly collapsing, he was genuinely traumatized and didn’t want to use this female corpse again.

But he had no choice. Without the corpse, he couldn’t possibly escape this land of darkness.

Ye Tianling possessed the female corpse once more, and the world was again filled with light and color.

The terrifying disparity made Ye Tianling question his own existence, and he became keenly aware of his own insignificance.

Composing himself, Ye Tianling strode forward. At the same time, he tried to capture the Dao Rhyme Fragments in the air.

Unfortunately, the Dao Rhyme Fragments in this place were strange. Even with the Ability granted by his connection to the female corpse, he was unable to catch them.

This time, Ye Tianling’s control was more adept and the connection felt stronger. As a result, whenever he encountered any Divine Thoughts along the way, they would merely stare at him from a distance before immediately fleeing, giving him no opportunity to strike.

Finally, when Ye Tianling tried circulating the Kunpeng Hidden Dragon Technique, the effect became even more pronounced.

From a great distance, the moment Ye Tianling appeared, all the cruel and sinister Divine Thoughts in the area vanished without a trace.

The Kunpeng Hidden Dragon Technique was still effective. It also seemed to mask the weakness of his Three Souls and Seven Spirits, making the female corpse appear completely flawless.

After passing through the area, Ye Tianling arrived at a burial ground.

This was also the location of an altar.

On the altar was an Array, which was surprisingly similar to the one he had seen on the altar deep within the Earth Palace outside the Hidden Dragon Demon Cave.

This Array was simply more complex, involving a greater number of Emperor Patterns.

’This Array should be a special Starry Gate Teleportation Array, but I wonder where it leads?’

Ye Tianling studied the Array. He couldn’t decipher the Emperor Patterns on it, nor could he activate them.

But if he didn’t activate the Emperor Patterns and merely inscribed Primordial Runes, the teleportation would likely be confined to this area.

If Ye Tianling wanted to uncover the deeper secrets of this Emperor’s Burial Land, he couldn’t avoid this Array.

Ye Tianling walked over anyway. In this physical body, he began gathering the power of his Three Souls and Seven Spirits to condense Primordial Runes, inscribing them onto the Array to activate it.

「Half an hour later.」

Ye Tianling had activated the Array without any interference.

Sure enough, the teleportation didn’t display its core effect; it had only activated a fraction of its Transmission Power.

Even so, Ye Tianling still managed to open a teleportation channel.

BOOM—

The Void trembled. A white light enveloped Ye Tianling, and in an instant, he was transported from the mountain summit to the Nine Dragon Ridge region.

The moment he appeared, he immediately spotted Que De, his face deathly pale, hunched over and cautiously trying to flee into the distance.

The instant Ye Tianling’s gaze swept over him, Que De abruptly transformed into a finger-sized mouse. With a SWISH, he turned into a Flowing Light and shot into the distance with lightning speed.

His speed was simply astonishing. Even in his current state, Ye Tianling could only see an afterimage.

’So fast! No wonder this mouse has survived this long; he really has some tricks up his sleeve. I’m afraid even with my original body’s strength, I couldn’t possibly move that fast!’

Ye Tianling was inwardly shocked. Although Que De was at the One Path Sword Ancestor Realm, Ye Tianling was a master of the Space-Time Law. Empowered by the Power of Space-Time Law, his speed was no less than that of an ordinary Daoist Ancestor.

Yet, faced with Que De’s speed, Ye Tianling had to concede defeat.

However, Ye Tianling at this moment was not just Ye Tianling. He was a ’Venerable.’

So, even though Que De was fast enough to leave an afterimage in his vision, it was nothing special.

"Come back."

Ye Tianling spoke faintly. His voice was sinister and hoarse, yet strangely pleasant, and it carried a terrifyingly oppressive aura.

VMMMM—

Que De’s fleeing figure was actually pulled backward.

Even though Ye Tianling hadn’t used any special techniques, this was the power of a Venerable.

Words and Laws Follow. The moment a command was spoken, it was comparable to a Law itself.

’Damn it... Lord Que is done for this time. A supreme Venerable has been resurrected! That damn Ye Tianling! I knew that meeting that jinx would lead to death or disability. Poor Lord Que, I don’t even have a Daoist partner yet! I haven’t had the chance to show all the female mice how amazing Lord Que is, and now I’m going to face Transformation Dao right here.’

Que De muttered to himself, full of sorrow and despair, his heart filled with ashes.

He was on the verge of bursting into tears.

He hadn’t recognized Ye Tianling at all. He just assumed a peerless Venerable had appeared in the world, and of all the rotten luck, he had run right into their grasp.

Seeing Que De’s reaction, Ye Tianling was left a little speechless.

But he couldn’t resist the urge to tease him, and let out a sinister "Heh heh heh..." laugh.

The moment the laugh came out, never mind Que De, even Ye Tianling himself found it creepy. He felt a sinister chill, and his scalp went numb.

The whites of Que De’s eyes showed and he nearly fainted from fright. His face bone-white, he instinctively summoned the Daoist Celestial Essence Hat.

And it had to be said, once the hat was on, even Ye Tianling felt a hint of apprehension toward its glistening green light.

The green light seemed to possess a mysterious life force, as if it could instantly sprout a vast, emerald-green prairie to overwhelm anything unholy.

What was more terrifying was that this was the green of life. Ye Tianling’s female corpse, on the other hand, was an unholy object that ultimately represented death.

One represented vitality, the other death. It had to be admitted that it was a powerful counter.

For the brief moment that Ye Tianling was stunned, he thought Que De was about to attack.

SWISH—

Que De did indeed make a move, but not against Ye Tianling. Instead... he took to his heels and fled.

This time, he even burned his Essence Blood to escape.

The expression on Ye Tianling’s face became quite a sight to behold.

"Come back."

Ye Tianling spoke again, his words accompanied by that sinister laugh, nearly scaring the piss out of Que De.

He was once again sent flying backward, as if all Laws had become completely ineffective on him.

Even more terrifying, he discovered that no matter how he changed his flight path, he could not escape the lock of the other party’s dreadful Soul Power Sensing.

’It’s over... a monster this terrifying has revived...’

Que De’s heart was bleeding, but he looked at ’Ye Tianling’ in utter terror and immediately bowed. "Senior! Fairy! This humble one only came to admire the splendor of the Martial Emperor! I meant no disrespect! It was all that blockhead, Ye Tianling! That scoundrel! Not only did he want to come here to rob tombs and steal treasures, but he also wanted to—"

"He also wanted to what?"

A smirk played on Ye Tianling’s lips as he stared at Que De and let out that sinister "Heh heh heh..." laugh again.