Ye Chuan looked at the mass of cultivators kneeling below him. He froze for a few seconds before snapping back to reality and casually waving his hand. All of you, rise.
That old geezer Xuan Qiong is gone, and this broken divine tomb has collapsed. Those who want to hunt for treasure can go home, and those looking for trouble should weigh whether they are strong enough to fight me. Dismissed.
As his words fell, he reached out and pulled Bai Qianshuang into his arms. With a flicker of his figure, he tore through space and disappeared above the endless Demonic Sea.
He left behind only the cultivators from the major factions on the suspended platform, looking at each other in dismay.
After this battle, the power dynamics of the Tianxuan Continent were completely rewritten.
Xuan Qiong had plotted to sacrifice all the cultivators. Master Taichu and the Sword Master, two mighty figures at the Ascension Realm, had lost their combat abilities in the aftermath, yet Holy Lord Ye had completely destroyed the enemy.
The Wutong Holy Land was annihilated, and the Wandu Holy Land was left leaderless. Their surviving disciples sent letters of surrender overnight, willingly submitting to the Yuxu Holy Land as their supreme authority.
The top factions of the three great divine continents Nanhua, Xihua, and Beihua scrambled to bring heavy gifts to the Yuxu Holy Land, seeking only to cling to the coattails of the number one expert in Tianxuan.
The once insignificant Yuxu Sect, which had nearly been wiped out by the Qingyun Sect, was now the undisputed sovereign of Tianxuan with Ye Chuan at the helm.
In just a few days, the mountain gates of the Yuxu Holy Land were piled high with congratulatory gifts from various sects. Spirit veins, dharma treasures, cultivation methods, and natural heavenly treasures poured in endlessly.
The already magnificent holy land now possessed spiritual energy so dense it reached the extreme, becoming the ultimate cultivation mecca in the hearts of all cultivators across the Tianxuan Continent.
...
However, the initiator of all this, Ye Chuan, had no interest in managing the trivial matters of these sects coming to pay their respects.
The affairs within the Holy Land were basically left to Bai Qianshuang to handle.
It was not until three days later that Ji Lingxuan came to visit.
Inside the grand hall of the Yuxu Holy Land.
Ji Lingxuan sat in a chair, looking at Ye Chuan in front of her. She hesitated to speak several times before finally failing to hold back and speaking first:
Brother Ye, honestly, I still haven't recovered from the shock.
Hmm? Recover from what? Ye Chuan looked up, seemingly trying to hold back a smile. I just slaughtered Xuan Qiong and broke through to the Ascension Realm. What is there to recover from?
Just slaughtered Xuan Qiong?
That was the number one figure from the ancient era.
A mighty figure who was half a step into becoming a true immortal.
Ji Lingxuan paused and lowered her voice:
Speaking of which, what exactly is your cultivation level now? The patriarch and I tried to probe you with our divine sense, but we couldn't see through you at all. It just feels like you have completely merged with this world.
Oh, you mean that. Ye Chuan took a sip of spirit tea and replied casually,
I've reached the peak of the Ascension Realm, and the heavenly dao barrier has opened. If I want to ascend, I can tear open the realm gate and visit the upper realm at any time.
Pfft!
Ji Lingxuan directly spat out the tea she had just drunk. She abruptly stood up from her chair, completely dumbfounded:
What did you say?! Peak of the Ascension Realm?! You can ascend at any time?!
She was in a state of extreme shock, her mind almost unable to process it.
Just a few months ago, he had barely broken through to the Mahayana Realm.
Half a month ago, he reached the peak of the Tribulation Transcendence Realm.
But now, he was saying he had reached the peak of the Ascension Realm and could ascend at any time?!
How was this cultivation? This was clearly stealing the Heavenly Dao's livelihood!
You... with this cultivation speed, are you even human? Ji Lingxuan's mouth twitched for a long time before she finally squeezed out this sentence.
Calm down, it's just basic operation. Ye Chuan waved his hand, looking entirely unconcerned, but seeing Ji Lingxuan's expression as if she had seen a ghost, he couldn't help but laugh.
What, are you afraid I'm no longer me?
As soon as these words came out, Ji Lingxuan's expression instantly froze.
She fell silent for a few seconds. The playful smile faded from her face, replaced by a touch of solemnity and hesitation. Finally, she gritted her teeth and asked the question that had been hidden in her heart the longest:
Ye Chuan, are you... really still you?
In the divine tomb, that old geezer Xuan Qiong tried to possess your body, and your cultivation has skyrocketed so absurdly... She paused, her tone carrying a hint of caution.
I'm not doubting you, it's just... I'm afraid your body was taken over by something.
Looking at her serious face, Ye Chuan couldn't help but laugh out loud.
Don't worry, I am who I am.
Hearing this, Ji Lingxuan seemed to look at Ye Chuan earnestly. Finally, the solemnity on her face dissipated, and she couldn't help but laugh:
True, this aura of yours is something others can't imitate.
Ye Chuan shrugged, as if remembering something.
But speaking of which, after breaking through to the peak of the Ascension Realm, I did notice something amiss.
Something amiss? Like what? Ji Lingxuan asked.
With my current cultivation, I can completely communicate with the origin dao principles of the Tianxuan Continent. The four great divine continents, the endless Demonic Sea, and even the Dragon Clan's secret realm in the deep sea, or the hidden sects in the extreme frigid lands—I can clearly sense them all, Ye Chuan continued.
But the very center of the Tianxuan Continent, that specific area, I can't sense at all. It's like a blank void, completely shielded by something. Even the laws of the Heavenly Dao detour around it.
He looked up at Ji Lingxuan. What exactly is the background of that place?
Hearing the words the very center of the Tianxuan Continent, Ji Lingxuan's expression instantly changed.
She slammed her teacup heavily onto the table and lowered her voice even more, carrying a trace of imperceptible dread. Are you talking about the Forbidden Land?
The Forbidden Land? Ye Chuan raised his eyebrows, repeating the name.
Yes, Ji Lingxuan nodded, her tone incredibly grave. That is the Tianxuan Continent's only absolute forbidden zone for the past ten thousand years. Even mighty figures at the Ascension Realm absolutely do not dare to lightly set foot in it.
She paused and slowly explained, Ancient texts in the Taichu Holy Land record that millions of years ago, when cultivators established the heavens and mapped the realms, this Forbidden Land was the only place they dared not touch. They merely erected stone steles on its outskirts, strictly forbidding all cultivators from entering.
The ancient texts state that the Forbidden Land is the origin of the Tianxuan Continent, and also its end. It hides the origin secrets of the entire world, but equally, it hides terrifying things capable of annihilating all of Tianxuan.
Over the past ten thousand years, it's not that there haven't been skeptical mighty figures who forced their way in, but without exception, all went in and never returned. Not even a shred of their divine souls managed to escape.
As time passed, this place became an absolute forbidden zone. Even the patriarchs of the major holy lands keep their mouths tightly shut when the Forbidden Land is mentioned.
After listening, Ye Chuan fell into slight thought.
Actually, he had been inside.
During his text adventure, he had died at the time and randomly respawned over there.
It was also there that he picked up a jade pendant containing Lilith.
But very quickly, he was slaughtered by something, though fortunately, he managed to bring the jade pendant out with him.
Yet Lilith was clearly a witch from the Aether Continent, an existence from a completely different world than the Tianxuan Continent.
Why would her remnant soul appear in the core Forbidden Land of the Tianxuan Continent?
Moreover...
Hmm... Ye Chuan remained silent for a while. Perhaps it's a different timeline of the same continent?
ive and Ruthless] Before his transmigration, Ye Xuan was playing a game called "Severing Emotions to Attain the Dao." The game's core wasn't about leveling up by fighting monsters, but about conquering various "bad women" with wicked personalities and cold, fickle natures. There was only one method to conquer them: stay unwaveringly by their side, then die at a critical moment, driving them to madness after losing the protagonist. The higher their level of regret, the higher the player's score. To dominate the server, Ye Xuan conquered all the bad women. In the early stages, he showered them with boundless tenderness, only to choose to sacrifice himself for them later, making them weep bitterly and drown in regret. Among them were: Xia Lengyue, the unfaithful immortal wife who chased after powerful men and discarded her husband like trash. Ye Qingcheng, the Demonic Venerable of the Joyous Union Sect, who appeared pure and innocent but was, in reality, promiscuous. Wu Lingxiao, the Empress of the Great Xia Dynasty, who lusted after men and loved maintaining a harem. Bai Qiangu of the Endless Demonic Sect: a bloodthirsty mass murderer. However, when the protagonist transmigrated into the game world, he made a horrifying discovery. Eight hundred years had already passed. The bad women he had conquered had now each become deities and revered ancestors. Faced with the endless stream of toxic women coming for him, Ye Xuan could only rely on his god-tier acting skills to carve a path of survival through this world of treacherous women.
lan, the Luo family, tracked him down - along with the babies in their arms. Mo Xuan stared pensively at the paternity test results from over a dozen top institutions, both domestic and international, showing a 99.99% match between himself and the two baby girls. At 23, Mo Xuan, a doctoral student, had become the father of two three-year-old children. The kicker? The mothers weren't even the same person! He gradually realized he was being lured step by step into an elaborate trap designed by these two yandere sisters. "Be good, little Xuan. Sister's life belongs to you entirely." "Brother, if you try to run away, I'll have no choice but to tie you up." Mo Xuan: "Do whatever you want, ladies. I give up."
transmigrates into the world as the sect master of the Heavenly Yan Sect, which is on the verge of being wiped out. He binds a system that grants him cultivation power based on the number of disciples he has: for each disciple, he automatically gains a year's worth of cultivation every single day! Take one disciple: every day he gains 1 year of cultivation power. While others struggle through a year of bitter training, he gets the same just by sleeping through a single night. Take ten disciples: every day he gains 10 years of cultivation power. Foundation Establishment, Core Formation, Nascent Soul—he breezes through all bottlenecks without lifting a finger. Take one hundred disciples: every day he gains 100 years of cultivation power. Even a Soul Transformation Venerable before him can’t survive a single blow. Take ten thousand disciples: every day he gains 10,000 years of cultivation power! With a wave of his hand, he topples empires. With a single step, he crushes the sacred grounds of the universe. ... While others fight tooth and nail for secret techniques, Lin Yan casually hands out Nascent Soul-level cultivation manuals as beginner textbooks. While others strain to find talented recruits, Lin Yan opens his doors to anyone—so long as they’re human. In just three short years, the Heavenly Yan Sect went from a backwater sect made up of three crumbling huts to a sacred land that every cultivator under heaven would kill to enter. ... One day, otherworldly demon gods invade, with a million demon soldiers pressing down upon the realm. Lin Yan, yawning, rises from his lounge chair and glances at the system panel: [Current Disciples: 1.28 million] [Daily Cultivation Increase: 1.28 million years] He waves his hand casually, and the countless demon soldiers are reduced to ashes in an instant. “So noisy… interrupting my fishing.”
young master of the Shen family—a figure of immense power and wealth beyond measure—and awakened the "Destined Ultimate Villain System"! His starting scenario? Running into his icy fiancée who shows up with a mountain-descending divine doctor to break off their engagement. The divine doctor arrogantly taunts: "What does your Shen family have besides a bit of stinking money? You're not even worthy of tying Qingxue's shoelaces!" Shen Fei just smiled. He completely defied the usual script: "Fine, I agree to break off the engagement. Also, notify the finance department to withdraw all investments from the Su family." Minutes later, with its capital chain severed, the Su Group teetered on the brink of bankruptcy! The once aloof and proud ice queen CEO was thrown into utter panic. That very night, she went to Shen Fei's villa, casting aside all dignity to beg and plead desperately... From then on, in this world teeming with Sons of Destiny, Shen Fei embarked on a path of extreme dimensional suppression! A mountain-descending divine doctor? Peerless medical skills? Shen Fei: "Reporting you for practicing medicine without a license! I'll gladly take your ancient medicinal cauldron and twin sister assassins." The Crooked-Smiling Dragon King? Commanding a hundred thousand soldiers with a single order? Shen Fei: "Illegal assembly and suspected treason! Let a fleet of attack helicopters sanitize the area and teach you what the state apparatus really means!" A reborn tycoon? Knows all the golden opportunities of the next decade? Shen Fei: "A trillion in capital to reverse and pump the stock market, making you blow your margin and jump on the very first day of your rebirth!" What Chosen Ones? What bearers of Heavenly Fortune? In Shen Fei's eyes, they're all just chives (i.e., suckers/marks) waiting to be harvested! Shen Fei: "Sorry, but as the Destined Ultimate Villain, I don't play by the rules of honor. I only play the game of dimensional suppression."
