Too Perilous, Too Despicable!

"Jiang Yichen wasn't ensnared by an illusion!" While watching the spectacle, the mighty figures also felt a chill creep into their hearts.

If he had merely been lost in an illusion, Jiang Family's mighty figure should have been able to wake Jiang Yichen with that shout!

Yet instead, he had pointed at his elder's nose and cursed him furiously!

Clearly, what Jiang Yichen was experiencing was far more than a simple illusion!

Quite a few mighty figures gradually realized it. "This Fire Lotus Phenomenon uses enlightenment as a seed, then draws out the darkness hidden within one's heart!"

This was not the false enlightenment of an illusion, but genuine enlightenment!

It was only that what one comprehended was not the essence of the Great Dao, but the dregs of heaven and earth!

If one became immersed in the Dao Rhyme one had "comprehended," one would sooner or later suffer a qi deviation!

The mighty figures were deeply wary. Among cultivators, how many could resist the urge to seek enlightenment?

It was simply too perilous, too despicable!

After coming to their senses, many holy sons and saintesses swiftly moved away from Shen Ye, their hearts still pounding with lingering fear.

Just now, they too had vaguely felt the urge to attain enlightenment and ascend as immortals. Fortunately, the phenomenon had not been aimed at them, or they might have been the ones whose Dao Hearts had shattered!

"This guy is finished!"

Once their relief faded, the holy sons and saintesses looked at Jiang Yichen with pity. No matter how gifted he was or how powerful his background, the Jiang Clan would never nurture someone shouting that he wanted to slaughter his entire clan!

However, Jiang Yichen, the center of attention, did not think so.

"Haha! I'm already invincible!" Jiang Yichen felt the blood throughout his body boil, wishing he could charge into the Life Restricted Zone right now.

Standing amid the sea of flames, Shen Ye said indifferently, "You lost!"

"I lost? How could I possibly lose..." Jiang Yichen's laughter abruptly froze as he asked in confusion, "Wait, shouldn't you have been burned to death by my Purgatory Sea of Fire?"

Shen Ye gently shook his head. "Take a good look. Are these your flames, or mine?"

Once he withdrew the Heart Fire Phenomenon into his body, the sea of flames that had surrounded them instantly vanished!

Jiang Yichen was utterly stunned. "My phenomenon was... burned away?"

"The dream should end!"

"Impossible! Absolutely impossible!" Unable to accept it, Jiang Yichen roared like a madman. "I've already comprehended the Heavenly Dao! I'm invincible above and below heaven! Even if a Great Emperor returned to life, I would trample him beneath my feet!"

The surrounding crowd was shocked again. Earlier, they had been deceived by the illusion of enlightenment and failed to notice that Shen Ye's Fire Domain had instead devoured Jiang Yichen's Fire Domain!

"Even setting aside that terrifying enlightenment, the power of these flames alone already surpasses ordinary phenomena!" the Yaochi Saintess sighed.

"That Jiang Family junior did not lose unjustly!" a mighty figure from the Ji Family said with a shake of his head.

"Good thing I had that idiot Jiang Yichen test the waters for me. Otherwise, I'd be the unlucky one today!" Cold sweat trickled down Ji Haiyue's forehead.

In the arena, after Jiang Yichen shouted several times, blood suddenly burst from his facial features and pores, in an astonishing amount!

Everyone was shocked again. Had he given up on himself and decided to kill himself?

A divine light flashed through the eyes of a mighty figure from Yaoguang Sacred Land. "It's a forbidden technique! He's been using forbidden techniques since just now!"

Someone in the crowd could not help asking, "Has he gone mad?"

A mighty figure from Dao One Holy Land sighed faintly. "Enlightenment does not come without a price! With his cultivation, if he wanted to maintain his state of enlightenment for as long as possible, naturally he could only use forbidden techniques at all costs!"

A mighty figure from Purple Mansion Sacred Land shook his head. "His foundation is completely ruined. It would already be fortunate if he could retain his Dao Palace realm cultivation!"

Everyone looked at Shen Ye in horror. This youth, who appeared harmless to man and beast, was far too ruthless!

Shen Ye sighed. "I told you long ago that my phenomenon was exceedingly dangerous. Why go to such lengths?"

Only then did everyone recall that Shen Ye seemed to have indeed warned Jiang Yichen before they began.

Still, its danger far exceeded their imagination!

His reputation was ruined, his Dao Heart shattered, and his foundation destroyed!

They could not accept any one of these outcomes!

Many holy sons and saintesses secretly made up their minds that, unless absolutely necessary, they would never compete with him in phenomena!

It was too perilous—far more perilous than a battle of souls!

At the edge of the crowd.

The Azure Flood Dragon King's eyes were filled with shock. "As expected of someone worthy of Old Brother Crow's allegiance. He truly is extraordinary!"

The Crow King boasted loudly, "This is nothing! My lord has not even revealed one-thousandth of his divine might!"

He had personally watched his lord enter the ninth level of the Fire Domain and remain there for a full four years!

Back then, his lord had not yet subdued the immortal flame, and had not even possessed Dao Palace cultivation!

Compared to that, what was this phenomenon worth?

The Azure Flood Dragon King was half-convinced, half-doubtful. Just as he was about to speak, he heard a mighty figure in the crowd say, "Little Friend Shen Ye, now we can continue discussing the Earthly Fate Fruit you cut out!"

"Earthly Fate Fruit!" The Azure Flood Dragon King's mind shook violently. When they arrived, Shen Ye and Jiang Yichen had been clashing with their phenomena, so he had no idea what had happened earlier.

Forcing down his excitement, the Azure Flood Dragon King looked at the Crow King. "Could it be that this young lord whom Old Brother Crow follows is actually a Source Heavenly Master? Otherwise, how could he cut out such a life-extending divine medicine as an Earthly Fate Fruit in such a short time?"

"Could it be the master's method of divining heavenly secrets?" Crow King muttered inwardly, while a mysterious smile appeared on his face. "What is a Source Heavenly Master? I told you long ago—you've seen nothing more than the tip of the master's iceberg!"

This time, Azure Flood Dragon King believed him far more readily. A thought he had never entertained before surfaced in his heart: "If I served him like Old Brother Crow does, might I also be granted an Earthly Fate Fruit?"

At the center of the crowd.

Shen Ye noticed Crow King's return and smiled calmly. "My apologies, but I intend to give this Earthly Fate Fruit to an elder!"

Hearing Shen Ye's polite refusal, the expressions of the gathered mighty figures turned extremely unpleasant. Why had he not said so earlier? Wasn't this toying with them?

Several mighty figures secretly released their pressure and said with ill intent, "This Earthly Fate Fruit may draw the covetous eyes of many powerful people. The danger is immense. Young friend, why not reconsider?"

Just then, an incomparably tyrannical pressure swept across the entire scene.

Quite a few mighty figures turned pale, while those few who had secretly released their pressure were shaken back again and again.

"It's a King—a Dao Severing King has descended!"

"Who is it? Which senior has shattered the heavenly chasm?"

Crow King instantly appeared at Shen Ye's side, looking down proudly upon the crowd. "There is no need for you to worry over this Earthly Fate Fruit. I will protect it myself!"

With the precedent of the Jiang Family incident, the gathered mighty figures naturally recognized him at once.

"So it's you, Crow Daoist!"

"You've actually broken through your tribulation and become a King!"

The mighty figures spoke with sourness in their voices. They had never expected the first Dao Severing King openly revealed in this age to be a member of the Demon Race—and a Rogue Cultivator at that. How could those born into great powers possibly accept this?

Among them, the Jiang Family's mighty figures found it hardest to accept.

Although the family head had said that Crow Daoist already had one foot in the Dao Severing realm, if the opportunity failed to arrive, he might not even be able to move the other foot forward after a thousand years!

Yet Crow Daoist had completed his transformation in barely more than ten days, driving him—stuck at the sixth minor stage of Immortal II—mad with jealousy!