Heavenly Dao Hall

"Who are you?"

The young man looked at Qin Qi with a grave expression.

"That has nothing to do with you." As she spoke, Qin Qi cast an inquiring glance at Ye Chang'an. "Hall Master, should I kill him?"

"No need. Keep him alive and ask him a few things."

Ye Chang'an replied calmly.

Seeing Qin Qi answer like that, the young man's expression grew even uglier.

But before he could speak again, Qin Qi, having received Ye Chang'an's instruction, was already preparing to make her move.

The young man suddenly found himself unable to move. An overwhelmingly powerful pressure descended upon him.

The space around him shattered once more, plunging him into a spatial storm.

His heart jolted, and his pupils contracted sharply.

"How is that possible?! We're both at the ninth level of the True Self Realm—how can you be this strong?!"

The young man cried out in shock.

He even felt that Qin Qi was more terrifying than those prodigies he had once needed to look up to.

"Hall Master, I've already suppressed him." Qin Qi did not spare the young man another glance as she spoke directly to Ye Chang'an.

"True Self Realm..."

Ye Chang'an nodded, pondering the young man's words.

"System, is the True Self Realm very strong?"

[Strength and weakness are relative, but across the entire universe, the True Self Realm is only barely passable.]

[The highest realm in the Primordial Yellow Ancient Realm, where the Host's wife resides, is the True Self Realm.]

"The highest realm in Xian Yue's world? But Little Qi is truly powerful!"

He had previously learned that the Primordial Yellow Ancient Realm was still extremely far away from him.

Looking at it this way, Qin Qi's strength truly was formidable.

Ye Chang'an could not help but marvel inwardly.

One had to know that above Qin Qi, there were still six disciples and five Elders.

"Tsk, tsk, tsk. My Primordial Divine Hall is way too powerful, isn't it?"

At that thought, Ye Chang'an grew excited once more.

[I told you already—this lets you swagger through worlds of every level.]

"Cough, cough."

Trapped within the shattered void, the young man saw that Ye Chang'an had remained silent. He no longer dared to act arrogantly and could only fake a couple of coughs to draw attention.

Hearing the commotion the young man made, Ye Chang'an remembered the real matter at hand and turned to interrogate him.

"Who are you? What faction stands behind you?"

Hearing that, the young man seemed somewhat embarrassed to answer, hemming and hawing.

But when he met Qin Qi's gaze, he immediately answered honestly.

"My name is Jin Xuan. I am an Elder's disciple of the Heavenly Dao Hall."

"The Heavenly Dao Hall? You're only a disciple..."

Ye Chang'an was rather surprised by the young man's answer.

He knew the other party had been sent by some important figure within a faction, but he had not expected him to be merely a disciple.

From what the system had said, the True Self Realm was not a low realm.

"Even an Elder's disciple has such a high cultivation. It seems this Heavenly Dao Hall is a major force as well."

With that thought, Ye Chang'an continued, "What kind of faction is the Heavenly Dao Hall? How strong is it? What does it have to do with the Heavenly Dao?"

"The Heavenly Dao Hall is a faction that helps the Cosmic Origin manage the order of the universe.

"I do not know exactly how strong it is, but among the many Elders' disciples, my cultivation is on the lower side.

"We are responsible for helping the Heavenly Dao Wills of each world manage worlds of every level."

Ye Chang'an nodded at those words.

"Alright, you can go."

After saying that, Ye Chang'an gave Qin Qi a look.

Hearing Ye Chang'an's words, Jin Xuan looked astonished before his face filled with delight.

But before he could speak, an irresistible force suddenly enveloped his entire body.

"No, why..."

Sensing that something was wrong, Jin Xuan's expression instantly turned to one of utter terror.

Unfortunately, before he could finish speaking, that force suddenly erupted.

The next moment, Jin Xuan exploded into a cloud of blood mist.

"I simply didn't like the way you looked at me before, as though I were an ant."

Looking at the space where Jin Xuan had been, Ye Chang'an spoke calmly.

"Alright, Little Qi, head back first."

Ye Chang'an then smiled at Qin Qi.

After taking her leave, Qin Qi vanished from the spot.

Likewise, Ye Chang'an did not linger any longer.

Heavenly Desolation Continent, Heavenly Extremity Sacred Land.

"Too powerful!"

In the void, Shangguan Shi could not help but sigh as he watched Ye Xinran and Little Dragon spar below.

Below.

Ye Xinran and Little Dragon were locked in an even battle, one woman and one dragon evenly matched, neither able to gain the upper hand.

Ye Xinran held a long sword, her entire body brimming with a mysterious yet razor-sharp sword intent. Every move she made warped space around her.

On the other side, Little Dragon's aura was equally majestic. The aftershocks of every attack shook the void.

At this moment, his aura had already reached the third level of the Imperial Extremes Realm.

"Little Dragon, this is the final move. Take it!"

At that moment, Ye Xinran suddenly pulled away, preparing to decide victory and defeat in a single strike.

A long sword that had almost solidified into form appeared behind Ye Xinran, while a sword mark surfaced on her forehead.

"Slash!"

Ye Xinran did not spend long gathering power for this move before directly swinging her sword.

As he watched the Sword Light slash toward him, Little Dragon felt an overwhelmingly powerful might.

At once, pressure weighed heavily on his heart, and he immediately decided to use a powerful move to meet it.

The spiritual energy in the surroundings suddenly surged toward Little Dragon, and an intense fluctuation gathered within his mouth.

The next moment, a beam of light shot forth.

With a deafening boom, visible cracks spread throughout the entire space.

Ye Xinran remained standing where she was without retreating a single step.

Little Dragon, however, was forced back slightly.

"You're amazing, Little Master!"

Once everything settled, Little Dragon immediately appeared beside Ye Xinran and praised her.

"Of course. If I weren't strong, how could I suppress an entire generation? But you were pretty good too."

Ye Xinran smiled with complete confidence.

"Alright, we've been training for a long time. Let's go back and cultivate."

"Alright!"

With that, Little Dragon took Ye Xinran and vanished from the spot.

Inside a grand hall.

The moment Ye Xinran returned, she took out a gourd.

"There's still so much left. It should be enough for me to break through again, right?"

Sensing the remaining Profound Spirit Treasure Spring within the gourd, Ye Xinran grew excited.

"Little Master, the resources your father left you are far more precious than this, and there are plenty of them as well."

Seeing Ye Xinran so delighted over mere Profound Spirit Treasure Spring, Little Dragon could not help reminding her.

"That's true, but the more, the better."

After saying that, Ye Xinran immediately began secluded cultivation.

Little Dragon remained by her side, guarding her all the while.

Deep within the universe, inside a magnificent and resplendent hall.

A middle-aged man slowly opened his eyes.

There was a trace of surprise and curiosity in his gaze.

"Hm? The person I sent down was killed? Interesting."

At that moment, an Elder's voice suddenly rang out from beyond the hall.

"Vice Hall Master, Chi Heng requests an audience."

"Enter."

Hearing that, the middle-aged man replied calmly.