Yin Extreme Stone (Part 1)

"If you have something to say, say it straight. There's no need to beat around the bush."

Hearing Xuan Tianyue's words, Ye Chang'an immediately guessed that the other party must have come looking for him over something.

"You truly have eyes like torches, Young Master. That's right, I didn't come this time merely to learn about the realms above the Dao Master Realm.

"More importantly, I came to tell you about the cause of this matter concerning the Cosmic Origin."

Seeing that he had been seen through, Xuan Tianyue laughed heartily as he explained.

"No, this again? Forget it, you can leave..."

"You might be interested."

Seeing Ye Chang'an looking impatient and about to send them away, Xuan Tianyue hurriedly said.

"Someone used the Cosmic Origin to suppress something."

"Suppress something? What thing?"

At those words, Ye Chang'an seemed to become a little interested.

Using the Cosmic Origin for suppression—this was no simple matter.

"We don't know exactly what it is either. Senior Xiang only told us that we can't swallow this thing whole.

"He told us not to touch it unless we no longer valued our lives. But those Innate Divine Saints refused to believe it. They thought that, with their innate conditions, they could absorb that thing and lay their hands on it.

"But they had no idea that this thing was also an untouchable taboo even for those in the Dao Master Realm."

Xuan Tianyue answered.

"Senior Xiang?"

Ye Chang'an became curious about the Senior Xiang Xuan Tianyue had mentioned.

After all, from the sound of it, this person was no ordinary man.

"Senior Xiang is the Lord of the Universe. This time, he was the one who stopped the strongest Innate Divine Saints. Otherwise, we wouldn't have been able to hold back those fellows."

"The Lord of the Universe..."

Hearing this, Ye Chang'an muttered softly.

Then a gleam flashed through his eyes.

"How did he know that this thing couldn't be touched? Isn't he in the Dao Master Realm?"

In Ye Chang'an's view, since that Senior Xiang was the Lord of the Universe, his cultivation should have been in the Dao Master Realm.

And at the peak of the Dao Master Realm, at that.

Hearing Ye Chang'an's words, Xuan Tianyue shook his head.

"I don't know about that either. Senior Xiang's realm should also be the Dao Master Realm.

"As for why he knows these things, that is not something people like us can know."

Although he was the Hall Master of the Heavenly Dao Hall, there was still a certain gap between his strength and that of the Lord of the Universe. Many matters were not his to inquire into.

"What is the thing being suppressed?"

Ye Chang'an returned to the subject.

"The Yin Extreme Stone."

The moment those words fell, Ye Chang'an's pupils contracted, and at the same time, joy rose instinctively in his heart.

"The Yin Extreme Stone—what does it have to do with the Yang Extreme Stone?"

Ye Chang'an pondered, recalling the Yang Extreme Stone from before.

Yang Yi had emerged from the Yang Extreme Stone.

"Since that's the case, shouldn't the twelfth disciple appear as well?"

At that thought, Ye Chang'an already felt that the Yin Extreme Stone was as good as his.

"You're interested?"

Seeing Ye Chang'an's reaction, Xuan Tianyue guessed.

At the same time, he was a little excited.

After all, the Yin Extreme Stone had been forcibly suppressed here by someone else. Who knew whether there was some scheme behind it?

Yet they could not touch it.

The Yin Extreme Stone's existence had left them all somewhat uneasy.

"Let's go. I'd like to see this Yin Extreme Stone for myself."

Having made up his mind, Ye Chang'an directly summoned Ye Wu once more.

When Xuan Tianyue and the other two saw Ye Wu suddenly appear, they froze on the spot, their eyes filled with boundless shock and wariness.

"Not a trace of aura is leaking out. He seems like an ordinary person, yet the pressure he gives me is even stronger than Senior Xiang's..."

Looking at Ye Wu before him, Xuan Tianyue cried out in his heart.

Qi Tianyuan and Yuan Daolin, meanwhile, broke out in cold sweat down their backs.

And from the moment Ye Wu appeared until now, he had not glanced at the three of them even once.

After all, in his eyes, the three of them did not even count as dust.

"Ye Wu, let's go get the Yin Extreme Stone suppressed by the Cosmic Origin."

Ye Chang'an rose to his feet, clasped his hands behind his back, and spoke to Ye Wu.

At those words, Ye Wu willed it, and a Golden Portal appeared before the two of them.

"Hall Master."

Then Ye Wu made a gesture of invitation.

This scene directly left Xuan Tianyue and the other two dumbfounded.

Such an expert was personally opening the way for you? And being so respectful about it?

And you were still disguising your realm as something as low as the Heavenly Saint Realm? Was that really appropriate?

What were you pretending for? Was there any need?

Naturally, Ye Chang'an paid no attention to what the three were thinking. He directly led Ye Wu into the Golden Portal.

Once they saw the portal close, Xuan Tianyue and the other two immediately vanished from where they stood.

Within a stretch of space deep in the universe.

This place was an endless darkness, with only a jade stone as tall as a person emitting a faint blue glow.

At that moment, a Golden Portal suddenly appeared, illuminating the entire space.

Then two figures stepped out from the portal.

"The Yin Extreme Stone? Sure enough, aside from the color, it's exactly the same as the Yang Extreme Stone.

"But there's actually a young girl inside. Good thing she's wearing clothes."

Looking at the Yin Extreme Stone before him, Ye Chang'an muttered to himself.

"System, didn't you say this thing was being suppressed by the Cosmic Origin?

"Why is only the Yin Extreme Stone here? Where is the Cosmic Origin?"

After watching for a while, Ye Chang'an suddenly noticed that something was off.

[Host, the so-called suppression by the Cosmic Origin means that someone used the power of the Cosmic Origin to suppress this object]

[And rather than calling it suppression, it would be more accurate to say that the power of the Cosmic Origin is nurturing the Yin Extreme Stone]

[The two have already formed an extremely close connection. They are linked through the power of the Cosmic Origin; they do not have to be placed together]

Listening to the system's explanation, Ye Chang'an seemed to detect a trace of speechlessness in its tone, along with... disdain.

"You know so much, all right?"

Ye Chang'an rolled his eyes at the system inwardly.

Just then, four more figures appeared in this space.

Three of them were naturally Xuan Tianyue, Yuan Daolin, and Qi Tianyuan.

The remaining one was a middle-aged man. The instant he appeared, Ye Chang'an's face filled with surprise.

"Xiang Dongliu? Why are you here too?"

Looking at the fourth middle-aged man, Ye Chang'an recalled drinking in the peach grove of the Forbidden Institute before.

This man looked exactly the same as the Xiang Dongliu from back then. Even his temperament was identical.

"Young Master Ye, it is truly my fortune to meet you for the first time."

Hearing this, the middle-aged man who looked identical to Xiang Dongliu turned to Ye Chang'an and smiled.

When he saw Ye Wu beside Ye Chang'an, a trace of surprise and shock flashed through his eyes, too subtle to detect.

Then he continued, "The one who drank with Young Master Ye in the peach grove before was my true body. I am merely an incarnation."

These words could actually be heard only by Ye Chang'an and Ye Wu; Xuan Tianyue and the other two did not hear them.

Hearing this, Ye Chang'an nodded. So that was it.

"Then you're also called Xiang Dongliu?"

"A name is merely a form of address. You may call me the Lord of the Universe."

"..."

"Hahaha, just kidding. Xiang Dongliu is fine too."

"Uh... This incarnation really is exactly like the true body..."

Seeing Xiang Dongliu's self-proclaimed humorous expression, Ye Chang'an could not stop the corner of his eye from twitching.

"System, an incarnation alone can serve as the Lord of the Universe. Just how strong is his true body?"

[His true body is fairly strong. Barely passable.]

"Did I ask you?"

Ye Chang'an stopped paying attention to the system and looked directly at Ye Wu instead.

"Ye Wu, what do you think of his true body's strength?"

The moment those words came out, Xiang Dongliu on the other side froze.

No, I'm still standing right here. Do you really have to ask that?