"I'd originally planned to wait until the day my path and I were perfectly fused, then use the momentum to attain the Dao and glimpse that sliver of the King Realm's mysteries..."
"But now, it seems I won't live to see that day."
As his words fell, the gentleness in Ye Qingyu's eyes abruptly turned to steely resolve. Under the horrified gazes of An Cangtian and the people of Douluo Continent, he actually broke his own Dao-affirming weapon with his bare hands!
As soon as the Long Sword snapped, a dazzling, indescribable immortal light erupted from the Broken Sword!
It was a pool of origin essence blood, brilliant as a tiny sun. Within it, one could even see a tiny golden figure sitting cross-legged and reciting a sacred scripture!
"I told you to move. Otherwise, I'll cut you down."
"Fuse!!!"
Ye Qingyu threw back his head and let out a long roar, then opened his mouth and swallowed the pool of origin essence blood!
In an instant, heaven and earth changed color, and the winds and clouds rolled backward!
An aura so terrifying it beggared description surged madly from Ye Qingyu's body.
With a bang, it was as though some invisible shackle had shattered. An aura wholly beyond the Human Dao realm instantly spread through the air.
Ye Qingyu's black hair turned snow-white in an instant, whipping wildly about!
Not only that, every pore on his body spouted immortal light. Yin and yang qi formed a massive Taiji Dao Diagram beneath his feet, shrouding everything within ten thousand miles, as though a Banished Immortal had descended to the mortal world.
Though fusing his Dao with his path ahead of time had left him just a hair's breadth from becoming a True Immortal, the pressure radiating from Ye Qingyu had already transcended the Human Dao realm and touched that level.
"You actually severed your own path to immortality?!"
"Have you gone mad?!"
Seeing Ye Qingyu's reckless act, An Cangtian's pupils contracted. He cried out in shock.
He still couldn't understand.
Was it worth paying such a price to catch a bug, just to complete a mission?
How much resolve did it take to be that ruthless toward yourself?
"The path to immortality?"
Feeling the surging, oceanlike power within him, Ye Qingyu slowly raised his head. One of his eyes was now black, the other white, like the sun and moon trading places.
"Ye Qingyu was born with an ordinary mortal body. Without my master's guidance, I would never have had the chance to cultivate in this life, much less become an immortal."
"As long as I can fulfill my master's Dharma Decree, I have no regrets, even if I die and my soul is extinguished!"
As his words fell, Ye Qingyu moved!
He was the Tenth Sequence because the first nine Sequences had already become immortals.
If he wanted to become an immortal, he could have done so long ago. But that wasn't his goal. He sought to become an Immortal King!
Though born with an ordinary mortal body, he still wanted to forge a magnificent path for all mortal beings!
"Die!!!"
Ye Qingyu strode forward, the Taiji Dao Diagram beneath his feet spinning as he charged like a madman!
"Between the sun and the moon, which is stronger? When yin and yang work in harmony, the world hails their ruler!"
Ye Qingyu's hands unfolded the Great Dao of Yin and Yang. In his left hand, he grasped a pitch-black lunar black hole; in his right, he held aloft the golden Sun God Furnace!
Then he brought his fists together and smashed them toward An Cangtian!
"So what if you forcefully raised your strength? A false immortal is still a false immortal! Die!"
Feeling the Immortal Dao aura radiating from Ye Qingyu, An Cangtian was both shocked and furious!
The Golden Spear in his hand blazed with billions of feet of divine light as he thrust it straight at Ye Qingyu!
He absolutely couldn't let someone like this live!
Clang!
The instant fist and spear collided, a deafening boom erupted!
"Take this!"
"Again!"
The moment Ye Qingyu landed, he transformed into a Primordial Kunpeng and soared ninety thousand miles into the sky!
His enormous wings were like a Heavenly Blade, slicing straight through An Cangtian's protective immortal aura!
"Immortal Shield!"
Seeing Ye Qingyu's immortal light about to strike from point-blank range, An Cangtian cried out in terror. An ancient shield appeared before him.
But when his strike failed, Ye Qingyu didn't flinch. He had abandoned defense entirely, trading blow for blow with his life on the line!
"Kunpeng Feather Kill!"
In an instant, countless divine feathers transformed into 108,000 immortal swords, raining down like a storm and pockmarking the crimson earth!
"Argh!!!"
At last, Ye Qingyu once again endured a direct thrust from An Cangtian. The spear pierced straight through his chest.
But even then, he managed to grab An Cangtian's shoulder with one hand!
"Break...!!!"
With a wet rip, blood shot into the sky!
As An Cangtian screamed, Ye Qingyu tore one of his arms clean off!
Golden True Immortal blood rained across the sky, setting the countless mountains below ablaze!
At that moment, everyone was dumbstruck—not only God of Destruction, but everyone on Douluo Continent on the other side of the Sky Screen as well.
Especially God of Destruction, who had been taken into the Alms Bowl. Watching Ye Qingyu outside, drenched in blood, his white hair whipping wildly as he ripped off a True Immortal's arm like a demon god, his whole body trembled violently. He nearly pissed himself on the spot.
Meanwhile, at the heart of the battlefield.
An Cangtian clutched the place where his arm had been severed. His face was pale, and his eyes were filled with terror.
He had lost!
As the son of an Immortal King, as a True Immortal, he had actually lost to a Supreme Realm expert who had forcefully raised his strength!
"Ye Qingyu, you madman! You severed your own path to immortality and emerged ahead of time just for one battle. Was it really worth it?!"
Clutching his severed arm, An Cangtian staggered backward. His Golden Spear had been knocked flying in their countless clashes.
Even so, he could still feel the murderous intent radiating from Ye Qingyu, an intent that would not end until one of them was dead.
"It's over."
Ye Qingyu was covered in blood. Divine Radiance still flowed from the hole in his chest, but he paid it no heed.
He walked toward An Cangtian one step at a time, and with each step, the heavens and earth changed color.
"So what if I have a mortal body?"
"A mortal body can still slay an immortal!"
With that, Ye Qingyu raised his hand. Yin and yang qi gathered fiercely in his palm, forming an unrivaled killing sword that was about to fall!
"No! You can't kill me!"
"My father is the Immortal King of the Foreign Realm!"
Seeing the immortal light about to descend, An Cangtian finally broke.
He no longer cared about the dignity of a True Immortal. He dropped to his knees on the war chariot and roared toward the depths of the void:
"Those who chant my true name shall find eternal life in the cycle of reincarnation!!"
"Father, save me!"
At that, Ye Qingyu's brow twitched. He wanted to strike swiftly and kill him, or flee at once, but it was already too late.
In that instant, time itself seemed to stop. The violent storm of energy abruptly fell still.
The killing sword Ye Qingyu had been about to bring down hung frozen in midair, unable to move even a fraction farther!
The next second, a terrifying aura awoke in the distant lands—an aura beyond True Immortals, beyond heaven and earth, as though it stood above all the ages and heavens!
Then a gigantic hand covered in golden scales reached through a rift in the void and gently caught the ancient war chariot.
Another golden hand emerged from behind the war chariot, reaching straight for Ye Qingyu, who had dared to defy heaven and slay an immortal.
The true Immortal King of the Foreign Realm had arrived!
Before this terrifying power, not even Ye Qingyu—let alone any ordinary Immortal Dao expert—could put up the slightest resistance.
Feeling the terrifying Immortal King's Hand above him, Ye Qingyu gave a bitter smile and glanced at the Alms Bowl in his arms.
He was spent. Defying heaven to slay a True Immortal had already exhausted everything he had.
Was he really going to die here?
But at that critical moment, the void behind Ye Qingyu was torn open as well!
Then an even more terrifying hand, wreathed in Chaos Qi, reached through and met the golden hand behind An Cangtian.
At the same time, an enraged voice rang out from within, shaking the heavens and earth with a rumble!
"Get lost!!!"
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