Human Dao Sage

In an instant, a resonant hum rang out between heaven and earth as a towering figure over a hundred zhang tall slowly condensed beyond Great Yan Imperial City.

Countless cultivators revealed shocked expressions, even startling many old monsters who had been in secluded cultivation.

At this moment, everyone's gaze turned in this direction.

Though they did not know exactly what had happened, they were extremely sensitive to the flow of spiritual energy between heaven and earth.

Very quickly, they realized that something major had likely happened within the Great Yan Dynasty! Or perhaps a heaven-shaking opportunity had emerged!

Compared to the turmoil in Azure Prefecture's cultivation world, the common people within Great Yan Imperial City saw this scene with perfect clarity.

Merely one glance at that majestic figure stirred the urge to kneel in worship. Before long, person after person voluntarily prostrated themselves before it, sincere and exhilarated.

Within the imperial palace, Ye Qingxuan and the other two, who had been chatting, underwent a drastic change in expression. They hurried outside the Hall of Mental Cultivation and looked toward the figure forming beyond the city.

Once she saw it clearly, Ye Qingxuan could not help drawing in a sharp breath. "A... a Human Dao Sage?!"

Legend had it that those with heaven-defying talent might, upon attaining sudden enlightenment, draw the attention of a Human Dao Sage. Anyone who triggered such a phenomenon possessed an immeasurable future. Since records had existed in Azure Prefecture, only one person had ever drawn the gaze of a Human Dao Sage.

That person had once ruled all of Azure Prefecture for a thousand years. Though no one knew where he had ultimately gone, he had undoubtedly been an extremely terrifying existence!

Ye Qingxuan turned and exchanged glances with Ye Qingwan and the other woman. They both nodded, comforted Ye Xuan for a moment, then shot toward the outskirts of the city together.

Watching their departing backs, a flash of jealousy and hatred passed through Ye Xuan's eyes. First there had been Ye Yu, and now another cultivator capable of drawing the attention of a Human Dao Sage had appeared. If Ye Qingwan truly recruited him, Ye Xuan's position would become even more precarious.

With that thought, Ye Xuan summoned Xue Li and ordered him to find an opportunity to secretly eliminate the person.

Xue Li agreed aloud, but found a place to quietly hide. Ye Yu had planted the Soul Devouring Curse in him. Everyone was now guessing who this extraordinarily gifted cultivator was, but Xue Li knew perfectly well.

If it wasn't Ye Yu, then who else could it be?!

Looking at the Human Dao Sage over a hundred zhang tall, a complicated look flashed through Xue Li's eyes. He was glad for Ye Yu's strength, yet at the same time worried about the Devil Race's future.

When Ye Qingxuan and the others arrived outside the dense forest, two others, one old and one young, were already standing there.

"Qin Ruoxian, what are you doing in my Great Yan Dynasty?!" Ye Qingxuan's face darkened as she stared straight at Qin Ruoxian.

Qin Ruoxian was the Ninth Princess of the Great Qin Dynasty. On the surface, Great Qin and Great Yan maintained diplomatic relations, but beneath the surface, they were secretly competing with one another. As the most talented princess of the Great Yan Royal Family, Ye Qingxuan was often compared to Qin Ruoxian.

Whether in beauty or cultivation talent, the two had always been evenly matched, and they were quite hostile toward each other.

"I came looking for someone. Is that not allowed?" Qin Ruoxian cast Ye Qingxuan a faint glance, unable to hide the disgust deep within her eyes.

When she received the order from Qin Wushuang, the Lord of Qin State, to search for Ye Yu, she had originally been overjoyed. At last, she would be able to see once more the idol who had occupied her thoughts day and night.

But as the intelligence along the way continued to accumulate, when she learned what Ye Yu had suffered in Great Yan, she had wanted nothing more than to grind this group of Great Yan royals to dust and scatter their ashes!

"Second Sister, don't get agitated. This is not the time to gain the upper hand with words. The urgent matter is to figure out who has drawn the attention of the Human Dao Sage!" Ye Qingwan said sternly.

As Great Yan's ***, and now bearing the responsibility of overseeing the state, she had to make the Great Yan Dynasty stronger. And this extraordinarily gifted cultivator within was Great Yan's greatest opportunity!

Listening to their conversation from the side, Qin Ruoxian sneered inwardly.

Feeling that familiar aura within, Qin Ruoxian was completely certain that the cultivator who had drawn the Human Dao Sage's attention was Ye Yu!

Even though she had met Ye Yu only once at the border, there was absolutely no way Qin Ruoxian could mistake his aura!

How laughable. Even an outsider like her knew, yet these two Imperial Sisters, blood relatives of his, were still guessing who he was and whether he could be used by the Great Yan Dynasty!

Of course, Qin Ruoxian would not foolishly remind them. Her purpose in coming was to recruit Ye Yu to Great Qin, but with Ye Yu's pig brain and the importance he placed on family ties, a few coaxing words might send him back again. That was something she could not be sure of.

Inside the cave, Ye Yu's breathing grew increasingly calm. Each breath seemed to resonate with heaven and earth, while the surrounding spiritual energy gathered toward him like an ocean, as though his body were a bottomless vortex.

But suddenly, Ye Yu frowned. A bloody shadow abruptly appeared beside him, thick with killing intent as though it had come from ancient times. It tightly wrapped around half of Ye Yu's body, forming a division of equal strength against the Dao rhythm Ye Yu had previously comprehended.

At that very moment, a sudden change arose.

Heaven and earth instantly shifted, wind and clouds changed color, thunder rumbled, and endless blood energy spread from the dense forest.

Immediately afterward, countless bolts of lightning descended. Qin Ruoxian and the other four were all startled and hastily retreated. Before them was now a Sea of Thunder.

Within the Sea of Thunder, another blood-red figure no weaker than the previous phantom slowly rose to its feet, holding a blood sword as it stood opposite the Human Dao Sage.

The two majestic figures simply stood in the void, slowly facing one another.

"Tw... two Sages..." Ye Qingwan's mouth fell open. Could something like this truly be possible? According to every ancient record, no one in this world could draw the attention of two Human Dao Sages at once.

Unlike Ye Qingwan, Qin Ruoxian was filled with wild joy at this moment. The stronger the talent Ye Yu displayed, the happier she became.

"Qingxuan! Recruit this person at any cost. Remember, at any cost!" Ye Qingwan drew a deep breath and spoke sternly to Ye Qingxuan beside her.

"At any cost? Even the Imperial Throne?" Qin Ruoxian looked teasingly at Ye Qingwan and the other woman in the distance.

At those words, Ye Qingwan shot Qin Ruoxian a vicious glare. "Qin Ruoxian, this is Great Yan, not your Great Qin. Is the matter of the Imperial Throne something you can wag your tongue about?!"

Qin Ruoxian paid little heed to Ye Qingwan's warning and merely said calmly, "I'm afraid that even if you were willing to give up the Imperial Throne, the person inside would not go."

"Heh, you make it sound as though you know the person inside. Let me tell you, since this person attained enlightenment in my Great Yan, he must favor Great Yan in his heart. Stop dreaming about recruiting him! This person is someone Great Yan is determined to obtain!" Ye Qingwan sneered.

Qin Ruoxian neither confirmed nor denied it as she watched Ye Qingwan's confident expression, only raising her lips into a meaningful smile.

Ye Qingxuan's expression, however, gradually turned strange. She stared fixedly at the scene before her, while the sense of familiarity in her heart grew ever stronger.