Venerable Yu Qing (Third Update Today)

A hundred years had passed, yet this pure young girl still looked the same: a round face, big eyes, curved lashes, and a naturally vacant smile at the corners of her mouth.

"Miaomiao."

Fang Yan gave a slight nod, still wearing that aloof, regal-sister demeanor.

"Why did you sneak out again? Didn't Sister Sisi tell you to cultivate properly?"

"Cultivating is so boring."

Hei Miaomiao naturally hooked her arm around Fang Yan's and rubbed her face against his shoulder.

"Besides, I missed Sister Loulan."

Fang Yan sighed helplessly and reached out to rub her head.

This was a habitual gesture he had developed over the past century. At first, it had only been to make his disguise more convincing, but later...

Later, it became a habit.

"Sister Loulan, do you think the Lord will succeed this time?"

Hei Miaomiao suddenly asked, her voice carrying a rare trace of unease.

Fang Yan's hand paused.

"He will."

He said.

"Really?"

"Really."

Hei Miaomiao raised her head and looked into Fang Yan's eyes. A brilliant smile appeared on her round face.

"Mm! I think the Lord will definitely succeed too!"

Fang Yan looked at her smile, feeling as though something had fiercely clenched around his heart.

Several more years passed.

On this day, the entire Black Heaven Secret Realm suddenly trembled.

Fang Yan abruptly opened his eyes and looked toward the Dawn Zone.

The light there flickered violently, as though something were about to break free from within.

"He's about to break through..."

Fang Yan muttered, his heartbeat suddenly accelerating.

Then, an aged and authoritative voice came from the direction of the secret realm's entrance, piercing through the Dusk Zone and Dark Night Zone before reaching the Dawn Zone.

"Black Heaven! You are breaking through to Universe Lord without authorization. Did you report this to the Rainclear Race?"

Fang Yan's pupils abruptly constricted.

Venerable Yu Qing had come!

The moment that voice rang out, the atmosphere of the entire Black Heaven Secret Realm changed.

The once tranquil void began to shake violently. The light in the Dawn Zone flickered between bright and dim, as though it could be extinguished at any moment.

Fang Yan stood atop the remains of a Black Sky Lotus and looked toward the secret realm's entrance.

Separated by an immense distance, he could not see Venerable Yu Qing's figure, but he could feel that overwhelming pressure.

A Top Universe Overlord!

"If I do not permit your breakthrough, then you will not break through."

Fang Yan's heart sank.

Of course, he knew that the Rainclear Race and humanity were negotiating ownership of the Black Heaven Secret Realm, but he had not expected Venerable Yu Qing to directly make a move at such a critical moment.

"This is going too far!"

An enraged roar exploded from the Dark Night Zone.

Two figures shot into the sky, transforming into two Black Sky Lotuses ten thousand zhang tall. Fluctuations of the Law of Space flowed across their petals.

They were the Black Sky Lotus Race's only two Universe Venerables, and both were merely Lower Venerables.

Venerable Yu Qing's voice carried a trace of disdain.

The next moment, a silvery-white radiance lit up at the secret realm's entrance. Like an inverted Milky Way, it crashed down upon the two Black Sky Lotuses.

Boom—

The two ten-thousand-zhang Black Sky Lotuses trembled violently in the silver light, the law patterns on their petals shattering one after another.

In less than three breaths, the two Black Sky Lotus Venerables were sent flying backward. Petals scattered everywhere as black fluid spread through the void.

"Pathetic."

Venerable Yu Qing's voice remained calm, as though she were merely commenting on something insignificant.

Fang Yan clenched his fists.

Two Universe Venerables could not even withstand a single move before Venerable Yu Qing.

That was the gap between a Top Universe Overlord and Lower Venerables.

"Lord!"

"Big Sister Lord!"

Countless cries of alarm rang out from the Dusk Zone and Dark Night Zone.

Figures in black robes shot into the sky, flying toward Venerable Yu Qing.

Army Lords, Marquises, Kings...

Hundreds of Black Sky Lotuses bloomed in the void. Multicolored law fluctuations flowed over their petals as they transformed into streams of light shooting toward Venerable Yu Qing.

"Overestimating yourselves."

Venerable Yu Qing merely raised a hand lightly, and silvery-white light surged out like a tide, engulfing the incoming Black Sky Lotuses.

Puff! Puff! Puff!

One Black Sky Lotus after another shattered in the silver light. Black fluid splattered outward, staining the entire void black.

Hei Sisi turned into a streak of black light and charged at the very front, her cool face filled with determination.

Fang Yan saw Hei Miaomiao following behind her. The smile had vanished from her round face, replaced by a resolve he had never seen before.

Fang Yan activated Breath Concealment, then quietly followed them.

The moment Fang Yan passed through the Dark Night Zone and entered the Dawn Zone, the sight before him left him completely stunned.

The void of the Dawn Zone was filled with shattered petals.

Some petals were as large as mountains, while others were as small as dust. They slowly drifted through the void, emitting faint black light.

At the center of this sea of petals, the enormous lotus with 10,081 petals still floated silently.

Golden light flowed across the giant lotus's surface, and a heart-palpitating aura leaked from the gaps between its petals.

This was the crucial moment of breaking through to Universe Lord. The Black Heaven Lord had already reached the final stage.

Boom!

The two Black Sky Lotus Venerables clashed with Venerable Yu Qing once more.

A powerful shockwave directly blasted Fang Yan out of concealment.

"Loulan!"

A cool voice came from behind him.

Fang Yan's body stiffened, and he turned around.

Hei Sisi stood in the void, her long black hair thrown into disarray by the battle's airwaves.

The crack on her chest had grown larger, stretching from beneath her jaw all the way to her waist, like a porcelain vessel on the verge of shattering.

"Sister Sisi."

Fang Yan's voice was somewhat hoarse.

"Go back."

Her voice was still cool, but her tone carried a rare hint of urgency.

At this moment, Hei Miaomiao poked her head out from behind Hei Sisi.

"Sister Loulan, hurry and hide!"

Her soft voice carried a sobbing tone.

"Miaomiao, how about we leave together?"

"Eat more for me."

Hei Miaomiao shook her head, then directly transformed into an enormous black lotus and crashed toward Venerable Yu Qing in the sky.

"Hurry and go! Once the Lord breaks through, we'll win!"

Hei Miaomiao's voice transmission reached him. Fang Yan took a deep breath and suppressed the emotions in his heart.

Just then, a terrifying aura erupted from the depths of the Dawn Zone.

The golden light on the surface of the giant lotus with 10,081 petals began to flicker violently.

It shifted between bright and dim, as though it could go out at any moment.

"Not good..."

Fang Yan's pupils abruptly constricted. That was a sign that the breakthrough was about to fail.

After all, the Black Heaven Lord was only a High Universe Venerable.

Even with the law insights contributed by the entire race's Immortals, that threshold was not so easy to cross.

"Lord!"

Countless cries of alarm rang out as the surviving Black Sky Lotuses charged toward Venerable Yu Qing like mad.

Just then, a weak voice sounded from the depths of the Dark Night Zone.

"Lord..."

Fang Yan suddenly turned his head.

He saw a battered Black Sky Lotus slowly rising from the Dark Night Zone.

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