Chapter 116

Chapter 116: The Divine Warrior of Anwu!

Hearing Ye Tianming’s words, the faces of the powerful figures from Guzhe Sect immediately turned rather ugly.

This was a public slap in the face!

Guzhe Sect had never been treated this way before.

Not far away, Zuo Daotian quickly grabbed Ye Tianming and said urgently, “Brother, that’s the Ancient Mirror of Truth — a supreme divine artifact. Never mind this universe, even in our world it would be considered an extraordinary treasure. You…”

Ye Tianming’s expression was blank. “Not interested.”

With that, he walked away into the distance.

Zuo Daotian’s expression froze. Damn, this guy really has that kind of personality?

The powerful figures from Guzhe Sect were also left standing there awkwardly, their faces looking very unpleasant.

They had originally wanted to hedge their bets on both sides, but they never expected these two to be mortal enemies, and even less did they expect Ye Tianming to show such complete disregard.

At that moment, one of the Guzhe Sect powerhouses suddenly said, “He may be very talented, but this era is destined to be Yang Jia’s era. Many years from now, when people speak of this age, no one will remember him — Ye Tianming.”

Everyone nodded. People only remember the most exceptional one. Who remembers second place?

One of the Guzhe Sect powerhouses suddenly laughed. “Maybe he simply doesn’t know the value of this object? After all, he’s from a small world.”

Upon hearing this, the Guzhe Sect powerhouses all broke into laughter.

Though the remark carried a hint of mockery, in their eyes it was simply the truth. After all, a supreme divine artifact like this would be a top-tier existence even in their world, let alone this universe — so it was understandable that someone from a lower universe wouldn’t appreciate its value.

Nearby, a voice suddenly rang out. “Since the Three Sages, Guzhe Sect has been nothing but a bunch of worthless trash.”

The white-haired elder and the others immediately furrowed their brows and turned toward the speaker — it was Zhantai Zhan.

Zhantai Zhan stared at the white-haired elder and the others. “What are you looking at? I’m talking about you!”

Everyone: “……”

The white-haired elder leading the Guzhe Sect group fixed his gaze on Zhantai Zhan and said in a low voice, “Who are you?”

Zhantai Zhan glanced at him. “The biggest piece of trash among all the trash!”

With that, she turned and walked away.

The white-haired elder and the others: “……”

In the distance.

Zong Lin and the others were astonished to see that Ye Tianming had actually refused even this secret realm inheritance. Of course, what they felt even more was admiration — this guy had way too much backbone.

You look down on me?

I look down on you right back!

Zong Lin stared at Ye Tianming walking away in the distance and said firmly, “This person’s future may not necessarily be worse than Yang Jia’s…”

Beside him, the prodigies from various civilizations all nodded in agreement. Although Ye Tianming had come out on the losing end of that sword exchange just now, Yang Jia had been wielding the Qingxuan Sword. Ye Tianming had only used a qi sword — the gap between their weapons was worlds apart.

Of course, everyone also understood that Yang Jia hadn’t truly gone all out earlier. It was clear that Yang Jia wanted to defeat Ye Tianming at the Grand Universal Tournament in order to prove himself once again.

And for Ye Tianming to truly defeat Yang Jia would still be no easy feat — after all, the gap in cultivation was simply far too great.

Someone suddenly asked, “Whose side are you on?”

Zong Lin said flatly, “I’m obviously on Ye Tianming’s side.”

Everyone looked at Zong Lin, who smiled and said, “Ye Tianming and I are brothers. No matter how exceptional Yang Jia is, he has nothing to do with me.”

“Haha!”

Everyone burst out laughing.

“Wait!”

A voice suddenly came from behind Ye Tianming.

Ye Tianming turned around — the speaker was Zhantai Zhan.

Zhantai Zhan looked at him. “You’re not going to take your civilization’s ancestral artifact?”

Ye Tianming quickly said, “Senior… thank you then.”

Zhantai Zhan looked at him. “I don’t have one, and I wouldn’t have that kind of junk anyway.”

Ye Tianming’s expression froze.

Zhantai Zhan said, “Come with me somewhere. I’ll compensate you in another way.”

Ye Tianming was a little curious. “Where?”

Zhantai Zhan said, “A place that will be useful to you.”

Ye Tianming hesitated for a moment, then nodded. “Alright.”

Zhantai Zhan turned and walked away.

Ye Tianming suddenly said, “Senior.”

Zhantai Zhan turned to look at Ye Tianming. Ye Tianming said, “Can my friends come along?”

Hearing Ye Tianming’s words, Nantian Temple, Zong Lin, and the others nearby all looked over at him.

They could naturally tell that this woman was no ordinary person, and wherever she was taking them was surely somewhere very special. They naturally wanted to go as well — after all, they had come here to find treasures and inheritances. But since she hadn’t invited them, they couldn’t very well say anything. They never expected Ye Tianming to suddenly bring it up.

What a stand-up guy!

Zhantai Zhan glanced at Zong Lin, Nantian Temple, and the others. “Whatever.”

With that, she turned and walked off into the distance.

Ye Tianming smiled. “Everyone, let’s go!”

“I’m coming too!”

Nearby, Zuo Daotian quickly stepped forward.

Nantian Temple suddenly said, “Brother Zuo, you came from up above, didn’t you?”

Zuo Daotian smiled. “That’s right.”

Zong Lin quickly said, “Can you tell us about up there?”

Everyone turned to look at Zuo Daotian. They were extremely curious about the legendary true world.

Zuo Daotian flicked his lapel and smiled. “Let me tell you — in the true world, by the time I was 10, I had already defeated everyone across the nine provinces. By 16, I could single-handedly suppress every prodigy and genius in the world. As the saying goes: had heaven not given birth to me, Zuo Daotian, the martial path would have been an eternal night… I’m just that incredible!”

Everyone listened with their jaws dropping.

What the hell?

What is this guy on about?

Zuo Daotian grew more and more excited as he spoke. “Let me tell you — you’re my brother’s friends, which makes you friends of Zuo Daotian. If you ever get the chance to go up there, just drop my name. I’m telling you, as long as you mention my name, even those great sects that have established their own doctrines will show you respect. You’ll be able to walk sideways wherever you go.”

Everyone: “……”

Not far away, Zhantai Zhan gave Zuo Daotian a calm glance.

Someone suddenly asked, “Brother Zuo, who’s stronger — you or the Guanxuan Sword Master?”

Zuo Daotian blinked. “The Guanxuan Sword Master? You mean the guy who once fought his way into our world?”

The person who asked nodded.

Zuo Daotian smiled faintly. “If we had been in the same era, I could have suppressed him with one hand!”

Everyone: “……”

Zong Lin suddenly said, “Brother Zuo, what did you come here for?”

Zuo Daotian smiled. “I heard there’s a super genius here called Yang Jia — the son of the Guanxuan Sword Master. I came specifically to meet him!”

Zong Lin said, “The one who almost killed you just now — that was him.”

Zuo Daotian was slightly taken aback. “So that was him!”

Nantian Temple suddenly said, “Brother Zuo, why are you all able to come down now?”

Zuo Daotian asked in return, “You didn’t know?”

Nantian Temple and the others were puzzled. “What do you mean?”

Zuo Daotian said, “The Heavenly Dao of the Guanxuan Universe has collapsed!”

Nantian Temple was confused. “The Heavenly Dao of the Guanxuan Universe has collapsed?”

Zuo Daotian nodded. “The seal left behind by the Guanxuan Sword Master was always maintained by the Guanxuan Heavenly Dao. But not long ago, for some unknown reason, the Guanxuan Heavenly Dao collapsed, causing the seal to loosen slightly. So those of us up above can now sneak down through certain special methods. But what I didn’t expect was that after coming down, my cultivation…”

At this point, his brow furrowed deeply. “That Guanxuan Sword Master really did have some tricks up his sleeve.”

Nantian Temple and the others all furrowed their brows deeply as well. How could the Heavenly Dao of the Guanxuan Universe have collapsed?

Zong Lin suddenly said, “Brother Zuo, what’s the attitude of those up above toward us down here?”

Zuo Daotian smiled. “To crush you.”

Everyone: “……”

Zuo Daotian let out a sly laugh. “You’ll find out soon enough.”

Zong Lin was about to say something more, but at that moment, Zhantai Zhan in the distance suddenly stopped. Everyone looked ahead and saw a shattered world before them — the entire realm looked like glass that had been struck by a tremendous force, broken into pieces, riddled everywhere with pitch-black spacetime rifts, dense and terrifying beyond measure.

“The Forbidden Zone!”

At that moment, Zong Lin said in a low voice, “Senior, why have you brought us to the Forbidden Zone?”

This place was known as the Forbidden Zone of the Xuzhen Realm. Their clans had warned them never to set foot here.

Zhantai Zhan did not answer. Instead, she extended her right hand, and where her fingers fell, a faint invisible barrier of light appeared, blocking their path.

Zhantai Zhan turned to look at Ye Tianming. “Use your sword.”

Ye Tianming stepped up to the barrier, drew the Xingdao Sword, and lightly tapped it. The barrier instantly vanished without a trace.

The seal was broken!

Zhantai Zhan said, “Let’s go.”

With that, she led Ye Tianming forward into the interior.

Zong Lin suddenly said, “Brother Ye, wait.”

Ye Tianming turned to look at Zong Lin, who said in a low voice, “Brother Ye, this place is a death zone. You can’t just walk in carelessly.”

Ye Tianming thought for a moment, then said, “This senior won’t harm us.”

With that, he followed Zhantai Zhan deeper inside.

Zong Lin hesitated.

Nantian Temple smiled. “This senior is clearly no ordinary person. Someone like that wouldn’t play tricks on us. Of course, entering this place will definitely carry risks, but there will absolutely be opportunities as well.”

Saying this, he followed along.

Zong Lin and the others exchanged glances. One of them said, “Fortune favors the bold!”

Everyone nodded and followed them in.

Once they stepped into that peculiar world, everyone immediately felt a terrifying invisible pressure bearing down on them. This invisible pressure seemed to come from another era entirely — unseen, untouchable, yet unmistakably felt.

Under the weight of this terrifying pressure, many people in the group simply couldn’t bear it and immediately stumbled backward, retreating out of the area.

Everyone was deeply shaken.

Ye Tianming’s expression was also extremely grave. The pressure before him felt like a great mountain pressing down on his chest, making it hard to breathe. And the pressure kept growing heavier and stronger. Most terrifying of all, under this pressure, they could feel their martial will gradually crumbling — they simply couldn’t withstand it head-on.

Those who remained were now growing increasingly pale, and more and more people were retreating.

Ye Tianming’s sword dao will was also beginning to crumble at this moment.

Beside him, Zhantai Zhan suddenly said, “The powerhouses who fought in the battle to ascend to heaven in the Guanxuan Universe all those years ago — it was right here that they fought that great battle… The pressure you feel before you is actually the remnant left behind by your Guanxuan Universe’s Anwu God after that great battle.”

Saying this, she glanced at Ye Tianming and the others who were struggling to hold on. “A single strand of a war god’s will left over from a thousand years ago, and you can’t even bear it?”