Chapter 122

Chapter 122: Tougher Than Death in a Fight!

That Fate Bone Bridge cracked inch by inch, then dissolved into streams of light that poured into Ye Tianming’s body. In an instant, the aura around Ye Tianming surged wildly, and at the same time, the bones within his body were directly reforged.

Bone Reforging!

Witnessing this scene, the group of Guanxuan Universe powerhouses nearby stood there dumbstruck. What was going on?

On the Fate Bone Bridge, Ye Tianming’s expression suddenly became contorted, because he could feel his body undergoing earth-shattering changes, and along with those changes, he sensed terrifying forces suddenly emerging one after another from within him.

All the fate bones of the entire Fate Bone Bridge had now entered his body, intending to replace his original bones.

By the riverbank, the elder in purple robes stared fixedly at Ye Tianming. “Those bones are going to replace his bones. He has obtained an incredible stroke of fortune.”

An incredible stroke of fortune!

Upon hearing the purple-robed elder’s words, the other Guanxuan Universe powerhouses’ expressions also turned ugly.

But just then, something unexpected happened. The character “Fate” above Ye Tianming’s head on the Fate Bone Bridge suddenly shattered, and immediately after, a series of cracking sounds rang out continuously from within Ye Tianming’s body.

The purple-robed elder and the others were all stunned. As if realizing something, the purple-robed elder’s expression instantly turned ghastly, as if he were attending a funeral. “The bones inside his body are devouring those fate bones… how is that possible? How could his bones possibly devour those fate bones!”

With his eyes, he could naturally tell that those fate bones were no ordinary things. One could say that the weakest among them were at the Circle-Breaking Realm, yet these Circle-Breaking Realm fate bones were actually unable to replace Ye Tianming’s bones?

The purple-robed elder and the others exchanged glances, all of them filled with shock. Just what was Ye Tianming’s background?

By now, they naturally no longer believed that Ye Tianming was just an ordinary person from a low-tier family. There had to be someone behind all this.

The purple-robed elder stared at Ye Tianming, making no effort to conceal the killing intent in his eyes. “We absolutely cannot let this person live. Make your move.”

But the people beside him did not move.

The purple-robed elder’s brow furrowed.

One of the Guanxuan Universe powerhouses said, “Nalan Ling, right now none of us have any cultivation, only combat instincts. And look at that bridge — it is saturated with all kinds of Great Dao auras. If we go over there now, do you think there’s any chance we’d survive?”

The purple-robed elder said in a low voice, “If he devours all those fate bones, we’ll have even less chance of surviving.”

Another Guanxuan Universe powerhouse said, “Then you go.”

Nalan Ling’s brow furrowed. He turned to look at the one who had spoken. “Li Yuan, what do you mean by that?”

Li Yuan naturally belonged to the second-tier family, the Li Clan. The Li Clan’s ancestor, Li Banzhi, had once declared that no descendants were to enter the cabinet. It was precisely because of this that the Li Clan had remained a second-tier family ever since. Of course, no one dared to look down on them, since Li Banzhi had served as the cabinet’s chief minister for so many years.

However, compared to the Nalan Clan, the Li Clan naturally fell short.

Seeing that the atmosphere was turning tense, another powerhouse immediately stepped forward. “You two, don’t let yourselves get worked up over something like this. Brother Ling, at this moment, we can do nothing about Ye Tianming. If there’s no other way, I suggest we withdraw first, because this place is truly strange and not somewhere we should linger.”

The others also nodded one after another. They were all Circle-Breaking Realm powerhouses, yet this place could even suppress their cultivation — that was truly abnormal.

Nalan Ling stared at Ye Tianming in the distance. “Just leaving like this — are you all really okay with that?”

Everyone fell silent.

They were naturally not okay with it. After all, Ye Tianming not only had that divine sword on him, but also a Myriad Beings Law, and on top of that, they had already become mortal enemies with Ye Tianming. If they didn’t kill him now, it would only get harder and harder to do so in the future.

One powerhouse suddenly said, “Then let’s just watch for now. He won’t necessarily succeed, since all those white bones down there must be failures.”

The others nodded.

On the Fate Bone Bridge, Ye Tianming floated in the air. His bones were frantically devouring those fate bones, and those terrifying fate bones could not resist at all — they could only be devoured.

In Ye Tianming’s arms, Zhantai Zhan stared at Ye Tianming. The astonishment in her eyes from earlier had already given way to calm.

She said lightly, “Mortal Bones.”

Mortal Bones!

Among all bones in the world, Mortal Bones reign supreme!

The fate bones here were all very powerful, yet none of them could compare to Mortal Bones — no, they didn’t even qualify to fuse with them. They could only be devoured. And this was still under the condition that Ye Tianming’s mortal bloodline and Mortal Bones had not fully awakened.

If they were to awaken —

Those fate bones wouldn’t even qualify to be devoured!

As those fate bones were devoured, the aura around Ye Tianming surged wildly. Terrifying waves of energy poured out from within him one after another, and his physical body also underwent earth-shattering changes, as countless Great Dao markings appeared across his flesh.

“Ahh!”

At that moment, a piercing shriek suddenly rang out from within Ye Tianming’s sea of consciousness.

Ye Tianming’s face was full of confusion.

Zhantai Zhan said, “That is the spirit of the Fate Bone Bridge. You may spare it and let it acknowledge you as its master.”

Ye Tianming instinctively asked, “What if it’s unwilling?”

Zhantai Zhan said, “As long as it has any sense at all, it should be willing.”

“I’m willing!”

The spirit spoke up, its voice filled with fear. “Big shot, I’m willing!”

“Oh, oh!”

Ye Tianming said, “I feel like you’re no ordinary spirit. Having you submit to me seems like a waste of your talents. How about… we become brothers instead?”

What the heck?

The Fate Bone Spirit was completely dumbfounded. Was there really such a good deal?

Zhantai Zhan shook her head at this. What a fool.

The Fate Bone Spirit quickly said, “No, no, just let me call you Master…”

Ye Tianming might not understand, but it certainly did. This guy was clearly no ordinary person. If it actually agreed to become his brother, and the seniority got all mixed up, it would be the one in trouble.

Ye Tianming said, “What should I call you?”

The Fate Bone Spirit said carefully, “Just call me Little Bone.”

Ye Tianming said, “Little Bone, what should I do now?”

That left the Fate Bone Spirit completely speechless. This guy… how could he know nothing? Was this really someone with Mortal Bones? Had it made a mistake?

It carefully checked again, confirmed it had not made a mistake, and then said, “You have already devoured all of my accumulated reserves over the years. Don’t do anything — I’ll help strengthen your physical body.”

Ye Tianming asked, “You can strengthen my physical body?”

The Fate Bone Spirit said, “Yes.”

Ye Tianming said with some excitement, “Can it be strengthened to the Grand Emperor level?”

After a moment of silence, the Fate Bone Spirit said, “Theoretically speaking, it can be raised to the Circle-Breaking Realm.”

“What?”

Ye Tianming froze. “Circle… Circle-Breaking Realm?”

The Fate Bone Spirit said, “Yes.”

Ye Tianming’s throat bobbed. “Isn’t that a bit too outrageous?”

The Fate Bone Spirit let out a quiet sigh. “How is it outrageous? What you devoured were fate bones I had been accumulating for over a hundred million years… If your cultivation level weren’t so low, raising you to the ninth level of the Circle-Breaking Realm would be effortless. However, right now I can only raise your physical body to the Grand Emperor Realm for the time being, because your divine soul is still relatively weak and cannot bear too much of my power.”

Ye Tianming: “……”

Before long, the aura of Ye Tianming’s physical body had already reached the Circle-Breaking Realm. At this moment, his skin was covered with all kinds of Great Dao talismans, which had now fused together with his skin, radiating a terrifying Great Dao power.

When they sensed the terrifying aura emanating from Ye Tianming, the expressions of the Guanxuan Universe powerhouses nearby instantly changed.

This was… his physical body directly reaching the Grand Emperor Realm?

What in the world?

Nalan Ling and the others exchanged glances, all of their expressions looking very grim.

One of the powerhouses suddenly said, “Run!”

With that, he turned and fled.

Because they had discovered that the seal on Ye Tianming’s cultivation had been lifted. Staying here now was nothing short of courting death.

Nalan Ling didn’t hesitate for a single moment either, turning and running.

But just then, Ye Tianming on the blood river suddenly looked toward them. The next moment, his figure flickered as he directly tore through space —

Whoosh!

Sensing the terrifying aura closing in from behind, Nalan Ling’s expression changed drastically in an instant. He roared, “Ye Tianming, we are members of first-tier families from the Guanxuan Universe. If you kill us, you…”

Just as Ye Tianming was about to kill Nalan Ling with a single punch, the Fate Bone Spirit suddenly said, “Master, you need not kill them. I can refine them into Circle-Breaking Realm ‘Bone Spirits’.”

Hearing this, Ye Tianming’s fist came to a stop. But even just the force of the punch was enough to force Nalan Ling to his knees.

When had Nalan Ling and the others ever suffered such humiliation?

But at this moment, feeling the terrifying power emanating from Ye Tianming, they didn’t even dare to breathe. It was truly suffocating.

Ye Tianming said inwardly, “What is a ‘Bone Spirit’?”

The Fate Bone Spirit said, “It means refining them into puppets.”

The corner of Ye Tianming’s mouth curled up slightly. “I’ll leave it to you.”

The Fate Bone Spirit said, “Yes, Master.”

With that, a beam of white light directly enveloped Nalan Ling and the others, but their storage rings were all left behind. “Master, there are quite a few things inside these storage rings. Keep them for your own use.”

It had noticed that this young master of its was a bit poor, and possibly had been left to fend for himself. It needed to be sensible from now on.

Sure enough, Ye Tianming was very pleased. He collected all the storage rings, and as if thinking of something, he suddenly said, “Fate Bone Spirit, what other abilities do you have?”

The Fate Bone Spirit said, “I can ‘manifest the Dao’, summoning the ‘Fate Bone Bridge’ and forcibly pulling the opponent onto the bridge to compete with you, Master, in terms of fate constitution.”

Ye Tianming was a little puzzled. “Compete in fate constitution?”

The Fate Bone Spirit said, “Yes. According to the ‘True Laws’ of the supreme order, those who compete in fate constitution on the bridge — the losing side will have their fate constitution completely shattered and become part of the bridge, with their divine soul dissolving into the water… Simply put, it’s a contest of who has the tougher fate. Whoever has the tougher fate survives!”

Ye Tianming said in a low voice, “Is my fate tough?”

After a moment of silence, the Fate Bone Spirit said, “Master, do you not understand what Mortal Bone fate constitution means?”

Ye Tianming nodded and honestly said, “I don’t.”

The Fate Bone Spirit said, “I see… Simply put, your fate bones are very tough. There shouldn’t be many people tougher than you. Perhaps only the legendary Chosen One’s fate constitution could match yours…”

Ye Tianming said softly, “So in future fights, it’s just a matter of who has the tougher fate?”

The Fate Bone Spirit said, “You could do it that way.”

Ye Tianming said, “I’m still not feeling all that confident… Can someone else stand in for this? Like a divine artifact or something… My Pagoda Ancestor is very tough.”

The Little Pagoda said in a low voice, “You’re so filial.”

Ye Tianming: “……”