Chapter 169

Chapter 169: Directly Confronting the Master of Guanxuan Sword!

“Who is it?”

Above the vast sky, a voice filled with fury suddenly rang out like a thunderclap.

Crack!

Suddenly, the sky split open, and immediately after, a brand new spacetime path extended from the real world all the way to Ye Tianming’s feet.

Ye Tianming looked up, and at the far end of that spacetime path, he saw a woman.

The moment he saw her, he froze.

This woman was none other than Zhantai Zhan.

“The Divine Official!”

In the real world, that ancient voice rang out once more, and this time, it carried shock and dread.

Zhantai Zhan completely ignored that voice. She fixed her gaze on Ye Tianming and extended her hand. “Come with me.”

At that moment, the voice from the far end of the sky rang out again. “Divine Official, do you dare to violate the Old Covenant?”

Zhantai Zhan suddenly turned her head and roared, “Get lost!”

Boom!

In the real world, a certain special spacetime suddenly shattered, and immediately after, a great dao crumbled. A middle-aged man was directly hurled into the air by a mysterious force, then came crashing down, his physical body exploding apart.

This middle-aged man was the one who had been making moves against Ye Tianming all along — though he was not the only one.

In the shadows, all the powerful cultivators who had been targeting Ye Tianming were now completely stunned.

None of them had expected the Divine Official of the myriad worlds to suddenly make a move… In that instant, every single one of them was scared stiff where they stood.

On the other side, the Young Master Xin of the Guanxuan Universe was also watching Zhantai Zhan, his gaze perfectly calm.

Beside him, an elder said in a low voice, “Young Master, should we stop her?”

Young Master Xin smiled. “No rush. She’s walking to her death.”

The elder looked somewhat puzzled.

Boom!

Just then, a terrifying great dao suddenly surged forth from the boundary between the void and reality, causing the entire boundary zone to boil. Every person in the universe below felt the crushing pressure of a terrifying great dao, and in the face of that pressure, everyone was overcome with a sense of insignificance — like ants gazing up at the heavens.

Not only that, when this great dao appeared, countless other great daos throughout the entire real world were directly suppressed.

When this dao emerged, ten thousand daos submitted!

The Order Dao!

Long ago, the Guanxuan Sword Master, the Heavenly Dao Master of the real world, and the one from the myriad worlds had signed the “Old Covenant,” one clause of which stated that the top-tier powerhouses of all three sides must not interfere with one another. Yet now, this Divine Official was forcibly shattering the barriers between two worlds with supreme power — this was undeniably a breach of the covenant.

Although the real world had also made moves against those below, they had not broken the world barriers, and furthermore, they had received authorization from the Heavenly Court. Therefore, they had not drawn the suppression of the Guanxuan Sword Master’s Order Dao.

When the power of the Order Dao appeared in this realm, the Divine Official’s real world path immediately began to grow illusory.

Zhantai Zhan paid no attention to the real world. She kept her eyes fixed on Ye Tianming on the path below and said again, “Move.”

Ye Tianming didn’t hesitate for another moment. He ran upward like a madman.

He wanted to live!

He had to live!

However, the power of the Order Dao was truly terrifying. In no time at all, the path beneath Ye Tianming’s feet began to grow visibly illusory at a speed visible to the naked eye.

At this rate, there was no way he could make it up.

Just then, Zhantai Zhan suddenly swept her sleeve, and a terrifying force came surging downward, reaching all the way to the boundary of reality.

Witnessing this, every powerful cultivator in the real world was stunned.

Was this Divine Official going to clash head-on with the Guanxuan Sword Master?

Rumble!

At the boundary of reality, the moment the two great daos made contact, the entire boundary zone erupted into a boil, then began to dissipate bit by bit.

In the real world, countless powerful cultivators were all deeply shaken.

This Divine Official’s power could actually rival the Guanxuan Sword Master?

When Young Master Xin of the Guanxuan Universe witnessed this, his brow furrowed slightly. Clearly, even he had not expected the Divine Official to be this powerful.

But just then, the aura of the Order Dao’s power at the boundary of reality suddenly surged explosively. In an instant, Zhantai Zhan’s great dao power was forcibly suppressed. Not only that, Zhantai Zhan herself, far away in the myriad worlds, instantly turned deathly pale, and her body began to grow illusory.

Most terrifying of all, the entire myriad worlds were severely affected. The fortune of their entire realm was vanishing, and the major factions of the myriad worlds were horrified — for when the Guanxuan Sword Master’s Order Dao power spread into their realm, their world was being suppressed.

Not only that, countless great daos and spiritual energy throughout the entire myriad worlds began to collapse.

Every powerful cultivator across the myriad worlds was dumbfounded.

A cultivator from the myriad worlds immediately cried out, “Divine Official, stop at once! The Order Dao is suppressing the fortune of our myriad worlds… please stop!”

Zhantai Zhan paid no heed. She kept her eyes locked on Ye Tianming on the path below. At this moment, her entire body was trembling — she was single-handedly holding her ground against the Guanxuan Sword Master’s great dao.

On that path, Ye Tianming ran upward with everything he had.

He was not afraid of death!

But he could not die — there were still so many people whose vengeance he had yet to avenge!

How could he, Ye Tianming, die here?

He kept his eyes fixed on the end of the path. A hundred zhang left, just a hundred zhang and he could leave this place.

Yet the power of the Order Dao kept growing stronger, and the path beneath his feet was on the verge of disappearing entirely.

In the myriad worlds, a fierce light flashed in Zhantai Zhan’s eyes. She raised both hands. “Rise.”

Rumble!

At the boundary of reality, the great dao belonging to Zhantai Zhan suddenly surged upward, and wave after wave of terrifying great dao power crashed like madness against the Guanxuan Sword Master’s Order Dao.

But the Guanxuan Sword Master’s great dao power only grew more and more terrifying. Not only that, this great dao power directly targeted her true self — and not just her true self, but the entire cosmic realm where her true self resided.

At this moment, the entire myriad worlds were affected. The fortune of their whole realm was disappearing.

In the myriad worlds, a powerful cultivator urgently cried out, “Divine Official, please stop at once! The fortune of the myriad worlds is vanishing because of you, affecting hundreds of millions of living beings… how could you bear such overwhelming karmic consequence?”

Zhantai Zhan did not stop. Every last bit of her great dao power surged forth in this moment, frantically resisting the Guanxuan Sword Master’s Order Dao, buying time for Ye Tianming — who was now less than ten zhang from the end of the path.

But he had no cultivation, and only a soul remaining, so the higher he climbed, the more difficult it became.

When he was less than eight zhang from the end, he could hold on no longer and collapsed.

Seeing this, Zhantai Zhan’s expression in the real world instantly changed — but in the next moment, Ye Tianming, who had just fallen, suddenly rolled over and began crawling upward inch by inch.

His eyes were fixed on the entrance of that path, filled with unwavering resolve.

He, Ye Tianming, could not die!

And so, everyone across the entire universe watched as he crawled upward, inch by inch.

Young Master Xin watched Ye Tianming crawling upward through the void of spacetime. Beside him, an elder said in a low voice, “It seems he has no desire to die.”

Young Master Xin said calmly, “If he doesn’t want to die, then he wants revenge.”

The elder said with contempt, “With what?”

Young Master Xin turned to look at the elder. “Could you have created that Law of All Beings?”

The elder’s expression stiffened.

Young Master Xin said quietly, “Throughout the ages, many people have died by their own foolishness — that is, arrogance. This person has defeated the Young Master twice in a row. How could he be ordinary?”

As he spoke, his gaze fell on Ye Tianming. “He doesn’t want to die. Clearly, he wants revenge.”

The elder said in a low voice, “Shall we give him that chance?”

Young Master Xin smiled lightly. “Although I’d like to exchange pointers with him, we cannot give him that chance. Every day he lives is a humiliation to the Young Master, and the Young Master’s humiliation is the humiliation of our Guanxuan Academy. Therefore…”

The elder gave a slight bow. “Understood.”

With that, he stepped back and withdrew.

Young Master Xin watched Ye Tianming, who was nearly at the entrance, and said softly, “What a pity. I won’t get to witness your Law of All Beings after all.”

Just as Ye Tianming was about to enter that spacetime gate, a sudden change erupted. Within the real world, a streak of sword light shot into the sky, directly shattering the void, and in the blink of an eye it arrived in the myriad worlds.

A top-tier powerhouse from the Guanxuan Domain had made a move!

Zhantai Zhan, who was resisting the power of the Order Dao, suddenly turned her head. In the next instant, she swept her left sleeve outward with force.

Rumble!

A terrifying power directly blocked the sword light that had been aimed at her — but in the next moment, ten thousand streaks of sword light came pouring out in a dense swarm, slashing toward the spacetime where she stood.

Zhantai Zhan pressed her left hand sharply downward.

Boom!

A terrifying great dao power surged from her palm, resisting those streaks of sword light!

But at this moment, she simply could not hold them all back!

Because nearly ninety-nine percent of her power was being used to resist the Order Dao. In an instant, dense sword wounds appeared all over her body.

Yet she did not withdraw the power she was using to resist the Order Dao. Her gaze remained locked on the world below, until finally, when she saw Ye Tianming use the very last of his strength to crawl into the spacetime tunnel, she let out a breath of relief.

Boom!

All of her great dao power completely collapsed in that moment. At the same time, her entire body went limp and she fell heavily to the ground, blood pooling beneath her.

“Clap, clap!”

At that moment, the sound of applause suddenly rang out from within the hall. Then a woman walked in — a woman whose appearance was identical to Zhantai Zhan’s, yet she wore a black long dress, and her gaze carried a vicious cruelty.

The woman walked up to Zhantai Zhan and bent down to look at her, whose face had been completely disfigured. She smiled and said, “Tsk tsk, my dear sister, you really are something. To resist the Guanxuan Sword Master’s Order Dao all by yourself… you’re even more impressive than I imagined!”

Zhantai Zhan looked at her and said nothing.

The woman suddenly pressed her right foot down onto Zhantai Zhan’s face, which was covered in sword wounds, grinding it down with force. “Ah, what a shame. What a shame I can’t have a proper fight with you.”

As she spoke, she suddenly produced a sword and pressed it against Zhantai Zhan’s abdomen. “My dear sister, it’s time to send you on your way. I must say, I’m a little reluctant.”

Zhantai Zhan looked at her and said hoarsely, “I need to do one thing.”

The woman shook her head. “No. I can’t wait even a moment longer.”

Zhantai Zhan opened her palm, and a cloth doll appeared in her hand.

When she saw that cloth doll, the woman suddenly broke into a sinister grin. “Ha ha… you finally took it out! You finally took it out! Fine, fine — I, Zhantai Ge, am a woman of my word. I can spare your life…”

But Zhantai Zhan shook her head.

Zhantai Ge narrowed her eyes slightly. “Then what do you want?”

Zhantai Zhan said nothing. She slowly closed her eyes, both hands open and outstretched. After a moment of stillness, suddenly, the fortune on her body began to rapidly disappear. At the same time, an extremely terrifying ill fate began to spread from within her.

She was absorbing the ill fate from Ye Tianming’s body!

She wanted to find him a thread of hope for survival!

The ill fate on her body grew more and more, so much so that it directly devoured her own fortune.

The ill fate formed by the backlash of the Fate Fortune — that is, the Fate Ill Fate — could be said to be the most powerful ill fate in existence, capable of devouring all fortune.

Soon, Zhantai Zhan’s entire body was enveloped by the Fate Ill Fate… and once enveloped by it, her cultivation also began to dissipate at a visible rate.

With this ill fate upon her, no dao or technique could touch her body — not even for someone like her.

Zhantai Ge looked at Zhantai Zhan and said with contempt, “All for a man. How laughable. Truly laughable.”

Zhantai Zhan was now incomparably weak. She slowly closed her eyes. “Do it.”

In her hand, she clutched a small fruit tightly.

Looking at Zhantai Zhan — who had been lacerated by ten thousand swords and now had no cultivation whatsoever — Zhantai Ge instead began to laugh. She glanced at the ill fate on Zhantai Zhan’s body and smiled. “I don’t feel like killing you anymore.””Because I don’t want you to die so easily…… Haha!”

　　With that, she flicked her sleeve, and Zhantai Zhan vanished from the spot entirely.

　　In some abandoned world, a woman suddenly fell from the sky, dropping straight down onto a mountain of piled-up garbage.

　　Whoosh!

　　All around, the people scavenging through the trash let out a collective cry of alarm, stumbling back in fright one after another.

　　After a moment, the crowd gathered around curiously, and one person went up close to take a look — only to be startled out of their wits, scrambling back in a panic, “Ugh…..so ugly……”