Chapter 304

Chapter 304: Devouring the Dao!

The Yang family has no shortage of people!

Faced with Miss Ding’s reminder and the undisguised warning in her tone, Ye Tianming did not argue back. Instead, he nodded, “Indeed.”

Just how powerful was the Yang family?

Honestly, he didn’t know either.

Although he had learned a rough picture of the Yang family from Miss Ding back then, he had no clear idea of what level of strength those older generation figures had reached today.

But without a doubt, they were all incredibly, incredibly strong.

Deep down, he acknowledged the Yang family’s power.

After all, it was the accumulated effort of three generations of the Yang family, and every single one of those first three generations was no ordinary figure.

Miss Ding glanced at Ye Tianming and said nothing more.

Ye Tianming said nothing more either. He looked toward that expanse of space beyond the Dao in the distance. As the woman in the blood-red robe entered that space, every single death flame within it retreated on its own, and they appeared terrified, all trembling faintly.

Everyone was staring at the woman in the blood-red robe with curiosity.

Who was she?

Upon seeing this woman in the blood-red robe, the Grand Sovereign’s expression turned grave in a way it never had before. He sensed danger. The death flames surrounding him seemed to sense it too, and began howling hysterically — their roars carrying not just fury, but deep, bone-deep fear, as though they had encountered their natural nemesis.

Just then, the woman in the blood-red robe suddenly raised her right hand and gave a gentle beckoning gesture.

Boom!

In an instant, all the death flames seemed to be drawn by some force, surging involuntarily toward the blood-robed woman like a tide. Those flames that had been so savage and domineering moments ago immediately became docile as they drew near her, and were then devoured by her.

And as those death flames were devoured, the blood-robed woman’s aura surged wildly.

She was devouring the death flames!

Witnessing this, everyone present was stunned.

Devouring death flames?

Those death flames were imbued with endless death intent and malevolent energy!

She could devour even that?

Outrageous!

Everyone was utterly shocked.

The Grand Sovereign’s eyes were also filled with disbelief. Clearly, he had never imagined that this woman before him could devour his death flames. One had to know that his death severity contained not only his own Dao power, but also an overwhelming tide of malevolent will!

The Grand Sovereign stared fixedly at the blood-robed woman, “Who are you.”

His voice echoed through the space beyond the Dao, carrying a trace of unease and wariness.

Because he felt as though his power was being suppressed.

The blood-robed woman glanced at the Grand Sovereign. Those blood-red eyes were deep as an abyss. She said nothing, only raised her right hand and pressed down gently. Yet that seemingly soft gesture contained the power to destroy heaven and earth.

Boom!

In an instant, the expanse of space beyond the Dao where they stood began to boil. Spatial rifts spread across the heavens and earth one after another. At the same time, a wave of evil energy surged forth like a tide — an evil more than ten times stronger than what had been within the Grand Sovereign’s death flames — filled with death, destruction, and despair, chilling everyone to the bone, as though they had fallen into an endless abyss of evil.

Feeling that terrifying wave of evil energy, everyone present was horrified.

Ye Tianming’s expression also turned incomparably grave. This evil energy was truly terrifying — even more malevolent than the demonic bloodline Yang Jia had once carried. Of course, that was also because this woman was far, far more powerful than Yang Jia.

Within the space beyond the Dao, seeing the blood-robed woman make her move, the Grand Sovereign hurriedly drove his death flames, hoping to use them to resist this terrifying wave of evil energy. But very quickly, he discovered in horror that it was utterly useless — like a mayfly trying to shake a great tree. Not only that, his death flames were once again devoured and absorbed by the blood-robed woman.

No matter how he tried to block it, it was no use!

And all the death flames were willingly being absorbed by the blood-robed woman.

How could this be?

The Grand Sovereign’s face was filled with utter disbelief.

And at that moment, the blood-robed woman’s power descended. The Grand Sovereign could not resist at all and was directly suppressed in place. Then his body began to rapidly grow incorporeal.

Due to Dao suppression, even though both were at the Circle-Drawing realm, the Grand Sovereign was completely powerless before this blood-robed woman.

Everyone stared at the blood-robed woman in shock. Her strength was truly beyond the heavens, and after devouring the Grand Sovereign’s death flames, her power was visibly increasing at a rapid pace.

And just then, the blood-robed woman suddenly reached out and grabbed. In an instant, the Grand Sovereign’s body shuddered violently, and then endless death flames were forcibly ripped out from within his body by the blood-robed woman and devoured.

Was she going to forcibly devour this Grand Sovereign entirely?

“Wait, that’s not right!”

At this moment, Jiyuan suddenly cried out in alarm: “She……she isn’t devouring the death flames. She’s devouring the Dao. She’s devouring the Grand Sovereign’s life-and-death Dao.”

Dao Devouring!

The moment those words were spoken, the entire scene erupted in shock.

The Great Dao could be devoured?

Ye Tianming was also somewhat taken aback. He looked toward Jiyuan, who said in a grave voice: “It can be devoured. Among the three thousand Great Daos on the Dao Rankings, some Daos mutually suppress one another — like the Daos of water and fire, for example. These Daos are natural enemies of each other by birth. Once they meet, it’s kill or be killed, and they can also devour one another.”

Ye Tianming asked, “What about Daos that don’t mutually suppress each other — can they be devoured?”

Jiyuan was momentarily stunned by the question, then shook his head, “I don’t know……I’ve never seen it, nor ever heard of it.”

Ye Tianming nodded and asked nothing more. He looked toward that expanse of space beyond the Dao, lost in thought.

At this moment, the Grand Sovereign was already completely powerless, and could only watch helplessly as his Great Dao was devoured by the blood-robed woman before him.

Despair had filled the Grand Sovereign’s eyes. It wasn’t that he hadn’t resisted — it was simply useless. This woman’s strength surpassed his to begin with, and she also suppressed his Great Dao. He had no way to fight back at all.

Just then, that blood-red Great Dao before the Divine Realm suddenly trembled.

Boom!

Suddenly, a tremendous sound rang out from that blood-red Great Dao, as though it would shake the entire Divine Dao battlefield into collapse. Very quickly, everyone saw a withered hand extend from that blood-red Great Dao. The skin on this hand was shriveled, the knuckles protruding, as though it had endured endless ages and torment. It forcibly shattered the void and, carrying an irresistible force, reached into that expanse of space beyond the Dao, forcibly shielding the Grand Sovereign.

The appearance of this hand made everyone present feel a sense of oppression unlike anything they had ever felt before.

Within the space beyond the Dao, the blood-robed woman’s evil power was forcibly pushed back by this hand, and the Grand Sovereign, who had been on the verge of being devoured, was also saved.

The Grand Sovereign’s face was pale, his entire being looking incomparably weak. When he looked at the blood-robed woman, his eyes carried deep wariness.

The blood-robed woman made no further move against the Grand Sovereign. Instead, she slowly turned her head and looked toward that blood-red Great Dao. From the Dao, the sound of slow, measured footsteps suddenly began to ring out.

Everyone turned to look at that blood-red Great Dao, filled with dread and curiosity. They saw the owner of that withered hand slowly emerge from the blood-red Great Dao. His figure seemed to merge with the Great Dao itself, radiating a strange and powerful aura.

He was an old man. His frame was hunched, his face etched with the marks of countless years, his eyes as deep as an abyss.

He walked forward slowly, each step seeming heavy and forceful, as though treading upon everyone’s hearts.

Everyone watched the old man before them with grave expressions.

Before the blood-red Great Dao, Cao Nian bowed deeply to the old man, “Greetings, Supreme Elder.”

Supreme Elder of the Divine Realm: Qu Cang.

Qu Cang slowly raised his head. He glanced at Ye Tianming not far away and said nothing. He stepped forward, and with that single step, he was already within that expanse of space beyond the Dao. He glanced at the Grand Sovereign. The Grand Sovereign said nothing, turned, and withdrew from the space beyond the Dao.

With his Dao suppressed, there was no point in him staying here.

After the Grand Sovereign departed, Qu Cang slowly raised his head and looked at the blood-robed woman not far away, his voice hoarse: “A thousand years ago, there was a woman who established her Dao through evil, then traveled the universe devouring the evil of the world, and ultimately completed her Dao circle, achieving the body of malevolent will……that should be you, shouldn’t it?”

The blood-robed woman nodded, “Mm.”

Qu Cang said softly, “The true world really does produce talent after talent! In the past there was the True Master, the Ancient Sage Three Worthies, the Divine Dao Master and others, and now, there is your Yang family……”

The true world!

Although the martial civilization of the true world was not particularly high by universal standards and had not entered the universal power rankings, it had produced no small number of top-tier powerhouses.

The True Master and others from back then were also remarkably brilliant figures.

But after the Yang family entered the true world, their rapid rise shocked the entire universe.

To this day, very few people knew just how powerful this Yang family truly was.

The blood-robed woman smiled, “You are also very strong.”

Qu Cang laughed, “Come then, let me witness the evil Dao.”

“Sure!”

The blood-robed woman responded softly. As her words fell, she suddenly stepped forward — just one step — and beneath her feet an endless sea of blood materialized. The blood sea surged and churned, wave upon wave, imbued with endless slaughter and evil spirits. Within the blood sea, countless evil spirits writhed and struggled, letting out mournful wails. The entire space beyond the Dao was filled with a suffocating and terrifying aura.

Witnessing this, everyone present was horrified without exception.

By comparison, the Grand Sovereign’s malevolent will from before seemed utterly insignificant.

Outside, the Grand Sovereign saw this scene, his eyes filled with wariness.

Ye Tianming stared fixedly at the blood-robed woman. In this moment, he felt an endless evil — and this was felt across countless layers of space and time. He didn’t even dare imagine what it would be like if he were directly facing this malevolent will inside that space beyond the Dao right now — how utterly terrifying it would be.

The gap!

In this moment, he truly felt the terrifying gap.

The Circle-Drawing realm powerhouses present — Jiyuan and others among them — also wore expressions more grave than they had ever shown before. Even as fellow Circle-Drawing realm cultivators, they too felt the gap.

This evil Dao was simply too terrifying.

The blood-robed woman seemed to have gathered all the evil of the entire universe.

Outrageous!