Chapter 310

Chapter 310: It’s a Son! It’s a Son!

It must be said that the Yang family’s actions shocked everyone present, including the Lord of Xu Tian.

Even he had not expected the Yang family to do something like this.

Forcibly seizing the Great Dao!

Was that even possible?

The Lord of Xu Tian turned to look at the Sentient Beings Tablet. Within the tablet that was on the verge of fully taking form, Yang Jia’s figure was quietly solidifying, and very soon he noticed that the gradually solidifying Yang Jia was actually absorbing the faith energy contained within the Sentient Beings Tablet!

The Lord of Xu Tian narrowed his eyes slightly, “Passing off the fake as the real!”

With that, he suddenly looked up toward the deepest reaches of the void, where a mysterious powerful figure was using supreme divine abilities to forcibly help Yang Jia steal the Sentient Beings Tablet.

At the very edge of his vision, he could vaguely make out an elegant and noble woman.

Gathered around this elegant and noble woman were three top-tier powerhouses dressed in white robes, who were at that moment activating an unknown formation — and it was precisely this formation that was forcibly helping Yang Jia steal the Sentient Beings Tablet.

The Lord of Xu Tian looked at those three white-robed powerhouses, and a rare trace of solemnity appeared in his eyes, “Dao Ritual Masters!”

Dao Ritual Masters!

This was a profession of extraordinarily noble status in the old era, sworn in loyalty to the divine thrones of the Temple, wielding mysterious powers to commune with heaven and earth and perform rites to the gods.

In the old era, they were incomparably brilliant.

And incomparably powerful!

For they were, aside from the former god of the old era, the only beings capable of mobilizing some of the power of the divine thrones — and it was said that those divine thrones were not artifacts of this world at all, but had once been used by true “gods.”

Of course, he did not know much about those unknown “gods.” The reason he had even heard of this was because the newly born “new god” of the Divine Arrival Land had mentioned it offhandedly.

He knew little about those “gods,” but he did know about these Dao Ritual Masters. Back in the day, these individuals had been utterly transcendent in this universe. However, when the god of the old era abandoned the divine throne, the Dao Ritual Masters vanished into the river of history. The Divine Arrival Land had searched for them, but found nothing.

The Lord of Xu Tian had never expected that these Dao Ritual Masters had already pledged their loyalty to the Yang family!

He had not expected this at all!

In that moment he suddenly realized that he had likely greatly underestimated the Yang family — this power had risen far, far too quickly.

Just then, a voice suddenly rang out in the Lord of Xu Tian’s mind, “The Great Dao Tablet goes to the Divine Arrival Land, the Sentient Beings Tablet goes to the Yang family.”

The voice of that elegant and noble woman.

A negotiation!

Clearly, she feared that the Divine Arrival Land would move to stop them from stealing the Sentient Beings Tablet at this moment.

The Lord of Xu Tian fell silent. He glanced at the three Dao Ritual Masters, then turned to look at Ye Tianming in the distance, visibly hesitant.

Honestly speaking, he did not want the Yang family to obtain the Sentient Beings Tablet.

But he knew that if he fought the Yang family to the death right now, he would only be doing someone else a favor — namely, this Ye Tianming.

Did the Divine Arrival Land have a sure chance of winning against the Yang family?

Clearly not.

Fighting would mean both sides suffering heavy losses.

Cooperating would mean a win for both!

The Lord of Xu Tian glanced at the elegant and noble woman, said nothing, and made no move.

This was clearly his consent.

In the distance, when Ji Yuan and the others learned of the Yang family’s intentions, they were instantly furious. Ji Dian in particular erupted in a torrent of curses, “Shameless, shameless, shameless — where is your shame? Where is your shame?!”

Beside him, the Northern Zhao Emperor and the others also wore expressions of utter disgust. They too had never imagined that the Yang family would attempt to steal the Sentient Beings Tablet.

Miss Ding slowly raised her head to look at the Sentient Beings Tablet, “The faith energy of all living beings……belongs to our Yang family to begin with.”

“Ptui!”

Ji Dian erupted in fury, “Since the Guanxuan Sword Master, has your Yang family ever truly won the hearts of the people?!”

Miss Ding glanced at him, “If it is not my Yang family that rules the universe, then what use is the hearts of the people?”

Ji Dian was beside himself with rage.

Miss Ding paid Ji Dian no further mind. She raised her head to look at the Sentient Beings Tablet. At that moment, Ye Tianming was frantically condensing the Sentient Beings Tablet, while Yang Jia was frantically absorbing the faith energy from it.

The protected Ye Tianming was actually quite surprised as well, for he too had never expected the Yang family to do something like this.

Stealing the Sentient Beings Tablet!

Ye Tianming turned to look at Miss Ding, and at that moment, Miss Ding was also looking at him.

Their eyes met.

Anger?

Ye Tianming was not actually angry — only calm and composed, because when he had set out to reach this point, he had already anticipated many possible scenarios.

The Yang family would never let him open a new tablet so easily.

After last time, he was no longer competing against Yang Jia alone, but against the entire Yang family.

Stealing the Sentient Beings Tablet!

Ye Tianming looked at the Sentient Beings Tablet. He knew that someone in the shadows was forcibly enacting the “passing off the fake as the real.”

After a brief moment of thought.

Ye Tianming suddenly opened his palm, then gently pressed down.

With that single press, all the faith energy was instantly and forcibly suppressed by him.

He stopped absorbing the faith energy.

And up in the void, the Sentient Beings Tablet, deprived of its continuous stream of faith energy, also came to a halt.

Seeing this, Miss Ding’s brows furrowed.

Up in the void.

The four Dao Ritual Masters suddenly looked toward the elegant and noble woman. After a brief silence, the woman nodded.

Having received the woman’s consent, the four Dao Ritual Masters began to raise their hands slowly.

Boom!

Suddenly, the faith energy that had just stopped came surging back from between heaven and earth once more!

Ye Tianming narrowed his eyes slightly. He turned to look at Miss Ding, his gaze cold as ice, “You dare forcibly seize the faith energy of all living beings!”

Forcibly seize!

The living beings won’t give it willingly?

Then our Yang family will take it by force!!

Ye Tianming stared fixedly at Miss Ding, his anger rare and undisguised, “Miss Ding, three generations of the Yang family’s accumulated efforts were all for the sake of the living beings — that is the blood, sweat, and toil that built the glory of Guanxuan today. What you are doing now is not merely going against the tide, it is directly overturning the efforts and reputation of three generations of the Yang family…….you deserve to die!!”

Miss Ding stared at Ye Tianming, “You know full well what our Yang family has sacrificed for the living beings, yet are you not also opposing our Yang family? You……”

“Silence!”

Ye Tianming roared in fury, “Even the Guanxuan Sword Master allowed the living beings the right to restrain his power — what gives you the right to refuse that?”

With that, he suddenly looked up toward the deepest reaches of the void, “For three generations, the Yang family built academies, established order, worked for the welfare of the living beings, and sought peace for the world. Now, for your own selfish desires, you dare forcibly plunder the faith energy of the living beings. This is not only exploitation of the living beings, it is a betrayal of the original intentions of three generations of Yang family Sword Masters…….how dare you be so utterly depraved!!”

Every word struck like thunder!

After a moment of silence, a voice slowly drifted down from the void, “What our Yang family has done for the living beings across three generations is known to all. You speak endlessly of the living beings — what have you ever done for them? You used our Yang family’s hands to absorb the faith energy of the living beings…….I want to ask, on what grounds?”

“On what grounds?”

A streak of sword light suddenly flew out from within Ye Tianming — it was Xiao Hun. Xiao Hun cried out in fury, “Who helped build the Yang family’s order? It was Aunt Suqun!! Without Aunt Suqun guarding the way, how could the Yang family’s order exist as it does today? He is Aunt Suqun’s son — on what grounds can he not absorb the faith energy of the living beings?”

From the void above, that voice slowly came, “He is only a drop of blood!”

“He is not just a drop of blood! He is not just a drop of blood!”

Xiao Hun was so upset she was jumping up and down, “He is her son, he is her son!”

By the end, her voice had taken on the edge of tears.

She had walked this road alongside Ye Tianming, and though it had not been long, she knew — this little master of hers had truly suffered far too much.

Ye Tianming suddenly reached out and took Xiao Hun in his hand. He gently stroked her, then grinned, “It’s alright, a drop of blood is fine……”

Xiao Hun wept, “Little master, they can’t bully people like this!”

Ye Tianming slowly raised his head to look at Yang Jia up in the void, “If he were the Guanxuan Sword Master, what would it matter if I, Ye Tianming, yielded the Sentient Beings Tablet to him? But……”

At that, he suddenly pointed furiously at Yang Jia, his gaze turning fierce, “Yang Jia has no virtue, no talent, no ability…….what gives him the right to become the master of the Sentient Beings Tablet? I wouldn’t give it to a dog, let alone him!!”

With that, he suddenly transformed into a streak of sword light and shot into the sky.

He would fight for it!

Of course he, Ye Tianming, would fight for it!

If Yang Jia were the Guanxuan Sword Master, with the living beings in his heart, what would it matter to yield the Sentient Beings Tablet?

Not only yield it!

He, Ye Tianming, would gladly serve under him!

But what kind of thing was this Yang Jia?

Arrogant and aloof!

He had never once cared about the living beings. And what kind of people were those around Yang Jia?

He now understood why Yang Jia valued only power and scheming, with no regard for right and wrong.

Because the people around Yang Jia were even more ruthless than he was!!

When she saw Ye Tianming moving to fight, Miss Ding narrowed her eyes in the distance, “Stop him!”

As her words fell, the elderly Huaquan realm cultivator beside her immediately stepped forward, then reached out his right hand toward Ye Tianming across the void and gently clenched it. With that single clench, the entire region of space and time where Ye Tianming stood twisted and distorted!

“Insolence!”

Not far away, Ji Yuan suddenly stepped forward, placing himself directly in front of the old man. With a sweep of his sleeve, he blocked every last bit of the old man’s power.

The old man stared at Ji Yuan, “Does the Ji clan wish to be wiped out?”

Ji Yuan burst into laughter, “What does my Ji clan have to fear? Yang family, come at us!!”

As Ji Yuan’s words fell, he raised his right hand, then brought it crashing down like a mountain.

Boom!

The layers of space and time above the Huaquan realm old man beside Miss Ding suddenly collapsed one after another. In the next instant, Ji Yuan forcibly dragged that Huaquan realm old man into a region of space outside the Dao.

The expression of that Huaquan realm powerhouse instantly turned grave.

Not far away, Ji Yuan wasted no words — he simply raised his fist and drove it straight at the Huaquan realm old man.

Having witnessed Ji Yuan’s terrifying power, the old man dared not be the least bit careless. His body shuddered, and he transformed into a towering pillar of light ten thousand zhang tall, crashing ferociously toward Ji Yuan.

Boom!

In an instant, that region of space outside the Dao erupted into chaos, as one deafening thunderous roar after another rang out without end.

Outside, just as Ye Tianming was about to approach the Sentient Beings Tablet, a colossal hand that seemed to prop up the heavens suddenly shattered through space and came crashing down toward him.