Chapter 355

Chapter 355: You Don’t Deserve to Die by My Hand!

In that abyss, after hearing the words of the Dao Brush’s master, Yang Jia took a deep breath, and the next moment, he suddenly let out a furious roar and charged forward with his sword.

He, Yang Jia, could not be defeated like this!

Even if everyone had denied him, he absolutely could not give up just like that!

Seeing Yang Jia’s fighting spirit ignite once more, the Dao Brush’s master withdrew his gaze. At that moment, the Borderless Lord walked over carrying a jug of wine, “Stop stirring up trouble! Seriously, come with me……”

“You don’t understand!”

The Dao Brush’s master cut the Borderless Lord off directly and turned to leave.

The Borderless Lord shook his head with a sigh.

Ye Tianming sat cross-legged in a field of stars. During this period, he had been cultivating the Star God’s Star God Dao, and after obtaining the Star God’s memories, he discovered that this Star God Dao was truly vast and profound, extraordinarily powerful.

And he was not simply cultivating the Star God Dao either — he was also working on ways to fuse the two together.

Beyond that, he had also been studying the special space-time within his storage ring during this time.

When he had previously witnessed that senior Yi Nian execute that special martial technique, he had been deeply moved, and so he wanted to replicate it.

To save time, he trained directly within the space-time inside his storage ring.

In the blink of an eye, ten years passed.

One day, Ke Sheng came to find Ye Tianming, “Upper God, we’ve found a divine descendant…..”

Ye Tianming’s eyes narrowed slightly, “I’ll go meet them.”

With that, he left the area.

A young man in a black robe sat within the river of stars, gazing down at the divine universe below.

At that moment, an elder walked up beside the young man and said in a low voice, “We’ve received word that the masters of the Four Great Divine Halls have likely already betrayed the gods.”

The young man in the black robe said, “Because of the Star God?”

The elder nodded, “Yes, but we don’t know what they discussed.”

As he spoke, he produced a scroll and handed it to the young man, “This is the Law of All Beings they are now vigorously promoting……”

The young man took it and looked it over, and after a moment he said, “A fine thing.”

The elder said in a low voice, “They claim it was created by the Ancestral God.”

The young man shook his head and said with certainty, “It wasn’t.”

With that, he glanced at the Law of All Beings, “This Star God’s ambitions are truly grand.”

The elder said, “Young master, the Four Great Divine Halls have already betrayed the gods — should we…….”

The young man said nothing. He slowly rose to his feet and looked down at the universe below, “Do those four hall masters truly believe the gods left no contingency? What foolish beings!”

The elder said in a low voice, “Those four hall masters are nothing to worry about — it’s this Star God…….”

Star God!

When the young man heard those two words, the smile on his face gradually faded.

This one had once been a supreme true god.

They naturally dared not underestimate a supreme true god — after all, even in the age of the gods, a supreme true god was something terrifying, second only to those three supreme deities.

The elder added, “Moreover, this person has fabricated a history of the gods……. and the people below all believe it now.”

The young man asked, “How did he fabricate it?”

The elder said, “He claims that the Ancestral God created this law for the sake of all living beings, and that in doing so harmed the interests of the gods — and so the gods of that era betrayed the Ancestral God…….”

“Utter nonsense!”

The young man’s brow furrowed.

The elder nodded, “He is bewitching the people below.”

The young man looked at the scroll before him, “Tell me, do you think there really is something like a Divine Ranking?”

The elder said in a low voice, “Hard to say.”

The young man looked at the elder, who said, “This person is, after all, a Star God — he must know far more about the secrets of that time than we do.”

After a moment of silence, the young man smiled and said, “The most dangerous words in this world are those that are half true and half false, and our Star God here is very skilled in that art.”

The elder nodded, “However, since this person dares to openly defy the gods, what he says does carry some credibility.”

The young man suddenly laughed, “That was fast.”

The elder was somewhat puzzled, and just then, a streak of starlight suddenly surged in the distance, and the next moment it landed right before them.

The starlight dispersed, and Ye Tianming stepped out.

Beside him were the Prison Lord and Yong Xi.

The Prison Lord was his bodyguard.

Yong Xi was someone Ye Tianming had deliberately brought along.

This girl had real potential to be cultivated.

Upon seeing the three of them, the elder’s expression changed drastically — he had not expected the other party to actually be able to find them.

Ye Tianming looked at the young man in the black robe, “Shall we talk?”

The young man remained composed and smiled, “Sure!”

Ye Tianming said directly, “What your father has and what your mother has is not as good as what you have yourself.”

The young man’s eyes narrowed slightly.

Ye Tianming looked at the young man, “A divine descendant is merely the offspring of a god — but can that compare to becoming a god yourself?”

The young man smiled and said, “I must say, you are truly formidable — one sentence, straight to the heart, and right on our sore spot.”

Divine descendant!

It sounded impressive!

But how could it compare to a true god?

It was the difference between a second-generation heir and a self-made one.

Ye Tianming said, “Interested?”

The young man said earnestly, “The risk is enormous.”

Ye Tianming glanced at him, and the young man looked back with a smile.

Ye Tianming knew this kind of person was not easy to persuade, so he added, “I don’t need you to truly follow us in defying the gods — I just need you to do one thing for me. Consider it a personal favor I owe you. What do you say?”

The young man smiled, “Let’s hear it.”

Ye Tianming said, “Help me keep things in the mortal world under wraps for a while.”

The young man smiled, “You want more time.”

Ye Tianming nodded.

The young man thought for a moment, then said, “Under normal circumstances, this deal would be worth it — whether it’s the temptation of becoming a god, or having you owe me a favor…… especially the latter, where I’d barely have to do anything. However……”

Ye Tianming said directly, “You won’t agree…… I’d like to know why.”

The young man burst out laughing, “Young Master Ye is just as clever as the rumors say.”

Young Master Ye!

Ye Tianming’s eyes narrowed.

Clearly, the other party knew his true identity.

He was somewhat puzzled — how had they figured it out?

The young man looked at Ye Tianming with a meaningful gaze, “You are laying out a scheme, planning to play a game of chess even grander than the one in the Guanxuan Universe — and that time, you won. But this time…… do you see yourself as a chess piece or a chess player? Haha……”

Ye Tianming suddenly pressed down with one hand.

Boom!

The young man’s cultivation realm was instantly suppressed!

At the same time, a terrifying stellar pressure surged forth from the universe, and before the young man could even react, that horrifying stellar pressure forced him straight to his knees on the ground.

The elder was shocked and moved to act, but the Prison Lord stepped directly in front of him.

Ye Tianming walked slowly to stand before the young man, looking down at him as he knelt there, and said word by word, “What exactly are you putting on an act for?”

The young man’s expression was utterly awful.

The reason he had not feared Ye Tianming was because he was at the peak of the pseudo-divine realm — but he had never imagined that his cultivation realm would be directly suppressed.

He could hardly believe it!

Ye Tianming gave the young man an indifferent glance, then turned and walked away.

After walking a short distance, Ye Tianming suddenly stopped again, “Do you know why I’m not killing you?”

The young man looked up at Ye Tianming, and heard him continue, “You don’t even qualify to be killed by me.”

With that, he walked off into the distance, starlight flickering beneath his feet, and vanished in an instant.

The young man’s expression was utterly wretched.

The Prison Lord glanced at the young man, “What are you putting on an act for? I built myself up from nothing to get where I am today — isn’t that more impressive than you? Don’t you see that even I bow my head? Brainless fool, at least know your audience before you try to act tough.”

With that, he turned and left.

Yong Xi glanced at the young man, “Nothing but a nobody.”

With that, she turned and disappeared into the distance.

Left behind, the young man in the black robe wore an expression of utter misery, but soon he suddenly laughed again — though the smile was truly rather sinister, “Nothing but a pig in a pigsty…… you will pay for your arrogance.”

Beside him, the elder fell silent.

He had been about to offer some words of comfort, but hearing the young man’s words now, he immediately sensed danger.

Brother!

The man effortlessly suppressed you, and you still look down on him like this.

Where’s your head?

Of course, the elder said nothing more, because he knew that saying anything now would be pointless — he needed to find a chance to get out of this situation.

He wasn’t afraid of a godlike opponent, but he was very afraid of a pig-headed ally.

On the other side.

The Prison Lord and Yong Xi caught up with Ye Tianming, and the Prison Lord was somewhat curious, “Upper God, you didn’t kill him — surely there’s a deeper reason?”

Ye Tianming nodded, “My true opponent is not him, but if my true opponent has someone like that as an ally, that’s not a bad thing for us.”

The Prison Lord nodded, “I understand.”

Then he asked again, “So who is your true opponent? The gods?”

Ye Tianming smiled, “Can’t say — saying it would hurt morale.”

The Prison Lord said earnestly, “No no, Upper God, rest assured — no matter who the opponent is, I will follow you to the death!”

Ye Tianming smiled and said, “You’ll find out in time.”

The Prison Lord nodded and asked no more.

Ye Tianming looked at the Prison Lord, “The training of those powerful ones inside the tower — you need to keep a close eye on it for me.”

The Prison Lord nodded, “Upper God, rest assured — the hall masters and I will spare nothing to help them improve. Their natural talent is already extraordinary, and now with us throwing resources at them without restraint, reaching the pseudo-divine realm won’t be difficult for them.”

Ye Tianming nodded.

The Prison Lord hesitated for a moment, then said, “What I’m more worried about right now is the reaction from the gods above once the Law of All Beings is made public — and also, publishing the Law of All Beings will genuinely disrupt the existing order……”

Ye Tianming smiled, “The problems below aren’t major problems — as long as those core forces stand on our side, order can be maintained……”

As long as one cultivated the Law of All Beings, it was equivalent to being bound by his Myriad Beings Ranking, so he had no fear of chaos — as long as he, Ye Tianming, was present, he could ultimately suppress everything.

Ye Tianming added, “As for the gods above……”

With that, he raised his head and looked deep into the heavens, saying softly, “That’s why we need to move fast…….”

Could the Myriad Beings Ranking stand against the gods?

The beings of a single lord’s world could not — but what about the beings of all the lord’s worlds combined with the entire divine universe?

For him, it was about daring to think big and having the boldness to match.

Of course, the pressure this time would certainly be far greater than before.

He had to admit, he actually missed Yang Jia a little.

Ever since changing opponents, the pressure had been growing heavier with each passing day.

Hearing Ye Tianming’s words, the Prison Lord nodded, “We really do need to move fast — I’ll go whip those guys into shape right now……”

With that, he turned and left.

After the Prison Lord departed, Ye Tianming turned to look at Yong Xi not far away, “Miss Yong Xi, help me deliver a message.”

Yong Xi said, “Alright.”

After Yong Xi left with the message, Ye Tianming slowly closed his eyes. His cultivation had now hit a bottleneck.

It should be called a dead knot!

If he could not prove his way and become a god, his physical body could not bear all the power of faith — and if he could not prove his way and become a god, even if the Myriad Beings Ranking was established, it would be utterly useless.

But the problem was, to prove his way and become a god right now, he first had to defeat the gods and carve out a divine path of his own — and to defeat the gods, he absolutely needed the Myriad Beings Ranking.

Difficult!

Ye Tianming did not continue cultivating, but instead made his way to the Divine Academy.

He had two things to do on this visit — the first was to see Qing Yuan, and the second was to see the Divine Academy’s headmaster, Gu Qing.