Chapter 379

Chapter 379: Just How Strong Is It?

In the arena, everyone was staring at Shen Qi.

Everyone’s hearts were filled with overwhelming shock!

Whether it was the golden-armored man or the long-blade man, neither of them were ordinary false-god realm cultivators, yet before this Shen Qi, both were utterly powerless to fight back!

Simply outrageous!

Just how strong was this Shen Qi?

Jin Qing took a long, hard look at Shen Qi, said nothing, and turned to step aside.

This was absolutely not someone he could contend with!

To show off and act arrogant at a time like this would be nothing short of courting death.

Jin Qing and the other hall masters shifted their gazes to Ye Tianming. They actually admired this Young Master Ye as well — without a doubt, he was the kind of true heaven’s chosen, after all, he had even devoured a star god!

But at this moment, none of them felt the slightest confidence, not even a shred, because the power Shen Qi had displayed was simply too terrifying.

And on top of that, the opponent had just casually waved a hand, and those two powerful cultivators who had come down from above were swept right back.

Could this Young Master Ye really hold his own against such an opponent?

The hall masters of the various divine temples couldn’t help but feel a little worried, after all, this battle was tied to their very survival.

Guan Nan, not far away, was also watching Ye Tianming. Shen Qi’s strength had exceeded her expectations as well, and now, even she no longer felt absolute confidence.

Ye Tianming slowly raised his head and looked toward Shen Qi. The person before him should be among the two strongest he had encountered in the younger generation so far.

The first was that sword cultivator from Weiyangxiu!

As for the one who had once abandoned the path, he had only met that person once but never crossed blades, so he had no way to assess their strength.

Ye Tianming suddenly smiled, “They really did waste time, but what I’m more curious about is that they seem to be quite wary of you as well.”

Shen Qi nodded, “As I said, my stance aligns with theirs in some ways, but differs in others, and it’s precisely those differences that make them somewhat wary of me. Of course, what they’re even more wary of is actually you, because you intend to overturn them from the very root.”

Ye Tianming smiled, “Alright then, let’s not waste any more time.”

Shen Qi nodded, “I’m still very much looking forward to your Myriad Beings Ranking!”

Ye Tianming let out a hearty laugh, said nothing more, and swept his sleeve, “Come!”

Boom!

Come!

The moment those words left his mouth, in an instant, throughout the entire divine spirit universe, every person who had ever cultivated the Myriad Beings Law suddenly heard Ye Tianming’s voice ring out in their minds!

All living beings looked up, gazing toward the region where Ye Tianming stood!

At that very moment, Ye Tianming’s voice resounded once more through the minds of all living beings, “Gather.”

Gather!

The moment that word was spoken, the entire divine spirit universe suddenly erupted into a frenzy. An endless torrent of faith power suddenly surged skyward from across the entire divine spirit universe, then converged toward the region where Ye Tianming stood.

And as that faith power appeared above Ye Tianming’s head, all of it began to slowly condense into a ranking!

The Myriad Beings Ranking!

Witnessing this scene, the prison lord and the others instantly grew excited — so the upper god had not deceived them after all.

This was the summoning of the Ranking of Divine Investiture!

The Ranking of Divine Investiture!

That was something created by the Ancestral God himself!

Countless billions of faith power surged skyward from the depths of the divine spirit universe in an unending stream, one wave after another, like a tide rushing toward the region where Ye Tianming stood. They were like ten thousand rivers ultimately converging together, condensing bit by bit into a ranking!

The Myriad Beings Ranking!

This was the Myriad Beings Ranking of the entire divine spirit universe!

As the Myriad Beings Ranking condensed, an incomparably terrifying aura suddenly spread across heaven and earth, enveloping the entire divine spirit universe, yet no one felt the slightest sense of oppression.

The aura of all living beings!

The prison lord and the others watched the gradually condensing Myriad Beings Ranking with unbridled excitement. Within that ranking, they felt not only the aura of all living beings, but also their own aura.

All who had cultivated the Myriad Beings Ranking could sense themselves within it.

Ling Shao, who stood behind Shen Qi, saw this scene and hurriedly said, “Big brother, we have to stop him……”

In that moment, he felt a sense of crisis unlike anything he had ever experienced before.

But Shen Qi shook his head.

Ling Shao looked at Shen Qi in confusion, “Big brother?”

Shen Qi gazed down at Ye Tianming below, and smiled, “The Myriad Beings Ranking…… condensed from the power of all living beings, a truly independent path forged from scratch. This is a remarkable thing…….”

As he spoke, he looked toward Ling Shao, “That Myriad Beings Law — have you studied it?”

Ling Shao hesitated for a moment, then nodded, “Big brother told us to study it before, I…… have already learned it.”

Shen Qi said, “How does it feel?”

Ling Shao said in a low voice, “Very powerful, but I feel it doesn’t suit me.”

Shen Qi smiled, “How so?”

Ling Shao glanced down at Ye Tianming below, then said, “The core of the Myriad Beings Law lies in all living beings. Ye Tianming’s great dao philosophy is to seek equality for all living beings, and so he is able to bring the Myriad Beings Law to its fullest potential. But I cannot. I am a selfish person. I have no place for all living beings in my heart, and so for me, this Myriad Beings Law is actually a kind of shackle.”

Shen Qi nodded, “The fact that you can understand this is very good.”

As he spoke, he looked down at Ye Tianming below, “Very few living beings can understand that if one cultivates this Myriad Beings Law without truly holding all living beings in one’s heart, it is actually impossible to bring its power to its fullest potential, and it is also very difficult to walk further along this path. To force one’s way forward would ultimately only lead to falling into self-contradiction, with no hope of redemption.”

Ling Shao stared at Ye Tianming below and said in a low voice, “Big brother, will he fall into self-contradiction?”

Shen Qi smiled, “He will not fall into self-contradiction.”

Ling Shao was curious, “Why not?”

Shen Qi said, “Because he has read a great many books. A person who has read a great many books will not hold only a single perspective in their world. When they look at something, they see it from every angle and every level — which is to say, he knows all the drawbacks and benefits of the path he walks, yet he chooses to walk it anyway. A person like that will not fall into self-contradiction. But……”

At this point he paused, then continued, “But the path he walks is actually not the most correct one.”

Ling Shao hesitated for a moment, then said, “Big brother, how can you be so certain that the path he walks is not the most correct one?”

Shen Qi gazed down at Ye Tianming, “Because the path he walks has already been walked by someone before. Anyone who wishes to defy the laws of the great dao, to defy human nature, will find no hope of redemption.”

Ling Shao was somewhat puzzled, “Already been walked by someone before?”

Shen Qi nodded.

Seeing that Shen Qi said nothing more, Ling Shao did not press further. He looked down at Ye Tianming below, and at this moment he felt a measure of relief — thankfully he had listened to this big brother back then, otherwise his own fate might have been even worse than Huai Qing’s!

His expression was complex. He truly was not fit to be that person’s opponent!

Not before, but that didn’t mean not in the future!

Ling Shao’s gaze gradually grew resolute.

Down below, as the Myriad Beings Law condensed, the aura emanating from Ye Tianming’s body was also undergoing a world-shaking transformation.

His aura was surging wildly!

On the other side, Guan Nan stared at Ye Tianming with burning eyes, naturally filled with excitement as well.

And at her direction, massive light screens appeared in the skies above the major star systems throughout the divine spirit universe — cloud recording devices.

So that all living beings could hear, so that all living beings could see!

Just then, Ye Tianming suddenly swept his sleeve. With that sweep, the countless stars deep within the cosmic river seemed to hear his call and responded one after another, suddenly trembling and shaking. The next moment, the power of billions of stars suddenly erupted from the depths of the universe.

Everyone was startled, and all eyes turned toward the depths of the cosmic river.

There, from the depths of the cosmic river, a dense and overwhelming torrent of stellar power came surging forth, like countless brilliant shooting stars streaking directly into the divine spirit universe.

On that day, every person in the entire divine spirit universe witnessed a scene they would never forget for the rest of their lives — an impenetrable cascade of stellar power poured down from the heavens, blanketing the entire sky above everyone’s heads.

That dense torrent of stellar power ultimately converged into a river of stars, all of it gathering above Ye Tianming, then flowing down into him from the top of his head.

Boom!

In that moment, Ye Tianming’s body began to transform, bit by bit.

Stellar body tempering!

Strengthening the physical form!

Countless stars entered his body and began to fuse with his flesh, sinew, bone, and every single cell. On the surface of his skin, countless tiny stars suddenly emerged and began to temper his existing flesh one bit at a time.

The entire divine spirit universe was shaken to its core by the scene before them!

The cosmic river seemed to hang inverted, as all stellar power poured down like a waterfall from the heavenly river, ultimately all of it surging into the top of Ye Tianming’s head.

And at this moment, the aura radiating from Ye Tianming’s body had already grown to a terrifyingly powerful degree, far surpassing that of an ordinary false-god realm cultivator.

Jin Qing and the others had eyes full of excitement. The heavy mood that had weighed on them instantly lifted considerably. It had to be said, the oppressive pressure that Shen Qi gave off was truly immense.

In the distance, Shen Qi watched Ye Tianming, “Star God Physique……”

Star God Physique!

This already counted as a near-dao technique, the ultimate trump card of the Star God.

It was the tempering of the divine body using stellar power.

One could say that Ye Tianming now only needed a trace of divine fire, and this physical body would be able to undergo yet another transformation.

Of course, even without divine fire, it was already monstrous.

One could say that within the mortal world, this person already stood among the most powerful existences.

Ling Shao was somewhat worried, “Big brother, this person’s Star God path combined with his sword path and his Myriad Beings path……”

From start to now, he had already noticed that this Ye Tianming’s greatest strength lay in fusion. If these several paths were fused together——

Shen Qi stared at Ye Tianming, “What he intends is not as simple as mere fusion.”

Ling Shao was somewhat puzzled, and was just about to ask something, but at that very moment, Ye Tianming suddenly raised his head and looked toward the two of them. With just that one glance, the next instant, the entire region where the two stood directly shattered apart, and when they reappeared, the two were already within a vast and boundless cosmic river.

The Stellar Domain!