Chapter 127

Chapter 127: Ten Plain Skirts Won’t Be Able to Protect You!

In the Guanxuan cosmos, somewhere in the void, a man dressed in a Taoist robe gazed into the depths of that emptiness. After a long while, he let out a cold laugh. “The end of the Dao, you really know how to play — not only placing your piece, but also stepping back…….”

He withdrew his gaze, turned around, and left with Ye Nan by his side.

At this point, Ye Nan had matured far, far more than before.

During this period, he had been training hard every day under the guidance of the Taoist-robed man, and his strength had already far surpassed what it once was.

The grudge of the Ye family……must be repaid in blood!

The Taoist-robed man turned to look at Ye Nan and sighed softly. “Kid, I know you want revenge, but it’s not that simple. You’d better lay low and keep developing yourself — develop, you understand?”

Ye Nan nodded. “Master, I’ll do whatever you say.”

The Taoist-robed man nodded. “Master will take you somewhere to temper your spiritual power.”

With that, he took Ye Nan and disappeared at the edge of the star river.

The Blood Moon Secret Realm.

With the departure of that blood moon, the seal of the secret realm began to slowly fade. Ye Tianming did not immediately leave with Zhantai Zhan — instead, he brought her to an open clearing, walked to one side, sat down cross-legged, and slowly closed his eyes.

No one knew how much time had passed before a radiant Buddhist light suddenly surged from within him, shooting into the sky. In an instant, countless Buddhist Dao runes emerged between heaven and earth, and soon those runes rapidly converged in one place. In the blink of an eye, a Buddhist dharma form standing 3,500 zhang tall took shape.

The seventh dharma form!

Ye Tianming was not satisfied. He suddenly opened his left hand, and a dark light began to surge in his palm.

Just as Ye Tianming was attempting to condense a demonic dharma form, Zhantai Zhan, who was sitting not far away, suddenly said, “With your current strength, you cannot possibly subdue your own demonic nature. If you forcibly activate it, you’ll end up just like that monk.”

Hearing Zhantai Zhan’s words, Ye Tianming hesitated, then slowly clenched his left hand. The dark light dissipated.

He took a deep breath. He did have some desire to cultivate both the Buddhist and demonic paths simultaneously, but as Zhantai Zhan had said, he was currently in no position to subdue his own demonic nature. Once it was unleashed, he might be beyond saving.

This couldn’t be rushed!

He had to take it steady.

Ye Tianming turned to look at his Buddhist dharma form — it was towering and magnificent, and its aura was powerful, yet it was far inferior to the Buddhist light of that monk.

Buddhist nature!

The stronger the Buddhist nature, the stronger the dharma form would be!

And his Buddhist nature right now was very, very weak, mainly because he knew far too little about Buddhism. He needed to read more Buddhist scriptures, experience more of life, and temper himself in the mortal world.

This too couldn’t be rushed — but the cosmic grand tournament was fast approaching, and he didn’t have much time left. That was also why he had just tried to condense a demonic dharma form.

The Little Pagoda suddenly said, “Little one, you want to cultivate the Buddhist path too?”

Ye Tianming nodded. “Not just the Buddhist path — I want to cultivate the demonic path as well.”

The Little Pagoda reminded him, “Don’t forget, you’re a sword cultivator.”

Ye Tianming smiled. “Whether it’s the Buddhist path, the demonic path, or the sword path, they all ultimately lead to the same destination — none is superior to the others……”

With that, he took a deep breath. “All paths complement one another. I want to cultivate all paths simultaneously!”

The Little Pagoda: “…….”

Ye Tianming gave a light wave of his right hand, and the dharma form behind him instantly vanished. He opened his palm, and the Heavenly Dao Seal appeared in his hand.

The Heavenly Dao Seal was only the size of a palm, with two large characters engraved on its base: Heavenly Dao.

A supreme divine artifact!

Ye Tianming suddenly looked toward Zhantai Zhan, who was sitting not far away. “Miss Zhan, how do I refine and absorb this Heavenly Dao Seal?”

Zhantai Zhan glanced at him and said nothing.

Ye Tianming walked up to Zhantai Zhan and said sincerely, “Miss Zhan, what happened earlier was not my intention, but I did offend you, and I owe you an apology. Please don’t be angry anymore, alright?”

The Little Pagoda: “…….”

After a moment of silence, Zhantai Zhan said, “It has nothing to do with you.”

She naturally wouldn’t blame Ye Tianming for that — after all, it had nothing to do with him. It was that woman who had been stirring up trouble.

Zhantai Zhan glanced at Ye Tianming. “Make it acknowledge you as its master.”

Ye Tianming looked at the Heavenly Dao Seal in his hand and asked curiously, “How do I make it acknowledge me as its master?”

Zhantai Zhan said, “Not now. Wait until you reach the True World, then make it acknowledge you.”

Ye Tianming was puzzled. “Why?”

Zhantai Zhan said, “If it acknowledges you as its master now, it will cause the three thousand great Daos to submit to you — and the three thousand great Daos cannot enter this cosmos, because this cosmos is guarded by the Guanxuan Sword Master’s Dao laws. If they were to enter, it would be equivalent to directly clashing with the Guanxuan Sword Master’s Dao laws. With your current strength, that’s not possible.”

Ye Tianming said softly, “I see.”

With that, he put the Heavenly Dao Seal away. As if something had just occurred to him, he suddenly looked at Zhantai Zhan. “Miss Zhan, what are your plans from here?”

Zhantai Zhan was silent.

Ye Tianming said, “Miss Zhan, the cosmic grand tournament is approaching and I must leave soon, but you currently have no cultivation at all. I really can’t feel at ease leaving you here alone. So if there’s anything you need my help with, please just say the word — within my ability, I’ll do my best.”

After a brief silence, Zhantai Zhan looked at Ye Tianming. “Take me to the entrance of the True World. It’s at the boundary between the void and the real.”

Ye Tianming nodded. “Alright.”

With that, he glanced around. “The seal here is about to disappear. We need to move quickly.”

He hoisted Zhantai Zhan onto his back, rose on his sword, and vanished into the distant horizon.

Along the way, Ye Tianming asked, “Miss Zhan, once you reach the entrance of the True World, will you be able to recover your strength?”

Zhantai Zhan said, “Yes.”

Ye Tianming smiled. “Miss Zhan, your strength must be incredibly powerful, right?”

Zhantai Zhan glanced at him and said nothing.

Seeing that she didn’t respond, Ye Tianming switched to a different question. “Miss Zhan, what kind of world is the True World?”

He was actually quite curious about this so-called True World.

Zhantai Zhan said, “Do you want to go see it?”

Ye Tianming nodded. “A little.”

Zhantai Zhan said, “Then come with me.”

Another invitation.

But Ye Tianming shook his head. “I need to participate in the cosmic grand tournament.”

This time Zhantai Zhan didn’t get angry. After a moment of silence, she said, “Aren’t you afraid?”

Ye Tianming asked, “Afraid of what?”

Zhantai Zhan said, “You’re covered in divine treasures — aren’t you afraid I might covet them?”

Ye Tianming laughed.

Zhantai Zhan’s brows furrowed slightly. “What are you laughing at?”

Ye Tianming said, “I feel like Miss Zhan isn’t that kind of person.”

Zhantai Zhan let out a cold laugh. “Not that kind of person? Didn’t you hear what that monk and the end of the Dao said? My knowing you — it’s all a scheme……everything has been my calculation.”

After a moment of silence, Ye Tianming said, “Miss Zhan, whether it’s coincidence or a scheme, it doesn’t make much of a difference to me.”

Zhantai Zhan said, “Why?”

Ye Tianming said softly, “What am I, Ye Tianming? Nothing but a worthless life. If I can be of use to you and your people, that’s truly a good thing for me right now……honestly, my thinking is simple — I’d actually welcome Miss Zhan using me more.”

Zhantai Zhan stared at Ye Tianming and asked again, “Why?”

Ye Tianming grinned. “Because if you use me, it proves I still have value. And besides, I can ask you so many, many questions. Though I should warn you, Miss Zhan — whether you guide me or help me, I may never be able to repay you.”

After a long silence, Zhantai Zhan said, “You’re entering the cosmic grand tournament without any thought of surviving.”

Ye Tianming smiled and said nothing.

Because the blood moon was gone from the Blood Moon Secret Realm, they left it with ease. But the moment they stepped out, he sensed more than a dozen terrifying auras surging toward them.

Guanxuan cosmos powerhouses!

Damn it!

Ye Tianming’s expression instantly darkened. These people were still waiting here? They were absolutely determined to kill him!

Zhantai Zhan suddenly said, “Go right.”

Ye Tianming’s figure shifted, transforming into a streak of sword light that vanished into the distance.

Ye Tianming pushed his speed to the absolute limit, covering a thousand li in an instant — but the powerhouses behind him were clearly even faster. The space before him split open, and more than a dozen of the Guanxuan cosmos’s top powerhouses blocked his path.

At the front was an elderly man in a wide, flowing robe. He glanced at Zhantai Zhan, then fixed his gaze on Ye Tianming with ferocious intensity. “Ye Tianming, where are Elder Nalan Ling and the others?”

Nalan Ling and the others had gone into the Blood Moon Forbidden Ground to pursue Ye Tianming and had yet to return. The great clans were all investigating the matter.

Ye Tianming looked at the robed elder calmly. “I’m not their father — how would I know where they went?”

“Ye Tianming!”

The robed elder glared at Ye Tianming. “Don’t think that just because you have that white-skirted woman behind you, you can do whatever you please. Let me tell you…….”

Ye Tianming had no patience for his nonsense. With a flick of his sleeve, more than a dozen shadow figures suddenly shot out, charging straight at the robed elder.

Life Bone Puppets!

The Life Bone Spirit had already refined Nalan Ling and the others into puppets — and every one of them was at the Circle-Breaking realm.

The moment they saw those puppets, the robed elder and the others’ expressions changed drastically. The robed elder at the front cried out in furious shock, “Ye Tianming, you actually refined them into puppets — you……have some real nerve, you…….”

Boom!

Fourteen Circle-Breaking realm powerhouse puppets came charging in — what terrifying force was that? The robed elder and the others were instantly suppressed. Those among them who had not yet reached the Circle-Breaking realm were killed in an instant, and even the robed elder himself didn’t dare take the blow head-on. His body shuddered as he was sent blasting backward tens of thousands of zhang.

As he retreated, the robed elder raged, “Ye Tianming, do you know who they are? They are all elders of first-tier clans, and you actually refined them into puppets — you’ve got some real guts…….Never mind one white-skirted woman, even ten of them couldn’t protect you. Just wait for your death!”