Chapter 133

Chapter 133: Sovereign of the Hundred Clans!

Fight!

　　At this moment, Ye Tianming had never felt such a burning desire to fight.

　　Because he understood clearly that what he lacked most right now was not a higher cultivation realm, but actual combat experience. Whether it was his dharma form, his One Sword Decides Life and Death, or his Heaven-Severing Sword Drawing Art, none of them had been tempered through large amounts of real battle. Against ordinary opponents, that would naturally be fine, but against a seasoned combat veteran, he could end up suffering greatly.

　　Moreover, he also needed real combat to find the weaknesses in his dharma form and sword techniques.

　　Real combat!

　　As he walked down that path, powerful auras suddenly appeared on both sides of the road.

　　The gifted prodigies of the Hundred Clans Era, from ancient times to the present.

　　This trial path of the Hundred Clans Era had been created by the founding ancestor of the Hundred Clans Era’s civilization. After that, the Hundred Clans Era established a rule that all geniuses and prodigies of the Hundred Clans Era must leave their combat consciousness here. Once this rule was announced, it immediately drew countless geniuses to compete, as everyone wanted their combat consciousness to remain on this path.

　　As time went on, the competition grew fiercer and fiercer, and because of this, only those who could truly be called the greatest prodigies of their generation were able to leave their combat consciousness here.

　　The moment Ye Tianming’s words fell, not far ahead of him, a man dressed in black appeared. The man had both hands clasped behind his back, with surges of lightning radiance swirling around his body, and as he appeared, a terrifying pressure of thunder and lightning instantly permeated heaven and earth.

　　The black-robed man gazed at Ye Tianming with calm eyes.

　　Geniuses from different eras!

　　Without any wasted words.

　　Ye Tianming charged forward, sword light flickering.

　　His very first move was One Sword Decides Life and Death!

　　As this sword was unleashed, the sword momentum around Ye Tianming instantly reached its peak, and the terrifying sword force forcibly suppressed the thunder and lightning that had been permeating heaven and earth.

　　Behind him, the old man known as Ku Lao saw this sword strike and his expression immediately turned grave.

　　Across from Ye Tianming, the black-robed man also saw this sword strike, and his calm gaze instantly turned grave as well. He slowly clenched both hands into fists, and countless bolts of lightning suddenly erupted from within his body. Thousands of lightning pillars swept across the field, charging straight toward Ye Tianming.

　　Boom!

　　Suddenly, a tremendous crash resounded throughout this stretch of heaven and earth, and immediately after, countless bolts of lightning shattered into pieces.

　　Ye Tianming had already appeared dozens of zhang behind the black-robed man, sword light radiating all around him.

　　Ye Tianming didn’t look back and continued walking forward into the distance.

　　Behind him, the black-robed man murmured, “What a powerful sword force…….”

　　His voice faded, and he vanished into thin air.

　　Not far away, Ku Lao said softly, “This sword technique…….”

　　Just then, in the distance, Ye Tianming had already encountered the second genius of the Hundred Clans Era. Without any wasted words, Ye Tianming raised his hand and thrust his sword forward.

　　Again, One Sword Decides Life and Death!

　　This sword strike carried an unstoppable, invincible momentum.

　　No matter what kind of prodigy or genius you are, I will destroy you with a single sword!

　　Boom!

　　Under Ku Lao’s watchful gaze, the space in the distance was forcibly torn apart by Ye Tianming’s sword, and at the same time, that Hundred Clans Era prodigy was pierced directly between the brows by his sword.

　　Ye Tianming was already dozens of zhang away, continuing to advance into the distance.

　　Behind him, that Hundred Clans Era prodigy slowly dissipated.

　　One sword!

　　Just one sword!

　　Ku Lao noticed that as Ye Tianming defeated two prodigies in succession, his sword momentum was surging wildly, and each time it surged, that momentum would flow back into the qi sword in his hand, accumulating within it.

　　Ku Lao narrowed his eyes slightly, somewhat astonished, “Gathering momentum…….”

　　At this moment, Ye Tianming was indeed gathering momentum. His spirit was soaring, his advance unstoppable, sweeping away all obstacles, and his sword dao momentum was climbing higher and higher without end.

　　Most terrifying of all, he was also storing up this sword momentum. In other words, each successive strike of his One Sword Decides Life and Death would be stronger than the last.

　　Just then, another prodigy appeared before Ye Tianming in the distance.

　　Ye Tianming raised his hand and unleashed a single sword strike!

　　Slash!

　　A crack a thousand zhang long appeared directly in front of him.

　　An instant kill!

　　As the sword light faded, he was already dozens of zhang away.

　　Sweeping away all obstacles along the way!

　　Very soon, countless onlookers from the Hundred Clans Era appeared in the shadows all around, because Ye Tianming’s pace of advance was simply too fast.

　　This speed was comparable to that of the Hundred Clans Sovereign from back in the day.

　　In the void, a middle-aged man looked down at Ye Tianming below. This person was Wei Qian, the current Civilization Master of the Hundred Clans Era.

　　Beside Wei Qian stood an elder, none other than Ku Lao.

　　Wei Qian suddenly said, “Do you think he can surpass the ancestor?”

　　This ancestor referred to none other than the Hundred Clans Sovereign.

　　Ku Lao said in a deep voice, “Although this person is also a prodigy, surpassing the ancestor seems a bit difficult.”

　　Wei Qian watched Ye Tianming below without saying a word.

　　At this point, Ye Tianming had already defeated two prodigies of the Hundred Clans Era in succession. Not only that, but his pace of advance was growing faster and faster.

　　Up to this point, he had not unleashed a second sword strike.

　　Moreover, his own sword momentum was growing more and more terrifying, and the amount he had stored up was growing as well. When the cultivators present sensed the sword momentum contained within Ye Tianming’s sword, every single one of them was shocked, because the sword momentum now contained within Ye Tianming’s sword had already far surpassed that of a normal Sword Emperor!

　　On the field, Ye Tianming’s speed grew faster and faster. Although the prodigies and geniuses he faced later were also growing stronger and stronger, none of them could withstand a single sword strike from him.

　　Most terrifying of all, every time he defeated a genius or prodigy, his sword momentum would become even more fearsome.

　　At this moment, all the powerful cultivators of the Chaotic Ancient Era present couldn’t help but wonder: could this Ye Tianming break the record set by the Hundred Clans Sovereign back in the day?

　　The Hundred Clans Sovereign had cleared this trial path in less than half an hour!

　　Ku Lao said in a deep voice, “Yuan Xin is coming up soon.”

　　Yuan Xin!

　　Also a supreme genius of the Hundred Clans Era. In terms of prodigious talent, he ranked second only to the Hundred Clans Sovereign of that era. In his time, he had never suffered a single defeat among the younger generation.

　　Boom!

　　After Ye Tianming defeated yet another prodigy, his sword dao momentum surged once again, sweeping across the heavens, but soon it flowed back into his qi sword.

　　He gazed ahead and strode forward.

　　At this moment, his sword dao heart was invincible.

　　At this point, Wei Qian suddenly said softly, “He is not only gathering momentum, he is also tempering his momentum, tempering his sword dao heart.”

　　Everyone was somewhat puzzled, but he offered no explanation.

　　At this moment, Ye Tianming in the distance came to a stop. Not far ahead of him, space and time trembled, and then a man in long robes slowly walked out from within the trembling space-time.

　　Yuan Xin!

　　In Yuan Xin’s hand was a long saber still in its sheath.

　　When he saw Ye Tianming, he was first taken aback, then broke into a smile, “Not bad, not bad. After all these years, someone decent has finally come along.”

　　Ye Tianming looked at Yuan Xin with his usual calm gaze. He stepped forward, and as his foot landed, a streak of sword light had already reached Yuan Xin.

　　Almost simultaneously, Yuan Xin grinned, and his right hand suddenly drew the saber in a fierce slash.

　　Boom!

　　As his saber was unleashed, a terrifying saber momentum instantly swept outward, crashing toward Ye Tianming like a flood of ten thousand acres.

　　A head-on clash!

　　The momentum of the two was evenly matched at this moment.

　　Boom!

　　As a burst of sword light and saber light exploded outward, Ye Tianming and Yuan Xin were both sent flying back repeatedly. Countless streaks of sword light and saber light shattered throughout heaven and earth, the surrounding space-time was riddled with holes in an instant, and the saber momentum and sword momentum of the two were directly shattered at this moment.

　　Seeing this, the Hundred Clans Era cultivators present immediately let out a collective sigh of relief. Good, this Ye Tianming had been stopped by Yuan Xin.

　　They naturally did not want the record of their civilization era to be broken by an outsider.

　　That would be a humiliation, after all.

　　But what they could never have known was that many, many years later, the trial path of their Hundred Clans Era would become the most famous trial path in the entire universe……. because this trial path had once been conquered by the man called Ye Tianming.

　　Not far away, Yuan Xin suddenly burst out laughing, “Satisfying, so satisfying. Not a bad sword cultivator…….”

　　Before his words had even finished, in the distance, Ye Tianming suddenly said softly, “Condense!”

　　Boom!

　　Throughout heaven and earth, the countless forces that had already been destroyed instantly condensed anew and surged wildly.

　　Everyone froze!

　　Yuan Xin saw this and was also stunned, “How is this possible……”

　　Ye Tianming walked slowly toward Yuan Xin, and in his heart he said quietly, “Tower Ancestor, I have finally understood the true essence of One Sword Decides Life and Death.”

　　The Little Tower said, “What is it?”

　　Ye Tianming smiled, “It is the state of mind.”

　　The Little Tower said, “An invincible state of mind?”

　　Ye Tianming shook his head, “No.”

　　The Little Tower was puzzled, “Then what?”

　　Ye Tianming said softly, “One Sword Decides Life and Death is about momentum, an invincible momentum…… As I walked here just now, I kept thinking: what if my sword fails to decide someone’s life and death? What then?”

　　The Little Tower was somewhat puzzled, “Just now your momentum was soaring…… and yet you were thinking about failure?”

　　Ye Tianming slowly closed his eyes, “Tower Ancestor, my teacher once taught me that nothing in this world is absolute. I, Ye Tianming, cannot achieve the absolute. In other words, I cannot yet truly kill whoever I wish to kill…… Therefore, there will inevitably come a moment when my One Sword Decides Life and Death fails. If it fails, what should I do?”

　　As he spoke, he suddenly looked toward Yuan Xin in the distance, his voice carrying a hint of excitement, “Just now I was confused the whole time, lost in uncertainty. It was only at the moment my momentum was shattered that I suddenly understood one thing: there is something even more important than momentum!”

　　The Little Tower asked in puzzlement, “What?”

　　Ye Tianming said, “Courage! The courage to start over from the beginning!”

　　As he spoke, he took a deep breath, “No one can sail through life without setbacks. Failure is not frightening. What is frightening is losing the courage to start over after failure!”

　　In an instant, his sword momentum underwent a qualitative transformation!

　　The sword momentum of a Great Sword Emperor!

　　Everyone watched in disbelief as Ye Tianming’s sword intent condensed anew…… had his sword dao just broken through?

　　Ye Tianming smiled, and in the next moment, he transformed into a streak of sword light and vanished from where he stood.

　　Slash!

　　In the distance, Yuan Xin was pierced directly by a streak of sword light.

　　After defeating Yuan Xin, Ye Tianming’s momentum surged again by several times.

　　Suddenly, the Hundred Clans Era cultivators lurking in the shadows all dropped to their knees one after another. Even Wei Qian bent at the waist.

　　At the end of that trial path stood a young man. The young man had long hair draped over his shoulders, his upper body bare, his muscles and bones like steel cables.

　　The Hundred Clans Sovereign!