Chapter 200

Chapter 200: New God!

“Hey hey!”

Old Yang said with dissatisfaction, “Old Zhou, what kind of talk is that?”

Old Zhou glanced at him, “The truth. If you don’t like hearing it, you can get lost.”

Old Yang laughed, “I just love that straightforward personality of yours. Haha!”

Ye Tianming: “…….”

Old Zhou kept shaking his head. Faced with someone this shameless, what could he do?

Old Yang suddenly turned serious, “Old Zhou, I came to find you because I need your help. We need to borrow…….”

“Not helping!”

Old Zhou refused outright.

Old Yang let out a sly chuckle and plopped himself down on the ground nearby, acting shamelessly, “If you won’t help, then I’m not leaving.”

Seeing this, Ye Tianming was a little taken aback. This senior seemed to be quite the character.

Old Zhou stared hard at Old Yang, his gaze looking like he wanted to eat him alive.

Old Yang, on the other hand, looked completely unbothered. He smiled, “We need to reopen the ‘Time Passage’ that leads to the outside world. I want to take this kid there for some real combat experience.”

Old Zhou looked toward Ye Tianming, stared at him for a moment, then said, “This goes against the rules.”

Old Yang smiled, “The people up top have already rotted to this state, and you’re still talking about rules?”

Old Zhou’s brow furrowed, clearly displeased, but he didn’t argue back. After a long silence, he let out a quiet sigh and shook his head again, “Rules are rules. They can’t be broken.”

The smile on Old Yang’s face gradually faded. He stared at Old Zhou, “Old Zhou, you don’t have to give me face, but are you sure you won’t make things easier for this kid?”

After a moment of silence, Old Zhou looked toward Ye Tianming again. How could he not understand Old Yang’s intentions?

Old Yang said nothing more, waiting for Old Zhou to make his decision.

After a long while, Old Zhou let out a quiet sigh, “Fine, fine. I’ll make an exception just this once.”

As Old Yang had said, things up top had already decayed to this degree, so why should he cling so stubbornly to the rules? Besides, this young man before him was so extraordinarily gifted. Building a good connection with him wouldn’t be a bad thing for himself or for those above.

Hearing Old Zhou’s words, Old Yang broke into a smile.

Ye Tianming gave a deep bow, “Thank you, senior.”

Old Zhou looked at Ye Tianming, “Your talent is quite good. When it comes to cultivation, you can listen to this shameless one more. But when it comes to being a person, whatever you do, don’t learn from him. Whatever you do!”

Ye Tianming: “……”

“Haha!”

Old Yang still didn’t care one bit. He laughed loudly, “Old Zhou, still holding a grudge over that thing from back then. I have to say, you really hold onto anger well. How many years has it been? And you’re still fuming.”

Old Zhou ignored him entirely, then turned and walked toward the inner hall. Soon, a tremendous boom echoed from deep within the hall, and then a divine light suddenly surged out from within that divine sword and landed in the courtyard.

Within the divine light, the power of time flowed and surged.

A teleportation array!

Old Yang looked at Ye Tianming and smiled, “Let’s go!”

Ye Tianming nodded and walked toward that divine light. Old Zhou suddenly said, “Take a few extra bottles of wine with you.”

Old Yang quickly said, “Sure sure…… Old Zhou, I knew you loved me.”

Old Zhou said angrily, “I’m not talking to you, I’m telling him!”

Old Yang: “…….”

Old Zhou looked at Ye Tianming, “Go on.”

Ye Tianming didn’t refuse. He gave a bow, “Thank you.”

With that, he took out a bottle, walked to the wine vat, and filled it to the brim.

A moment later, Ye Tianming and Old Zhou entered the teleportation array. Old Yang waved his hand, “Old Zhou, goodbye!”

Ye Tianming: “…….”

After Ye Tianming and Old Yang disappeared, a complex look flashed through Old Zhou’s eyes, and he let out a deep sigh.

Inside the Time Passage.

Ye Tianming asked curiously, “Senior, who was that senior just now?”

Old Yang shook his head slightly, “A lonely, pitiful soul.”

Ye Tianming looked at Old Yang. Old Yang smiled, “Also a stubborn one. Otherwise, he could have gone much further. But he just had to be stubborn…… Ah! A person’s character really does determine their fate!”

As he said this, he looked at Ye Tianming, “In the past, he never would have broken the rules to let you leave that place.”

Ye Tianming said, “Senior, is it possible to leave this universe through one’s own strength alone?”

Old Yang smiled, “It is, but it depends on what level you reach. In any case, it’s impossible at the Dao Establishment or Patriarch stage.”

Ye Tianming frowned, “Why?”

Old Yang said softly, “Because the universe is simply far too vast, and on top of that, there are all kinds of cosmic barriers between the various universes, just like the lower world and the real world were back then.”

Ye Tianming nodded, “I see.”

Old Yang looked at Ye Tianming and smiled, “That wine is excellent. Don’t give it away lightly. Take a few sips during battle and you’ll get some unexpected effects.”

Ye Tianming nodded. After drinking that wine earlier, he could feel as though a fire was burning inside his body, and his battle intent was still there, showing no signs of fading.

As if thinking of something, Ye Tianming asked again, “Senior, you said the Immortal Treasure Pavilion can also help people leave this universe?”

Old Yang nodded, “The one behind the Immortal Treasure Pavilion has big goals and ambitions, wanting to build a super cosmic commercial empire…… Actually, it’s not a bad thing, because they’ve greatly shortened the distances between the various universes and provided enormous convenience for the entire cosmos.”

Ye Tianming nodded, “It seems the Immortal Treasure Pavilion is even more vast than I imagined.”

Old Yang said seriously, “Enormously vast. Looking across the entire universe, there are almost none that can surpass them in commerce. Only one or two ancient powers can barely hold their own against them.”

Ye Tianming didn’t have much interest in the Immortal Treasure Pavilion. He asked, “Senior, where exactly are we going?”

Old Yang smiled, “We’re here.”

Ye Tianming looked up. A dazzling white light appeared not far ahead, and soon the two of them entered that white light.

When the two reappeared, they were on a vast wasteland. Ye Tianming looked up and saw that suspended in the sky were enormous stone platforms one after another. Each of the four corners of every platform was bound by an iron chain, with the other end of each chain disappearing into the void. There were tens of thousands of such platforms.

And at the very top, there was a golden stone platform, nearly ten thousand zhang wide, supported from below by a massive golden sword.

Ye Tianming looked at the scene before him with curiosity, “Senior, this is?”

Old Yang smiled, “The Divine Martial Realm, a place dedicated to combat. Everyone who comes here is a supreme genius from across the entire universe. See that golden platform up there? That’s the legendary ‘Divine Martial Stage’. As long as you can ascend that ‘Divine Martial Stage’ and hold it for one month, you can enter the legendary ‘Great Dao Realm’.”

Ye Tianming looked at Old Yang, “The Great Dao Realm?”

Old Yang said, “It’s where the Great Dao Ranking resides. Once you enter the Great Dao Realm, you can observe the three thousand Great Daos on the Great Dao Ranking. Most importantly, there’s also a chance to be chosen as the master of the Great Dao Ranking and become the sovereign of ten thousand daos.”

As he said this, a peculiar light flickered in his eyes.

Ye Tianming said, “The Great Dao Ranking can choose a master?”

When he had established his dao before, he had caught a glimpse of this Great Dao Ranking, but it had been from an extremely great distance, and he could only make out a vague outline.

Old Yang nodded, “Yes. Among the three thousand Great Daos, each dao has its own Dao Sovereign. And if one can be chosen as the master of the Great Dao Ranking, it means being able to command all three thousand Dao Sovereigns and become the Lord of Ten Thousand Daos…… Of course, this is only a legend, a very, very ancient legend, because to this day, the Great Dao Ranking has never chosen a master.”

Ye Tianming said, “Has it ever happened before?”

Old Yang shook his head, “Unknown. The origins of this Great Dao Ranking are known to no one, and I don’t know either. Over the years, countless universes and countless top-tier powerhouses have actually only sought to become the Dao Sovereign of one of those daos. As for getting the Great Dao Ranking to choose a master……. it’s not that there haven’t been those with such ambitions, but no one has ever succeeded.”

As he said this, he smiled, “Being able to become the Dao Sovereign of even one dao is already incredibly, incredibly impressive.”

Ye Tianming asked with some curiosity, “Senior, how does one become a Dao Sovereign?”

Old Yang said, “Push your own dao to its absolute limit, become the strongest within it, and then compete with other Great Daos for a spot on the Great Dao Ranking. Let me tell you, although you’ve already established your dao, you haven’t yet fixed your dao. What does fixing your dao mean? It means having your Great Dao permanently secured on the Great Dao Ranking. And to secure a place on this Great Dao Ranking, you have to fight for it.”

As he said this, he smiled, then continued, “Three thousand Great Daos, limited spots. To fight for a spot means displacing someone else. And to displace someone else, you have to shatter their Great Dao…… This is the Great Dao struggle. Brutal, isn’t it?”

Ye Tianming said softly, “I see. Senior, what happens after you fix your dao on the Great Dao Ranking?”

Old Yang smiled, “There will be endless benefits, and every single one of those endless benefits will exceed your imagination. Don’t rush. With your talent, you’ll be able to truly come into contact with all of this very soon.”

Ye Tianming nodded, “Alright.”

Old Yang looked up, “Those who’ve just arrived can only start from the lowest challenge platforms. Pick any one of the ones at the bottom!”

Having said that, as if thinking of something, he added, “Remember, don’t use the Law of All Beings.”

Ye Tianming smiled slightly, “Alright.”

With that, he looked up at those challenge platforms. In the next moment, he transformed into a streak of sword light and shot straight into the sky, then landed steadily on one of the challenge platforms.

Below, Old Yang watched Ye Tianming depart and murmured softly, “The Great Dao Ranking……. will it choose this guy? Or that one from the Yang family? Or that peerless female sword cultivator who appears once in a million years……. Or that dao-abandoner who is ‘unrivaled within the six directions and eight wastes, lord of ten million universes across all directions’? Or……. that ‘New God’ who has yet to appear even now…….”

The New God!

By the time he reached those last words, Old Yang’s expression had grown solemn like never before, and a deep sense of wariness surfaced in his eyes.

The god of the old era had already fallen from the divine throne……. The divine throne now stood empty, which meant a new god was about to ascend.

But to this day, there had been no news of this New God whatsoever.