Chapter 222

Chapter 222: Something’s Wrong with the Dao Heart!

Completely consumed by madness!

When they saw Yang Jia completely consumed by madness, the hidden Jidian’s brow furrowed deeply, his expression grave. In that moment, he truly felt the terrifying nature of Yang Jia’s bloodline of madness.

It was also in that moment that he truly realized he had underestimated the Yang family of this real world.

This was an incredibly terrifying force!

Old Yang looked at Yang Jia with a furrowed brow. In his view, Yang Jia was fighting a bit too hastily, because from the current situation, Yang Jia’s control over the bloodline of madness was still far from sufficient.

At this moment, everyone present was moved by Yang Jia’s bloodline of madness. It was a bloodline of extreme slaughter — not only could ordinary powerhouses not stand against it, even getting close would instantly corrupt them into killing-crazed lunatics.

The chaotic void had already turned into a sea of blood, but in the next moment, a terrifying aura suddenly surged up from within that sea of blood.

The power of the mortal bloodline!

Ye Tianming’s mortal bloodline power forcibly tore open a gap in that sea of blood. Then, wave after wave of powerful bloodline energy surged out from within Ye Tianming, suppressing Yang Jia’s bloodline of madness in return. What surprised everyone was that Ye Tianming’s mortal bloodline power once again gained the upper hand, pushing the Yang family’s bloodline of madness back step by step!

Even after fully entering the state of madness, the bloodline of madness was still being suppressed by the mortal bloodline.

In the shadows, Old Yang laughed. “Inherited power is still just a little lacking after all!”

In whose hands was the bloodline of madness truly a bloodline of madness?

Without a doubt, it was in the hands of that blue-robed Sword Master, because that blue-robed Sword Master had truly killed his way to it. Apart from that Sword Master, whether it was the Mortal Sword Master or the Guanxuan Sword Master who came after, their bloodlines of madness were all a little lacking.

After all, they were all inherited, not forged through slaughter.

But Ye Tianming was different — Ye Tianming had created his own, and that was a fundamental distinction from Yang Jia.

As Yang Jia’s bloodline of madness was suppressed by Ye Tianming’s mortal bloodline, everyone noticed that Yang Jia’s Dao form was also gradually falling behind.

This was because Ye Tianming’s Dao form was being bolstered by the mortal bloodline at this moment. However, since Yang Jia’s bloodline of madness had fully entered the state of madness, the bloodline aura was now surging wildly with seemingly no upper limit in sight.

Throughout the entire chaotic void, deafening rumbles rang out one after another as the two powers clashed violently, as if they were going to shatter the entire universe.

“Something’s off!”

In the shadows, Jidian stared at Ye Tianming, his brow suddenly furrowing. “Something’s off.”

Old Yang laughed. “Finally noticed?”

Jidian ignored Old Yang and fixed his gaze on Ye Tianming in the distance. Ye Tianming appeared remarkably composed at this moment — not like someone in a battle, but rather like someone… observing.

Not only observing Yang Jia’s Great Dao, but also observing his own.

At this moment, the power of both their Great Daos permeated the heavens and earth, and within that power lay each of their convictions. Conviction is the Great Dao!

Jidian’s brow furrowed deeply. “What is he trying to do?”

Old Yang also watched Ye Tianming with some curiosity.

On the other side, when the powerhouses of Guanxuan Domain and Xianbao Pavilion saw Yang Jia gradually falling behind, their expressions darkened immediately.

Beside Xin Gongzi, one of them hesitated, then said, “Gongzi, if the young master……”

Xin Gongzi cut the elder off directly. “No ifs. The young master will definitely win. Definitely!”

The elder wanted to say more but held back, and in the end didn’t dare to speak. He actually had a second plan — that if Yang Jia were to lose, then they would…

But thinking it over, he didn’t dare to continue the thought.

After all, the entire universe was watching right now. If Guanxuan Domain were to act that way, it would undoubtedly ruin their reputation and make them the laughingstock of the entire universe.

This was not the lower world — things couldn’t be suppressed so easily here.

Xin Gongzi seemed to know what the elder was thinking and glanced at him. “Don’t overthink it. Just wait quietly.”

The elder quickly bowed. “Understood.”

After speaking, he raised his head and looked toward the chaotic void battlefield in the distance, his eyes filled with worry.

In truth, the reason he was so worried had another cause — he had staked everything on Yang Jia. Although no official betting pool had been opened on the surface this time, one had been set up in secret, and it was run by Xianbao Pavilion itself.

The reason there was nothing on the surface was that Yang Jia disliked that sort of thing, so Xianbao Pavilion, out of respect for his feelings, hadn’t opened one openly — but had done so behind the scenes.

Because this was a massive opportunity to make money, and how could Xianbao Pavilion possibly pass it up?

And beyond him, many people from Xianbao Pavilion and Guanxuan Domain had also placed their bets on Yang Jia — almost all of them staking everything they had, because in their eyes, this was a guaranteed win!

Therefore, the outcome of this match for Yang Jia concerned not only Guanxuan Domain and Xianbao Pavilion, but also each of them personally.

He absolutely could not lose!

The most excited people on the scene were undoubtedly the neutral observers. They were purely there to enjoy the competition, since it made no difference to them who won or lost.

Inside the chaotic battlefield, Yang Jia had now fully entered the state of madness. Aside from his combat instincts, he had almost no rational thought left. Upon sensing that his bloodline of madness was being suppressed, he instinctively launched a frenzied counterattack.

The nature of the bloodline of madness was that the deeper the madness, the stronger it became. Although it was temporarily suppressed by Ye Tianming’s bloodline power, with his frenzied counterattack, the bloodline of madness began to slam violently against the mortal bloodline, trying to break free from Ye Tianming’s suppression.

Not far away, after suppressing Yang Jia, Ye Tianming did not continue to press the attack. He simply held the suppression in place while gazing at the Dao power that had emerged around him, completely absorbed in thought.

The power of the Great Dao!

Back when he had encountered Yuan Shi in the Shenwu Realm, he had once asked a question: why did the Great Daos of people in this world appear on the Dao Rankings — in other words, why did they have to be recognized by the Dao Rankings?

Who made that rule?

At the time, Yuan Shi had been unable to answer him, only saying that it had always been this way.

But he had felt there was more to it than that. He hadn’t thought too deeply about it then, but now, having unleashed his Dao power for the first time and witnessed Yang Jia’s Dao power, he fell into deep contemplation.

The power of the Great Dao!

Was this Dao power truly his own?

Everyone who had established a Dao was on the Dao Rankings. In other words, the Dao of anyone who had established one had to be recognized by the Dao Rankings — meaning the Dao power did not belong to the one who established it, but was granted by the Dao Rankings!

At this thought, Ye Tianming’s expression became more solemn than it had ever been!

The Dao one established had to be recognized by the Dao Rankings, and the Dao power was granted by the Dao Rankings…

He thought of something — was it possible that they were still within a kind of “Dao,” and moreover, within someone else’s Dao?

At that thought, he suddenly felt a chill run down his spine.

Soon, that chilling feeling turned into helplessness — deep, profound helplessness.

As this state of mind took hold, the Dao power aura surrounding him suddenly began to plummet wildly, and in that moment, Yang Jia’s bloodline of madness and Dao form surged back against the tide.

Seeing this, everyone was stunned.

What was happening?

How had the situation reversed so suddenly?

In the shadows, Old Yang and Jidian both furrowed their brows at the same time. But soon, Old Yang said with some surprise, “His Dao heart has faltered. How could this be…….”

His Dao heart had faltered!

He hadn’t expected that Ye Tianming’s Dao heart would suddenly falter at this moment.

It shouldn’t be like this!

Jidian was also full of confusion, but quickly, he suddenly turned to look at Old Yang. He had been too busy arguing and fighting with Old Yang earlier and had overlooked something — he realized that this old man’s depth of insight was extraordinary…

Noticing Jidian’s gaze, Old Yang turned and glanced at him. “What are you looking at? Idiot!”

Jidian flew into a rage and charged at Old Yang again.

To hell with whether it was simple or not — this damn old bastard had to be beaten!

Meanwhile, in the chaotic void, as Ye Tianming’s Dao power plummeted wildly, Yang Jia directly reversed the pressure, and the situation turned once again.

Although the people of Guanxuan Domain and Xianbao Pavilion didn’t understand why this had suddenly happened, they knew that Yang Jia was about to win.

And so, many of them couldn’t help but cheer.

Not far away, Ye Tianming’s Dao power began to retreat steadily, yet he made no move at all — he hadn’t even noticed that his own Dao power was weakening.

But soon, Ye Tianming suddenly laughed again. He shook his head slightly, sighing at how he had been reaching beyond his grasp. He now understood, just a little, what Old Yang had said before — that he liked to think, liked to think deeply, and as a result rarely brought things down to earth.

So what if he was within someone else’s Dao?

Why did he have to think about things outside the Dao right now?

Did he even have the ability to think about things outside the Dao at this point?

Thinking about things outside the Dao now — how was that any different from wanting to fly before learning to crawl?

Besides, the other party had the ability to establish this kind of Dao Rankings, to govern ten thousand Daos, to lead countless geniuses and prodigies across the universe down their path — didn’t that deserve his, Ye Tianming’s, admiration?

Even if he would one day establish a truly his own Dao, did that make others any less remarkable?

If others were remarkable, then he should learn from them!

He should pay his respects!

Once he had worked through this, the smile on Ye Tianming’s face gradually widened. In that moment, his state of mind underwent a complete and utter transformation. In just an instant, his Dao power aura surged wildly, pushing back against Yang Jia’s Dao power and bloodline power.

Not only that — the void above Ye Tianming’s head suddenly exploded open, and then streaks of terrifying Dao light cascaded down, enveloping Ye Tianming. At the same time, a brand new Dao power rolled out from within Ye Tianming in torrents…

Establishing a Dao!

He was about to establish his second Dao!

In that moment, everyone watching across the entire universe froze in place like statues of clay.

Across the entire universe, there was complete silence.