Chapter 227

Chapter 227: A Strike at the Heart!

“Not perfect enough!”

　　Just then, Jidian suddenly spoke up, “He’s too hard on himself, wanting everything he does to be flawless, without a single mistake.”

　　Old Yang glanced at Jidian and smiled, “You’re not as stupid as I thought.”

　　Jidian, surprisingly, didn’t get angry. He looked at Ye Tianming and said softly, “That’s actually one of his strengths.”

　　Old Yang nodded, “But too much of anything is never good. Of course, he’s already incredibly talented. Among all the geniuses I’ve seen, very few can compare to him, but precisely because of that, we hold him to a higher standard.”

　　A higher standard!

　　By ordinary standards, Ye Tianming had undoubtedly already done his best, but ordinary standards were clearly not enough for Ye Tianming.

　　And this higher standard… honestly, even he felt a little reluctant, because after all, Ye Tianming was still so, so young.

　　Jidian suddenly asked, “Which one of them will win?”

　　Old Yang smiled, “What do you think?”

　　This time, Jidian didn’t look at Ye Tianming, but kept his gaze fixed on Yang Jia.

　　Old Yang said, “Noticed something?”

　　Jidian said nothing, just kept staring at Yang Jia.

　　Old Yang didn’t say anything more either. He turned to look at Yang Jia not far away, a hint of gravity in his eyes.

　　In that dark and timeless void, Yang Jia looked toward Ye Tianming not far away. At this moment, the aura of the Tianming Sword in Ye Tianming’s hand was still surging wildly, already reaching a terrifyingly powerful level.

　　It was still transforming!

　　Not just a transformation of the heart, but a transformation of its very essence!

　　Yang Jia stared at Ye Tianming, “Come on!”

　　With that, he suddenly turned into a streak of blood-flame sword light and slammed fiercely toward Ye Tianming.

　　Not far away, Ye Tianming, holding the still-transforming Tianming Sword, shuddered, and like a thunderbolt, slashed ferociously toward Yang Jia.

　　Boom!

　　As a burst of sword light shattered, Yang Jia was sent flying back repeatedly by Ye Tianming’s single slash. As he was blasted back, the blood-flame sword light surrounding him was like brief, brilliant fireworks in the night sky, beginning to shatter piece by piece, then gradually fading into nothing.

　　Suppressed in a single strike!

　　A direct and merciless crushing.

　　Most terrifying of all, the aura of the Tianming Sword in Ye Tianming’s hand was still surging wildly, as if without end.

　　Wave after wave of fearsome sword dao might surged continuously from within the Tianming Sword. The overwhelming sword dao might even caused the surrounding dark void to ripple and heave, utterly terrifying.

　　At this moment, everyone’s gaze fell upon the Tianming Sword. They stared at it in shock, wondering what this sword was about to do.

　　Boom!

　　Just then, the space above Ye Tianming’s head suddenly cracked open, and immediately after, streams of Grand Dao light poured down like a waterfall, all of it flowing into… the Tianming Sword!

　　Everyone was completely stunned.

　　Was this sword establishing a Dao?

　　Could a sword also establish a Dao?

　　Everyone stared at the scene before them in disbelief, feeling as though their minds couldn’t keep up.

　　The faces of the powerful cultivators from Guanxuan Domain and Xianbao Pavilion turned completely pale.

　　They had never imagined that Ye Tianming’s sword would also establish a Dao!

　　What kind of joke was this?

　　A sword could also establish a Dao?

　　The only ones who weren’t surprised were Yang Jia and Jidian, because they had already sensed the Grand Dao aura within this sword before.

　　However, what both of them were curious about was, what Dao was this sword establishing?

　　At this moment, the eyes of the entire universe were focused on the Tianming Sword.

　　The Tianming Sword at this moment continuously radiated a Grand Dao might that made all things tremble. Mysterious runes and Dao light flowed ceaselessly across its blade. At the tip of the sword, an incomparably sharp sword edge flickered in and out of sight, and within that edge lay a terrifying power capable of cleaving through chaos and severing all things!

　　Just then, at the deepest part of the rift, within a sea of stars, at the very end of the Grand Dao Rankings, a line of text quietly appeared: Unyielding Sword Dao, Dao Establisher: Little Soul.

　　Unyielding Sword Dao!

　　My will shall not yield, even through ten thousand deaths!

　　And as those words appeared, the Tianming Sword erupted once more with a brilliant Grand Dao sword light, followed by wave after wave of sword cries echoing throughout the dark void.

　　The Grand Dao was established!

　　Not only was the Grand Dao established, but the special abilities of the Qingxuan Sword that had once faded away were all restored in that very instant.

　　But this time it was different. Those former abilities were now secondary to it, no longer dominant. It was now the master of those special abilities it once had.

　　The Tianming Sword let out wave after wave of sword cries.

　　Not far away, Yang Jia looked at the Dao-established Tianming Sword in silence.

　　This sword had once followed him, but now…

　　At this moment, the faces of the powerful cultivators from Guanxuan Domain and Xianbao Pavilion had turned ashen.

　　Ye Tianming had established two Daos on his own, and now his sword had established a Dao as well, meaning one person, one sword, three Daos!

　　How were they supposed to fight this?

　　The people of Guanxuan Domain and Xianbao Pavilion had fallen into complete and utter despair.

　　A sword establishing a Dao!

　　This scene also shocked everyone in the entire universe. No one had ever imagined that a sword could also establish a Dao.

　　It had never happened before in the real world!

　　And now, a sword had actually established a Dao, which raised a question.

　　What level did this sword belong to now?

　　Everyone was very curious.

　　”Unyielding Sword Dao!”

　　Old Yang laughed, “Interesting. This sword not only broke through its own mental barrier, but went even further. Not bad.”

　　Jidian also gave a slight nod, “Not bad.”

　　In that dark void, with the Tianming Sword having established its Dao, the Grand Dao might on Ye Tianming’s side had completely suppressed Yang Jia.

　　Three kinds of Grand Dao!

　　Yang Jia was completely unable to resist. Not only was his Grand Dao unable to resist, his bloodline was unable to resist, and his physique was even more unable to resist.

　　At this moment, the scales of victory had tilted entirely toward Ye Tianming.

　　The powerful cultivators from Guanxuan Domain and Xianbao Pavilion had fallen into despair, and many of them were furious with humiliation, cursing and demanding to know why Yang Jia wasn’t using that divine sword.

　　In the dark void, Yang Jia looked at Ye Tianming not far away and smiled lightly, “Actually, I’ve been waiting for you to use the Law of All Beings, but I never expected that even after fighting this long, you still haven’t used it.”

　　Ye Tianming walked slowly toward Yang Jia, sword in hand, and spoke, which was rare for him, “I know you probably still have a trump card. Use it.”

　　Yang Jia nodded, “I was originally planning to let you use your trump card first.”

　　Ye Tianming shook his head, “Forgive my bluntness, but the way you are right now, you don’t deserve to make me use the Law of All Beings.”

　　The smile on Yang Jia’s face gradually froze, but very quickly he returned to normal. He nodded, “Then let’s have our final battle.”

　　With that, he suddenly stepped forward.

　　Boom!

　　All at once, a terrifying crimson-purple aura surged violently from within him, like a cluster of volcanoes that had slept for billions of years suddenly erupting, carrying a world-destroying momentum. In just an instant, the entire dark void began to boil. Wave after wave of terrifying unknown pressure surged in from all directions, like a tide flooding the entire dark void.

　　And in that moment, all three of Ye Tianming’s Grand Dao forces were actually suppressed in return.

　　This sudden turn of events shocked everyone!

　　Including Jidian and Old Yang.

　　Both of them were staring at Yang Jia in disbelief. Old Yang fixed his gaze on the terrifying crimson-purple aura surrounding Yang Jia, and soon his expression turned grave, “This is… fortune!”

　　”Fortune!”

　　Almost simultaneously, Jidian beside him also spoke.

　　Fortune!

　　Old Yang said in a deep voice, “This crimson-purple aura is the Yang family’s fortune… he actually bound himself together with the entire Yang family’s fortune.”

　　The Yang family’s fortune!

　　So crimson it turned purple!

　　Old Yang stared hard at Yang Jia and said in a deep voice, “No wonder he dared to let Ye Tianming use the Law of All Beings. So this was his true trump card.”

　　Jidian was also staring hard at Yang Jia, though what he was focused on was the fortune surrounding Yang Jia. This fortune was truly so crimson it had turned purple, incomparably terrifying.

　　Of course, what concerned him even more was that this fortune had clearly already surpassed that of the Ji Clan, and he could also sense that this was not even the limit of this fortune.

　　Fortune without an upper limit!

　　The Yang family’s fortune!

　　He realized that he hadn’t underestimated this Yang family, he had severely underestimated them!

　　On the other side, Young Master Xin suddenly smiled. The reason he had been able to remain so calm and composed all this time was precisely because he knew that Yang Jia had already merged with the Yang family’s fortune.

　　The Yang family’s fortune!

　　The greatest fortune in this realm, a fortune without an upper limit.

　　And now, this fortune had merged with Yang Jia. With this fortune, Yang Jia had already placed himself in an undefeatable position!

　　Even if Ye Tianming’s Law of All Beings was ever more heaven-defying, it could never shake the Yang family’s fortune.

　　There was no force in this world that could shake the Yang family’s fortune!

　　The smile on Young Master Xin’s face grew ever more radiant.

　　And as everyone witnessed the situation on the field reverse once again, they were all stunned.

　　This competition had truly been full of twists and turns!

　　No one had expected that Yang Jia would be able to turn the tide once again.

　　Spectacular!

　　This battle was truly too spectacular.

　　In the dark void, Yang Jia’s aura had once again undergone a world-shaking transformation. This time, he was no longer alone. He carried the fortune of the entire Yang family.

　　He looked toward Ye Tianming, his gaze having turned indifferent, the kind of true looking down from above.

　　With three generations of the Yang family’s accumulated fortune upon him, who in this world could shake it?

　　Yang Jia stared at Ye Tianming, “I want to test your Law of All Beings. I want to see whether your Law of All Beings can shake my Yang family’s fortune!”

　　This was his true trump card.

　　Ye Tianming said nothing. He walked slowly toward Yang Jia, sword in hand, and said with a hint of disappointment, “Is this really your greatest trump card?”

　　With that, he suddenly vanished from where he stood.

　　Hum!

　　As a sword cry rang out, Ye Tianming suddenly disappeared from where he stood, and in the instant he vanished, his entire being transformed into streams of sword light that poured into the Tianming Sword. In that moment, the Tianming Sword erupted with a world-destroying, terrifying sword intent, and this sword intent actually forcibly…

　　”How is this possible!”

　　Not far away, Old Yang’s face was filled with disbelief, “This is… Dao Merging! The Dao Merging technique of the first-generation Heavenly Court Master! He merged with his own sword! Damn it!! What a genius!”

　　Jidian’s face was also filled with disbelief, “Dao Merging… he merged with his own sword… but… he still shouldn’t be able to break through that terrifying fortune on Yang Jia.”

　　Old Yang instinctively nodded, “Right, he probably can’t break it…”

　　At that, he seemed to realize something, and his expression suddenly changed, “Damn it, no, he can break it, holy shit!! He can break it! Damn it… he’s simply a peerless genius!!!”

　　After saying that, he suddenly realized he had spoken carelessly, and immediately slapped himself, trembling as he said, “I misspoke, it’s on me, it’s on me…”

　　Jidian’s face was full of confusion.

　　And far away, a mark quietly appeared between Ye Tianming’s brows.

　　It was the Divine Seal that the examiner girl had gifted him when he had once passed through the Guanxuan Dao.

　　The Divine Seal itself wasn’t the key point. The key point was that within this Divine Seal lay the Guanxuan Divine Enlightenment Law, and at this moment, Ye Tianming wasn’t just merging with the Dao, this sword of his also contained the Guanxuan Divine Enlightenment Law.

　　He was going to use the Yang family’s own law to defeat the Yang family!!

　　Your Yang family established the laws of this realm, so does your Yang family abide by those laws?

　　He wasn’t just going to defeat Yang Jia, he was going to strike at the very heart of the Yang family!!

　　And this sword was no longer aimed at Yang Jia, but at the Guanxuan Sword Master who had founded Guanxuan Academy, the Sword Master of the Human Realm.

　　The laws you established, do you acknowledge them or not?

　　Soon, Ye Tianming’s sword struck against the Yang family’s overwhelming fortune, and the sword came to a stop.

　　Unable to advance even half an inch further!

　　Countless people from Guanxuan Academy and Xianbao Pavilion cheered in unison, but in the very next moment,A strange scene unfolded — the deep crimson fortune surrounding Yang Jia began to dissipate, little by little.

Everyone froze.

What was happening?

The Yang family’s fortune was no longer protecting Yang Jia?

How could this be?

At that moment, the color drained from Xin Gongzi’s face, leaving it white as paper.

Old Yang witnessed this and let out a quiet sigh. He understood perfectly well why — Yang Jia had dabbled in scheming: first demanding the Xiao family’s quota, which drove the Xiao family to seize someone else’s, and then when Ye Tianming broke through the Guanxuan Path, Yang Jia not only denied him justice but sided with the Xiao family.

The entire Ye clan was wiped out!

And in the end, he had still favored the noble houses, allowing them to run rampant without restraint.

These were all wrongs!

The causes of the past, the consequences of today!

Yang Jia was utterly dumbfounded. He watched in disbelief as his fortune faded away bit by bit, unable to fathom that his ancestors would abandon him at this moment.

Had they given up on him?

Had he truly been wrong?

At that moment, Ye Tianming’s sword was already upon him.

“Protect the young lord!”

Just then, Xin Gongzi’s voice rang out like thunder across the heavens and earth, and in the next instant, countless top-tier powerhouses surged toward Ye Tianming!

“Get out of my way!”

Ye Tianming let out a furious roar and swept his sword in a wide arc!

Slash!

With a single stroke, the flesh and souls of countless surrounding powerhouses were cleaved away.

The Law of All Beings emerged, and every powerhouse was left in a daze.

By the time they came to their senses, Ye Tianming’s sword was already poised between Yang Jia’s brows. For the first time, his expression was something savage, “The blood of my Ye family — you owe that debt.”

With those words, he drove the sword forward with every ounce of his strength, intent on ending Yang Jia once and for all.

But suddenly, an invisible force blocked his Tianming Sword.

Ye Tianming roared, gripping the sword and wrenching it in a fierce spin. The Law of All Beings surged forth — not just the Law of All Beings, but every last bit of his power poured out at once.

A single strike with his absolute everything!

Yet even this strike was held at bay by that mysterious force, unable to advance even half an inch!

And at that moment, everyone finally noticed — at some unknown point, a man had appeared beside Yang Jia. The man was dressed in a flowing cyan robe.