Chapter 340

Chapter 340: A Descendant of Yang Ye?

The entire mountain had been hollowed out completely, and a thousand zhang above everyone’s heads, a bronze coffin floated in the air.

　　The surface of the bronze coffin was covered in the marks of time, hovering there in silence, quiet yet deeply unsettling.

　　Everyone stared at the bronze coffin, their eyes filled with curiosity.

　　At that moment, Zhoubai beside them suddenly said, “Could there be the corpse of a true god buried inside?”

　　A true god’s corpse!

　　Hearing this, the eyes of the others instantly burned with intensity.

　　A true god, even if only a corpse, would be worth an incalculable fortune!

　　Everyone was excited.

　　Zhoubai instinctively wanted to rush forward, but as if remembering something, he suddenly stopped. He said in a low voice, “If it truly is a true god, then it absolutely wouldn’t be this simple to let someone approach the corpse…….”

　　As he spoke, he turned to look at Ye Tianming, “I’m right, aren’t I?”

　　Ye Tianming nodded, “Young Master Zhoubai’s analysis is correct, I’m impressed.”

　　Zhoubai smiled, glancing at Dongqian beside him.

　　Lingbai glanced at Zhoubai, then at Ye Tianming, and moved a little closer to Ye Tianming’s side.

　　Dongqian suddenly said, “Let’s go.”

　　As she spoke, she stepped forward.

　　With that step, a great starlit path suddenly unfurled from the bronze coffin all the way down to where everyone stood.

　　Dongqian said nothing and stepped onto the starlit path.

　　The others followed behind her.

　　Ye Tianming suddenly looked down at the starlit path beneath his feet. Each step seemed like a vast galaxy and universe, shimmering with countless stars, boundless and infinite.

　　Dongqian was also looking at the starlit path beneath her feet, her expression grave.

　　Before long, everyone arrived before the bronze coffin. Dongqian reached out to touch it, but before her hand could make contact, a terrifyingly powerful aura suddenly surged from the right, and in the next instant—

　　Boom!

　　The mountain wall on the right shattered with a thunderous crash.

　　Then, a woman with a full head of white hair slowly walked out.

　　Behind the white-haired woman followed two people — they were none other than Su Chen and that Zuyi, who had previously visited the Academy of Gods.

　　The sudden turn of events caused the expressions of Zhoubai and the others to change drastically.

　　Ye Tianming turned to look at the white-haired woman. She wore a form-fitting black dress, with a faint red mark between her brows. Her eyes were as sharp as blades, impossible to meet directly.

　　Ye Tianming suddenly looked at Zhoubai, “Take them and go, now!! Also—”

　　Among the people here, aside from Dongqian, none of the others could match any one of those three opponents. Staying here would only hold Dongqian back.

　　Zhoubai clearly understood this as well, and immediately said, “Let’s go.”

　　As he spoke, they pulled out a talisman and crushed it.

　　Several beams of divine light fell straight down, enveloping them within.

　　Ye Tianming hurriedly said, “Damn it, take me with you! I’m no match for them either!”

　　But it was already too late.

　　Zhoubai and the others had already vanished from the spot.

　　Ye Tianming’s face darkened. That bastard.

　　In the distance, the white-haired woman suddenly said, “Go.”

　　Zuyi and Su Chen behind her instantly vanished from the spot.

　　After the two departed, the white-haired woman’s gaze fell on Dongqian. Without any wasted words, she suddenly raised her right hand and then slammed it forcefully downward.

　　Boom!

　　In an instant, the space and time above Ye Tianming and Dongqian’s heads directly collapsed. Then, streaks of black light poured down like a reversed celestial river, threatening to completely obliterate the two of them.

　　Dongqian’s eyes narrowed slightly. She swept her sleeve, and ten thousand streams of divine light surged violently forth, crashing hard against the black light.

　　Rumble!

　　In an instant, deafening thunderous roars rang out continuously across the field, and terrifying shockwaves of force spread outward in all directions, slamming into the surrounding mountain walls — yet Ye Tianming was shocked to discover that the cave around them remained completely unscathed.

　　Dongqian had forcibly withstood the white-haired woman’s power. The white-haired woman did not strike again. She studied Dongqian for a moment, still said nothing, and then reached out toward Dongqian, closing her hand in a grip through the air.

　　Boom!

　　The space where Dongqian and Ye Tianming stood instantly turned pitch black. Ye Tianming’s expression changed at once, for he felt a terrifying force beginning to grind away at his body.

　　True obliteration!

　　And at that very moment, a beam of divine light suddenly surged up from beneath Dongqian’s feet, enveloping the two of them within it.

　　But that beam of divine light also began to rapidly dissipate.

　　By then, the white-haired woman had already appeared before the bronze coffin. She glanced at it, placed her hand on it, and without any hesitation, she opened it directly — and the instant she did, her expression changed drastically.

　　Boom!

　　Suddenly, the bronze coffin erupted with a terrifying burst of starlight, and before the white-haired woman could even react, she was instantly swallowed up.

　　Swallowed along with her were Ye Tianming and Dongqian.

　　In the space, the bronze coffin also vanished without a trace.

　　The entire mountain was left empty.

　　Everything returned to stillness.

　　And outside.

　　A group of powerful figures from the Academy of Gods arrived as well. Leading them was the vice principal, Cangwen, whose expression was somewhat grim.

　　Beside him, an elder said in a low voice, “They just disappeared?”

　　Cangwen stared into the interior of the mountain, his eyes narrowed slightly, lost in thought.

　　The elder hesitated, then said, “That faction is getting more and more brazen. I feel something isn’t right. We…….”

　　Cangwen shook his head, “They’re not trying to go after us — they’re after those divine temples. There’s no need for us to fight them to the death.”

　　The elder glanced at Cangwen and said nothing.

　　In truth, he knew it wasn’t that they didn’t want to act, but that with the principal absent, they simply couldn’t win. Those people weren’t just ruthlessly vicious — their strength was utterly beyond reason.

　　Every single one of them was beyond reason!

　　The elder said in a low voice, “Dongqian, she…….”

　　Cangwen said, “No need to worry. Ordinary people can’t kill her. It’s that young man — why would she be together with Dongqian?”

　　The elder said, “We looked into it. He’s a newly admitted outer court disciple, low-grade talent.”

　　Cangwen’s brow furrowed. He turned to look at the elder, who smiled bitterly, “Low-grade talent naturally can’t enter our academy, but he came with Qingzhi, so…….”

　　Qingzhi!

　　A faint smile appeared on Cangwen’s face. After Dongqian, Qingzhi was undoubtedly the most extraordinary existence currently in the Academy of Gods.

　　Moreover, she possessed a hidden special constitution, which had even alarmed the principal, who had personally rushed back.

　　Three divine temples had even come to request that she join them.

　　For her sake, things had nearly come to blows.

　　Cangwen said, “Since she came with her……then forget it.”

　　With that, he turned and left.

　　That girl’s face was definitely worth giving.

　　The elder had originally wanted to mention that Ye Tianming was no simple figure either, but seeing Cangwen leave, he said nothing more.

　　Compared to Dongqian, Qingzhi was actually more important to the Academy of Gods.

　　After all, Dongqian had a special identity, while Qingzhi did not — she was truly a person of the Academy of Gods, the kind who could be cultivated as a successor.

　　When Ye Tianming came to, he shot upright. He shook his head vigorously. His head felt as though it had been filled with lead, unbearably heavy.

　　Utterly awful!

　　After quite a while, he finally felt a little better. He turned to look around. In every direction stretched an endless galaxy.

　　No sound. Silent as if frozen solid.

　　As if remembering something, Ye Tianming turned to look, and there was Dongqian standing not far away. Facing her was the white-haired woman, the two of them standing ten zhang apart, facing each other from a distance.

　　Both of their gazes were hostile.

　　Ye Tianming stood up. The moment he did, he sensed something was wrong — the incense fire within his body had been suppressed.

　　More precisely, his cultivation realm in the divine spirit universe had been suppressed.

　　He quietly tested it, and found that the Law of All Beings still functioned.

　　The realms of both the lower universe and the upper universe were suppressed, with only the Law of All Beings still operable.

　　Ye Tianming felt this was rather abnormal.

　　Without dwelling on it further, he looked toward the two women still in a standoff not far away, “This place should be the true relic of the true god. Stop facing off like this.”

　　As he spoke, he walked to Dongqian’s side and looked toward the white-haired woman not far away.

　　The white-haired woman glanced at Ye Tianming, then her gaze fell back on Dongqian.

　　Dongqian refused to back down, holding her stare.

　　Ye Tianming tugged at Dongqian’s sleeve, “Come on, let’s not bother with her.”

　　Dongqian turned to look at Ye Tianming. Ye Tianming very naturally took her by the sleeve and walked away — by the sleeve, of course.

　　Dongqian didn’t resist.

　　Ye Tianming and Dongqian walked toward the depths of the distant galaxy. He gazed into those depths, where a beam of starlight shone.

　　The only exceptionally bright starlight.

　　Ye Tianming said, “Your cultivation…….”

　　Dongqian said, “Suppressed.”

　　Ye Tianming nodded, “Mine too.”

　　Dongqian said, “It seems like you didn’t really have much to begin with.”

　　Ye Tianming’s expression froze.

　　Dongqian said, “This place is very strange. We need to be careful, because we don’t know whether that true god was good or evil.”

　　Ye Tianming turned to look at Dongqian, “Good or evil?”

　　Dongqian nodded, “The gods all have different natures. Where there are righteous ones, there are naturally wicked ones too.”

　　Ye Tianming nodded, “We were deliberately sent in here by the other party. They didn’t kill us but brought us in instead — there must be some purpose behind it.”

　　Dongqian suddenly said, “You don’t seem afraid at all.”

　　Ye Tianming smiled, “I’ve been through some big situations and faced some very powerful opponents…….”

　　Dongqian turned to look at Ye Tianming, somewhat curious, “Very powerful opponents? What are they called? How powerful?”

　　Ye Tianming said, “The Yang family.”

　　Dongqian’s delicate brows furrowed slightly, “Never heard of them.”

　　Ye Tianming smiled, “When they appear in this universe, they will surely shake the entire divine spirit universe.”

　　Did the Yang family have the ability to break into the divine spirit universe?

　　They already had.

　　The Sword Master of Guanxuan!

　　And he knew that sooner or later, the Yang family would come to this universe.

　　The Yang family!

　　Truly unbeatable! Too many powerful figures.

　　”The Yang family?”

　　Just then, a voice suddenly came from the far end of the galaxy in the distance, “Could it be the Yang family founded by one called Yang Ye? What relation are you to him? A descendant?”