Chapter 370

Chapter 370: The Great Decisive Battle!

Ye Tianming glanced at the iron chain behind the one-legged woman. “Do you need my help?”

The one-legged woman shook her head, then suddenly extended her hand.

Ye Tianming was puzzled.

The one-legged woman said, “Give me your hand.”

Ye Tianming placed his hand in hers, and she suddenly gripped it tight.

Boom!

A pillar of light enveloped them both.

In the next instant, Ye Tianming felt himself hurtling through a time tunnel at tremendous speed.

Incredibly, incredibly fast!

Even at his current level, he couldn’t make out anything in front of him. All he could see were flashes of light like lightning and sparks, none of them clear.

In another stretch of starry sky.

Shenqi sat before a great hall, holding an ancient tome, reading with deep focus.

At that moment, Ling Shao walked over. Seeing Shenqi reading, he didn’t dare disturb him and simply stood to the side, waiting respectfully.

After a long while, Shenqi seemed to come across something and suddenly broke into a smile. After a moment, he closed the tome and looked toward Ling Shao, who then stepped forward and said respectfully, “Elder brother, word just came in — the woman from the official residence has chosen that Ye Tianming.”

Shenqi nodded, his expression calm.

Ling Shao said in a low voice, “And it seems she’s taken Ye Tianming away from the official residence as well…….”

Shenqi smiled. “She must have taken him to that place.”

Ling Shao said, “Should we stop them?”

Shenqi shook his head.

Ling Shao hesitated, then said, “Elder brother, all this time we’ve been standing by and watching Ye Tianming grow… why is that? Shouldn’t we have taken him out before he had a chance to develop?”

Shenqi looked at Ling Shao and smiled. “No rush, let’s wait a little longer.”

Ling Shao asked, “Wait for what?”

Shenqi gazed into the depths of the distant star river and smiled. “Wait for him to grow a bit more.”

Ling Shao was completely baffled.

After some unknown amount of time, Ye Tianming felt everything around him grow still. He slowly opened his eyes and found himself in a small courtyard.

He looked around. The courtyard sat atop a mountain peak, surrounded in every direction by islands — dense and endless, with no end in sight.

Ye Tianming was a little puzzled. He turned to look at the one-legged woman beside him.

Suddenly, his gaze fell on what was behind her, and he was shocked to find that the iron chain was still there.

Ye Tianming said in a low voice, “Miss, that iron chain behind you……”

The one-legged woman said, “It’s fine.”

With that, she led Ye Tianming out of the courtyard. Outside, a stone-paved path stretched ahead, lined on both sides by lush green trees — quiet and serene.

The one-legged woman looked at the scene before her, a complex emotion flickering in her eyes.

She led Ye Tianming forward into the distance.

Along the way, the one-legged woman said, “In this place, there sleeps a god from a bygone era… no, more accurately, a half-god. Their identity is rather unique — though they never truly condensed a divine body, their power has already reached the level of a true god.”

She turned to look at Ye Tianming. “If you can gain their help, it will give you a better chance of winning.”

Ye Tianming nodded.

Before long, the one-legged woman led Ye Tianming to the entrance of a great hall, where a large man was sweeping the ground with a broom.

The man looked extraordinarily powerfully built — standing there, he exuded a pressure like a mountain.

At that moment, the large man suddenly stopped. He turned to look at the one-legged woman, who said, “Li Sheng, it’s been a long time.”

The large man looked at the one-legged woman, was silent for a moment, then said, “Lian Tian, it has been.”

The one-legged woman walked up to him and said directly, “I chose him.”

The man named Li Sheng glanced at Ye Tianming in the distance and nodded. “I can tell.”

Lian Tian said, “Come with me.”

But Li Sheng shook his head outright.

Lian Tian’s brow furrowed.

Li Sheng said, “You chose the wrong person.”

Lian Tian’s expression changed immediately. “You…… chose that one.”

Li Sheng didn’t answer. Instead, he raised his eyes toward Ye Tianming in the distance. “He is not worthy of inheriting the Ancestral God’s ideals.”

In an instant, a terrifying pressure descended directly over Ye Tianming.

Though this person before him was not a true god, the pressure he was releasing at this moment was no weaker than that of one.

As the pressure bore down, Ye Tianming’s brow furrowed. He felt no fear. He opened his palm, and within it, the power of countless stars and flashes of sword light quietly began to gather.

But just then, Lian Tian suddenly swept her sleeve.

Boom!

The terrifying pressure Li Sheng had released vanished without a trace.

Li Sheng looked at Lian Tian. “You chose the wrong person. You’ll regret it.”

Lian Tian said, “Since you’ve chosen that one, there’s nothing more for us to say. We’ll meet on the battlefield when the time comes.”

With that, she looked at Ye Tianming. “Let’s go!”

Ye Tianming nodded and turned to leave with Lian Tian.

Just then, Li Sheng’s gaze suddenly fell on Ye Tianming. “You are not qualified to be his enemy! You are not worthy! And no one in this world…….”

Ye Tianming suddenly spun around and sent a sword flying.

The power of the stars and the Tianming Sword!

In an instant, that sword, wrapped in the power of a billion stars and the force of the sword dao, came slashing toward Li Sheng.

Li Sheng narrowed his eyes slightly and raised the broom in his hand to block.

Boom!

The sword light erupted, and the broom in Li Sheng’s hand shattered apart.

Crack!

Li Sheng’s body split open.

Half his flesh and soul were cleaved away in an instant!

At the sight of this, Li Sheng’s face was filled with utter disbelief.

Lian Tian was equally stunned.

Ye Tianming glanced at the thoroughly shocked Li Sheng. “What kind of nobody are you — you don’t even qualify to die by my hand.”

With that, he turned and walked away.

Lian Tian snapped back to her senses and quickly followed.

Li Sheng stared in disbelief at his own flesh scattered across the ground. “How is this possible……”

On the other side, Lian Tian walked up beside Ye Tianming. “YourLaws of All Beings…… can it threaten a true god?”

Ye Tianming said, “Against a true god who has condensed a divine body, I’m not entirely sure. But that little wretch just now never condensed one…… has he always been this bold?”

Lian Tian said in a low voice, “He has a rather arrogant personality…….”

Ye Tianming shook his head. “Miss Lian Tian, let’s head back.”

Lian Tian glanced at him and nodded. “Alright.”

The two left shortly after.

After returning to the official residence, Ye Tianming and Lian Tian parted ways.

Lian Tian suddenly said, “What do you need me to do?”

Ye Tianming smiled. “You should already know, miss.”

Lian Tian was quiet for a moment, then said, “When the time comes, I’ll cooperate with you.”

“Thank you!”

With that, Ye Tianming walked off into the distance.

After leaving the official residence, Ye Tianming returned to the world inside his storage ring.

He came to a seaside, stood at the water’s edge, and let the sea breeze wash over him.

At that moment, a woman walked over — it was his senior sister, Dong Qian.

Dong Qian had also been cultivating inside the small pagoda all this time, with unlimited resources at her disposal.

That was naturally done at his instruction.

Senior sister Dong Qian walked up behind Ye Tianming and looked at him. “Should I call you Upper God, or Young Master Ye?”

Ye Tianming smiled. “Miss Dong Qian can call me whatever she likes.”

Dong Qian stepped up beside him, a flicker of complexity passing through her eyes. “Young Master Ye, you truly are full of surprises.”

She had guessed before, but hadn’t been able to confirm it fully. Now, hearing Ye Tianming’s words, she was certain.

What she couldn’t figure out, though, was how Ye Tianming had managed to devour a god.

Ye Tianming suddenly said, “Miss Dong Qian, how has your cultivation been going lately?”

Dong Qian said, “Peak pseudo-god. I can’t advance any further.”

Ye Tianming said, “The divine path?”

Dong Qian nodded. Without the divine path opening up, those below could never become gods.

Such unwillingness.

Not just the hall masters — she herself refused to accept it.

Ye Tianming looked up toward the sky above and smiled. “I’m actually quite curious about that so-called Hall of Gods.”

Dong Qian looked at Ye Tianming. “Young Master Ye has grand ambitions.”

Ye Tianming shook his head. “I’m simply turning what would be future passivity into present initiative.”

He, Ye Tianming, was ultimately a being of the official residence. When those gods learned of his identity, they would certainly not tolerate him.

Back when he faced the Yang family, he had been far too passive.

He had suffered too much for it.

Dong Qian looked at Ye Tianming. “When do we make our move?”

Ye Tianming said softly, “Wait…….”

Dong Qian was about to speak when, at that moment, a woman suddenly appeared nearby — it was Yong Xi.

Upon seeing Dong Qian, Yong Xi’s brows knitted together.

Dong Qian’s brow furrowed as well.

The atmosphere felt off.

Ye Tianming suddenly said, “Yong Xi.”

Hearing his voice, Yong Xi withdrew her gaze from Dong Qian and walked quickly to stand before Ye Tianming. She produced a letter and handed it to him.

Ye Tianming took the letter and opened it. In the next instant, he suddenly called out, “Everyone, come!”

At his words, the hall masters appeared around him one by one.

Ye Tianming said, “We move today!”

“Today?”

Dong Qian was a little taken aback.

Ye Tianming’s eyes narrowed. “Today!”

An hour later, Ye Tianming led the hall masters to the official residence before the Guanxuan universe. He walked at a measured pace along the great avenue, while the hall masters stood outside it — their expressions grave, some excited, some tense, but most of all, filled with anticipation.

Today, the Fengshen Scroll would be summoned!

On that great avenue, Ye Tianming suddenly stopped. He turned to look back, and the space-time nearby began to ripple. In the next moment, a white-robed man slowly stepped out.

Shenqi!

Beside Shenqi were a man in red robes and Ling Shao.

Shenqi looked at Ye Tianming and smiled. “First time meeting. I hear you like to reason things out — as it happens, so do I. Why don’t we……”

Ye Tianming suddenly waved his hand, cutting him off. “Skip the talk. Let’s just get straight to it!”

With that, he swept his sleeve.

Boom!

The star river surged, and the stars churned!

Going all out from the very start!

In Ye Tianming’s view, only the living had the right to reason things out.

When the living reason with the dead — whether you want to listen or not, you’ll listen!