Chapter 246

Chapter 246: Ignorant of Death

"With our speed, we can reach the Lower Cang Realm in at most two days."

The Lower Cang Realm was located north of the Yuan Realm, a medium-sized world with deeply intertwined factions. However, overall, it couldn’t compare to the Spirit Realm or the Mysterious Realm.

"The moment we left Heaven’s Secret Pavilion, who knows how many eyes were watching us." The Nine Palaces Emperor Venerable extended his Divine Sense, immediately detecting numerous hidden presences lurking in the shadows.

Buzz!

The Heavenly Talisman Old Man moved his fingertip, and a cyan Talisman soared upwards. Enveloped by the cyan light, the group vanished instantly as the old man stepped forward.

"They’re gone?!"

Numerous Emperor Venerable masters felt their eyes grow cold. "They were prepared. That Talisman must have been the Great Teleportation Talisman. They’re at least five million miles away by now."

"Daoist brother Pan Zhi, tracking auras is the signature skill of your Pan Ao Divine Clan. I await your good news." Far above in the sky, a Golden-winged Garuda soared. His Divine Sense communicated with a figure clad in yellow robes.

Although the Kunpeng divine clan claimed to be descendants of the Kunpeng, pure-blooded Kunpeng were extremely rare. Most were Golden-winged Garudas, unable to attain the true height of the Kunpeng bloodline.

"Leave it to me."

Pan Zhi smiled arrogantly. His nostrils flared, drawing countless streams of the world’s air currents into his nose. In that instant, Pan Zhi distinguished every unique scent.

"The northwest."

A flash of sharp light gleamed in Pan Zhi’s eyes as he chuckled. "Each one of them has exceptional strength; they’re top masters at the Emperor Venerable Realm. Their bodies surely carry valuable treasures."

"With just our two clans, this tough nut will be hard to crack."

"Don’t worry," the Golden-winged Garuda spoke in a human voice. "The Zhuque Divine Clan and the Yinglong Divine Clan are both rushing this way. They won’t miss this."

"Then let’s conceal our auras and catch up first," Pan Zhi said solemnly. "Remember, no action while en route."

"The Bi Fang divine clan acts without thinking. We are not like that," the Golden-winged Garuda laughed heartily. With a flap of his massive wings, he scooped up Pan Zhi and shot towards the northwest.

At this moment, aided by the Great Teleportation Talisman, the Seven Immortals of Cloud Capital, Su Mu, Ye Xu, and the Great Emperor Ziwei—ten people in total—appeared at the northwest border of the Yuan Realm. Taking a single step, they traversed space and entered the Sea of All Realms.

"Hmm?" Suddenly, Su Mu raised an eyebrow. An almost imperceptible flicker of killing intent flashed in his eyes as he sent a message. "We’ve been followed constantly."

Ye Xu’s expression turned slightly cold. "With the precedent set by the Bi Fang divine clan, these creatures still don’t know how to behave properly. How utterly ungrateful."

The Heavenly Talisman Old Man looked at the two in surprise. Even with his half-immortal cultivation level, he hadn’t detected Pan Zhi and the Golden-winged Garuda’s presence. Yet Su Mu and Ye Xu could sense them. This truly baffled him.

"Only two of them. Should we finish them off first?" Su Mu proposed.

Although the Golden-winged Garuda and Pan Zhi possessed cultivation at the peak of the Emperor Venerable Realm, against just two such opponents, Ye Xu could annihilate them with a snap of his fingers.

"Kill them."

Ye Xu nodded, killing intent surging. First, eliminate two ignorant beasts begging for death. As for what came after, they would deal with it later.

He abruptly stopped walking. His eyes fixed on a patch of empty space. With his hands clasped behind his back, he said lightly, "The Pan Ao Divine Clan’s dog nose is truly sharp. Even the Great Teleportation Talisman could not shake it off."

"You two have pursued us tirelessly along the way. You must be tired. Allow me to send you on your final journey."

Rumble!

Ye Xu activated his magical power, combining his two fingers into a sword-art gesture. A strand of Obliteration Sword Energy instantly erupted, grinding the surrounding chaos into nothingness. The world seemed to decay, the great Dao to crumble. The Golden-winged Garuda and Pan Zhi were violently forced into plain sight, utterly unable to hide.

"Obliteration Sword Dao?"

The two faces changed slightly, shock written large upon them. "How is this possible? Aren’t you Ye Qing Xuan, the top ranker on the Great Emperor Golden List? How do you possess such formidable power?"

The Great Emperor Golden List held immense weight, which was why both of them were aware of Ye Qing Xuan’s existence.

However, how could a Great Emperor possess such terrifying power?

"When did Brother Ye become so powerful?" Great Emperor Ziwei muttered to himself. Back when he broke through to the Emperor Venerable Realm, Ye Qing Xuan hadn’t even made that breakthrough yet.

For such an earth-shattering change to occur in just three days was truly unbelievable.

"Domain of the Wind God!"

The Golden-winged Garuda exerted his mystic power to its utmost, soaring directly through the Nine Heavens. He manifested layers of celestial realms, surging forth like a devastating tornado.

"Domain of Devouring!"

Pan Zhi also unleashed his domain of the Great Dao. Two additional heads sprouted from his shoulders. The three heads swayed, opened their mouths wide, and devoured. The very heavens and earth seemed to dim, losing radiance for hundreds of thousands of miles as it swallowed the Obliteration Sword Energy whole with a single gulp.

Boom!

The very next second, the Obliteration Sword Energy tore through the Domain of Devouring. With a single flash, it severed two of Pan Zhi’s heads and cleaved his physical body cleanly in half.

Whoosh!

A spark of spirit light shot out from the central head of Pan Zhi – it was his central primordial spirit.

The Pan Ao Divine Clan was uniquely blessed, possessing three heads at birth which allowed them to cultivate three primordial spirits. To kill a Pan Ao, one must annihilate all three of their primordial spirits.

"Think you can escape?" Ye Xu snorted coldly, his killing intent erupting as he brought his palm down with crushing force.

"Daoist friend Pan Zhi, I will save you!"

The Golden-winged Garuda charged forward. The storm swallowed Ye Xu whole, and countless phantom shadows attacked from all directions, swift as the wind, fierce as lightning, bright as light, sharp as swords, endlessly surging.

"Master Uncle, should we lend Brother Ye a hand?" Great Emperor Ziwei asked, filled with concern.

"Unnecessary."

Heavenly Talisman Old Man shook his head. "Your friend possesses extraordinary strength. Even without us, he can slay these two peak Emperor Venerables from the divine clans. You need only watch the battle peacefully."

Boom!

A ray of immortal light pierced the heavens and clouds, illuminating countless mountain ranges and rivers. Ye Xu stood there like divinity incarnate, radiating holy dignity. Immortal lights shimmered around him, manifesting endless wonders and myriad manifestations of mountains, rivers, and the world.

The domain of creation unfurled.

"Myriad Manifestations Divine Net!"

Ye Xu raised his fist. Streams of mysterious light surged towards it, embodying endless transformations and shifting forms. With a punch, he struck out towards the Golden-winged Garuda, the attack morphing countless times in the blink of an eye.

Bang!

He shattered the Golden-winged Garuda’s Domain of the Wind God with a single fist blow, pulverizing its physical body. Divine blood sprayed everywhere.

"Little bastard! I am the Ninth Elder of the Kunpeng Divine Clan! You dare kill me?" The Golden-winged Garuda panicked and immediately invoked the name of his mighty clan.

"Why wouldn’t I dare?" Ye Xu chuckled icily. "You ancient divine clans act with such arrogance and conceit! Haven’t you learned from the Bi Fang divine clan’s example, right before your eyes? Yet you still follow their disastrous path. Today, I shall first take your miserable bird life!"

Ye Xu’s killing intent was genuine and fierce.

He had personally intervened to subdue the Bi Fang divine clan, and yet, others dared to follow their example and obstruct his Heaven’s Secret Pavilion’s source of income.

Crash!

Ye Xu held the primordial spirit of Golden-winged Garuda in one hand, ignoring his pleas and howls, and crushed it with a bang.

"Brother Ye, you’re amazing!" Great Emperor Ziwei cheered.

Ye Xu activated the Creation Divine Eyes, swept his gaze over the void, and after one breath, he located Pan Zhi’s primordial spirit that had fled millions of miles away.

"You two beasts, neither will get away."

Ye Xu took one step, collapsing millions of miles into a single stride’s distance, and instantly caught up to Pan Zhi.

Pan Zhi was utterly terrified.

"Master, this lowly one knows he was wrong, please spare my dog life," Pan Zhi said, knowing he had nowhere to escape as he knelt and begged for mercy.

"Indeed, it is a dog life,"

Ye Xu said coldly, "The Pan Ao Divine Clan was merely a dog in the Primordial Era. Acting arrogantly by leaning on others’ power, they built today’s Pan Ao Divine Clan."

"It’s a pity they grew too comfortable for too long and forgot their duty as dogs."

"You… who exactly are you?"

Pan Zhi was horrified to the extreme; this was Pan Ao Divine Clan’s secret, almost unknown to anyone in the world today.

"I know everything,"

Ye Xu said lightly.

"Know everything… you… impossible… how could you be the master of Heaven’s Secret Pavilion?" Pan Zhi grew more terrified the more he thought, ending in despair.

Wasn’t the master of Heaven’s Secret Pavilion always staying in Heaven’s Secret Pavilion?

And… wasn’t he an immortal?

How could he appear in this place?

Bang!

Ye Xu opened his five fingers wide, and Pan Zhi’s primordial spirit fell into his palm; his gaze was indifferent, without a single extra word.

With a bang!

Pan Zhi’s primordial spirit turned to dust.

Ye Xu returned.

"Brother Ye, how did your strength improve so quickly?" Great Emperor Ziwei was astounded, able to so easily subdue two experts at the peak of the Emperor Venerable Realm, likely rivaling top-tier experts at the level of Su Miao Zhen, Emperor Venerable Yama, and Emperor Venerable Mi Luo.

"In the past few days, I encountered some strange fortunes, so my strength increased relatively fast," Ye Xu laughed and said.

Great Emperor Ziwei’s gaze turned strange.

Leaping from the peak of the great emperor realm to the peak of the Emperor Venerable Realm, that was relatively fast?

It was simply a world-flipping change!

Su Mu also had a glint in his eyes.

He recalled that Ye Xu once called himself an acquired deity, and now it seemed not impossible.