Chapter 493
by fanqienovelChapter 493: It Was Me
The masked man walked into the Pure Yang world.
The skin of Dao Sovereign Ziyang was still within the sun. He flew into the sun. A strand of Divine Sense landed on the skin. In an instant, the skin puffed up and transformed into a man of flesh and blood.
Cloaked in the skin, he formed an incarnation. The masked man urged his magic power and mobilized the pure Yang Great Dao. The pure Yang flame surged from the world, spreading across the Taixu Domain, completely enveloping the abyss.
He flew out of the Taixu Domain. With a flick of his long sleeve, layers of space folded over. He hid the Taixu Domain in a more profound level of space, and no trace of aura leaked out anymore.
After finishing all this, the masked man flew toward Canglan Immortal Domain.
He wished to meet with the master of Heaven’s Secret Pavilion.
Half a day later.
The masked man descended upon Canglan Divine City. His gaze first paused at the Canglan Divine Tree, then locked onto Heaven’s Secret Pavilion.
Heaven’s Secret Pavilion was isolated like it stood beyond the world, impossible to miss.
"This Heaven’s Secret Pavilion really has some strangeness." The masked man’s expression tightened lightly. Heaven’s Secret Pavilion was an independent entity; Divine Sense could not probe it. To him, Heaven’s Secret Pavilion was a blank.
"Even in front of a Heavenly Lord, there was nothing so peculiar."
The masked man thought to himself.
But he bore little fear; this was merely an incarnation. If it died, it died.
"Open sesame."
Stepping into Heaven’s Secret Pavilion, the masked man heard a light, crisp voice.
Luo Nishang emerged from a fold of space-time.
"It’s her." The masked man’s gaze shifted slightly.
He had devoured Dao Sovereign Ziyang’s cultivation and knew his memories. For a personal disciple like Luo Nishang, she was certainly not unfamiliar.
Luo Nishang also saw him.
"Master!"
Luo Nishang froze instantly on the spot, looking with disbelief at "Dao Sovereign Ziyang".
"Miss Luo, he is not your master." Ye Xu’s voice came through. He looked lightly at the masked man and said, "A guest has arrived. Please take a seat."
"Is Your Honor the master of Heaven’s Secret Pavilion?" The masked man said with a laugh.
Ye Xu nodded.
Luo Nishang’s heart trembled violently, filled with shock and rage. If this man was not Dao Sovereign Ziyang, then he was the one who had killed Dao Sovereign Ziyang.
"Good disciple, seeing your master, why don’t you kneel?" The masked man said with a faint, knowing smile.
"You… who exactly are you?"
Luo Nishang stared intently at the masked man. "Why did you harm my master?"
"The weak are meat for the strong, a timeless principle."
The masked man’s demeanor was aloof.
He calmly sat down and sized up Ye Xu.
He couldn’t see through Ye Xu.
"Daoist friend, was it you who did what happened in the Taixu Domain?" the masked man picked up a teacup and asked casually.
"It was me."
Ye Xu smiled. Even though he didn’t know the masked man’s true identity, this person was related to the death of Dao Sovereign Ziyang, so naturally, he was no ordinary being.
Bang!
The teacup in the masked man’s hand shattered all at once. Suddenly, murderous intent surged like a tide. He looked coldly at Ye Xu and said, "I have never had any enmity with you. Why did you ruin my affairs?"
Ye Xu was a bit confused.
He had no knowledge of what happened in the Taixu Domain.
In his thoughts, the masked man should have come to discuss business after seeing his advertisement, but the masked man’s attitude was clearly that he came seeking revenge.
"Did Mad Daoist ruin the matter?" Ye Xu thought to himself.
He stared at the masked man and said, "Daoist friend, what do you mean by this?"
"Hmph!"
The masked man suddenly stood up. "You are pretending not to understand what is clear. You already admitted it was your doing, and now you pretend not to know?"
Ye Xu’s gaze also turned sharp and cold.
"So then, Daoist friend, you have come to demand an explanation?"
"Hahaha…"
The masked man laughed heartily. "Could it possibly be that I came to do business with you?"
Boom!
His mana surged with a long roar like a dragon. The Heaven’s Secret Pavilion instantly turned into a fiery domain. The terrifying pure Yang Great Dao burned heaven and earth, intending to refine the Heaven’s Secret Pavilion into ashes.
Luo Nishang and Ye Xu were almost incinerated on contact.
However, the masked man showed not a trace of excitement.
Under the burning of the pure Yang Great Dao, the Heaven’s Secret Pavilion was surprisingly undamaged in the slightest.
The next second.
Ye Xu and Luo Nishang appeared.
"Daoist friend, it’s not that there are no people who have taken action in the Heaven’s Secret Pavilion," Ye Xu said coldly. "But someone as domineering as you, you are the first."
As his voice spread, the pure Yang fiery domain vanished into nothingness.
A mysterious force descended, and the masked man’s full cultivation was instantly suppressed.
The masked man’s face twitched.
He immediately reversed his profound art, attempting to self-destruct.
After all, his identity was a secret that must never be revealed.
"The moment you made your move, your life and death were already in my hands." Ye Xu stood with his hands behind his back, and the invincible power of the Heaven’s Secret Pavilion enveloped the masked man.
The masked man immediately felt a force invade his Divine Sense.
His memories were probed by Ye Xu.
"Star Master…"
Ye Xu murmured.
He had never heard of Star Master’s name and guessed that the other wasn’t a top expert from the Canglan Immortal Domain.
That wisp of Divine Sense contained very little information; the most crucial thing was the identity of the masked man. Besides, Ye Xu learned one more fact: that person was a Four Tribulations Dao Sovereign.
"Master of Heaven’s Secret Pavilion, first you ruined my plans, and now you’re trying to harm me. I’ll remember this debt," Star Master said with a sinister expression.
"It’s fine," Ye Xu said with a smile. "Daoist friend, if you want revenge, I’m ready to welcome you at Heaven’s Secret Pavilion anytime."
Boom!
As soon as the words faded, Star Master’s Divine Sense completely shattered. Without the Divine Sense to support it, the avatar reverted to a human skin lying limp on the ground.
"Master!"
Luo Nishang wailed in deep grief. A generation of Dao Sovereign had ended up as nothing but a skin; it was truly pitiful.
"Bury him properly," Ye Xu said.
"Thank you, senior."
Luo Nishang carefully put away Dao Sovereign Ziyang’s human skin.
"Senior, who exactly is this person?" Luo Nishang asked, clenching her silver teeth, her face still stained with tears.
"Miss Luo, getting intelligence from me requires payment," Ye Xu said.
"Please name your price, senior."
"If you want his specific information, it takes twenty million divine stones. If you only want basic information, three million divine stones," Ye Xu said slowly.
"Basic information," Luo Nishang said.
Although she had resources from the Ziyang Immortal Palace, she couldn’t squander them mindlessly. After all, to make a comeback, she needed enough resources to recruit followers.
What’s more, Luo Nishang had self-awareness. This person could kill Dao Sovereign Ziyang and devour his Dao fruit; his strength had to be incredibly powerful. Even if she knew the details, she couldn’t avenge her master.
Luo Nishang took out three million divine stones.
"That person is Star Master, who is a Four Tribulations Dao Sovereign," Ye Xu said with a faint smile. "The Taixu Domain that’s rumored in the Ziyang Immortal Realm evolved from his physical body."
"Taixu Domain is his physical body?"
Luo Nishang was deeply shocked.
The Taixu Domain had been talked about for ages, with rumors linking it to the Heavenly Tome, but no one thought it was just a trap.
"The second Dao Sovereign who died recently also fell at his hands," Ye Xu said.
"This person has been scheming for years and must have a huge ambition," Luo Nishang said with a sharp gaze.
Ye Xu didn’t pay it any attention.
What troubled him now was that the matter he entrusted to Feng Wuji had failed.
"Trying to gain fame in the Hongmeng Dao Realm truly isn’t an easy task," Ye Xu sighed.
Even turning someone into a Dao Sovereign Qingyuan could attract mostly Dao Lords. But in the Hongmeng Dao Realm, Dao Sovereigns were the real top experts.