Ye Fan’s words rang out like clashing metal, resounding with force, standing firm against the heavens, spitting out killing intent directly at a Sage!
“Such shameless arrogance — do you intend to offend the sacred ones of the human race?” the crone of the Nine Heavens Sacred Ground said venomously while retreating.
“Have you ever seen me fear a Sage? I have killed my way through every ancient clan of the primordial era without hesitation, and just now I even struck down a Killing Saint — do you think I will yield because of this?” Ye Fan said coldly.
His expression was resolute, his gaze sharp, his entire body glowing, every pore radiating battle intent, an aura vast as an abyssal ocean surging forth, like a very god or demon incarnate!
“You have already offended the ancient clans, and now you wish to stand against the entire human race as well? At this rate, you truly will have enemies on all sides, and there will be nowhere left in this world for you!” the crone of the Nine Heavens Sacred Ground shouted.
“Can you represent the entire human race? If the human race were all like you, it would truly have no hope.” Ye Fan mocked her, a trace of contempt on his face, saying: “Even if I truly do have enemies on all sides, you people would not even qualify as among those ‘enemies,’ because you are simply not worthy — your paltry little Nine Heavens Sacred Ground could be wiped out without a second thought!”
If Ye Fan’s earlier words had still been tit-for-tat questioning, then what followed was unrestrained mockery and contempt, humiliating these people openly in front of all the Sacred Grounds and every great ancient sect.
No one had expected Ye Fan to be so overbearing, proclaiming to the entire world that he would wipe out an entire Sacred Ground — what kind of “outrageous defiance” was this!?
“You… don’t think that just because no one under heaven can control you, you can act however you please. Before the accumulated strength of all the Sacred Grounds, you are still not worth mentioning.” The crone’s face turned ashen.
“The sacred ones of the human race cannot be insulted — your outrageous defiance shows you wish to betray your teachers and forsake your ancestors.” The elder of the Four Symbols Sacred Ground, riding atop the golden-eyed scaled beast, shouted, his bravado hollow, retreating continuously.
“I admire your courage,” Ye Fan said with a cold laugh, pressing forward.
Golden blood energy surged forth like a vast ocean, sweeping across the land, pressing down until people could barely breathe. That golden-eyed scaled beast whimpered, collapsing to the ground; the elder toppled over, his body trembling, unable to control himself in the face of such sacred might.
At the same time, that crone’s face also turned pale as snow, her whole body shuddering, her bones crackling incessantly, both knees breaking, forced down to kneel.
These people struggled violently, but their bodies would not obey them, unable to withstand such overwhelming might, all collapsing as though facing a deity.
Ye Fan could now fight Sages; every strand of aura he emitted was no weaker than a Sage’s — naturally making them feel as though facing a towering mountain or a great peak, an oppressive weight beyond bearing.
The elder leading the group, along with that crone, had their bodies split open in multiple places, blood spraying out, hair disheveled, bloodstains everywhere, kneeling in the void!
A wave of sacred might swept over, charging toward Ye Fan, intending to bind him. A hidden Sage made his move, his dignified voice sounding: “Enough!”
“You say enough and it’s enough? My actions are not yet for you to comment on!” Ye Fan did not retreat a single step, even though the one speaking was a Sage — he showed no fear whatsoever, deeply displeased by this manner of behavior.
He threw a punch, simple and direct, the light beam dazzling, tearing open the heavens, shattering that wave of sacred might.
The atmosphere in the arena instantly grew tense — Ye Fan was truly overbearing enough to defy even a Sage; it seemed he might chase after and strike him down at any moment!
“Young man, you are too self-righteous and overbearing, lacking in tempering — today I shall educate you a little.” This Sage was quite displeased, his words cold.
“In this world, if anyone were qualified to educate me, it certainly wouldn’t be you!” Ye Fan showed no consideration whatsoever.
“Is this how you speak to your elders and predecessors? You have no understanding of respect.” That crone cried out, hair disheveled.
“There’s no place here for you to speak.” Ye Fan glared, his gaze sweeping over her, and she immediately spat a mouthful of blood, her bones cracked in multiple places from the overwhelming pressure.
“Targeting the sacred ones of the human race — you… this is outrageous defiance.” Another elder cried out as well.
Ye Fan took a single step forward, sending him flying instantly, blood and flesh mangled, and then, staring at a certain point in the heavens, said: “Great Sage Wei Yi has gone to fight the ancient clans beyond the world — what have you, a sacred one of the human race, been doing, coming here to lecture me about the qualifications of elders and ancient sages, using status to pressure me? Do you deserve my respect?”
“Boom!”
The response he received was an enormous earth-yellow hand, easily ten thousand zhang across, pressing down, its momentum shaking the heavens!
This was the cold, merciless response of an Ancient Sage, intending to suppress him, radiating an inviolable pressure representing the laws of heaven and earth.
Ye Fan thrust his fist skyward, the Six Paths’ True Meaning invincible, an ancient small universe cycling within, defying the void and rising, striking against that wave of sacred might!
His golden fist was indestructible, actually holding that earth-yellow hand at bay, colliding repeatedly, neither side yielding, even knocking loose strands of chaotic energy.
When the divine mist dissipated and starlight scattered down once more, people discovered Ye Fan still standing there, his body entirely unharmed.
He pressed forward once again, toward the crone and the elder riding the golden-eyed scaled beast.
“Young man, you are far too ruthless — do you truly intend to eliminate the people of the Sacred Grounds?” On the dark heavens above, that Sage spoke again, extremely furious.
“The various Sacred Grounds’ reputation is not entirely bad, but a small handful of people are like rats’ droppings spoiling the pot — what I intend to do now is eliminate them,” Ye Fan said, moving to kill.
“No…” the crone screamed.
Within the heavens, the Sage grew furious, striking downward, strand after strand of Dao trace falling, yet still unable to suppress Ye Fan.
“So it turns out to be nothing but a mountain goblin — is this the accumulated foundation of your Nine Heavens Sacred Ground?” Ye Fan laughed loudly. So this so-called Sage was merely an ancient spirit-creature.
This was the guardian beast of the Nine Heavens Sacred Ground from ages past, sealed away in this era, now enraged and unleashing monstrous sacred might, determined to fight him to the death.
“I said it — how could a sacred one of the human race act like this? Even a mountain goblin dares to cause trouble here — scram!” Ye Fan roared loudly.
No one could see exactly what happened — a fierce clash erupted in the heavens, and finally, a furious roar sounded as the mountain goblin tore through the sky and fled without looking back.
The people of all the Sacred Grounds looked at each other in astonishment — Ye Fan was truly formidable, driving off a Sage! Although it was merely a mountain goblin, it had, after all, come from a Sacred Ground and surely possessed no ordinary strength.
“I must be losing my mind — did he… just drive away the Sage of the Nine Heavens Sacred Ground?”
“He’s only just reached the Half-Sage realm, and he… drove off a sacred one!”
People stared, dumbstruck — Ye Fan’s dominance was there for all to see; this outcome truly left people at a loss for words.
“There is a principle of reason in this world. If it cannot be argued, then there is still the word ‘kill’!” Ye Fan shouted at the people of the Four Symbols and Nine Heavens Sacred Grounds, his edge fully bared.
Whoosh!
Two beams of light shot out, piercing through the skulls of the crone and the elder riding the golden-eyed scaled beast, both collapsing into the void, their lives ended.
After this, no one else dared to charge in recklessly. In an orderly manner, they continued eliminating the assassins of the ancient Divine Dynasty, cleaning up what remained.
The Killing Saint Qi Luo found four World Stones and obtained the killing techniques of both great Divine Dynasties’ Killing Saints; as for the other divine materials, he took not a single one.
The people of all the Sacred Grounds came forward and began dividing the boundless treasury — this was truly staggering, enough to reconstitute two entire Sacred Grounds.
Qi Luo did not compete for it, but that did not mean people like the Big Black Dog and Long Ma held back — they joined in, participating in the division, wishing to sweep up every kind of divine material they could find.
“Ah…” Hell’s Divine Son screamed, struck by a finger from Ye Fan, a golden divine ray piercing through his skull, dying instantly — even his heaven-defying divine powers could not stop it.
The Divine Maiden of the Mortal Realm likewise did not escape this calamity, also dying at Ye Fan’s hands, a finger-ray piercing the sky, nailing her fast within the void.
In the end, both the Divine Son and Divine Maiden of the two great Divine Dynasties died at the hands of their sworn enemy, unable to escape this fate.
Ye Tong was covered in blood, his injuries not light — his talent was astonishing, and having cut off from the Dao, he could contend with Hell’s Divine Son. Although he had not managed to personally deliver the killing blow, this alone was something to be proud of.
Before long, he would catch up, able to contend with Ye Fan’s old enemies. More than two years had passed, and he had truly reached this point, able to fight in his master’s stead!
The two great Divine Dynasties had collapsed, vanishing into smoke from this point on.
The various Sacred Grounds gained enormously — naturally excluding the Four Symbols Sacred Ground and others like it, all of whom were excluded entirely, unable to approach this place since they had not contributed effort.
“Wooo…” The sound of great weeping came forth as the ancient Bone Palace was dismantled, and the various Sacred Grounds welcomed home the remains of their ancestors.
Not all of them could be sacred bones — that was only a small portion. Most were the remains of people with special constitutions who had never fully matured, but even so, it was astonishing enough.
The Black Emperor and Long Ma could truly be said to have made a fortune, gathering the Village of Heaven’s rightful share without missing a single piece, not losing even a little.
This was a staggering fortune!
“Buzz!”
The Purple Mansion’s Sacred Maiden’s body overflowed with rosy light, shattering a distant patch of void, revealing a dried corpse that quickly returned to life, attempting to flee — this was actually a Great Accomplishment King.
A few stragglers had used secret treasures to hide here, but the Purple Mansion’s Sacred Maiden, fused with the Dao, possessed an extraordinarily keen spiritual sense, and these people had nowhere to hide.
Finally, having cleaned up what remained, Jiang Yifei, the Yao Pond Sacred Maiden, and others, their eyes gleaming brilliantly, came forward to congratulate Ye Fan and the Sage Emperor’s Son on successfully crossing their tribulation and destroying the Divine Dynasty — this was a great victory.
Hell and the Mortal Realm had both been destroyed, but the great battle had not yet come to a complete halt — deep within the universe, Wei Yi and the Great Sage Qianlun of the Ten-Thousand-Dragon Nest still faced off against each other, having deployed ultimate weapons.
When Ye Fan, the Killing Saint Qi Luo, and Ji Zi rushed over, their expressions grew grave — this would surely be a world-shattering decisive battle, its outcome uncertain.
“Fellow Daoist, please calm your anger. All matters are best resolved through harmony.”
Just at this life-and-death moment, an old voice sounded, and a figure that looked like an honest old farmer appeared, the Great Sage Huntuo stepping between the two sides.
Ye Fan, the Monkey, and the others fell silent — every major battle inevitably ended with this old antique showing up at the critical moment to mediate, whether it did any good or not.
“Brother Qianlun, Fellow Daoist Wei Yi, you and I have cultivated the Dao until this day, and it has not been easy to reach this point. The path to immortality is about to open — why decide life and death at this moment, harming the harmony between us?”
With the two great Divine Dynasties collapsed, the outcome was already sealed. Qianlun’s brow furrowed, and finally he grew indifferent; Wei Yi did not press forward either, and both sides tacitly withdrew.
The world-shattering final confrontation did not occur after all, ending here — a great calamity dissolved into nothing.
Through this incident, the ancient clans were thoroughly intimidated, no longer daring to test the waters. In the past, Gai Jiuyou alone had been enough to overawe the myriad clans, and now yet another Great Sage had appeared — one who showed no particular presence in ordinary times, yet could step forward at the critical moment.
This was far more intimidating than if all the human race’s Sages had jumped out together!
Because they no longer knew whether the human race had other such hidden, peerless powerhouses — they truly could no longer gauge the situation. And through this incident, the ancient clans also saw that the various Sacred Grounds’ foundations ran deep as well, with hidden strength yet undisplayed, which put them on alert.
“The two great ancient Killing Hand Divine Dynasties have been destroyed…”
As the news spread, the entire ancient star gasped in a single collective breath, utterly shaken, terrified beyond measure.
This was an enormous storm!
“What — the Green Bronze Cauldron has appeared, in the hands of the human race’s Sacred Body, Ye Fan?” Amid the turmoil, this piece of news leaked out, sparking an even greater wave of upheaval.