“But can he really handle the Wang Family?!” Some doubted. Ye Fan had come alone to the divine city, confronting an ancient family clan with deep-rooted foundations — the force was far too slender.

The stone house, a pillar of the Northern Plains Wang Family’s holdings in the Eastern Desolation, was now utterly silent. Every stone-gambling client had fled without a trace. A great battle was coming here — they had no desire to be caught up in it.

On the street, figures were packed in dense crowds everywhere, yet not a single person drew close — all watching from a distance.

The Wang Family received the report. Learning that Ye Fan had come, everyone was mobilized. An ancient killing formation was deployed to trap this entire area — no way in, no way out.

This stone house occupied extensive grounds — like a palace compound, magnificent and imposing. The courtyards between its buildings were lush with vegetation, vines and trees stacked in layered green, the scenery extraordinary.

Ye Fan stood alone outside the imposing architecture, facing this vast stone house. His expression was solemn — not a trace of a smile, yet not a shred of anger either. Indifferent and composed.

“Holy Body, you have tremendous gall to actually come here — are you tired of living?!” The young members of the Wang Family shouted. These past days they had been ordered to make noise and it had become second nature — now they opened their mouths and it poured out naturally, as though they truly had never placed Ye Fan in their eyes.

The stone house was of enormous significance — it was a treasure vault, inexhaustible and boundless. Every day it generated vast quantities of source energy, so naturally a Great Able stood guard within.

And immediately, three of them stepped out, standing side by side before the palace gate, expressions icy, staring at Ye Fan with fixed intensity.

“Is Wang Teng here?!” Ye Fan raised his voice and called out.

“What kind of person is my elder cousin? His every move sets winds in motion and draws the eyes of the four directions. The great forces of all under heaven attend to him. Does every random cat and dog think they can come see him?” A young man standing before the palace gate said, with particularly cutting words.

“Are you looking to die? Never mind three Great Ables — even if you want to kill me, ten Great Ables won’t save your life!”

“Ha ha ha…” The young members of the Wang Family all laughed uproariously — unrestrained and wild. None of them believed it. They had already laid down their ancient formation. Even various Saint-Masters who came would be trapped and killed here. Their confidence was absolute.

“Stretch your neck out — I’ll wait for you to come kill me. But can you?”

“Do you even have the life to come here? What is a Holy Body? Being born in the same era as my elder cousin, you were born only to be crushed underfoot. You don’t even qualify as a green leaf!”

Several of the young members laughed loudly, all of them goading him with words, not caring at all about Ye Fan’s arrival — entirely dismissive.

“Swish!”

Ye Fan extended his hand and pointed one finger into the earth. A finger force penetrated the ground — like activating a dragon — and the earth trembled and shook in a deep rumbling, as boundless source energy surged to a boil.

“Puff!”

A beam of divine radiance burst up from underground. The shouting young man before the palace gate cried out in agony — the top of his skull was blasted open, source energy erupted out, and his body lurched and swayed as he flew out sideways, dying on the spot.

“Those who don’t know the limits of life and death — I’ll send you all on your way, one by one.” Ye Fan’s expression was impassive.

“What’s happening — we laid down the killing formation, which should block all Source Arts. How did it still come through?” One disciple was terrified.

“Stop him quickly — don’t let him activate the Source Arts!” Someone cried out in horror.

“BANG!”

Ye Fan merely stepped forward once. The earth shuddered, and another beam of source radiance flew up from below — like an eternal light illuminating all things.

“Ahh…” A scream rang out. The young man who had just been shouting most fiercely burst into blazing flames, swiftly becoming a pile of ash.

“Deploy the formation diagram!”

One Great Able called out. From deep within the palace compound, a corner of a formation diagram rose and fell, appearing over the entire palace compound and releasing a strange fluctuation that locked down this stretch of earth.

“Ahh…” “Ahh…” “Ahh…”

Five agonized cries rang out in succession. Five more people were killed, falling to Source Arts.

The young members of the royal clan were terrified to the marrow. They fell completely silent — not daring to speak another word, nearly frightened out of their wits. Some were trembling.

“Suppress it!” A Wang Family Great Able roared. The formation diagram pressed down, and from this point on, Ye Fan’s Source Arts were blocked — they could no longer penetrate through.

One of the Great Ables stepped forward and said in a low voice: “Just now, the ancient formation was already set. Though the formation diagram had not yet been activated, it should still have been able to lock down source energy. Why were you able to channel source power?”

“Don’t compare me to other Source Arts masters.” Ye Fan replied, scanning over the young members one by one. His gaze was cold and indifferent — making each of their hearts lurch violently.

“No matter what a thousand tricks or ten thousand Source Arts techniques you have — before absolute combat power, all of it is futile.” One Great Able spoke, flying out. The other two also stepped outside the ancient formation, pressing forward.

“Get back!”

Ye Fan struck his palms in the void, clashing with that Great Able’s spiritual power in a direct collision. With a thunderous boom, he actually withstood the strike head-on — shocking the Wang Family’s powerful figure backward, sending him flying back in a strange cry.

“The Eight Prohibition Domain!” Everyone cried out, stunned.

“But even with the Eight Prohibition Domain, he would need to be close to the middle stage of the First Heaven of the Immortal Platform before he could contend with a Great Able. How is this possible?” Many people showed expressions of astonishment. They knew the Holy Body had broken through — and this speed was frightening.

The other two Great Ables were deeply skilled and profoundly powerful, surpassing the previous one. They flew over with grave expressions, intent on jointly suppressing the Holy Body.

“Likewise — get back!”

Ye Fan stood where he was. With a flick of his hand, he sacrificed several divine source stones — flying down like signal flags into different positions, arrayed before the palace compound. One million runes shimmered, burning themselves into the void.

Source energy surged. The two Great Ables’ paths were blocked — they could not advance. Every step they attempted required enormous effort. Both were astonished.

“Activate the martial Dao ancient diagram!”

One of them commanded. The formation diagram in the sky rapidly evolved, an aura of sovereign authority surging outward — countless incantation characters flickering, taking on tangible form, burning into the void.

The entire imposing complex of buildings was protected within. The two of them used it to charge outward, trying to draw close to Ye Fan and close in for the kill.

“Swish, swish…”

Ye Fan flicked his fingers again and again. One divine source stone after another — each the size of a fist — flew out, falling outside the palace compound and encircling it. Simultaneously he struck out continuously, sending one expanse of runes after another burning into the void.

Viewed from a distance, the sky above this stone house was filled with sparkling things — all of them characters, as though cast from molten iron, flickering with radiance.

“Your Source Arts have long been known. Do you think you can still use them against us? It’s useless.” One Great Able said.

The martial Dao ancient diagram was a Dao pattern engraved by the sages of an earlier era. It could not only kill enemies — it could also break the great forces of heaven and earth, possessing inexplicable and extraordinary divine might, capable of trapping and killing even a Saint-Master.

In the past, someone had used just such a martial diagram in the Northern Domain to kill a Source Earth Master. They had sought out this precious diagram specifically to deal with Ye Fan and prevent any accidents from occurring.

In the sky, the formation diagram slowly rotated. With each revolution, it swept down a mysterious force — solidifying this void, repelling the Source Heaven divine patterns Ye Fan had laid down.

“When one technique is mastered, ten thousand techniques are mastered. When a person becomes powerful to the ultimate degree, they can truly collide with any domain. A single martial Dao divine diagram encompasses everything — capable of resolving the great forces of heaven and earth!”

Ye Fan’s heart grew cold. A sense of warning rose within him. He realized that even in the Northern Domain, his Source Arts were not necessarily invincible under heaven — there were methods that could counter them.

“Pop, pop…”

Light sounds rang out in the air. Ye Fan struck out repeatedly, sacrificing over a dozen fist-sized divine source stones. Each was covered with boundless runes capable of reducing a vast expanse of terrain to ash.

However, all these source stones were the foundation nodes of the Source Heaven divine formation he was laying — not being used individually. He exerted every last technique at his disposal, moving outside the palace compound, engraving the forbidden techniques from the Source Heaven Book.

“Three Great Ables are blocked and truly have no way to break through — unable to approach the Holy Body!” In the distance, onlookers’ hearts went cold. All of them involuntarily fell back. They sensed that something terrifying was about to happen.

“Break it!”

The three Great Ables roared in unison, channeling the martial Dao ancient diagram together and driving it downward, trying to dissolve the terrifying fluctuations created by the Source Arts. Simultaneously, they were deeply shaken.

“Why is this happening? This diagram was refined by the sages of an earlier era, acquired at great cost through exchange. It should be capable of cutting down even a Source Earth Master — why can it do nothing to him?” All three were filled with bewilderment.

“Though I am only a Source Heaven Master, I can still execute some of the forbidden techniques of a full Source Master. Enjoy it thoroughly.” Ye Fan continued his assault.

At this location, the divine sky was blotted out. Over a dozen divine source stones pulsed as though alive, erupting with boundless runes that enveloped this entire swath of heaven and earth. Each and every pattern was like a small dragon swimming through the air.

“The forbidden techniques from the Source Heaven Book — he can execute them now?!”

“How is this possible? He is still far from a full Source Heaven Master — how did he accomplish all of this?”

Let them be as shocked and anxious as they wished — they had no way to change any of it. Ye Fan calmly and steadily sealed them before the palace compound. They could not take a single step forward.

“Open it!”

The three Great Ables charged out — yet even after shattering two Saint-Master-level weapons, they could not break through. It was all in vain.

At this moment, all the young members of the Wang Family had turned pale. They sensed that disaster was approaching — even the clan’s Great Ables were sealed in here. Most likely it would end in catastrophe.

“Grand-Uncle, hurry and find a way! Can you cross through the void?”

“Ancestral Grandfather, break out! The Holy Body is ruthless and cruel — if we’re trapped here, he’ll refine us all to nothing!”

These people were all seized with terror — not one was not shaking — and they urged the three Great Ables on desperately.

Yet no matter how hard they tried, no matter how they charged — it was all useless. The martial Dao ancient diagram was rotating in the sky, but it could not break open the Source Heaven divine formation.

“What does the Holy Body intend to do?” In the distance, onlookers felt cold rising from their depths. All of them involuntarily fell back further. They sensed something terrifying was about to happen.

“Enough. Your Wang Family has been making arrogant proclamations every day. Today I’ve come — and I’ll send you all on your way.” Ye Fan let out a great shout.

Then he pressed one hand into the void. Every rune ignited — gleaming with metallic radiance — swallowing up this entire area in an instant, after which he fell back rapidly.

“BOOM!”

The entire vast stone house burst into flames. Resplendent divine radiance erupted outward — like the most dazzling fireworks blossoming — beautiful and blinding, terrifying and bewitching.

“A pure and holy flower — the radiance and beauty of this mortal world reaches its pinnacle here.” Ye Fan laughed softly, a sigh in his voice.

In the distance, onlookers’ hair stood on end. Who could withstand such fireworks as these? The price was the obliteration of an entire Sacred-Ground-level stone house — no matter how many lives were lost, the value alone was beyond measure.

“The Wang Family’s foundation in the Eastern Desolation is completely finished!”

“Three Great Ables — trapped and killed just like that, so miserably, without even a chance to make a move!”

From head to toe, those watching felt chills run down their spines. This result was difficult to accept.

“What a pity — those extraordinary stones. Priceless, every one of them, all destroyed and gone.”

“I’m heartbroken. Several of those rare stones, I’d had my eye on for decades, waiting for a chance to bid on them — all gone now.”

Some people were completely indifferent to the deaths of the Wang Family’s powerful figures, but were devastated over the rare and extraordinary stones in the garden — heaving sighs, beating their breasts in anguish.

“Such a pity…” Ye Fan too felt regret. Wang Teng’s father and the other important figures were guests at the Ji Family, in the void ancient imperial hall to propose the marriage — none of them were present.

Still, he let it go. If those people had been here, uprooting the place entirely would have been nearly impossible.

“You go off to propose marriage while I uproot your home base from behind. This is only the beginning.” Ye Fan murmured to himself.

Ahead, flames blazed wildly — source energy surging and boiling, smelting this vast foundation.

Every major power in the entire divine city was shaken. How many years had it been since anything like this had happened? Someone had actually dared, within the first city of the Eastern Desolation, to obliterate the foundation of an ancient Sacred Ground!

Suddenly, from within this ancient compound of buildings, a strange sound emerged. Immortal radiance scattered in all directions, a sacred aura spreading outward — making people want to prostrate themselves in reverence.

“An immortal emerging from stone!”

“It’s the Heaven-Character Stone Garden — a rare treasure is about to emerge!”

The entire ancient garden had been destroyed. Priceless extraordinary stones were burning, dissolving into boundless source energy — but precious treasures had survived, their immortal-emergence phenomenon astounding.