[Several days later, when a nine-colored mystic bird passed over the skies above Tongtian Pavilion, it suddenly felt a stabbing pain in its talons.]

[It glanced down—nothing there!]

[But in the next instant, all the divine power in its body surged toward its claws.]

[Two breaths later.]

[A divine sword erupted into being and, with thunderous force, instantly cut the nine-colored mystic bird down on the spot!]

[This was Ye Yu’s improved version of Shadowless Sword Slash.]

[In Tongtian Pavilion’s Library Pavilion lay a fragmentary manual of Shadowless Sword Slash that a Demon God predecessor obtained after breaching Ancient Sword Gorge.]

[Why only a fragment? The reason is simple.]

[Shadowless Sword Slash is the signature god-art of Ancient Sword Gorge. To prevent it from spreading, they prepared two safeguards: the first half is a god-art technique manual, while the second half is a secret transmitted orally from Sword God to Sword God.]

[Only by combining both can one perform Shadowless Sword Slash.]

[It must be said—the method worked.]

[At least, after Tongtian Pavilion got that fragment, they were utterly unable to cultivate the art and tossed it into a corner.]

[However, just because others couldn’t doesn’t mean Ye Yu couldn’t!]

[The operating principle of Shadowless Sword Slash isn’t complicated. Using the handbook left by Tongtian Pavilion’s forebears—and his own sensations from when he was struck—]

[Ye Yu quickly deduced the missing second half of the art!]

[Don’t forget: in this dream, his talent is Heaven-Defying Comprehension.]

[Once he truly mastered Shadowless Sword Slash, Ye Yu felt its limitations were a bit much.]

[It takes a few days to slay a god? The delay is too long—not suitable!]

[Change it!]

[Thus, the improved Shadowless Sword Slash was born!]

[It can completely ignore the waiting period, forcibly drawing all of the cursed target’s divine power into the sword qi.]

[That way, the several-day delay is cut out entirely, and the sword seal can burst from the body in just two breaths to kill the target.]

[Besides that, Ye Yu also reduced the art’s cast time!]

[After a few days of practice he grew even more adept—he could trigger it with a single thought, catching people utterly unprepared!]

[Even Luo Shu, who’s usually all sharp tongue, couldn’t help praising the art!]

[After the improvements, it’s absurdly strong!]

[Still, until you step into the Golden God Realm, you’d best not show your face in the God Realm!]

[Zhu the Skinner is vindictive to the extreme. If he learns you’re alive, he’ll definitely find ways to come after you again!]

[Faced with this well-meant warning, Ye Yu expressed his thanks—but he wouldn’t necessarily heed it.]

[His cultivation had advanced again; he had reached the peak of the Great God Realm, just one step from the Heavenly God Realm.]

[Given that, he naturally wanted to seize a breakthrough opportunity as soon as possible—time waits for no one!]

[What’s more, Liu Yuenong had gone back into seclusion. Inside Tongtian Pavilion, only Ye Yu and Luo Shu were free to move around.]

[He couldn’t just sit here all day playing with a dog, could he?]

[Just saying it sounds like peak loneliness—and that’s not the life Ye Yu wants!]

[As for Liu Yuenong’s current seclusion, it wasn’t to assault the God Sovereign Realm but to recuperate.]

[Her last seclusion failed. With too many stray thoughts, she got hit by divine power backlash when she slipped.]

[Then came the Heng Xuanzhen and Zhu Zangwen mess, leaving Liu Yuenong no time to recover.]

[Now that she finally had a breather, if she didn’t adjust her breathing and aura quickly, she risked harming her foundation!]

[So she reluctantly returned to her place of seclusion.]

[Before going in, she specifically told Ye Yu to visit Heng Xuanzhen less.]

[Mm—“less” means he still can.]

[Ye Yu’s reading comprehension has always been perfect.]

[So he waved goodbye to Luo Shu and left Tongtian Pavilion again.]

[Ye Yu’s first stop was Ancient Sword Gorge—only to come up empty.]

[In the vast gorge, only Lu Nian and Bai Jia remained!]

[The ten-day limit hadn’t arrived yet, so neither had collapsed.]

[Ye Yu read both their memories and found that ever since Heng Xuanzhen went looking for Zhu Zangwen last time, she had never returned.]

[It had been just the two of them keeping lonely watch here.]

[That didn’t feel quite right.]

[Heng Xuanzhen left Tongtian Pavilion three days ago. If she wasn’t back, where else could she be?]

[Ye Yu couldn’t figure it out, but he didn’t dwell on it.]

[He resummoned Lu Nian and Bai Jia.]

[Doing this refreshed their duration of existence.]

[Within ten days, as soon as Heng Xuanzhen came back, they’d notify Ye Yu at once!]

[After finishing that, Ye Yu didn’t linger at Ancient Sword Gorge.]

[Right now, his goal was crystal clear: find powerful god-arts like Shadowless Sword Slash, improve them himself, and make them usable.]

[That way, he’d have more and more trump cards in hand!]

[In short: he absolutely could not waste this dream-world talent.]

[Of course, while getting stronger, he also couldn’t relax his guard against enemies’ schemes.]

[Zhu the Skinner is absolutely an old coin-grade schemer!]

[You can’t not guard against him!]

[So Ye Yu traveled around and summoned three experts at the peak of the Golden God Realm.]

[They were just a hair’s breadth from the Ancient God Realm.]

[When the time came, even if they ran into Zhu the Skinner, the three could still hold him off for a while!]

[That would greatly increase safety!]

[It must be said—this round of demon-side conversions went unusually smoothly; there were no dog-blood mishaps.]

[Otherwise Ye Yu really would have shut himself in!]

[With three flun—... protectors in tow, Ye Yu set off toward Extreme Moon Pavilion!]

[The reason for choosing it was simple.]

[A bona fide first-rate divine alliance—and the closest to his current location.]

[Since fate pointed that way, naturally he’d go there first.]

[Whether he joined the alliance or found a way to slip into their Library Pavilion, either way he was going to bring back some god-arts!]

[Absolutely no wasting of prime time!]

[However, while Ye Yu was on the road to Extreme Moon Pavilion—]

[He suddenly heard a roar of grief and fury from a bear!]

[The sound made heaven and earth tremble.]

[And that wasn’t the main thing. The main thing was that Ye Yu’s blood roiled uncontrollably.]

[As if some force in the dark were urging him east.]

[That was exactly where the sound had come from.]

[The feeling was strangely marvelous—like a summons from the bloodline itself.]

[It was Ye Yu’s first time experiencing anything like it.]

[So he tested it and headed east.]

Visit and read more novel to help us update chapter quickly. Thank you so much!

Report chapter

Use arrow keys (or A / D) to PREV/NEXT chapter