Looking at the terrifying figure of Sang Yuling in the sky—

Ye Yu had only one thought.

What a calamity.

Ever since arriving at Great Desolation Valley, nothing had gone smoothly.

He had originally come to find Han Yuexi. Before he could even locate her, he received news claiming that the Divine Alliance no longer had any elders, and that the strongest among them was merely Sun Rumiao at the Ancient God Realm.

That made Ye Yu think this would be an easy dungeon run.

But who would have thought the Fate-Chosen Woman imprisoned in Great Desolation Valley was not Han Yuexi at all—but Heng Xuanzhen.

Fine. If it was Heng Xuanzhen, that wasn’t unacceptable. And she carried memories from the dream.

Which meant she liked him too.

Finding Heng Xuanzhen was absolutely worth it.

When meeting again, even if sparks didn’t fly, at least she could give him a relaxed smile, right?

But Heng Xuanzhen had truly come to kill.

She had used the full ten parts of her sword intent.

If Ye Yu had not relied on a breath of golden body protection, he would have perished on the spot.

Even so, Ye Yu held no hatred.

He simply treated it as her having suffered qi deviation. It wasn’t like he hadn’t encountered that before.

The River East Lioness Bone Ji had been exactly that type—Ye Yu knew it far too well.

But before he could even think of a way to subdue Heng Xuanzhen—

The Great Elder of Great Desolation Valley had appeared?

And stepped straight into the Divine Lord Realm!

Now Ye Yu finally understood why the ancients always said false intelligence kills people.

False intelligence truly could get you killed.

If he had known Great Desolation Valley had a Divine Lord-level powerhouse, Ye Yu would have fled the instant his identity was exposed—instead of standing here as he was now.

With his Great God Realm strength, dealing with a Heavenly God Realm opponent was no problem.

Golden God Realm would be somewhat difficult.

Ancient God Realm would be a massive spike in difficulty.

Divine Lord Realm?

Ye Yu genuinely wanted to surrender.

This wasn’t a dream where he could restart.

In reality, death meant true annihilation.

A qi-deviated Heng Xuanzhen and a Divine Lord of Great Desolation Valley—no matter how he looked at it, this was a world-ending situation.

Ye Yu could only temporarily place his hopes on Little White.

He had no choice.

Aside from Little White, he truly couldn’t think of another way to break the deadlock.

Yes, Little White had been poisoned.

Although it wasn’t vomiting anymore, its strength certainly wasn’t at peak condition.

But so what?

Ye Yu wasn’t planning to have it defeat the Great Elder.

He just needed it to open a passage so they could make a tactical retreat.

That should be doable, right?

Thinking this, Ye Yu quickly lowered his head to look at Little White in his arms—

Only to find it foaming at the mouth.

Damn.

It wasn’t dead from poison, was it?

That shouldn’t be possible.

When he fused with Little White, Ye Yu had integrated numerous divine beasts specializing in detoxification.

Logically speaking, no poison should be able to kill it.

That was why Ye Yu hadn’t immediately fed it a divine pill.

“Little White, wake up. How are you?”

Ye Yu gently shook it.

Little White slowly opened its eyes.

“Big Brother... I’m... I’m fine. My stomach still hurts a little. I need to detox some more. Don’t stop me from blowing bubbles...”

After speaking, Little White tilted its head—

And fell back into deep sleep.

Or rather, deep detoxification mode.

Good news: Little White should recover soon.

Bad news: It couldn’t help at all.

Ye Yu let out a helpless breath.

Then he shifted his gaze toward Sun Rumiao.

Perhaps—

This woman would be his final hope.

On the other side, Heng Xuanzhen had no such thoughts.

She instinctively tightened her grip on the divine sword condensed from sword intent.

In her eyes, everything in this world was illusion.

Great Desolation Valley. Ye Yu. The Great Elder.

All were inner demons.

What she needed to do now was sever everything.

At this moment, the sword intent around Heng Xuanzhen, which had nearly stagnated, erupted again with even fiercer sharpness.

With a fierce downward slash—

Countless sword beams rose and shot toward Great Elder Sang Yuling.

Previously, Sang Yuling would have retreated to avoid such force.

But now—

After devouring the divine souls of dozens of her own disciples—

She was no longer the same.

Facing the incoming sword beams, she neither dodged nor evaded.

She merely raised one hand, forming a red barrier that blocked all the attacks.

But that was only the first wave.

Before Sang Yuling could act—

Heng Xuanzhen had already appeared before her.

With a leaping slash—

The barrier shattered instantly.

Disbelief flashed across Sang Yuling’s face, but she did not surrender.

She immediately counterattacked, engaging Heng Xuanzhen in fierce combat.

From a realm standpoint, Sang Yuling held the absolute advantage.

However, lacking a physical body limited many of her techniques. Coupled with Heng Xuanzhen’s relentless offense and overwhelming sword intent—

The two were evenly matched for a time.

No—

More accurately, Heng Xuanzhen was pressing Sang Yuling back.

Sun Rumiao watched everything unfold, anxiety rising in her heart.

This would not do.

If they failed to defeat the Fate-Chosen Woman and were instead killed—

Then what were all these years of effort, and the sacrifice of their entire sect, for?

Thinking this, Sun Rumiao could no longer sit idle. She prepared to step forward to assist.

No matter what, she had to help the Great Elder seize the Fate-Chosen Woman.

They carried the responsibility of reviving Great Desolation Valley. There could be no mistakes.

Wait—

What was happening?

Sun Rumiao suddenly realized her body had turned completely gray, and the divine power within her had ceased responding.

This had never happened before.

Before she could understand what was happening—

A tremendous force struck her.

She was sent flying backward, crashing heavily into a side hall of Great Desolation Valley.

With a dull boom—

The entire side hall collapsed into ruins.

Sun Rumiao coughed up a mouthful of blood.

Her body seemed to return to normal. The gray faded, and her divine power—

Sun Rumiao’s face went pale. She spat out another mouthful of blood.

“Enough. Stop wasting your strength. That punch just now severed your qi mechanism. If you try to mobilize your body again too soon, it will cause serious damage.

Right now, you need to rest. Don’t try any tricks. Otherwise—you’ll die.”

Ye Yu’s figure appeared beside Sun Rumiao, his tone calm, as if stating something ordinary.

Her attention had been entirely focused on Heng Xuanzhen and Sang Yuling.

That was why he had approached so easily without being noticed.

Thus, All Beings Equal had been executed perfectly.

Ye Yu had indeed held back.

The reason he didn’t kill Sun Rumiao outright—

First, it wasn’t easy.

Second, he still needed this woman to get him out of here.

So the punch had only severed her qi mechanism—

Not struck her head.

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