Pursuit of the Truth

by Srtyi

Three thousand years of bowing down to the Demon Lord, I would rather be a mortal than a celestial being when looking back, but for her I will… become one who controls life and death!

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Chapter 1433: Thank You, But You Are Not Her

The young man's head was thrown by Su Ming's side. White Five let out a whine that Xu Hui could not understand, but the other four white dogs could.

"I'm also a Dao Paragon!" This was what White Five had said.

"I'm also a Dao Paragon!"

"Darn it all, if you lot are Dao Paragons, then I'm a Dao Paragon as well!"

All five white dogs whined at that moment, then laid down on their stomachs beside Su Ming and fiddled with the young man's head.

Xu Hui sucked in a sharp breath, and her face turned even paler. When she looked at Su Ming, her gaze was filled with indescribable terror. The life and death pursuit she thought would certainly kill her had been easily resolved by Su Ming, but more importantly, he had not even attacked. The white dogs alone had done everything.

Xu Hui had been able to recognize the four old men beside the young man. They were sect elders from Cloud Sieve Sect, and their cultivation bases were practically over the roof. They were in Dao Divinity Realm, the stage that surpassed Avacaniya Realm!

Xu Hui did not know their precise level of cultivation, but to her, those four old men were powerful entities equivalent to the will of heaven. If she knew that they had been there since the beginning, she probably would have lost the courage to flee. However, those four were sent to protect the young man and would not bother to deal with her.

Yet those powerful warriors had been easily ripped apart by the white dogs of the person before her. Even the men's souls were destroyed, which filled Xu Hui's heart with indescribable fear.

"S-Senior…" Xu Hui trembled. Only when she spoke did she notice that she had regained mobility.

Su Ming sat down on a mountain rock. When he lifted his right hand, a few pots of wine appeared in front of him. They were all what he had prepared for the old man. At that moment, when he brought them out, he raised his head to look at the woman who had the exact same face as the woman in his memories.

"Drink." Su Ming picked up a pot of wine and stared at the woman before him in a daze before he took a big swig.

Xu Hui's face was pale, and she felt her skin crawl slightly from how Su Ming looked at her. He had such a high level of cultivation that he was the strongest person she had ever seen in her life… but his personality was very strange. He had actually asked her to drink wine.

Also, there seemed to be a hint of sadness in his eyes, and that sadness made her think that he was thinking of someone else when he looked at her. Xu Hui, thus, gritted her teeth, picked up a pot of wine, and drank a mouthful as well.

With it, a dash of red instantly appeared on her pale cheeks. When she put the pot of wine down, she quickly spoke.

"Senior, I can't drink too much, I—"

"Drink!" Su Ming laughed while looking at Xu Hui before he picked up his pot and took a large gulp from it again.

'Damn it… damn it! He might be a senior with unfathomable strength and have quite the pleasant face, but no matter what, he's an old monster. Could it be that h-h-he… wants to make me drunk… and then use me as a furnace?!'

Xu Hui felt conflicted in her heart, but she did not dare to refuse to drink. She quickly forced herself to smile, then gritted her teeth and drank another mouthful.

With it, Xu Hi immediately felt a little tipsy. She might have quite a few urges when she practiced Dao, but she seldom drank. At that moment, she instinctively wanted to circulate her cultivation base, but when she saw that Su Ming did not do so, she became worried that once she did, it would cause the other to do something weird, what with his strange personality. A pitiful expression appeared on her face from the conflict in her heart.

Su Ming also took another mouthful of wine from his pot. His gaze was fixated on Xu Hui. In his mind, he saw the times when he drank with Xu Hui in Divine Essence Star Ocean.

Back then, his level of cultivation had not been as high, and his knowledge of the world was still incomplete; he still struggled against the forces of the world. But when he looked back, at that time, he was blessed, because everything that belonged to him was still around, and he was only separated from them by distance, unlike…

Su Ming lowered his head, and anguish from remembering the past appeared in his eyes. He raised his winepot and drank again.

"Xu Hui, this time, I'll play fair and square …" Su Ming mumbled.

He had said those words softly, and the conflicted Xu Hui could not hear them. The pot of wine was still in her hands, and she did not know whether to put it down or continue holding it. An urge to throw all caution to the wind stirred in her, and she was about to tell Su Ming loudly that she did not drink when she caught sight of the five white dogs toying with the human head.

That one glance instantly stole her courage, and she had a vague feeling that if she refused to drink, there was a high possibility that the five white dogs would get to play with two human heads.

When Xu Hui thought of that, she felt indignant and decided to just raise her pot of wine and take a big swig from it.

Once she finished drinking, she put down her pot and suddenly notice Su Ming sway as if he could no longer handle the alcohol. This discovery immediately caused an idea to pop up in Xu Hui's head, and her spirits lifted.

'Heh heh, I'll give it my all!' she thought in her heart and immediately put on a charming expression before picking up a pot of wine to deliver it to Su Ming.

"Senior, thank you for saving my life! This is a toast of gratitude from me!" Xu Hui said. She took a big gulp first, and her petite face grew even redder.

Su Ming stared at her as if he was looking at the past and quietly drank.

"Senior, meeting is fate itself. Come, let's drink again!"

"Senior, I have to thank you for saving me! One more toast!"

"Senior, I thank you for saving me again!"

"Senior, urk… let's not say anything else, let's just drink!"

"Senior, I still don't know your name…"

The two of them drank mouthful after mouthful, and gradually, four pots of wine were emptied by them. Xu Hui was already drunk, but she found that even when she was drunk, she could still drink more. Instead, the senior who had a strange personality and harbored malicious intent became even drunker than her.

This filled her with confidence. When Su Ming brought out another four pots of wine, the two of them continued drinking. At the time the sky gradually turned dark and was adorned by glittering stars, Xu Hui stared at Su Ming with a silly smile.

"Drink up! Why aren't you drinking?!"

Su Ming was drunk. He had always been a lightweight, and he did not want to use his cultivation base to get rid of the effects of alcohol. On top of that, this time, he wanted to become drunk. He did not want to cheat. Under the moonlight, he stared at Xu Hui, and his vision seemed to have become blurry, causing him to be unable to tell whether they were in Divine Essence Star Ocean or Ancient Zang.

"I'll drink. Last time, I didn't, but Xu Hui, this time… I will drink with you," Su Ming mumbled. He picked up a pot of wine and drank a huge mouthful from it. At that moment, Xu Hui finally became certain that the strange senior did really treat her as someone else.

But she was curious why the senior named Su Ming would call out her own name even though he was seeing someone else through her.

'Could it be that his old friend is also called Xu Hui?' When that thought appeared in her head, she spoke softly while feeling tipsy.

"Yeah, you didn't drink with me last time. I was the only one drinking, but you cheated. This time, you have to get drunk."

When Su Ming heard it, he laughed.

"Dijiu Mo Sha, bring more wine here!" Su Ming shouted with a laugh, but no one answered his call. The mountain where they sat was not the mountain in Divine Essence Star Ocean. There was… no person called Dijiu Mo Sha there.

Su Ming fell silent and shook his head in anguish. He then brought out a few pots of wine himself and placed them by his side. When he did so, he sighed softly.

"If only life was as beautiful as it is in the beginning…"

This time, Xu Hui did hear his soft murmurs, and she stared at the senior who had been strange in her eyes. She saw sadness and grief in his eyes and how he seemed to be reminiscing about the past. She suddenly felt that the senior before her did not harbor any malicious thoughts. He only thought that she resembled his old friend after he saw her, which was why he had felt sentimental and asked her to drink with him.

Perhaps there had been a woman whom she resembled at some point in the passage of time who also sat on a mountain and drank with him under the night sky. That time… he cheated and did not drink too much.

Perhaps there was also a person called Dijiu Mo Sha by his side at that time, which was why he called out to him.

Xu Hui stared at Su Ming, and she gradually felt that he was a very pitiful man. She sighed softly.

'He saved me, so I will… be his old friend for a while.' When she thought of this, Xu Hui looked at Su Ming again, and a gentle look appeared in her eyes.

"Su Ming…" she said softly.

When she said those words, Su Ming's hand, which had picked up a pot of wine in anguish, came to a swift halt. He stared at her in a daze.

"Don't keep thinking about the past, please…" Xu Hui said softly and looked at Su Ming gently.

He stared back at her. At that instant, he could not quite tell who the person before him was. He slowly lifted his hand and touched the woman's face.

"You didn't finish drinking with me last time. This time, you did it. Don't keep reminiscing about the past and making yourself sad. If you do… I will be sad as well…" Xu Hui said gently while looking at Su Ming.

She did not know why, but her heart suddenly ached in pain,. It was the first time she ever felt such pain in her life.

Su Ming's hand swept past Xu Hui's face. When his hand fell, he closed his eyes.

Time trickled by, an when the time it takes for one incense stick to burn passed, Su Ming opened his eyes, and when he looked at Xu Hui, a smile appeared on his face.

"Thank you, but you… are not her."

Xu Hui bit her bottom lip. Her original intent was to pretend to be Su Ming's old friend, but he had already woken up from his drunken stupor. Yet for a reason she did not understand herself, the pain in her heart had only grown stronger.

"I…" Xu Hui was about to say something, but she did not know what to say or even where to begin.

"Thank you for drinking with me… Where is Cloud Sieve Sect? Take me there, and I will help you get rid of your problems," Su Ming said softly while standing up.

Xu Hui rose after him in a daze.

When Su Ming looked over, he lifted his right hand, intending to help her dispel her drunkenness, but Xu Hui took a few steps backwards and shook her head.

"Cloud Sieve Sect is about seven days south from this place…"

Once she said that, she closed her eyes. Her body became limp, and she fell.

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Chapter 1434: Intending to Cut Without Leaving Any Traces Behind

Su Ming held Xu Hui, who had fallen unconscious due to being drunk. He stared at her rosy cheeks, and noticed that her originally sweet breath was now laced with alcohol. While lying in Su Ming's bosom, she let out faint whistles made by a sleeping person.

Those sounds caused the ripples of memories to stir in Su Ming's heart. After standing quietly on the mountain for some time, he sighed softly. He then turned around and while holding Xu Hui charged into the south.

The five white dogs immediately followed after him. They turned into five white rays of light that charged behind him. One of them, White Five, had a human head between its teeth.

The journey of seven days to Cloud Sieve Sect was calculated based on Xu Hui's speed, but Su Ming could reach that place in an instant.

Cloud Sieve Sect was not one of the seven sects, but one of the smaller sects under the seven. There were quite a number of small sects in Ancient Zang, but most of them were not famous, such as Cloud Sieve Sect. The presence of a Dao Paragon guarding it had only made it slightly reputable in the area.

In just the time takes for two incense sticks to burn, Su Ming saw Cloud Sieve Sect in the distance. It was built on a mountain, and it looked quite extraordinary. There were green pines surrounding the sect, and a flight of stone stairs going down the mountain. Clouds and fog filled the area, and a huge hall could be vaguely seen at the summit. At the bottom, right before the mountain, there was a huge stone erected with two words carved on it: Cloud Sieve!

It was Cloud Sieve Sect.

Su Ming turned his gaze away and lowered his head to cast a glance at Xu Hui in his arms. When he lifted his head, his gaze was aloof and callous. He bore no grudges against the sect himself… but if he ignored it, Xu Hui would certainly be chased down because of the deaths of the young man and the hundreds of cultivators.

And it was impossible for Su Ming to take Xu Hui away. She was not the person in his memories, and it was impossible for him to form any sort of connection with her. If he did, it would only entangle him even more with the world and push him into losing himself one day.

Before, he had thought it was not difficult to keep his mind clear. He could do it as long as he kept true to himself… but when he saw Xu Hui, he realized that it was not as easy as he thought.

He should have found the people who had the exact same face and voice to the people in his memories to be incredibly familiar to him… but right then, when he looked at them, he found the barrier of unfamiliarity separating them.

However, the people in his memories had died, but he could see them right before his eyes. It forced him to continuously tell himself that all he saw was fake, even if it felt so real that it was scary.

And that was just with Xu Hui. If he ran into Fang Cang Lan, Yu Xuan, his eldest senior brother, second senior brother, Hu Zi, and the others… Su Ming did not know whether he could bear to cut off all his ties with them.

That was why when he faced Lan Lan of Seven Moons Sect, Su Ming chose to keep as far away from her as possible. She bore the slightest hint of resemblance to Fang Cang Lan… and he did not know whether he could still keep true to his heart if he got closer to her.

Would he… become a pitiful man who would be unwilling to believe that everything was fake even though he knew that it was fake and would rather believe that everything around him was real?

Su Ming knew himself well, and it was precisely because of it that he did everything he could to avoid the people he knew. He understood all too well… that he was this sort of person!

He sighed softly. When an aloof glare appeared in his eyes, he decided Cloud Sieve Sect's fate. It… could not continue to exist. Only when it lost the ability to pursue Xu Hui could Su Ming leave her alone and cut off his ties with her.

But he also knew that when he destroyed the sect… he would have already formed a connection with Xu Hui.

The best possible thing for him to do was to let go of Xu Hui and turn a blind eye towards her survival, as if she was just a gust of fleeting wind… but he could not do so.

In silence, Su Ming brought his right hand up and pointed at Cloud Sieve Sect.

A fierce light lit up in the eyes of the five white dogs behind him. They turned into five long arcs that charged towards Cloud Sieve Sect.

"Only kill those who are above Avacaniya Realm and the successor disciples of this sect."

By the time Su Ming finished speaking, the five white dogs had already rushed into Cloud Sieve Sect. After a moment, booming sounds surged into the sky. Enraged roars as well as cries of surprise shot up, and a slaughter began in Cloud Sieve Sect.

All cultivators above Avacaniya Realm, the sect master, the successor disciples, and all of sect elders dyed the sky red with their blood on that night.

When about an hour had passed and all five white dogs flew back, dozens of people—Cloud Sieve Sect's sect master, sect elders, and successor disciples—were killed.

For a sect which numbered to nearly ten thousand people, the deaths of dozens of people should amount to nothing, but when those people formed the small circle that was the peak of the sect, it meant that sect… would fall to ruin straight away.

Su Ming lowered his head and cast a glance at Xu Hui again. When he took a step forward, he reached a mountain in the distance and put Xu Hui down. He stared at her quietly for a long while, then lifted his right hand and swung his arm. Glittering light landed on Xu Hui's body, and he left.

When Su Ming left, Xu Hui's eyelashes fluttered. She slowly opened her eyes, and confusion appeared on her face, but she soon remembered what had happened and immediately got up to look around her, but besides the darkness of the night, she found nothing.

She could vaguely remember drinking with someone. That person had later asked her where Cloud Sieve Sect was located, and then… she fainted. But once she woke up, she found that no matter how hard she tried to remember, she could not recall the face of the person who drank with her.

Xu Hui scowled, then shook her head hard and turned into a long arc that left into the distance.

Su Ming went away, leaving the southwestern region far behind him. He charged forth and did not stop all along the way, as if he wanted to leave Xu Hui far behind him as well as the place where he met her, which had formed a connection with him that he could not sever.

He discovered that the more he became immersed in the world, the more he felt that he could not keep his mind clear, but he still tried his best to keep true to his heart. When morning arrived, he saw Seven Moons Sect in the distance.

"I've… returned…" Su Ming said softly.

With one step, he vanished. When he reappeared, he was standing in the air above Seven Moons Sect. The moment he showed up there, all the Runes were activated. Countless figures instantly appeared, and waves of divine senses locked down on him.

Seven Moons Sect was clearly in a state of extreme caution. Once the divine senses swept past Su Ming, they did not lower their guard in the slightest. Even more waves of murderous intent showed up, but the next moment, a long string of laughter echoed in the air, and Gu Tai took huge strides forward to charge towards Su Ming from the seventh layer of Sky Beyond the Sky.

"How was it?!" he immediately asked.

There were around ten long arcs charging behind him. Xu Zhong Fan and Dao Han were among them. When Xu Zhong Fan saw Su Ming, he immediately smiled. He looked distinctly older, and there were more wrinkles on his forehead, as if he had been constantly frowning over the last couple years. Once he saw Su Ming, the wrinkles on his forehead evened out.

Only Dao Han's pupils shrank at the instant he saw Su Ming. His main focus was on the five white dogs beside him. Once he scrutinized them, a hint of surprise appeared in his eyes. When he turned his gaze back to Su Ming, he had a vague feeling that the third prince before him had become vastly different after they hadn't seen him for two hundred something years.

This was not a feeling brought forth by his cultivation base, but his instincts. they told him that if he attacked, he might not be able to overpower the third prince.

He was not the only one who felt this way though. At that moment, the other great sect elders beside Gu Tai all had that feeling when they looked at Su Ming.

"I've taken all of them." Su Ming nodded at Gu Tai.

"Alright, you came back at the right time. I was worried that you would miss the fight over the Phala of Dao Verification. Right now, there are a few more decades before it starts. Since you reaped some good rewards this time, you must slaughter your way to fame in the fight over the Phala of Dao Verification!

"In that battle, the very first competition of the successors will be launched between Seven Moons Sect, One Dao Sect, and Asura Clan. We will fight before the Phala, and you will fight in it. We will be fighting for the path of Dao Verification, and you will be fighting against the other prodigies of the other sects for the Phala of Dao Verification!

"In the past, the respective camps from the seven sects and twelve clans would dye the sky and earth with fresh blood when they fought, for only then did the path of Dao Verification opens. But right now… Seven Moons Sect has formed an alliance with two sects and three clans. The battle this time will certainly be much greater and more vicious than in the past!"

When Gu Tai spoke, he stared at Su Ming with bright, burning eyes. He too had clearly noticed the difference in Su Ming, but he could see much more than the others. The five white dogs around him were secondary, what Gu Tai cared about was Su Ming's right hand!

The red thread tied to his wrist filled Gu Tai with apprehension, and the Brand of the crescent moon that occasionally showed up on his palm caused his eyes to shrink. Hidden within them was a hint of shock.

"This Brand is…" Gu Tai sucked in a sharp breath, and a smile lit up at the corners of his lips. A strong wave of excitement appeared on his face. He had managed to recognize where that Brand came from!

Su Ming nodded and wrapped his fist in his palm towards Gu Tai and the others. After he cast a glance at Xu Zhong Fan, he took a step forward and stepped into the sixth layer of Sky Beyond the Sky.

"If that's the case, I will need to enter isolated training to nourish my Enchanted Treasures. Senior Gu Tai, Teacher Xu, please wake me up on the day of Dao Verification."

When Su Ming said those words, Xu Zhong Fan immediately looked excited. It was the first time that Su Ming had addressed him as teacher. While he might not have addressed him as Master but as Teacher Xu, it was already enough for Xu Zhong Fan.

Gu Tai watched Su Ming leave into the distance, and his smile grew wider. There was great confidence on his face. He believed that even though Su Ming appeared to only be in Dao Spirit Realm at that moment, his combat abilities would surely be able to threaten even Dao Paragons!

"If he can enter Dao Spirit Realm, he will be… the strongest among all under Great Dao Paragons! This day is far from us. When the path of Dao Verification is opened and he enters it, with his tactics, intelligence, and combat prowess, there is a high chance that he will obtain the Phala of Dao Verification. Once he has it and eats it, he will become a Dao Paragon!" Gu Tai said softly with hope shining in his eyes.

"Besides, he has that Brand, and it has been formed by what could be called one of the most terrifying divine abilities in all of Ancient Zang…"

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Chapter 1435: The Legend of the Emperor of Ancient Zang

The Phala of Dao Verification came from the Tree of Dao Verification. That tree was not in Ancient Zang, but in a shattered dimension. Legends had it that the Dao Verification Art did not belong to Ancient Zang in the distant past.

However, the Emperor of Ancient Zang had used his power of Boundless Dao Realm to tear apart space and step into the world that practically all the cultivators in Ancient Zang found incredibly mysterious even up to this date. In fact, there were quite a lot of people who still did not know that it even existed.

That world proclaimed itself to be the beginning of the universe and was the homeland of the Tree of Dao Verification. It was a huge tree that reached the heavens and provided nourishment to all the lives in that world, giving rise to countless powerful warriors!

There were nine continents in that world, and on each continent was a butterfly. They were the spirits of the continents and existences that were the same state of being as the Tree of Dao Verification. They served as the pillars of support allowing the lives on the continents to multiply.

The Emperor of Ancient Zang's entry had immediately caught the attention of the beings in that world. A huge war broke out, and the Emperor of Ancient Zang fought against the strongest of that world—a powerful warrior named Gou Hong. They had engaged in an astonishing battle of Arts.

The details of the battle were recorded in ancient scrolls that no one could read except for the members of the royal family, and even then, those of the royal family harboring secrets and who were not emperors could not read them. They only knew that the Emperor of Ancient Zang returned with grave injuries while dragging with him the Tree of Dao Verification. He left the tree in the tunnel connecting Ancient Zang and that world, which then became a shattered dimension.

After that, the Phala of Dao Verification from the tree became a supreme treasure that all the cultivators of Ancient Zang sought for at least once in their lives!

As for the Emperor of Ancient Zang, once he returned to the royal capital, he chose to enter isolated training… After several tens of thousands of years, the princes of that time incidentally discovered that cracks had appeared on the Emperor of Ancient Zang's life plate, and in their shock, they immediately gathered the entire royal family together to activate the chamber where the Emperor of Ancient Zang isolated himself… only to discover that the Emperor of Ancient Zang had disappeared from his tightly sealed isolation grounds.

That was a legend recorded on a jade slip, and Su Ming held it in his hand.

He sat at the sixth layer of Sky Beyond the Sky and stared at the jade slip that recorded the origin of the Tree of Dao Verification. It was an item Gu Tai had delivered to him. Su Ming's expression was calm as he held the jade slip, but a huge storm raged in his heart due to the words on it.

His breathing became slightly faster while he held the jade slip and sat in the sixth layer. Gradually, he became unable to keep his gaze calm, so he chose to close his eyes.

But even though he could close his eyes, he could not quell the storm in his heart. It had turned into a loud sound that continuously roared in his mind.

'That world has nine continents, and there are nine butterflies who serve as the spirits of those continents… If these nine butterflies are Harmonious Morus Alba…' Su Ming opened his eyes swiftly.

'Then that explains Harmonious Morus Alba's origin. When an accident happened to that world or it crumbled, the nine spirits fled. They flew through the endless Vast Expanse in search for a place suitable enough to serve as their home… In the end, one of the Harmonious Morus Alba became tired, and when it rested in the Vast Expanse, a world was born in its wings.' Su Ming's eyes shone with a contemplative light.

'Emperor of Ancient Zang… Is there a possibility that Xuan Zang is in truth not the third prince… but the Emperor of Ancient Zang?' Su Ming's eyes shrank swiftly.

'The Emperor of Ancient Zan fought against Gou Hong, the strongest of that world. The emperor might have won, destroyed that world, and killed Gou Hong, but he also paid the price of being so gravely injured that he almost died!

'Once he returned to the Ancient Zang of that time, he wanted to recover from his injuries, but in the end, he could not do so, and so his life plate shattered… but he was not willing to die just like that, which was why he cast some unknown divine ability before sitting down on the Feng Shui compass with the nine Reversed Spirit Pearls in his hand and went to absorb Harmonious Morus Alba in the Vast Expanse. He searched for the Reversed Spirits… because he's aiming to resurrect himself!'

When Su Ming thought of that, his eyes shone brilliantly. A huge storm raged in his heart. He had realized that if his guess was real, then in truth…

He might seem to be Possessing Xuan Zang at that moment, but in truth, he was on the verge of losing, because he was not fighting against Xuan Zang, but the third prince. In fact, he did not even know his real identity, so how could he even dream of the day when he would successfully Possess him?

This discovery immediately caused cold sweat to break out on Su Ming's forehead. His grip around the jade slip tightened, and he gradually narrowed his eyes.

In silence, he chose to bury the matter deep in his heart so that it would become one of his many assumptions. Then, he put away the jade slip and slowly closed his eyes.

There was no need for Su Ming to rush it. He knew that he could not make a mistake in this step. If he did… he would no longer be himself. He was attempting the most difficult Possession in his life, and he could not afford to make any mistakes.

He had to think about each of his decisions and resolutions carefully before he could take a step forward… because he could no longer turn back from this path.

If he succeeded, he knew he would become Xuan Zang. When he opened his eyes, he would see the Vast Expanse and the hope to resurrect all the people in his memories.

If he failed… Su Ming knew that he would no longer be himself.. Instead… Xuan Zang would be the one who would open his eyes.

Time trickled by, and decades passed while Su Ming meditated in the sixth layer of Seven Moons Sect's Sky Beyond the Sky. As time flowed into the distance like a stream of water, the day when the Tree of Dao Verification would bear fruit drew closer.

On the autumn of one year, Su Ming opened his eyes in the sixth layer of Sky Beyond the Sky and watched the rain fall from the sky, bringing a cooling breeze with it. He watched the rain pour on the ground, and in his third eye, the fourth overlapping shadow of his Dao Spirit was no longer completely blurry. Instead, its outline could be seen. If no external force arrived to help with its manifestation, then while it would take time, Su Ming could still use his own power to completely form his fourth Dao Spirit.

When the autumn rain poured on the world outside, bell tolls echoed from the distance in Seven Moons Sect. There was an ancient tone to that sound, and it stirred up ripples in the sky and earth, making the autumn rain tremble. All the cultivators in Seven Moons Sect lifted their heads.

Nearly six-tenths of Seven Moons Sect's elite cultivators—numbering to more than two hundred thousand—turned into countless long arcs that rose into the sky of Seven Moons Sect.

Gu Tai, Xu Zhong Fan, Dao Han… all thirteen great sect elders took action. Most of the sect elders also followed them. With the two hundred thousand cultivators, they rose into the sky while it was the season of autumn rain in the world.

At the same time, a dark cloud appeared under their feet. It was huge and covered the ground as well as Seven Moons Sect, which meant that all of the two hundred thousand cultivators could sit on it.

Lightning flashed in the cloud, which had a powerful and mighty pressure. The item, which seemed like a dark cloud, was in truth an extremely powerful Enchanted Treasure of Seven Moons Sect. Besides the power it had, it could also move through the heavens and earth. It could bring the cultivators of Seven Moons Sect to the battle of Dao Verification!

"Su Ming!" Gu Tai's ancient voice echoed in the sixth layer of Sky Beyond the Sky, and Su Ming slowly stood up.

"It is time. We… will accompany you to the battle of Dao Verification!" At the instant Gu Tai's voice rang out, the two hundred thousand something cultivators all voiced their obedience!

They spoke in unison, and when their voices rang out, they were like the roars of the world that shook the skies. The next moment, a Feng Shui compass appeared under Su Ming's feet, and he turned into a long arc that charged into the sky. The five white dogs followed after him. All of them instantly broke out of the sixth layer of Sky Beyond the Sky to appear in front of the dark cloud. With a single step, they stepped on it.

The moment Su Ming arrived, the dark cloud let out a loud rumble and instantly rushed forward, leaving behind an afterimage of its figure in the sky above Seven Moons Sect. By then, its true form had already left far into the distant sky.

The afterimage only disappeared after a long while, and during that time, countless rays of light from Runes appeared inside and outside Seven Moons Sect. All of them had been activated at that moment. When the Runes were put to use, Seven Moons Sect hid itself from the land. If anyone looked over, they would only see mountains…

The dark cloud charged forth in the sky, and it was so quick that it instantly covered an incredible distance. The two hundred thousand cultivators sitting on the dark cloud were all silent, but the murderous intent in their eyes grew stronger with each passing moment.

They knew that they were going to the battle of Dao Verification among the seven sects and twelve clans that happened once in a blue moon. However, right then… due to the competition between the successors, the level of devastation and the subsequent tragedy they would have to suffer would be much greater than in the past.

But… if they won and were not killed, then once they emerged as the victors of the competition between the successors, all those who participated in the battle would have a kismet bestowed upon them, and their levels of cultivation would increase by leaps and bounds!

That kismet would be the kismet of the competition between successors, the kismet of Ancient Zang!

All seven sects and twelve clans in Ancient Zang conducted similar acts as Seven Moons Sect. As the light from their Enchanted Treasures shone, the cultivators from each sect and clan… charged towards the royal capital at the center of Ancient Zang from all directions in the country!

The shattered dimension with the Tree of Dao Verification was divided into three layers. Only when one stepped into the third layer would they be able to enter the dimension where the Tree of Dao Verification was located. The first to enter would gain the upper hand over others.

The first and the second layer were where the seven sects and twelve clans waged the battle of Dao Verification for the right to enter the third layer!

A devastating slaughter would happen each time the battle of Dao Verification was held because everyone was aiming for the larger Phala. The smaller Phala was only of secondary importance to them.

The larger Phala was a Reversed Spirit Pearl, a treasure that could protect a sect or clan. It was a legendary item, and legends had it… that its greatest use was to allow a person to gain enlightenment to break through the limits of Great Dao Paragon and become a ninth level Dao God!

And the more Reversed Spirit Cores a person had, the more chances they would get to gain that enlightenment. This was something the emperor in the royal capital had acknowledged and announced to the world. The item did indeed have that effect, but it would vary depending on the person and the number of pearls they had.

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Chapter 1436: World of Dao Verification Opens

The Tree of Dao Verification had borne fruit seven times, and seven Reversed Spirit Pearls had appeared. They were all fought over by the seven sects and twelve clans, and the last battle over the seventh Phala of Dao Verification had resulted in the victory of Seven Moons Sect!

It had been a long time since Seven Moons Sect obtained the Phala that some details had been forgotten, but when they thought back on it, they still remembered how treacherous the event had been.

Dao Han stood on the dark cloud calmly and stared at the distant sky. A nostalgic look was on his face. It was the second time he participated in the battle of Dao Verification, but this time, he would no longer be the person who would step into the third layer of the shattered dimension. Instead, he would be someone who would assist in the first and second layers.

He still remembered the first time he had joined the battle of Dao Verification. At that time, he had just joined Seven Moons Sect, but due to his amazing potential, he had been given the important task of becoming the person Seven Moons Sect would send into the third layer while the others would assist him.

During that battle, he killed many people, which earned him a reputation. He slaughtered until blood flowed in rivers, and he had also been heavily wounded. Most of his sect members beside him had died, but in the end, perhaps due to luck, he had managed to obtain the big Phala.

He helped Seven Moons Sect gain glory it had never had before. Full of excitement, Gu Tai had protected him while he staggered back from the third layer while pursued by many people. The sky was dyed red with blood on his way back, and it followed him right back to Seven Moons Sect.

From that moment onwards, he was taken in as Gu Tai's disciple and became the youngest great sect master of Seven Moons Sect while Reversed Spirit Pearl was treated as a legacy treasure. Only the great sect elders who led the sect during each generation could obtain it.

A long time had passed since then. When he became the greatmaster, he often looked at the Reversed Spirit Pearl and remember the faces of his companions before they had died.

Right then, he was going to join the battle of Dao Verification once more, but he was no longer the main part of the battle. The main focus had shifted to Su Ming. Dao Han lifted his head and looked at him.

'When he returns in success, I wonder if he will feel the same sort of sentiment as I do.'

Dao Han closed his eyes. In his mind, the third layer of the Tree of Dao Verification appeared. When he stepped in all those years ago, he was careful and at full guard all along the way. It was a dimension filled with battles to the death. It was… a game of survival.

'Fortunately, due to the cracks in the dimension, the third layer is incredibly unstable, which is why only those who are weaker than Dao Paragons can enter. Once someone becomes a Dao Paragon, it's impossible for them to step inside. They will be rejected.'

Dao Han opened his eyes, and his expression became calm again. He no longer thought about his past that made him sigh.

Xu Zhong Fan was also staring at Su Ming. He hesitated for a moment before taking a few steps forward and sitting down cross-legged beside Su Ming.

Xu Zhong Fan was silent for a moment before he said softly, "Be careful along the way…"

Su Ming opened his eyes, snapping out of meditation. He looked at Xu Zhong Fan. This person had become his Master on his own, without asking for Su Ming's permission. Right then, when he observed the man, Su Ming could tell that his concern to him was sincere. Even though Xu Zhong Fan cared for his own level of cultivation and kismet, his concern was something Su Ming would remember.

"There is no need for you to be the first to enter the third dimension. It will only turn you into a target for everyone. Even if you don't obtain the Phala, it's fine."

When Xu Zhong Fan looked at Su Ming, there was worry on his face. He mulled over it for a moment before he brought out a medicinal core and placed it in Su Ming's hand.

"This is… a Thanatosis Core! Once you take it, your body and soul will be destroyed in an hour. If you run into any life and death situations, you can swallow the core, then flee after faking death," Xu Zhong Fan said softly. Once he finished speaking, he cast Su Ming a deep glance, then turned around and walked to the back.

Su Ming stared at the medicinal core in his hand, then turned his head back to look at Xu Zhong Fan before he quietly put away the medicinal core.

Soon, another two hours passed. While sitting on the cloud, Su Ming could already see the central region of Ancient Zang on the ground in the distance. There was an incredibly large city there which remained enormous even when seen from the sky!

It was Ancient Zang's capital and also the place where Su Ming would return to two thousand something years later. He still remembered the Master of his who looked exactly the same as Tian Xie Zi. He once told Su Ming that when he went to the city gate, he would wait there to help solve his final question.

As they drew closer to Ancient Zang's capital, Su Ming saw that quite a number of cultivators from other sects and clans had already reached the sky above the city. Su Ming did not know any of them, but based on their formations, he could tell that five sects and clans had already arrived.

They rode on different Enchanted Treasures. One of them was a huge dragon with nine heads, another a huge gourd, while some cultivators sat on screens of light.

Seven Moons Sect was the sixth sect to arrive.

No one said anything. The cultivators from the other sects and clans sat meditating on their respective Enchanted Treasures with closed eyes to rest their minds.

When another two hours passed, booming sounds echoed in the air. More sects and clans had arrived. Su Ming saw One Dao Sect and Immortal Qing Han of Asura Clan.

He also saw… the eldest prince surrounded by a group of cultivators in One Dao Sect! He was the much younger Extermination, but from a certain way, he was a man bearing some resemblance to Lei Chen. At that moment, he was staring at Su Ming coldly.

At the instant the two's gazes met, their eyes sparkled with killing intent, and they were as sharp as sword glares.

When the two of them moved their gazes away to look at Asura Clan, they saw a figure surrounded by fog. It belonged to the second prince, and Su Ming saw him for the first time. At the instant he looked over, he found no signs of familiarity.

Su Ming closed his eyes and no longer paid any attention to him. When dusk arrived, all seven sects and twelve clans were in the sky above Ancient Zang's capital. There were millions of cultivators, and they formed a great mighty pressure and enveloped the world.

When all the sects and clans arrived, they slowly formed unions by slowly gathering together around Seven Moons Sect, One Dao Sect, and Asura Clan as the foundation.

"In a moment, the first layer will be activated. When you step into the shattered dimension, don't bother about those so-called unions. They are somewhat tolerable on normal days, but during the battle of Dao Verification, we won't be able to stop accidents from happening.

"That is why once we step into the first shattered dimension, no matter where you are and whether there are people of the same sect around you, just remember that if you have the chance to place your Brand on the altars, immediately do so. If you don't, then with the fastest speed possible, head to the gathering spot marked on your jade slips!" Gu Tai's voice echoed in the hearts of the two hundred thousand cultivators on the cloud.

"In every single battle of Dao Verification, we need to clear the layers one by one. There are one hundred thousand altars in the first layer, and whichever sect or clan becomes the first to have fifty thousand Brands on the altar will get to immediately step into the second layer. If no sect or clan gets to leave their Brands on fifty thousand altars, then seventy-two hours later, the sect or clan with the most Brands will be the first to enter the second layer. The rest is done in the same manner, the sects or clans with less than ten thousand Brands will have no right to enter the second layer!

"I have already made an agreement with the other sects and clans who are in the union with us. They will assist Seven Moons Sect with all their strength to ensure that we will be among one of those who will enter the second layer! But do not entirely believe in this promise. We will have to rely on our own strength.

"Su Ming… do the same thing. Head to the gathering spot as fast as possible." When Gu Tai's voice echoed in his mind, a weaker murmur suddenly reached Su Ming's ear.

"If you can head there, then go there, but if you can't, find a place to hide. Great Dao Paragons can go to the first layer, so it's very dangerous… As for the second layer, while Great Dao Paragons cannot enter, Dao Paragons will still pose a threat to you.

"It'll be better for you in the third layer… but since this is a competition between the successors, it's not easy to predict things. My real agreement with the other sects who have formed a union with us is not what I told the others… but to use their full strength to suppress all the interferences in the dimensions around you, allowing you… to bring those five white dogs of yours smoothly into the third layer!

"We are somewhat confident in this, but if we can do this, One Dao Sect and Asura Clan can do it as well, so you will have to venture with extra caution into the third layer," Gu Ta said to Su Ming. When he heard it, his expression stayed calm, and he nodded.

At that moment, an orange-red pillar of light suddenly rushed out from the capital city of Ancient Zang. It was thousands of feet tall, and it shot straight up from the circle formed by the seven sects and twelve clans to disappear into the empty space in the sky.

A loud bang echoed through Ancient Zang's sky. The orange-red pillar of light seemed to have dyed the sky with its color, causing the end of the sky where the pillar of light touched to form a huge orange-red vortex. It rotated with a bang and covered the entire stretch of sky visible to the naked eye.

The huge vortex rotated swiftly. When the time it takes for about half an incense to burn passed, the orange-red pillar of light disappeared, and a huge black hole appeared in the vortex in the sky.

"The Tree of Dao Verification has appeared, and its fruit has bloomed. All sects and clans, please take care of yourselves…"

A faint voice with a mighty pressure came from the royal capital of Ancient Zang. It echoed in the world, and when all the cultivators heard it, respect appeared on mosts of their faces, because they knew that the person who spoke was the Emperor of Ancient Zang, one of the three ninth level Dao Gods!

Su Ming lowered his head to look, since he had a feeling of being watched. It felt like someone in the city below had lifted his head to stare at him.

At the instant the Emperor of Ancient Zang finished speaking, a suction force that could not be described with words enveloped the area and the millions of cultivators from the seven sects and twelve clans. Long arcs immediately flew out towards the black hole at the center of the vortex.

The moment the cultivators of Seven Moons Sect were sucked into the black hole, Gu Tai lifted his hands and pushed down at the dark cloud. It crumbled with a bang and turned into two hundred thousand jade slips that went into the hands of all those from Seven Moons Sect, including Su Ming. He too had a jade slip appear in his palm.

"Use these jade slips to touch the altars!" When Gu Tai's voice rang out in their ears, they were swept into the black hole in the vortex.

Millions of figures charged forward, which created an astonishing sight. Su Ming moved, and the Feng Shui compass beneath him disappeared. With the five white dogs in tow, he went with the countless figures beside him into the black hole in the vortex.

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Chapter 1437: Snatch the Altars

At the instant Su Ming stepped into the black hole while being swept up by the suction force from the vortex, his vision blurred, but it swiftly passed away. When his eyes became clear, he saw a desolate wasteland.

Countless shattered stones floated in midair, and there were countless cracks on the ground. Some parts of the ground had already crumbled, and the sky was no longer blue, but gray. When Su Ming looked around, he saw no plants in the area, only a thick wave of aura of death. It was continuously spreading over the ground.

The five white dogs beside Su Ming had gone missing, but he still had a connection with them in his heart. They could also sense Su Ming and were swiftly heading towards him.

Right before Su Ming was a floating rock that was about ten thousand feet big. There was a simple altar on it which had nine layers but looked very broken. Atop it was a tree that seemed to have been petrified. If anyone took a closer look, they would see that it had nine branches, and at the end of each branch was a butterfly!

When Su Ming at the altar, his eyes shone, and he instantly charged forward. When he closed in, he landed on the altar and stared at the petrified tree with burning eyes. Most of his attention was on the nine butterflies.

The butterflies were practically the same as the Harmonious Morus Albas Su Ming had seen.

It caused his heart to tremble. Suddenly, he turned his head to the right, for he caught sight of a figure appear out of nowhere there. It belonged to a middle-aged man dressed in a long blue robe. He looked wary, and moments later, his gaze fell on Su Ming and the altar beneath his feet.

When the middle-aged man swept his gaze past Su Ming, he had managed to tell his level of cultivation, which was betrayed by a smile that immediately appeared on his face. He walked to Su Ming while spreading out his cultivation base out of his body. It told Su Ming that the person was a powerful warrior in the fourth level of Dao Spirit Realm.

Su Ming cast a look at the altar. There were about one hundred thousand of them in the first layer. Without saying a word, he turned around, intending to leave. He wanted to observe the strange world a little more, and there was no need for him to stop for a long time for one altar anyway.

When he saw that Su Ming was about to leave, the middle-aged man smiled faintly, but right when he was about to step onto the altar, he narrowed his eyes and took another look at Su Ming, who was leaving the place.

"Your face… You… You are Seven Moons Sect's third prince!"

The middle-aged man jolted, and crazed delight appeared in his eyes. He no longer paid any attention to the altar, but instead, turned into a long arc that charged towards Su Ming.

"Haha! Today my luck is great! Not only did I find an altar, I also the third prince with a bounty on his head set by One Dao Sect and Asura Clan!

"You are merely in the third level of Dao Spirit Realm. Today, I am destined to receive my serendipity!"

When the middle-aged man's laughter echoed in the air, his body turned into a long arc that charged towards Su Ming. A light crease appeared on Su Ming's brow, and his lips curled up in a cold sneer.

He had intended to leave, but since the middle-aged man did not want him to leave… but wished to die instead, if Su Ming did not grant his wish, he would definitely not leave the man satisfied.

"I can try out the Space Whip."

When Su Ming lifted his right hand, the red thread on his wrist disappeared. The sky immediately roared, and a huge shadow of a whip that seemed to have been formed by stars descended on the ground. When it surrounded Su Ming, the middle-aged man's expression changed. He came to a swift halt before he began moving backwards. A hint of shock appeared on his face, which had become solemn. He formed a seal with his hands, and an armor appeared on his body. He also called upon ten layers of light screens formed by Runes.

But even so, the instant Su Ming swung his whip, booming sounds rang out in the air. The ten layers of Runes instantly fell apart, and the armor crumbled as well.

The middle-aged man coughed up blood when the whip touched his body. His mind was swiftly thrown into chaos, as if the whip had not just struck his body, but had also entered his mind and throw his thoughts into disarray.

After he coughed up blood, a shrill scream of pain came out of his mouth.

With a single move, Su Ming closed in on the man. When he lifted his right hand, the mark of the crescent moon on his palm shone, and he pushed it at the center of the man's brow.

At the instant Su Ming's right hand came into contact with the man's forehead, a huge suction force erupted from the palm. The middle-aged man's pained scream immediately reached an incredibly shrill degree, and his body withered in a moment. A large amount of life force and cultivation base surged into the mark on Su Ming's palm in just the span of a few breaths, and as the shrill screams grew weaker until they disappeared, the middle-aged man was reduced to only an emaciated and withered corpse before Su Ming!

His soul and everything about him had left his body.

Su Ming's expression was calm. He had the old man's divine ability, the mark, the Space Whip, the wills of the four Great True Worlds, and even his level of cultivation was just slightly weaker than that of the middle-aged man. If he could only win after fighting against him for a while, he would not be Su Ming.

He pulled his right hand back, and when the red thread appeared on his wrist, he took a step and returned to the altar he just left. When he stood on it, he lifted his left hand, and a jade slip appeared in his hand, which he pushed against the trunk of the petrified tree. The jade slip immediately shone, and the petrified tree on the altar looked life force had returned to its body; it started to gradually resurrect.

When it returned to life, a mild fragrance spread out. Su Ming took a sniff of it, and his eyes immediately shone. He noticed that once he took a whiff of that fragrance, his level of cultivation had increased a little bit.

With that fragrance around, his Dao Spirit in his third eye felt very comfortable. His fourth overlapping Dao Spirit had manifested a little more as well.

Gu Tai had never talked about this before, but based on logic, it was impossible for him not to mention that the altars could increase their levels of cultivation. After all, even if he did not say it, Su Ming would notice it.

Because of that, there could only be one explanation for the unexpected situation.

A brilliant sparkle immediately appeared in Su Ming's eyes.

'Could it be that this fragrance doesn't help other people's level of cultivation?'

Su Ming's eyes shone. When about twenty breaths passed, the petrified tree on the altar returned returned to its best state. A pillar of light then shot into the sky.

It could be seen even from the distance… since the moment it appeared, Su Ming saw quite a few others charge into the sky.

Those pillars of light meant that there were quite a few altars that had been activated at that moment!

The pillars of light would exist eternally. However, they could be replaced by other sects and clans at any time, so once they appeared, they were like beacons of light to people from the other sects and clans.

Su Ming sank into a brief period of pensive silence, thinking about the fragrance appeared when the altar was activated. He then charged into the distance, checking the jade slip along the way to head to the gathering spot for the cultivators of Seven Moons Sect based on the guide, and on the way, he searched for altars.

After the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, an altar that had been activated showed up ahead of Su Ming. There was a young man who had a jade slip pressed against a petrified tree, which was already partially resurrected. There were four other cultivators beside him—dressed in the same manner as him—who were fighting to the death against four others, preventing them from interfering with the young man's actions.

Once Su Ming saw this, his eyes sparkled, and he turned into a long arc that charged to the ground. He traveled so fast that in just the span of a few breaths, he arrived among the eight people fighting against each other.

His level of cultivation surpassed theirs by a lot, and the moment he closed in, their expressions changed. It was especially so for the young man who was activating the altar, for even his pupils shrank in fear.

Booming sounds echoed in the air. Su Ming's arrival had stirred up a huge gust of wind that blew away all eight of the dueling cultivators. His body seemed to have turned into an afterimage when he appeared on the altar. He lifted his right hand, swung it, and immediately, the young man, who was already halfway into activating the altar, coughed up blood. He moved back swiftly without hesitation, and when he glared at Su Ming with a hateful gaze, he saw Su Ming standing on the altar with a jade slip on his left hand. He pushed it against the tree.

The eight people who were blown off turned their heads around and left in silence, not bothering to stay back. Even the young man with the hateful look did not say anything, choosing to leave immediately.

When the twenty breaths were over, a pillar of light appeared on the altar where Su Ming was. It shot into the sky, and when the sweet-smelling fragrance spread out, Su Ming sensed his cultivation base change again. A fierce glare appeared in his eyes, and when the fragrance disappeared, he turned into a long arc that charged into the distance.

An hour later, Su Ming had passed multiple altars in the first layer. He tried to leave Seven Moons Sect's Brand on the altars which had been activated with his jade slip, but while he had managed to change the pillar of light's color, no fragrance spread out, and it made Su Ming understand that the altars would only release it during the initial activation.

It seemed like a wave of spiritual aura had accumulated over a long period of time in the altar and was released once it was activated. That spiritual aura was useless to others, but to Su Ming, it was an incredibly valuable supplement!

He made some detailed calculations in his head. If he could activate all one hundred thousand altars, then the aura he could absorb would be enough for his cultivation to increase by a level!

But that was quite impossible. However… they were still in the first layer. There was also the second and third layers…

A brilliant sparkle shone in Su Ming's eye, and his heart had already become invigorated.

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Chapter 1438: Cut the Dao Paragon (1)

Su Ming did not give up on the matter of meeting at the rendezvous spot with Seven Moons Sect so that he could increase his level of cultivation and his Dao Spirit's aura by being the first to activate the altars. After all, Great Dao Paragons from the seven sects and twelve clans could enter the first layer. If he made a spectacle of himself, it would be difficult for him to not draw attention to himself.

And with Su Ming's identity, if he attracted too much attention in the first layer, he would run into dangers threatening his life. If he met a Great Dao Paragon, the dangers they posed would be especially great to Su Ming.

Which was why while the route Su Ming took seemed to be ever changing, he was still rushing to the gathering spot of Seven Moons Sect based on the guidelines provided in the jade slip. However, he would paid attention to his surroundings on the way to keep a lookout for altars that had yet to be activated.

When twelve hours were gone, it was one-sixth of the seventy-two hours provided to them in the first layer. As Su Ming charged forward, including the initial two he activated, he had already performed the initial activation for seven altars.

This number was already very high for a cultivator, but Su Ming seldom fought against others. He only did it to get the altars, and his eyes would shine with a cold glare at that time.

As he charged forward, he would occasionally check his jade slip. The spot where he was located was no longer far away from the rendezvous spot of Seven Moons Sect. He could reach it in about four hours.

Moments later, however, Su Ming suddenly came to a swift halt. His gaze fell on a sunken landmark. It was an altar which had yet to be activated, but when Su Ming saw it, he narrowed his eyes slightly.

About twelve hours had passed, and while there were still altars which had yet to be activated in the first layer of the shattered dimension, there weren't many of them, and most of those were in rather obscure places. The altar before Su Ming, however, was in a very obvious place, and it was impossible for no one to have found it till then.

Su Ming swept his gaze past the area, but he only stopped for a moment before he turned his head around Instead, he charged forward, intending to leave. That place was clearly a trap.

At the instant Su Ming was about to leave, a cold chuckle came from the altar. A figure dressed in a Daoist robe appeared from behind it. The man's gaze was like lightning, and when looked coldly at Su Ming, he took a step forward and closed in on him in an instant.

"Since you saw my altar, it won't be so easy for you leave."

A dark and cold voice echoed in the air, and a presence belonging to Dao Paragons was instantly released by the figure in the Daoist robe. The weather changed, the ground trembled, and that powerful presence instantly covered a circular area of ten thousand lis. The expression of the cultivators in the area changed the moment they noticed it, and they quickly fled.

Su Ming frowned. The presence belonging to Dao Paragons made him scowl, and he wanted to swiftly leave the area with the Feng Shui compass, but a thought appeared in his head at that moment, and he gave up on the idea. Instead, he turned around and cast a cold glare at the approaching figure.

It was an old man with an aquiline nose. The Daoist robe he wore was in black and white, the colors of the Yin Yang sign. It did not belong to One Dao Sect or Asura Clan… but Dualism Sect!

"I wonder, what business do you have with me, senior?" Su Ming asked flatly, and the incoming old man laughed coldly.

Just as he was about to speak, he swept his gaze past Su Ming's body and was suddenly stunned. Su Ming chose that moment to bring his right hand up, and the Space Whip immediately replaced the sky, turning it dark. At the same time, the shadow of the whip closed in on the old man before descending on him.

A loud bang shot up into the air. When Su Ming cracked the whip, he did not move back, but instead charged forward. Another loud bang followed after, causing the ground to tremble. Su Ming fell back, and blood trickled down the corners of his mouth. Once he landed on the ground, he lifted his head and clenched his right fist to throw a punch at the billowing dust before him.

Su Ming's will and his power in Dao Spirit Realm were gathered in that punch. The moment he threw it forward, the old man in the Daoist robe roared in anger from the dust fog. He instantly moved away.

He looked rather dishevelled, since his robes had already been torn to reveal a red whip mark. His eyes were red, and there was a faint hint of absent-mindedness in them. At that moment, he seemed to have forcefully suppressed that absent-minded state. A large amount of white fog surrounded him before it turned into a huge centipede in the air. That centipede was entirely white, and with a ferocious look, it charged towards Su Ming, crashing straight into his punch.

Booming sounds surged into the sky, and Su Ming coughed up blood. He moved back, and the white centipede shuddered. It became slightly duller, but it still charged towards Su Ming with killing intent. That was the power of a Dao Paragon. It was still something that Su Ming could not hope to win against, but if a Dao Paragon wanted to kill him, it would not be easy for them to do so.

The moment the centipede closed in on him, a fierce glare appeared in Su Ming's eyes, and he said flatly, "White Five."

The instant he said that name, a white figure appeared in front of him at an indescribable speed and crashed straight into the incoming centipede of fog.

Booming sounds shook the sky and earth, and the centipede of fog instantly crumbled to pieces. The old man's expression changed, and a grave look appeared in his eyes. He stared straight at the huge white dog which had appeared in front of Su Ming.

The white dog was also glaring at the old man with a fierce look. He knew this person, and they were even briefly acquainted to him in the past, but right then, White Five just felt livid. After all, if Su Ming died, the five of them would all die with him. There was no way for them to run away from it.

Right then, forget that White Five had been acquainted with the old man before, even if they were from the same sect, White Five would still attack him without hesitation. It opened its mouth wide and let out a howl before it charged forth, straight at the old man.

"What is this Spirit Beast?!"

The old man's pupils shrank, and his heart trembled. He could tell that the white dog had the power of a Dao Paragon, and it left him in a state of disbelief. Such Spirit Beasts were incredibly rare in Ancient Zang, but in the blink of an eye, he found an answer to his own question. With Seven Moons Sect's power, it was not impossible for them to obtain such a Spirit Beast for the third prince.

"No matter what, an animal is just an animal!"

The old man laughed coldly. When he lifted his right hand, a layer of frost appeared under his feet. It soon cracked, as if numerous centipedes had appeared under his feet.

White Five barked then, and a huge bronze cauldron appeared around him. It had numerous pictures of various fierce creatures. The next moment, the pictures on the cauldron came to life. They filled the sky and charged at the old man, whose pupils had shrank even more and who was slightly shocked.

At that moment, Su Ming spoke faintly.

"White One."

When he said that name, a ray of white light came charging in from behind the old man. At the moment he noticed it, the old man was stunned to his feet.

'He-he has one more?! And it's also a Dao Paragon?!'

The old man's heart let out a thump, and he immediately wanted to retreat. The desire to escape had arisen in him right then.

When White One and White Five charged at him, Su Ming's gaze was full of powerful killing intent. He could already sense that White Three (the second one) and White Four were not far from him. They would close in on them around ten breaths later. Only White Three (the first one) was slightly further away.

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Chapter 1439: Cut the Dao Paragon (2)

Boom!

When a loud bang resounded in the air, it stirred up the world and caused the air to distort. When countless ripples spread out, the old man coughed up blood, and fell backwards. After him, two white figures charged forth.

Naturally, they were White One and White Five. These two white dogs were Dao Paragons, and when they charged, their divine abilities filled the air. The old man suddenly felt like he was not facing two Spirit Beasts, but two Dao Paragons who were at the same level of cultivation as him, just with bizarre forms!

'Damn it, where did Seven Moons Sect get these two incredibly valuable Spirit Beasts?! Damn it!'

The old man's face was incredibly dark, but he did not have time to even wipe off the blood at the corners of his mouth. At that moment, he could only think about fleeing instead of how to kill Su Ming. The only thought in his mind was to leave as quickly as possible.

He could engage in a fight with a single white dog, but when two of them appeared, the old man knew that it was completely impossible for him to kill Su Ming… unless the two white dogs did not possess high intelligence. Only then would he stand a chance, but when they exchanged blows, the old man immediately felt his heart tremble, because he had the feeling that the two Spirit Beasts were just like cultivators.

When he retreated, a cold sneer appeared at the corners of Su Ming's lips. Killing intent shone in his eyes, and when he took a step forward, he charged towards the old man.

The old man stared at Su Ming, and his speed of withdrawal grew even faster.

"Today, I will let you leave, now get out of my sight!"

The old man might have been shocked and felt apprehensive at the two dogs' level of cultivation, but he still had an arrogant look on his face. When he spoke, his air of self-assumed superiority was still present.

He was certain that the third prince's level of cultivation was not high enough. Even with the two white dogs, the third prince would not dare to pursue him too tightly, and he would definitely not want to stall for time either. After all, he had a unique status. If he stayed in one place for too long, he would attract other people's attention. This was something the third prince would not want to face.

Because of that, the old man was certain that the third prince would give up on making things hard for him.

"But I don't want to let you leave," Su Ming said in a flat voice while rushing forward with killing intent shining in his eyes.

The old man snorted coldly, but right when he did so, he sensed two more Dao Paragons' presences charging over from different directions.

"There are already other Dao Paragons coming to this place. Since you don't know what's good for you, you might as well never leave this place again."

The old man chuckled coldly, but he did not stop and continued retreating. He wanted to wait until the two other cultivators with the presences of Dao Paragons arrived. As long as they were not from Seven Moons Sect, the third prince would surely face a disaster.

A glint shone in Su Ming's eyes, and his lips curled up into a faint smile. When the old man saw his expression, his eyes immediately shrank. An ominous feeling rose in his heart when he saw two rays of white light charge towards them .

Within those two rays of white light were two large white dogs!

At the moment he saw them clearly, the old man's expression changed drastically. His heart trembled in a manner of a monstrous storm. He felt that his eyes were playing tricks on him. When he looked forward swiftly, he found that the two white dogs which were previously beside Su Ming were still around.

'F-four?! That's impossible! How could it be possible for anyone to find four Spirit Beasts who look exactly the same in all of Ancient Zang, and they're all Dao Paragons to boot?!'

The old man's heart was filled with shock at that moment. Without any hesitation, he bit the tip of his tongue, coughed up a mouthful of blood, and used all his cultivation base to flee swiftly.

He could no longer fight. No matter how conceited he was, he did not have the courage to fight against four white dogs who shared the same level of cultivation as him. In fact, a powerful sense that he was about to die had already risen from the depths of his heart. It was not Su Ming's disaster, but his!

At the instant he moved in a flash and was about to leave into the distance, Su Ming lifted his right hand, and the Space Whip immediately replaced the sky. It charged towards the old man, and with a loud bang, it struck him. With the hit stalling him, the four white lights immediately rushed up at him.

They were so fast that the old man simply did not have time to flee. With bloodshot eyes, he growled, and loud booming sounds shook the sky and earth, stirring up dust fog that swept outwards in every direction. The old man coughed up blood, and his right arm shattered. He let out a shrill cry, and nine jade slips that had appeared in front of him at some unknown point in time crumbled to dust. With the power brought forth by the jade slips when they broke, his body was sent flying backwards.

The four white dogs charged forth again and were about to close in on the old man, and despair showed up in his eyes.

At that moment, the Feng Shui compass suddenly manifested under Su Ming's feet and rushed forward. The Feng Shui compass charged forth at a speed that made even Su Ming's heart tremble. It was so fast that Su Ming instantly surpassed the four white dogs.

In fact, before the old man could even notice him, Su Ming had already appeared in front of him. At that moment, it was as if Su Ming had forced his way and occupied the old man's eyes. His reflection had completely overtaken the old man's pupils.

The old man was stunned. The next moment, Su Ming lifted his right hand and pushed his palm at the spot between the old man's eyebrows. At the same time, the four white dogs arrived simultaneously. Booming sounds shot into the air, and the old man's limbs were all clamped down tightly between the four white dogs' jaws.

Their teeth sank deep into the old man's flesh, and immediately, the old man's cultivation base was sealed, causing him to be unable to move even the slightest bit. He widened his eyes, which went red from terror. The old man let out a shrill scream of pain which spread through a circular area of ten thousand lis. The hearts of the cultivators who had left trembled, and they quickly went even farther away.

As the screams of pain continued, the old man's body rapidly withered away. His life force, cultivation base, and even his soul all charged into Su Ming's body through the Brand on his right palm.

Su Ming's injuries quickly recovered. In the blink of an eye, he was completely healed. When he let go of the old man, the old man's shrill screams had already disappeared, and he had turned into a mummy.

The Brand of the crescent moon on Su Ming's palm was shining with a dark light at that moment. While Su Ming could absorb the old man's cultivation base, he could not use it to increase his own. He could only use it to heal his injuries. However… he could gather the old man's cultivation base on the Brand, accumulating it to deliver a strike that would be equivalent to one that could be used by the old man was at the peak of his form.

Su Ming cast the mummy a cold glance, then looked away and took a step forward towards the altar that had yet to be activated. Twenty breaths later, when a pillar of light shot into the sky from the altar, a bright light shone in Su Ming's eyes. He turned around and brought the four white dogs with him to turn into long arcs that charged into the distance.

The return of the four white dogs allowed Su Ming to relax. As long as he did not run into any Great Dao Paragons, there would be no cultivators who could stop him.

'Just endure a little more. Once we get to the second layer, no Great Dao Paragon will be able to step into that place, and at that time, I will be able to fight for the altars!'

Su Ming's eyes sparkled. Even though some people would definitely use other methods to enter the second and third layers in the battle of Dao Verification and would be able to equip themselves with combat prowess that far surpassed their levels of cultivation, just like Su Ming did with his five white dogs, Su Ming was still rather confident that he could have the world at the palm of his hand when he was in the second and third layers.

In truth, that was indeed the case. For Seven Moons Sect, the hardest was the first layer, because all the Great Dao Paragons from each sect would appear in this layer, and it was impossible for Seven Moons Sect to obtain any sort of advantage.

However, it was different in the second layer. If no accidents occurred in the second layer, then with Gu Tai's level of cultivation, he could stand superior to all others.

'I still need to be careful in the first layer.'

As Su Ming thought that, he brought the four white dogs into the distance. When two more hours passed. Su Ming looked at the jade slip before him. Based on the markers on the slip, he would need about two more hours before he could get to Seven Moons Sect's rendezvous point.

Right then, there were all sorts of fights in the first layer. Pillars of light appeared in the world, and from the distance, Su Ming found that there were one hundred thousand of them. Clearly, all of them had been activated, and right then, all the sects and clans were fighting for them.

Su Ming shifted his gaze away and charged forward, but right then, his heart suddenly trembled. He had a feeling that someone had set their sights on him. When their gaze landed on him, Su Ming felt his heart tremble in fear.

"Hmm?"

A faint voice traveled out of empty air, and right after, a figure walked out. It was a teenager who appeared to be about thirteen or fourteen years old. He was dressed in a long white robe, and when he walked out of the air, he looked at Su Ming with a grin.

"I am One Dao Sect's Lin Dong Dong. Greetings, third prince."

The teenager might have seemed young, but there was an ancient tone to his voice. When he spoke, the world around Su Ming showed signs of freezing, as if it had been sealed.

Great Dao Paragon! Only Great Dao Paragons would possess this sort of power.

This was not the first time Su Ming had met a Great Dao Paragon. Sen Mu was not the first Great Dao Paragon he met when that person came to Seven Moons Sect either. In truth, the first Great Dao Paragon Su Ming met was Immortal Qing Han, but since the old man had been around, Immortal Qing Han had been reduced to an incredibly pathetic state. Still, Su Ming had never underestimated the Great Dao Paragons of Ancient Zang—who numbered to less than thirty—because of it.

It could be said that each Great Dao Paragon was a powerful warrior who stood at the peak of Ancient Zang. Without the ninth level Dao Gods, the Great Dao Paragons… were at the peak of the level of cultivation.

"Third prince, why are you in such a hurry? Since we met, we must be bound by destiny. Why don't you come with me?"

When the teenager spoke with a smile, he walked to Su Ming in the sky. With each step he took, the world would tremble. In fact, if he wanted to, it seemed as if with just one thought, he could flip the world over its head.

Su Ming was silent. The pupils of the four white dogs beside him had already shrunk. The world around him had been sealed, which seemed to say that his fate of encountering a life-threatening disaster was already set in stone.

When the teenager began to walk over, Su Ming lifted his head. He brought his right hand up and pushed down at the area before his feet. With it, the most powerful strike from the old man which Su Ming had bound into the Brand on his right palm immediately erupted with a bang.

At the same time, the four white dogs howled. They brought forth their strongest power and delivered their most powerful strike at the frozen world.

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Chapter 1440: The Second Layer

When Su Ming attacked and the four white dogs delivered their strongest hit, the world around Su Ming looked like it was about to crumble. A large amount of contortions appeared, and Su Ming rushed forth. At that moment, the feeling that the area had been sealed became much weaker, but right when he was about to escape—

The teenager smiled with his expression as calm as ever. He took a step forward, and immediately, the world instantly froze again. The effect quickly enveloped a circular area of nearly one million lis.

"The world in one million lis has been frozen. How… will you escape?"

When the teenager said those words with a smile, there was a hint of derision in his eyes.

"Perhaps you can try to escape, if you like a game of chase, that is." As the teenager spoke, he did not immediately approach Su Ming. Instead, he took a few steps to the side, opening the path ahead for Su Ming.

"Hey, I'll give you ten breaths. Ten breaths later, I'll first kill the white dogs beside you. With each ten breaths, I will kill one of them, and forty breaths later, I will capture you."

There was still a smile on the teenager's face, but his aloof tone caused a murderous glare to shine in Su Ming's eyes.

"One…" The teenager shook his head. At the moment he spoke, the Feng Shui compass appeared under Su Ming's feet. It grew larger at a very rapid pace, and in the blink of an eye, it grew to be one hundred feet big. The runic symbols on it protruded on the surface and began shining. With one thought from Su Ming, the Feng Shui compass immediately buzzed and shot forward.

The Feng Shui compass' speed was supposed to be extremely fast, but when the world around it had been frozen, it felt as if countless threads had surrounded it, preventing it from traveling too quickly. Su Ming could still hear the teenager's voice echo in his ears.

"Two…"

"Three…"

"Four…"

As the Feng Shui compass charged forward, the feeling of being toyed around caused Su Ming's expression to turn dark. The killing intent in his heart had already become incredibly strong, but the disparity in their strength gave him no way to vent his killing intent, even though it had already become so strong that it was boiling in him.

"Ten!" the voice said.

When Su Ming turned his head around, he saw the teenager appear right behind himself, and his right hand was already around White One's neck. He shot a smile at Su Ming and squeezed the dog, but right then, madness appeared in White One's eyes, and it instantly chose to self-destruct.

Booming sounds reverberated through the air and turned into a powerful wave of impact that swept up Su Ming and his Feng Shui compass, immediately pushing them into the distance. It also put the teenager in direct line of fire. His robes fluttered rapidly, but he still remained standing at the spot where the impact was the strongest. A hint of astonishment appeared in his eyes.

"It… can self-destruct? This isn't a Spirit Beast. This is… a cultivator?"

When the teenager mumbled those words under his breath, his eyes shone swiftly. Clearly, even someone like him had not expected that the white dogs beside Su Ming would be cultivators!

Red appeared in Su Ming's eyes. He did not say a single word, but his heart was already overflowing with killing intent. White One might have been his enemy in the past, but ever since the old man turned him into a white dog, it has been very respectful to Su Ming. Yet right before Su Ming's eyes, it was forced to self-destruct.

This scene… would not have affected Su Ming's heart before, but the feeling of helplessness in the face of the powerful caused him to remember Harmonious Morus Alba, where all the people he cared about had died under Xuan Zang's single hit.

At that time, he had also been powerless!

Once that feeling rose in him, it caused Su Ming to throw his head back and let out a shrill cry as his Feng Shui compass charged forward.

"One Dao Sect! ONE DAO SECT!"

White One's self-destruction created a wave of impact that was beyond the teenager's expectations. While it could not affect him, it pushed Su Ming and the Feng Shui compass out of the sealed world. His speed increased exponentially, and in the blink of an eye, he was already one hundred thousand lis away.

"You sure run fast, but… Hmm?"

The teenager lifted his head and looked at the spot where Su Ming had fled to with a cold glare. His lips curled up into a chilling smile. With one step, he moved, intending to give chase, but suddenly, he came to a stop. Around him, or more accurately speaking in an area of one million lis around him, snowflakes had started floating down.

Once they appeared, a chilling presence immediately filled the entire area. Su Ming had been one hundred thousand lis away as the Feng Shui compass continued charging forward by then, but he too saw the snowflakes drifting down.

"Today, I will repay my debt to you for not going through the door on that day. From now on, we owe each other nothing."

A woman's voice rang out in the world, and Su Ming recognized it. It belonged to Immortal Qing Han.

When her voice echoed in the air, the snowflakes in the area of one million lis instantly swept past Su Ming to form a huge wall of ice and snow behind him. At the same time, the seal in the world of one million lis crumbled, allowing the speed of Su Ming's Feng Shui compass to instantly recover.

"I see, so it's Immortal Qing Han. It's been a long while… But you actually stopped me? Could it be that you are somewhat interested in them?"

When the teenager's voice traveled languidly, Su Ming had fled into the distance on his Feng Shui compass. By his ears, he heard Immortal Qing Han's faint and aloof voice.

"I owe this person a debt of kindness. Fellow Daoist Lin, I hope you do not mind to please step down."

Su Ming could not hear the subsequent conversation. The Feng Shui compass charged through the world and left into the distance. While sitting on it, Su Ming remained silent, but the madness and killing intent had become so strong that it filled his entire body. His murderous aura reached a monstrous degree.

'I will definitely obtain the Phala, and once I eat it, I will obtain the power of a Dao Paragon… and will never have to feel this powerless again!

'One Dao Sect… One Dao Sect! Until the day I will destroy you, I will not rest even if I die. I cannot hope to stand against Great Dao Paragons, but when I'm in the second and third layers, I will definitely make One Dao Sect pay!

'Once I become a Dao Paragon, I will go and find Lin Dong Dong, and I will… make him suffer the consequences!'

The killing intent in Su Ming's was astonishing. When he thought about those things in his heart, he saw the gathering spot for Seven Moons Sect in the distance.

There were only eighty thousand out of the two hundred thousand cultivators from Seven Moons Sect at that spot. Gu Tai was also there. When everyone saw the Feng Shui compass with Su Ming, their gazes immediately gathered on it. Immediately after, Gu Tai sensed the incredible killing intent surging around Su Ming.

He did not ask Su Ming about it. All sorts of things happened in the chaotic first layer. It was not a bad matter either, since only when it happened could a person's bloodlust be triggered.

When Su Ming approached Seven Moons Sect's gathering spot, the Feng Shui compass under his body vanished, and he charged to the people of Seven Moons Sect. Once he drew close to them, he did not speak, but instead chose to sit down on the ground with his eyes closed to suppress the murderous intent that was on the verge of explosion in his heart.

As time trickled by, Gu Tai and all the great sect elders of Seven Moons Sect would occasionally lead some people to venture outwards. Gu Tai's jade slip flashed nonstop, sending his messages to the sects and clans which had formed a union with Seven Moons Sect.

With the strength of the union gathered together, Seven Moons Sect was guaranteed to smoothly enter the second layer. In the blink of an eye, twenty something hours passed. The limit of seventy-two hours was fast approaching. Gu Tai's expression became more solemn, and the Seven Moons Sect disciples in the area continued coming in and leaving without stop. Sometimes, there would be about one hundred thousand something people in the gathering spot, and at other times, there would only be thousands of them.

When the final two hours arrived, the number of disciples in Seven Moons Sect had already dwindled to less than one hundred thousand. More than half of them had died. Even though their bodies could not be seen, but based on the other people's expressions, it was easy to tell that the battles had been incredibly devastating.

It could be said that the one hundred thousand pillars of light in the world were changing ownership every half an hour, yet no sect or clan managed to have fifty thousand altars in their possession. Once the final, most critical two hours passed, the one hundred thousand pillars of light in the first layer swayed. Moments later, a huge vortex formed in the sky.

When it rotated with loud bangs, a huge black hole appeared within it. Right after, nearly thirty thousand of the one hundred thousand pillars of light instantly extinguished. At the same time, a powerful suction force came out from the black hole. It did not descend onto the ground, but only to the region where One Dao Sect was, bringing all the cultivators from One Dao Sect into the black hole in the vortex.

Then, another thirty thousand pillars of light extinguished. Asura Clan became the second clan who had the right to step into the second layer. Once the cultivators from Asura Clan flew into the black hole, the third sect who had the right to enter was revealed. It was… Seven Moons Sect!

More than ten thousand pillars of light lost their light, and Seven Moons Sect, including Su Ming, immediately sensed the suction force from the vortex in the sky. Their bodies instantly flew up and headed to the black hole.

There were only thirty thousand something pillars of light left after Seven Moons Sect was gone, and there was no longer any sect or clan who had more than ten thousand pillars of light in their possession. This was not because their sects or clans did not have enough power, but because this time, due to the existence of the three camps in the battle of Dao Verification and the competition between successors, which led to the exchange of mutual benefits, those sects and clans had given up on the chance to participate in the battle.

Or else, with how much One Dao Sect and Asura Clan were trying to stop Seven Moons Sect, it would have been very difficult for Seven Moons Sect to earn the right to enter the second layer.

At that moment, only One Dao Sect, Asura Clan, and Seven Moons Sect were in the second layer. They would launch a crazed battle there, and from then on… the disciples of the sect or clan who won the battle would become the first to enter the third layer!

After all, the disciples who became the first to enter the third layer would have a much greater chance to obtain the Phala. It would mean that they had gained the initiative. If they could turn that initiative into an advantage step by step, then they would naturally be successful in seizing the Phala!

'One Dao Sect!'

Once nearly four hundred thousand cultivators from the sects and clan stepped into the second layer, they were split up like in the first layer.

Killing intent flashed in Su Ming's eyes. When he looked around himself, he saw that the second layer was no longer a vast empty wasteland like the first layer. Instead, there were countless rocks floating in the sky.

Those floating stones seemed to be connected to the sky, and there was no end to them. Clearly, everyone had to step on the stones to charge to the sky.

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Chapter 1441: Only Kill One Dao Sect!

Su Ming stood up in the second layer. Over here, even if the Great Dao Paragons descended by some unknown method, it would still be absolutely impossible for them to act as outrageously as they did in the first layer. They would definitely suffer some form of interference.

And it was the place where Su Ming would begin his slaughter!

When killing intent filled his eyes, he spread out his divine sense to check the regions where the four white dogs were. In just the time it takes for half an incense stick to burn, a ray of white light charged over and appeared besides Su Ming. It was the three-legged White Three.

The other three white dogs were rushing to Su Ming from farther locations.

Su Ming moved and brought White Three to charge towards the stone above him. About an hour later, killing intent shone in his eyes. Before him, he saw three disciples from Seven Moons Sect fighting against two people from One Dao Sect for an altar.

There were ten thousand altars in the second layer, and the rules were the same as in the first layer. Within seventy-two hours, the sect or clan with the most altars occupied would have the right to enter the third layer first.

The altars there were even more simple and primitive. The petrified trees on them were also thicker. If Su Ming was to compare them by their ages, then if the trees in the first layer were ten years old, then the trees here would be one hundred years old.

At the instant Su Ming saw the two cultivators from One Dao Sect, he took a step forward and closed in on one of them. When he walked past that person, he had seized that cultivator's neck. With one squeeze, a loud crack rang out. The cultivator's eyes immediately went wide, and when he breathed his last, all his life force and cultivation base were instantly sucked out through the Brand on Su Ming's right hand.

The other One Dao Sect cultivator by the side had an expression of shock on his face at that moment. He looked as if he was about to move back, but a scream of pain tumbled out of his mouth instead, because White Three had pounced on him and began tearing through his body.

All of that happened so quickly that the three disciples from Seven Moons Sect were stunned and immediately became wary, but once they saw Su Ming's face, they let out a sigh of relief and wrapped their fists in their palms in Su Ming's direction. Then, the three of them turned into long arcs and left the place.

Su Ming looked at the altar and moved towards it. It took him a total of forty breaths to activate it. Right after, a large amount of sweet fragrance filled the air. When Su Ming sucked it in, his eyes shone brilliantly, and he turned around to leave into the distance.

He continued to charge forward. With White Three by his side, even if he ran into Dao Paragons, Su Ming would still have the power to fight back. However, as he continuously rushed to the sky, he did not run into any Dao Paragons on his way, only cultivators with other levels of cultivation. However, as long as he ran into those from One Dao Sect, Su Ming would not hesitate to kill them.

Every single time he attacked, Su Ming would absorb his target's cultivation base and their life force, causing the strongest hit accumulating in the Brand on his right hand to reach great power.

He killed nonstop. Wherever he went, the mummies left behind served as a testimony to his killing intent, but it was still not enough for him. Two hours later, he spread his will outwards with a loud bang in the second layer's sky. When it swept outwards in every direction, a glint shone in his eyes. He turned around and charged north. Over there, two cultivators were fighting against each other over an altar.

Su Ming did not know those two people, but based on their clothes, he could tell that one of them was from Asura Clan, and the other from One Dao Sect. Seeing a Dao Paragon from One Dao Sect was already enough for Su Ming to have killing intent boil in him.

When he rushed over, White Three was beside him. The moment the two Dao Paragons clashed against each other with their divine abilities and were forced back, the Feng Shui compass suddenly appeared under Su Ming's feet. His speed instantly increased exponentially, and he immediately charged to the Dao Paragon from One Dao Sect.

The Dao Paragon of One Dao Sect was a middle-aged man. At that moment, his expression was as dark as thunderclouds when he looked at Su Ming. When he frowned, Su Ming had already closed in on him. White Three was by his side.

Booming sounds instantly reverberated through the air at an astonishing volume, causing the pupils of the Dao Paragon from Asura Clan to shrink. Then, he too chose to attack.

The attacks from White Three and the Dao Paragon from Asura Clan immediately made the expression of the Dao Paragon from One Dao Sect to change drastically. Just as he was about to retreat, Su Ming appeared in front of him with an aloof expression.

Killing intent appeared in the eyes of the Dao Paragon from One Dao Sect. Su Ming's level of cultivation was not worth his attention. He lifted his right hand and went to strike him, but Su Ming brought up his right hand as well.

At the instant he touched the Dao Paragon, Su Ming jolted. He coughed up blood. His right arm's bones fractured, and his flesh felt as if it was about to be torn, but he forcefully suppressed the injuries. The price for it was that his body was instantly injured.

But his expression only grew even more ferocious. Not only did he not avoid the attack, he did not even bother about his injuries. Instead, he had the Brand on his right hand absorb the man's cultivation base and life force.

Immediately, the pupils of the Dao Paragon from One Dao Sect shrank, revealing a hint of shock. At the same time, White Three turned around and fixed its stare on the Dao Paragon from Asura Clan, who had been stunned by what Su Ming had done.

He had personally seen the right hand of the Dao Paragon from One Dao Sect wither. At the same time, Su Ming's injuries recovered. But it lasted for only the span of a few breaths.

The Dao Paragon from One Dao Sect roared and tore off his right arm. He then swiftly retreated with his gaze when he looked at Su Ming filled with fear.

'What is this Art?!' As he retreated, the Dao Paragon from One Dao Sect eyes filled with shock when he looked at Su Ming.

Su Ming's eyes shone when he looked at the Dao Paragon from One Dao Sect coldly. The absorption that lasted only a few breaths just then had been enough for his injuries to recover. Killing intent returned to his eyes, and he charged towards the Dao Paragon from One Dao Sect.

The Dao Paragon's heart trembled and he instinctively moved backwards, but right then, white light suddenly shone from behind him. It was White Four approaching the area. When booming sounds reverberated through the air, the Feng Shui compass under Su Ming's feet appeared, and he immediately arrived next to the Dao Paragon.

He brought his right hand up and pushed down on his shoulder, absorbing him immediately. The Dao Paragon turned around, intending to attack him, but White Four charged forth and engaged in a fight against him. By then, Su Ming had already moved back.

Just like that, as White Four was engaged in a fight against the Dao Paragon from One Dao Sect, Su Ming closed in on him six times. Each time, he would absorb some of his life force and cultivation base. When Su Ming closed in on the Dao Paragon for the seventh time, he did not even care about the Dao Paragon's resistance and simply pushed his right hand at the center of the man's brow. With it, the Dao Paragon shuddered and let out a shrill scream of pain before turning into a mummy.

The Dao Paragon from Asura Clan saw everything from the start to the end. His expression was incredibly sour. There was great wariness in his gaze when he looked at Su Ming.

"I only kill those from One Dao Sect," Su Ming said slowly while casting a glance at the Dao Paragon from Asura Clan. The two white dogs next to him cast the Dao Paragon from Asura Clan a fierce glare.

The Dao Paragon took a few steps backwards. He cast Su Ming a deep glance before turning around and leaving swiftly. He did not even bother about the altar. Clearly, the fight just then—Su Ming's ferociousness and the strangeness of his right hand—had already shocked him.

Su Ming activated the altar and absorbed the aura, then lowered his head and cast a glance at the Brand on his right palm. At that moment, the might of a Dao Paragon's full powered strike was contained in the Brand, and his eyes sparkled. When Su Ming turned around, he brought the two white dogs upwards. Two hours later, another white dog rushed to their side. With the three white dogs, Su Ming instantly left into the distance at his quickest speed.

All along the way, as long as he ran into cultivators from One Dao Sect, no matter what level of cultivation they possessed, Su Ming would immediately kill them, and it was especially so when he ran into another Dao Paragon from One Dao Sect.

When Su Ming attacked, he did not care about his injuries. As long as he had the chance, he would absorb the other's life force, and all his injuries would immediately recover. On the way, not only did he manage to absorb a large number of cultivation bases and life force from the cultivators, a blood-red moon had also appeared behind him!

The blood moon was formed by Seven Moons Sect's Art. When it appeared, it looked like Su Ming was in a sea of blood.

When another two hours passed, Su Ming heard the rumbles of a Rune. Amid the noise, he saw a huge stone of hundreds of thousands of feet big above him. At that moment, there were tens of thousands of cultivators who were fighting atop it!

There were twenty something altars on the huge stone, which was why that place had turned into a small battlefield. With a single glance, Su Ming could tell that Xu Zhong Fan, Dao Han, and the other people from Seven Moons Sect were fighting against one Dao Sect!

Su Ming's appearance and the blood-red moon immediately caused him to become the center of attention. In an instant… quite a number of people recognized him.

Xu Zhong Fan's expression changed. At that moment, a Dao Paragon from One Dao Sect laughed loudly and turned into a long arc that left Xu Zhong Fan's side to charge towards S Ming. At the same time, hundreds of cultivators behind him turned into long arcs that rushed towards Su Ming.

"You had plenty of other paths to take, but you took none of them and insisted on coming here. I'll kill you and perform a great meritorious service. I'll even earn myself a great kismet!"

The Dao Paragon from One Dao Sect was a bald man dressed in a long orange robe. While laughing long and hard, he closed in on Su Ming.

The eyes of the three white dogs beside Su Ming shone with a fierce glare at that moment. When they were about to charge forward, killing intent shone in Su Ming's eyes. At the instant the tens of thousands of people in the area looked over and Xu Zhong Fan rushed over, Su Ming moved forward and appeared right in front of the bald man.

He lifted his right hand, and the instant the light from his Brand appeared on his palm, it turned into a piercing light that shot into the sky. When that light filled the entire area, Su Ming brought his right hand downwards to collide with the bald man in the air.

Su Ming did not continue absorbing anyone's power. He wanted to kill until his reputation dripped with blood. He wanted to kill until he formed an imposing presence, especially in this large-scale batter of tens of thousands of people. He needed to have his reputation rise, which was why… he did not absorb any power, but released it!

Su Ming released the power that he had absorbed from hundreds of people, two of which were even Dao Paragon. In a moment, all of it erupted from his right hand.

Astonishing booms surged up, and they instantly caused the weather to change, the air to distort, and the shattered stones in the area to crumble to pieces before a powerful wave of impact that swept outwards against tens of thousands of people. All of their expressions changed drastically at once.

At the same time, the bald man's expression filled with disbelieving shock. He did not even have time to let out a shrill scream of pain. Right next to Su Ming's right hand, his body distorted and vanished. Even his soul was wiped off immediately!

Instantly killed!

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Chapter 1442: Fourth Level of Dao Spirit Realm

That strike was an accumulation of power Su Ming had gathered all along the way. Once he absorbed the cultivation bases and life force from hundreds of cultivators, he had struck with an astonishing power that could instantly kill a Dao Paragon!

Perhaps that strike would not be enough to pose a threat to a Great Dao Paragon, but to Dao Paragons, that explosive power could destroy their lives. It was especially for the bald man, who had been injured because he had been fighting against Xu Zhong Fan for a long time and who had clearly not treated Su Ming as a threat. Once he saw Su Ming, he immediately closed in to fight for the kismet, but in the end, he had only lost his life.

Su Ming's fight against the bald man was held in the air above the stone. The moment when the bald man's body and soul were destroyed, the battlefield instantly fell into silence. All the people looked at Su Ming in shock, and even Xu Zhong Fan came to an abrupt halt. With disbelief, he stared at Su Ming.

The pupils of Dao Han shrank, and a storm surged up in his heart.

If that was how the two of them reacted, it was even worse for the other two Dao Paragons from One Dao Sect. They sucked in a sharp breath, and when they looked at Su Ming, great shock showed up on their faces.

Neither of them expected that the third prince, who appeared to only be in the third level of Dao Spirit Realm… could instantly kill a Dao Paragon. The shock brought by such an event was too hard to describe with words.

The impact of it on the cultivators from One Dao Sect was also incredibly strong.

Dao Han's eyes shone with a glint, and he immediately shouted, "Seven Moons Sect, kill them!"

The moment he spoke, the cultivators from Seven Moons Sect felt their spirits rise. While roaring, they charged forward to fight against those from One Dao Sect.

Su Ming lifted his right hand. Immediately, the blood moon behind him phased through his body and appeared in front of him. Then, once Su Ming formed a seal and pointed forward, the blood moon exploded and turned into a blood-red sea that charged towards the cultivators of One Dao Sect.

Behind the red wave was Su Ming and the three white dogs by his side. They charged at the cultivators from One Dao Sect, and wherever they went, the Brand on Su Ming's right hand would absorb everyone.

Usually, when he touched a cultivator from One Dao Sect, that person's body would immediately shudder, and as they screamed shrilly, their bodies would instantly wither. Wisps of white smoke containing their life force and cultivation base would come out of their bodies, and since Su Ming was moving too quickly, those wisps looked to be chasing after him to be continuously absorbed by his right hand.

As more white smoke appeared, from the distance, it looked like Su Ming was surrounded by wisps of white smoke, and behind him were mummies littered all over the place!

"Kill them!" Su Ming growled.

His eyes were bloodshot, and his killing intent towards One Dao Sect had already reached a monstrous degree. This sect had come causing trouble for him time and again, and the battle right then allowed Su Ming to vent some of the anger in his heart, but this amount of slaughter was far from enough.

When Su Ming growled, the ten thousand something cultivators from Seven Moons Sect immediately roared with him.

"Kill them!!"

The cultivators from One Dao Sect were forced back, and more and more of them died. The two Dao Paragons felt their hearts pound in fear. A moment later, they cast each other a glance and instantly moved back, intending to leave.

But the next second, three white dogs flew out to stop them. As for Xu Zhong Fan and Dao Han, they did not pay attention to the two Dao Paragons, but instead brought with them the cultivators of Seven Moons Sect to launch an even more powerful charge against the rest of the survivors.

In the time it takes for half an incense stick to burn, the army of One Dao Sect was torn to pieces. There were less than two thousand of them left, and they scattered like panicked birds. As for the two Dao Paragons from One Dao Sect, one of them had managed to flee, but the other one had his cultivation base sealed, which filled him with despair, and as he screamed shrilly in pain, he turned into one of the mummies under the effect of the Brand on Su Ming's right hand.

"Third prince!"

"Third prince!"

The ten thousand something disciples from Seven Moons Sect looked at Su Ming with excitement while standing on the stone. When cheers rang out, Su Ming's voice echoed in the air.

"Call me Su Ming."

"Su Ming!"

"SU MING!!!"

Amid the thunderous cheers, the twenty altars on the rock were all activated. Su Ming immediately noticed that even if someone else activated the altars, as long as he was nearby, he could absorb the fragrance that spread out.

While Su Ming absorbed the fragrance from the twenty altars, his hair moved without wind. His level of cultivation instantly broke through the wall to the next level, and the fourth overlapping Dao Spirit in his third eye completely manifested!

It was no longer blurry or transparent, but a completely corporeal entity, just like the other three Dao Spirits. At the instant that happened, it merged with Su Ming's other three Dao Spirits, and at that moment, he finally reached a breakthrough in his level of cultivation, and from the third level of Dao Spirit Realm, he reached the fourth level of Dao Spirit Realm!

The increase in the number of Dao Spirits caused Su Ming's cultivation base to increase exponentially, and a piercing glare shone in his eyes. Previously, when he wanted to kill a Dao Paragon, he would have to get hurt during the process. If he did not have the white dogs by his side either, it would have been very difficult for him to absorb a Dao Paragon.

Yet right then, if he had enough time, even without the white dogs around, Su Ming could go and absorb a Dao Paragon.

His cultivation base erupted with a bang, and the whirlwind it formed swept out in every direction before heading to the nine heavens. A brilliant glare shone in Su Ming's eyes.

Once he reached the fourth level of Dao Spirit Realm, not only did the Feng Shui compass' speed increase, he could also make the Space Whip erupt with an even greater power, which almost closed the gap in strength between him and Dao Paragons!

"There are nine echelons of sky in the second layer, and we are already in the third echelon. The sect master should be above us. We have to make haste and get there!"

When Dao Han's voice echoed in the air, it reached the ears of all the cultivators around him. After hearing them, the eyes of the ten thousand something disciples filled with fire and madness.

If there were only one or two people involved in a battle, it would cause them to be nervous. If there were ten or eight people involved, they would search for a way to numb themselves to the feeling of anxiety and uneasiness. If there were one hundred people involved, they would become completely numb. But if there were thousands or tens of thousands of people involved, they would snap out of that apathy, and it would turn into excitement and hot-bloodedness.

That was the case for the cultivators from Seven Moons Sect at that moment. If they could continue winning without stop, their hot-bloodedness would boil even further in their bodies.

When Dao Han's voice echoed in the air, he heard the ten thousand something cultivators in the area roar at the same time.

"Kill them!"

Dao Han did not say more and swiftly flew up. The ten thousand something cultivators flew together with him to charge upwards. Su Ming too moved after them. When the Feng Shui compass beneath his feet brought him up, the three white dogs followed him and charged upwards as well.

They rushed forward, and wherever they went, as long as the opponents were less than one thousand, be they from One Dao Sect or Asura Clan, once they saw the cultivators from Seven Moons Sect, their faces would immediately change, and they would avoid them.

Su Ming could not pay attention to Asura Clan, but he was determined to vanquish One Dao Sect, and his determination grew stronger when the final white dog returned. With the four of them, while Su Ming was not invincible in the second layer, he was strong enough to pose a great threat to whoever decided to stand against him.

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Chapter 1443: Shocking Dao Paragons

Under Dao Han and Xu Zhong Fan's lead, the ten thousand something Seven Moons Sect cultivators charged above. Wherever they went, there would be endless slaughter. Booming sounds rose up, causing the world to seem to be under the plague of powerful tremors.

Then, a huge stone platform appeared above their heads. It was one million feet tall, and there were tens of thousands of cultivators on it, fighting against each other. They were composed of Asura Clan, One Dao Sect, and the army of cultivators led by Seven Moons Sect's great sect elders.

However, it was clear that Seven Moons Sect was at a disadvantage. They were being forced back bit by bit, causing the battlefield on the stone platform to turn into a warzone primarily for One Dao Sect and Asura Clan to fight against each other.

When Dao Han brought his ten thousand something cultivators to the area, they immediately attracted the attention of the other cultivators on the platform. Then, as those gazes were directed at them, the cultivators from Seven Moons Sect immediately cheered with their spirits rekindled.

"Kill them!" One Dao Sect roared, and Asura Clan too had clearly made their decision just then.

They immediately stopped fighting against One Dao Sect and charged towards the cultivators from Seven Moons Sect. It was obvious that the two wanted to first suppress those from Seven Moons Sect.

After all, if they were to assess the situation based on who had more advantages, then Gu Tai, with his Seven Moons Sect, had some advantages in hand while he was in the second layer within the shattered dimension.

The instant the three sides engaged in a chaotic battle and the sounds of battle rose up, Dao Han's eyes shone. He flew out and delivered a message into Su Ming's heart.

"This is the sixth echelon. Above us is the seventh, eighth, and ninth echelons. Each echelon has a platform larger than the previous one. The sect master is somewhere there. I don't know exactly in which echelon he is located, but we will stop the others in this place. You… have to go there quickly!"

When Dao Han finished speaking, he brought the cultivators from Seven Moons Sect to charge into the armies formed by One Dao Sect and Asura Clan. Right after, booming sounds surged into the sky.

Su Ming lifted his head and cast a glance at the area above him. Through the endless space, he could vaguely see an even larger platform above him, but it was quite far away from him. If he wanted to go there, he would need some time.

Without any hesitation, he moved, and instantly brought the four white dogs with him to charge towards the seventh echelon, but right when Su Ming flew out, two people flew out simultaneously from Asura Clan and One Dao Sect. In the blink of an eye, they closed in on Su Ming. One of them was a man and the other woman, and they were both Dao Paragons.

Once they flew out, the sky howled, and they rushed up from the ground like two shooting stars going against gravity to crash into space. They were so quick that the moment they approached, they had already brought forth their cultivation bases and divine abilities.

The Dao Paragon from One Dao Sect was an old man, and his expression was dark and sinister. When he attacked, the area around him glittered with what looked like stars, as if a sky had appeared out of nowhere around him. Every single one of the stars were refined by his divine ability.

The woman from Asura Clan appeared to only be twenty years old, but the cold glare in her eyes, and the feeling of age about her made it clear that she was an old monster as well. The moment she flew out, she swung her hand, and a string of bells appeared on her wrist. The sound of them echoed clearly in the air.

Immediately, countless phoenixes the color of rainbows surrounded her, as if they had been led out of the void. Then, with piercing shrieks, they charged towards Su Ming.

A freezing glare shone in Su Ming's eyes. Immediately, two of the four white dogs charged towards the woman from Asura Clan. The eyes of the other two shone with fierce glares, and they instantly closed in on the incoming old man from One Dao Sect. Booming sounds immediately shook the sky and earth, and those sounds turned into waves of impact that pushed out in every direction, as if there was a violent gust of wind howling in the area.

The pupils of the old man from One Dao Sect shrank, but he was not the first one to be shocked by the white dogs beside Su Ming. While he retreated swiftly, Su Ming appeared behind him with the Feng Shui compass beneath him.

When he lifted his right hand, he pushed his palm flat against the old man, who turned around swiftly. Killing intent shone in his eyes, and he brought his left hand up as well. Immediately, countless stars manifested in front of him and charged towards Su Ming.

Booming sounds rose once more at an astonishing volume. Blood trickled out of the corners of Su Ming's mouth, but he did not retreat. Instead, he moved forward. As for the old man from One Dao Sect, he had a hint of shock appear on his face. He knew clearly that he had lost about one-tenth of his cultivation base in that attack just then, but the cultivation base he lost did not scatter into the air. It had instead been absorbed by the third prince.

This event immediately caused him to become wary. When he saw that Su Ming had drawn close to him without caring about his own injuries, the old man's eyes shrank. He was just about to fall back, but the two white dogs had closed in on him from the sides.

Another astonishing bang shot up then, and ripples distorted the air. With shock in his eyes, the old man coughed up a mouthful of blood and tumbled back swiftly. Behind him was Su Ming, chasing after him with an aloof expression.

The old man's heart filled with shock once more. The exchange of blows just then had allowed him to notice that about two-tenths of his cultivation base had been sucked out. If he added what he lost earlier, he had already lost three-tenths of his cultivation base.

Because of that, shock and terror showed up on his face when he saw Su Ming draw close to him. At that moment, he no longer had the leisure to care about his status and immediately fell back.

Hence, to others, it looked as if the old man was terrified of Su Ming and was hastily retreating. It was immediately noticed by the woman from Asura Clan, and grave look appeared on her face. If something abnormal occurred, then there had to be something wrong. If a Dao Paragon was pursued by a cultivator in Dao Spirit Realm, there was definitely something wrong, because this matter was simply too inconceivable and beyond comprehension!

Su Ming cast a cold glance at the swiftly fleeing old man. When he shifted his gaze to direct his attention to the woman from Asura Clan, who had witnessed the entire affair, she instinctively took a few steps back. Even though she was a Dao Paragon, when Su Ming looked at her, she remembered the shocked expression on the face of the old man from One Dao Sec.

Su Ming did not continue chasing after the old man. When he looked away, he brought the four white dogs to his side and charged upwards. Right then, no one dared to stop him. A strange atmosphere immediately filled the battlefield, because all the cultivators had seen Su Ming chase down the Dao Paragon from One Dao Sect.

The woman from Asura Clan did not try to stop him from leaving. As for the old man from One Dao Sect, he had already retreated ten thousand feet away from where he had previously been. His face was pale and his expression sullen. However, he could only watch Su Ming leave into the distance. Only when he saw Su Ming leave the area did he let out a sigh of relief in his heart.

While the old man felt aggrieved, when he remembered Su Ming's terrifying divine ability, he immediately made his decision to never easily provoke the third prince if he ran into him in the future.

'This person… is too strange. Those three-tenths of power I lost did not just disappear, but were completely absorbed. I will need to spend at least one thousand years before I can replenish them.'

The old man felt slightly bitter in his heart, but that bitterness quickly turned into a thought that shocked him.

With the four white dogs in tow, Su Ming charged upwards in a long arc. When the time it takes for half an incense stick to burn had passed, he saw the huge platform belonging to the seventh echelon above him.

There were also tens of thousands of cultivators on that platform. They were fighting against each other and preventing all the people from the other party from rising into the sky, to where the eighth echelon was.

The instant Su Ming appeared, some cultivators immediately saw him. They threw multiple divine abilities at him, and the four white dogs surrounded him, creating a layer of white light that caught all the divine abilities. When booming sounds shot up, Su Ming leapt up with not a single hair on his person harmed. He did not immediately head to the eighth echelon above him, but instead, swept through the place, spilling blood all over the ground.

He only killed cultivators from One Dao Sect. As for Asura Clan, unless they took the initiative and attacked him, Su Ming did not even spare them a single glance. With the four white dogs surrounding him, he moved through the place with the ease of a hot knife slicing through butter. All the life force and cultivation base from the people he killed were absorbed by the Brand on his right hand.

The Space Whip howled and let out loud bangs around Su Ming. Every single time Su Ming cracked the whip, all the cultivators around him would fall into a daze as if they had lost their souls, which allowed Su Ming to charge through at a faster speed.

He continued doing so until a gaze that was as electrifying as lightning landed on his person from the crowd in the distance. Su Ming came to a swift halt upon feeling it and released his grip on One Dao Sect cultivator's neck. He did not pay any attention to the now mummified corpse collapsing to the ground, but turned his head around to look towards the spot where the gaze came from—the battlefield where tens of thousands of cultivators were fighting.

He saw a young man with a handsome face dressed in a huge yellow robe. While standing there, he was protected by other cultivators, but in his right hand, he held a helmet with two ferocious horns. His long hair fluttered in the wind when his gaze met Su Ming's on the battlefield.

"Brother!" The young man had a smile on his face. When he spoke faintly, his voice landed in the battlefield and traveled to Su Ming's ear.

Su Ming's expression remained the same. The second prince had yet to become a Dao Paragon, but he was already at the fifth level of Dao Spirit Realm. He was only a step away from becoming a Dao Paragon, but that one step was definitely not easy to take, which was why the Phala was incredibly important to him.

"It's been many years since we last met, my dear brother," the young man in the huge yellow robe said in a murmur, and the four old men by his side instantly cast their gazes on Su Ming.

Those four old men were all Dao Paragons!

"Our eldest brother is in the eighth echelon, based on the original plan, I was supposed to let you head to the eighth echelon, but since you and I met in this place… Once I saw you, I suddenly changed my mind. What say you… to a fight between us?"

A dark light shone in the young man's left eye, but his right eye was murky as if there was a vortex contained in it. When he looked at Su Ming, his words echoed in the battlefield, and immediately, the cultivators between the two of them were all pushed away by a force they could not fight against.

Immediately, a path was cleared between the two princes.

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Chapter 1444: Battle Against the Second Prince

At the instant the path appeared, the four old men beside the second prince took a step forward, turned into four long arcs, and charged towards the four white dogs beside Su Ming.

The four white dogs possessed the presence belonging to Dao Paragons. When Su Ming slaughtered his way into the platform, he had long since been noticed by the four old men. When they drew close, the eyes of the four white dogs shone with a fierce glare. They too charged out.

Booming sounds surged into the sky. They were the loud, intense sounds created by the fight between the four white dogs and the four Dao Paragons.

At the same time, the second prince lifted his chin slightly. There was a slight hint of arrogance on his face, and he put the helmet in his hand to the side. With a swing of his arm, he turned into a long yellow arc that charged towards Su Ming.

Su Ming's expression was calm. He cast a cold glance at the incoming second prince. Since the start to the end, he never said a single word, but at that moment, when he lifted his right hand, the Space Whip immediately caused the world to change, as if countless stars had filled the space around him. Once all those stars connected with one another, they turned into the shadow of a whip whose one end was in the sky, and the other end was in Su Ming's right hand.

The Feng Shui compass manifested under Su Ming's feet as well. He took a step forward, and he was so fast that he instantly crashed into the second prince in the empty space formed after the tens of thousands of people scattered outwards.

The second prince formed a seal with his right hand and pointed forward. A dragon's roar immediately came from behind him, and it sounded incredibly astonishing. The air distorted, and a huge yellow dragon appeared with a roar that could make the world tremble. It phased through the second prince's body and appeared in front of him to swallow Su Ming.

Su Ming brought his right hand up and swung his arm. The world immediately rumbled. The Space Whip shone before it cracked down on the yellow dragon. The moment the yellow dragon roared, the shadow of the whip swept it up.

When Su Ming swung his arm, the yellow dragon that charged towards him was forced to change its direction. It went charging past him on the right, and from a distance, it looked like Su Ming had shot past the yellow dragon to lift his left hand and punch the second prince.

Booming sounds instantly shook the sky, and the second prince's robes fluttered. In the face of Su Ming's punch coming towards him, he brought his right hand up and responded with a punch of his own.

The two of them had hundreds of feet between them. Their punches both landed in the air, but both brought forth a loud bang that was deafening to the ears.

As the loud bang echoed in the air, an impact swept out in every direction. It landed on Su Ming, forcing him back hundreds of feet, and it also landed on the second prince, making him take a dozen steps backwards.

"As expected of my younger brother… you are worthy of me bringing out my true power!"

The second prince's eyes shone. When he moved back, he brought his right hand up and seized the air behind him. The helmet immediately flew to him. Once the second prince caught it, he put it over his head. At the instant he wore the helmet, a shrill and ferocious roar tumbled out of his mouth.

At the same time the roar appeared, the second prince's body grew. His robes were torn, and he was reduced to a bloody mess, but he grew to be one hundred feet tall. When he let out another shocking roar, banging sounds came from his body, and he grew from one hundred feet tall to three hundred feet tall. His robes had long since disappeared to reveal green skin, and a black set of armor had appeared on his huge body!

The armor was astonishing to behold. It covered most of his body, and when it was matched with the helmet, it caused all the people who saw the second prince to feel as if they were looking at an ancient evil deity.

Once the three hundred something feet tall second prince let out a roar, powerful waves spread out in the world. They landed like violent gusts on Su Ming, blowing against him and causing his robes and hair to dance. A dark light lit up in Su Ming's eyes.

At that moment, the second prince took a huge stride and charged towards Su Ming. When he drew closer, he lifted his right hand and seized the air in the direction of the sky. A huge long spear appeared out of thin air. He held it in his hand and threw it at Su Ming.

A huge crack was torn open, and it looked like the long spear had been the one to do it. When it drew close to Su Ming, the third eye at the center of his brow opened. All four of his Dao Spirits opened their eyes, and Su Ming sucked in a deep breath. Once he lifted his right hand, a very ordinary looking axe appeared on his palm.

That axe was the one that Su Ming had used every single day to chop wood at the old man's place. When he left, the old man had gifted him the axe.

While standing in his spot, Su Ming lifted the axe. At that moment, there was only a dull look in his eyes, as if there was no life in them. Neither the second prince's reflection nor the long spear with the monstrous killing intent could be found in his eyes. There was… only a log of wood!

The moment the long spear drew close to Su Ming and caused his robes and hair to flutter while charging straight at his chest, Su Ming lifted his axe-wielding right hand and brought it down slowly. The downwards swing of his axe was alike the millions of times he had practiced. It was as if the long spear was just a log of wood before his eyes and he could cut it in half.

When the axe was brought down, the entire world seemed to have frozen. Even everyone's breathing and gazes seemed to have been made still. Only the axe's trajectory as it was brought down touched the long spear. The spear was cut in half right before Su Ming, and its two halves instantly rushed past his sides.

The next moment, the second prince appeared right in front of Su Ming. He lifted his right hand, and when he brought it down, he straightened his palm and tried to push his hand flat against Su Ming's head, but it collided against Su Ming's lifted right hand.

The entire world seemed to have returned to its previous mobile state then. As sounds of breathing could be heard in the air, all the people's gazes gathered on Su Ming and the second prince.

The two of them stood next to each other. One of them was tall, and the other short. One of them had his right hand pressing down, and the other had his right hand pushing up. Their palms had come into contact with each other.

When their gazes met, Su Ming appeared as calm as ever, and the second prince did not say a single word either.

After several breaths passed, a glint appeared in the second prince's eyes.

"Our fight seems to have benefitted our eldest brother. This is not good…"

As he spoke, the second prince lifted his hand and took three steps backwards. With each step he took, his body shrank. Once he took all three steps back, he was no longer three hundred something feet tall, but had returned to his previous size and was dressed in the yellow robe. He took off the helmet, then looked at Su Ming with a smile.

Su Ming did not speak. He only stared at the second prince before him while paying special attention to his right eye.

"Should I call you second prince… or Di Tian?" Su Ming asked faintly.

The moment he spoke, the vortex in the second prince's right eye was torn apart and revealed a vague figure. However, right when it appeared, it was enveloped in the vortex once more.

The second prince smiled faintly, but he did not say anything.

When Su Ming took a step towards the sky, the four white dogs fell back from the fight to turn into long arcs that went after their master. Right before the eyes of the tens of thousands of cultivators on the stone platform in the seventh echelon, they charged into the air above them.

When Su Ming disappeared, the second prince shuddered, and blood trickled out of the corners of his mouth. The smile on his face was no longer around, but instead, a dark look showed up in its place. He brought up his right hand slowly, revealing that a large portion of the skin there had withered away…

"As expected of my youngest brother, once most beloved by our Lord Father…" the second prince said softly. When he turned around, he walked into the distance. Once he sat down cross-legged, he closed his eyes and began meditating.

"But the battle of Arts between us has just started. We will meet again in the ninth echelon."

Su Ming charged forward, and with the four white dogs, he instantly reached the eighth echelon. The entire process only lasted for the time it takes for an incense stick to burn. When he saw the incredibly huge platform in the distant sky, Su Ming also saw… a large tree trunk at the center of it!

The trunk was about one million feet thick, causing all those who saw it at first glance to be shocked by the gigantic tree. The trunk was rather withered, and when anyone lifted their heads to look, they would not be able to see the end of the tree. It was as if everything they could possibly see in their field of vision was just the tree's trunk.

This was the Tree of Dao Verification, which was born in the eighth echelon, and whose trunk extended straight into the ninth echelon, located at the end of the sky.

Right then, Gu Tai sat under the tree, and right across from him was the meditating eldest prince. In another direction was an old woman. She was also sitting cross-legged.

There were tens of thousands of cultivators surrounding the area, and they were made up of the people from the three sects. At that moment, they were all seated and none of them moved.

Su Ming's arrival did not cause the cultivators to show any sort of changes. It was as if they did not see him. However, when Su Ming's gaze landed on the eldest prince, his pupils shrank slightly. He was not looking at the eldest prince, but the old man with the white hair levitating above him. The eldest prince's body was a mere illusion. Wisps of white smoke caused the top of his skull and the eldest prince's to be connected together.

As for the old woman, Su Ming found the second prince's presence on her. It came from a helmet that was exactly the same as the one used by the second prince.

The helmet was held in the old woman's hand. Together with Gu Tai and the eldest prince, they formed a tripartite balance of forces.

"Gu Tai, we cannot tell who will win in the fight for the entry to the third layer," an ancient voice said faintly from the illusory old man levitating above the eldest prince. "You are indeed the best here in terms of level of cultivation. Even if I am a Great Dao Paragon, I still cannot help being suppressed by this place.

"However… Fellow Daoist Ye Luo has the armor formed by the scalp of the Evil Deity, and it can neutralize the mighty pressure in this place. Because of it… it'll be impossible for Seven Moons Sect to be the first to step into the third layer."

When the old man's voice echoed in the air, the old woman opened her eyes and looked at Gu Tai.

Su Ming approached the area slowly and stopped behind Gu Tai. Then, he looked at the old man and old woman with a chilly gaze.

"Why don't we refrain from interfering with the matter of who will be the first to enter the third layer? How about we just let the three princes fight for the right on their own?" the old woman asked hoarsely.

Gu Tai then opened his eyes slowly to reveal a hint of fatigue.

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Chapter 1445: Each With His Own Method

"There are ten thousand altars, and each of us has occupied three-tenths of them. The difference in number is just in the hundreds, and it's difficult for us to differentiate who will gain the upper hand in a short period of time…

"Say, why don't we change our method? Whoever… among the three princes first steps into the ninth echelon and lights up the thousand storey altar, he will naturally be the first to enter the third layer," the illusory old man from One Dao Sect who was levitating above the first prince and seemed to be connected to him said faintly.

The old woman narrowed her eyes slightly and replied in a languid manner. "It's not bad. This idea is plausible, or else we can only be stuck here until time is up, and then all the disciples from every sect and clan will step into the third layer at the same time."

Gu Tai pondered over it for a moment before he looked at Su Ming, who was by his side.

Su Ming's gaze landed on the huge ancient tree. After a long while, he nodded.

Gu Tai was silent for a moment before he sighed in his heart. However, with Seven Moons Sect's ability, they could already be considered to be successful for achieving their current result in their fight against One Dao Sect and Asura Clan. At the very least, the fight had reached a state where all sides appeared to be equal in power. As for who would be the first to enter the third layer in the end and successfully obtain the Phala was no longer something that was connected to the sects and the clan. The main deciding factor lay in the three princes.

Naturally, the three princes would not be the only ones who would enter the third layer. The other disciples from the sects and the clan would also follow them.

"Alright, then!" Gu Tai said resolutely.

At the instant he said those words, the old woman stood up and pushed the helmet in her right hand down against the ground. A large amount of green fog instantly appeared from the helmet, and its amount grew with each passing moment. In just a few breaths, a figure manifested in the fog, and once it gained corporeal form, the second prince appeared before their sights.

After coming, he took off his helmet. When he smiled at Su Ming, he lifted his head, then looked at the ancient tree stretching into the sky. There was an enchanted look on his face.

The first prince had also opened his eyes at that moment and stood up slowly. The illusory old man above the top of his skull swung his arm and cut off his connection with the eldest prince, then moved back.

"Then the sects and the clan will just serve as overseers to ensure that this battle of Dao Verification is fair. No outsider is allowed to help, such as the four white dogs. He isn't allowed to bring them in," the old man said faintly.

Gu Tai's expression was calm. He did not say anything.

"I agree to this." The old woman from Asura Clan nodded when she heard it.

"Then let's do that!"

At the instant the old man from One Dao Sect spoke firmly, the first prince's eyes sparkled. He instantly leapt up and stepped on the ancient tree before turning into a long arc.

When he left into the distance, three balls of fog instantly spread out. They immediately turned into three old figures who activated their power of Dao Paragons. They pushed the first prince forward, and in a flash, he traveled nearly three-tenths of the tree's length.

The second prince by the side smiled coldly. He moved and also stepped on the ancient tree. Like fog, he surrounded the tree and instantly charged upwards. At the same time, a thick wave of power of Qi enveloped his body, and it grew instantly. Countless runic symbols shone on him, and each time they did, they increased the second prince's speed exponentially. He swiftly left into the distance, and his speed was on par with that of the first prince.

Gu Tai's expression was incredibly sullen, and he spoke with a cold smile. "You have Dao Spirits protecting the eldest prince, and then you have Asura being added to the second prince's body to strengthen him. This is what you call fair?"

"At the very least, this is not receiving any outsider's help. Dao Spirit Protection is One Dao Sect's Secret Art. You can't limit him from casting Arts, right?" The old man from One Dao Sect smiled faintly.

"Having Asura strengthen his body is just a form of utilizing talismans. It can also be seen as an Enchanted Treasure, so it's also not considered as receiving outside help."

When the old woman said those words, Gu Tai's expression turned even darker. He lifted his right hand and patted his storage bag. A ball of black fog immediately appeared on his hand. Just as he was about to speak, Su Ming shook his head. He flung his right arm, and the Feng Shui compass manifested under his feet to instantly bring him into the distance.

The Feng Shui compass might move quickly, but he would not be able to overtake the first prince and second prince while they were using their divine abilities. It made the old man from One Dao Sect and the old woman from Asura Clan narrow their eyes for a moment before their expressions returned to normal.

They could tell that with Su Ming's speed, he might be able to gain an advantage if it was a contest that lasted for a long period of time, but the distance right then could not be considered to be long. The difficulty in overtaking the other two was too great for Su Ming.

Gu Tai's expression was incredibly dark. Just as he was about to speak, Su Ming's eyes sparkled while he was charging up the ancient tree. He struck his storage bag with his right hand, and a log of wood the size of his palm appeared on his hand. It was the huge Sacred Wood he had obtained in Harmonious Morus Alba.

With the wooden log in hand, Su Ming pushed down on it with his other hand, then spoke flatly.

"Bigger!"

When that word appeared, the log of wood instantly grew to become one hundred feet long. One end shot to the ground beneath Su Ming and landed right next to Gu Tai and the other two with a bang. The power of the Sacred Wood caused the platform at the eighth echelon to shudder, making the old man and old woman's expression to change swiftly.

They immediately noticed that the other end of the Sacred Wood was swiftly lengthening, pushing Su Ming upwards while he stood on it. With an indescribable speed, he charged upwards. This scene left the people in the area momentarily taken aback.

Gu Tai's eyes shone with surprised delight. As for the others, especially the old woman, their expressions changed. They wanted to stop Su Ming, but Gu Tai did not let them.

"Fellow Daoists, you're right. No outsiders are allowed to help them. Dao Spirit Protection, having Asura strengthen one's body, or using other forms of Enchanted Treasures is all allowed," Gu Tai said while laughing.

At the same time, the disciples from the sects and the clan who were chosen to step into the third layer turned into long arcs that approached the area and charged up the tree.

Su Ming stood on the rapidly ascending Sacred Wood whose actual size was more than one million feet in length. At that moment, it grew in a seemingly infinite manner to push him upwards, and in just the span of around a dozen breaths, he caught up to the second prince.

The second prince's body was huge, and there were runic symbols shining on it. At that moment, as he continued going up quickly, he saw Su Ming standing on the rapidly ascending Sacred Wood. This scene caused his eyes to shrink.

The Sacred Wood's growth instantly pushed Su Ming's body so high up that he overtook the second prince and got close to the first prince, who was above him. At the instant their expressions changed, the Sacred Wood under Su Ming's feet disappeared.

When he put it away, he used the propelling force provided previously by the Sacred Wood to turn into a long arc which left swiftly into the distance. When the Feng Shui compass manifested under his feet, his speed increased exponentially again. He overtook the first prince and became the person leading the race on the ancient tree that reached the heavens.

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Chapter 1446: Ninth Echelon

With his own method, Su Ming swiftly overtook both princes. The moment he was above them and lifted his head, he saw the ninth echelon!

That place could indeed be known as the sky. It was a huge stone platform of a grand total of one million lis. In fact, it was no longer quite appropriate to call it a stone platform. It should be known as a continent, and when those under it lifted their heads to look above, they would naturally treat the continent as the sky!

It was a piece of land serving as the sky!

The ancient tree went right through the center of that land serving as the sky, and then extended right above the continent. Su Ming could not see that place, but he could imagine the size of the ancient tree and its indescribable power. He could… even indirectly sense the tree's former glory!

It was once a huge tree of the world that reached the sky. It stood above the nine heavens and nourished the world. A butterfly was born on each of the nine branches of that tree, and nine other continents were derived from them to form the complete outline of that world. It was what allowed cultivators of Boundless Dao Realm to appear in that world!

If Emperor Xuan Zang had not entered that world, then perhaps… that world would still be as majestic as before!

Su Ming stared at the land serving as the sky as well as the ancient tree that caused his heart to tremble. At that moment, he remembered the Sacred Wood he had brought out. While the Sacred Wood was found in Harmonious Morus Alba, at its earliest days, it had floated in the endless universe beyond. Su Ming had once thought about its origins, but had never obtained an answer.

It was only at that moment that he suddenly had a very strong feeling… that perhaps, when the world crumbled in the past, some tiny branches had fallen off the tree and scattered into the universe. One of them had then become the Sacred Wood.

It was only Su Ming's guess, and he did not have concrete proof.

At that moment, he sucked in a deep breath. The Feng Shui compass under his feet shone, and he became even faster. With his advantage of being in the lead, what Su Ming needed to do at that moment was to gain a solid grip of that advantage and then continue expanding it.

The first prince was about tens of thousands of feet behind him, and his expression was incredibly dark. The Dao Spirits of the three old men behind him swiftly rotated, and then, the first prince opened his eyes. He sucked in a deep breath, and at the instant he did so, the entire world moved with a bang, as if the first prince had turned into a huge black hole right then and there. In an instant, he absorbed all the aura in the world, causing the air to distort and ripples to spread out. He then let out a deep roar.

When his roar shook the sky and earth, the first prince's speed instantly increased exponentially. He moved in a flash and appeared less than one thousand feet behind Su Ming. Right when he appeared, blood trickled out of the corners of his mouth, but judging by the brilliant spark in his eyes, he could execute this sort of shift one more time.

It had to be known that the place around them was a void. It was the area around the ancient tree, and there was a huge repelling force. It could disrupt the power of cultivation bases and lock down the world. All divine abilities would become much weaker there, and it was even more so for shifts, which was a power that allowed people to transport themselves across distances. In that place, Arts like that were completely suppressed.

Which was why even though the first prince had used Dao Spirit Protection and borrowed its power to shift, the task had still been a little difficult for him, and it was especially so since they were getting closer to the ninth echelon. The repelling force only grew stronger near it.

Almost at the same time the first prince shifted, the second prince's eyes shone in a chilling manner, and a dark, sinister smile suddenly appeared on his lips. He did not cast any Arts in an attempt to seize the position of being the first to step into the ninth echelon. Instead, he just maintained his own speed and watched the events that transpired above him.

'Big brother is headstrong and self-opinionated, having him deal with my younger brother is the best way for me to gain all benefits for myself while they fight against each other!'

The second prince was a sinister man. At that moment, while he smiled coldly, he had already gone through quite a number of diabolical ideas in his head.

The first prince was about to catch up, but Su Ming's expression was calm. While he was already close to the ninth echelon, he would not be able to get there within a short period of time. No matter what, he would need the time for half an incense stick to burn to get there.

His speed did not change, but a hint of ferociousness had appeared on his face, as if he wanted to do everything he could to maintain his advantage, but he also seemed to have already reached his limit and unable to speed up any longer. At that moment, the first prince was about one thousand feet behind him.

He then roared again, and the aura in the area swiftly surged into him. He shifted again, and this time, he overtook Su Ming and appeared thousands of feet in front of him. The first prince coughed up blood, but when he lowered his head, a ferocious and smug smirk appeared on his lips.

Su Ming's expression was dark, but he could no longer speed up, and instead, he became slower. In just about ten breaths, the distance between him and the first prince had already widened to about ten thousand feet. On the other hand, the distance between him and the second prince below him had closed up to less than one thousand feet.

The second prince narrowed his eyes slightly. That was something he did not expect. At that moment, while he was busy wracking his mind to concoct a different plan, his expression suddenly changed, because Su Ming was no longer chasing after the first prince desperately. He started becoming slower with each passing moment and seemed to want to stop the second prince from progressing.

'Damn it, I overlooked his power. With his current level of cultivation, even if he borrowed external power to help him, it's impossible for him to maintain that speed for long. He knows that he won't be able to catch up to our eldest brother and intends to interfere with my movements. His goal is very clear. Even if he can't be the first to step into the ninth echelon, he will hold me back and make sure that he will step into the ninth echelon with me.

'Once he holds me back and stops me from progressing, he will also gain an upper hand. It'll still be better for him than to be last!'

At the instant that thought appeared in the second prince's head, Su Ming closed in on him. He lifted his right hand and formed a seal, and the light from his divine ability immediately surged into the sky. Booming sounds echoed in the air, and he engaged in a fight against the second prince.

"DAMN IT!!"

The second prince's expression became even darker. He originally wanted to watch Su Ming and the first prince get entangled in a fight so that he could be the one who would benefit from the situation, but right then, his actions had helped the first prince, and this caused a tidal wave to immediately go on a rampage in his heart.

While fighting against Su Ming, he could no longer think about any other plans. When he saw that the first prince was getting closer to the ninth echelon, the second prince swiftly lifted his right hand and struck his chest. A loud bang shot up, and at the instant he drew close to Su Ming, his body broke down on its own.

When Su Ming phased through it, he turned his head around only to see the second prince's body turn into a large amount of fog that contorted into a humanoid beast with a pair of horns on its head. With a burst of speed that far surpassed his previous speed, he instantly charged upwards.

In the blink of an eye, he widened the distance between him and Su Ming and charged towards the first prince. In his eyes, due to his level of cultivation, it was already decided that Su Ming would be the last. Right then, what he needed to do was to fight for the advantage of being the first to enter the ninth echelon against the first prince.

At that moment, the second prince no longer held anything back. He instantly closed the distance between him and the second prince, and when he drew closer, killing intent shone in the eldest prince's eyes. He had been paying attention to the fight between the second prince and Su Ming, and he also saw how Su Ming's speed had been slowing down, so he could tell that Su Ming had used his full strength earlier.

"Second, do you truly insist on fighting against me in this place?" the first prince immediately said, and his voice thundered in every direction.

"This is…"

Just when the second prince was about to speak, the first prince's eyes shone, and he no longer charged forward. Instead, he turned around and lifted his right hand to throw a punch at the second prince. Immediately, the three guardian spirits around him charged to attack.

A smile appeared at the corners of the second prince's lips. He was not at all surprised by the turn of events. When the first prince's divine ability closed in on him, he lifted his hands and pushed his palms flat at the air in front of him.

A huge shadow, which was about one thousand feet tall, appeared around him. It was a huge humanoid beast with a pair of horns and used its body to crash against the first prince's divine ability.

Booming sounds echoed in the world, which caused the ancient tree to tremble. The first prince and the second prince continuously clashed with their divine abilities while they still maintained their speed of going upwards.

Su Ming was about ten thousand feet beneath the two of them. He watched the scene coldly with a hint of a cold sneer at the corners of his lips. He had indeed used all his power to activate the Feng Shui compass beneath him; however… he had yet to activate his four wills. The power of those wills surpassed divine sense, and they were Su Ming's final trump card.

While he maintained the distance of ten thousand feet away from the others, Su Ming kept his attention on his distance to the ninth echelon. Later, to make sure that the first and second princes were no longer wary of him, he made sure that he gradually slowed down, and by then, he was already twenty thousand feet away from them.

The first and second princes' fight reached its most crucial point. The two of them fought against each other and brought forth their full power, trying to outdo the other and become the first to step into the ninth echelon.

They were three hundred thousand feet away from the ninth echelon… then two hundred thousand feet… and then, one hundred thousand feet… Booming sounds rang out in the area.

When they were fifty thousand feet away from the ninth echelon, intense rumbles resounded through the air. The guardian spirits around the first prince shrank swiftly, and when he sucked in a breath, he swallowed everything around him. A large number of runic symbols were reflected off his pupils. He shifted and launched his final charge.

The second prince let out a cold harrumph. All the fog on him instantly expanded with a bang. As he continued moving forward, his body also instantly grew bigger. With these two methods, his speed became on par with that of the first prince. While the first prince shifted and the second prince's charged forward, they were forced to attack each other to interfere with the other's movements once more.

Right then, when they were merely tens of thousands of feet away from the ninth echelon, Su Ming had his four wills erupt from his body with a bang. They fused into the Feng Shui compass beneath his feet. His hair moved without wind, and when his robes fluttered swiftly, Su Ming looked to have turned into a shooting star that instantly charged forward.

He was so fast that his speed was difficult to describe with words. The four great wills surrounded him, and his power grew by a lot. Right then, he was fifty thousand feet from the top, thirty thousand, ten thousand…

Like a sharp arrow fired from below, he tore through space!

In an instant, a loud howl that shook the sky stunned the two fighting opponents. The first prince and second prince were only thousands of feet away from the ninth echelon right then. When the two of them lowered their heads, their expressions changed.

With a loud bang, Su Ming moved past them on the side, and in the next breath… he reached the ninth echelon while moving along the ancient tree. Then… he appeared right in the ninth echelon!

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Chapter 1447: Ancient Zang's Dao Sect

The ninth echelon was located at the peak of the second layer. If anyone lifted their heads and looked, they would find that there was no sky above them, only a boundless space. That space resembled the universe, causing Su Ming to feel a little dazed at the moment he looked over.

The ancient tree that penetrated the ninth echelon stretched straight into the vast space above. Its very top could not be seen, only a huge trunk that seemed to have lifted up space and kept the ground in place!

The tree was so huge that it was difficult to describe it with words. In the ninth echelon and beneath the tree was an altar. There were one thousand steps leading to it.

The altar was gigantic, but due to it being located under the ancient tree, it looked insignificantly small, giving others a feeling that it was a mayfly trying to shake a tree.

At the instant Su Ming saw the altar, he did not stop. He charged straight to it. At the instant he landed on the altar, the first and second princes appeared behind him. Their expressions were very sour, and it was especially so for the second prince. There was even great killing intent on his face.

He believed that everything should belong to him and not his younger brother. He believed that he should be the one who benefits from other parties fighting against each other and not one of the two parties fighting!

"You're asking for death!" the second prince snarled and instantly charged towards Su Ming.

The first prince also had monstrous killing intent burning in his eyes, but compared to Su Ming, he hated his second brother even more, because in his eyes, if the second prince had not fought against him, he would have long since succeeded in being the first to arrive.

Right then, he might also be rushing forward, but most of his killing intent was directed at the second prince.

When both of them turned into long arcs and used their fastest speed to charge at the altar where Su Ming stood, Su Ming lifted his right hand with his feet planted firmly on the altar and pushed the jade slip in his hand against the petrified ancient tree!

The petrified tree could not hope to compare with the ancient tree that reached the sky, but it was also thousands of feet tall. Right then, its petrified status completely disappeared, causing the tree to instantly return to normal. When the first and second princes drew closer and stepped on the altar, a huge pillar of light shot up with a bang from the altar and charged towards the sky. In the blink of an eye, it vanished into the sky as if it wanted to compete against the ancient tree in a contest of height!

Right when the pillar of light appeared, a loud rumble containing a power that no cultivator could hope to fight against erupted, and it formed an invisible barrier in front of the first and second princes. It bounced them back, and they coughed up blood. When they were forced back, they glared at Su Ming, who had turned his head back and was watching them with a cold glare, with ferocious expressions.

Su Ming was in a pillar of light. When it rose into the air, a presence that was equivalent to the thousand-step altar being activated for the first time instantly surrounded Su Ming and fused into his body, causing his power to continuously rise at that moment. His fifth Dao Spirit… swiftly appeared in his third eye at the center of his brow.

It might have been just a shadow, but when it was fully manifested, Su Ming's power would reach the fifth level of Dao Spirit Realm. However, while the power from the thousand-step altar was great, it was not enough for Su Ming to immediately form his fifth overlapping Dao Spirit. It could only be in the state of a shadow.

When the altar was activated, Gu Tai's laughter rose into the air of the eighth echelon. His voice was loud and clear. He might not have been able to see what was happening in the ninth echelon, but right then, the ripples in the second layer served as no interference to the cultivators of Seven Moons Sect. All the people in that echelon were not newcomers, and they could naturally tell just who… had activated the altar in the ninth echelon!

"One Dao Sect, Asura Clan, thank you for letting us win!"

When Gu Tai's laughter echoed in the air and the faces of the old man from One Dao Sect as well as the woman from Asura Clan became sour, the pillar of light from the ninth echelon shot into the vast space above it. Gradually, a huge vortex appeared. It surrounded the towering ancient tree and swiftly rotated.

It revealed parts of the ancient tree that were previously hidden, allowing all those who lifted their heads to see the parts of the ancient tree that were now uncovered were filled with marks that were terrifying to behold. Its branches were full of cracks.

The feeling the ancient tree gave off made was of it being covered in wounds, but there was an incredibly dense life force within it. It was so great that it was difficult to describe with words. That life force moved along the rotations of the vortex, then spread out with a bang. It then formed a mighty pressure that descended onto the second layer, but even all the cultivators in the first layer could sense that mighty pressure.

At the same time, a powerful suction force came from the vortex that surrounded the ancient tree. That suction force focused only on the altar where Su Ming was, making him slowly rise into the air while standing in the pillar of light.

The first and second princes watched all of it with their eyes burning with ferocious rage. Su Ming's eyes were also on them until he turned into a long arc that charged into the space above through the vortex.

That was where the third layer was!

The instant Su Ming disappeared into the vortex, the dozen something disciples from Seven Moons Sect who were chosen to enter the third layer and were swiftly scaling the trunk between the eighth and ninth echelons were surrounded by the suction force, then immediately yanked into the ninth echelon before they turned into long arcs that charged into the vortex in the sky.

When all the disciples from Seven Moons Sect vanished, the first and second princes charged to the pillar of light at the same time. This time, they were not bounced back by the light. Instead, once they waited for a few dozens of breaths, they were also sucked into the vortex in the sky. They were followed by… the disciples who were chosen to enter the third layer by their sect and clan!

"The victor has yet to be decided."

There was a huge meadow within a dark world in Asura Clan, and nine huge statues stood around it. Those statues were all ferocious and malicious ghosts. They had a pair of horns on their heads and were entirely green. They were the exact same as the second prince after his body had grown bigger.

There were cultivators sitting at the top of the nine statues' heads. They were nine old men with ancient faces. The person who had spoken was one of them.

At the center of the nine statues was a sludge with bubbles coming out of it. As the bubbles burst, wisps of red smoke rose up. A person could also be seen sitting cross-legged in the sludge.

Their gender could not be told, and since they were buried in the sludge, it was also impossible to tell their age, level of cultivation, and face. Also… that person was headless!

"We of Asura Clan will definitely win this battle over the Phala. With this puppet helping us, the second prince will surely succeed. Even if he isn't the first to step into the third layer, he will still have a great advantage over the others," another person from among the nine said flatly.

"That's right, this headless corpse was brought back by Progenitor Xiu Luo when he ventured out during one of his many journeys. There is astonishing power contained in its body, and based on the Progenitor's estimations, it has the power equivalent to three worlds, which means that this person has the presence of three worlds on him!

"He has also been refined by Progenitor Xiu Luo to this date. Also, thanks to Great Dao Paragon Yin Yue's sacrifice of sending a portion of her soul into that body so all of its aspects would improve. It has gained power equivalent to a Great Dao Paragon and can stand over all Dao Paragons, so he can be considered to be the third Great Dao Paragon of Asura Clan, right behind Seniors Qing Han and Yin Yue, even though it's just a puppet!"

"Enough, we need to bring forth our power to guide the second prince. With Great Dao Paragons Yin Yue and Qing Han helping us, we have to be ready to be Relocated into the third layer!"

Once the nine people finished speaking, they closed their eyes. Immediately, the nine statues shone with a dark light. They fused into the sludge, causing a large number of runic symbols to appear in the sludge. Even the rising red smoke had runic symbols contained in it.

At the same time, nearly identical voices echoed faintly in One Dao Sect.

"The battle of Dao Verification, especially during the times when the competition between the successors is nigh, will no longer be dependent on an individual cultivator's power, but the power of an entire sect."

The sky and earth had been separated from each other in One Dao Sect, as if someone had intentionally made sure the sky was isolated from the earth. There were three huge statues standing in three directions, surrounding the world belonging to One Dao Sect. The second statue had countless cracks that should have caused the statue to shatter to pieces. Right then, there was light shining on it.

"Great Dao Paragons cannot step into the third layer. This is a part of its laws. These laws were personally set by the Emperor of Ancient Zang himself. Even though we don't know why he did so, he surely had his own reasons for it…

"But the Emperor of Ancient Zang has died many years ago. The existence of his laws have become a kismet that gathers on the royal family, causing the laws to exist eternally… but it is precisely because of this that some loopholes have appeared.

"These loopholes can be utilized, and Great Dao Paragons can descend in the third layer for a short period of time. This is also why… we of One Dao Sect will win hands down in this battle of Dao Verification!

"One Dao Sect… has always practiced and obeyed the Art of Kismet that is the exact copy as the one practiced by the royal family, since the creator of One Dao Sect was… the Emperor of Ancient Zang!"

There was supreme majesty in the speaker's voice. When it echoed in the air, it caused the world to tremble. Countless cracks appeared in the sky, and when lightning crackled in them, they illuminated the world. When it was lit up, the faces of the three statues that had been standing in that world for an innumerable number of years were also revealed!

They were three faces of supreme majesty, and they were all the same. They were of one person, and that person… was the Emperor of Ancient Zang!

"Fellow Daoist Sen Mu, fellow Daoist Lin Dong Dong, I cannot leave One Dao Sect, and Progenitor Chi Yang is in isolated training. We cannot bother them. Right now, we only have the two of you left… who will go?"

"It's naturally me, Lin!"

A voice that seemed to have come from the world beyond echoed faintly in One Dao Sect.

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Chapter 1448: Third Layer of Dao Verification

The Tree of Dao Verification was in the third layer, which was from the world spoken in the legends of Ancient Zang. It was in the tunnel, right where the final barrier was before they could enter the world to where it had belonged before…

At the instant Su Ming stepped into the third layer, he saw wasteland. It looked as if someone had used powerful divine abilities to destroy it. There were ruins everywhere and thick waves of death.

The area was not big, and its borders could be seen. If anyone cast their gaze around, they would find that the ancient Tree of Dao Verification that had penetrated the land through its center stood tall on the ground. There were scarcely any leaves on the tree crown, but the complicated mess of branches covered the sky. Anyone who lifted their heads could not see the sky, just endless branches.

The tree had a sense of age, which made Su Ming's heart tremble violently the moment he saw it. Those tremors came very suddenly. Su Ming even had a feeling that something that had always been in his soul was waking up at that moment.

Because he sensed… a hint of Ecang's presence in the tree! Or rather, the past Ecang had a hint of that tree's presence!

Su Ming sucked in a deep breath while one thought took over his mind. When the Emperor of Ancient Zang brought the tree back from that world, quite a large portion of it had crumbled. Some of its branches turned into the Sacred Wood, and some branches… had given birth to lives, though the reasons behind it were unknown.

Su Ming stared at the tree and sensed the ancient air surrounding it. At the same time, he also sensed the dreary and dismal air. Perhaps others would not be able to sense the latter, but perhaps because of Ecang… Su Ming could sense it clearly.

The Feng Shui compass appeared under Su Ming's feet. He turned into a long arc that charged to the tree. When he had sensed the dreary presence from the tree, he also saw a big fruit and a small fruit growing at the very top of the tree crown that had replaced the sky. The big fruit shone with a dark light, and it was the size of a baby's head.

The small fruit was the size of half a fist. At that moment, it was shining with a gentle, orange-yellow light. A thick, sweet fragrance spread out from it and filled the world.

Su Ming was the first cultivator to step into the third layer in the battle of Dao Verification. Even though he only had the advantage of dozens of breaths, if no external power interfered with him, then with that advantage in hand, he would already be halfway to victory.

As he charged forth in a long arc, in just a few breaths, he had already drawn close to the ancient Tree of Dao Verification. His eyes shone when he noticed that there was a powerful, mighty pressure in the third layer. It would only dwindle slightly when he touched the ancient tree.

Which meant… that he could not fly to the Phala. Such an act would be a sign of disrespect, and it was not allowed by the Tree of Dao Verification. If Su Ming wanted to obtain the Phala, there was only one way for him to do so—he could only climb up the tree!

Su Ming's eyes sparkled. He leapt up from the ground and stepped on the Tree of Dao Verification. Without a hint of hesitation, he rushed up, and the closer he got to the tree crown, the stronger the sweet fragrance became. As Su Ming breathed it in, he could sense that his cultivation base growing so much that it felt as if it was about to boil.

The feeling of his cultivation base boiling caused Su Ming to notice that even his Dao Spirits had begun showing signs of receiving nourishment. The fragrance around him was the exact same as the one he absorbed in the first and second layers, and it was even thicker than before.

But the higher he climbed, the stronger the mighty pressure became. If it was not because of the fragrance providing him nourishment, Su Ming would have definitely been four- or five-tenths slower than what he was showing right then.

While Su Ming charged up the tree, several figures appeared on the ground. They were all Seven Moons Sect disciples. When they appeared, they lifted their heads and looked at Su Ming climbing the tree. Determination immediately appeared on their faces, and they rushed towards the tree. Once they sat down and began meditating under the tree, resolve lit up in their eyes.

Their goal for going there was to help Su Ming gain as great of an upper hand as possible over the others. This was the task given to them by the sect, and it was something they had to accomplish. Even if they had to sacrifice themselves, they had to make sure that they accomplished their task!

To succeed, the sect had given them a large amount of benefits. Even though it would be difficult for them to make use of them themselves, their descendants and their families could receive better treatment from the sect in the future.

Those people gritted their teeth and closed their eyes at the same time. Patches of purplish red instantly appeared on their bodies…

The advantage of dozens of breaths passed in the blink of an eye. By then, Su Ming was already forty thousand something feet up the Tree of Dao Verification. Even though he was still far away from the tree crown, he had gained a huge upper hand over the others by arriving where he was right then.

At that moment, several long arcs charged up the third layer. The two people in the lead were the first and second princes. Once they arrived in the third layer, the first thing they saw was Su Ming. Killing intent shone in their eyes, and the two of them turned into long arcs that charged to the Tree of Dao Verification.

But right when they closed in on it, the six Seven Moons Sect disciples sitting under the tree opened their eyes, and their bodies exploded with a bang.

Their levels of cultivation were not high, but they had prepared for it for a long time, which was why when they exploded, an astonishing presence burst forth from their bodies. That presence spread out with a bang and formed a pillar of light that surrounded the Tree of Dao Verification. It surged into the sky and even surpassed the spot where Su Ming was. In an instant, it covered a height that was nearly one hundred thousand feet.

The Tree of Dao Verification within those one hundred thousand feet was surrounded by the pillar of light, preventing anyone outside the light from touching the trunk. If the other princes wanted to obtain the Phala, they could only do so by flying up while withstanding the tree's mighty pressure. They would have to go up one hundred thousand feet before they could touch the trunk and reduce the oppressive force from the mighty pressure.

The six Seven Moons Sect cultivators would normally be unable to create such a problem. In truth, the ones who provided the power for the pillar of light that was one hundred thousand feet in height were ten Dao Paragons from among the great sect elders of Seven Moons Sect. Without affecting their own cultivation bases, they had prepared for the instant release of power and subsequent explosive force for many years.

It could not last for long, however. The pillar of light would only stay for about thirty breaths, but those thirty breaths would help Su Ming gain an even greater advantage.

The moment the pillar of light appeared, the first and second princes drew close. Once they touched the pillar of light, booming sounds echoed in the air, and the two princes were swiftly bounced back.

"That accursed Seven Moons Sect!"

Powerful killing intent appeared in the second prince's eyes. He immediately turned into a long arc that charged to the sky, clearly intending to face the mighty pressure head on and cover the one hundred thousand feet, but when he had only flown twenty thousand feet, his expression changed. The mighty pressure from the sky made him feel as if he had lost most of his cultivation base. He lifted his head swiftly and cast a glance at the one hundred thousand feet pillar of light. Based on his calculations, he could at best fly up thirty thousand feet.

The distance of one hundred thousand feet was a ravine that was difficult for anyone to cross. They could only wait for the pillar of light to disappear on its own. Both the first prince and second prince knew clearly that it was impossible for the pillar of light to last for long. At most, it could only last for a dozen something breaths.

However… they had already lost dozens of breaths, and if they had to lose another dozen something breaths right then, their chances of obtaining the Phala in the third layer would be slim to none.

Su Ming had already scaled the height of nearly fifty thousand feet, and he was still climbing up. This scene immediately caused resolve to appear in the eyes of the first prince. He originally did not want to use his trump card so quickly. After all, even Great Dao Paragons could not stay for long in the third layer. It was a method he intended to use at the most critical moment.

But right then… the development of matters had already forced him to use it!

The first prince lifted his right hand. When his eyes sparkled, he struck the center of his brow swiftly and sat down cross-legged. He then formed a seal with his left hand and pointed at his Dantian Region.

Loud booming sounds immediately came from his body. As they echoed in the air, his expression contorted, as if he was enduring intense pain. At the same time, his cultivation base erupted with a bang, and it surpassed the power of those belonging to Dao Paragons. It was even greater than that of a Dao Paragon. It stirred up the power of the world around him and instantly caused the weather to change.

A loud bang shot up, and the first prince immediately closed his eyes. At that moment, his cultivation base increased again… and it reached a breakthrough. Then, from a Dao Paragon, he became a Great Dao Paragon!

At the instant he became a Great Dao Paragon, the first prince opened his eyes slowly. There was an ancient look in the sparkle in his eyes… as if he was no longer the first prince at that moment, but someone else.

There was a chilling air in that ancient look in his eyes. He… was indeed no longer the first prince, but the Great Dao Paragon of One Dao Sect, Lin Dong Dong!

Lin Dong Dong had used the method for his consciousness to descend on the first prince by using the blood as a guide. With One Dao Sect's Art of Kismet as well as the changes of the laws in the third layer, which was practically of the same origin as Ancient Zang and One Dao Sect, Lin Dong Dong could temporarily occupy the first prince as if he had Possessed him.

When he got up, Lin Dong Dong had a cold sneer on his lips. He moved… and did not even bother breaking that pillar of light. Instead, he walked up the air.

Breaking the pillar of light would also benefit other people, so he would naturally not do something like that. When he charged forward, he withstood the mighty pressure from the sky and instantly went up fifty thousand feet. When he continued charging forward, Su Ming cast him a look from the pillar of light and also rushed up.

The two of them were separated by the pillar of light. One of them was inside, and the other outside. Their speed also reached a sort of balance. After all, Lin Dong Dong was outside, so the mighty pressure weakened him, while Su Ming had the fragrance providing him nourishment. The mighty pressure was also much weaker on him, which was why as the two of them rose continuously, the balance between them was never broken.

The second prince's eyes shone with a brilliant light while he was on the ground beneath them. When he lifted his right hand, nine jade slips immediately appeared on his hand, and he pushed them against the ground.

The nine jade slips spread out and formed a Rune that was about ten feet big. When they shone rapidly, their light grew to a piercing degree and enveloped the entire Rune. Then, the second prince's voice echoed in the air with an anxious tone to it.

"Sect of mine, help me!"

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Chapter 1449: Precise Calculations

Almost the moment the second prince spoke, the nine jade slips crumbled to pieces at the same time. At the instant they turned into powder… an ancient presence spread out from the Rune.

Once it appeared, a headless figure manifested from the jade powder in the third layer!

"Break that pillar of light!" the second prince cried out without hesitation.

He was already very far behind. If he still had to spend time wondering whether he should break the pillar of light, then even if he rose to the air right then, he would never be able to catch up to Su Ming and the first prince.

However, once he broke the pillar, he would end up benefiting the first prince. Yet even so, to the second prince, this was the only way, and the destruction of the pillar would definitely start from the bottom before reaching the top. With that being the case, he might still be able to buy himself some time in his disadvantageous situation.

At the instant he spoke, the headless figure in black swiftly moved to the pillar. When it lifted its right hand, the shadow of a huge battle axe appeared in its hand, and it swiftly brought it down on the pillar of light!

With it, the world roared. The pillar of light shuddered, unable to withstand the force. It shattered, and blood trickled down the corners of the ten great sect elders' of Seven Moons Sect mouths. Their eyes also flew open.

When the pillar of light in the third layer began shattering, it did so from the bottom. The second prince took a swift step forward and let out a piercing cry from his lips.

"Bring me up!"

When he said those words and approached the ancient tree, the headless figure had already closed in on him. It grabbed the second prince and took a step forward onto the Tree of Dao Verification. As the pillar of light around them shattered, it brought the second prince up. In the blink of an eye, they traveled ten thousand feet.

At that moment, Su Ming was already ninety thousand feet up the ancient tree. When he lowered his head to look down, he saw the headless figure, and his heart shuddered. The first glance… at that figure caused the image of his eldest senior brother to appear in his head!

But as of right then, he did not have time to think about it. The pillar of light was shattering. The first prince had clearly been replaced by someone else while beyond the pillar, and the headless figure who showed power equivalent to a Great Dao Paragon had also appeared below him. At that moment, they were rapidly reducing the advantage Su Ming had won earlier.

In the blink of an eye, the destruction of the pillar of light reached Su Ming, and soon, the first prince charged to the trunk of the ancient tree. Judging by his posture, it was clear that he wanted to attack Su Ming when he drew close to the ancient tree.

The headless figure underneath had already closed most of the distance. The second prince was less than twenty thousand feet away from Su Ming.

It was no surprise that the two princes were so fast. Both of them had Great Dao Paragons helping them, which left Su Ming at a disadvantage when compared to them.

If it was anyone else, they would only have two choices right then. One of them would be to reduce their own speed and give up on their upper hand, which would allow them to avoid being killed. After all, be it the first prince or the second prince, their main focus was still the Phala.

The other choice was to head up regardless of the cost and fight for being able to lead the race, maintaining the advantage that might have already become insignificant. But Su Ming… did not choose either of those two options. Instead, he turned around swiftly and looked at the first prince, who was standing beyond the crumbling pillar of light with a cold, arrogant look mixed with a hint of derision.

A myriad of thoughts raced in Su Ming's head. During that instant, he did something that the second prince below him did not expect, and one that even Lin Dong Dong did not imagine he would do…

Su Ming lifted his right hand, and the Space Whip appeared. At the instant the pillar of light shattered completely, the Space Whip charged at the first prince. Su Ming had chosen to take the initiative to attack!

When the Space Whip appeared, Su Ming also brought his left hand up. The axe showed up in it, and he cut down at the first prince!

The world rumbled, but the first prince had a mocking smile on his lips. Even though he had to withstand an incredibly mighty pressure right then, he was still confident that he would not be affected by Su Ming. The Space Whip closed in, and the first prince brought his right hand up to point at it. Immediately, a lotus appeared on his finger. That lotus instantly shattered to turn into a lotus storm that collided head on into the Space Whip.

At the same time, the first prince brought his left hand up and pushed against the axe swing Su Ming had sent towards him. The area instantly looked as if it had been sealed and frozen, causing Su Ming's axe swing to look as if it had landed on water. Ripples stirred up, but the attack could not affect the frozen world.

"You overestimate yourself!"

The first prince's contemptuous attitude had been transferred to his voice. At the instant he spoke, he charged to Su Ming, but when he drew close, Su Ming's eyes sparkled. He let go of the Space Whip and pushed the Brand on his palm at the incoming first prince!

Since it was set in stone that the first prince would attack him once the pillar of light shattered, Su Ming would rather make sure that the first prince's attacks were within his control, which was why he had taken the initiative to attack. It was all… for the sake of making the first prince draw close to him, just like what he was doing right then!

When Su Ming pushed his right hand forward and the first prince drew closer, the two of them clashed. The first prince's expression changed swiftly, and booming sounds instantly shook the sky and earth. Su Ming's Brand had absorbed some of the first prince's power before letting out all the power it had accumulated along the way. Even though it was not at the level of a Great Dao Paragon when it burst forth from his hand, it had long since surpassed the full power of a Dao Paragon.

If this was any other normal situation, such a strike could only take a Great Dao Paragon aback, but they could still face it easily. But right then, they were in the third layer, and Lin Dong Dong had been flying for one hundred thousand feet. He was withstanding a lot of mighty pressure, and hence, that strike… instantly became the deciding key to the fight, especially since it had also absorbed some of Lin Dong Dong's power just then!

Loud bangs resounded in the air. When Lin Dong Dong's expression changed, he came to a stop. At the same time, Su Ming coughed up a mouthful of blood and fell off the Tree of Dao Verification.

But right when the mighty pressure from the sky descended on him, the Space Whip he had previously thrown caught him. It wrapped around his body, and as if someone from above had yanked it up, the Space Whip instantly brought Su Ming up!

The Space Whip Su Ming had thrown was not aimed to strike the first prince. It had been just a feint. The Space Whip's true target was the trunk above. When it reached it, Su Ming controlled the weapon to wrap its body around the tree. Then, when he was forced off the tree, the whip would pull him up.

The first prince had lost the initiative to attack. Even if he tried to stop Su Ming… the Brand on his right hand had absorbed Lin Dong Dong's power and struck back with extraordinary power. It was enough to cause his heart to tremble.

Su Ming had predicted that brief pause in the first prince's movements. He had managed to tell that the first prince would not be able to continue trying to stop him, and the second prince was still ten thousand something feet away from him.

Su Ming's timing was impeccable. If he had been slower in any of his actions, once the second prince drew close, even if Su Ming could stop the first prince from attacking him, he would not be able to stop the second prince.

Yet right then, be it the first prince or the second prince, they could only watch the Space Whip yank Su Ming up. However, Su Ming had also paid a price for his actions. Be it the blood he had coughed up from the attack or the mighty pressure that had descended on him when he was forcibly yanked up without touching the trunk, both made Su Ming feel as if he was about to break down.

Fortunately… the further he went up, even if he did not touch the trunk, Su Ming could smell a thick, sweet fragrance. He absorbed it swiftly and repaired his body, which was on the verge of breaking down.

All of that might have seemed to have happened over a long period of time, but in truth, it had transpired in the blink of an eye. When Su Ming was brought up by the Space Whip, he rose about fifty thousand something feet into the air. Blood poured out of his eyes, nose, ears, and mouth. His entire body looked about to crumble. But with one move, he returned to the Tree of Dao Verification. Upon taking hold of the trunk, he instantly charged up the tree.

Beneath him, the first prince's eyes shone with killing intent. He charged up the trunk as well.

A surprised glint appeared in the second prince's eyes. The things Su Ming did right then might have made it seem like he was in danger, but in truth, precise calculations were behind every single one of his moves. This shocked the second prince, and he suddenly thought that he should really get to know… his younger brother again!

'He actually managed to retain his advantage in this situation…' A grim look appeared in the second prince's eyes, and the words in his heart were echoed in Asura Clan.

The sludge in the middle of the nine statues within Asura Clan had become flat and had turned into a mirror. It displayed… everything that the second prince saw within the third layer.

The nine people in the area had also seen Su Ming pull off his astonishing stunt. What it showed them was not Su Ming's level of cultivation, but his calculativeness and resolve!

This was what caused the expressions of the nine people to turn grim.

"We've… underestimated the third prince!"

"Yes, even if we were in such a disadvantageous situation… we wouldn't be able to come up with such a plan in a short period of time, and he had even managed to calculate the second prince and Lin Dong Dong's reactions…"

"Hmph, One Dao Sect used such a method? Only they would be able to do such a thing like sending a Great Dao Paragon over. We might have been able to manipulate the rules, but… they could already be considered to have changed some of the rules. Yet right now, One Dao Sect is definitely the same as us. They have to… reevaluate the third prince."

"He's a cultivator destined to become a Great Dao Paragon, and he even has such a shrewd mind… He's actually more terrifying than most Great Dao Paragons!"

"No one said that the princes aren't allowed to die during the six-thousand-year competition between the successors… One Dao Sect inherited the Art of Kismet, so they are definitely the ones who are the most willing to do such a thing… Once the third prince dies, it would mean that One Dao Sect has robbed his kismet…"

The nine people suddenly stopped speaking. Instead, they cast each other a glance, and a smile appeared at the corners of their lips.

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Chapter 1450: My Name is Hao Hao

Within One Dao Sect was the world with the three ancient statues. At that moment, the entire sky looked like the surface of a lake. It sparkled and reflected all that happened on the Tree of Dao Verification.

It had shown Su Ming's ingenious scheme that had led him to once again be in the lead by fifty thousand feet. Everything was transferred in perfect detail.

"That boy… cannot leave alive."

"Fellow Daoist Lin, once you obtain the Phala, kill him. Then, you will obtain his kismet. Not only will it gather on the first prince, but on One Dao Sect too. It will become an incense that will make One Dao Sect shine in glory," said a dark and sinister voice.

It entered the ripples on the water in the sky and traveled into the ears of Lin Dong Dong, who was on the ancient Tree of Dao Verification in the third layer right then.

At the instant Su Ming touched the trunk of the ancient Tree of Dao Verification, a sense of danger so great he felt the threat looming over his head rose in his heart. He looked down, and at first glance, he saw the killing intent that appeared briefly in the first prince's eyes while he was still fifty thousand feet below him.

The killing intent was so strong that once Su Ming saw it, his pupils shrank. He looked at the second prince, who was ten thousand feet below the first prince, and saw the killing intent in his eyes as well.

'You want to kill me in this land?'

A cold sneer appeared on Su Ming's lips. As he smiled coldly, a bloodthirsty air could be detected around him. When he turned back, he intended to continue climbing up, but suddenly, a barely discernible chuckle that seemed to have come from a child reached his ears.

It echoed around him, but when Su Ming looked around him, he found nothing.

"I'm here."

The speaker was no longer chuckling. When he spoke, his voice sounded like it was drifting over from a distance, but at the same time came from somewhere nearby.

Su Ming remained as calm as ever and did not pay too much attention to the voice. While he had not seen many strange things before, but with his experiences, he would naturally not show any hint of surprise. Instead, he continued charging up the tree without any hesitation.

As he did so, the sweet fragrance grew continuously thicker and surged into his pores, which weakened the effect of the mighty pressure, which was getting stronger with each passing moment.

It was as if… the tree had been prepared for him!

"Your presence made me think of my family…" the voice said, speaking up again. While the speaker still sounded like they were a child, there was a hint of melancholy in their voice.

"They left, and I don't know where they went. I'm the only one left…"

While the voice echoed in the air, Su Ming reached the middle of the Tree of Dao Verification. Yet he was still hundreds of thousands of feet away from the tree crown that replaced the sky.

Behind him, the first prince continued chasing by using the power of the Great Dao Paragon. In terms of speed, he surpassed Su Ming, and the distance between them was already only thirty thousand feet. Behind him was the second prince. He maintained the distance of thousands of feet from the first prince.

"Out of four people behind you, I don't like the last one. Hmm… it's not three either. I can't really describe it. One of them has three souls in his body, and they give me a feeling of closeness, just like you…

"The other one is the headless man. He doesn't have a soul, but there is a familiar presence in his body… The last one… I like his right eye… but all those people are slightly strange. Only your presence is very pure… Are you… my family?"

When the last sentence echoed in the air, Su Ming came to a swift halt. His pupils constricted. He started charging forward again the next moment, but he had already sent a few words to the speaker through his heart.

"Who are you?"

"Me? I don't know who I am either. I only remember playing with nine butterflies in the past… I had plenty of other family members, and all of them liked me very much… but one day, a bad person came…" The voice that seemed to belong to a child grew sad as it continued speaking.

When Su Ming heard this, his heart trembled, but he was not certain of the accuracy of the answer that had appeared in his heart at that moment. As he charged forward, he asked another question.

"What… What is your name?"

"Hao Hao. My name is Hao Hao… I was brought to this place by that bad person, but I miss home… That bad person bound my body, forcing me to stay here…

"I feel a sense of closeness to you." The child's voice hesitated for a moment, as if he was rather afraid. He then asked the same question again. "Are you… my family?"

Su Ming was just about to speak when the first prince's eyes shone. He lifted his right hand and pushed his palm against the ancient Tree of Dao Verification. At the same time, his voice echoed in every direction.

"Ancient Zang Dao, One Dao Sect, gather your kismet, change the laws!"

When his words rang out in the air, countless ripples appeared in the third layer of the sky. When they spread out, the first prince's body instantly became blurry, and he vanished. When he reappeared in the next breath, he was at the spot only five thousand feet behind Su Ming. His body instantly gained corporeal form and he rushed towards Su Ming.

"With just the power of Dao Spirit Realm, it's impossible for you to make it to the tree crown. You are… destined to be unsuccessful in this fight, and you are also destined to have your body and soul destroyed in this place. This is a fate you cannot change."

When the first prince's voice echoed in the air, they reached Su Ming's ears.

His eyes sparkled. The four great wills instantly filled his body, and the light from the Feng Shui compass under his feet reached far and wide, bursting forth with the power of Su Ming's cultivation base. While maintaining the speed of his charge, he rushed upwards.

He was getting close to the tree crown that replaced the sky. There were only two hundred thousand feet left. Because of that, an astonishing power also erupted from the headless figure beneath the second prince. Its speed increased by a large margin, and the headless man swiftly covered a lot of distance.

However, the disparity between Su Ming's level of cultivation was too great compared to that of Great Dao Paragons. Even though the mighty pressure was incredibly great and Su Ming had the fragrance that continuously helped him to recover, the distance of five thousand feet between him and the first prince was still slowly closing. When they were one hundred thousand feet away from the tree crown, the first prince was already less than two thousand feet behind Su Ming.

"Do you… want to go to the tree crown? Do you… want to come to my homeland? If you go home, can you bring me along?

"I want to go home…"

When the child spoke, an idea appeared in Su Ming's heart. "Can you bring me to the tree crown?"

"Yup."

Once the child said that, the part of the Tree of Dao Verification Su Ming came into contact with became limp, then instantly turned into a vortex that dragged him inside it.

It happened so quickly that the first prince was left stunned, and even the pupils of the second prince shrank.

The next moment, Su Ming appeared at a spot thirty thousand feet away from the tree crown as if he had walked out of the ancient tree. Once he saw where he was, a shocked expression appeared on Su Ming's face.

"That's all I can do. You have to hurry up, I'll be waiting for you up there. Let's go home together… You want the two fruits, right? That's okay, I'll give them to you as well."

Su Ming sucked in a deep breath. The fragrance was so strong around him that when he took a whiff of it, the fifth Dao Spirit in his third eye became more distinct as if its power had grown.

When he lifted his head, he stared at the tree crown thirty thousand feet away from him. He could already see the two two fruits from where he was. When he moved, he maintained the speed of his charge and headed for the tree crown.

Tens of thousands of feet below him was Lin Dong Dong, who had temporarily Possessed the first prince. A monstrous killing intent appeared in his eyes. He had not expected that Su Ming would still have such a trick up his sleeve and instantly widen the distance between them. It caused him to roar, and loud, banging sounds instantly came from his body. When he lifted his right hand, he pointed at the air.

"My fellow Daoists from One Dao Sect, how long are you going to wait to change the laws?!"

When he spoke, the cultivators in the world with the three statues in One Dao Sect who happened to be the ones leading the plan were shocked by the sight of Su Ming moving up the ancient tree. When Lin Dong Dong's voice shot up from the surface of water into the sky, the three pairs of eyes on the three ancient statues opened, and dark light shone in them.

The six rays of dark light turned into six long arcs that charged to the water. When they sank into it, a large amount of ripples appeared on Lin Dong Dong's lifted right hand. When they spread out, the world turned dark from the laws being changed. At the same moment, the mighty pressure from the Tree of Dao Verification lessened. Lin Dong Dong roared, and his speed increased several times as he charged straight for Su Ming.

He was so quick that he swiftly closed the distance between him and Su Ming. The next moment, the world around him let out an astonishing boom, and countless illusory nets took shape. When they appeared in the world, they seemed to be filled with dark light. If anyone took a closer look, they would be able to see that those nets… were being weakened at that moment, and there were even some parts on them that were being torn apart!

The headless figure by the second prince's side shuddered as if some power burned in his headless body. As it burned in invisible flames, his speed instantly increased exponentially, and he charged to the tree crown.

It was already the final charge. Be it Su Ming or the other two princes, all of them summoned their full speed at that instant. They turned into three long arcs that rushed towards the tree crown.

Thirty thousand feet was not a great distance for Su Ming, but the other two behind him charged forth at a speed which disregarded all costs to their body, and it caused the advantage Su Ming had over them to swiftly disappear.

Su Ming's eyes sparkled brilliantly. When the first prince and second prince caught up to him, he rose into the air like a shooting star and stepped into the Tree of Dao Verification's tree crown!

Su Ming immediately charged towards the smaller Phala while the first prince's goal was the bigger Phala. Their targets were different, but their direction was the same.

"You're just asking for death!"

The killing intent in the first prince's eyes shone brightly. When he lifted his right hand, he flung his arm, and the great power belonging to Great Dao Paragons immediately rushed at Su Ming.

"I'll help you…"

Right then, the child's voice spoke again, and the ancient Tree of Dao Verification that had stood motionless for countless years started swaying violently.

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Chapter 1451: Destruction of the Dimension!

When the ancient Tree of Dao Verification swayed, the world roared. The countless illusory nets in the area started swaying as well, and if anyone looked down from the highest point in the sky, they would be able to see that the illusory nets had completely enveloped the Tree of Dao Verification. They were formed of laws… and were clearly seals that bound the tree!

However, the parts on the nets that had been weakened previously were swiftly shattering, and the regions where the nets shattered… started cracking!

Booming sounds instantly shook the sky. When the Tree of Dao Verification shook, Lin Dong Dong's expression changed swiftly. He sensed an indescribably mighty pressure that shook even him. As the tree crown swayed, that mighty pressure gathered on his body, and he felt as if he had been reduced to a mortal. He staggered and was forced to take a few steps back. The power of a Great Dao Paragon which he sent at Su Ming also disintegrated against his will.

The expression of the second prince, who had stepped into the tree crown at that moment, also changed in an instant, and he moved back.

"I want to go home!"

The child's voice echoed in the air and shook the sky and earth. The Tree of Dao Verification began to sway even more violently. When the world trembled, the illusory nets burst forth with a sealing power that they had never released before.

The Tree of Dao Verification's swaying affected the first and second princes, but for Su Ming, the effect was miniscule. The moment the Tree of Dao Verification swayed, he charged towards the Phala. He instantly closed in on it, but just as he was about to take the smaller Phala, the first prince let out a powerful roar.

"I am Lin Dong Dong! I inherited the Emperor of Ancient Zang's Art of Kismet, and I am a Great Dao Paragon! Today, with Ancient Zang Dao Sect's kismet and the legacy left behind by the Emperor of Ancient Zang, I will change the laws again! Laws of this land, scatter!"

The eyes of Lin Dong Dong, who had temporarily Possessed the first prince, turned bloodshot at that moment. If the Phala was taken by Su Ming right before his eyes, then it would be a great humiliation to him.

Thus, even though the Tree of Dao Verification was swaying violently, Lin Dong Dong was still roaring. And the entire world roared with him. The illusory nets were immediately weakened again, and the damaged areas shattered to pieces… Those cracks then connected together to form a gap!

Lin Dong Dong turned into a long arc, and while the laws changed, his cultivation base was no longer suppressed. Instead, it burst out while he charged at Su Ming.

His face changed slightly while he was in the long arc, and he no longer looked like the first prince. Instead, he looked as if he was about to turn into Lin Dong Dong.

He had increased the power of Possession without caring about destroying the first prince's foundation. When he rushed forward, he used the laws to chase away the power of the world that erupted when the Tree of Dao Verification swayed. In an instant, he closed in on Su Ming.

But… he was still too late!

Su Ming had already plucked the smaller Phala. And when he stretched his right hand out, he grabbed the larger Phala too!

"GET LOST!"

Lin Dong Dong instantly closed in. With a roar, he swung his arm, and a great power Su Ming could not fight against rammed into his body. It was an attack which contained a Great Dao Paragon's rage. Su Ming jolted and instantly fell back while coughing up several mouthfuls of blood. His body looked like it was about to break down at that moment. A feeling as if his body and soul were about to be destroyed submerged Su Ming like a tidal wave.

There was blood at the corners of his lips when he was swept back.

When Lin Dong Dong made a grab for the bigger Phala, the second prince narrowed his eyes and charged towards Su Ming with the headless figure. Su Ming lifted his right hand, then threw the Phala in his hand into his mouth. He sucked in a breath, and the Phala instantly withered and disappeared.

There was a murderous glare in the second prince's eyes, but no anger. Instead, his gaze turned darker and more sinister. He instantly closed in on Su Ming, and his voice echoed in the air.

"If you didn't swallow the Dao Phala, then on behalf of us being connected by blood, I wouldn't have killed you, but since you ate the Phala, then I… might have to turn your entire body into the power of a Phala."

A brilliant glare shone in Su Ming's eyes, and he immediately cried out, "Hao Hao!"

The ancient Tree of Dao Verification swayed and rumbled again. The noise resounded through the air in every direction and shook the sky and earth. The Tree of Dao Verification did not just move its tree crown, but also shook its branches violently. Even the ground underneath it cracked.

The tremors in the second layer became violent, and even the first layer was affected. When the Tree of Dao Verification swayed, the one hundred thousand trees on the one hundred thousand altars swayed as well. It brought about a destructive power which made it seem like the trees wanted to self-destruct. But at that moment, an illusory net that stretched endlessly appeared in the skies of the second and first layers. They enveloped the ground and completely suppressed the destructive presence.

But this still shocked the cultivators in the first and second layers. Some of them immediately chose to leave.

Numerous cultivators flew out of the black hole in the vortex in the sky above Ancient Zang. The entire sky rumbled. The vortex looked as if it was about to collapse, but it was soon wrapped up by the illusory net.

The middle-aged man dressed in the Emperor's robe in the royal capital under the vortex was standing on an altar in the palace. There was a cauldron before him, and a black-green dragon sprawled under it. Its body surrounded the altar.

The dragon opened its eyes at that moment and let out a shrill roar.

"Someone changed the laws… causing the kismet to change… our inexorable doom will descend upon us. Will… the words spoken by the emperor in his chamber… really come true?"

The middle-aged man dressed in the Emperor's robes stared at the roaring dragon while mumbling under his breath.

At the same time, long arcs flew out from the world in One Dao Sect where the three ancient statues were. The three statues were shuddering. Plenty of dust fell from them, creating chaos.

"Stop changing the laws! Remold them into their original form!"

"Lin Dong Dong, stop changing the laws!"

When the anxious voices echoed in the air, even Asura Clan was in shock. The nine old men on the statues watched everything reflected in the ancient mirror with their mouths hanging open.

"This is…"

"This is the Tree of Dao Verification wanting to break free from the laws the emperor set all those years ago. Damn it, One Dao Sect! They should not have changed the laws like that!"

At that moment, the Tree of Dao Verification swayed violently again in the third layer. This time, it tore through the illusory nets, making everything fall into chaos as if the world had been overturned. Rumbles shot up into the air.

Even the second layer started trembling at that moment. The ten thousand altars roared, and the illusory net could no longer envelope them. It was torn to shreds straight away.

The trunk of the ancient Tree of Dao Verification stood tall in the desolate world. A powerful mighty pressure spread out from it, and in that instant… the cultivators who did not leave the second layer crumbled. Their blood charged towards the trunk to be swiftly absorbed into it!

At the same time, the second layer… shattered to pieces and completely collapsed!

When it crumbled, all its connections to the third layer was cut off… and the first layer experienced a drastic change as well. The one hundred thousand altars roared!

Countless figures flew out from within the vortex in the sky above Ancient Zang's royal capital in a panic. Among them was Gu Tai and the other elders. They had all rushed out of the second layer. The shock brought forth by a sense of life-threatening danger had caused them to fly out of the vortex without having the time to care about anything else. At the moment their bodies appeared in the sky above Ancient Zang, an astonishing boom resounded through all of Ancient Zang.

The vortex in the sky… had crumbled. The illusory net that enveloped it had shattered, which resulted in the loud bangs that shook the sky and earth. When the vortex immediately broke into pieces, even the first layer… exploded.

The dimension was destroyed when the one hundred thousand altars had exploded together!

That destruction was similar to Ancient Zang cutting off all connections with the dimension where the Tree of Dao Verification was located. From then on, Ancient Zang would no longer have any new Phalas ever again.

This matter was akin to a disaster that came out of the blue sky. When the vortex in the sky slowly dissipated and the sky slowly returned to normal, the many people in the royal capital stared above them in a daze. Their minds were blank.

There were quite a lot of cultivators who had managed to escape, but there were also plenty of those who had not managed to flee in time, and among those were Su Ming, the first prince, and the second prince. All of them were trapped in in the third layer. Since the vortex crumbled, they no longer had any way of returning.

Once the sky returned to normal, the black-green dragon in the royal capital roared, and its roars were especially loud at that moment.

The world of One Dao Sect swayed. Two of the three statues of the Emperor of Ancient Zang crumbled, and all of One Dao Sect descended into chaos…

There were three people standing on the only statue that did not crumble at that moment. One of them was Sen Mu, and the other two old men beside him were two of the four Great Dao Paragons of One Dao Sect!

Chi Yang and Bai Lu!

"It's not that… they have a way to return, but it's better this way. The person who manages to walk out will be our future ruler!" The three of them cast each other a glance, and they too saw the dark look in each other's eyes.

While there was no chaos in Asura Clan, what they saw in the third layer had already left them in shock.

Most of the other sects and clans were in the same situation. They were stunned by the destruction of the dimension where the Tree of Dao Verification was, and their amazement only intensified when they remembered… that the three princes were trapped inside!

"When we meet again, it should be outside the gate to the royal capital…"

An old figure with a straw hat in the royal capital lifted its head at that moment. The man stared at the sky, and after a long while, he sighed softly.

At the same time, the sounds of wood being cut came to a stop in a small village located among the mountains in the southwestern region of Ancient Zang. The old man in the courtyard stared at the log of wood before his eyes. In silence, he lifted his head and looked at the distant sky.

"One thousand years later, I will head to the royal capital, and the three of us will fight. Will you… be able to return in time to attend the ceremony and watch us fight? Oh well, I will wait for you," the old man mumbled softly, then quietly lowered his head.

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Chapter 1452: Tear the Road to Heaven

The dimension connecting Ancient Zang and the formerly glorious world and serving as a barrier between the two worlds had incredibly tight seals done by the Emperor of Ancient Zang. With the power of the seals, the most eye-catching and mysterious Tree of Dao Verification, which once belonged to the glorious world, had been bound within the dimension.

From then on, it became an item that belonged to Ancient Zang, and… an Enchanted Vessel that allowed Ancient Zang to keep its kismet firmly in the country!

The royal family of Ancient Zang practiced a cultivation method that required them to understand the will of kismet. The Emperor of Ancient Zang had also reached Boundless Dao Realm through the Dao of Kismet. Because of it, the appearance of the Tree of Dao Verification made those with royal blood shine even brighter.

However… the Emperor of Ancient Zang did not completely win the fight. No one else but he knew what exactly had happened. But the Emperor of Ancient Zang's disappearance many years later and his life plate's subsequent destruction told everyone that… he had paid a huge price for his victory.

If he had not disappeared and his life plate had not shattered, then even if the drastic changes had appeared in the dimension, the tree would not be able to break free of its seals.

But… he had already died. Because of it, only the royal family's kismet was left to maintain the seals in the dimension. Yet kismet was not something solely possessed by the royal family. One Dao Sect was the sect that the Emperor of Ancient Zang had personally created in the past, and it had inherited the country's kismet, which was why Lin Dong Dong's actions as a Great Dao Paragon and all of One Dao Sect changing the laws had caused a drastic change to happen in the dimension.

Su Ming also served a critical role. It was he who gave the spirit of the Tree of Dao Verification a sense of closeness. It was what caused the spirit to wake up, and the child was willing to help Su Ming… all for the sake of going home.

When the first and second layers completely shattered and countless cultivators had their bodies shredded to pieces, their blood was absorbed by the Tree of Dao Verification. Its huge trunk contorted and exuded waves of destructive power that could destroy the world. That power swept outwards in every direction, spreading to the third layer, which had yet to be destroyed but was already trembling violently. When the power spread to the tree crown, a roar that came from the ancient Tree of Dao Verification rang out.

"I WANT TO GO HOME!"

When that voice echoed in the air, it immediately shook the sky and earth. A huge wave of impact instantly tumbled outwards from the tree crown of the Tree of Dao Verification.

Lin Dong Dong bore the brunt of the attack. Once the impact crashed into him, blood trickled out of the corners of his mouth. He instantly fell back, and shock appeared on his face. He had already noticed the destruction of the first and second layers and that the connection between the dimension they were in and Ancient Zang had been severed.

He also noticed that… his connection to One Dao Sect has been severed as well. In fact, he could not even leave the first prince's body. He was forced to stay.

The realization made his face turn pale. When he fell back swiftly, his gaze when he looked at the ancient Tree of Dao Verification was filled with shock, but there was a hint of another emotion that he had not felt for many years in his eyes too—Fear!

He was not the only one who felt it. The impact tumbled outwards in every direction. It flipped over the sky and overturned the earth. The second prince coughed up blood and let out a shrill scream of pain. If the headless figure had turned around to withstand the impact with his back while holding him, then with his level of cultivation, the second prince would have suffered an instant death.

Yet even so, the second prince coughed up blood continuously. The headless figure jolted, and it too was forced back tens of thousands of feet before finally regaining its footing.

If they were already in such a state, then the situation was even more dire for the other disciples from One Dao Sect and Asura Clan in the third layer. The moment the Tree of Dao Verification shuddered, those cultivators were torn by the distortions formed by the ripples in the air. Both their bodies and souls were destroyed without any fight.

The only one who was not affected by that impact… was Su Ming!

He stood on the tree crown, and his body swayed with the tree crown, but he did not sense any impact. The next moment, he sat down without any hesitation. His cultivation base was tumbling about within him. It was the effect of the Phala erupting in his body.

The wondrous effect of the Phala was that it could allow a person to break through the limits of their level of cultivation and become a Dao Paragon. Based on Gu Tai's descriptions, the powerful effect would be over in a few days, but at that moment, Su Ming noticed that a connection seemed to have formed between him and the Phala. This was definitely not something he could finish absorbing in a few days. Yet… in an instant, Su Ming absorbed about half of the Phala.

At that moment, he could clearly sense the great power of the Phala. Its juice seemed to be raging in his body like a tidal wave that had been lit on fire. It roared continuously within him. In an instant, it filled all of his veins, and the third eye at the center of his brow opened to reveal a monstrous sea of fire!

Su Ming's four complete Dao Spirits sat meditating within it, but they were were trembling. The fifth Dao Spirit—still an illusion—started contorting violently.

Loud rumbles and invisible waves of impact spread through Su Ming's body, and they grew stronger with each passing moment. In the end, it was as if Su Ming's body had turned into a big drum, and every time it was sounde, it would send a loud rumble through him.

The power of the Phala was so terrifying that Su Ming bled from his nose, ears, mouth, and eyes, but he still persevered through gritted teeth. However… the more he persevered, the more he felt a maddening sensation that every single part of his body was hurting.

Su Ming wanted to kill, to attack, to vent, but it was not the time just then. He had a vague understanding that the power from the Phala could make a person become a Dao Paragon, and the main focus of the process was enduring the pain. The longer he could endure it, the more power he could bring forth later.

Lin Dong Dong and the second prince could see him clearly. Killing intent shone in Lin Dong Dong's eyes, but there was also terror in them that he could not describe. Needless to say, what he was terrified of was not Su Ming, but the Tree of Dao Verification, the destruction of the dimension, and the lack of path to return to Ancient Zang.

But he still did not want to admit defeat. At that moment, he turned around swiftly, but he did not pay any attention to Su Ming. He turned into a long arc and left in search of anything that would allow him to rush out and go back to Ancient Zang.

As for the second prince, he felt indignant. His heart was filled with twisted feelings, and his eyes were bloodshot as he stared at Su Ming. A crazed look appeared on his face.

He could not accept that the Phala was taken by Su Ming, and even less so that Su Ming would absorb its power. He had Asura Clan helping him with all their strength, he had been taken in as Progenitor Xiu Luo's disciple, and he was the second prince of Ancient Zang, a person with royal blood coursing through his veins!

How could he possibly accept it? It was why even though Lin Dong Dong had left, he could not. He wanted to kill Su Ming, refine him, and then devour the power of the Phala!

In truth, he was no longer even thinking about refinement. The expression on his face made it obvious that he wanted to eat the person before him alive. He wanted to eat Su Ming and then seize what he believed was the power of the Phala that belonged to him.

However… with the Tree of Dao Verification around and the impact coming from it, the second prince's desires were something incredibly difficult to fulfill. Yet even so, his madness burned in him like a raging fire.

Moments after Lin Dong Dong left, the Tree of Dao Verification swayed even more violently. The trunk shook, the countless branches of the tree crown shuddered, and the world showed signs of crumbling. The sky shattered, the ground cracked, and it seemed like the apocalypse had arrived.

"I… want to go home!"

When the child's voice roared again, the rumbles from the Tree of Dao Verification shook the sky and earth, and numerous branches immediately split up to form two hands on the Tree of Dao Verification. They seized the sky and pulled it in two directions!

The world roared then. The destruction of the entire world became even more serious. However… while the sky could be torn and the air could be ripped apart, the dimension could not be torn apart!

And if the hands could not tear apart the dimension, it would mean that they could not open the door leading to the once glorious world.

The second prince let out a piercing cry, and as the tree spoke, he lifted his right hand, and a helmet immediately appeared in his hand. There was a pair of horns on the helmet, and they looked incredibly ferocious. Once he brought it up, the second prince immediately put the helmet over his head.

In an instant, his roars grew to an astonishing degree. His body began to grow without stop. In the blink of an eye, he grew to be one hundred thousand something feet, and by the looks of it, he had yet to reach his limit.

"Asura Ghost Dao, with the blood of the royal family flowing in my body, I will nourish the ghosts in the world, and gather them… on myself!"

After he spoke, the second prince roared at the sky. He then lifted his right hand, and it seemed to have turned into a phantom's claw. His skin was green, and his nails were sharp. In fact, a ferocious bone spur had also appeared on his right arm.

His left arm changed as well. His entire body had grown to be around two hundred feet. His aura increased to a monstrous degree, and he was already infinitesimally close to a Dao Paragon. At that moment, his face contorted, and he let out a pained roar.

"Wu Gui! Bring me up!"

At the instant the second prince said those words, the headless man grabbed him, and a tricolored screen of light instantly appeared around him. It surrounded him entirely, and as he rushed up, it withstood the astonishing power of the Tree of Dao Verification swaying.

When he drew close to Su Ming, cracks appeared on the headless man's body. The tricolored screen of light around him distorted as if it was about to crumble. When he was about one thousand feet away from Su Ming, the tricolored screen of light shattered. A muffled groan came from the headless figure, and he grabbed the second prince to throw him towards Su Ming.

The second prince roared while the headless man sat down cross-legged. His cultivation base spread out with a bang and enveloped the entire area. With his own power, he fought back against the Tree of Dao Verification… so that he could buy a small amount of time for the second prince to attack.

The moment the second prince went to devour Su Ming with madness and killing intent, Su Ming lifted his head while remaining seated. His eyes flew open to reveal a dense blood-red light.

"We should end things between us now!"

Su Ming shuddered. The pain brought by the multiple rumbles in his body had already pushed him to his limit. The second prince's arrival would be met with… an explosive power from Su Ming!

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Chapter 1453: Indestructible Will

The instant the second prince drew close, Su Ming opened his eyes and quickly stood up. Without any hesitation, he lifted his right hand and pointed at the incoming second prince.

With it, a wave of impact immediately rose in the space between the two of them. When faced with it, madness appeared on the second prince's face. He instantly moved back, while Su Ming took a step forward. This time, he no longer used a finger to attack, but his palm instead.

When his palm landed against the second prince's body, the pain formed by the rumbles in Su Ming's body spilled out of him in violent waves. They instantly hit the second prince's body, and an even more astonishing roar erupted in the air.

The second prince tumbled back again and coughed up a mouthful of blood before looking at Su Ming in shock. Su Ming shuddered, and blood trickled out of the corners of his mouth as well, but a brilliant light shone in his eyes. He could clearly sense that the intense pain in his body had lessened a little.

Su Ming did not say another word. At the instant the second prince moved back, Su Ming rushed forth again. This time, he threw a punch. When it landed, the second prince let out a cry. He lifted his hands and pushed them swiftly forward. A shadow about one thousand feet tall immediately appeared behind him. That shadow was green, and it looked like a malicious ghost. When it roared ferociously, it shot through the second prince and charged towards Su Ming.

"Asura Ghost Dao!"

When the second prince's voice echoed in the air, the one thousand feet malicious ghost came into contact with Su Ming. Loud rumbles resounded through the air, and Su Ming coughed up a huge mouthful of blood while falling back.

The originally illusory fifth overlapping Dao Spirit in his third eye… manifested completely at that moment, then turned into a complete Dao Spirit, which made Su Ming's level of cultivation reach a breakthrough, and he truly reached the fifth level of Dao Spirit Realm!

With just one more step, he could cross over Dao Spirit Realm… and become a Dao Paragon!

"This is impossible! It's impossible!" Disbelief appeared on the second prince's face, and his face contorted slightly. His crazed look became even more pronounced.

"It's impossible! You can't possible absorb the Phala so quickly! Since ancient times, even the person who managed to absorb the Phala in the shortest amount of time took three days to do so! It's impossible for you to use such a short amount of time to absorb it completely!"

While roaring, the second prince charged forth again. This time, when he drew close to Su Ming, his body grew again. His height increased from two hundred feet to three hundred feet, and more bone spurs appeared on his body. His power rose swiftly, and it grew to be infinitesimally close to that of a Dao Paragon.

Su Ming lifted his head swiftly and wiped off the blood at the corners of his mouth. Powerful fighting spirit shone in his eyes. At that moment, the pain in his body had already largely dissipated, but some of it still remained. Because of it, his fighting spirit only became stronger.

"The word impossible… has never existed in this vast universe."

When Su Ming said those words coldly, he jumped up and charged to the second prince. He did not use any divine abilities, only the simplest, most direct method to make the intense pain spill out from his body.

The two of them instantly drew closer to each other on the tree crown. At the instant booming sounds surged into the sky, the child's voice from the Tree of Dao Verification echoed in the air again, and this time, it was filled with determination.

"I… want to go home!"

When the voice reached a deafening degree, the two hands formed by the countless branches of the Tree of Dao Verification tore at the sky again.

With it, the crumbling sky rumbled… and a huge crack was forcefully ripped open. Shattering with the sky were the numerous illusory nets, which created a dark line which looked like a scar within the crack.

That scar was like the entrance to another world, something that had been sealed up a long time ago!

The dark entrance was so big that it seemed boundless. Su Ming could only imagine what astonishing power had been necessary to seal up such a tear in the sky, though he could see a gigantic talisman floating in the air!

The paper was crimson in color, and it had a big mark. Right then, it was flashing. If anyone took a closer look, they would be able to tell that the lines that seemed like the stitches which formed the seal on the entrance to the other world and kept it closed had spread out through the talisman.

If the talisman was taken down, the sealed entrance would open, and then… the once glorious world could be seen again!

While the world rumbled, the sky was torn, the edges of the crack continued collapsing, and the ground shattered completely. Su Ming and the second prince fell back while the rumbling sounds continued echoing in the air.

Su Ming coughed up blood, then threw his head back and laughed loudly. An illusory figure appeared clearly around the five overlapping Dao Spirits in his third eye. It was… the embryo of his sixth Dao Spirit!

Once it formed and gained full corporeal form, Su Ming would have six overlapping Dao Spirits, and when they merged together… he would reach Dao Immortal Realm!

The second prince's expression had already changed, but the indignant look in his eyes showed that he no longer cared about anything else. As he shouted, he brought his right hand up, and with a swing, a chest plate immediately appeared on his body, then in the blink of an eye, he was equipped in a full set of armor.

At the same time, his body grew again. This time, he shot up to five hundred feet, causing his cultivation base to grow at an explosive rate, and it allowed him to gain the power of a Dao Paragon.

"Today, no matter what price I have to pay, I will seize the Phala that belongs to me!"

As the second prince roared, a vortex appeared in his right hand. That vortex was weakened quite considerably, as if there was a will that was about to break free from it.

"Asura Disaster, Dao of Reincarnation, DIE!" the second prince growled.

Black fog appeared around him, then surged into the sky and charged towards Su Ming. The black fog formed a huge vortex that rotated while rumbling as if it represented the cycles of life and death.

And right then, the second prince's huge body was like a malicious ghost in the black fog. It was an Art from Asura Clan which verified the path of Asura using ghosts!

The second prince knew that his time was limited. The headless figure helped him withstand the mighty pressure from the Tree of Dao Verification, but it could not do so for a long period of time. Once the headless man could no longer withstand the pressure, it would become difficult for the second prince to fight against Su Ming on the tree crown.

That was why when he attacked next, he brought out his full power.

Su Ming's eyes shone. The pain in his body had already lessened by quite a considerable amount and was now barely noticeable. A normal venting of his power was no longer sufficient for him to get rid of the rest of the pain. He lifted his right hand swiftly, and a huge axe appeared in his hand.

Su Ming sucked in a deep breath. At the instant the second prince drew close, the axe fell, and the last bit of pain in his body surged into his axe-wielding arm, then spilled out of him!

The world rumbled, and loud bangs resounded in the air. The second prince let out a shrill scream of pain. His left arm was detached from his body, and when he fell back, the vortex in his right eye crumbled. Di Tian, whom he had suppressed within it, then replaced his entire right eye at that moment!

With just one glance, he saw Su Ming.

Su Ming was tumbling back and coughing up a few mouthfuls of blood. His chest had sunk inwards, but despite his lungs being filled with blood, his laughter echoed in the air. His body was continuously recovering. The sixth Dao Spirit in his third eye had manifested, and a mighty power belonging to his cultivation base rose into the air with a bang.

"Six Dao Spirits… merge together and reach Dao Immortal Realm!"

Su Ming's eyes sparkled, and at the instant he spoke, the Tree of Dao Verification started trembling violently.

"Home… Where… is my home?"

The tree jolted, and the vast power that it had gathered together instantly erupted from the two hands of the Tree of Dao Verification and charged towards the talisman covering the scar in an aim to tear it off.

The entire world seemed to have fallen silent at that moment. When the hands grabbed the talisman, the Tree of Dao Verification's large body flew up a little, but when its hands touched the talisman and tried to tear it off, the mark on the talisman suddenly shone nine times. Each time it shone, a black bolt of lightning would descend with a roar. Every one of them had an indescribable power, which was… enough to destroy a Great Dao Paragon!

The nine black bolts of lightning all landed on the ancient Tree of Dao Verification, which made it show signs of falling apart, but it was nothing. Once the nine bolts of lightning descended, the air in front of the talisman covering the scar distorted to show a blurry figure.

That figure was dressed in a wide black robe. There was no emotion on its face, but it was staring coldly at the Tree of Dao Verification beneath it.

"Punishment!" the man said flatly.

He lifted his right hand and pushed downwards, in the direction of the Tree of Dao Verification. With it, rumbling sounds came from the Tree of Dao Verification without stop. The lifted hands broke to pieces and crumbled with a bang.

"It's you! You destroyed my homeland! It's you!"

There was a hitch in the child's voice then, suggesting that he was crying. There was also anger there too. When it echoed in the air, a figure appeared on the Tree of Dao Verification's crown. It was a boy of about five or six years old.

Lin Dong Dong, who was searching for the exit out of the third layer, jolted when he saw the black-robed man in the sky. Disbelief showed up on his face.

'The great Emperor… This is… This is not the Emperor's real body. It is a small part of his indestructible will left behind in this place. It was his final method to suppress the Tree of Dao Verification!

'Even though it's just an indestructible will, it still has a part of the Emperor's power…'

Excitement appeared on Lin Dong Dong's face. He felt that he had seen the road to return to Ancient Zang. As long as the Tree of Dao Verification was suppressed again, then with Lin Dong Dong's level of cultivation, he might need to spend ten thousand years to do it, but he was still rather confident that he could open a crack in the dimension to go back to Ancient Zang.

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Chapter 1454: I'll Help You!

At the instant the black-robed man looked at the ancient Tree of Dao Verification with an aloof expression while standing in the air right in front of the talisman sealing the scar in the sky, the boy who appeared on the tree crown lifted his right hand and pushed at the Tree of Dao Verification under him.

With it, the boy's youthful voice echoed in the shattered world, and it contained a tone that seemed to have come from his very bones.

"Dao Verification!"

At the instant he spoke, a great suction force that could not be described with words spread out from his body. That suction force was so powerful that it instantly enveloped the entire Tree of Dao Verification.

During that instant… the shattering dimension around the tree instantly tumbled back, and when the fragments fell back, they distorted and turned into ripples that rushed to the boy.

The sky looked to have been lifted. It shattered layer by layer, and the shattered parts distorted. They seemed to melt into ripples that disappeared as if they were sucked into the Tree of Dao Verification. When Su Ming looked over, the sky… was no longer the sky. It had turned into a vast, empty space.

At the same time, under the suction force, the ground—which was originally also crumbling—rumbled and shattered to powder. The mountains and rivers on all crumbled. The ground tuned into a dust storm that charged to the Tree of Dao Verification.

Even the destroyed second layer and first layer fell back at that moment. The shattered parts joined the dust storm and were completely sucked into the huge Tree of Dao Verification, which was the only thing still standing tall in the dimension.

The suction force had not only affected the world, but also the cultivators.

The second prince was the first one who could not withstand the force, and his body was instantly dragged into the Tree of Dao Verification. With a bang, he was stuck to the tree, and he could not move a single inch. When panic appeared on his face, the headless figure shuddered, unable to fight against the madness of the Tree of Dao Verification. His body was instantly surrounded by numerous branches as if he had become a part of the ancient tree.

The Great Dao Paragon Lin Dong Dong might have been slightly further away, but under the suction force, it did not matter how he tried to fight back. He could not stop his body from being yanked to the tree by the suction force, and just like the second prince, he became a part of the ancient tree.

Only Su Ming alone was not affected by the astonishing suction force from the ancient Tree of Dao Verification despite being able to sense it. At that moment, the six Dao Spirits in his third eye were swiftly merging together, causing Su Ming to have no time to care about anything else around him. He sat down cross-legged in the air to experience the process of turning into a Dao Paragon and moving from Dao Spirit Realm to Dao Immortal Realm.

At the same time, the boy on the Tree of Dao Verification's crown slowly lifted his right hand, and the Tree of Dao Verification immediately started trembling loudly and letting out astonishingly loud bangs. The Tree of Dao Verification looked like it was about to wither, like all of its power had been sucked away at to fuse into the boy's right hand.

The child glared at the shadow of the Emperor in the sky when he lifted his head.

"Dao Verification, open the sky!"

The boy's youthful voice had an indescribably firm tone at that moment. It held his desire to go home, and that desire had reached its burning point. He was letting out his feelings of being oppressed and sealed for countless years once they had reached a boiling point. At the moment he spoke, he flew up in a long arc and charged towards the illusory shadow of the Emperor.

The boy looked weak, but his strength was greater than that of anyone in the dimension. His voice was youthful, but the emotions contained in his voice towards his home pertained a determination that would cause other people's hearts to ache for him.

He did not move quickly… but at that moment, he had the full power of the Tree of Dao Verification gathered on him. The power of the first and second princes' cultivation bases had also become a part of him at that moment, regardless of whether they were willing or not.

With resolve and longing for home, the boy called Hao Hao appeared in front of the black-robed man, which was the indestructible will of the Emperor of Ancient Zang. He lifted his right hand and tore at the air in the Emperor's direction.

The moment he did so, the black-robed man lifted his right hand as well. His expression remained calm, as if as a will, he had no emotions. With his right hand, he pushed towards the incoming Hao Hao.

"Punishment!"

It was still just that one word, but when he said it, an astounding dark light erupted from his right palm. From within it, nine bolts of black lightning instantly charged out at Hao Hao.

They instantly crashed into him. The nine bolts of lightning roared thunderously, and all of them landed on Hao Hao, but when they struck him, they crumbled and turned into electrical sparks that spread out in arcs around his body.

From the distance, Hao Hao looked to have broken through the nine bolts of lightning like a hot knife slicing into butter. He closed in on the black-robed man, but right when he collided against him… the dark light shining from the black-robed man's palm lines instantly reached an indescribable brightness. Each of his palm lines seemed to have turned into mountain ranges to suppress Hao Hao, the Tree of Dao Verification!

Booming sounds rang nonstop when Hao Hao's right hand came into contact with the black-robed man's. The sound that came from that strike turned into a wave of impact that could tear through everything. When it swept outwards in all directions, Hao Hao let out a battle cry with determination in his voice, and the black-robed man's body instantly became even more faded away.

The shadow became fainter with each passing moment, but the moment the black-robed man looked as if he was about to disappear, he shut his eyes. When he opened them again, he pushed his right hand forward almost violently.

With it, the booming sounds in the air became much louder, and Hao Hao looked to have been blown away by a violent gust of wind. With an unwillingness to admit defeat and grief… the boy vanished.

At the same time, the Tree of Dao Verification jolted. A large number of branches crumbled, and even the tree crown that could replace the sky shattered. Hao Hao's body then appeared again on the tree crown. This time, he was very blurry, and he looked to be crying as he stared at the sky and the scar in it as if he was looking at his home.

When part of the ancient Tree of Dao Verification shattered, the second prince coughed up blood. He summoned the headless figure, and both of them turned into long arcs. They left as fast as they could manage while the second prince's heart was filled with fear.

Lin Dong Dong was the same. With a pale face, he immediately widened the distance between him and the Tree of Dao Verification at the instant the suction force disappeared. When he turned his head around, there was rarely seen terror in his eyes.

It was also at that moment that Su Ming opened his eyes. When he did so, the six Dao Spirits in his third eye completed the final fusion, and from Dao Spirit Realm, he reached Dao Immortal Realm. He became a Dao Paragon!

Su Ming's six overlapping Dao Spirits could be seen exuding a golden light within his third eye. That light was incredibly strong and seemed capable of dyeing the whole world gold.

A Dao Paragon's power spread out continuously from Su Ming's body at that moment. It swept out in every direction, causing his hair to move without wind.

Dao Paragons were also known as Dao Immortals, and they gained that status once they had six overlapping Dao Spirits! With seven overlapping Dao Spirits, they would attain great completion of Dao Immortal Realm, and with eight overlapping Dao Spirits… they would become Great Dao Paragons!

At that moment, Su Ming had already reached Dao Immortal Realm. In fact, he had a vague feeling that he seemed to have already arrived at the edge of attaining great completion. He could already see… the path to become a Great Dao Paragon.

"Help me… Help me… You said before that you will come home with me…"

When Su Ming became a Dao Paragon, Hao Hao's sorrowful voice reached his ears. Su Ming lifted his head and looked at the boy watching him from the tree crown.

He saw the boy's determination and sadness. No one else could understand that sadness… only Su Ming, because he was the same as Hao Hao. They had both lost their homes…

"I want to go home… I miss home… Help me, help me, please…" The boy stared at Su Ming while pleading with him quietly. Each of his words touched Su Ming's heart.

There had been a time when he was the same as the boy. He had lost his home, all the familiar faces around him, and at that time, he could only remember all the faces in his memories in silence.

"How… should I help you?" Su Ming asked softly while looking at the boy.

He had no reason to refuse him, and he did not want to either. If Hao Hao was not around, Su Ming would not have been able to obtain the Phala. If Hao Hao was not around, Su Ming… might have already died or become lost when he was attacked by the first and second princes.

Be it to repay his kindness or because Su Ming felt moved at that moment, he wanted to help Hao Hao. He wanted to… send him home.

"I am the Spirit of Dao Verification. I cannot tear open that seal. The will of the Emperor of Ancient Zang is gathered on me, but it's not on you. You can tear open that seal. Once the seal is torn… we can go home."

Hao Hao straightened on the tree crown while looking at Su Ming with resolve burning in his eyes. His gaze caused Su Ming to fall silent for a moment before resolution appeared in his eyes.

He moved straight to the tree crown, showing up beside Hao Hao. He lowered his head to look at the boy, and the boy too lifted his head to look at him.

The moment their gazes met, Su Ming saw the clarity in the boy's eyes as well as the purity of his soul. He also saw… his longing to go home and the grief born from loneliness hidden in his heart.

Similarly, the boy also saw Su Ming's world as well as Su Ming's mourning.

"Help me go home… and I will also help you go home… Let's do it together…"

The boy sensed the indescribable sense of cordiality with Su Ming once more. He brought his hand up and held Su Ming's hand. At the moment their hands touched, Su Ming's eyes suddenly focused.

A mighty power surged into his body. The boy was sending his power straight into him as an inheritance.

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Chapter 1455: The Path Down South is Difficult!

The power of the tree's cultivation base instantly swam through Su Ming's body, and his aura increased exponentially. Su Ming immediately noticed that the feeling of that power was practically the same as that of the Phala… barring the extreme pain it had brought to him!

The intense pain he suffered after he swallowed the Phala was still fresh in Su Ming's mind, but when Hao Hao held his hand and sent his power into him, there was no pain. However… the explosive increase of his cultivation base was even greater.

"You…" Su Ming looked at the boy before him and sighed softly.

"I can't go back home with the Tree of Dao Verification… Instead of having it stay here, it's better for me to give it to you, and only if I do so will you have the strength to tear through the seal. Then, we can go home…"

The boy looked at Su Ming, and his eyes were clear. They shone brightly with firm resolve.

Su Ming was silent. His power was increasing exponentially with loud bangs at that moment. The power surging into him was so strong that it instantly caused his aura to become stronger, and it filled the world. Due to the vast amount of cultivation base surging into him, Su Ming could not immediately absorb it, which was why the number of Dao Paragons in his third eye did not increase, but… the power of the cultivation base accumulating in his body immediately surpassed what a Dao Paragon would possess!

Su Ming did not need to deduce just what level of cultivation he had reached. He could sense that as his power grew, the boy gradually grew weaker, but the clarity and resolve in his eyes did not weaken. Instead, they only become stronger.

At the same time, the Tree of Dao Verification that had partially shattered… started withering from its roots. It seemed to be sending all of its life force and power into Su Ming through Hao Hao's hand.

It was… Hao Hao's gift. A gift from the Tree of Dao Verification.

As the gift was sent his way, a wave of determination was also given to him. Su Ming stared at the young boy, and after a long while, he said softly, "I promise you that… no matter what price I have to pay, I will send you home."

The boy smiled. His smile was pure, and he held tight on Su Ming's hand. A dependent look appeared on his face, as if only by holding Su Ming's hand could he feel safe. Su Ming's promise seemed to be everything to him.

The Tree of Dao Verification's withering became faster, and its roots gradually turned into ashes. When Lin Dong Dong's saw it, shock appeared in his eyes. It was soon replaced by wonder and then an unprecedented jealousy.

'This… This is the Tree of Dao Verification giving all its life force and everything else to the third prince. Damn it… Damn it! How could he obtain such a serendipity?!

'Once… Once he absorbs all the Tree of Dao Verification's power and completely fuses with it… just what level of cultivation will he reach?

'This is a serendipity the world has never seen before!'

Blood capillaries appeared in Lin Dong Dong's eyes as he glared at Su Ming, but he did not dare to do anything reckless. The jealousy simply grew stronger in his heart, and in the end, it turned into a powerful killing intent towards Su Ming.

If he was overcome by killing intent, then it was even more so for the second prince. At that moment, he stared at Su Ming without moving his gaze. He had also seen the serendipity Su Ming was receiving at that moment. The crazed jealousy in his heart replaced all other emotions in his heart.

"This should have belonged to me, ME! You snatched away my Phala and even my serendipity! If you weren't here, that Phala would have belonged to me, and that serendipity would have also been mine!"

In his madness, Di Tian's figure in his right eye grew clearer. When he looked at Su Ming, a complicated look appeared in his eyes.

But jealousy and killing intent could not affect Su Ming in the slightest. Under the vast power send away, the Tree of Dao Verification's withering slowly spread up the tree. One-tenth, two-tenths, three-tenths… When eight-tenths of the tree had withered, from the distance, most the Tree of Dao Verification looked to have withered, and the only parts left untouched was the tree crown.

Su Ming's cultivation base had become so strong that it was already difficult for him to describe it with words. The face of the boy next to him had grown pale, and his body started to fade away, but the clarity in his eyes and the smile on his face remained the same as before. He was still as determined as ever, and there was a mournful look on his face that made Su Ming's heart ache in pain for him.

Beside him was a child who could give up on everything to go home. When Su Ming sighed softly in his heart… the tree crown withered. It was the last part of the Tree of Dao Verification, which was a towering tree that had stood tall for countless years.

Its glory had began in its world, and the remnants of its glory were brought to Ancient Zang. Right then, it gathered on Su Ming and became the boy's hope to go home.

As the Tree of Dao Verification disappeared, the boy slowly lost his strength. He was about to let go of Su Ming's hand, but right when he wanted to do it, Su Ming held on tight, and a gentle aura as well a soothing wave of cultivation base was delivered into the boy's body from Su Ming.

"Don't sleep. You have to watch me… bring you home."

Su Ming crouched down and looked at the boy before him, who had now turned into a mere illusion. He stroked his head.

The boy looked at Su Ming, and after a long time had passed… he nodded seriously.

"I won't sleep. I'll look at the road back home."

A smile appeared on Su Ming's face. That smile was very gentle. He stroked the boy's head again and stood up. When he lifted his head, the first thing he saw was the figure formed by the Emperor's indestructible will contained in the talisman covering the scar in the sky.

At the moment he looked over, the black-robed man also cast his gaze on him.

Su Ming looked at the man and the face he would never forget. It was… Xuan Zang's face. This was something Su Ming had already noticed before, but he had never expected that he would get to look at Xuan Zang like that once more.

"May you be Xuan Zang or the Emperor of Ancient Zang… we meet again."

Su Ming's devotion to Possess Xuan Zang was contained in his voice. At the instant he spoke, he turned into a long arc and charged into the sky.

He drew closer!

Right when Su Ming got close to the sky, he lifted his right hand and seized the air in the direction of the sky. The black-robed man also brought his right hand up, then did the exact same action and spoke in the exact same voice as he did when he dealt with the Tree of Dao Verification.

"Punishment!"

Booming sounds echoed in the air. Nine bolts of black lightning instantly drew close to Su Ming. When they struck him, Su Ming flung his right arm swiftly, and his will erupted from his body. The terrifying power of the Tree of Dao Verification that had accumulated in his body spilled out from him at that instant.

When Su Ming flung his right hand, his will crashed into the nine bolts of lightning.

Loud, booming sounds rang out nonstop. Every time a bolt of lightning struck Su Ming, it would cause him to jolt, but he did not stop him moving. When all bolts of lightning shattered, the palm lines that were like mountains on the black-robed man's right hand and which had caused the Tree of Dao Verification to fail previously went to suppress Su Ming.

The feeling of being suppressed was incredibly great. It was a suppressive force formed by nine layers of overlapping power, and each layer was stronger than the former. Once they overlapped with each other, they formed a powerful seal that felt as great as the world itself.

A loud bang shot up then, and blood trickled out of the corners of Su Ming's mouth. It was due to the first layer of suppression, which was followed by the second layer of suppression.

It caused Su Ming's footsteps to come to a stop, and at the same time, he coughed up blood again. His eyes turned bloodshot, and he let out a low growl. Without any hesitation, he took a step forward, and his right hand touched the black-robed man's right hand.

At that moment, the third suppressive layer descended on him. It caused the black-robed man to become slightly blurry, and Su Ming immediately felt an intense pain that made him feel as if his body was about to crumble.

He did not cough up blood then. Instead, he stirred up his four great wills to fight against the powerful third suppressive layer. During the loud bangs that stirred up, all four of Su Ming's wills crumbled, but he withstood the third suppressive layer, and with the power of his cultivation base, he went to fight against the fourth layer!

When booming sounds spread out from between Su Ming and the black-robed man's right hands, Su Ming used the power he had accumulated from the Tree of Dao Verification to withstand the fourth, fifth, sixth, and seventh layers of suppression!

Most of the black-robed man's body was reduced to an illusion, but fresh blood dyed Su Ming's robes.

Then, a loud bang shot up from Su Ming's right hand. Under the seventh suppressive layer, it had shattered. Su Ming roared, and when he lifted his right hand, he shouted four words from his mouth.

"God of Berserkers Transformation!"

It was the first time Su Ming executed the God of Berserkers Transformation after he woke up in the strange new world. His body instantly grew, but soon, all the parts that grew were reduced to blood rain, because Su Ming's growing body had broken down, and blood gushed out of it. Yet once he paid this price… he remained standing in the air and withstood the eighth suppressive layer.

"I refuse to believe that I can't tear open your seal!"

Su Ming threw his head back and laughed. As he did so, a bloody stench spread out from his body, which was surrounded by an air of madness that seemed to have come from within his bones themselves. 'If my right arm is broken, I can still use my left hand. If my left hand is broken… I can still use my head!'

Booming sounds echoed in the air. When the ninth suppressive layer descended, the black-robed man's body turned into a complete illusion. Only his right palm remained. When the talisman behind the palm could be seen, Su Ming's left arm shattered. Once he lost both his arms, he used his head to ram it against the black-robed man's right hand without any hesitation.

A loud bang shot up. Su Ming no longer had the four wills with him, and he had also released all his cultivation base. The God of Berserkers Transformation had shattered, but he had his determination with him, as well as his belief and promise. He believed that he could resurrect all the people who had died, and he had also made a promise!

He had promised Hao Hao that no matter the price he had to pay, he would send him back home. Those words were Su Ming's promise, and he would not give up on fulfilling it!

When he crashed into the right palm of the emperor's will, he was also crashing against fate while backed by his unwillingness to admit defeat, his desire to see his homeland, and resolve to resurrect all the familiar faces in his memories.

Many years ago, when the bald crane was dying, Su Ming had also rushed against the then death-shrouded Xuan Zang while fuelled by madness. Many years later, on that day, he still… chose to crash against Xuan Zang, with the same madness!

He would continue heading south and not turn back until he ran into a wall, and even when he ran into the wall, he would crush it and rush to the Vast Expanse. It was a resolve… that was easily declared, but difficult to follow through!

Because the path south… was difficult!

The solemn and tragic scene in the air shocked Lin Dong Dong and the second prince, but after they overcame it, they were filled with delight and started raining down malicious curses on Su Ming. They hoped that he would have his body and soul destroyed by the Emperor's indestructible will!

However, their curses were destined to not be fulfilled. While booming sounds shook the sky and earth, the third layer completely shattered to pieces, blood flowed down from Su Ming's forehead, and the black-robed man's right hand shattered… When it shattered, Su Ming used his mouth to bite down on the talisman covering the scar in the sky and yanked it to the side!

The seal… shattered!

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Chapter 1456: I Don't Have Tears

His blood poured down in red drops from the sky!

At that moment, Su Ming no longer had any arms, so he had used his mouth to yank off the talisman. That action was fuelled by his determination, his promise… and an impulse that seldom appeared over the years!

The last time he had this sort of impulse was when he was young and still in Dark Mountain Tribe. At that moment, he had been bound by his elder in the house and was not allowed to join the battle for Dark Mountain. Back then, Su Ming had also descended into madness while his eyes filled with red. So many years later, the same thing had happened to him again.

It was something that should not have happened, because many years had passed since then and Su Ming was no longer the child in the past. His intelligence was enough to help him suppress all such impulses. However… humans could not gain complete understanding of every single thing. There were times… when they simply had to act according to their hearts.

If Su Ming had calmly accessed the battle of the Tree of Dao Verification tearing at the sky, he would not have gone all out for Hao Hao. After all, every single person had their own selfish desires, even if someone had once helped them.

The price Su Ming had to pay was too great even if the boy had helped him. Besides… Su Ming had to face a life-threatening risk, and someone who was determined to resurrect all the familiar faces in their life, perhaps, should not have done something like that.

Tearing the talisman from the scar was very dangerous. If Su Ming died, then all of his previous actions would have been in vain. From a logical standpoint, no matter how one looked at it, what Su Ming had done right then was incredibly unwise.

However… there were times when rationality was not everything, calmness could not decide what's right, and what a person needed to do was to ask themselves whether they would come out of a situation without feeling any regret!

They should not feel regret for their choices. It was easy to say that, but how many people were able to put it into practice? When Su Ming asked his heart, it had told him to act according to how he felt. No matter how dangerous it was, he had to repay those who showed kindness to him, and Hao Hao's words of wanting to go home also touched him deeply.

"If you help me, then I will help you, or rather… I will help you, so please help me" were very simple words, but all forms of logic had been screaming at Su Ming that it was difficult for him to repay that kindness. The price for it was simply too huge, but Su Ming still chose to do it.

At that moment, he did not think about whether his actions were right or wrong, and neither did he think about what he would lose in the process. From the depths of his heart, he simply wanted to help the boy… He wanted to help him go home.

The air roared right then. As Su Ming's body fell and the talisman was ripped off the scar, the stitches over the scar were instantly torn, and a gap was revealed!

The next moment, the dimension of the third layer began to crumble with a bang. The shattering air brought with it a destructive power that could bury all forms of life. When it swept out in every direction, Su Ming's body plunged downwards, but a figure appeared in a flash beside himt. It was Hao Hao. Even though he could see his road back home, he did not immediately step into it. Instead, he appeared beside Su Ming and hugged him.

"You helped me, so I'll help you…"

When the youthful voice reached his ears, a smile blossomed on Su Ming's lips. Hao Hao took hold of his body and flew to the gap in the sky.

"Let's… go home." When Hao Hao said those words softly, his desire to return home shone in his eyes.

"Let's," Su Ming mumbled and closed his eyes. His limp body was held tightly by Hao Hao, who turned into a long arc that charged into the gap in the sky like a shooting star.

Right after, the dimension of the third layer shattered to pieces. The destructive power started rampaging through the place, and Lin Dong Dong, the second prince, and the headless figure were all forced to turn into long arcs that charged to the gap in the sky.

Their only chance of survival was in that place. If they stayed, then even with Lin Dong Dong's power, they could only be buried along with the third layer.

They instantly rushed into the gap. The moment they disappeared, an astonishing rumble shot up in the third layer. While it echoed in the air, the third layer shattered completely, and from then on, disappeared from space!

When the third layer was destroyed, it vanished from sight as if someone had slowly shut their eyes to block it from their view. Once they completely closed their eyes, their world would turn black. Everything in the world would be gone as if it was no longer around…

Su Ming did not know how much time had passed, but a ray of sunlight fell on his eyelids and seeped into his eyes, causing him to think that the world was no longer black, but had turned pink. Then… Su Ming slowly opened his eyes.

The first thing he saw was a blue sky and a gentle light from the sun that was not piercing to the eyes. The sunlight landed on him, and then, Hao Hao's voice reached his ears.

"You're awake!" There was joy in the boy's voice.

When Su Ming slowly sat up, he saw Hao Hao sitting by his side.

The five-year-old boy was smiling happily at that moment. The smile on his face was very pure, and delight radiated from his face; it could be seen that he thought everything was good right then. When compared to the ruins around them, his happiness and joy seemed to be even more precious.

The land around them was pure wasteland and covered in a layer of dust. It seemed to have been buried in the passages of time for an unknown number of years.

Su Ming could vaguely see mountains and rivers that had once existed in that land and faintly hear the delighted laughter that once rang in the area. However, in the next breath, be it the vague sights or the faint sounds, all of them shattered into nothingness. What he saw right then seemed to only be remnants of a blazing flame.

Aura of death filled the area. It might not have been brought by death, however… Because it had been too long since any living soul had appeared in the place, gradually, an air of familiarity filled the world. It became quiet, and the aura of death was born.

"This is…" Su Ming averted his gaze from the area. In his eyes were the reflection of all the wasteland after he swept his gaze across the world, bearing witness to the glory it had once enjoyed.

"This is my home… but it has already changed. I… can't quite find the atmosphere it once had. But I remember the sunlight here. I remember the night sky, and I can also remember its presence."

Hao Hao fell silent for a moment, as if he had become rather depressed, but soon, he lifted his head, and the faint but happy smile appeared returned to his lips. He seemed to want to bury all the unhappiness he felt deep in his heart. He was clearly telling himself that he had to be happy, he had to be satisfied, because that was his home.

When Su Ming saw Hao Hao's smile, he felt like he was seeing tears. In silence, he noticed that the arms he lost were back on his body. This sight caused him to sink into his thoughts. When he looked at Hao Hao again, he found that his body had become a little blurrier than when Su Ming had fallen unconscious.

"You…" Su Ming sighed softly. He lifted his right hand and patted Hao Hao's head. The boy looked at him happily with a very deep seated dependance in his eyes.

"You helped me, so I'll help you."

The boy's smile became even more innocent. When he looked at Su Ming, the dependent look in his eyes became even stronger.

He was a child who was afraid of loneliness. Su Ming was his only support, and he did not want to lose him. If that happened, he would return to the loneliness he once suffered.

That loneliness… was something he was afraid of.

Su Ming was silent. After a long while, he nodded, and when he sat down to meditate, he slowly closed his eyes.

Su Ming might not have sensed too much unfamiliarity in the air, but power was everything. The moment he circulated his cultivation base, he noticed that some of the power Hao Hao had sent surging into his body had already fused with him.

Even if it was not much, the seventh overlapping shadow had appeared among his six Dao Paragons in his third eye, and the cultivation base in Su Ming's body was so vast that he had a strong feeling that if he could completely refine it… he would be able to gather together his eighth overlapping Dao Paragon and become a Great Dao Paragon.

Time trickled by, and when dusk arrived, the world gradually grew dark. When stars shone in the night sky, Su Ming opened his eyes. He saw Hao Hao by his side, staring at the sky. There was a dazed look on his face, and Su Ming seemed to be able to see the tears at the corners of his eyes, despite the kid's dazed expression.

But when he looked at the boy closely, he found no sign of tears.

Days passed like that. Half a month later, Su Ming brought Hao Hao to walk past the wasteland, the world filled with the aura of death. They walked without a word, quietly.

They went past abandoned cities that had no signs of life. Even the first and the second princes had scattered after they entered. It was hard to tell where they were.

Hao Hao stopped at the edge of a pit that resembled a sinkhole and stared at it. After a long while, he said softly, "There was once a lake here…"

Hao Hao closed his eyes, and nostalgia surfaced in his voice. "I still remember this place…"

Su Ming stood next to him. He watched the sinkhole that was once a lake, the dust and cracks in it. He accompanied Hao Hao and remembered the past with him. A few days later, when they left, the sinkhole still remained in place.

They walked past the wasteland, past the lands that were once mountains and rivers, and past beaches whose seas had already been reduced to deserts. The end of both the sea and desert could not be seen, but while one of them resembled life, the other resembled silence.

One of them was the line connecting the sky and earth, and the other was the edge of sand. They were stretched far and wide as before, but the landscape had already changed drastically.

Hao Hao lowered his head. He crouched down and grabbed a handful of sand. As he stared at it, his voice echoed in the air. "Nine continents, nine butterfly spirits. They once surrounded me, but now… none of them are here…"

Su Ming sighed softly. He could understand the anguish the boy felt at that moment. He patted the boy's head gently with his right hand, and continued doing so until Hao Hao stood up. He hugged Su Ming while crying.

"I am the spirit of the Tree of Dao Verification. I… don't have tears, but I want to cry. After coming back, my heart only hurts…" After a long while, the boy lifted his head and looked at Su Ming.

As he listened to that youthful voice, Su Ming's heart was touched again. He looked at the boy, then crouched down and picked him up into his arms.

"Everything will be alright," Su Ming said while holding him and walked into the distance. His voice echoed in the air and lingered for a long time, refusing to disappear, as if it was a beautiful promise.

"Bring me to the center surrounded by the nine continents, please. That place… is where I was born," the young boy pleaded softly while burying his head into Su Ming's shoulder.

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Chapter 1457: For What Reason?

They walked past mountains and rivers, wastelands, and saw dust as well as more of a desert…

It was as if the prosperity of one breath had withered away in the next breath. Just whose face would remain young? Whose sigh would stay forever? Whose past… was not be beautiful?

Su Ming sat down in the wreckage and watched the sun set. They were beside a mountain and river, watching the evening arrive. The echo of laughter seemed to come through the passage of time and ring in their ears, causing them to be unable to tell… just what sort of karma was contained in the beautiful moments of the past that brought forth the destruction around them.

When they lowered their heads, they could not tell what sort of cycles of life and death were contained in the destruction, or else… why was it that when they closed their eyes and opened them after, everything in the world had changed, even though it was still the same world.

Su Ming was at the edge of a desert with a boy in his arms. When the sun rose and he walked forward, his elongated shadow could be seen behind him as if it was following him for all eternity. It was something that seemed to live in the world as a guide for snow to arrive.

Su Ming walked during noon, and walked through the four seasons…

He crossed deserts and walked past continents on his way towards the center of the world. He had no direction, but he did not want to fly. In the world around him that was once beautiful, he walked with the boy as if they were going down the path of questioning their own Dao.

One year, two years, three years… and then, one hundred years passed.

During those one hundred years, Su Ming retained the same appearance. The boy also stayed in his arms. The two of them did not change in their appearance or their actions, just like how the world around them did not change. Everything was the same as before.

When spring arrived, all manner of life was resurrected, but in the world around them, no sign of green could be seen, no flowers were blooming, and naturally, since there were no flowers in bloom, there was no one to pick them.

During summer, heat filled the world. In Su Ming's and the boy's eyes, the entire world distorted because of the heat, and they seemed to be able to see some of the people which once existed in the past.

However, those figures were distorted, and since they could not be straightened, all they could see were memories.

When autumn arrived, nothing changed since there was no sign of green during spring and no red during autumn. Occasionally, some color would appear in the sky, as if the heavens could not bear seeing the singular color of the land, so they made some more high up above as if trying to give hope to those remaining in the world.

During winter, snow fell. It connected the sky and earth while being blown by a winter breeze. If anyone cast their gazes over, they would find that the world had turned into an indistinct blur. No distances could not be seen.

The only thing that could be seen were snowflakes that could not be counted. When they fell, they seemed to be trying to touch each other, but it was destined that two snowflakes could never reach one another. The only thing they could touch was the wind.

However, no matter what the wind's intentions were, when the snowflakes fell on the ground… they would gradually touch, but those that met then might not be those who had fallen together from the sky.

Su Ming carried the boy through the snow. As he walked, he moved through midwinter and welcomed the arrival of spring, sent away summer, witnessed the coming of the red of autumn, and then returned to wind and snow.

When two hundred years passed, they began to see shattered bodies, corpses reduced to ash, and even bodies who still retained their original looks before their owners' deaths in the once glorious world.

Most of the corpses were dried up and withered. Most of them were in the ruins of cities, but some of them were scattered here and there on the land, the mountains and rivers, and the deserts.

There were countless corpses. Some of them were couples who held onto each other before their deaths. Some of them were mothers who instinctively protected their children. The outlines of their intertwined bodies could be seen when they quietly returned to dust.

Su Ming and the boy buried the corpses, the cities, and the ruins…

Then, during the summer of one particular year, in an afternoon with a drizzling rain, Su Ming stopped to look at an incredibly majestic city in the distance while carrying the sleeping boy. There was a headless figure sitting on the city.

It was a huge city, and it was the third one built like that which Su Ming had noticed after walking through three continents. It was… once the core of that continent and should have been known as the capital.

It was just like the royal capital of Ancient Zang, though in that formerly glorious world, each continent was as great as all of Ancient Zang.

When Su Ming looked at the figure sitting on the city, a hint of complicated emotions appeared in his eyes. He could recognize that the person who followed the second prince had the appearance of his eldest senior brother.

He was not the first familiar figure Su Ming had seen in Ancient Zang, but even so, the soft sigh that came from the bottom of his heart still echoed in Su Ming's mind. It lingered there, refusing to fade away even after a long time had passed.

The headless figure did not move. The man sat on the city while facing Su Ming. No hint of vitality could be detected from him, but neither was there any aura of death around him. It was as if he had been fixed in that place and had turned into… a statue.

The gate of the city suddenly opened on their own, and groups of soldiers in black armor walked out slowly. Their footsteps were uniform, and the ground trembled from them. Each of the soldiers was shrouded in a thick aura of death, and it was so thick that it instantly threw the sky into chaos. The sunlight at noon suddenly turned black.

Those soldiers were people of the land. Years after their death, they had been refined into corpse puppets and turned into black armor. Their city became a city of the dead and a world of corpse puppets.

"I am happy to meet an old friend in a foreign land. Come in!"

At the instant the city gate was thrown open, a mighty voice traveled out from the palace. It spread in every direction and landed in Su Ming's ears.

The speaker was the second prince.

Su Ming was silent for a while before he walked past the black-armored corpse puppets and into the city with the boy in his arms. Inside, he saw countless people. Each of them was a corpse puppet, but at first glance, it seemed like the city was prosperous. Only when Su Ming took a closer look did he see that all of it was just an illusion.

He walked past the crowd and arrived outside the palace whose gate were thrown open for him. Su Ming's gaze seemed to be able to see through the halls where a man was sitting on a throne right at the center of the palace.

He was dressed in an emperor's robe and wore an emperor's crown. However, his figure was hidden in the darkness and could not be seen clearly.

In silence, Su Ming walked along the asphalt paths and the stairs until he walked into the center of the palace. Then, he saw the man sitting on the throne.

He had the exact same face as the second prince, but he gave Su Ming a feeling of familiarity.

"Di Tian," Su Ming said softly.

"It is I!"

The man in the emperor's robe smiled when he heard those words. He stood up swiftly, and when he walked out of the darkness, his appearance was different from the Di Tian in Su Ming's memories, but his presence belonged to him and no one else.

There was still a vortex in Di Tian's right eye. That vortex was like a seal. However, right then, the vortex sealed a soul that was struggling and roaring. That soul… belonged to the second prince.

Su Ming did not know how Di Tian had managed to turn the tables and seize control. However, with the wealth of experience Di Tian had, the calculative mind which he once used to scheme against Su Xuan Yi for ten thousand years, and how he had managed to escape death by connecting with Su Ming's Life Matrix when Harmonious Morus Alba was destroyed… he was definitely not someone the miserable second prince could control. As long as a chance showed up, he could replace the second prince.

"Su Ming, the most gifted of all cultivators over the countless aeons the seventh Harmonious Morus Alba lived through, who personally witnessed the death of Harmonious Morus Alba and who chose to Possess Xuan Zang while standing before him. Su Ming… it has been a long time since we last met."

When Di Tian spoke, his voice still echoed in the air. It spread through the entire palace, and the world outside became even more chaotic.

"Because of you, I managed to escape death. Because of you, I also stepped into this illusory world. Over the years, I was suppressed by that ludicrous second prince, but I have always known that I am Di Tian, not some second prince, because he is only a prince… while I am the Emperor of Immortals!"

Di Tian took a step forward again. With it, he arrived right in front of Su Ming and looked him in the eye.

"Didn't you notice that the world we stand in currently… is different from Ancient Zang? Ancient Zang is fake… but this is real!"

Di Tian swung his arm, and wisps of black smoke immediately filled the place. In an instant, they turned into a huge table set between him and Su Ming.

There were numerous pots of wine on it, and there were also some corpse puppets around it, surrounding them while dancing and singing, even though no sound came from their throats, and their movements were stiff. The aura of death filled them, and the dim light gave the entire scene a bizarre air.

"When we meet a friend in foreign lands, we should treat them with a feast. Su Ming, do you dare drink this wine?" Di Tian asked while smiling softly. The prideful look on his face was the same as before.

Su Ming was silent. While holding the boy, he stared at the Di Tian before him, and sadness gradually appeared on his face. He was sad, because the great Di Tian of Harmonious Morus Alba had already lost himself in the strange new world.

Or perhaps he was willing to get lost. Otherwise, with how firm Di Tian was in his beliefs, it would have been difficult for him to get lost if he did not want it.

"For what reason… did you do this?"

Su Ming sighed softly. To him, be they enemies or old friends, the connection between their Life Matrices had been cut when Su Ming let out his ninth Dao Spirit Voice. Yet no matter what… Di Tian was the second person who possessed the power of wills, the first being Bei Qiong. Right then, when Su Ming looked at him being lost, the emotions that rose in his heart only caused him to sigh.

He looked at Di Tian, then his gaze finally landed on the area around the throne behind Di Tian. He obtained his answer there.

"Su Ming, do you dare drink the wine?!"

Ddi Tian did not answer Su Ming's question. Instead, he asked the same one as before with a smile and his eyes sparkling brilliantly. Su Ming cast Di Tian a deep look, then turned around and walked out of the palace.

Di Tian's laughter echoed behind Su Ming, sending him off. Only when Su Ming left the palace did that laughter gradually fade away. The singing and dancing continued in the palace, but grief slowly appeared on Di Tian's face.

He turned around quietly and walked to the throne. There was a Rune around it, and several corpses could be seen in the dim light. On each of the corpses was a runic symbol carved into them with blood.

Di Tian stood in a daze while looking at the corpses. Gradually, the dispirited look on his face faded away, replaced by determination.

"I promised all of you before that I would resurrect you in this new world… It is my promise," Di Tian murmured and sat down slowly on his throne. His figure slowly faded into darkness again… and he could not be seen clearly anymore.

"Only if I believe that this place is real will you not suspect that this place is fake after you are resurrected. With just me losing my way, I can bring all of you back into existence. Even if I am wrong in this regard… I will accept it."

Anguish appeared on Di Tian's face. When he looked at the mute corpse puppets dancing, he gradually heard a song, and the stiff corpse puppets before his eyes became spirited, as if they had become alive. However, while he watched them, his soft sighs echoed in the throne room, but his voice did not travel out of the palace.

No one could hear him.

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Chapter 1458: A Wine Feast in This Life

The sun could not be seen in the sky. It was dark above, as if it was the night when ghosts roamed. If ghosts wanted to wander on the face of the Earth, they required darkness, not daylight.

Under that dark sky, Su Ming approached the city gate, but then, he turned his head around and cast a glance at the palace. He could still somewhat feel Di Tian's presence there.

It spoke of a farewell to Su Ming and filled the surroundings to slowly fuse with the ancient city that had died an unknown number of years ago. Di Tian would live in his own world and lie to himself so that he would come to believe that all of it was real.

Su Ming sighed softly. He understood Di Tian's resolve, which came from the resolve to resurrect the corpses he had placed in the Rune beside the throne.

'Only when you believe that all of this is real will the resurrected people not think that this place is fake. Di Tian…'

Su Ming did not speak. He felt as if he had come to know the other again, after they had been entangled in hate for thousands of years in Harmonious Morus Alba.

'For the people he wants to resurrect, he chose to get lost, to immerse himself in this place… Where is my path, I wonder.'

In silence, Su Ming walked out of the city. When he stepped through the gates, he turned his head around the second time and looked at the headless man who was sitting above and meditating like a statue.

'Eldest senior brother…' Su Ming stared at the man for a time. After a long while, the boy in his arms opened his eyes, and Su Ming turned around to walk into the distance.

The boy lying in Su Ming's arms lifted his head and looked at the city before speaking softly. "Big brother, do you know the person above the city?"

Su Ming did not turn his head around. He only answered quietly. "He is my senior brother."

The boy did not continue speaking. He just stare at the headless figure above the city…

Su Ming did not interrupt his eldest senior brother's training, because his choice was different from Di Tian's. He wanted to take another path and no longer be lost. Instead, he would shatter all veils of illusion and open his eyes to search for the real world.

If he chose to willingly lose his way, then was sure that he would see the headless figure open its eyes. He would see his eldest senior brother from his memories. Su Ming was even sure that he would have a way to find all the familiar faces in the world around him. He would get to see all of them before him.

However… all of those things would still be fake, and Su Ming did not want to choose that path. He wanted to walk down a different path from Di Tian's.

That road would be even more difficult and longer, which was maybe why Di Tian did not manage to finish walking it. He chose to lose his way.

While walking into the distance under the dark sky, Su Ming was surrounded by a presence of determination within the desolate atmosphere that hung in the air. He… would absolutely not give up on his path.

Su Ming could understand why Di Tian did not continue to walk down this path, but he himself would definitely continue to the end of his road!

In silence, Su Ming continued walking further and further away until he disappeared from the horizon. He left the area around the ancient city… and went into the distance.

"I saw the tears at the corners of your senior brother's eyes…" the boy lying on Su Ming's shoulder said softly.

Su Ming's feet came to a swift halt. When he turned his head around, he stared in the direction of the city he could no longer see, then sighed softly.

Time passed, and ten years, twenty years went by… And then, one hundred years were gone.

Su Ming had already walked through three hundred springs in the once glorious world. Year by year, day by day, he walked past the wasteland, the mountains and rivers, the deserts, and the continents.

When he arrived at the sixth continent, Su Ming quietly stopped before a mountain. He closed his eyes. Beneath the night sky adorned by glittering stars, he chose to meditate.

His meditation lasted for ten years.

When Su Ming opened his eyes from his ten-year-long meditation, the entire world seemed to have become different. He did not care to practice his cultivation, and neither did he attempt to check just what level of cultivation he had reached. It seemed as if they were no longer important to him.

What he cared about was not his level of cultivation, but his epiphany. His cultivation and his combat abilities were just mere attachments in the process of gaining his epiphany. They were not his main focus.

"Let's go."

When Su Ming stood up, the boy tugged at his sleeves. Together, they walked into the distance.

The passing of time would not change due to a person's will. Gradually, another ninety years went by them.

It was the four hundredth year since Su Ming had come to the new world when he arrived at the seventh continent. It soil was black, and no end to it could be seen. Yet there were no mountains, no rivers, nor plants around them. The only thing there was endless darkness as if the continent had been cursed.

From a distance, the black land with no mountains was like a black ocean. However, there were no waves on it, and it was just like the Dead Sea…

Perhaps there was an old ship swimming for eternity in that ocean, and sitting on that ship was Old Man Extermination from Su Ming's memories.

"He's there."

At the moment Su Ming stepped on the continent, he said those words softly. He did not intentionally try to search for the first prince's presence on the continent. Instead, he naturally sensed it, or rather… he detected Lin Dong Dong's presence.

That presence was jumbled up. It had Old Man Extermination's presence as well as that of… Su Ming's childhood best friend, Su Xuan Yi's son, Lei Chen.

"Will we meet?" the boy asked softly while tugging at Su Ming's sleeve.

"He will meet us."

Su Ming lowered his head and patted the boy's hair, then walked into the distance. When their fourteenth winter on the seventh continent arrived, Su Ming did not stop moving while the snow fell from the sky. He just continued walking.

Gradually, when the ground turned white, Su Ming saw the first mountain on that continent. It rose into the clouds while looking like a person's palm.

It was… the Dark Mountain of Su Ming's memories.It might have never existed there before, but someone had created it to stand tall in the world. Under that mountain, Su Ming saw a house, and outside it, a person was sitting.

At first glance, that person appeared to be the first prince, but when Su Ming cast a second glance at him, he became Lei Chen. When Su Ming approached him, Lei Chen opened his eyes.

"You're here." A smile appeared on Lei Chen's lips.

Su Ming stood where he was. After a long while, a smile appeared on his face as well, and he went to sit down beside Lei Chen.

"Where are they?" Su Ming asked.

"After we came to this place, we were separated. I too… have no idea where they went." Lei Chen swung his right arm, and a few pots of wine appeared between him and Su Ming.

"It's been… a long time since we last drank together, right? I still remember us stealing the elder's wine while we were in Dark Mountain Tribe and drinking at the foot of the mountain," Lei Chensaid softly. There was a nostalgic look in his eyes.

Su Ming was quiet. A moment later, he picked up a pot of wine and placed it beside his lips, but he did not say that the pots were empty… since for Lei Chen, they were clearly full. There was wine spilling from his lips had falling on the snow.

This scene caused a hint of sadness to appear on Su Ming's face, and he slowly put down his pot of wine.

"Why aren't you drinking? Do you know… that for us to drink together like this again… I've waited for you for four hundred years?" Lei Chen looked at Su Ming with a smile, but a weary look slowly made its way onto his face.

Su Ming looked at Lei Chen and asked softly, "Why?"

"I'm tired… I'm exhausted from the bottom of my heart. It's been many years, and I'm tired, so tired…" Anguish showed up on Lei Chen's face. Once he took a big swig from his pot, he let out a deep breath.

"This place is good. I'm very satisfied with it. You're here, the elder is here, father is here, and all our people of Dark Mountain Tribe are here. This is my world." Lei Chen smiled with great satisfaction.

"The only thing I regret is that it's been a long time since I drank with you… In our previous life, we were brothers… In this life, are you willing to accompany me and finish this pot of wine with me?" Lei Chen asked and looked at Su Ming. His eyes were clear while waiting for Su Ming's choice.

Su Ming was silent, but the boy beside him had become nervous. He tugged Su Ming's sleeves as if his choice was incredibly important to him as well.

"Big brother… don't do this…" Hao Hao was staring at Su Ming.

When he spoke, Su Ming had already picked up his pot.

While holding it, Su Ming slowly closed his eyes in silence. Time passed without any sign. Only the snow falling from the sky seemed to not bother with the coming and going of time. It continued falling to the ground…

When Su Ming opened his eyes again, he saw the snow on the ground, the Dark Mountain, Lei Chen, and he could vaguely see the familiar tribe around the house. Not too far away from the tribe was their elder, who was staring in their direction. There was also Bei Ling, Chen Xin, and the faces of the past all staring at him.

Su Ming then lowered his head. The pot of wine in his hand was no longer empty, but wine had appeared in it. However, the boy beside him was no longer around.

He stared at Lei Chen, then drank the wine from his pot. A smile appeared on his face. It seemed to have taken away his fatigue and made his dispiritedness disappear when he drank with Lei Chen, his first friend, his brother, under Dark Mountain and in his tribe.

From morning till night, Lei Chen and Su Ming continued drinking wine while laughter echoed in the air. They spoke of the past and the beautiful moments they had once shared together.

"I still remember how you looked like when you first saw Bai Ling. Haha, speaking of which, if we hadn't gone to the square between the tribes, I reckon you wouldn't have run into Bai Ling." Lei Chen put down the pot of wine with a smile.

"I still remember that you fell in love with a girl at that time, but I've never agreed to your tastes in women…" Su Ming's smile was very beautiful. It was as pure as it had been in the past, untainted.

When Lei Chen heard those words, he immediately laughed as well. When he shook his head, he appeared to be filled with sentiment.

"At that time, I was still young. When I saw how close you were to Bai Ling, I thought that I should have someone close to me as well. For some reason, I thought she was good, but now, when I look back, I can no longer remember her name."

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Chapter 1459: Do You… Still Not Understand?

This feast went from morning till night, then from night to morning. They finished pot after pot in big gulps. When dawn arrived but the world was still engulfed in darkness, Lei Chen became drunk. He picked up his pot, drank a mouthful from it, and when he put it down, he closed his eyes.

Su Ming also put down his pot of wine and looked at the Dark Mountain Tribe around him. He watched the lights from the lamps, but there was a barrier between him and that place. However… Su Ming knew that if he tore through that barrier, he would be able to become one with the place.

Yet… he sighed softly. At the instant Su Ming began tracing the rim of the pot, he closed his eyes.

"Lei Chen, we were brothers in our previous life. In this life… I will finish drinking this pot of wine with you," he murmured.

When he opened his eyes again, Lei Chen was still in front of him, and he seemed to be drunk. However, the tribe was nowhere to be seen. There was now a thick layer of snow on the ground. In the distance, Dark Mountain was a blurry sight.

Hao Hao had showed up beside him, holding onto his sleeve. He was staring at him nervously. When he saw the clarity in Su Ming's eyes, he breathed a sigh of relief.

Su Ming stared at Lei Chen. When he lowered his head, he found that his pot was still empty. After a long while… he stood up. He did not speak, but just simply picked up Hao Hao, and with the snow and wind blowing against his face walked into the distance.

It was Lei Chen's choice. He chose the same path as Di Tian, to get lost. Di Tian wanted to resurrect the people beside him and willingly became lost so that they would believe that the place was real, while Lei Chen…

It was just as he said: He was tired and exhausted. He did not want to continue down the path because he carried too much anguish on his shoulders.

Su Ming's sigh echoed in the snow and wind. The howls of the wind seemed to turn into a ravine that formed a barrier, blocking him from Lei Chen, who was behind him.

But it did not just block the path between the two of them. It also blocked off their two worlds…

In Lei Chen's world, to satisfy his brother's desire to drink with him, Su Ming chose to temporarily lose himself. After drinking, Su Ming chose to leave, because he had his own path, which Di Tian did not manage to complete and on which Lei Chen did not choose to continue. But Su Ming… would go on.

As he left into the distance, the seemingly drunk Lei Chen slowly lifted his head while the snow blocked the path between the two of them. He stared at Su Ming leave into the distance, and a melancholic look appeared on his face.

"Our relationship as brothers in our previous life allowed us to drink in this life. Su Ming… I hope that you… will be safe in your journey." When Lei Chen mumbled those words, laughter reached his ears from behind.

"Lei Chen, didn't you agree to drink with us today? Come on, I didn't get to win against you last time, but this time, I will definitely outdrink you."

When Lei Chen turned his head around, he saw his version of Su Ming, and there was a girl standing beside him. She was Bai Ling.

Lei Chen smiled. When he tried to sneak a glance at Su Ming who was retreating into the distance, he found that Su Ming had already disappeared into the wind and snow and could no longer to be found.

"What are you looking at?" a woman asked.

When Lei Chen turned his head in the direction of the voice, he saw the built woman who his past self had liked because she had a figure fit for a Berserker. That woman, whose name he had forgotten, seemed to have become prettier when he looked at her at that moment.

"Haha, I'm not looking at anything. I just thought there was a figure over there which looked like Su Ming. Come on, let's drink."

When Lei Chen said tossed words out, he smiled. Next to him was Su Ming, who was standing with Bai Ling. He was momentarily stunned, then he looked at the spot in the snow where Lei Chen had glanced over, but saw nothing.

"You won't be able to see him, because you are in the world that I see, not in the world that he sees." Lei Chen shook his head. While speaking, he picked his pot and took a big swig from it.

The wind blew harder, more snow fell, and the world became blurry. It turned the Dark Mountain Tribe as well as all the people around Lei Chen indistinct.

However, it was just as he said, the world in his eyes…

The boy next to Su Ming, who was already very far away in the distance, turned his head around at that moment. At the very end of what he could see in the wind and snow, he could vaguely see Lei Chen's desolate figure sitting alone.

Time gradually passed with each step Su Ming took. Another century went by. and Su Ming left the black continent and arrived at the eighth continent.

He walked through the endless sea of a desert. During the seven hundredth year, he remembered a promise while he was in an ancient city at the center of the eighth continent. It was a promise between the three ninth level Dao Gods in Ancient Zang, a promise that they would fight in the royal capital after one of them had entered isolated training for one thousand years.

"I can't see it anymore…" Su Ming mumbled softly.

He walked past the city, and in the west of the land, he saw a tower. There was a person meditating in it.

The man's face was unfamiliar, and he looked like a corpse that would no longer rot. The moment Su Ming looked over, the corpse's eyes flew open to reveal a brilliant sparkle.

"I've calculated for six hundred years, and I've finally managed to figure out that you would walk past this place on this day at this date… Third prince, you are the reason why I fell to this state. It's because of you that I got sealed in this world, and I have waited for you for one hundred years in this place…

"You will die now!" the corpse said slowly. Its voice held indescribable resentment.

When the world around them let out a bang, the color of the sky changed. The ground rose, and a large amount of fog filled the land. The fog twisted in the air, then rose to the sky. A huge mark made of fog formed above the figure!

It was not a mark though, but a huge seal that covered a huge area!

The runic symbol shone, and when its surface became uneven, a brilliant, dark light spread out from it to form a screen of light that instantly fell on the land as if it wanted to cover the sky.

The corpse shouted then, and its voice spread through the entire continent in thunderous roars.

Lin Dong Dong!

He was the Great Dao Paragon of One Dao Sect, a powerful warrior who had inherited the Dao of Kismet. Just as Lei Chen had said, in the formerly glorious world, the wills within the first prince had spread out to become Lei Chen, Lin Dong Dong… and Old Man Extermination.

The mysterious aspects of the world they were in right then had separated them. Lei Chen chose to get lost, Su Ming had yet to meet Old Man Extermination, and Lin Dong Dong had clearly chosen to kill Su Ming!

"I will kill you and rob you of your kismet, and then, I might be able to take a step further in my level of cultivation and become a ninth level Dao God. If I'm able to do that, I will have a way to leave this accursed place!"

Murderous intent burned in Lin Dong Dong's eyes. When he lifted his right hand, he pointed at Su Ming. The sky immediately roared. The huge fog seal started rotating swiftly and appeared above Su Ming to push down on him. It stirred up loud booms in the process.

With it, the ground under Su Ming's feet began to tremble violently. Cracks instantly spread through it as if it was about to sink. The signs of its imminent destruction were clear.

Su Ming's expression remained the same. He had not paid any attention to what level of cultivation he had reached during the seven hundred years he wandered through the land, but at that moment, when he looked at the fog seal descend from the sky, he did not sense much pressure from it. It was as if… he could make it disappear with a swing of his hand.

Su Ming did not sense much of a threat from Lin Dong Dong either. Once he focused his attention on the situation at hand, he saw all that was going on.

Lin Dong Dong had been weakened, to the point that he was at the verge of being reduced from a Great Dao Paragon to a Dao Paragon. It almost seemed like his existence was unwelcome in the world.

And while he had weakened, Su Ming had become stronger. In silence, he brought his right hand up and pointed at the sky.

With it, the huge fog seal that was descending let out an astonishing roar and stopped one thousand feet above Su Ming as if there was a barrier that could not be seen beneath it.

"All manner of reality and falsehoods, all glory and destruction are just words spoken by the people after us, and they only exist in the passage of time… Do you understand?" Su Ming asked softly.

He swung his right arm, and immediately, the huge fog seal started trembling. It gradually became indistinct. In just a few breaths, it disappeared like the wind…

Su Ming's composure caused Lin Dong Dong's expression to change while he was on the tower. His pupils shrank, and he swiftly focused his attention on Su Ming, but he only discovered that he could not tell just what level of cultivation Su Ming possessed!

'That's impossible! With my level of cultivation, it's impossible for me to be unable to tell just how high anyone's level of cultivation is!'

When Lin Dong Dong's pupils shrank, he quickly stood up from the tower. He took a step in Su Ming's direction and left behind an afterimage in his wake. Once he went forward, he appeared right in front of Su Ming and seized the air with his right hand.

With it, the sky immediately roared. Its color changed, and a crimson sun appeared in the sky. The ground rumbled with Su Ming at the center, and cracks below him connected in the picture of a moon.

"The sun and moon will shine together, forming the brightest light in the world!"

Lin Dong Dong's voice boomed in the air like thunder and covered the entire land. Immediately, the crimson sun in the sky exuded an indescribable wave of hot air. Then, as if it was plunging from the sky, it charged towards Su Ming with loud bangs.

At the same time, the mark of the moon under Su Ming's feet started rotating as well. The whole ground seemed to be moving. Waves of silver light instantly rose into the air and enveloped Su Ming within them.

"Gather together the threads of kismet in the world, and with the power of all lives, your kismet shall leave you and descend on me!"

Lin Dong Dong's eyes were bloodshot. At the instant he spoke his last word, the sun in the sky descended with a bang. The silver light on the ground turned into countless silver threads of law which charged at Su Ming to kill him.

Each of those silver threads contained all of Lin Dong Dong's kismet. He turned his kismet into a will containing his killing intent, and it was strong enough to even destroy the world. His entire fortune was gathered in the threads, and it was as if One Dao Sect's Dao of Kismet had descended.

"You will die now!"

Lin Dong Dong was incredibly confident in his attack. Even though he had been weakened considerably, it was his greatest killing move, and he was certain that Su Ming would definitely die, unless he possessed the power of a Great Dao Paragon!

While surrounded by the silver threads and the setting sun, Su Ming sighed softly.

"Do you still not understand?"

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Chapter 1460: Some People

While his sigh was still echoing in the air, Su Ming lifted his right hand. Just like when he dissipated the fog seal, he flicked his wrist, and without a single sound, the silver threads around him instantly stopped moving. Then, they became blurry, and in the blink of an eye, they disappeared one by one.

It was as if they had never existed to begin with. When they returned to nothingness, even the sun plunging down from the sky gradually became transparent. It slowly took on the color of the sky, and then disappeared from above Su Ming.

This sight immediately caused Lin Dong Dong's pupils to shrink further. He took a few steps back without any hesitation, but disbelief on his face. As h fixed his stare at Su Ming, his breathing quickened slightly.

"You…"

Lin Dong Dong opened his mouth, but he did not know what to say. The shock he felt at that moment was indescribable. He had never thought that there would be someone who could so easily disperse his killing move right before him. It was as if his divine ability truly did not exist.

This scene overturned his beliefs, causing the Great Dao Paragon Lin Dong Dong to be unable to accept what he saw.

"It's been seven hundred years since we last met, and your cultivation base has far surpassed my expectations… but my desire to kill you will never diminish!"

Lin Dong Dong sucked in a deep breath. His eyes sparkled, and raging killing intent appeared in them. He took a swift step forward and brought his right hand up. A black shortsword immediately appeared in his hand. There were many runic symbols covering it, and with a swing, that shortsword multiplied to ten.

With another flick, the ten shortswords turned to one hundred, then to one thousand. When they covered the sky and earth, their numbers were too great to count. The world seemed to belong to the swords at that moment, and countless sword glints charged at Su Ming.

"It's useless. Time itself stands between us. You… still don't understand?"

Su Ming shook his head. There was clarity in his eyes, and as he sighed, the sword glints pierced through him… but as if Su Ming's body was just an illusion, those sword glints only phased through him and did not deal an ounce of damage to him.

"This world is fake. Ancient Zang is just the battleground between me and Xuan Zang for my Possession. This is an illusion. I am not lost in it, and you… are just a speck of dust in it."

Su Ming shook his head. With each step forward he took, Lin Dong Dong took a step back with an incredibly dark face.

After five steps, he made to speak, but Su Ming did so first. His voice traveled into the air, and it made his expression change again, because Su Ming's words had just given voice to the doubts Lin Dong Dong was just about to say.

"You cannot see through my level of cultivation, but it isn't because my level of cultivation is unfathomable. It's because we are separated by time, and it is a wall you cannot see through clearly."

When Su Ming said those words in a flat voice, he moved to stand in front of Li Dong Dong.

"I refuse to believe it!"

Lin Dong Dong's expression instantly became ferocious. He lifted his right hand and struck his chest. With it, his face instantly became purplish red, and a large amount of black smoke gushed out of his seven orifices. That black smoke instantly gathered into a huge fierce face in midair. When it roared at Su Ming, the weather changed as if the laws in the world had changed at that instant.

When the huge face opened its mouth wide and sucked in a sharp breath in Su Ming's direction, the power of the world in the area charged over with loud booms. Only Su Ming… remained with his long hair unmoving. His robes did not even flutter. He just stood there calmly and watched Lin Dong Dong.

The moment Lin Dong Dong saw that, the huge face into which he had turned filled with shock. His divine ability could absorb all the aura in the world, but it had been unable to affect Su Ming in the slightest.

However, he still did not believe in Su Ming's words. Although, it was perhaps more accurate to say that he did not dare nor want to believe them. At that moment, his reason to kill Su Ming changed into wanting to prove that he was wrong and all that he said was just nonsense.

The huge face closed its eyes, and Lin Dong Dong instantly returned to his body beneath him. His power had increased by a large margin.

Killing intent shone in his eyes, and he disappeared. When he reappeared, he was already behind Su Ming. His fist went hurling towards him, but no sound could be heard. The only thing that happened was his fist phasing through Su Ming's body.

"Impossible!"

Lin Dong Dong's eyes went bloodshot. He appeared around Su Ming continuously and threw punches at him nonstop. It lasted for the time it takes for an incense stick to burn. Only then did Lin Dong Dong take a few steps back with a pale face. He stared at Su Ming with a stunned expression, and despair appeared in his eyes.

He had not despaired when he was trapped in the formerly glorious world, but instead persisted in his desire to kill Su Ming and rob him of his kismet, because he had his pride. He was a Great Dao Paragon.

Yet then, when Su Ming had finally arrived, Lin Dong Dong's persistence turned into despair. It would have been fine if he could not kill Su Ming, but it was simply impossible for him to even touch Su Ming's body. The man's words also echoed in Lin Dong Dong's ears, making him stumble back, and then, his despair turned into grief and misery.

"Impossible…"

He could only murmur that word to tell himself that none of it was real… but the test that lasted for the time it takes for an incense stick to burn told him that what Su Ming said was the answer, and there was no other explanation to it.

Lin Dong Dong lifted swiftly his head and stared at Su Ming. When his voice echoed in the air, it was like thunder.

"This must be a divine ability you learned in this accursed world! Right now, the one I see before me is not your real self, but a shadow of yours!"

Su Ming turned around and looked at Lin Dong Dong.

"This is the answer, and also the reason why I can't kill you. It's not because time stands between us, and it's because I'm fake… but because the version of you in front of me is just a shadow!

"I understand now, you are a cultivator from Seven Moons Sect, and Seven Moons Sect practices the Seven Lives Art. That Art of yours… must have reached a certain level, which is why you could create an indestructible shadow, but while this shadow of yours cannot be killed, it has trouble killing even a mortal!"

The more Lin Dong Dong spoke, the more convinced he became. Once he finished speaking, there was no longer despair in his eyes. Instead, a cold and fierce killing intent appeared in his eyes again.

"Third prince, you bastard. Your words just now have indeed confused me for a moment, but once I find your real body, I will kill you!"

Lin Dong Dong stared at Su Ming, then moved back slowly and turned on his heel He swung his arm, intending to leave.

Su Ming looked at Lin Dong Dong, then lifted his right hand with a calm expression before he pointed at the sky. It immediately trembled with a bang, and stars appeared in it. The number of the stars could not be counted clearly. All those observing them could only see that they were arranged together into a huge whip!

"I have finally understood why the Space Whip always shows just an illusory power that is similar to a projection instead of its real form when it is shown before me."

When Su Ming said those words softly, he swung his right arm, and the stars in the sky shone with a brilliant starlight. It instantly replaced the sky as well as all the light in the world, making it blindingly bright. The blinding light was the same as darkness. When it reached an extreme degree of brightness, it would appear as black when a person looked at it.

When the light disappeared, Su Ming had already vanished with Hao Hao. The only person remaining in the place was the stunned Lin Dong Dong. At that moment, his body slowly shattered, and only his Nascent Divinity was left floating in the place while staring around it in a daze.

Su Ming did not kill Lin Dong Dong, because at that moment, living for that man would be much more painful than dying.

After a long while, Lin Dong Dong's Nascent Divinity suddenly laughed. His voice echoed in the air, and there was great confidence in it.

"Third prince, you bastard. What an Art, but don't think that you can use it to deceive my eyes. Even if that shadow of yours has some power… As long as I can find your real body, I will definitely kill you!

"Third prince, you'd best hide properly, because on the day I find you, I will destroy both your body and soul. I will definitely find your real body!"

Lin Dong Dong's face was brimming with confidence. He even felt as if he had gained an epiphany, which had not happened since he had become a Great Dao Paragon.

He let out a cold snort, and with his confidence as well as his epiphany, his Nascent Divinity left into the distance. With the remainder of his life, he would use all his power to search for Su Ming's 'real body', and it would last for an unknown number of years…

But he was bound to be unable to find Su Ming's 'real body'. He was just like a fish determined to find its own tears in the sea… but he was sure of himself and would persist in his actions with madness because he believed in them!

Perhaps due to this belief, he would one day come to find the Su Ming his heart believed to be Su Ming, but that Su Ming may not be the real Su Ming.

"Di Tian seeks his beliefs, Lei Chen seeks for peace, and Lin Dong Dong… seeks madness. What do I seek?"

While murmuring that question to himself, Su Ming walked into the distance with the boy in his arms.

Every single one of them pursued what they possessed in the world they believed to be real. They still had dreams, and even if they had already been fulfilled, they were still on their way to fulfill them.

This sort of pursuit was a form of strength, since even if it was impossible to fulfill the dream, it would give them strength to deceive and even numb themselves…

And since pursuing something in itself was a path for someone to take, the road was bound to be filled with hardships, trials, and miseries.

Some people would stop on that path, wanting to rest, but once they rested… they might find that they had already reached the end of their road, just like the butterfly named Harmonious Morus Alba.

Some would give up on moving forward and draw a mark that signified the end of their path. They would live in that mark, and only they themselves would know whether they were happy or not.

Yet some people would continue walking down that path, and even if they were faced with trials and hardships, burdened by desolation and misery, they would soldier on.

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Chapter 1461: Planting a Promise

"Perhaps my Master will tell me the answer when I return to Ancient Zang and go to the city gate in the royal capital," Su Ming mumbled softly. He remembered his promise with Tian Xie Zi.

"I… will wait for you outside the city gates at that time. At the moment you step inside the city gate… I will teach you your final lesson."

Su Ming closed his eyes. In his ears, he heard Tian Xie Zi's words. They accompanied him as he continued walking.

He walked for one hundred years, then two hundred years. When he walked past all nine continents, Su Ming saw the desert that once served as an ocean.

The desert was huge, and there was no end to it, just like to the road under his feet. As long as he walked down it, then he had to persist in finishing the journey, even if he did not know where the end was nor the direction of his future. Even if his heart was filled with anxiety and fear… since he chose that path, he would not turn his head back.

While Su Ming stared at the boundless desert, the boy next to him tugged his sleeve and said softly, "We're almost there. The center of this ocean is my home…"

Hao Hao's voice was still as youthful as ever. He had accompanied Su Ming for nine hundred years as they walked through the once glorious world. They had seen shattered mountains, dried-up rivers, corpses, broken skeletons, and right then, Su Ming saw a desert, but perhaps in Hao Hao's eyes, it was an ocean.

Su Ming lowered his head and cast Hao Hao a glance. He did not speak, but instead brought Hao Hao further into the desert.

There was wind there. Its moans filled the air, and it sounded like the wind was sighing desolately. Gusts swept up the sand to lay a curtain on the world around them. It also hid away the majesty that was once possessed by the place. However, the image of the sand and wind covering the stretch of the sky was similar to the ocean… and if time insisted on it being this way, then sand would turn into an ocean, because it had no other choice.

While holding Hao Hao's hand in the sand and wind. Su Ming walked until an old ship appeared in the sandstorm that resembled an ocean. That ship sailed through the ocean of sand, and sitting on it was a man. When Su Ming looked at him, his figure became a blur.

Su Ming followed the ship leaving into the distance with his gaze and said softly, "It's about time that I met him here."

"Who is he?" Hao Hao lifted his head and looked at Su Ming.

"An old acquaintance." Su Ming smiled faintly and patted Hao Hao's head, then brought him further into the sandstorm.

"What's wrong with him?" Hao Hao asked again.

"He lost his way." Su Ming shook his head, and his gaze landed on the blurry figure of the ship. When he moved his gaze away, he continued on with Hao Hao.

Once every few months, Su Ming would see the old ship swimming about the sea of sand as if it had lost its way and was continuously trying to find it.

It gave off a feeling that it was trying to continue down its road… but he simply could not find it.

"He's very pitiful," Hao Hao said softly.

"Why?"

"Because he doesn't want to be lost. If he lost his way willingly, he would at least have his happiness, but he is not willing to be lost. Yet on this road, he is lost, and he can't go back," Hao Hao said after pondering it for a while.

"But he's so silly. How could he actually get lost?" Hao Hao laughed. His laughter was clear, like water drops falling on asphalt roads.

Su Ming also laughed. He stared at the ship swimming past them in the distance with a myriad of emotions contained in his smile. He then sighed softly.

Old Man Extermination had gotten lost on the path he had walked all his life. When he fought against Su Ming, there was no distinction between right or wrong between them. There was only one belief: I can walk this path… but you cannot walk before me!

This was the thought that stirred up emotions in Su Ming's heart, and he had sighed because he did not know whether there would come a day when he would become like Old Man Extermination—lose his way while persisting down his path.

Once he lost his way, he would lose his way in life.

Perhaps there was another possibility…

In silence, Su Ming crouched down and looked at Hao Hao.

"There should be another possibility… Hao Hao, wait for me here," Su Ming said softly. Hao Hao looked at him, then nodded.

"What other choice? Are you going to point him on his way?"

"No one can point others to their paths."

Su Ming shook his head. When he turned around, he walked to the place where the ship had disappeared. His figure gradually faded into the sandstorm until he could no longer be seen.

With the sandstorm blowing at the ship, it moved forward through the sea of sand. Old Man Extermination was dressed in the same long robe as the one Su Ming remembered him wearing before. He sat quietly on his ship as if nothing had ever changed. Be it Harmonious Morus Alba or the once glorious world, everything remained the same.

When Su Ming appeared on the lone ship, Old Man Extermination's eyes instantly flew open. There was firm resolve in his eyes. When he looked at Su Ming, there was not a hint of surprise on his face, as if he knew a long time ago that one day, he would see Su Ming before him.

"Your path is wrong," Su Ming said calmly.

Old Man Extermination was quiet for a moment before he asked faintly, "How do you define wrong?"

Su Ming smiled and did not continue speaking.

"To me, my path is not wrong. The only thing that is wrong is the person walking on that path, and my mistake is that I lost to you in Harmonious Morus Alba…" Old Man Extermination spoke slowly, and when his words traveled languidly through the air, it was as if his memories had been stirred up.

"That was my first mistake, and my second… was losing to you a second time in Ancient Zang's world." Old Man Extermination's expression was the same as before, but a hint of regret had appeared in his eyes.

"I didn't win."

"Then why did you say that my path is wrong?" A brilliant sparkle appeared in Old Man Extermination's eyes.

"Is your path the one that is definitely correct? You think that my path is wrong, but I too think that you are walking down the wrong path. Who is right, and who is wrong? Be it you or me, neither of us has the right to say it.

"Let's look at the end results. The path we chose is the same. You will do everything it takes to resurrect all the familiar faces in your life, and I will reach Boundless Dao Realm. I will turn time back and return to the past, to the point of time before Xuan Zang arrived in our world.

"At that time, I will do whatever it takes to kill Xuan Zang. Even if I have to lose everything, I will give it up to kill him!"

Killing intent filled Old Man Extermination's eyes, and he stared at Su Ming coldly.

Su Ming was silent. After a long while, he said slowly, "If you continue down that path, you will be the only person left in the entire universe."

Old Man Extermination was quiet for a long time. A complicated look gradually appeared on his face, and when he looked at Su Ming, that complicated look became even more prominent,

"Then, what about your path? If you continue down it, then you will be the one who will disappear from the universe!"

Su Ming fell silent, and Old Man Extermination also chose to be silent. The two of them stayed on the ship. One of them was standing, and the other sat meditating. The ship continued moving forward and did not stop. It did not matter whether its path forward was right or wrong. It continued moving and would never stop.

"Then, this will be the third battle between us!"

After a long time had passed, a faint smile appeared on Su Ming's face, and he looked at Old Man Extermination.

"This should be what made you choose to come to me, right?" Old Man Extermination's eyes shone brilliantly while he spoke slowly.

"You've waited for me for such a long time in this place as well, didn't you?" Su Ming smiled faintly.

"It is as you said!"

The brilliant sparkle in Old Man Extermination's eyes turned into fighting spirit. It did not drive him to attack with his divine abilities or attempt to kill Su Ming with his Arts, however. Instead, they would engage each other in their final battle using their Daos and their paths. Since they did not agree to each other's paths, they would verify their own paths, which would conclude their final battle!

"If you lose, could you bury my Dao in your world, because in the universe where I live, I will no longer see you." Old Man Extermination enunciated his words clearly, and his voice was firm.

"If I win, you owe me a promise."

When Su Ming's calm voice traveled into the air, his tone was not as agitated as Old Man Extermination's and ready to fight. His words were calm, and not a single hint of emotion could be detected in his voice. He no longer stared at Old Man Extermination. Instead, he turned around and walked towards the vast space beyond the ship to disappear into the wind and sand.

Old Man Extermination watched Su Ming's retreating figure, and then, his eyes sparkled while he mumbled under his breath, "There is never any right or wrong in our paths, but you insist that one of us is right, and the other is wrong… The third battle, huh? I'm already indignant with my two defeats, and this… is better!"

After a long while, Old Man Extermination slowly closed his eyes. He immersed himself in his meditation while sitting on his ship that traveled into the distance.

Su Ming walked quietly through the sandstorm without turning his head back. There was a strange glint in his eyes, but it disappeared very soon.

Su Ming walked up to the waiting Hao Hao in the sea of sand. When Hao Hao saw him, he immediately flashed him an innocent smile.

"I've thought about it. What you said then was wrong, he isn't lost."

"Why do you say that?"

"Because there is never any path to begin with. The path is right under your feet. The places you arrive are part of your path. They can be the end of your path, but also places along your path. If you insist on whether the path you take is right or wrong, you will be treading down the wrong path. Am I right?"

Hao Hao tugged Su Ming's sleeve with a smile. There was a slightly smug look on his face, as if he was very happy that he understood this logic, which Su Ming seemed to not have understood.

While smiling, Su Ming patted Hao Hao's head. There was a gentle look on his face, and he nodded.

"You're right. There has never been a path set for any person in the world, so it's only natural that there is no right or wrong, and we should not care about these things, or else the right and wrong paths will truly appear," Su Ming said with a smile. With Hao Hao in hand, he walked into the distance.

They gradually walked further and further away, and while their voices were rather muffled, they still traveled faintly through the air.

"Then why did you say that he walked down the wrong path?"

"Because I hope that he will walk down the wrong path."

"Oh… so you left just now to tell him that he's going the wrong way?"

"There is no right or wrong for any paths, but once I mentioned it, there now exists right and wrong paths. This is the other possibility. He will continue walking down the wrong path until he owes me a promise."

Their figures slowly disappeared into the sandstorm, and even their voices gradually faded away. Their words were also slowly drowned out by the wind.

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Chapter 1462: Hao Hao's Choice

The sandstorm's howls turned into moans by their ears, and they sounded like a song from a xun. It echoed in the air in a desolate manner in the sea of sand.

It had been nearly one thousand years since Su Ming had entered the formerly glorious world. With Hao Hao in hand, he came to a desert, a place that was formerly the sea at the center of the world. They walked on the sand that was once the bottom of the sea towards the very center of the world.

Su Ming's footsteps were not quick. He walked for a long time, until he forgot about the passage of time. Then, on one day, a world appeared in the sandstorm before him and Hao Hao.

That world contained an oasis, and it stood out very clearly in the sandstorm, causing all those who saw it to feel their spirits lift without their notice. This was the first time… Su Ming saw green in the world.

The oasis had a lake, and around it was green grass that gave off a nice scent. There seemed to be a barrier between them; the oasis could be seen, but not touched.

"We're home…" Hao Hao said while holding Su Ming's hand. The two of them had already walked through the sandstorm into the oasis.

The pleasant scent of grass filled the air, causing people to value the only color in the colorless world. Su Ming stood quietly in the oasis while looking at the lake.

"Is this your final decision?"

Su Ming closed his eyes. After a long while, when he opened his eyes, he looked at the boy beside him.

The boy nodded seriously. There was not a hint of hesitation or indecisiveness in him.

"This is my home. I will stay here and change everything," Hao Hao said softly. His voice was rather weak, but there was a firm tone to his words, and his determination could also be heard.

"Big brother, could you stay with me for a few more years? I'm… afraid of being lonely."

The boy held Su Ming's hand while staring up at him. The clarity in his eyes reflected the dependency he had on Su Ming as he waited for his answer.

Su Ming lifted his right hand and patted Hao Hao's head. After a long while, he softly said, "Don't be afraid. I won't leave so soon."

The boy smiled happily and with satisfaction. He cast Su Ming a deep glance, then slowly let go of his hand to walk to the lake. With each step he took, he would turn his head around, and when the lake reached his knees, he turned his head around again and stared at Su Ming.

"Big brother, thank you for helping me. Thank you for sending me to this place… I told you before that if you help me, I will definitely help you… In the future, I will help you gain an epiphany… of my world."

The boy smiled happily and slowly walked into the lake. When he was completely submerged, the lake let out a bang, and a whirlpool showed up at the spot where Hao Hao had disappeared. The vortex rotated swiftly outwards and reveal Hao Hao, who had his eyes shut tightly while sitting cross-legged at the bottom of the lake.

Right before Su Ming's eyes, branches grew out of the bottom of the lake around Hao Hao. In an instant, they surrounded him, and once they completely enveloped him, they formed a seed.

It was the seed of the Tree of Dao Verification. Soon, an indescribably abundant life force come out of it at the bottom of the lake—in Hao Hao's former homeland. That life force could only cover the oasis at that moment, but Su Ming could already see that as the Tree of Dao Verification grew, that life force would spread through the whole world and all of the nine continents.

The desert would become a sea, and mountains as well as rivers would appear on the nine continents again. The monochrome world would gain dashes of brilliant colors, and in time, it would return to its former glory.

At that time, with the overflowing life force, lives may appear once more, and with them, human societies would be born, new worlds would appear, and people would start cultivating again…

After all, if they were to get to the bottom of things, the world had not been reduced to a wasteland because all the strongest people had died or because all the lives in it had returned to dust, but because… the Tree of Dao Verification that provided the means for the world to thrive was taken away by the Emperor of Ancient Zang.

It had taken away the world's roots… but right then, Hao Hao's choice to return caused everything to change once.

It was Hao Hao's decision.

Su Ming quietly watched the whirlpool in the lake slowly disappear. Gradually, the lake water covered the seed of the Tree of Dao Verification that had formed at the bottom of the lake, and in silence, Su Ming sighed softly.

He respected the boy's decision and also understood his wishes. Hao Hao did not want his homeland to continue to be in the state it was. He hoped… that with his return, he could change everything, and perhaps a long time later, when the Tree of Dao Verification reached the skie, the boy would sit on the tree crown and stare at his homeland with a truly happy smile.

Su Ming closed his eyes and sat down cross-legged by the lake. He had promised Hao Hao that he would keep him company for a few years, and so, he meditated nearby. He stayed for a number of years that were equivalent to the number of palm lines he had on his palm. Each line symbolized one year, and in the blink of an eye, one hundred years passed.

During that period of time, Su Ming did not open his eyes. He just sat there and did not even practice his cultivation. Instead, he immersed himself in a state of spiritual quietness.

He did not do it to think or to gain an epiphany. Instead, he had become connected to the seed Hao Hao formed and was sensing its growth…

The lake behind him had also experienced a change during the one hundred years. A small tree had appeared at the center of it. It stood tall, and its roots filled every single corner of the lake. They stretched deep into the soil at the bottom of the lake.

When Su Ming opened his eyes for the first time, he saw the small tree at the center of the lake, and he felt as if he saw Hao Hao. Su Ming did not stand up, but continued sitting in front of the lake before closing his eyes again.

He continued immersing himself in the spiritual quietness. His cultivation base did not experience any sort of increase or decrease, but at some point in time, his seventh overlapping Dao Paragon gained complete form in his third eye.

Su Ming might have put aside his training, but it was precisely because he had been putting it aside that his seventh overlapping Dao Paragon had gained clearer form, and then… the shadow of his eighth overlapping Dao Paragon appeared.

It might just be a shadow, but once it gained complete form, it would mean that Su Ming's level of cultivation would increase by leaps and bounds, and he would become a Great Dao Paragon!

There were less than thirty Great Dao Paragons in all of Ancient Zang, and there was a ravine that could not be described with words existing between Great Dao Paragons and ninth level Dao Gods. The ravine was so wide and deep that even Great Dao Paragons found it hard to cross, or else it would have been impossible for there to only be three ninth level Dao Gods throughout the many years of history in Ancient Zang.

Su Ming did not bother about practicing his cultivation. He only sat there and remained in the state of spiritual quietness while sensing Hao Hao's growth and the world's transformation because of it. He simply allowed time to pass by him until another hundred years went by.

At first glance, his face did not change too much, but a hint of age appeared on him. His black robes pooled on the ground around him while his purple hair spilled over his shoulders. Su Ming had his head lowered while he quietly meditated.

The small tree in the lake behind him had already started growing healthily. It was now a tree of one thousand feet. Its trunk occupied half of the lake, and even though it was not tall enough to reach the sky yet, its astonishing presence could already be felt.

The oasis was still around. The wind howling in the central sea in the past but the world of sand right then had already diminished greatly. Humidity could already be sensed in the world, causing a lot of greenery slowly appear in the desert.

Perhaps, before long, the desert would disappear, and the central sea would return.

When another hundred years passed, Su Ming had already lived through a total of one thousand two hundred years from the moment he woke up in the new world. The Tree of Dao Verification behind him already covered the entire lake, and was nearly ten thousand feet tall. This height allowed the Tree of Dao Verification to show the beginnings of its future splendor. Even from a distance, its will to reach the sky could be seen.

At that point in time, the sand and wind of the desert had already completely disappeared. A layer of faint blue seawater submerged the sand… The abundant amount of life force caused the desert that had been submerged by seawater to welcome its first rays of light after years since it lost its former glory.

When the third century of the second millennium arrive while Su Ming continued sitting, the area around him filled with a large amount of seawater. The desert… turned into an ocean!

The former central sea, the huge ocean that completely covered the basin of sand returned. Standing tall at the center of that sea was a tree which was one hundred thousand feet tall and showed a desire to reach the skies!

The roots of the tree covered the entire oasis, but they automatically circumnavigated Su Ming to reveal an exit that would lead to the area outside. The seawater in the tunnel forming the exit also seemed very gentle, as if it was affected by some powerful will that did not want to bother Su Ming while he was meditating.

As time passed, the seawater grew in amount until it completely covered the desert When a true ocean was formed, half of the second millennium since Su Ming had arrived passed.

Su Ming opened his eyes for the second time then. He looked at the seawater around him, the oasis that was once surrounding him, and the majestic roots before a faint smile appeared on his lips.

Su Ming knew that Hao Hao had succeeded. Perhaps he would not need much longer before the world regained its former colors, and then, the tree would show its true glory.

Su Ming could sense the success. Since he was connected to the Tree of Dao Verification, he felt as if he could experience that success and witness everything that happened in the world.

"When I stand in the sky, I should be able to see a Tree of Dao Verification that wants to compete against the sky!

"Or rather, even the sky will have to bow its head before this tree, because the Tree of Dao Verification will have become the world," Su Ming murmured softly before closing his eyes again.

'Then, it will be the time for me to leave… to fulfill the promise I made three thousand years ago to meet outside the city gate of Ancient Zang's capital…

'The time has also come for the battle of Possession to finally end… But when I open my eyes, will the path belong to me, or will it belong to him? I… am not confident,' Su Ming murmured in his heart.

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Chapter 1463: Big Brother, Goodbye

While in that state of spiritual quietness, Su Ming did not think about anything complicated. In fact, he did not think even about Ancient Zang. In that spiritual quietness and calmness in his mind, he silently let time pass.

If he did think about something, then it was about what sort of road he pursued.

He immersed himself in the state of spiritual quietness, the Tree of Dao Verification's growth, and the transformation of the world. Those experiences were something that no cultivator had ever obtained.

Be it in Ancient Zang or this world in the past, there had never been a cultivator who could sense a world's transformation like Su Ming—by fusing with the Tree of Dao Verification's will and personally witnessing everything.

The Tree of Dao Verification… its namesake meant to verify Daos, and right then, what Su Ming did was akin to… verifying Daos as well!

The seasons passed one after another. Soon, the ocean returned to its former glory. When the Tree of Dao Verification grew from one hundred thousand feet to one million feet, its trunk occupied a small part of the ocean and it stood tall at the center…

However, the tree crown had already grown to the point where it covered the entire ocean and reached the sky.

Green life gradually appeared in the nine continents surrounding the ocean. It filled the lands, and the nine continents slowly gained complete mountain ranges. Rivers began to flow, and more lives slowly appeared in the world.

Su Ming experienced all of it personally. It was just as Hao Hao had said… if Su Ming helped him, Hao Hao would help him in return. Over the years, Hao Hao used his actions to explain what he meant by those words.

To Su Ming, such a serendipity surpassed the limits of what any cultivator could ever know. The value and rarity of such an experience was never felt by anyone in the past, and Su Ming could say with certainty that in the future, it would also be difficult for anyone else to obtain it.

He saw the transformation of a world and the Tree of Dao Verification growing to reach the skies and cover the world from a seed. Being able to witness and experience this personally was Su Ming's greatest serendipity in life.

While experiencing that growth, Su Ming gradually gained his epiphany. As time went by, it slowly became clearer. When another hundred years passed. Su Ming had already been in the world for one thousand seven hundred years… In the state of spiritual quietness, his eighth overlapping Dao Paragon in his third eye became clear from its initial blurry form. It slowly manifested until it gained complete form…

As it gained complete form, the power Hao Hao had given Su Ming before slowly merged with him. In truth, Su Ming had only been able to reach his level of cultivation because of the Phala as well as all that Hao Hao had given him.

What Hao Hao gave him was all the life force in the former Tree of Dao Verification. The strength of it was enough to transform Su Ming's level of cultivation, and while he bore testimony to the Tree of Dao Verification's continuous growth from a seed to its current height, the epiphany resulted in the metamorphosis of his cultivation base.

After fusing with the life force Hao Hao provided for one thousand something years, Su Ming's eighth Dao Paragon was fully formed, but even then, Su Ming did not open his eyes. However, the eighth Dao Paragon in his third eye had already reached a certain level, and he needed to fuse it with something before he could break through Dao Immortal Realm and become one of the Great Dao Paragons.

However, that fusion was not simple. If any accidents occurred, then everything would end up in vain. But Su Ming did not pay any attention to it or spare it any thought. He just meditated quietly.

Changes happened every year in the world outside. As the mountains and rivers were restored in the nine continents, as green filled the lands, as the final one hundred years of Su Ming's second millennium passed, the nine continents returned to their former glory.

When Su Ming looked over, spiritual aura was within the land, and a hint of spirituality appeared in the seawater. Besides still having no living creatures in it, the world was completely different from before.

The roots of the Tree of Dao Verification had already filled half of the ocean while the tree crown had already surpassed the surface of the ocean and even covered a small part of the nine continents.

The tree was nearly ten million feet tall. When Su Ming looked over, he could not see the sky. The only thing he saw was the endless Tree of Dao Verification.

The spot where Su Ming sat could be considered the deep parts of the Tree of Dao Verification, but there was always a path laid out before him that stretched far into the world beyond. From the distance, the road was like a crack. It was the path the Tree of Dao Verification had left for Su Ming.

When three centuries of the third millennium went by, the sky in the world outside could no longer be seen from the ground. The only thing that could be seen was the Tree of Dao Verification's crown, which had replaced the sky!

The sky was not blue, but green, and the green sky… was the one that truly belonged to that world! The tree crown no longer just covered a small part of the nine continents. Instead, with the central sea as the center, it had continuously spread out for one thousand something years and completely covered all of the nine continents. It did not stop there though and continued to spread to the end of the world.

Because of it, the nine continents and the world looked like they were protected beneath the Tree of Dao Verification's crown…

This scene caused Su Ming's epiphany to become clearer. A great, majestic presence appeared around him while he meditated, and when it spread out, it caused Su Ming to slowly open his eyes. However, his eyes no longer held the quiet emptiness born from spiritual quietness. It was as if when he opened his eyes, he did not see the area around him, but the world outside, and when he closed his eyes again, his epiphany was kept in his heart.

Before him was the world that had amazed the Emperor of Ancient Zang when he first stepped into it once he tore through space after he reached Boundless Dao Realm.

It was also the reason why he placed such a high value on the Tree of Dao Verification. It was… a tree that served as the guardian of an entire world!

At the start of the third century in the third millennium since Su Ming came to that place, the Tree of Dao Verification's crown replaced the sky, and lives appeared on the land.

Trees appeared, living creatures appeared… and all of them created the cycle of life for a world. Su Ming watched all of it from the beginning to the end. Like that, seven hundred years of the third millennium went by.

Two thousand seven hundred years had passed since Su Ming stepped into that world. To a mortal, this amount of time was perhaps enough for several dynasties to come and go, for living through several cycles of life and death. Even a cultivator would feel like it's a long time if they had to live through it.

Su Ming opened his eyes at that moment. He had been silent for a long time. When he slowly stood up, it was the first time in nearly two thousand years. Once he got up, he walked forward, down the path left for him by the Tree of Dao Verification. The roots behind him slowly closed up, destroying the path he walked.

When Su Ming walked out of the path made from the roots of the Tree of Dao Verification and the ocean, he walked into the sky. He stood in the air, and when he looked over, he saw that the green sky was the tree crown, and the blue beneath him was the ocean. It surrounded the nine continents filled with in abundance with lives. The world… had been completely changed.

Its former glory had returned, and whether or not brilliant flowers would bloom again would depend on the living beings who were born in the place to personally create them in the future.

A smile appeared on Su Ming's lips. When he swept his gaze past the land, his third eye opened… to reveal his power of an eighth level Great Dao Paragon!

It was a white light. It filled Su Ming's third eye, causing others to be unable to see the Great Dao Paragons contained in his pupil. What they saw was only the endless white.

When he used his third eye to glance at the earth, Su Ming saw Di Tian's city and several figures around him. At that moment, the smile on Di Tian's face was one that Su Ming had never seen before.

After watching him for a long time, Su Ming shifted his gaze away and looked at Lei Chen, Dark Mountain, the tribe under the mountain, and heard the cheers and laughter filling that tribe. It was enveloped in joy.

Be it Di Tian or Lei Chen, they had chosen that place and chosen to lose their way. Yet no matter what, since they had chosen to be lost right there, they would naturally be affected by the changes in the world.

However, they could not see the effects themselves, just like how Lin Dong Dong could not. He was on the sixth continent at that moment. His eyes were bloodshot, and his hair was a mess. He looked like a mad man, and he was still searching for Su Ming's 'real body'. He believed that once he killed him, he could rob him of his kismet and go back to Ancient Zang.

After a long while, Su Ming closed his eyes. When he opened them again, he looked at the Tree of Dao Verification. It had provided him with a great amount of cultivation base and given him the serendipity of being able to see a world's transformation.

Because of that, Su Ming wrapped his fist in his palm and bowed deeply to the Tree of Dao Verification.

That bow immediately caused the Tree of Dao Verification to rumble and shake. As it shook, a gap appeared in the green tree crown serving as the sky. It grew wider, and the sunlight from the sky beyond spilled through the gap and shone on Su Ming.

When he lifted his head, he saw the gap that had appeared in the green sky and knew that Hao Hao… had opened a path for him to return to Ancient Zang.

In silence, Su Ming cast a glance around him again to remember everything about that place. Then, he turned into a long arc that charged to the gap in the sky. When he moved through it, he saw a huge vortex in the sky. The center of it was a black hole, and there was a powerful suction force coming out of it at that moment. It enveloped Su Ming, drawing him closer to it.

Su Ming's expression was calm, and when he approached the black hole, he lowered his head. Then, he saw a boy of about five years old standing on the tree crown beneath him. He was staring at him with an innocent smile on his face and… waving.

"Big brother, bye bye… Remember me, okay?"

When Su Ming looked at the boy, a gentle smile appeared on his face, and he too waved at him until he disappeared into the black hole.

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Chapter 1464: Seven Moons Sect After That Period of Time

It was dusk in Ancient Zang. Far away from the country's center was Seven Moons Sect. Right then, it was shrouded by snow.

Snowflakes drifted down from the sky and covered the land. The white curtain connected the land to the sky, hiding most of Seven Moons Sect's splendor.

The exact same amount of time Su Ming had spent keeping Hao Hao company had also passed in Ancient Zang. Two thousand seven hundred years had also gone by in the land before him.

To any country, the period of the two thousand seven hundred years could not be considered as short. Even in the world of cultivators, many people would have come and gone during the two thousand seven hundred years.

Seven Moons Sect, that powerful sect among the seven sects and twelve clans nearly three thousand years ago in Ancient Zang had entered decline. From a distance, it had a depressed air about it. Snow might not have fallen in the Sky Beyond the Sky, but the dying air spreading out from it caused a certain figure who was staring at Seven Moons Sect while standing at the mountain in the distance to sense something ancient and weary.

That figure belonged to a young man who was dressed in a simple long black robe and had a head full of purple hair. He appeared to be about twenty-six or twenty-seven years old, but there was an ancient air that could not be described about him. He seemed to have lived for far too long.

'Five thousand something years of practicing Dao… and I walked through worlds after worlds. I met various people, and the corpses of those who died by my hands are too numerous to count… Now, I have become a Great Dao Paragon.'

While staring at Seven Moons Sect in the distance, the young man let out a long sigh.

He was Su Ming, who had returned from the formerly glorious world.

He stared at Seven Moons Sect, and after being quiet for a moment, he lifted his foot and walked towards Seven Moons Sect's outer sect. He saw the disciples in there, but they were no longer as numerous as he remembered. There were only hundreds of them left.

Su Ming was mostly unfamiliar with them. In fact, some of the attendants of the outer sect were not part of those he remembered either. Many things had changed.

Then, Su Ming walked into the first layer of Sky Beyond the Sky, the second layer, the third layer… and when he arrived at the fifth layer of Sky Beyond the Sky, he did not see Lan Lan, but her memorial.

It was placed in the palace of the mountain that belonged to the third line in the fifth layer of Sky Beyond the Sky. It was a somber memorial worshiped by the disciples in that line, and it was placed in the memorial hall at the back of the palace.

There was a middle-aged woman standing outside the memorial hall. She was dressed in a Daoist robe, and in her hands she held a broom. While dusk approached as snow fell from the sky, she sat under the eaves of the memorial hall and stared into the distance quietly.

Su Ming remembered her somewhat. She was Lan Lan's head disciple in the third line. However, after two thousand something years had passed, the once young and pretty girl had already become a middle-aged woman.

Su Ming walked into the courtyard outside the memorial hall. He stepped on the snow and left behind his footprints until he arrived next to the middle-aged woman.

As if she had only just noticed that there was someone next to her, the middle-aged woman lifted her head swiftly, and when she looked at Su Ming, she was taken aback.

"Which line do you belong to? Do you have any business here?"

Su Ming's face was incredibly unfamiliar to the woman, but his presence prevented her from mustering any sort of hostility. In fact, for some unknown reason, she felt a hint of cordiality with him, and hence, instinctively, she said those words.

Su Ming's gaze landed on the door to the memorial hall, and a hint of melancholy appeared on his face. "I came to see Sect Elder Lan Lan," he said softly.

When his words reached the middle-aged woman's ears, she fell silent. She might have felt that Su Ming was unfamiliar, but at that moment, as if her heart had been affected, her expression did not change. Instead, she stared at Su Ming in a dazed manner, as if all his words and actions had fused with the world and everything he did was part of nature's law.

It was as if his arrival was also predestined.

"You…" The middle-aged woman hesitated for a moment. "Master passed away one thousand nine hundred years ago…" she then said softly.

Su Ming fell silent. After a long while, he lifted his feet and walked towards the memorial hall. Once he stepped inside, the door to the memorial hall slowly fell shut.

There were dozens of memorial plates on the altar. They all belonged to the people from the third line who had the right to be placed there. Once they died, the sect carved their names on memorial plates on the altar so that their descendants would not forget them.

While standing there, Su Ming let his gaze land on the last memorial plate on the altar. Carved clearly on that plate were four words: Sect Elder Lan Lan.

Su Ming stared at the four words in silence, then slowly closed his eyes. In the darkness that descended and the silence of the memorial hall, Su Ming felt like he had returned to the moment many years ago when he had first met Lan Lan.

She… gave Su Ming a feeling that she was Fang Cang Lan, and he later came to understand that she was that world's Fang Cang Lan. Su Ming had always avoided having much contact with her because he was afraid that he would lose his way in the end.

Various memories rose in his mind at that moment. When the time it takes for an incense stick to burn passed, Su Ming opened his eyes, and once he turned around, he walked out of the memorial hall.

"Why did she die?" he asked faintly.

The middle-aged woman was silent for a moment before she saying softly, "One Dao Sect…"

Su Ming nodded. He did not say anything more, but simply walked out of the palace on the mountain to return to his house in the fifth layer of Seven Moons Sect's Sky Beyond the Sky. That place had not changed much from what he remembered, but there was now a layer of dust covering everything.

Su Ming stood on the cliff and stared at his former house. After a long while, he turned his head around and saw Ye Wang meditating on the mountain belonging to the first line in the fifth Sky Beyond the Sky.

He appeared to be a middle-aged man, and his power was great. There was a resolute and level-headed look on his face. He… had become a sect elder.

Su Ming moved his gaze away and walked to the sixth layer of Sky Beyond the Sky. Then, he walked to the Seven Moons Sect's seventh Sky Beyond the Sky. When he arrived there, a brilliant spark slowly appeared in his eyes.

It was one that had not appeared for a long time in his eyes, since he had mostly remained calm over the years. Even though he had told himself many times that Ancient Zang was just the battlefield for the battle of Possession between him and Xuan Zang, at that moment, killing intent emerged from the depths of his eyes.

The seventh layer of Sky Beyond the Sky had become a wasteland…

There were only three continents left out of the thirteen. The others had all been reduced to rubble. What remained of them floated about the world like dust. Waves of mighty pressure belonging to a Great Dao Paragon still filled the place, though it was barely perceptible.

Su Ming could guess that many years ago, a Great Dao Paragon had descended in a monstrous rage and nearly destroyed the place, which was why his presence still remained to that date.

The remaining three continents were filled with a deathly silence. However, Su Ming could still sense three presences from the highest mountains on them.

They belonged to Dao Han and two former great sect elders. Gu Tai was not among them, and neither was Xu Zhong Fan.

The remaining three people's presences were very faint, since they most likely had been injured gravely. At that moment, they seemed to be resting, but they would need an endless amount of time to recover.

Su Ming gradually suppressed the killing intent in his eyes. He kept it in him and made it fuse with his presence. He swept his gaze past the three continents, then eventually fixed his gaze on the first one. He moved forward and instantly appeared on the tallest mountain of that continent.

There was a huge platform on the summit, and it had a large Rune. At the center of the Rune was a sunken concave the size of a fist. It was like a small pit.

Su Ming stared at the pit, and as a former Seven Moons Sect disciple, he knew how Seven Moons Sect worked. If there was nothing happening, only one great sect elder would be awake in each generation. That great sect elder would be in charge of Seven Moons Sect while the other great sect elders would be asleep to train.

If anyone wanted to wake up the great sect elders, they would need to gather drops of fresh blood with the Seven Lives Art accumulated in them. This was the only way to wake up a sleeping great sect elder, and it was what Lan Lan had done in the past. She had used that method to wake up Xu Zhong Fan.

While standing on the Rune, Su Ming was quiet for a moment. Then, he lifted his right hand and sliced his fingertip. His blood dropped into the small pit under him.

When nine drops of blood fell, Su Ming swung his right arm. No blood dropped from his finger anymore, and he stood there and waited quietly.

The blood in the pit at the center of the Rune instantly vanished. The next instant, blood-red light shone from the Rune, and it surged straight into the sky. At the same time, a loud, thunderous roar that seemed to have come from hell rang out from within the mountain.

The Rune shone and started rotating. Booming sounds echoed in the air, and a huge crack spread out from the center of the Rune. An ice coffin slowly rose from the mountain, then straightened itself before landing on the ground with a bang in front of Su Ming.

Through the ice coffin's lid, Su Ming saw Dao Han, who was withered and had his eyes shut tightly. There was a hideous wound on his chest. It ran through his body and the heart meridian.

His body was as withered as a skeleton. While Su Ming looked at him, the coffin turned blood red in color. Gradually, the withered corpse slowly started squirming, and in the span of a few dozen breaths, Dao Han returned to how he looked in Su Ming's memories.

"Who… Who woke me up?!"

With another roar, Dao Han opened his eyes in the coffin. It was the first time he opened his eyes since Seven Moons Sect suffered the disaster two thousand years ago and he fell into deep slumber due to severe injuries.

Almost at the instant he looked up, Su Ming's figure entered his eyes. At the moment he saw him, Dao Han's pupils shrank. He could clearly sense… the power of a Great Dao Paragon from him!

It was also at that moment that he discovered that the severed heart meridian in his chest… had started showing signs of recovery.

"You are…"

Dao Han's expression was grim. He did not relax because his injuries were recovering. Instead, his gaze became even sharper. However, there was a hint of excitement hidden in the depths of his sharp gaze.

He was not unfamiliar with Su Ming's presence. Even though it belonged to a Great Dao Paragon, he would never forget Su Ming's presence. However, his appearance had changed considerably. At that moment, the Su Ming who stood before him had Su Ming's real appearance from Harmonious Morus Alba.

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