by Feng Yise
Although Ye Yuan could not reach that level within a short time, if he learned it, then that would absolutely be one of his greatest trumps now. It would even surpass the Myriad Rain Sword Blades!
Furthermore . . . Hearing Long Teng's meaning, he had decent talent in cultivating the dragon race's martial techniques.
This moved Ye Yuan even more.
One had to know that this Coiling Dragon Heaven Devastating Palm cultivated to the highest level was absolutely not worse than supreme true intents.
"Senior Long, this Coiling Dragon Heaven Devastating Palm . . ." Ye Yuan asked with a smile.
Long Teng gave an ugly smile and said, "Relax, this Coiling Dragon Heaven Devastating Palm is one of the rewards for clearing the ninth level! If it's not taught to you, then what would I expend so much effort for?"
"One of . . . the rewards?" Ye Yuan's eyes lit up.
The Coiling Dragon Heaven Devastating Palm was already a very formidable martial technique. At least with Ye Yuan's understanding, training this move to the pinnacle level was absolutely not worse compared to the Spirit Bristle Nine Yang Divine Art's Nine Suns Burning Heaven.
If this was just one of the rewards for clearing the ninth level, then what was the final reward?
Long Teng clearly guessed Ye Yuan's thoughts and said with a nod, "That's right, this is just one of the rewards for clearing the ninth level! As for this final reward . . . aren't you very bright? You can make a guess."
No idea where this old man's mood to play came from, to actually play a guessing game with Ye Yuan.
Ye Yuan was thrown into a daze by this old man too and started ruminating.
After a dozen over breaths, Ye Yuan lifted his head abruptly and looked at Long Teng with exceedingly doubtful eyes.
"Senior Long, it can't be . . ." Ye Yuan did not quite dare to trust his own judgment himself.
He had kept on thinking of how to clear these final three levels all along, so he simply did not think in this direction.
But now, Long Teng was being vague. Under Ye Yuan's contemplating, he thought of a certain possibility.
Except, this kind of possibility, even he himself did not quite dare believe it.
But thinking it over and over again, only this possibility was the most likely too!
Long Teng looked at Ye Yuan and said with a smile, "It can't be what? Say it out for me to hear."
Ye Yuan drew a deep breath and asked probingly, "V-Vast Heaven Pagoda?"
Long Teng shot Ye Yuan an approving look and said smilingly, "You only guessed half of it correctly! This ninth level's true reward is the Vast Heaven Stele!"
"Vast Heaven Stele?" Ye Yuan said in surprise.
In Ye Yuan's view, the Vast Heaven Stele was just a part of the Vast Heaven Pagoda. At the very most, it was just a very critical component.
The reason why the Vast Heaven Stele had the effect of aiding martial artists in enhancing their concepts was only that the Vast Heaven Pagoda endowed it this ability.
"That's right! People all think that the Vast Heaven Pagoda is a profound and mystical object, but don't know that this Vast Heaven Pagoda's true core is the Vast Heaven Stele and not this pagoda. This Vast Heaven Pagoda was actually only forged in order to conceal the Vast Heaven Stele!" Long Teng said words which surprised Ye Yuan greatly.
In Ye Yuan's understanding, the Vast Heaven Stele was just a part of the Vast Heaven Pagoda. The effects of the Vast Heaven Stele were all granted by the Vast Heaven Pagoda.
But hearing Long Teng's meaning, could it be that it was not like this?
Seeing Ye Yuan's doubtful eyes, Long Teng said coolly, "Let me tell you a story then."
Ye Yuan hurriedly said, "Pray tell!"
One could also know without the need to guess that this story was related to the Vast Heaven Pagoda and Vast Heaven Stele's origins.
Seeing Ye Yuan's knowledge seeking appearance, Long Teng nodded his head contently and started to talk tirelessly.
The story happened over 50 thousand years ago. And the main character of that story likewise appeared in the Endless World.
That youth was called Fang Tian. In an accident, he obtained a piece of rock.
Ever since then, he started to soar up into the sky with a start, becoming this small world's king very quickly.
After ascending to the Divine Realm, Fang Tian still advanced with rapid strides and songs on his lips, becoming a peak powerhouse in the Divine Realm very quickly.
At that time, a heaven-defying treasure appeared in the Divine Realm. Its name was Vast Heaven Pagoda!
Fang Tian relied on this treasure to roam the Divine Realm unhindered; undefeatable by anyone!
Yet, the rise of a powerhouse was bound to be accompanied by blood and slaughter.
During this process, Fang Tian rescued a severely wounded azure dragon on the verge of death in an accident arising from many causes.
Ever since then, the one dragon and one human threw the entire Divine Realm into an upheaval.
Finally, Fang Tian provoked an extremely powerful fiend path faction at that time. And this faction's strongest person was known as the Heavenly Fiendgod.
50 thousand years ago, a great paramount battle unfolded between Fang Tian and the Heavenly Fiendgod.
That battle could be said to astound heaven and earth and make gods and ghosts weep, throwing the entire Divine Realm into pandemonium.
Except that both sides' battle concluded with both parties suffering great losses. The Heavenly Fiendgod fled with heavy injuries, his whereabouts unknown.
While Fang Tian with severe injuries vanished from the Divine Realm ever since.
Then 40 thousand years later, a heaven-defying inheritance space appeared in the Endless World. That was the Vast Heaven Inheritance!
Ever since, countless geniuses fell over each other to enter the Vast Heaven Inheritance, in hopes of obtaining the Vast Heaven Pagoda's ultimate inheritance.
It was just that the so-called geniuses in this small world were simply unable to complete the nine-level hurdles which the Vast Heaven Pagoda owner set.
All the way until today, Ye Yuan's appearance finally completed this task which nobody had ever accomplished before, obtaining the final inheritance!
Chapter 588 - Vast Heaven Pagoda's New Owner
This story lasted for 50 thousand years, all the way till today.
Long Teng said it very briefly, but Ye Yuan did not find it brief at all when he listened.
Ye Yuan's knowledge and experience were far from this. So he could totally discern just how soul-stirring Long Teng's sketched over contents were.
"Then Senior Fang Tian he . . ." Ye Yuan inquired.
Long Teng shook his head and said, "That fellow threw the Vast Heaven Stele here, and his whereabouts became unknown. And I was afflicted with a deadly poison during that battle as well, that's why I turned into this manner. If not for hiding inside this Vast Heaven Pagoda, I'd have already become a withered skeleton long ago."
Ye Yuan nodded slightly. Looks like that great battle 50 thousand years ago was really abnormally cruel. Even Long Teng, this level of expert, ended up in this miserable state.
"Then Senior Fang Tian . . . was he a Deity Realm powerhouse?" Ye Yuan carried some agitation as he asked.
"Huhu, how can Deity Realm be so easy to reach? Under this stretch of heaven, it is already incapable of giving birth to Deity Realm powerhouses again!" Long Teng said with a sigh/
Ye Yuan's expression changed, and he inquired, "May I ask Senior why is this so?"
Long Teng shook his head and said, "Divine Realm powerhouses disappeared from the Divine Realm overnight. Since then, only legends of the Divine Realm was left behind. To talk about the reason, probably only they know it, right?"
Hearing this answer, Ye Yuan was quite disappointed too.
Deity Realm was his life's aspiration. Barely managed to see a trace of hope, and it was shattered again.
But he was still unresigned as he said, "
This Vast Heaven Stele should exceed Divine King standards, right? Furthermore, that Vast Heaven Stele has an extraordinary background. Could it be that such an existence still couldn't reach the level of Deity Realm?"
Long Teng shook his head and said, "Can't reach! Deity Realm is far more powerful than you imagine. Fang Tian thought that he already reached Deity Realm back then too. But later on, he discovered that that was simply not the case."
Ye Yuan's expression changed and suddenly recalled the words that father, Ji Zhengyang, said to him on his deathbed.
Because he obtained the Medicine God's Soul Canon when he was still living, his divine soul reached a very abstruse boundary.
Could it be that for martial artists' cultivation, there were still even stronger realms above Divine King?
The more Ye Yuan thought, the more baffled he became and felt that he was less and less able to see through this world.
Long Teng saw Ye Yuan's look of dilemma and said smilingly, "No need to be bewildered on this sort of thing. You only have Sea Transformation Realm strength right now. Thinking about this is a bit too distant. Being down-to-earth is still better."
Ye Yuan was stunned and laughed in spite of himself as he said, "What senior said is right. Ye Yuan was impetuous. Senior Long, could your meaning previously be that this Vast Heaven Stele will belong to me from now on?"
"That's right!"
Long Teng reached his hand out and beckoned. The Vast Heaven Stele appeared before Ye Yuan.
"Before that fellow left, he already removed his own brand. You only have to drip your own blood essence on it, and you can refine it to acknowledge an owner." Long Teng said.
Ye Yuan was stupefied as he said, "So simple?"
"En, it's that simple. Logically speaking, such a heaven-defying treasure should be very hard to refine. But it's just this simple! When you grasp the Vast Heaven Stele, you can control the Vast Heaven Pagoda. But with your current realm, you can't unleash its power at all." Long Teng said.
"Heh, no matter what, collect first before talking!"
Ye Yuan was not courteous either. He dripped a drop of blood essence on the Vast Heaven Stele. The Vast Heaven Stele immediately erupted with rays of brilliant light.
Right at this moment, Ye Yuan felt that he had established a kind of inexplicable connection with the Vast Heaven Stele.
Evidently, he had already become this Vast Heaven Stele's owner.
Except that Ye Yuan suddenly discovered that even though he became the Vast Heaven Stele's owner, he was still utterly clueless about it.
"Even though you've dripped your blood and got it to acknowledge an owner now, with your current realm, you're simply unable to deploy the Vast Heaven Stele and Vast Heaven Pagoda. If you forcefully deploy them, you'll only be drained dry," Long Teng warned him.
Ye Yuan could not help being speechless when he heard that. He said helplessly, "Then isn't it the same effect as not getting it?"
Long Teng said with a laugh, "Of course it's different! With the Vast Heaven Stele, you can enter inside the stele's space to comprehend concepts at any time. This is a treatment that nobody is able to enjoy!"
Ye Yuan's eyes lit up. This Vast Heaven Stele was absolutely a heaven-defying treasure, to be able to aid martial artists in comprehending concepts.
If he could meditate on the Vast Heaven Stele as he wished, then Ye Yuan would really be taking the expressway.
Ye Yuan suddenly thought of something and asked again, "Oh, right, can this Vast Heaven Pagoda change the flow of time?"
"You don't need to think about this! In order to slow down my aging, Fang Tian changed the flow of time around my physical body. The instant that you cleared the ninth level, the inheritance space was also utterly destroyed already. Now, this Vast Heaven Inheritance is no longer an inheritance item. It belongs to you! Alright, I know that you still have many queries, but I'm unable to answer you one by one either. My exhaustion the round clearing this time is too great. I'm about to fall in a deep sleep right away."
As he said, Long Teng fired out a seal, imprinting directly between Ye Yuan's eyebrows and vanished.
"This is the Coiling Dragon Heaven Devastating Palm and dragon wave's cultivation methods. Train well. If you can enter the dragon race in the future, help me teach them a good lesson!"
Finished talking, Long Teng directly disappeared right before Ye Yuan.
Ye Yuan was not very surprised. He had long seen through that this Long Teng was just an incarnation. His true physical body was still inside some space within this Vast Heaven Pagoda.
This Long Teng being able to live up to 50 thousand years, he was probably asleep the vast majority of the time. Of course, it definitely had a lot to do with Fang Tian changing the flow of time around him.
Speaking of this Fang Tian, he was truly a world-shaking figure. His means were most likely transcendent.
Except that, sadly, it was unknown where he was at now. He might had even perished, and his Dao dissipated already. One had to admit that it was something which made people lament.
He left both the Vast Heaven Pagoda and Vast Heaven Stele here, all for the sake of seeking a successor.
Looking from this, the possibility of him alive right now was probably very tiny already.
All of a sudden, Ye Yuan's expression changed, and he came to a grassland.
This place seemed to be another world; it was not very different from the outside world.
Both hands lightly forming a seal, a large group of people appeared before him.
"Young Master Ye!"
"Young Master!"
Yuan Fei and Lu-er were both excited to see Ye Yuan.
Ye Yuan rubbed Lu-er's head guiltily and said, "Lu-er, give young master a bit more time. Young master will be able to let you become like a normal person very soon."
But Lu-er said without a care, "As long as Lu-er can follow by Young Master's side, Lu-er doesn't mind. Eh? Where is this place? So beautiful! Much better than inside that spatial spirit artifact!"
Ye Yuan said with a smile, "Do you like it?"
Lu-er nodded her head obediently and excitedly, "Yes!"
"Huhu, then you and Yuan Fei they all will all stay here from now on! This is a treasure that young master newly acquired. This place, apart from having no people, it's already no different from the outside world," Ye Yuan said with a chuckle.
"Ah? Really? Then that's really great!" Lu-er said excitedly.
Ye Yuan smiled. His gaze suddenly fixed onto White Light and he could not help being surprised.
Chapter 589 - Four Mighty Followers
This little fellow fell asleep again since who knew when, unshakable by any circ.u.mstances.
But Ye Yuan discovered to his surprise that White Light actually already broke through to Tier 4 since goodness knows when!
"Young Master Ye, ever since White Light refined that tiger bone, he has been in a deep sleep the entire time. He already broke through to Tier 4 the other day and seems to be going to break through to middle-stage Tier 4 soon."
Middle-stage Tier 4 was basically equivalent to late-stage Sea Transformation already.
Ye Yuan only broke through to late-stage Sea Transformation when he obtained the Vast Heaven Pagoda's inheritance. To think that this little fellow used such a method to break through again. Truly making others envied this little fellow to death.
"Looks like that tiger bone was very beneficial to White Light. No wonder he was so agitated back then. Just let him break through here then. I have to stay here to enter a retreat for several days as well. If you guys have any matter, just face the void and call for me will do," Ye Yuan said.
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"Ye Yuan has already entered the ninth level for quite a few days. Why isn't there any activities until now? Something wouldn't have happened, right?' Guo Taoqun said.
"You jinx! Ye Yuan is somebody with a great destiny. Since he already made it to the ninth level, how can a problem possibly occur?" Qin Yan spat.<
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"Haha, that's true. Aren't I being worried here? Ah, it's Ye Yuan! He's out!" Guo Taoqun suddenly said agitatedly.
Everyone was shocked and hurriedly turned out to look. Indeed, they saw Ye Yuan coming out from the Vast Heaven Pagoda.
Right at this time, the five people saw a scene that they found unforgettable in this lifetime.
The originally towering into the clouds Vast Heaven Pagoda was actually rapidly shrinking at a speed visible to the n.a.k.e.d eye!
Very soon, a massive pagoda became like a small and exquisite pagoda, lying in Ye Yuan's palm.
"This . . . This . . . What happened here? W-Why did the Vast Heaven Pagoda become like this?" Guo Taoqun watched this scene and was shocked until his jaw nearly fell off.
In a twinkle, Ye Yuan arrived before the few of them.
Qi Hai was the first to recover to his senses from the shock and looked at Ye Yuan with a face full of disbelief as he said, "Y-Ye Yuan, you . . ."
Ye Yuan said smilingly, "Old Hai, from today onwards, this Endless World will no longer have the Vast Heaven Pagoda Inheritance. This matter is of utmost importance. The few of you, please help to keep this secret for me."
Although Ye Yuan said it with a consulting tone, the powerful aura emitting off his body made the other four people's expressions tighten.
Just the aura Ye Yuan was emitting made them unable to give rise to feelings of resistance.
These few people were all proud children of heaven. Among those in the same generation, how could there possibly be people who could make them produce this sort of emotion?
Looking at him again, Ye Yuan was actually already at the Eighth Level Sea Transformation Realm.
This shock was by no mean insignificant!
If it were an ordinary Eighth Level Sea Transformation, it would not enter their sights at all. But these few people were deeply aware of what Ye Yuan breaking through to the Eighth Level Sea Transformation signified!
"Rest assured. We won't say it out!" the four people said in unison.
Qi Hai voiced out and said, "Relax. The four of them won't say it out."
Ye Yuan nodded and said, "If this matter leaks out, I'll find you guys to settle scores! Also, Vast Heaven Pagoda detached from the ground and flew off on its own. Got it?"