by Feng Yise
Chapter 1609 - Believe in Yourself
Ye Yuan had first experienced the pain of losing his father. Later, he experienced the prem.a.t.u.r.e death of Mu Lingxue, so he was even more s.e.n.s.i.t.i.v.e about the protection of those around him.
He absolutely did not allow the people around him to suffer any bit of harm.
Hence, when he returned to the Immortal Grove Region and encountered Heavenly Sin Heretic God, he dealt with the latter with that kind of nauseating method.
For so many years, he had always been doing his best to protect the people around him but had never thought about the feelings of those around him.
Seems like his way of doing things made Yue Mengli, White Light, and even Lu-er, all live in a stifling atmosphere.
Very clearly, regardless of Yue Mengli, White Light, or Lu-er, they were all people with extremely strong pride.
Putting Ye Yuan aside, they were all first-rate genius martial artists.
Even when placed in the Heavenspan World, their talents were still stronger than the vast majority of martial artists.
But Ye Yuan's way of doing things stifled their talent.
It seemed like this period of time in his absence, it finally made the pride of the people around him being challenged to the limit.
Ye Yuan let out a sigh and said, "Li-er, White Light, sorry. Looks like I've neglected your feelings."
White Light blurted, "Big Brother, what are you saying! The things that you do for us, we can all understand. Furthermore, you indeed have that capability too! But we likewise also know how much you endured these few years! Us wanting to become strong isn't only not wanting to become your burden, but to be able to let you advance forward without scruples!"
Yue Mengli also said, "Big Brother Yuan, I … I just want to offer a bit of my meager strength for Elder Sister Lingxue."
Ye Yuan nodded his head and said, "Alright, I got it. Every person has their own path. These few years, it was indeed me who was too nervous, wiping out your talent instead. You guys go then, but … let's set an agreement of 500 years! 500 years later, no matter where we are, we have to return to Heavenly Eagle Imperial City!"
The moment everyone heard, they could not help being overjoyed. There was naturally no reason to refuse.
Ye Yuan understood these few people too well. Since they decided to come to find him, that meant that they already made a decision.
Disregarding White Light, Li-er seemed to have a gentle temperament, but actually, she had her strong side too.
Otherwise, she also would not directly escape to the lower realms back then and meet Ye Yuan.
Among the few people, the one Ye Yuan was most worried about was naturally Lu-er.
Lu-er's thoughts were simple and had not experienced worldly affairs. In the complicated and disorderly world of martial artists, it was hard to guarantee that she would not suffer a loss.
For this, Ye Yuan handed Gui Yun to Lu-er, and had him protect Lu-er's safety along the way.
Apart from this, Ye Yuan gave each of them several divine lord mystic treasures.
With divine lord mystic treasures, they could jump realms and battle, their ability to survive naturally increased greatly.
On the day they left, Ye Yuan did not go and send them off.
Although you escort a person a thousand miles, there was bound to be a parting at last.
Weal and woe were hard to predict with this trip, Ye Yuan really did not have the courage to face it.
Hiding in the Ye Manor, Ye Yuan was depressed by himself.
"Senior, I'm still not strong enough!" Ye Yuan gave a long sigh and said to Dustless.
Dustless was silent for a moment and opened his mouth and said, "You've already done very well! Life is like the moon, waning and waxing. People have sorrow and parting. Dao Ancestors seem to stand at the summit of the world, but the life and death partings they experienced, how many are able to understand it? In the end, Deity Realm powerhouses are not true deities!"
Ye Yuan smiled bitterly and said, "I understand all the logic, but when it really comes to this day, I still can't let it go. I have to become strong as soon as possible, powerful until Li-er they all don't need to worry about me, powerful until nobody dares to roll their eyes at them again!"
Dustless consoled him and said, "I've never doubted that before!"
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Li-er and the rest departing stirred up even stronger determination in Ye Yuan instead.
From then on, he threw himself into even more frenzied cultivation.
These few days, Ye Yuan had been constantly hiding inside the World Suppressing Stele's space, wanting to comprehend the Chaos Heavenspan Canon's fourth level cultivation method.
But reality did not accord with hopes, he comprehended for more than ten years inside the World Suppressing Stele's space and could not find the slightest clue either.
Origin Deity Realm to Divine Lord Realm was a massive threshold to all martial artists.
A heaven's darling like Ning Tianping was after all just a minority existence.
No idea how many martial artists were blocked outside the door of Divine Lord Realm all their lives.
Ye Yuan's cultivation encountered a huge bottleneck for the first time.
"Senior, why do I feel that there's an extremely contradictory feeling? All of the Divine Lord Realm powerhouses open up the inner-world, achieving the position of a sovereign. That's how one corroborates their Dao as a Divine Lord Realm. But why is it that according to my deductions in these ten over years, this path wouldn't work at all? Just where did I go wrong? Could it be that … I was wrong right from the start?"
Not progressing for a long time, Ye Yuan was abnormally irritable in his heart and had to get some words out of his system.
Over the past ten years, Ye Yuan had done countless deductions in front of the Lesser Heavenspan Mountain, wanting to find the method to open up an inner-world.
However, no matter how he deduced, there was only one outcome: this path was closed!
Corroborating one's Dao as a Divine Lord, opening an inner-world, and becoming the sovereign of a world, this was the path that must be taken for all Heavenspan World powerhouses.
But Ye Yuan did not know why, continuing according to the first three levels in his cultivation method, this path was actually completely wrong.
He had attempted to forcefully break through before as well, but without exception, it all failed.
For the first time in his life, Ye Yuan doubted his own path.
Ye Yuan's situation, Dustless naturally took it into his sights.
But honestly speaking, he did not have the faintest idea too. Dustless could only sigh and said, "Right from the start, I told you that this path is extremely arduous. It's a path that no one has ever walked before. Without a doubt, the first three levels in your cultivation method are extremely strong! This old man has followed Immortal Grove and roamed unobstructed for millions of years in the Heavenspan World, and has never seen before such a powerful cultivation method! But this cultivation method has clearly reached a watershed now. If you cross over, it will be a smooth road ahead. If you don't step over it … you can only stop using this cultivation method and re-cultivate anew!"
Ye Yuan's expression flickered incessantly. This result was clearly not what he wanted.
He was very clear, with his talent, even if abolishing the Chaos Heavenspan Canon and cultivating Heavenly Empyrean Immortal Grove's cultivation method anew, he could also cultivate to an extremely high boundary.
But this also signified that he might never be able to save Mu Lingxue in this life anymore.
This result was not what he wanted.
If he could not save Mu Lingxue, then what was the point of his many years of struggle?
Even if he could become a transcendent heavenly emperor in the future and laugh proudly across the entire Heavenspan World, what was the use?
If you are not around, why do I want this world for?!
Now, it reached the biggest fork in the road in Ye Yuan's life.
Dustless gave Ye Yuan a glance and said, "Ye Yuan, actually, rationally speaking, I feel that you should abandon this path! This path's uncertainty is too great!"
Ye Yuan gave Dustless a glance and quietly waited for him to continue.
He knew that this was not the meaning that Dustless really wanted to express.
Sure enough, Dustless paused for a bit and said with a bitter smile, "This old man, as an artifact spirit, has lived to this ripe old age, and has never been crazy before. But this time, I'll gift you a sentence: believe in yourself!"
Chapter 1610 - Alchemy and Martial Dual Prodigy
Actually, Dustless also did not know whether this path would work or not. He only knew that this was an unprecedented path.
For Ye Yuan to be able to have his current accomplishments in the Heavenspan World, a very large degree was derived from this cultivation method.
He understood Ye Yuan's mind. Giving up now for Ye Yuan was an unbearable outcome.
Since that was the case, then walk the path until it was dark.
Even if knocked until his head was broken and bleeding, it was also better than just being able to feel depressed in the end.
The confusion in Ye Yuan's eyes was swept clean, what replaced it was a firm look.
He calmed his heart down and returned in front of the Lesser Heavenspan Mountain again, and started comprehending Dao.
However, this did not bring him good luck. In a twinkle, another decade passed, the fourth level cultivation method still did not make the least bit of progress.
"Looks like drawing up plans behind closed doors won't cut it. I have to go out and walk around, see if I can find the opportunity to break through," Ye Yuan sighed and said.
"Mn, going out for a walk is good too. Your deduction is indeed hard to believe. At this rate, it won't have any benefits to your cultivation." Dustless agreed.
Ye Yuan nodded and said, "This is really an inconceivable thing. If the next realm isn't Divine Lord Realm, then what is it? Can this path really work?"
These 20 over years, Ye Yuan had experienced no idea how many deductions. But the final results were all entirely contrary to the already m.a.t.u.r.e cultivation system.
Before this, Ye Yuan had never thought that the Chaos Heavenspan Canon would walk to this current step.
It seemed to have entered a dead end.
Presently, the Heavenspan World's cultivation system was already m.a.t.u.r.e until it could not be any more m.a.t.u.r.e that this.
After Origin Deity Realm, it was opening up an inner-world, evolving the power of the world for one's own use, obtaining powerful unmatched strength from there.
But no matter how Ye Yuan deduced, it seemed to go against this realm.
Dustless smiled and said, "Time will prove everything! Go out and take a look, maybe one day, you'll suddenly see the whole thing in a clear light."
Ye Yuan nodded his head and no longer hesitated, directly exiting seclusion.
The moment Ye Yuan came out of seclusion, Ning Tianping came to find hastily.
"Elder Ye, you finally exited seclusion! Right now, the imperial city is in an utter mess!" Ning Tianping said anxiously.
Ye Yuan was rather surprised as he said, "Why? Could it be that there's still someone who demolished Heavenly Eagle Imperial City?"
Even though over 20 years had already passed inside the World Suppressing Stele's space, merely two years plus had passed in the outside world.
This was not a very long time, no sudden turn of events should occur.
Ning Tianping said, "Not demolished, but it's also pretty much there! Our Heavenly Eagle Imperial City's face is already utterly lost."
Only after hearing Ning Tianping's report did Ye Yuan know what had happened.
Turned out that some time back, River Eternal Imperial City's head elder brought several disciples and came to Heavenly Eagle Imperial City, saying that there were important matters to discuss.
This was originally not a big deal. But among their group, there was a genius disciple called Gu Han. The moment they arrived at Heavenly Eagle Imperial City, he challenged the Pill Tower and Martial Tower's disciples everywhere.
Not to mention, this Gu Han was really a rare genius that appeared once every ten thousand years.
In this one month, he practically challenged the Pill Tower and Martial Tower's famous disciples, without any defeat!
This Gu Han was merely a half-step Divine Lord, but among the same rank martial artists, no one was his match at all.
The most terrifying thing was that this Gu Han was skilled in both alchemy and martial arts. Not only was his talent in martial arts exceedingly high, but he also turned his nose up at everyone in alchemy.
Ning Siyu was indignant and went to find Gu Han to challenge. In the end, she was also defeated.
After Song Qiyang broke through to Divine Lord Realm, becoming a Four-star Alchemy God, Ning Siyu was practically the number one person among Three-star Alchemy God disciples already.
Even she was defeated at Gu Han's hands. Where would Heavenly Eagle Imperial City's face be put?
Most importantly, Gu Han alone challenged all of the Pill Tower and Martial Tower's experts!
Hence, that was why Ning Tianping said that the imperial city was akin to being demolished.
Speaking of this, Ning Tianping said indignantly, "I only hate that I broke through too early. Otherwise, I'll definitely teach that punk a brutal lesson! Elder Ye, you really don't know how unbridled that punk is!"
When Ye Yuan heard that even Ning Siyu was defeated at Gu Han's hands, he could not help being rather surprised.
Ning Siyu's current Alchemy Dao strength, he had a score in his heart.
It was not that she was already invincible among Three-star Alchemy Gods, but the Three-star Alchemy Gods able to win her were really already very few.
One had to know, even Song Qiyang was defeated at her hands.
Even though Song Qiyang's strength was not worth mentioning in front of Ye Yuan, his strength was very formidable, this left no room for doubt.
What was even more terrifying was that this kid was skilled in alchemy and martial arts. Not only was his alchemy powerful, but his martial arts also overwhelmed everyone, even defeating the rank one disciple of Heavenly Eagle Imperial City's Origin Deity Realms.
But hearing finish, Ye Yuan was rather curious as he said, "Since he already defeated Heavenly Eagle Imperial City's young generation, then shouldn't this matter already be over? What are you so anxious about?"
Ning Tianping said gloomily, "How can it be over so easily? That punk is currently challenging Song Qiyang right now! In martial arts, he's unable to jump realms and battle. But this doesn't hinder him in defeating Four-star Alchemy Gods in alchemy!"
Presently, over a hundred years had gone by, with Song Qiyang's talent, breaking through to Divine Lord Realm was naturally not a difficult matter.
At present, he was already the Pill Tower's low-level protector, a Four-star Alchemy God.
With his strength, he was also considered as a very formidable existence among initial-rank Four-star Alchemy Gods.
Defeating him was equivalent to smacking the faces of the Pill Tower's Four-star protectors once more.
Ye Yuan laughed in spite of himself when he heard and said, "This kid is really vicious enough!"
Indeed, alchemy competition was different from martial arts.
The competition of martial arts, Origin Deity Realms could not contend with Divine Lord Realms at all.
But alchemy was different. Even Four-star Alchemy Gods could not possibly refine all of the rank three divine pills too.
Even if one refined them, the grade refined was also hard to say.
Ning Tianping said indignantly, "Isn't that so? You don't know how the martial artists in the city are all talking about our Pill Tower and Martial Tower. It's really losing face all the way back to our g
randmother's house."
Ye Yuan patted his shoulder and said with a smile, "Bring me to go take a look."
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In the plaza of the Pill Tower, Song Qiyang was sweating profusely and had long cussed Gu Han's eighteen generations of ancestors in his heart.
This kid is too despicable, to actually pick an extremely difficult medicinal pill.
Right now, refining it, it was exceptionally strenuous and might fail at any time.
After breaking through to Four-star Alchemy God Realm, one's understanding of Alchemy Dao would become more profound along with the increase in realm.
Hence, refining rank three divine pills actually held an advantage.
But even so, he still struggled a lot.
The medicinal pill that they were refining was called Unbosom Immortal Cloud Pill, belonging to the extremely difficult kind among rank three divine pills.
The refining difficulty of medicinal pills was not easy to grade, because each medicinal pill's refining difficulty was different.
If insisting on dividing into levels, dividing according to level one to level nine, Gale Celestial Stone Pill, Crimson Thunder Heavenly Spirit Pill, they should belong to level five, while the Unbosom Immortal Cloud Pill pretty much belongs to level six.
As for the Vastsun Universe Pill this kind, it should belong to peak level nine!
After Song Qiyang broke through to Four-star Alchemy God, he could barely manage to refine level six difficulty rank three divine pills.
Therefore, his current refinement was very strained.
Chapter 1611 - Repaying Ingratitude With Kindness
Expending a Herculean effort, Song Qiyang finally refined the Unbosom Immortal Cloud Pill.
He secretly heaved a sigh in relief, wiped the sweat on his forehead, and lamented in his heart, "So freaking tired!"
Disregarding the level, the refining difficulty of the Unbosom Immortal Cloud Pill was already not less than some low difficulty rank four divine pills.
But right at this time, a mocking voice entered his ears.
"Look at you refining a rank three divine pill, why is it like you're having a constipation? I'm even somewhat doubting now, are you really a Four-star Alchemy God? They all said that you're once the Pill Tower's Three-star Alchemy God's number one person. I think this standard is also just so-so!" Gu Han's mockery seemed particularly grating on the ears.