Chapter 160: Setting Out for Kucha City

Having made up his mind, Ye Cheng no longer hesitated. He accepted Lin Moyan’s invitation with composure. Although he was still somewhat puzzled by Lin Moyan’s actions, he understood the situation even more clearly: if he could not accumulate sufficient capital within the next year or two, then when the world truly fell into chaos, the difficulties he would face would be a thousand times greater than those before him now.

Back when he had still been at court, he had already held Grand Preceptor Pang in considerable...

A zombie covered from head to toe in long white hair suddenly leaped out of the coffin. Its eyes opened, revealing cold, merciless, blood-red pupils.

A detached young human voice answered him. The moment the words fell, the azure sword before him flickered faintly and, with a sharp hiss as it tore through the air, cleaved the retreating Phantom Leopard youth in two.

“Very well. Young Master Xiao is indeed upright and forthright. Please, tell me what you require.” White Impermanence cupped his hands in salute as he spoke, clearly filled with immense gratitude toward Young Master Xiao.

Punch after punch—the simplest of collisions contained the hardest of wills. After most of the night had passed, both men’s consciousnesses sank into a state between wakefulness and delirium. They could only strike at their opponent instinctively. Neither would allow himself to fall unconscious before completely defeating the other.

“Let us be on our way.” Zhou Yu beckoned and continued onward with Chuyuan. In truth, Zhou Yu himself had no idea where they should go at that moment. When he had decided to come here, he had merely wanted to see what the Origin Fragment mentioned by Chuyuan actually looked like.

This was merely an evolution derived from the Nine Pillar Gods. If the true Nine Pillar Gods descended, Li Yunchen would have no chance of holding out; he would be reduced to ashes in an instant, without the slightest suspense. Yet even this imitated secret art was more than he could endure, and cracks had already begun to appear in his golden body.

Ling Xiao’s expression was cold as he watched the leisurely One-Horned Flame Ape. Miaoying hovered beside him, her face equally solemn. Having only just performed spirit possession, Miaoying was in no condition herself and could offer no assistance in this matter.

Ye Bai watched, and his eyes grew even more profound. He murmured the words of the Confucian classics under his breath. To the disciples of the Confucian school, those passages expressed righteousness and justice; yet in Ye Bai’s eyes, every sentence was a sword formula.

“An emissary of justice?” Zhou Yu was stunned when he heard the description. He was not the only one. The expressions of many people around this man had become exceedingly strange as well, but none of them dared show it too obviously. In the end, they could only deliberately turn their gazes elsewhere.

Taking advantage of the brief respite, he sank his consciousness into the Divine Palace, where he happened to notice the Mountain-Bearing Insect and Sand-Swallowing Ant standing motionless in the stone chamber like fossils. At once, a thought arose within him, and he could no longer suppress it.

Whatever the relationship between Jiangxia and Zhou Zizheng had once been for, he neither knew nor wished to know.

She discovered that, besides her troublesome elder brother, there was also a beautiful young woman dressed in pale green standing in the main hall.

From the Red-Dust Immortal realm to the Immortal King realm, and then to the Supreme of All Heavens—opening the Primordial Space and transforming into the Primordial Divine Emperor, whose might rivaled that of an Immortal Emperor.

Seeing that she slept restlessly, Zhan Mo decided not to sleep either. He lit a candle on the table, then gently patted her back to soothe her.

Even the imperial family could not summon slaves to carry them up the mountain in sedan chairs simply to save themselves the trouble.

Moreover, during the bloody battle the previous night, the two had supported one another and worked together with remarkable默契, allowing their former friendship to rise to an entirely new level.

“Give me half of the remnant soul.” The Supreme Reincarnation expert spoke in a deep voice, clearly pained by his earlier losses and wishing to make up for them.

She rubbed her still-aching hands and eagerly opened the door. Beyond it lay more than a dozen stone steps, and at the foot of the steps stretched a long passageway paved entirely with stone. Recesses had been carved into the walls, each holding a lit oil lamp.

Yet the wine on Tiankun Star was different. The grain used to brew wine there came from plants grown in environments rich with spiritual energy. The resulting liquor was not only mellow, fragrant, and wonderfully crisp on the palate, but also far stronger than the wine of the Great Song Empire.