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Chapter 1105: My Right Hand! (6)

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

The fourth finger swiftly appeared on the fist-like sun. Su Ming had already activated four of the five fingers. As Su Ming raised his right hand and swung his arm at the Vermilion Bird's continent, a palm with four fingers manifested beyond the vortex formed by the power of the universe.

With a mighty pressure that caused people's hearts to tremble and a will that could destroy the entire universe just to protect something, the four-fingered palm looked as if it had replaced the world. It charged straight for the Vermilion Bird's continent.

Before it even closed in, the sky started shattering layer by layer. The black screen of light on the Vermilion Bird's continent shone with a dazzling light. A cold sneer appeared on the lips of the third prince from the Emperor of Abyss' True World. However, his slightly trembling gaze betrayed that he was terrified at that moment.

Boom!

A shocking sound reverberated in the air. At the instant it traveled through the area, the third prince's arrogant laughter spread out. The black screen of light distorted furiously when the four-fingered palm collided against it, but the palm was the one that fell back and was torn to shreds.

"What can you do to me, Su Ming? Do you care about this b*tch that much?"

While laughing with conceit, the third prince raised his right hand and seized Yu Xuan's neck, lifting her frail body high into the air. With a tight squeeze, he caused pain to immediately appear on her face. However, she still smiled. She did not want Su Ming to see her in pain.

"You care about this b*tch? Haha! So what if you care about her?! She's in my hands. If you have the ability to break the Emperor of Abyss' Screen of Light in the span of a few dozen breaths, then do so and try to save her.

"Su Ming, if you can't do it in a few dozen breaths, then I will take her home with me.

"But if you���re willing to kneel down and beg me, destroy your own cultivation base, and dig out your heart as a form of respect, I will consider letting this b*tch, who will not live for more than a hundred years if she leaves the Emperor of Abyss' True World, to stay with you. Come on!"

The third prince tightened his grip. Veins popped up on his face. As he laughed madly, he stared at Yu Xuan enduring her pain, then at Su Ming whose eyes had went red. The prince felt incredibly delighted, and his laughter grew even more conceited.

He saw the red in Su Ming's eyes and sensed the madness in him, but he did not care. As long as the screen of light was not broken, then in a few dozen more breaths, he would return to the Emperor of Abyss' True World. If the man was conceited enough to chase after him there, the third prince would let him know what despair was.

Su Ming had returned from his destructive, crimson state, but at that moment, after the taunts of the third prince, red covered all the white in his eyes. At the same time, red light spread out from him when he saw Yu Xuan doing her best to smile even though it was clear that she was in pain. As he watched the woman who was once a mischievous girl in the past, Su Ming felt his heart aching in pain.

He also saw resolve and determination in her face as she did her best to smile. There was deep steadfastness within her.

It was a steadfast resolution proclaiming that: If we cannot be together, then I will wait for you in the netherworld.

The pain made Su Ming feel as if his heart had been torn apart and would not recover. Everything in his eyes grew crimson. There was only one thought in his head at that moment: Break the screen of light, kill the third prince, save Yu Xuan.

In the mid of his madness and his form of care, Su Ming charged forward without a single word… and left the vortex formed by the power of the universe. At the instant he stepped out, he raised his right hand, and his cultivation base roared to attempt to manifest the fifth finger.

Many attempts were completed as Su Ming charged forward… but even if the blood in his body was raging violently, he still could not break through the invisible wall leading to the manifestation of the fifth finger.

It was as if there was always a little left lacking.

'Manifest, fifth finger!'

As a blood-red glare shone in Su Ming's bloodshot eyes, he struck his storage bag with his left hand, and the poisonous wasp with the God Ascension Nectar immediately appeared on his palm. At the instant he clenched his left fist, the poison sting pierced his flesh.

God Ascension Nectar entered his system, and it immediately swam through his blood. As it spread out and fused with his cultivation base, a loud bang rang out in Su Ming's head.

Another attempt to break through was executed in a frenzy.

But… he was still lacking a little. The now irrational Su Ming sent out a divine thought to the poisonous wasp to have it inject even more God Ascension Nectar into him, and immediately… an amount hundreds of times greater than what had caused him to attract the swarm of Waves of Tears in Divine Essence Star Ocean was injected into his body.

Booming sounds echoed in Su Ming's head; they were like thunderous roars shaking his soul so much that he felt as if he was about to shatter. Yet at the same time, a presence that caused all the cultivators and even the old man in blue from the Fourth True World to stand erupted from Su Ming's body.

As it did so, Su Ming circulated all of his cultivation base. At that moment, he might have seemed normal, but in truth, as his cultivation base continuously erupted and the God Ascension Nectar spread through him, his body continued swelling. This could not be seen with the naked eye. However, Su Ming had a feeling that at the extent his body swelled up, he would burst apart in less than three breaths.

During the first breath, Su Ming bled from his ears, nose, mouth, and eyes. He circulated all his cultivation base and continued attacking the invisible barrier leading to the fifth finger, intending to use this method to forcefully break through it.

During the second breath, an intense pain that could not be put into words spread out through him, causing Su Ming to feel as if every single part of his body was about to shatter. Sweat broke out on his skin, and a strong sense of danger rose in his heart. It was the feeling of upcoming death. Once his body crumbled, his physical body would not be the only thing that would disintegrate. His soul, too, would be gone.

This was a choice between death or breaking the wall to the fifth finger. A rational person would have definitely not chosen to do this, but at that moment, Su Ming no longer possessed any form of rationality. There was… only extreme concern towards another person!

With great effort, he circulated his entire cultivation base and continuously attacked the invisible wall. When the third breath arrived and Su Ming's body surpassed its limit of the swelling up it could contain, it started showing signs of crumbling. The instant he was about to burst like a water balloon… a loud bang shot into the air!

Once a large amount of water was injected into the water balloon… What would erupt would either be Su Ming's body… or he would break through the wall!

At the instant that loud boom reverberated in the air, the shadow of the fifth finger appeared on the sun behind Su Ming. At the instant this happened, the crazed power in Su Ming's body seemed to have found a vent. It surged towards the illusory fifth finger on the sun, causing it to to instantly gain corporeal form. As loud booing sounds surged into the air, a scene that shocked countless cultivators in the area appeared in the sky.

Up above, there was a fist-like sun with all five fingers, but it no longer looked like a sun. It was… a palm that had unfurled its fingers from the position of a fist!

At the same time, a tri-colored light spread out from the real physical body of Su Ming's clenched right fist in the territory of the Immortals' Union. It instantly filled his entire right arm. As it shuddered lightly, a power that seemed to come from Su Ming's physical body rose, and he looked as if he was about to wake up because of it!

The palm symbolized protection, Su Ming's steadfastness, and also his care as well as the form of protection he had come to understand.

Buzzing sounds rose from the area used for the Anointment Ceremony in Morning Dao Sect. Powerful light shone in the eyes of the old man in blue from the Fourth True World. There was a form of concentration in that light, along with incredibly great admiration. His breathing quickened in an indistinct manner, which showed just how shocked he was in his heart.

Reverend Zi Long sucked in a sharp breath. There was disbelief on his face. However, only he alone among all the other people in the area knew just how crazed Su Ming's actions were, because he knew that Su Ming had used God Ascension Nectar. This was a secret he had told no one, and it was precisely because of it and that he had once sucked in a small whiff of it that he knew how Su Ming had forcibly manifested his fifth finger when he'd seemed unable to do it before. God Ascension Nectar was definitely at work in this.

When he thought of the terrors of the God Ascension Nectar, respect appeared in Reverend Zi Long's eyes.

When Old You and Ming from True Sacred Yin World saw Su Ming manifest the fourth finger, their hearts had let out a thump, but they could still remain calm. However, when they saw him manifesting the fifth finger, the two of them sucked in a deep breath and cast each other a glance. Both of them saw the complicated emotions the other was feeling.

They knew that once Su Ming manifested his fifth finger, then unless there was a large amount of concrete evidence to prove that he was not Dao Kong… there was no sect in the universe which would give up on a person who had such talent, even if they suspected his origins. It was almost certain that as long as they did not die, then the chances of disciples like this stepping into Death Realm were much higher than of other people.

In fact… there was even a hint of possibility that they might surpass Death Realm and become Sublime Paragons!

To any True World, this was an indescribable treasure, and they would absolutely not give up on it. In fact, even if they had concrete evidence against them, they could still make changes to their policy. Of course, the prerequisite for this was that the person was not their enemy.

Yet clearly, Su Ming had become a Dynast, killed tens of thousands of cultivators from the Immortals' Union, and even returned from the Barren Lands of Divine Essence. This already made it certain that to Morning Dao Sect… he was not an enemy, because to Morning Dao Sect, their greatest enemy was the Immortals' Union.

And more importantly, this person had already received Progenitor Dao Chen's blessing and had greeted the Progenitor. There was… no longer any problems with everything else concerning him.

At the instant discussions rose in the area with a buzz, Su Ming had already made the sun behind him form a full palm. Heinous killing intent and a monstrous red glare shone in his eyes. When he raised his right hand, what appeared this time was not an illusory palm, but a palm formed by the sun behind him charging forward with a loud bang. It shot through his body and rushed straight for the Vermilion Bird's continent!

Chapter 1106: My Right Hand! (7)

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

That palm was the manifestation of Su Ming's full power at that moment. It was his strongest attack, and he charged right after it.

It was the release of Su Ming's physical strength, the strongest power he had gathered together in his life after he fused his cultivation base with his physical body!

At the same time, a malicious presence spread out from him. That malicious presence seemed to have come from an ancient, ferocious spirit. It filled the air, but remained indistinct. Only Su Ming knew… that it was Ecang's presence!

It was ancient and malicious, and it symbolized Su Ming's Ecang erupting with power once it became complete.

His strike caused the weather to change, the air to look like it was about to freeze, and that a crack that formed would not be able to heal.

The strike also caused the pupils of all the people in the area to shrink. Their hearts trembled, because the attack… was no longer something that could be executed by those in Mastery Realm, and neither was it something that could be released by Almighties in Fate Realm. The released power had already surpassed Mastery Realm, Fate Realm, and had reached… Life Realm!

Even though this was not the power brought by those who had attained great completion in Life Realm, it was still an attack belonging to those in the middle stage of Life Realm!

Yet that was not the most terrifying aspect. After all, there were people present who were already in Death Realm. What caused them to be in fear was because Su Ming's real level of cultivation… was just that of someone who had just reached Mastery Realm!

Their fear was born from the fact that they did not understand Su Ming. If they did, they would not feel fear, but shock!

If Su Ming could be in control of the laws of fate, he could make his strike reach the power equivalent to those in the later stage of Life Realm and retrieve his real physical body. Then he, who had understood the laws of fate… could make his strike reach the state that was infinitesimally close to the power exhibited by those of Death Realm!

The moment Su Ming stepped into Mastery Realm and became an Almighty, he could truly be considered powerful. He was no longer a weakling and a weak cultivator who could only be manipulated by the others as they liked.

All those who tried to twist his fate would have to suffer consequences. They would have to pay a great price, and it would be so great that perhaps even they would be unable to bear it.

His strike descended on the screen of light around the Vermilion Bird's continent. Within it was the third prince who had a crazed expression on his face. He had confidence in the screen of light, and as he continued laughing madly, he gripped Yu Xuan's neck even tighter. The Rune had already almost completely formed. As the light grew to a dazzling degree, the third prince raved at the sky.

"I'm waiting for you here, come on!"

What answered him was a monstrous bang that shook many of the cultivators in the area so much that they bled from their ears. A violent impact swept into all directions with loud banging sounds.

The palm formed by Su Ming's cultivation base touched the screen of light left behind by the Emperor from the Emperor of Abyss' True World for his descendants. His strike caused the screen of light to instantly distort. A large number of cracks formed at the spot where his palm had landed, and they spread through the whole screen at a fast speed. As they did so, the top part of the screen sank.

It looked like it contained an elastic force. Yet the palm formed by Su Ming's cultivation base continued pushing down on the screen, charging towards the third prince on the Vermilion Bird's continent.

This shocking scene caused the third prince's expression to change. His raving laughter immediately came to a stop. At the instant disbelief appeared in his eyes, a loud booming sound reverberated in the air. When the palm formed by Su Ming's cultivation base pushed the screen of light, about ten thousand feet downwards, more cracks spread, and the palm disappeared.

Su Ming had used all his strength, but could only do so much; he still could not make the screen shatter. However… at the instant the palm formed by Su Ming's sun disintegrated, he rushed out from behind it and raised his right hand to push down on the sunken screen of light.

Booming sounds rose into the air. Red filled Su Ming's eyes. With madness, the power of his physical body reached its peak, and the malicious presence around him grew to an astonishing degree. At the instant he touched the sunken screen and booming sounds could be heard, the screen was unable to bounce back. It was pushed forward by Su Ming's right hand and continued sinking even deeper towards the ground.

The third prince's expression instantly turned pale. He stared at Su Ming, who was above him in the sky and was separated from him by the screen of light, but was currently pushing it and making it descend. His mind instantaneously turned blank. With a shudder, he pulled on Yu Xuan without any hesitation and swiftly entered the Relocation Rune. His face was stark pale, and there was fear that had never once appeared on his face before. He struck the Rune with his left hand.

"Damn it, hurry up and activate! Just activate already!"

Cold sweat broke out on the third prince's forehead, and a strong feeling that he was about to die rose within him. He roared and struck the Rune with his left hand. Immediately, it let out a dazzling light as it started spinning slowly.

Red filled Su Ming's eyes. Pushing the screen of light so that it would sink might have seemed easy, but in truth, the screen of light was something that the Emperor of Abyss from the Emperor of Abyss' True World had personally Branded on his descendants, and its goal was to prevent them being killed.

If the screen could be destroyed easily, then the princes of the Emperor of Abyss' True World might have all died a long time ago.

Even if Su Ming was at his strongest at that moment, he still could not destroy the screen of light. Even moving it was proving to be increasingly difficult.

He pushed the screen so that it would continuously approach the ground. He could see Yu Xuan, could see the third prince who he absolutely wanted to kill. He saw their expressions, and also saw the fear in the third prince's eyes.

Su Ming approached the ground. From the great distance before, he came until he was only a hundred thousand feet away from them. Then, the distance shrank to ten thousand feet before it eventually turned to one thousand feet. In the eyes of the third prince, Su Ming had already arrived, but the Rune beneath his feet had only partially activated. It would need another dozen breaths before he could be sent away. After all, this was not a normal Relocation, but a Relocation between True Worlds, that was why the speed was slightly slower.

When he saw that Su Ming was about to close in, the third prince's expression twisted. With a roar at the sky, he grabbed Yu Xuan, and just as he was about to fling all caution to the wind, he was suddenly stunned before he laughed loudly. There was madness contained in his laughter, along with endless mockery.

"Su Ming, what can you even do to me? You can't break open this screen of light. It'll be even better if you're just one thousand feet away from me. You'll be able to see even more clearly how I'll leave."

As the third prince laughed, he sighed in relief in his heart. He saw that Su Ming had reached the limit of what he could do when he pushed the screen until it was only one thousand feet away from him. Not only did the screen not continue sinking, it even started showing signs that it was about to bounce back.

Veins popped up on Su Ming's face. The screen of light was so strong that even if he used his full power, he could only do so much. He could not break the screen, and because of it, he could not take Yu Xuan back. It was just as the third prince said, he could only watch helplessly as Yu Xuan was taken away.

The blood-red light in Su Ming's eyes reached a heinous degree, but no matter how he attacked the screen, he still could not stop it from slowly raising. The scene changed from him pushing the screen to him being pushed back by the screen. Gradually, he left the area where the third prince's Rune was. From the previous one thousand feet, the distance between them became two thousand feet, and it was still widening.

The crazed laughter from the third prince fell into Su Ming's ears, and his heart trembled as it ached in pain. Sharp stabs of pain traveled up right hand which he used to push the screen of light, and it was turning into a bloody mess. His bones were continuously being crushed. Compared to the screen of light, his power seemed like it was no longer able to put a fight.

'I can still become stronger. As long as I can get my real physical body back, I can become even stronger!'

"I won't accept this! With my power, with my cultivation base, how can I not even break a screen of light formed by a divine ability by the Emperor of Abyss?! I WON'T ACCEPT THIS!"

Su Ming threw his head back and let out the most astonishing roar that he had never done since he'd come to Morning Dao Sect.

It contained Su Ming's bewilderment when he was in Dark Mountain and when he was in the land of Berserkers. It contained his anguish when he left the ninth summit and stepped into the Barren Lands of Divine Essence. It contained his madness as he barely escaped death when he was in Divine Essence Star Ocean. It also contained his boundless resentment towards Su Xuan Yi due to his origins.

At that moment, all of that was released violently in his roar. There was also his pain and his refusal to admit that he could not save Yu Xuan.

As the roar reverberated in the air, it traveled through all nine continents in the first plane to the ninety-nine continents in the second plane, the 999 continents in the third plane, the 9,999 continents in the fourth plane, Dao Ocean, all dimensions in Morning Dao Sect, and it even reached as faint murmur Su Xuan Yi's isolation grounds.

The isolated Su Xuan Yi shuddered. However, soon, he closed his eyes again… and a sigh left his lips when he closed his eyes again.

As the roar echoed in the sky, the ears of the ten million cultivators rang. While they were in shock, Su Ming's real physical body which lay in the territory of the Immortals�� Union shuddered violently, especially his right hand. A tri-colored light spread out from it, and a power that had always been sleeping in the body looked as if it was about to be awakened in an unseen manner at that moment!

"I WANT TO BECOME STRONGER!!!"

At the instant Su Ming shouted those words, dazzling light erupted from his real physical body's right hand. At the instant it appeared, a large number of figures instantly appeared around his real physical body, but before they could even do anything, the right hand of Su Ming's real physical body… disappeared in the light!

His whole right arm disappeared along with it the next moment!

At the same time, Su Ming's bloody right hand which held back the screen of light in Morning Dao Sect was torn to shreds with a loud bang. However, a new arm suddenly replaced it at an indescribable speed. Soon after, a power that was even greater than the strongest power Su Ming had been able to muster spilled out violently with a shocking bang from the right hand which seemed to have regrown in a heartbeat.

Thunder roared. The wind and clouds moved back. The chill of midwinter, the light of autumn's red, the flames of the scorching summer appeared at the same time. When they intersected with each other, for the first time ever… the presence of spring appeared around Su Ming's right hand!

Spring was the time when all things come back to life, and it was the final step in moving from death to life. And signs of it manifesting showed up at that instant!

Su Ming used the right hand which had appeared as if it had regrown and seized the air in front of him. As the world roared, the light of the Rune around the third prince and Yu Xuan spun. At the instant they were about to be Relocated, the screen of light blocking Su Ming's path was torn apart.

It crumbled with a bang, and his body descended at an indescribable speed. He lifted his right hand and pierced the light from the Rune. As if he could move through True Worlds, he seized the third prince, who was already halfway through his Relocation, and with a ferocious face yanked him back!

Chapter 1107: She Doesn't Suit You

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

A shrill scream of pain tumbled out from the mouth of the third prince of the Emperor of Abyss' True World. That scream of pain contained both terror and strong disbelief.

He clearly remembered that just one breath ago, Su Ming had still been beyond the screen of light and he himself had already been Relocated halfway through and was in an illusory state. In just a few more breaths, he would have returned to the Emperor of Abyss' True World.

Everything had happened too fast, so fast that the moment he screamed and disbelief appeared on his face, he felt as if time had flowed back right before his eyes. His body was seized by a power so great that he could not fight back against. It grabbed the back of his neck and yanked him out of the Relocation Rune.

At the same time, Su Ming swung his right arm, and blood-red branches swiftly extended from it. At the instant they spread out, they charged towards Yu Xuan and caught her.

All of this was originally supposed to be perfect. During the most critical moment, Su Ming retrieved Destiny's right arm and broke the Emperor of Abyss' screen of light, stopped the conceited third prince from leaving, and was about to catch Yu Xuan, changing her destiny with her hands.

Everything should have been so…

But…

Fate was unpredictable. At that instant, due to someone changing certain things, almost at the instant the tree branches spread out from Su Ming's right hand and were about to catch Yu Xuan so that she would not be Relocated to the Emperor of Abyss' True World, a power that Su Ming was familiar with suddenly descended from the sky. With extreme ease, it shot into the tunnel within the Relocation Rune between Su Ming's right hand and Yu Xuan.

The power which was familiar to Su Ming did not come to help him��� The instant the branches extended from his right hand to touch Yu Xuan, that power spread outwards, and without a single sound, it let out a ripple that even the current Su Ming would find difficult to handle in the tunnel created by the Relocation Rune.

When it spread out, it caused a tremor so great in the branches Su Ming wanted to use to pull Yu Xuan that they fell backwards, causing her body to be swept away. In an instant… she fused into the air and was Relocated back to the Emperor of Abyss' True World.

"You!"

Su Ming's eyes turned red. Madness erupted violently in his mind. If the power had come from someone else or even from the Emperor of Abyss' True World, then even if Su Ming would have descended into a frenzy, he would not have been as enraged as he was at that moment.

It was impossible to put his anger into words. The boundless resentment in his heart filled his entire body, causing a black vortex to immediately appear in the area around him.

"She will be safe in the Emperor of Abyss' True World… but she doesn't suit you."

A sigh echoed in the air. When it gradually faded away, Su Ming's roar shook the sky. The Vermilion Bird's continent let out a bang. As it trembled, the Relocation Rune instantly started showing signs of crumbling. It then broke down into pieces. Before that happened though, the third prince was dragged out by Su Ming.

Yet… even though he dragged out the third prince… Yu Xuan could still only become an afterimage in his memory.

Su Ming trembled. He lifted his head and stared at the sky. At the same time a broken smile appeared on his face. He laughed fiercely. With extreme grief and indignation, he laughed at the heavens, the world, his own bloodline, and himself.

His laughter contained despair along with an intense pain as if his heart had been torn apart.

The person who had prevented Su Ming from catching Yu Xuan was not an outsider… that familiar power… it belonged to Su Xuan Yi, Progenitor Dao Chen!

Su Ming continued to laugh brokenly. His expression was ferocious, however and his body trembled. After experiencing the extreme madness, a deadly still air surrounded him.

It was akin to death itself, similar to the one he carried under the mask forced on him by Yin Death Region. In time, when he'd gotten rid of the mask, that deadly still air had also disappeared, but at that moment, it returned. Su Ming's personalities changed from just gold, crimson, and gray. Another color had been added… black!

Black hair, black eyes. He looked exactly the same as he did when the three personalities had yet to manifest However, even though he might look the same, in truth… he had changed completely.

At that moment, the dead look was formed by the intense pain of his heart being torn apart, the indescribable anger, and the grief as well as indignation that made him feel as if his heart was about to be devoured.

"Doesn't suit me…" Su Ming mumbled. He did not shout and neither did he growl. Instead, he stared at the sky. After a long while, he lowered his head. He still had the third prince from the Emperor of Abyss' True World in his right hand.

The third prince was shuddering at that moment. In his eyes, Su Ming was the most terrifying nightmare in his life. He instinctively wanted to tell him the identity of his father or to appear strong even though his heart was trembling in fear, or just plead for mercy.

The expressions of Sect Masters Ri, Yue, and Xing changed. Clearly, they did not expect that Su Ming would truly be able to break the screen of light. At that moment, when they saw that the third prince of the Emperor of Abyss' True World was in Su Ming's hand, the three of them immediately took a step forward.

"Dao Kong, do not kill that person!" Sect Master Yue said hastily. The trios cultivation had already reached a monstrous level, and with one move, they instantly closed in. However, while they might be fast, Su Ming could be even faster when he wanted to kill someone.

To the current Su Ming, the third prince was just an ant. At the instant he lowered his head and Sect Masters Ri, Yue, and Xing arrived… he tightened his grip, and seven ripples were sent into the third prince's body in succession.

The first ripple instantly crushed all his bones, causing immense pain. At the instant the third prince let out a shrill scream of pain, Su Ming pushed his left hand over the prince's mouth and seized it so that his screams could not be voice, thereby turning it into an even more intense pain.

Once all the third prince's bones were crushed, the second ripple reduced them all to powder, causing the third prince to become a mess of flesh. If it was not because Su Ming kept his grip on the prince, the man would have definitely fallen into a puddle.

The third, fourth, and the fifth ripples tore the third prince's skin, melted his flesh… and evaporated his blood.

The sixth and seventh waves crushed his soul. It was shredded forcefully, causing him to taste indescribable pain for a few breaths before he died. Throughout it all, Su Ming's left hand was held tightly over the third prince's mouth so that he could not let out even a single sound… When Su Ming let go of his hand, the third prince disappeared. He had already turned into ashes that fell to the ground.

Su Ming's eyes were dull, and he was silent. The breathing of all the cultivators in the area quickened at that moment, and all their gazes gathered on Su Ming.

After a long time, he looked at his right hand. Anguish appeared on his face. His right hand could bring forth a power that was infinitesimally close to those who had attained great completion in Life Realm, which was why he had been able to tear apart the trembling screen of light… but even so, he was still unable to stop the power of Su Xuan Yi. And for the second time… he was unable to catch Yu Xuan's hand.

"Doesn't suit me..? What right do you have to say that?" Su Ming mumbled.

His expression turned even more dreary, but there was a vast amount of life force that made it seem as if he was being reborn spreading out from his right hand. That presence was incredibly ancient, as if it had been lying in him for countless years.

Su Ming slowly raised his foot and walked into the sky. He left the Vermilion Bird's continent behind, and as he moved higher up, he did not spare a glance at the area around him. He had a place he wanted to go to—Dao Chen's isolation grounds. He wanted to ask exactly why Su Xuan Yi had said that!

Flame Fiends' Progenitor immediately took a few steps back when he was before Su Ming. His pupils shrank, and he stared at him with a hint of fear. He could sense that something was incredibly off about Su Ming at that moment, so whatever he did, he could not provoke him. Even if Su Ming looked as if he was just moving forward and he was a follower, at that instant, Flame Fiends' Progenitor still chose to retreat.

He was not the only one who did so. The Morning Dao Sect disciples in the area as well as the cultivators from True Sacred Yin World moved back at that moment to clear a path for him.

"Doesn't suit me…" Dense blood capillaries popped out in Su Ming's eyes. When they were seen in contrast to his black hair, he radiated a crazed feeling that screaming at the others to not to get close to him.

Old You and Ming cast each other glances, and Old Ming spoke languidly with a mirthless smile. "So is this how you lot from Morning Dao Sect treat your guests? The third prince of the Emperor of Abyss' True World came to congratulate you on anointing your Dynasts and even brought gifts, but this Dao Kong of yours killed him. As for you, you only watched. No one even tried to stop him.

"Morning Dao Sect, this is what you are, indeed! I'd like to know what the Emperor of Abyss will do once he learns of this ."

Sect Masters Ri, Yue, and Xing had sullen expressions on their faces. They might have already made their decision, but even they thought that the situation right then was a little troublesome. Su Ming had attacked far too quickly just then, and they hadn't thought that he would actually be able to break the screen of light. If that had been the truth, everything would have been much simpler, but not only was Su Ming able to break the screen of light, he also killed the third prince.

This caused the matter to turn a little complicated.

"Dao Kong, you went a little overboard in this matter… there are outsiders here��� Oh well, go and isolate yourself in Dao Ocean for five hundred years. This is your punishment. As for the Emperor of Abyss' True World…" Sect Masters Ri, Yue, and Xing sighed in their hearts and moved in front of Su Ming to block his path.

The three of them cast each other a glance, and all of them were troubled by the gargantuan price they would have to pay for this. If there were no outsiders, then even if Dao Kong had killed the third prince, they would not have been bothered. There would have been plenty of methods to handle the problem.

However, Old You and Ming were clearly going to use this and fan the flames, immediately making the matter into a troublesome problem. However, to Morning Dao Sect, the price they had to pay compared to Dao Kong being able to manifest the five fingers was nothing. The fact that he was able to do that immediately turned him into an incredibly valuable resource for the sect.

This resource was equivalent to them obtaining an Almighty in Death Realm, which was why they had changed their earlier plan.

"If there were no outsiders present…" Su Ming came to a halt and raised his bloodshot and crazed eyes.

Chapter 1108: You and Ming's Disaster

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Almost the instant Su Ming raised his head, he took a swift step to the side, and he was so fast that he instantly charged at Old You and Ming from True Sacred Yin World.

Su Ming needed to vent his frustration. If he did not let out the heinous resentment and anger within him, then he had a feeling that his body would tear open and collapse.

He needed to vent. Both his heart and his soul needed to let out his frustrations in a violent manner. He wanted to see blood being spilled

The instant Su Ming moved, the expressions of Sect Masters Ri, Yue, and Xing instantly changed. Just as they were about to chase after Su Ming, a long string of laughter came from the continent where the Fourth True World stayed. The old man in blue took a step forward at that moment and instantly appeared in front of Sect Masters Ri, Yue and Xing. He had the ghost of a smile on his face as he wrapped his fist in his palm lightly towards the three of them.

"My friends, why don't we spar a little?"

"Ling Hai, what's the meaning of this?!" Sect Master Yue demanded with a frown.

"I'm not planning anything. I just miss the three of you very much and want to spar with you."

The old man in blue smiled and swung his arm. Immediately, a roaring sea manifested, then swept outwards, straight towards Sect Masters Ri, Yue, and Xing.

"Blood Ocean Hell!"

The old man in blue formed a seal with his hands, bit his tongue, and coughed up a large mouthful of blood. It immediately fused with the ocean which had manifested around him, dying it red. Once it turned into a sea of blood, it surrounded the area and became an existence akin to a seal, making it difficult for even Sect Masters Ri, Yue, and Xing to rush out.

'Laddy, I've given up a lot of my assets to help you. I used up nearly five thousand years worth of my cultivation base just to muster that one mouthful of sealing blood for this sea of blood. Only with it could I trap the three for an hour with my power alone.

'You'll have to work hard… Commit more irrecoverable, heinous atrocities. It's good that you killed the third prince of the Emperor of Abyss' True World. It's also good that you destroyed True Sacred Yin World's camp in the Barren Lands of Divine Essence, but it's not enough. You have to kill Old You and Ming, and you have to slaughter your way into the Emperor of Abyss' True World as well as murder your way into True Sacred Yin World.

'It'd be best if you could bring out a Sublime Paragon of a True World. Only then… would it be enough.'

The face of the old man in blue was slightly pale. Clearly, trapping Sect Masters Ri, Yue, and Xing was incredibly difficult for him. However, there was a powerful light shining in his eyes, and it was filled… with expectation.

At the instant the old man in blue trapped Sect Masters Ri, Yue and Xing of Morning Dao Sect and the expressions of the people all around changed, Su Ming turned into a long arc and charged towards Old You and Ming with black smoke spreading out of his body.

"You're just asking for death!"

Old You and Ming's eyes sparkled. Old You smiled coldly and took a step forward. He looked so old that he looked as if he had just crawled out of a coffin, but he raised his right hand and formed a seal before he pointed forward.

Immediately, wisps of cold air rose from his fingertips. A vast power that was so ghastly it looked as if it could freeze space itself appeared with cracking sounds. Countless ice flowers instantly appeared in the air in front of Old You. They were all connected to one another. As more of them spread out, they formed a huge face of a ghost in the air, right in front of Su Ming.

With a ferocious expression, it charged at him.

A power that was just a step away from that of Death Realm erupted with a bang from the ghost face. The same presence was also released from Old You's body.

When Su Ming was about to touch the ghost face, powerful killing intent shone in his eyes. He raised his right hand, and powerful might that was as astonishing as the ghost face's instantly came from his right hand. The moment he was about to be hit, Su Ming furled his fingers into a fist and threw a fist forward.

The world roared. The sky shuddered. Su Ming took three staggering steps back, but the ghost face made of ice flowers in front of him instantly collapsed.

Su Ming forced himself to stop. When he rushed forward again, a heinous, malicious presence followed him. It was his Ecang self manifesting. Old You narrowed his eyes, and with a cold harrumph, he formed a seal in front of himself before he swiftly pushed his palms together and pointed at Su Ming.

"Sinister Dark Mass!"

A low growl came from Old You's mouth. When he pointed forward, a jolt ran through his body, and overlapping shadows seemed to cover him. When they rushed forward, they turned into an old man. He had an illusory body, but at the instant he stepped towards Su Ming, he raised his right hand and formed a seal before pointing at the center of his own brows. Immediately, a bang shot out from his body and he turned into a ghost face that charged towards Su Ming.

At the same time, overlapping shadows appeared on Old You again. This time, ten illusory shadows flew out at the same time. They were all middle-aged men, and all of them looked the same. They were rather similar to Old You, and seemed to be versions of his younger self.

When Su Ming crashed against the ghost face formed by the old man's illusory shadow, the ten middle-aged shadows turned into ten ghost faces that charged towards him.

If that was all, it would not have posed a problem for Su Ming, but overlapping shadows appeared for the third time around Old You, who still remained unmoving in the air. Then, one hundred illusory shadows rushed out. Each of them was a young man, and they all turned into one hundred gigantic ghost faces in the sky before charging towards Su Ming.

It seemed as if there was no end to them. When overlapping shadows appeared for the fourth time, the shadows of five hundred teenagers rushed out. They spread out, surrounded the area, and turned into ghost faces simultaneously. The whole sky seemed to be filled with them.

The ghost faces opened their mouths and roared before they charged towards Su Ming. Booming sounds rang out without end. When he saw the countless ghost faces rushing towards him in a mad rush, a glint shone in Su Ming's eyes. The instant the enemies came close, he turned around, raised his right hand, and struck his chest.

This was the rebounding force he had learned from the Predecessor of Dao Ocean. With Su Ming's raised level of cultivation, the instant his right hand landed on his chest, a deafening roar reverberated in the air.

A wave of impact rushed through the area from Su Ming. When it swept outwards, all the incoming ghost faces let out shrill roars. Then, like fog being swept apart by a violent gust of wind, they scattered.

Blood trickled out of the corners of Su Ming's mouth, but he did not wipe it off. With blood dyeing his lips red, he threw his head back and let out a roar to vent his anger and resentment. As he did so, Old Ming beside Old You let out a cold harrumph. With one move, he instantly disappeared. When he reappeared, he was already behind Su Ming. He raised his right hand and touched Su Ming's back lightly.

At the instant he did so, a ray of dark light appeared at his fingertips. That light was strange and enchanting, and it could be vaguely seen that there were countless existences resembling ghosts within it. They let out soundless roars, and as their expressions distorted, they charged towards Su Ming's back along the old man's finger.

They looked like they wanted to tear Su Ming, rush into him to devour his flesh, blood, and soul.

Su Ming could not avoid this strike, but he didn't even consider doing it. As he turned around, he raised his right hand and formed a seal before he spread his fingers. Immediately, a huge hand manifested under his feet. As Su Ming clenched his right hand once more, the huge, illusory palm furled itself into a fist as well to hold Su Ming within it. It then collided against Old Ming's incoming finger.

Booming sounds rose into the air. The huge palm holding Su Ming shattered layer by layer until he was revealed within. He coughed up a mouthful of blood, but Old Ming shuddered and took a few staggering steps backwards too. Blood trickled out of the corners of his mouth.

But almost the instant he moved back, a freezing glare shone in his eyes. He formed a seal with both hands, and nearly one thousand overlapping shadows flew out with a bang from his body. They turned into nearly one thousand ghost faces in the area. As they roared, they rushed towards Su Ming, and Old Ming also took a step forward. This time, when he raised his right hand, an oil lamp appeared on his palm. It burned with dark green flames.

He held up the oil lamp, opened his mouth, and blew at the dark green flame. It erupted with a bang and turned into a phoenix that rushed towards Su Ming with a shrill shriek.

Old You and Ming attacked at the same time, and they were determined to kill. When they attacked, all of the skills they executed were great divine abilities. There was not a hint of them intending to be careless in their actions. They had even sealed up all of Su Ming's paths to head forward or retreat. When they managed to do so, Old You and Ming roared at the same time towards the sky.

Immediately, a presence that surged to the skies erupted from their bodies. At the same time, two green pearls rushed out from the top of their skulls. When they floated out they spun swiftly and appeared at Su Ming's sides. The two pearls shone before turning into two huge bodies.

They had black skin and bald heads, but the ripples of power equivalent to those in Life Realm spread out from their bodies. If it was not because they had no spark of life in their eyes, making it clear that they were puppets, they would definitely be regarded as cultivators.

They clearly were… two puppets in Life Realm, puppets that were incredibly rare and extremely valuable in all of the True Worlds!

"Sacred Slaves!"

The old man in blue narrowed his eyes. True Sacred Yin World was the most famous among the four Great True Worlds for its Puppetry Art, and almost all of the divine abilities in True Sacred Yin World's Sacred Yin Sect were related to puppets.

Creating puppets and using them to train had practically become the essential Art of Sacred Yin Sect. The two puppets were You and Ming's origin substitutes, which they had created by having their entire cultivation base merge together.

Front, back, left, and right—Su Ming was surrounded by enemies from all directions. The two puppets might exude the power belonging to those in Life Realm, but in their hands they held two huge black blades. They were entirely black, and there were countless vengeful souls surrounding them. They exuded… a presence that made even Su Ming feel great danger.

Those were… two extraordinary blades!

Booming sounds rose into the air, and divine abilities closed in on Su Ming At the instant he was surrounded and about to suffer attacks aimed to kill from all directions, he closed his eyes, raised his right hand, and pushed up against the sky!

"Fifth kiln!"

A loud rumble surged into the skies, and the entire Morning Dao Sect shuddered. At the same time, a huge crack appeared in the sky. As it spread out of nowhere, tearing through the sky, the fifth kiln which had hidden itself away in Divine Essence Star Ocean shuddered. A sea of fire spilled out from it, and the countless living spirits in the kiln roared at the sky.

During that instant, the fifth kiln moved swiftly and disappeared from Divine Essence Star Ocean. When it reappeared… it was in Morning Dao Sect, and at that moment, the hearts of all ten million cultivators were shaken as their gazes were directed at the crack in the sky!

Chapter 1109: I'll Allow This!

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

When the fifth kiln appeared, all the cultivators in Morning Dao Sect immediately sucked in sharp breaths. Most of them had never seen the fifth kiln before.

It was an existence that was an incredibly mysterious entity even in Divine Essence Star Ocean, and the cultivators present were incredibly unfamiliar with it. There were plenty of people who had never even heard of the fifth kiln before the old man who returned from the Barren Lands of Divine Essence had mentioned it.

After all, Arid Triad Expanse Cosmos was just too big. The things the cultivators knew about were naturally related to their own paths of cultivation as well as their experiences. Without a high enough level of cultivation, it was impossible for them to learn about too many secrets. Similarly, without enough experiences, it was also impossible to learn about these things.

It was the case for Su Ming as well. When he first stepped into the Barren Lands of Divine Essence, he had not know about any of these things. Other people might have different backgrounds compared to him, but at least in this matter, they were all the same.

The sky roared, and the air distorted. The sound of something being ripped open shook the sky and earth. Countless bolts of lightning swam in the sky, tearing the crack wider. The fifth kiln descended from it with loud booming sounds and a presence that surged through the air. Wherever it spread, the air would collapse. The entire sky was torn apart, as if there was no power in the world which could stop the fifth kiln from appearing for the first time in True Morning Dao World.

A mighty pressure so strong it was difficult to describe with words spread out violently from the kiln at that moment. It landed in the hearts of all the cultivators in Morning Dao Sect, causing them to beat furiously. Everyone clearly felt a pressure that caused their bodies to tremble.

The sea of fire surrounded the area as they changed color. The fifth kiln broke through everything and descended. Even though the sea of fire did not spread out, the power of the heat contained in the mighty pressure seemed to be able to melt all gazes, causing all those who saw the sea of fire to feel their eyes sting in pain. There were also quite a number of people who could not stop tears from flowing down their faces.

All of this was because of the fifth kiln's shocking appearance.

"The fifth kiln!"

A glint appeared in Old You and Ming's eyes. The two of them lifted their eyes at the same time and fixed them on the fifth kiln. Based on the words of the Almighty in Life Realm who had returned, they knew that Dao Kong could control the fifth kiln, and since they dared to come over and attack him, it was only natural that they had methods to rely upon when dealing with this treasure.

"I'd like to see whether this fifth kiln is truly as mighty as the rumors say. Abyss Activating Brush!" Old You roared with his head raised. Immediately, a dark ray of light flew out from his mouth.

That dark ray of light charged towards the fifth kiln and instantly turned into a white brush surrounded by dark light!

At the same time, a brilliant light shone in Old Ming's eyes. He raised his left hand and struck his chest. Immediately, a loud bang came from his back, and his clothes were torn to reveal shriveled skin. It was full of wrinkles, and a decaying air spread out from it. Right then, numerous runic symbols appeared on his skin.

As a loud bang shot into the air, Old Ming coughed up a mouthful of blood. Immediately, a large patch of skin on his back separated from his body. After floating into the air, it charged towards the fifth kiln.

"Book of Life and Death!" Old Ming roared towards the sky.

The patch of skin that flew out from his back immediately shone with a piercing black light. It was filled with a feeling of death, and there was also a mighty pressure spreading out with loud rumbles from it.

Book of Life and Death and Abyss Activating Brush were two treasures who could be regarded as a set. They were one of the four supreme treasures of True Sacred Yin World, and they were personally created by the Sublime Paragon. Besides the Book of Life and Death as well as the Abyss Activating Brush given to True Sacred Yin World's Kalpa Lord, the remaining three supreme treasures were sunken into Yin River to suppress the nine underworlds.

This sort of supreme treasure surpassed the level of treasure possessed by Xuan Shang in the past. More accurately speaking, they were not even on the same level. They might both be created by the same Sublime Paragon, but one of them was created personally to return a small debt of gratitude, and the other four were created with meticulousness and painstaking effort. The Sublime Paragon had gathered a large number of materials over the course of many years to create these treasures, and they were used as a legacy of a True World. It was only natural then that they could not be compared.

Almost the instant the Book of Life and Death as well as the Abyss Activation Brush appeared, shock appeared on the faces of a handful of people among the cultivators in the area. Clearly, they had recognized this set of supreme treasures from True Sacred Yin World.

This was the reason behind the confidence of Old You and Ming against Su Ming's fifth kiln. It was all because they had taken the set of supreme treasures from True Sacred Yin World.

To them, the fifth kiln might be mysterious, but that was it. First and foremost, they had never entered the fifth kiln themselves, and second, it was because the Kalpa Lord of True Sacred Yin World had never entered it before due to his status as well.

However, due to the accounts of people from True Sacred Yin World who had survived and returned from it coupled with the investigations and the great history of True Sacred Yin Sacred, they still knew quite a lot about the fifth kiln.

They knew that the greatest divine ability from the fifth kiln was the sea of fire that could burn all those in Mastery Realm. They also knew that if it erupted completely, perhaps flames of even greater level would appear. In fact, they even knew that while the person in possession of the fifth kiln might not be able to harm an Almighty in Life Realm with its sea of fire, but the fifth kiln was practically indestructible, and its owner only needed to control it and send it crashing down to destroy anyone.

It was unknown whether even those in Death Realm could withstand such an attack.

Once they learned of the two greatest functions of the fifth kiln, Old You and Ming were very confident that the moment Dao Kong brought it out, the kiln would belong to True Sacred Yin World.

This… was the greatest reason why they came to Morning Dao Sect to antagonize Dao Kong!

They did not come for Dao Kong himself, and neither did they come to seek vengeance… Instead, they came to snatch the fifth kiln. Since Dao Kong had destroyed True Sacred Yin World's camp in the Barren Lands of Divine Essence, even if they snatched the fifth kiln, Morning Dao Sect would not be able to say anything about it as long as they could seize it fast enough.

Almost the instant the Book of Life and Death and the Abyss Activation Brush flew out, the latter looked like it was seized by a huge, invisible hand in the air. When it tilted downwards, it immediately started drawing on the Book of Life and Death.

In just an instant, the outline of the fifth kiln was drawn. The outline looked almost alive, and the moment it was completed, black light shone from the Book of Life and Death. It instantly swelled up, and with a speed so fast it was inconceivable, the black light expanded to a boundless distance and swiftly enveloped the fifth kiln.

A vast suction force spread out from the outline of the fifth kiln drawn by the Abyss Activation Brush on the swelled-up Book of Life and Death. The descended fifth kiln moved slightly towards the Book of Life and Death with a loud bang.

At the same time as the Book of Life and Death swelled up, it completely enveloped the fifth kiln like a seal. Once it wrapped it up tightly, it started absorbing and fusing with it.

Old You and Ming laughed loudly. A glint shone in the eyes of the two puppet, and they rushed towards Su Ming together. During that instant, Old You and Ming formed a seal with their hands as they laughed. When they swung their arms, a vortex instantly appeared around their bodies, and when it swept outwards, that vortex turned into a Relocation Rune.

They wanted to leave. Even if it meant that they were going to disregard all the other people who came with them from True Sacred Yin World, they had to quickly take the sealed fifth kiln and leave Morning Dao Sect.

They had already completed half of their task. At that moment, as the vortices swept outwards and the light from the Relocation Rune reached a blinding degree, Su Ming did not even cast a glance at the origin substitutes of Old You and Ming closing in on him. There was a dull, dead look in his eyes, along with a madness that made him want to kill everything around him. His lips curled upwards in mockery, and it was hard to discern whether he was laughing at himself, at others, or both.

"Another Relocation Rune."

Su Ming's smile was very twisted. At that moment, he had already sunken into an abnormal state. He watched the activation of the Relocation Rune, the fifth kiln being wrapped up by the Book of Life and Death, and Old You and Ming about to disappear with excitement and elation on their faces.

"All of you underestimate the fifth kiln."

Su Ming threw his head back and laughed. There was a shrill and forlorn feeling to his laughter along with madness as well as the resentment which he could not put to words. At the instant it reverberated in the air, Su Ming spoke in a voice as if he was passing judgement.

"All existences who have existed for countless years in the fifth kiln, as the master of the fifth kiln, I will allow you… to walk out!"

At the instant Su Ming's voice echoed in the air, the fifth kiln enveloped by the Book of Life and Death jolted. Among the countless living spirits in the innumerable dimensions within the kiln, there were powerful spirits, even more powerful spirits, and incredibly powerful spirits. Some of them Su Ming had met before, and some of them he had yet to see.

At that instant, no matter what they were doing in the kiln, all of them shuddered and roared at the sky. Their bodies instantly disappeared, and when they reappeared, they were already outside the fifth kiln. It was as if some sort of seal on them had been broken and a new one activated… so that they could be released!

Ferocious beasts, strange figures, Fire Spirits, people with wings, astonishing dragons, and countless ferocious beings with bizarre appearances appeared outside the fifth kiln at that instant. Presences that caused people's expressions to continuously change drastically until they were in complete shock. The countless living beings spread out their presences with loud rumbles, and the presences of those in Mastery Realm, Fate Realm, and Life Realm filled the nine skies.

Five other presences surged into the sky as well. The moment they appeared, they shook the skies, for they were… five people in Death Realm!

The world rumbled. At the instant the existences Su Ming released from the fifth kiln appeared, they rammed themselves against the Book of Life and Death. No matter how powerful this supreme treasure was, it was not the opponent for all the creatures. As booming sounds surged into the sky, the Book of Life and Death crumbled, torn to shreds. The Relocation was instantly interrupted, and the moment fear and disbelief appeared on the faces of Old You and Ming… countless figures pounced on them.

Shrill screams of pain echoed in the air. Booming sounds surged into the sky and reverberated in the area. Su Ming did not even cast a glance at the two puppets rushing to him. While turning his head around, he raised his right hand and pointed at all the people from True Sacred Yin World in the area.

"Kill all the outsiders in this place!"

Countless ferocious spirits roared. Fire Spirits were in the majority of that group. As they charged forward, they surrounded the two puppets by Su Ming and encircled all of the people from True Sacred Yin World. Pained screams resounded over the land, and they seemed to merge into… the most beautiful song at whose end people would die!

Chapter 1110: Father and Son

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

"Greetings, My Liege!" Two men who were hundreds of feet tall kneeled behind Su Ming. They were large and tall, but the most shocking thing about them was that both of them had three heads.

When they kneeled down with ferocious expressions, each one held a head in their hands. There was no blood dripping from them, for they were… the heads of the origin substitutes of Old You and Ming.

Shrill screams of pain reverberated in the air behind them. Tens of thousands of living beings from the fifth kiln roared at the sky as they approached Su Ming and kneeled down.

"Greetings, My Liege!" The tens of thousands of living beings all held bloody heads in their hands which belonged to the cultivators of True Sacred Yin World.

Further down were countless ferocious beings from the fifth kiln. They also prostrated themselves in the air and let out a uniform shout.

"Greetings, My Liege!"

At the same time, two shrill screams of pain shook the sky and earth. Five powerful presences that were mighty enough to cause all the people's hearts to tremble erupted with a bang in the distance. They belonged to Almighties in Death Realm, and they were filled with the ultimate power of death.

As the presences erupted into the air, five tall figures walked forward slowly from the distance.

One of them was an old Fire Spirit dressed in fire armor. His eyes were calm, and there was an ancient air underneath it. In his hands he held the torn Book of Life and Death as well as the Abyss Activation Brush.

One of the two people by his side was a thin skeleton. If it was not because of the ghastly green flame burning brightly in his eyes, many people might have thought that he was a puppet formed from a corpse.

His limbs were stiff, and when he approached Su Ming, he did not walk over, but instead drifted toward him.

The third was a person with nine heads, but it wasn't what made everyone continuously suck in sharp breaths in shock.

He held a head in his hand. Its eyes were open, and there was disbelief within them.

It was Old You's head!

The fourth was an old woman. She leaned against a cane, and under her silver hair were a pair of silver eyes. Her ancient appearance exuded a deadly still presence akin to death itself.

The last one was a teenager in black. He had an apathetic expression, and his eyes were dull. There were hundreds of wounds on his body, but they were not from the battle just then. They were from some unknown period of time, but they had yet to start healing.

His expression was aloof, and his gaze was icy cold. He felt like a blade that could pierce into everything the master of the fifth kiln wanted, even if the target was the teenager himself.

In his hand he held a head as well. It belonged to Old Ming.

Almighties in Death Realm were practically imperishable existences. However… if five existences even more powerful than those in Death Realm appeared and the fifth kiln suppressed their opponents, then even those in Death Realm… may die. What was more, if the two old men had not brought with them the Book of Life and Death and the Abyss Activation Brush, their levels of cultivation would not have reached Death Realm.

The five living beings with terrifying presences walked by the crowd one step at a time until they passed their companions. When they arrived before Su Ming, they knelt down simultaneously and shouted in a manner that their voices turned into a loud buzz.

"Greetings, My Liege!"

At that moment, it was impossible for Su Ming to not be the center of attention. It was impossible for him to not be an existence akin to a prideful sun, and it was equally impossible for him to not be an existence akin to the brightest star in the universe.

Before him was an endless army of various strange ferocious spirits. It would have been nothing if they were just spirits in World Plane Realm kneeling to Su Ming. Even if they were in Solar Kalpa Realm, it would have still been acceptable. In fact, even if there were in Mastery Realm kneeling to worship Su Ming, the crowd could still somewhat accept it.

However… if those in Fate Realm worshiped him, those in Life Realm submitted to him, and those in Death Realm bowed to him, their actions instantly set off Su Ming's presence to an indescribable level!

All those who came from True Sacred Yin World had died while all those from the Emperor of Abyss' True World had their bodies and souls destroyed. This left a bloody sight that filled the entire area, and in an instant, Dao Kong's name seemed to have been dyed in crimson!

Zi Long shuddered. All those from the Fourth True World around him could no longer remain aloof. When they looked towards Su Ming, their eyes filled with… zealousness!

And beneath it was an unprecedented respect. It was as if the things Su Ming did were an incredibly beautiful, grand feast. They were obsessed with it, and they harbored endless, fervent ardor towards the man who had brought it about.

The ten million cultivators of Morning Dao Sect were silent, staring at the scene in shock. They could no longer think. In fact, with fear in their eyes, the Sect Masters were looking at the densely packed army behind Su Ming whose presence held a mighty pressure. They were also looking at the fifth kiln surrounded by a sea of fire while it floated in the distant sky.

Eventually, all of them looked together towards the five Almighties exuding the terrifying presences behind Su Ming!

The old man in blue had dissipated the ocean trapping Sect Masters Ri, Yue, and Xing. His face was slightly pale, but full of excitement. He rarely felt it due to his age, but not only did he feel it at that moment, he was also filled with great anticipation.

The moment the seal of the ocean dissipated, Sect Masters Ri, Yue, and Xing stared at everything around them blankly with shock on their faces. They might have been temporarily sealed, but they had still been able to see everything.

The scene before them surpassed everything they could have imagined. They had not expected that the strongest attack from the fifth kiln was not its sea of fire, and neither was it its invincible body. Instead… it was the number of enemies which would cause others to fall into despair.

"There are no more outsiders…" Su Ming's voice was hoarse. When he spoke slowly, he cast his gaze at the old man in blue, then at Sect Masters Ri, Yue, and Xing.

Once he finished saying that, he took a step forward. The countless living beings from the fifth kiln behind him roared together. Once they stood up, they moved together with Su Ming.

A monstrous presence erupted violently from the army, causing the expressions on the pale faces of Sect Masters Ri, Yue, and Xing to immediately change.

"Bald crane, open the path through the barrier for me. I want to meet… the great Dao Chen."

Su Ming's voice was hoarse, and it sounded like there was blood contained in it. When he said the final four words, the pain made him feel as if his heart was about to be torn apart.

"Dao Kong, you…" Sect Master Yue had just opened his mouth to speak when a sigh came from a distant sky. With it, a figure walked out from the air.

Needless to say, it was Dao Chen's disciple, Su Ming's elder… Sang!

He did not look old, but the feeling of age was contained in his eyes. Hidden in them were amiability and sorrow. He stared at Su Ming while in possession of the present Su Xuan Yi had wanted to give to Su Ming.

But everything had changed completely because of what had happened just then.

"If you want to come, then come. I will take you there, but have them stay here. Alright?" Sang stared at Su Ming quietly. When he spoke, he had subconsciously spoken in the kindly tone which he'd used when he was in Dark Mountain.

A barely noticeable shudder ran through Su Ming's body. He raised his head and stared at Sang quietly. A long, long time passed, but he did not say a single word. He then simply charged towards Sang.

When Su Ming approached him, Sang sighed softly. He swung his arm, swept up Su Ming, and disappeared from the place.

Su Ming might have left the place used for the Anointment Ceremony in Morning Dao Sect, but the living beings from the fifth kiln stood still with a grim presence spreading out from their bodies. They stared at the area with freezing glares with an air of those who disregarded all rules and laws.

The sky was clear in the area beyond the altar leading to Progenitor Dao Chen's isolation grounds. There was fresh, green grass. In the distance, white clouds and cranes could be seen in the sky. The fragrance of flowers filled the area, and the sound of a small stream could be. It resembled a song of nature, making the place look… incredibly beautiful.

However, when Su Ming appeared, his fourth personality, the black, dead stillness which corresponded with spring, summer, autumn, and winter instantly cast the sky in shadow and gave the fresh, green plants a dismal air.

The black dead stillness from Su Ming and the vast resentment which could destroy the world caused the white clouds in the area to turn black. The chirping of birds and the fragrance of flowers disappeared and the stream was blanketed, causing this place… to look as if it had descended into hell.

Su Ming stood still. His presence changed the world, and when Sang saw this, he fell silent.

The dead, dreary, still look was in Su Ming's eyes. However, there was a madness so strong it could burn blood and everything else existing within him. Without a single word, he walked towards the altar. With each step he took, the world would became darker, and at the instant Su Ming stood on the altar, the world went… completely black.

Once he stepped onto the altar, Su Ming lifted his right leg and stomped on it. With a bang, his body disappeared. When he reappeared, he was back in Su Xuan Yi's isolation grounds, and he saw the figure whose back was turned towards him while seated in a meditating position.

"Why?"

As Su Ming stared at the figure, he felt his heart tear apart once more. His body shuddered, but he did not let out a shocking roar, and neither did he shout in anger. There was only… a murmured question which made him feel as if he was speaking to a stranger.

Su Xuan Yi was silent for a moment. When he spoke, his words were soft and dyed with nostalgia. They echoed in the chamber. "Before your mother and I… were married, we did not know each other.

"But once we were married, she became the only love of my life… When the Fifth True World was destroyed, I was there to see all of my people die. I saw your grandfather and grandmother die, all of my brothers and sisters laugh brokenly in a shrill and forlorn manner. I watched all of our people… self-destruct without care for anything else so that I could leave and protect the Abyss Builders' glory!

"I saw all this, and just kept watching… and watching… until I brought her and you to Divine Essence Star Ocean with the fifth kiln while I suffered in pain.

"Once I came to Divine Essence Star Ocean, madness was within me. I wanted revenge, I wanted to destroy everything, I wanted for Abyss Builders to rise to power again!

"Eventually, I found a way to break your curse, but just when I was about to complete the procedure, Dao Chen brought all of the cultivators of this True World against us…

"During the battle, your mother died, and… I Possessed Dao Chen and became Dao Chen!

"You asked me before where I was when you needed me. I was here! I was here watching you in silence. I was here, because after I Possessed Dao Chen, I fought against the Sublime Paragon of this True World! No one knew about this battle, because it happened in this chamber!" Su Xuan Yi's voice echoed with a strange intensity.

Chapter 1111: Home and Kin

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

Su Ming remained silent. Echoing in his ears were Su Xuan Yi's words. They lingered for a long time, refusing to disappear.

He had already guessed that the process of Su Xuan Yi Possessing Dao Chen had not gone smoothly, but he did not expect that once he did so, he had to fight against True Morning Dao World's Sublime Paragon in this chamber.

It was also this battle that prevented Su Xuan Yi from being able to move his body. He could only continue healing his wounds in this place.

"I did not lose that battle… but neither did True Morning Dao Sect's Sublime Paragon lose. With the Abyss Builders' inborn ability, I cast the irreversible Art of my real self fusing into this clone, and for the price of this body suffering incredibly grave injuries, I destroyed the Sublime Paragon's body, but his soul… I had no other methods, so I could only watch as he fled from this place.

"The only thing I could do was to have my clone in the fifth kiln search for your mother and bring her corpse back to the fifth kiln so that I could use other people's life force to nourish her body, waiting for the day when my injuries recovered completely so that I could resurrect her.

"That clone of mine is still in the fifth kiln… but he can't leave," the figure with his back towards Su Ming said in anguish. His voice reverberated in the chamber, causing Su Ming to be unable to say anything once he heard it. He could only remain silent.

"When my clone found your mother, she was in a damaged dimension in Yin Death Region. She was on an ancient sword from True Sacred Yin World. You were there as well… as a dead baby.

"I did not take you with me, because at that time, the curse had already corroded everything about you, and because at that time, I realized that in the strange Yin Death Region… you seemed to have a hint of life force gradually growing in you even though you were dead." When Su Xuan Yi said these words, he sighed lightly.

"Even if I didn't say all that, you should have been able to guess that I am your father. I… won't harm you. Everything that I did was for—"

"It wasn't for me," Su Ming said in a low voice as he raised his head. "Su Xuan Yi, my father, everything that you did wasn't for me, and there was no need for you to do it for me."

Su Ming shook his head. He was not the young boy who had just ventured out of Dark Mountain. He was the God of Berserkers, he was Su Ming who had risen to power in the Barren Lands of Divine Essence, and he was also Dao Kong who had shocked the entire Morning Dao Sect. He had already grown up and become an adult. There were some things that might seem as they appeared, but when someone thought about them carefully, it would become clear that there was another side to them.

"Yin Death Region wasn't destroyed even after the first God of Berserkers challenged Dao Chen. Because of that, I've always speculated that the first God of Berserkers was one of your chess pieces. A chess piece you stationed in Yin Death Region!

"The purpose of that chess piece was to fight against the Immortals and to understand Yin Death Region at the same time.

"The second God of Berserkers was also your chess piece. In fact, I'm quite certain that the Gods of Berserkers had appeared because you were controlling their birth from afar.

"In the scenes I saw, the second God of Berserkers took me away when I was a baby from the World of Nine Yin, but in the end, the Immortals invaded Yin Death Region and took my infant self as well as the second God of Berserkers' daughter.

"When I was brought to the land of Immortals, I became a spirit stone that was refined by the Immortals until my soul was forcefully separated from my physical body. It was then sealed while my soul was sent into Yin Death Region.

"You knew all of this, or rather, this was all part of your plan. The thirty odd times I was reincarnated in Dark Mountain, the companions by my side, and even the elder… were all your chess pieces.

"Di Tian lay in wait and watched me. He was always searching for something on me. I never understood it why his level of cultivation would have such a big difference between the past and the present. He always seemed to become stronger with each time I saw him, but now, when I think about it… I understand it." Su Ming stared at Su Xuan Yi, and a hint of pain appeared in his eyes.

"He was the soul of True Morning Dao Sect's Sublime Paragon who fled after he lost his physical body. This soul eventually chose to Possess the disciple of the Immortals' Yellow Emperor, who was the Di Tian of that time!" Su Ming smiled. That smile was filled with anguish, and was the one he used when speaking to strangers.

"Di Tian wanted to gain something from me, and he was even scheming against my physical body. I believe… that he was trying to figure out Abyss Builders' weakness, since with just his soul, he was gravely wounded. If he wanted to kill you, he had to find Abyss Builders' weakness.

"That's why he made my soul reincarnate while preserving my physical body. In fact, I believe that he thought about Possessing me before. Am I right, my dear father?" Su Ming asked in anguish while staring at Su Xuan Yi.

The man remained silent.

"In the end, he did all of this because his target was you. I might not know what Di Tian's final plan is, but I can guess that you know all about it. Perhaps the reasons you spoke of existed before you took me away when I was a dead infant, but the real important thing was that… you noticed that the Sublime Paragon had possessed Di Tian. You noticed his attention on me, which is why you chose to treat me as a chess piece. My function was to blind Di Tian so that he would walk down the wrong path… and not be a threat to you.

"I also had another function. You used those ancient existences in Yin Death Region to make me head to the Barren Lands of Divine Essence based on your method. You sent Dao Kong for me to Possess him. For this plan to be completed, I believe that you've always been observing me. If I ran into any life-threatening dangers on the way, you would have taken action. In fact… there is a possibility that you have already taken action before.

"Every single time you took action, you would do so with the thought that you are my father in mind, but all you ever wanted was for me to remain alive. You only needed me to do things according to your plan.

"Ever since I was born, you had already planned out my entire life. When I acted out, you made another arrangement for my life. In your eyes, is there anyone else besides your chess pieces?" Su Ming laughed brokenly. He stared at Su Xuan Yi, who still had his back turned towards him. He did not shout, though. His voice was calm.

"When I came to know that Bai Ling, a person who is in a sect affiliated with Morning Dao Sect, had appeared in Dark Mountain, I stared at the moon in the sky and drank. There were complicated emotions in my heart because of her and you, because I knew that you took part in everything that happened in Dark Mountain.

"Are you not affected when you see your own son in pain?" Su Ming sighed softly.

"You schemed against the Sublime Paragon, Yin Death Region, and even against the 180 Expanse Cosmoses in Saint Defier standing behind the Immortals' Union. You planned all of it. You brought Xiao Hong into my world and even Old Man Extermination's fragmented Seed of Life Extermination. You made me fuse with the fragment so that I could become the current Extermination.

"You made me go to Divine Essence Star Ocean and destroy… Divine Essence Star Ocean's fifth ocean, the spot that was clearly a Relocation spot for the 180 Expanses Cosmoses of Dark Dawn.

"I don't know why you did it, but I can guess that you wanted Saint Defier and Dark Dawn to wage a huge war of an unprecedented scale either inside or out of Arid Triad Expanse Cosmos.

"You're doing this for revenge. You're doing this to make the Abyss Builders raise to power once more. But can you… say that you're doing this for me?" Su Ming smiled. There was deep anguish contained in that smile, as if he was laughing at someone, but he was not laughing at Su Xuan Yi. He was laughing at himself.

After a long time had passed, Su Xuan Yi spoke softly. "Walking from death to life is the only path for you to break the curse." .

"Were you the one who gave me this path?" Su Ming stared at Su Xuan Yi's back, his words gradually turning cold.

"You're still too young. You don't understand…" After some time, Su Xuan Yi sighed softly. His voice was laced with anguish as well. "When the day comes when you understand that there is no home without kin, you will understand me. You will truly come to understand me."

Su Ming remained silent for a moment before he retorted. "But if there is no home, how will we even have kin?"

"If you insist upon hating me, you can do so. Everything that I did was indeed not for you. I did it for all the Abyss Builders," Su Xuan Yi murmurd with a tremble.

"Why should I even hate you?" Su Ming shook his head. "Do I hate you for not being by my side when I needed you and when I saw that the others had their parents but I didn't? My resentment is deep, but I am no longer the child I once was. This is just a temporary change in my emotions, but in truth… what do I have to hate about you?

"Should I hate you for manipulating my life? My life was given by you, what do I have to hate about you?

"Should I hate you for not being my side? I'm already used to loneliness and feeling lost. What else can I hate about you?

"Should I hate you… for sacrificing your wife to make the Abyss Builders raise to power once more?" When Su Ming said these words, tears trailed down his cheeks, reflecting his grief and sorrow.

At the instant he said those words, Su Xuan Yi jolted.

"I'm no longer a child. All this while I was alone, and because of it, I learned a long time ago how to analyze certain things through the tiniest hints. It's just that I didn't want to think too deeply into it. I didn't want to.

"Do you know why I wanted to take the fifth kiln with me? Why I didn't leave it behind for you? It's not because you wanted it to belong to me, but because I knew you didn't want to face it. You didn't want to see the fifth kiln.

"My mother… even when she died, she still held onto the baby in her arms. There might seem to be nothing strange about this… but when she held me, she floated in the galaxy all alone. She was protecting me. It's an instinctive sort of action, but who exactly had she been fending against?"

Su Xuan Yi breathed heavily, and he trembled even more violently. Clearly, his heart was in an extreme state of turmoil at that moment. The space around him shattered in some places.

"She was fending against you. Even upon death, she still tried to bring me away from your side. My dear father, do you truly think that I wouldn't learn about this?

"That was an accident!" For the first time ever, Su Xuan Yi growled at Su Ming. That growl reverberated in the air, and Su Ming was forced to move backwards. He coughed up a mouthful of blood.

"An accident? Then let's treat it as an accident. What do I have to hate about you? She is your wife. You placed her in the fifth kiln so that you could resurrect her.

"That's why I don't hate you. I can only resent you, because she is your wife, and you are my father. What do I have to hate about you? I can only take the fifth kiln away with me and not let you anywhere close to it…" Su Ming said while wiping off the blood at the corners of his mouth.