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Chapter 1409: Quasi Dao Spirit Realm!!

It was the first time Su Ming had opened his eyes in over forty years he spent meditating. They had been closed since he had cleared the eighteenth formation!

Even when he went to the council of elders, he had only sent his shadow figure over. Even if Tian He had humiliated him many times just then, Su Ming did not open his eyes. Even when all his shadow figures were destroyed, he still did not open his eyes!

Only at that moment did he open his eyes for the first time. A dark light was in his pupils, and the moment he opened his eyes, he met Tian He's gaze.

Tian He's expression suddenly changed. He felt as if millions of thunderous claps had erupted at the same time in his heart. They rumbled in his mind, and his heart thumped for an unknown reason. A powerful sense of danger, one that screamed of a threat to his life, instantly filled his heart.

The sense of danger had appeared incredibly suddenly, and before Tian He could react to the situation, Su Ming had already stood up. When the big sword was seven inches away from cutting into his head, it looked like it had been blocked off by some unseen force and could no longer sink further.

"Explode!"

As a powerful warrior in the second level of Dao Divinity Realm, Tian He had great battle experience. At that moment, without any hesitation, he let out a low growl, then took a step forward and charged at Su Ming.

A loud bang shook the sky. The big sword collapsed and exploded, turning into countless fragments that instantly submerged Su Ming. At the same time, Tian He charged into the distortions in the air formed by the fragments, but the moment he rushed in, an astonished cry tumbled out of his lips, and he instantly fell out of the distortions. When he was one thousand feet away from the distortion, he coughed up a mouthful of blood, and disbelief appeared on his face.

The distortions formed by the fragments from the shattered sword seemed to have been frozen in time. They floated in the air and did not move. Amid them, Su Ming stood with a calm expression. When he walked out, he stopped outside the distortions without a single hint of a shadow under his body.

An aura that brought trepidation to Tian He's heart was gathering together around Su Ming's body at a maddening pace.

"I have to thank you. It's because of your appearance that I could fuse with my seven shadows and form… my Dao Shadow! The feeling of fusing with my Dao Shadow… is pretty good."

Su Ming cast a glance at his body. While smiling faintly, he suddenly took a step forward and instantly appeared in front of Tian He. He lifted his right hand and casually swung it.

Tian He's expression swiftly changed. He brought his hands up to form a seal, and countless sword glints appeared behind him. When there were more than one million of them, they charged at Su Ming.

"A mere child's play. You overestimate yourself. You… can't run from this disaster," Su Ming said flatly, and his words… were naturally the words Tian He had said a bit earlier.

In the face of the incoming one million sword glints, Su Ming only swung his right arm. The world immediately roared, and the sword glints instantly stopped in the air as if they had been frozen. By then, Su Ming already had his right hand charging at Tian He, who was about to retreat with shock written all over his face.

At the instant Su Ming's palm drew close, a screen of light with more than one thousand overlapping layers appeared around the young man, but when Su Ming's palm touched them, they shattered one by one. In the blink of an eye, they had all crumbled, allowing Su Ming's palm to land on the young man's chest.

When booming sounds rang out, the young man let out a shrill scream of pain. His body fell back like a kite with its string snapped. When he was thousands of feet away, light shone on his chest and gathered together into a fragmented crystal. It was reduced to powder the next moment, having withstood the attack just then.

Disbelief appeared on Tian He's face. He found his predicament hard to accept. He had humiliated the third prince with the intention to torture and kill him, but right then, the third prince had become so strong that it was difficult for Tian He to believe it. Everything had happened too quickly, and the contrast was so great that Tian He was caught in a slight daze. He felt as if he was dreaming.

But the shattering of his Life-Protection reminded him that it was all true. He suckedd in a sharp breath, unable to hide the shock in his eyes.

"You… Just what level of cultivation do you have?"

"My level of cultivation?"

Su Ming's expression was calm. His eyes fell shut for a moment, then when he opened them again, his hair danced in the air without wind and his robes fluttered violently. His aura erupted at an astonishing speed that caused Tian He's breathing to practically stop due to shock.

The third prince was not in the first level of Dao Divinity Realm, and neither was he in the second level of Dao Divinity Realm. He was… in the third level of Dao Divinity Realm—Dao Spirit Realm!

All of the fifth layer of Sky Beyond the Sky trembled at that instant. The sky tumbled about, the ground roared, and the thirteen mountains trembled. At that moment, Su Ming seemed to have become the most eye-catching sun in the fifth layer.

At the instant his aura and his cultivation base spread out, he seemed to want to freeze all the laws operating in the fifth layer of Sky Beyond the Sky. In fact, among the new rules, there was even a wisp of power… that could reverse time!

This scene had not only caused Tian He's expression to change drastically, but the pupils of all the people in the seventh layer of Sky Beyond the Sky to instantly shrink. When laughter tumbled out of Xu Zhong Fan's lips, Great Sect Elder Gu Tai of the first line had a hint of a smile appear at the corner of his lips.

Sen Mu continued sitting across them, but his expression had become rather unpleasant. There was even a hint of shock in his eyes.

What stunned him was that Su Ming was in the third level of Dao Spirit Realm, and it seemed like he had just reached a breakthrough not too long ago. He had not stabilized his power, or rather… he had not even reached a breakthrough by then. Instead, when his Dao Shadow gathered together, he had forcibly pushed himself into Quasi Dao Spirit Realm!

He still needed to get through Dao Spirit Realm's Voice to Heaven, for only then could he truly be considered to have reached Dao Spirit Realm, which was supposed to let him be one with the spirit of the world! But no matter what, the power erupting from his body was a strength that Tian He simply could not withstand.

On top of that, what caused Sen Mu's pupils to shrink was that when the presence of Su Ming's cultivation base spread out, the signs of time freezing and even reversing had appeared in the fifth layer of Sky Beyond the Sky. Sen Mu did not care about the element of time freezing. What he cared about… was the hint of power to reverse time.

If Sen Mu had reacted so strongly, then Tian He, who was directly facing Su Ming, was in an even greater state of shock. At the instant Su Ming revealed his true power, he was completely shocked, and astonishment filled his heart.

Tian He had not expected that the seemingly simple slaughter in his mind would have a change of tides that he could not accept. He should have been a powerful warrior and been able to kill the third prince so that he could perfect his own kismet. That was how things should have gone… but they had progressed in a different manner!

The person he originally wanted to kill had become an existence whose strength surpassed his, and Tian He had fallen from a powerful warrior to a weakling. Tian He felt like all his words, excitement, and arrogance had turned into a childish, indescribable, practical joke!

He had actually thought that he was strong enough to kill the third prince. He had actually acted in an arrogant and conceited manner before a powerful warrior in Dao Spirit Realm!

The thought of all that turned into chill down his spine, and madness appeared on Tian He's face. He charged backwards while roaring. When he brought his hand up, he struck the center of his brow, and immediately, veins popped up and cracks appeared on his body.

"Origin Dao Sword!" Tian He screamed hoarsely, and booming sounds shot out of his body.

Red swords instantly charged out of the cracks on his body to form a huge red sword before him. It stirred up a monstrous ocean of blood and instantly charged towards Su Ming.

Tian He had decided to give it his all!

"Not a bad Art, but a pity… it's too weak."

A hint of derision appeared in Su Ming's eyes as he repeated Tian He's words. At the moment he spoke, he lifted his right hand and pointed at the sky.

"Shadow of winter!"

Su Ming had had his shadow figure cast that Art previously, and Tian He had mocked him with those words, but right then, when Su Ming executed the Art himself, Tian He's face turned pale.

The entire sky… went black. The whole sky looked as if it had shattered and was falling down. Countless snowflakes floated down. However, they were not white… but the color of the night!

When black snow fell in the fifth layer of Sky Beyond the Sky, Su Ming brought down his lifted right hand and pointed at Tian He.

"This is the disaster of winter I give to you."

At the instant Su Ming said those words, all the black snow that filled the fifth layer of Sky Beyond the Sky paused, then charged at Tian He with a sharp howl.

Anyone who saw this scene would feel as if the shadow of heaven was descending on Tian He, intending to make him assimilate with it so that he would become part of the shadow of night!

"Progenitor, save me!"

Tian He let out a shrill scream of pain. The blood-red sword in front of him swiftly grew in size, and blood-red light spread out and surged into the sky, which made the sea of blood behind it roar. He also formed a seal with his left hand and struck his chest. When he coughed up blood, the thirteen mountains around him roared, and thirteen blood-red swords instantly appeared to crash against the black snow sweeping towards him.

The next moment, Tian He grabbed one blood-red sword and charged towards Su Ming.

When he rushed over with the thirteen blood-red swords fusing into the sword in his hand, his power of the second-level of Dao Divinity Realm erupted from him, causing his speed to increase with each passing moment.

But the sea of blood behind him was instantly covered by black snow and frozen. The black blizzard submerged Tian He with a howl, and even his shrill cries gradually disappeared in the moans of the wind and snow.

Su Ming remained as composed as ever. He did not move and, with a cold glare, only watched Tian He close in on him. When the tip of the sword was only ten inches away from the center of his brow, Tian He's body froze, and his eyes went wide. He stared at Su Ming with an unfocused gaze.

Cracking sounds came from his body, which was covered by black snow. When even his unfocused eyes—the last thing of him that was exposed to the world—was covered by the black snow, he… seemed to fuse with the darkness.

With an indifferent expression, Su Ming lifted his head. His gaze seemed to be able to see through the fifth layer of Sky Beyond the Sky. He looked at the seventh layer, wrapped his fist in his palm, and bowed!

"Without destruction, you cannot create anything new. Thank you for your guidance, sect master."

Chapter 1410: Price!

In the seventh layer of Sky Beyond the Sky, the white-robed teenager's did not look sullen. No one could tell whether he was happy or angry. However, once he let out a soft sigh, a faint smile appeared on his face.

He stood up slowly and cast a glance at the incense stick, which only had three-tenths of its original size. When he lifted his head, his gaze landed on Gu Tai, and he wrapped his fist in his palm to bow slightly to the old man.

"I've lost this gamble, but senior, you are an elder… Using such methods in this gamble is just a little… But I am still impressed. I didn't think that you would use our arrival as the key for the third prince to reach a breakthrough!

"If we didn't come here, he would have needed several more centuries before he could reach a breakthrough," the white-robed teenager said with a smile. When he spoke, there were not many changes in emotions in his words, but a dark light did flash in his eyes.

"He might not have needed several centuries, but he would indeed not have reached a breakthrough so soon. We would have to thank you for helping us this time, One Dao Sect," Gu Tai said flatly, and his expression was as calm as ever. No changes of emotion could be detected, but right then, as he stood there, he made Sen Mu become even more wary of him.

He knew that he had not just lost the gamble with Su Ming, but the entire battle. From the moment they had made first contact, One Dao Sect had completely lost.

One Dao Sect had schemed and plotted everything. They had located Su Ming, predicted that Dao Han would use the Seven Moons Snow Rune… and had Tian He use the weakness of the Rune to sneak into the fifth layer of Sky Beyond the Sky. In fact, they had even planned for Sen Mu's arrival in Seven Moons Sect and the sealing of the fifth layer. When he looked at them right then, however, they still seemed perfect at first glance, but there were flaws hidden inside.

Their plans had deceived almost every single person in all of Seven Moons Sect, the old Gu Tai had not been among them. However, Gu Tai had not tried to stop them. Instead, he had used the opportunity to achieve his goals and make Su Ming's process of gaining his Dao Shadow even smoother. He used One Dao Sect's strength to help Su Ming reach a breakthrough and fuse with his Seven Lives Art and reach Dao Spirit Realm!

Sen Mu could not saying anything about it. If they could plot against Seven Moons Sect, then Seven Moons Sect could naturally plot against them, and the agreement they had made… When Sen Mu looked back and examined it again, he found that it was not an agreement at all, but a trap…

"I'm impressed, truly impressed…"

The white-robed teenager cast a deep glance at the old Gu Tai before him. The old man had made a name for himself many years ago. His reputation in Ancient Zang was great, and with his own strength, he had brought Seven Moons Sect to power. Now, Sen Mu finally understood why some of the people in the sect regarded Seven Moons Sect so seriously.

Who they paid attention to was not Seven Moons Sect… but Gu Tai!

"Since you lost, then I will make you pay for your loss, as per our agreement."

At the instant Gu Tai said those words flatly, he lifted his right hand and seized the air in the direction of the sky. With it, the entire seventh layer trembled. All the seals in the fifth layer were instantly dissolved.

At the same instant, a huge hand manifested in the snow and wind formed by the Seven Moons Snow Rune Dao Han controlled. The hand did not try to seize anything in any direction, but just clenched its fist.

The wind and snow instantly looked as if they had become still, but the next moment, when the hand unfurled, an even more violent and stronger wave of ice and snow compared to the one before instantly stirred up an unprecedented wave of madness.

Howls resounded through the air. Wherever the snow and wind went, all the cultivators from One Dao Sect were instantly frozen. Their life force was immediately extinguished, and they turned into ice statues.

If anyone looked over, they would find that the ice statues numbered to tens of thousands. As the blizzard swirled in the area, cracking sounds rang out in the air. Cries of surprise and shrill, panicked screams shot up as One Dao Sect cultivators cast their divine abilities. Some of them had pure terror on their faces, some of them were about to retreat, and some of them charged forward ferociously, but no matter what they did, their actions became relics of the past, because at that moment, their bodies… were all frozen into ice statues!

From a distance, it looked like the ground had become a world of snow and ice. All the cultivators in it who were not from Seven Moons Sect… turned into ice statues at that moment!

There were nearly one hundred thousand of them. The sight of it was so shocking that anyone who saw it would feel their hearts tremble.

Only the black-robed old man who had fought against Dao Han previously watched everything in shock. Without any hesitation, he retreated through the blizzard. The sense of death being close instantly filled his heart, but as he moved back, cracking sounds came from his body. Frost covered him. Before he could even take one thousand feet, he was frozen and became an ice statue.

Still, he was a cultivator in Dao Spirit Realm. He screamed shrilly and formed a seal with his hands, which made black smoke surround him. With a bang, one crack was formed in the layer of ice. However, it was enough for the black-robed old man to move and vanish.

Yet the moment he disappeared, a red flash shot out of the blizzard. It was a drop of blood, Dao Han's blood. The long arc trailing behind the drop of blood instantly crystallized into a sharp shard of ice.

The moment the black-robed old man vanished, it followed him, and a muffled groan could be heard from the crack in the ice. That groan was very faint, but it sounded like the owner had been injured badly.

Clearly, even though the black-robed old man had managed to escape, he had paid a devastating price for it.

But it had not ended just yet. Once all the One Dao Sect cultivators on the ground turned into ice statues, the cracks on the ground and all the shattered regions in the area were covered by snow and wind. Ice that looked like a mirror covered the ground. If anyone looked from a distance, they would not see any cracks beyond Seven Moons Sect.

Moments later, the blizzard shot up towards the sky. The outline of one of One Dao Sect's statues formed by the cracks in the sky was swiftly dissipating, wanting to leave before the blizzard could touch it, but it was still a step too slow. At the moment it was about to disappear, cracking sounds shot out from it, and the outline formed by the cracks was instantly frozen in the sky. The ice swiftly spread out, and before long, it turned the outline into an ice statue!

"Progenitor Sen Mu, save me!"

An anxious cry of surprise rang out in the air, but the white-robed teenager's face remained as calm as ever while he was in the seventh layer of Sky Beyond the Sky. He remained smiling as he stared at the old Gu Tai before him, but an icy look had appeared in his dark glare.

He did not move, however. It was part of their bet. With his status and his level of cultivation, he could do shameless acts, but he could not break his promises.

The incense stick continued burning, but there were only two-tenths of it left. However, after Su Ming wrapped his fist in his palm and bowed to the seventh layer while he was in the fifth layer, he spoke slowly.

"Sect Elder, please don't freeze all of them. These people schemed against me, but I only managed to kill one of them. It'll be difficult for me to be at peace with myself if that happens."

While saying that, Su Ming took a step forward and left the fifth layer of Sky Beyond the Sky to arrive in the blizzard-ridden world in the first layer of Sky Beyond the Sky. He swept his gaze across the ground and saw the near one hundred thousand ice statues. Then, he lifted his head and looked at the outline of the statue being frozen. With a single move, he turned into a black long arc that charged at the right eye of the statue's outline.

"Oh?"

In the seventh layer of Sky Beyond the Sky, the old Gu Tai's eyes brightened up. A faint smile appeared on his lips, and there was a hint of praise in his gaze.

The old Gu Tai had not expected that Su Ming would make such a decision. At that moment, when he shook his head with a smile, an aggressive and overbearing look appeared in his eyes, and he looked at the white-robed teenager.

Sen Mu remained silent. He did not speak. Instead, he turned around, and his gaze seemed to see through Seven Moons Sect at where Su Ming was moving. His pupils shrank slightly.

"Indeed, the members of the royal family are not people whom we can humiliate at will."

While the white-robed teenager spoke softly, Su Ming charged into the right eye of the statue's outline in a long black arc.

At the instant he stepped inside, he appeared above the lake in the world within the right eye. The lake had already turned into ice by then. In truth, the entire world had already been covered by ice and snow. Only… the pavilion at the center of the lake remained untouched, and it was the only other color besides the slew of white in the world.

There were two middle-aged scholars sitting and meditating in the pavilion right then. It looked like they were using all of their cultivation base to fight against being frozen.

If any outsider saw it right then, they would definitely find the scene somewhat familiar. It was similar to when Tian He had approached Su Ming, who had been meditating at that time. However, right then, their positions had been reversed. The two scholars were meditating, and Su Ming had come with the intent to kill.

Su Ming would naturally not waste time with nonsense and idle chit chat, like Tian He. The moment he appeared, he closed in on the two scholars. The middle-aged men opened their eyes together, revealing their eyes that were nearly frozen.

To others, those two people would be incredibly powerful, but Su Mingcould tell that one of them was in the second level of Dao Divinity Realm, and the other was in the first level of Dao Divinity Realm. By the time they opened their eyes, Su Ming had closed in on them, lifted his right hand, and pointed forward.

The scholar who was in the second level of Dao Divinity Realm immediately growled. He coughed up blood, and his blood instantly turned into a blood-red screen of light. It should have blocked Su Ming, but the moment his body touched the blood-red screen of light, it disappeared.

The pupils of the scholar in the second level of Dao Divinity Realm shrank. The moment he wanted to dodge the attack, Su Ming's right index finger penetrated the back of his head, and the scholar jolted. He instantly turned black, and his body and soul were destroyed.

"You were the one who orchestrated this plot?"

Su Ming pulled his right hand back. When he turned around, he looked at the other scholar. That scholar's face was pale. He remained seated, but when he looked at Su Ming coldly, his face turned red. The power of self-destruction spread out of his body with a bang. An arrogant sneer appeared on his lips, and it held the pride of someone who would rather die by their own hand instead of being killed by someone else.

"It's not that easy seeking death," Su Ming said faintly.

Chapter 1411: I Already Know Who You Are!

Before Abyss Builders, seeking death… was not something their targets had in their own hands, because among the innate talents of the Abyss Builders, one was to reverse time. Su Ming used it right then. At the moment the scholar wanted to self-destruct while holding himself nobly and arrogantly, Su Ming lifted his right hand and tapped the center of the scholar's brow lightly.

With it, the time on the scholar instantly reversed, and the signs of explosion in his body disappeared without a trace. His expression changed swiftly. That change was not voluntary, but had appeared when time reversed. In the man's heart… a monstrous storm rose up, and unprecedented terror as well as shock filled him.

In Ancient Zang… Arts to reverse time like that had never appeared before!

Su Ming straightened his palm and patted the middle-aged scholar's forehead. A huge wave of power instantly surged into the scholar's body. Once it sealed his movements, Su Ming grabbed the person's hair, lifted him up, and left the world of ice and snow.

Beneath him, the pavilion instantly turned into ice.

Su Ming returned to Seven Moons Sect's sky. With the middle-aged scholar in hand, he charged to the fifth layer of Sky Beyond the Sky.

In the seventh layer of Sky Beyond the Sky, the white-robed teenager moved his gaze away from Su Ming and spoke flatly.

"Don't you think you're going rather overboard? You can kill our people from One Dao Sect. This is our bet, but capturing them alive is going overboard."

"That is his prize for victory." Gu Tai smiled faintly. He cast a glance at the white-robed teenager, then, after a period of contemplation, he shook his head. "Alright, since Great Dao Paragon Sen Mu asked, I promise you that the man will not live for more than a month."

"There is no running away from this battle between One Dao Sect and Seven Moons Sect anymore… You will have to make preparations for war now," the white-robed teenager said faintly and wrapped his fist in his palm towards Gu Tai. He turned around and stepped into the air to instantly leave Seven Moons Sect. When he reappeared in the world outside, a freezing glare and killing intent were in his eyes.

The battle between One Dao Sect and Seven Moons Sect was just a brief scuffle. One Dao Sect had lost, but the damage to it was insignificant.

When the white-robed teenager left, the blizzard beyond Seven Moons Sect gradually disappeared. Only the nearly one hundred thousand ice statues on the ground served as testimony to the devastating battle.

The Seven Moons Disciples did not let out any cheers. Instead, they began cleaning up the battlefield and searching for the corpses of their sect members. Once they made offerings for all of them, another team of people specially put together began carving Runes on the ice statues.

One Dao Sect disciples in the ice statues looked like they were still alive. Their bodies and the ice statues they turned into were the best materials to create ice puppets.

What concerned the disciples from the fourth layer of Sky Beyond the Sky, most of them patrolled the periphery of the sect in search of anyone who might have escaped. They also made sure the defenses of their sect were tight to prevent One Dao Sect from suddenly invading them again.

All of Seven Moons Sect began organizing themselves in perfect order. When Dao Han returned to the seventh layer of Sky Beyond the Sky, the thirteen great sect elders held a secret meeting.

As for Su Ming, he sat in the fifth layer of Sky Beyond the Sky, right outside his house. Placed before him was a huge kiln, which was the former Chief Attendant of the Outer Sect. Right then, he no longer had a physical body, and only a fragment of his soul remained. He was continuously letting out faint and shrill screams of pain.

Besides the kiln, there was the scholar Su Ming had captured alive. At that moment, the scholar's eyes were closed, as if he was deep asleep or unconscious.

While the cultivators in all layers of Seven Moons Sect were busy with their own tasks, Su Ming stared at the middle-aged scholar, and a hint of hesitation appeared on his face. After a long while, a glint shone in his eyes, and determination filled his gaze.

'I do indeed have to check… just who wants to kill me!'

Once Su Ming made his decision, he no longer hesitated. At the instant he closed his eyes, he lifted his left hand and pushed down on his chest, and the center of his brow cracked open. When his third eye appeared… three Dao Divinities were revealed within!

However, the third Dao Divinity was rather indistinct, as if it had not yet gained full corporeal form, but they all opened their eyes at that moment. A brilliant light shone in them, and Su Ming lifted his right hand… pointing at the spot between the middle-aged scholar's brow.

At the instant his finger touched his forehead, the scholar's body lurched. It instantly flew open, and a dazed look appeared on his face. His pupils spread out, as if they wanted to replace the white in his eyes.

During that instant, the scholar felt as if a sharp blade had pierced his consciousness. When it swept past his mind, all his barriers instantly disappeared, and Su Ming could see all his memories at will.

If it was a simple search through his memories, Su Ming would not hesitate nor activate his power of the third level of Dao Divinity Realm. What he wanted to do was not just search through the scholar's memories… but with the Time Reversal Art, to use the scholar's memories and his body as a lead to form a connection with all of the people and objects in his own memories so that he could form a tunnel. Not only would he use the scholar's mind to have a look at who the so-called eldest prince was…

But he would also see just how great was that person's power!

That was the reason why Su Ming wanted to enter the world within the right eye of the statue's outline but had not immediately killed the scholar. When the scholar trembled and a dazed look appeared on his face, Su Ming shook violently as well.

A vortex appeared at the spot where his finger touched the center of the middle-aged man's brow. That vortex was like a tunnel. When Su Ming's consciousness was pulled in, a loud rumble immediately rang out in his mind.

Amid the noise, he felt like a lone ship drifting in a raging sea that was the scholar's memories. Time was an unknown entity in there, but at some point, Su Ming's mind jolted.

"Wu Kun, what's wrong?"

A hesitant voice spoke by his ears. When Su Ming opened his eyes, he saw a person looking at him. It was the scholar in the second level of Dao Divinity Realm who he had killed in the pavillion.

They seemed to be in a volcano that was about to erupt. Su Ming was sitting in the depths, right at the edge of magma. Waves of hot air crashed into his face, and smoke tumbled out from the magma, charging upwards.

When he lifted his head to look, he found that there was no exit to the volcano. It seemed like a normal mountain. However, there were numerous cracks on it. If anyone looked at the mountain from the outside, they would definitely find that it was a strange mountain covered in cracks, and red light shone from each of them.

A glint appeared in Su Ming's eyes. When he lowered his head, he saw himself dressed in a scholar's long robe. He even held a fan in his hand. At that moment, he was the person he captured and whose memories he had fused with after occupying their mind and body with the Time Reversal Art.

"It's nothing," Su Ming smiled faintly while speaking to the scholar in the second level of Dao Divinity Realm beside him.

"Oh well. The eldest prince should be egressing soon. Every single day, he walks out of the flame swamp around this time. Tell him your plan then. If the eldest prince agrees with it, we will bring it to the sect and let them make the final decision."

When the scholar beside Su Ming said those words, the magma in the volcano suddenly began tumbling violently. Booming sounds echoed in the air, and magma surged up as if it had imploded.

From within the magma, a figure flew out. Magma fell from the air like rain while a person landed on a huge stone. His back was turned to Su Ming, and between them was the falling magma rain.

"Greetings, Your Highness!"

The scholar next to Su Ming immediately wrapped his fist in his palm and bowed to the figure respectfully. He was surprised when Su Ming did not do the same.

At that moment, when the magma rain completely fell, the figure with its back facing Su Ming slowly turned around to reveal a handsome face. It belonged to a young man in white robes!

At the instant the young man turned around and looked at Su Ming, he frowned slightly. When Su Ming saw him clearly, a loud bang shot up in his head.

At first glance, the so-called eldest prince appeared rather familiar, and once Su Ming observed him closely, he quickly remembered… that he was rather similar to Old Man Extermination. In fact, it could be said he was… Extermination when he was young!

Su Ming even sensed a hint of Lei Chen's presence!

"Wu Kun! How dare you not greet His Highness?!" When the scholar next to Su Ming saw that there was something off about Su Ming, he quickly spoke and wrapped his fist in his palm towards the eldest prince. "Eldest prince, please forgive him. Since Wu Kun has been strategizing lately, he is rather absent-minded."

"It's fine. I'm not a person who cares much about the rules anyway. Wu Kun, how are the plans?" The eldest prince smiled faintly and looked at Su Ming.

Su Ming smiled. He stared at the eldest prince, at the much younger Extermination, and remembered the words that Old Man Extermination had said when he lost against Su Ming and was absorbed by Xuan Zang.

'Is it about to start?'

Su Ming smiled and lifted his right foot. With a step forward, he instantly leapt over the magma and charged towards the eldest prince.

The moment he moved, the eldest prince narrowed his eyes and brought up his right hand without any hesitation, then threw it upwards. With a bang, the lava instantly imploded and formed an indescribable heat wave that went charging towards Su Ming. An astonishing bang rang out from it.

Su Ming lifted his right hand. With a swing of his arm, a chilling wind swept past him. At the instant it touched the magma and booming sounds shot up, the magma froze and turned into mountain rock!

"You're not Wu Kun! Who are you?!"

A surprised glint appeared in the eldest prince's eyes. While he spoke, a grim look instantly appeared on his face.

"I know who you are."

Su Ming did not continue onward, but instead began moving backwards. The sparkle in his eyes disappeared, and the whole world before his eyes shattered to pieces at that moment.

When he opened his eyes again, they sparkled brilliantly. Before him was Wu Kun, who had already died. Blood had poured out from his eyes, nose, ears, and mouth while he was seated on the mountain of the fifth layer of Sky Beyond the Sky in Seven Moons Sect!

The moment Su Ming's consciousness returned to his body, a jade slip shot through the air from the seventh layer of Sky Beyond the Sky and appeared directly in front of Su Ming. Light shone from within the jade slip, and an old voice came from inside it.

"Third prince, I am Gu Tai. Please come to the seventh layer of Sky Beyond the Sky. We would like to meet you."

Chapter 1412: Reversed Spirit Pearl!

Su Ming lifted his head and cast his gaze on the jade slip. A contemplative look appeared on his face. After some time, he stood up and swung his arm. The physical body of the dead middle-aged scholar shattered into pieces and turned into ash.

'The strongest person in Seven Moons Sect, the great sect elder of the first line… Gu Tai, who is also known as the sect master…'

Su Ming was not unfamiliar with that person. After all, he had been in Seven Moons Sect for about fifty years, and when he first woke up in the new world, the man who resembled Tian Xie Zi had given him pointers along their travels. Because of that, Su Ming had quite some knowledge regarding Ancient Zang.

'He's the person who reminded me that if I want to fuse with the Seven Lives Art, I would have to break to succeed.'

Su Ming's eyes sparkled. The pensive look in his eyes disappeared, and when his gaze returned to normal, he lifted his right hand and picked up the jade slip before taking a step into the air.

With it, the jade slip in his hand exuded a dazzling light that turned into a vortex. It submerged Su Ming, taking him away from the fifth layer of Sky Beyond the Sky.

At that moment, in the seventh layer of Sky Beyond the Sky, the thirteen great sect elders, including Dao Han, sat at the center of a towering altar located right at the first piece of land in the world.

Right then, a vortex appeared out of nowhere at the center of the altar. When it disappeared and the thirteen people looked over, Su Ming gradually appeared.

"Greetings, great sect elders."

Su Ming swept his gaze across the area, then wrapped his fist in his palm and bowed. While he did not quite feel as if he belonged to the sect and had joined it with a goal in mind… the sect had defended him while facing the threat of One Dao Sect. Such an action moved Su Ming.

It was the reason why he had bowed to them right then.

The thirteen great sect elders all cast their gazes on Su Ming. Most of them were seeing him for the first time.

The middle-aged man in the sky-blue Daoist robe—Su Ming's Master in Seven Moons Sect—smiled. "My dear disciple, don't be so reserved. We've known of your status since the start, and it's precisely because of it that I was in such a hurry in the past to become your Master. I do hope… that you will not blame me for this."

When Su Ming heard it, his expression remained calm, but he was surprised that this Master of his would admit the matter just like that. His action won him respect from Su Ming.

"Third prince, please sit down," Gu Tai said. A smile was on his lips, and there was praise on his face. When he offered to sit, Su Ming did not reject and sat down cross-legged.

"Third prince, with the blood of the royal family coursing through your veins, your level of cultivation, and your intellect, you must have surely found clues from our levels of cultivation. Over here… aside from Dao Han, who only became a great sect elder later on and is in the third level of Dao Spirit Realm, there are eight of us who are in the seventh level of Dao Immortal Realm, and the other four are in the fifth or sixth level of Dao Spirit Realm.

"We are the pillars of Seven Moons Sect. With us around, Seven Moons Sect will continue to exist. If we die… then Seven Moons Sect will cease to exist," Gu Tai said flatly.

Su Ming did not speak. He simply sat there and listened calmly.

"Don't hold a grudge against Xu Zhong Fan. He was in a little too much of a hurry to become your Master, because only by doing so could he form a connection with your Life Matrix and have a chance to become a Great Dao Paragon.

"But… you should know that he needed determination for such a gamble. It was absolutely necessary at the moment he said he would become your Master. From then on… your survival was destined to become the thing he would care about the most. Your success and failure will be a challenge he cannot avoid.

"If you fail, then he will have to give up his cultivation base, his remaining years of life, as well as his destiny. The stakes of this gamble are so great that I hope you won't come to understand the full extent of it.

"In fact, would you believe me if I said that if I attacked you right now, your Master would grit his teeth and turn against me? No matter what, he would save you, because he has already formed a connection he cannot sever with your Life Matrix," Gu Tai explained slowly before casting a deep glance at Su Ming.

"It's also because of this that I made my decision to bring Seven Moons Sect into the battle of the successors. We will help you with our full strength! Because… be it Xu Zhong Fan or the other eleven great sect elders… in truth, they are all my disciples!"

Su Ming's expression changed at that moment. It was something he had not known.

"Once they completed their Dao, I asked them to stop calling me Master. One of my disciples formed a connection with your Life Matrix, and as his Master, I was also dragged along.

"That is why from now on, Seven Moons Sect, the thirteen of us, and the tens of thousands of disciples in the sect will help you with everything we have!"

Gu Tai's voice echoed in the air, causing Su Ming to fall into silence. He turned his head and cast a glance at his Master. At that moment, there was a slightly regretful look on Xu Zhong Fang's face, but Su ming could not tell whether Xu Zhong Fan was feeling guilty towards Su Ming or his own Master.

In the end, Su Ming cast his gaze at Gu Tai.

"What do I need to do?" he asked calmly. His tone was no longer one he would use as a disciple of Seven Moons Sect, but as an equal to the people around him.

"The eldest prince has One Dao Sect helping him, and it is so strong that it stands atop the seven sects! The second prince has Asura Clan. It is an external clan, and its strength is unfathomable. In fact, in some sense… it even surpasses One Dao Sect!

"Asura Clan has one of the three ninth level Dao Gods in Ancient Zang, Tian Xiu Luo!"

When Gu Tai said those words, the expressions of the twelve great sect elders changed. Clearly, it was the first time they heard of this matter.

"But Senior Tian Xiu Luo has been in isolated training for a long time. Unless Asura Clan runs into something that threatens their existence, he will not egress, and neither will he join the battle of the successors.

"Because if he joins, the first person he will have to face… is your father, who is also the Emperor of Ancient Zang and one of the three ninth level Dao Gods!

"One Dao Sect and Asura Clan. These are the two great enemies you will have to face now, because these two sects' kismet is already the same as that of Seven Moons Sect. They already have a connection they cannot sever with one of the three princes!

"The other sects and clans will gradually gather to the three of us in the subsequent years, and our three sects and clans will become the core. Three thousand years later… a great war to determine the successor will erupt!

"But the prerequisite is that you will not die before the war arrives! This is something you must remember. If you die, then Seven Moons Sect will be eliminated from the battle of the successors.

"This is the first thing. The second thing is that while you are in Dao Spirit Realm, you have not stabilized your cultivation base. You will need to sound the Dao Spirit Voice that belongs to you. This is a major event. Seven Moons Sect will make detailed preparations so that all the sects and clans in Ancient Zang will bear witness when you sound your Dao Spirit Voice. Then… we will also help you build your influence!

"Third, you are still not strong enough. In terms of level of cultivation, we cannot help you by much, but the Phala of Dao Verification that appears once every ten thousand aeons is about to ripen, and there will be a competition in all of Ancient Zang for it.

" Phala of Dao Verification only bloom once every five thousand aeons, and after the flower blooms, five thousand aeons later, it will bear fruit. Each time, it only bears two fruit, and one of them is big while the other small!

"The big one can be refined into a supreme treasure which can contain all manner of beings in the world. It is an enigmatic and amazing existence. The small fruit… is the most precious, however. Once you swallow it and enter isolated training for three months, you will be able to make your level of cultivation increase from one to three levels of Dao Divinity Realm, but you must be in Dao Spirit Realm when you swallow it. Once it takes effect, you will reach a level anywhere below Dao Paragon!

"We have records saying that it will be the eighth time the Phala grows fruit!

"Fourth, you are lacking in Enchanted Treasures. The treasures in Seven Moons Sect no longer suit you, however. Sect Elder Lan Lan might have summoned Guru Xing Chen by herself, but it is also in accordance to our wishes.

"Judging by the looks of it, you should have gained some clues. We will utilize all our strength to find that whip that can affect planets!

"Fifth, once you finish doing all these things, you must move to the top. Once you eventually become the emperor, Seven Moons Sect will reach the peak, and since the thirteen of us have your kismet on us, we can also become Great Dao Paragons, and I… will have hope to become a ninth level Dao God!" Gu Tai said while looking at Su Ming.

"Since ancient times, did all Great Dao Paragons reach that Realm by doing what you did?" Su Ming asked after a moment of silence.

"No. This is a shortcut, or else why would One Dao Sect and Asura Clan be so enthusiastic about this matter?" Gu Tai answered calmly.

"I can do all the other things, but there is an Enchanted Treasure I need in Seven Moons Sect," Su Ming suddenly said.

A smile appeared at the corners of Gu Tai's lips after he spoke. "Tell us. I knew that you must have set your eyes on something for choosing to enter Seven Moons Sect under a disguise."

"I want the pearl in his hand!" Su Ming did not hesitate and neither did he continue to hide. As he spoke, he looked at Dao Han.

At the instant Su Ming spoke, a light crease appeared between Dao Han's eyebrows.

"This isn't a pearl, this is…"

Gu Tai fell silent for a while. Clearly, he had not expected that Su Ming would want that item. When he lifted his right hand, Dao Han unfurled his fist. Immediately, the pearl that had always been on his palm flew out and charged towards Gu Tai, who caught it.

"This is… a Phala! The Phala I told you just now comes in two sizes, one of them is big, and the other small. When I was at the peak of my form, during a battle for the Phala of Dao Verification, I snatched this Phala after having a close brush with death.

"This item is known as a Reversed Spirit Pearl, and I refined it into a supreme treasure, a legacy used to protect Seven Moons Sect…" Gu Tai whispered, as if he was thinking about something.

"I don't need to be in possession of this item for long. I just need to borrow it and use it once," Su Ming said while looking at the pearl in Gu Tai's hand.

"Oh?" Gu Tai lifted his head and cast a glance at Su Ming before he smiled. He swung his right hand, and the pearl charged to Su Ming.

"If Seven Moons Sect can stake our kismet on you, then why should we hesitate on giving you an external object?!"

Su Ming lifted his hand and took the pearl. At the instant he touched it with his hand, a powerful light erupted from the pearl. It alternated in degrees of brightness as if there were roars coming out of it. They were filled with cheers as well as a call that caused Su Ming's heart to tremble.

Chapter 1413: Please Call me Su Ming

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

When the roars appeared and the pearl shone, the thirteen great sect elders around Su Ming instantly focused on the pearl.

Even Gu Tai narrowed his eyes slightly. Clearly, he had not expected that this sort of change would happen when the pearl entered Su Ming's hands. After all, he had personally acquired the pearl, and it had never showed this sort reaction before.

Su Ming's expression was calm. He did not show any happiness or anger. Once he held the pearl in his right hand, his divine sense surged inside it. He could immediately sense the soul of the illusory Harmonious Morus Alba in the universe within the pearl. He also sensed that the soul of the Harmonious Morus Alba seemed to have lost sentience. At that moment… it was only a Vessel Spirit!

But Su Ming did not care about it. What he cared about were his wills from the four Great True Worlds. The moment he sensed the soul of Harmonious Morus Alba, he felt as if he had touched his own will!

Immediately after, the four wills belonging to Su Ming instantly charged towards his divine sense and fused with it. Once they came into contact, the first will Su Ming sensed was True Morning Dao World's will!

It had always belonged to Su Ming. Once it fused with his divine sense, a presence that had distinct differences from cultivation bases erupted from Su Ming, and it was enough to make the expressions of the thirteen great sect elders change.

The presence had no form, but it caused Su Ming's long hair to dance, his robes to flutter, and Gu Tai's expression to become much more solemn.

'This is…'

Gu Tai focused his attention on Su Ming. He had a vague feeling that the invisible force surrounding Su Ming seemed rather familiar…

As for the others, they could only sense the invisible power. They had never heard of it before, but they could sense that it… seemed to contain a powerful force, which caused their hearts to tremble.

The next moment, the power of Su Ming's will increased again. Soundless roars shot up. No one could hear them, but Su Ming felt as if there was thunder roaring in his heart. Amid its rumbles, he sensed True Immortal Sect World's will!

The two great wills fused together, causing the invisible presence to become thicker, and the great sect elders around Su Ming paid even more attention to him. As Su Ming's will grew stronger, the faint feeling of danger he brought made their expressions change.

"This… This is…"

Gu Tai's expression suddenly changed drastically. Shock even appeared in his eyes at that moment, which was an expression that had been absent from his face for many years. Even when Sen Mu had come, Gu Tai had not behaved in this manner!

Gu Tai even stood up swiftly… with incredulity and astonishment in his eyes.

At that moment, Su Ming sensed the Emperor of Abyss' True World's will from the pearl. When it returned to him, he shuddered slightly, and his will erupted with a bang.

The return of his wills and the feeling of having them back was something that Su Ming had not sensed for quite some time. At that moment, he even gained the feeling that he had when he was in Harmonious Morus Alba's universe!

It was the feeling that the strength of his will was so great that he could control the universe around him at will!

The sky in the seventh layer of Sky Beyond the Sky instantly became murky. The ground trembled, and the air around him seemed to be quivering. It began tumbling about violently.

This scene caused all of the great sect elders to stand up. They saw Gu Tai's shock and also sensed… the terrifying presence that was rapidly increasing about Su Ming!

There seemed to be a power that did not belong to Ancient Zang on Su Ming, and it was waking up with a roar!

'This is the presence of a ninth level Dao God!'

Once Gu Tai's expression changed rapidly a few times, he did not say anything aloud. He just exclaimed in disbelief in his heart.

He was the only person who had fought against the three great ninth level Dao Gods before and did not die, which was why his understanding towards ninth level Dao Gods was much greater than of other people.

The other great sect elders in the land would not know the invisible presence, but Gu Tai could clearly sense that it… was the power of a ninth level Dao God!

'This isn't Tian Xiu Luo's presence nor Emperor of Ancient Zang's presence, much less Old Monster Feng Lie's presence. This is… the fourth presence of a ninth level Dao God that has appeared for the first time in Ancient Zang!'

At that moment, a different light lit up in Gu Tai's eyes.

At that moment, Su Ming sensed True Sky Hill World's will in the pearl. When it fused with him and all four great wills returned to him, Su Ming opened his eyes, and his will erupted from him with a bang. It swept through the area and made the great sect elders' eyes shine brilliantly. It also caused Gu Tai to be even more certain… that he had not made a wrong judgement!

Su Ming's wills gradually faded away. Once they returned to his body, the pearl in his hand became slightly duller. Su Ming did not return it, however. Since Gu Tai had said that he could gift him with external objects, Su Ming flipped his right hand over and put the pearl into his storage bag.

While his level of cultivation remained at Dao Spirit Realm and his appearance did not change, the current Su Ming seemed to have become a different man in the eyes of the great sect elders. The change in his temperament formed a presence that was born once a person's heart had become powerful, and was one Su Ming himself did not notice.

Gu Tai stared at Su Ming. Once his eyes became brighter, he suddenly laughed loudly.

"Third prince, you gave me a great, pleasant surprise. It's something I never expected. This surprise is completely worth me giving everything of mine to you!"

When Gu Tai's laughter echoed in the air, Su Ming smiled faintly. "Please call me Su Ming."

"Su Ming… Su Ming… Alright, Su Ming. I was originally worried about our chances of snatching the Phala, but now, we can change our plans a little. We of Seven Moons Sect will first prepare the event of you sounding your Dao Spirit Voice, and then, I will bring you to meet a senior.

"If this senior will acknowledge you, your chances of success in the competition over the Phala will become much greater! And before you snatch the Phala, I will make arrangements to search for the Space Whip. I will need you to work with us on this, though. If we manage to find the Space Whip, then with Seven Moons Sect's full strength, you will have seven-tenths of a chance to obtain the Phala!

"Once you obtain the Phala and step into Dao Immortal Realm, you will rise to power in Ancient Zang!" When Gu Tai's laughter echoed in the air, all the great sect elders could sense the delight radiating from him.

"Su Ming, you don't need to return to the fifth layer of Sky Beyond the Sky. With the Reversed Spirit Pearl, you can go to the sixth layer of Sky Beyond the Sky to train. If we are quick, we will only need half a month, and if we are slow, we will need a full month to finish our preparations for you to sound your Dao Spirit Voice. Then, all of Ancient Zang will know of your existence!"

As Gu Tai laughed, Su Ming wrapped his fist in his palm and bowed to him, then looked at Xu Zhong Fan, who was standing close by with delight on his face. Su Ming wrapped his fist in his palm and bowed to him as well.

Xu Zhong Fan's smile grew even wider. He nodded repeatedly, then, as if he had remembered something, he brought out a jade slip and handed it to Su Ming.

"My epiphanies when I sounded my Dao Spirit Voice are in this slip. Take it and try to understand them."

Su Ming took the jade slip, then gazed at Xu Zhong Fan for a while before shifting his gaze away and nodded at him. When he bowed at him again, he turned around and took a step into the air before disappearing without a trace. When he reappeared, he had already stepped into the sixth layer of Sky Beyond of Sky through the Reversed Spirit Pearl!

There was not a single person there. Without the Reversed Spirit Pearl, even Dao Han could not enter, so it Su Ming's cave abode.

He did not go to any other place. He went to the mountain belonging to the third line in the sixth layer of Sky Beyond the Sky and sat down in front of the house on the cliff.

A brilliant sparkle appeared in his eyes. It was a look of confidence that he gained in the unfamiliar Ancient Zang after he obtained the four great wills.

The power of the wills was like Su Ming's Time Reversal Art. They were both things that had never appeared in Ancient Zang. It was something he could tell from the reactions of the Great Sect Elders of Seven Moons Sect.

Only…

'Sect Elder Gu Tai seems to have noticed something…'

Su Ming pondered over it for a while. Gu Tai might not have said anything, but he had to have understood some things. Even if that was the case, Su Ming would not continue thinking about the matter. Instead, he brought out the jade slip Xu Zhong Fan had given him. Once he scanned it with his divine sense, his eyes fell shut. He became immersed in his meditation to stabilize his power of Dao Spirit Realm.

He could sense that his cultivation base was not stable. After all, he had forcefully reached this Realm after fusing with the Seven Lives Art and formed his Dao Shadow, which was why Su Ming also had some form of understanding towards the sounding of the Dao Spirit Voice. Xu Zhong Fang's jade slip had a lot of records regarding this, so Su Ming's understanding towards sounding the Dao Spirit Voice increased.

'In truth, the first and second levels of the nine levels of Dao Divinity Realm are there to form the Dao Body. After the third level, the Dao Spirit is formed. After the seventh level, the spirit will turn into a paragon. When the eighth level is achieved, the Dao Paragon will reach his peak and will be known as the Great Dao Paragon!

'If I want to stabilize my cultivation base of Dao Spirit Realm, I have to turn into a spirit and fuse with the world to become a spirit of the world. Only then will I be able to completely step into Dao Spirit Realm. This is a process of turning the Dao Body into a Dao Spirit.

'It will involve me sounding the Dao Spirit Voice. With my voice, I will verify my Dao and will fuse with the world!' Su Ming closed his eyes.

'One is the beginning, three is greatness, six is power, and nine is the peak… The sounding of Dao Spirit Voice can allow others to see a person's potential and affinity. Since ancient times, those who have reached Dao Spirit Realm sound from one to six voices. There are few who do it seven, and even fewer eight times. Nine is extremely rare. All those who sounded nine voices have already become Great Dao Paragons!

'I wonder how many voices I will be able to sound!'

Su Ming opened his eyes, and a dark glint showed up within them.

Chapter 1414: Dao Spirit Voice!

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

With the jade slip in his hand, Su Ming closed his eyes again, then began stabilizing his power of Dao Spirit Realm in the sixth layer of Sky Beyond the Sky while meditating and waiting for Seven Moons Sect to make preparations for him to sound his Dao Spirit Voice.

Su Ming had never been interested in Ancient Zang's competition of the successors. Be it to become a successor or to kill, all of this was just a method for him to increase his level of cultivation and were part of his path leading to him Possessing Xuan Zang in the end!

No matter who tried to block him, Su Ming would kill them!

He would kill all the people who got in his way and crush all the obstructions. He wanted to stand above the sky and look down on the universe! That was why he agreed to Gu Tai's plan to join the competition of the successors!

But in Su Ming's heart, this was not a competition between successors. It was his cultivation path. It was… the path to Possess Xuan Zang!

No matter how real the world was, his ninth summit was not in it, nor were his Berserkers or the woman he had loved.

Even if… he saw some familiar faces among the people around him, Su Ming believed that what he saw did not belong to him!

His home had always been in the ninth summit. His home was always in Arid Triad!

That feeling became especially strong after the wills of the four Great True Worlds returned to him. It grew to the point that it made his future path clearer. It became his motivation to continue walking down his path!

The rise and fall of those thoughts only appeared in the depths of Su Ming's heart. He had already learned not to show a single hint of his emotion on his face. Only when he closed his eyes would they burn with a madness from the culmination of everything in his life.

Time passed, and in the blink of an eye, a month went by. On the morning after that, the sixth layer of Sky Beyond the Sky looked as if it had started burning. It had gained a brilliant shade of red, and with an ancient tone, Gu Tai's voice resounded in the air.

"Su Ming, it is time. Sound your Dao Spirit Voice!"

Su Ming's eyes flew open. Not many changes could be seen on his face. Only the dark light shining in his eyes at that moment showed how strong his determination was, since the eyes are the windows to the soul.

When Su Ming stood up, the dark light coming from his eyes looked like a sea of fire spilling out around him, forming a contrast with the fiery red in the sky. At the instant he turned into a long arc that charged upwards, the sky roared, and a huge vortex appeared out of nowhere.

The moment Su Ming rushed out of it, he stood above the skies of Seven Moons Sect. Clouds tumbled about around him. The rising sun was in the sky, and when he cast his gaze over the land, the entire world was within his field of vision.

Seven Moons Sect seemed to have become insignificantly smaller beneath him.

Wind howled, blowing up Su Ming's long hair and making his robes flutter, but it did not blow away his cultivation base and his determination to make himself stronger.

"Sounding your Dao Spirit Voice… You might need to make it sound, but you do not need to strike it like you would do to a bell. Instead, you need to shout in your own voice, a voice that belongs to you in Dao Spirit Realm. Make it fuse with the world and the sky, and it will become a guide. Turn it into ripples. When you change the world, your Dao Spirit will go through a metamorphosis and become a spirit by the end of you shout!"

Gu Tai's voice echoed in the air from every direction. It lingered around Su Ming like the voice of the world.

"You don't actually have to prepare anything to sound your Dao Spirit Voice nor do you have to notify the other sects. In the past, when other people sounded their Dao Spirit Voices, they would only do so in their sects. There is a special forbidden area that can prevent Dao Spirit Voice from traveling outwards!

"But for you, this is not suitable. What we want is for all of Ancient Zang to know that the third prince is in Seven Moons Sect. That is why… we need you to sound your Dao Spirit Voice in the air!

"Over the past month, Seven Moons Sect has made complete preparations. We set up a large number of Runes in the area, and all the sect elders have gone out to act as Dharma Protectors for you. The thirteen great sect elders will personally act as garrisons for you. We will not allow anyone or any sect to disturb you!

"What I want… is for you to bring out all of your power. Don't hide even the slightest bit of it. Don't worry about Seven Moons Sect attacking you in the present or in the future!

"Don't worry. I have practiced cultivation for an unknown number of aeons.With me being the sect master of one of the seven sects of Ancient Zang, my promise is also Seven Moons Sect's promise. I promise you that regardless of the present or the future… you will forever be a part of Seven Moons Sect!

"No matter where you go, no matter how great your achievements are in the future, you will be part of Seven Moons Sect! Similarly, even if you make other choices in the future, you must remember… that there is a sect in Ancient Zang called Seven Moons Sect!

"This is Seven Moons Sect. You will never forget it, because it is… the Seven Moons Sect you will bring to power!

"And now, what I need is for you… to rise to power in Seven Moons Sect! Shout in the Dao Spirit Voice that belongs to you! Let the whole world and the whole Ancient Zang know you! Let no one… not know who their ruler is!

"Su Ming… can do you it?!"

There was excitement and eagerness in Gu Tai's voice. As his voice echoed in the air, Su Ming fell silent. He slowly brought his head up and looked at the sky.

"If… the competition of successors is a part of my life… Even if there is a possibility that I am fake? Will you… and Seven Moons Sect still retain your attitude?" Su Ming asked softly.

"We have been quiet for far too long. Why should there be a problem for Seven Moons Sect to fight against the whole world by your side?! We will either live or die! What is there… to be afraid of death?!"

Gu Tai's laughter echoed in the air. At the instant it shook the sky and earth, the most brilliant sparkle since Su Ming had come to Ancient Zang appeared in his eyes.

"I can do it!"

When Su Ming's voice rang out in the air calmly, his expression was no longer one of calm. There was a blazing fighting spirit in his eyes. His life seemed to have been lit at that moment, and his excitement seemed to have… become the most eye-catching thing in the sky at that moment!

"Dao Spirit Voice!"

Once Gu Tai spoke, drum rolls appeared in a circular area of one million lis around Seven Moons Sect. The loud thuds spread in every direction and rose into the sky, causing the ground to tremble. Hundreds of thousands of cultivators from Seven Moons Sect roared at the same time amid the drum rolls.

"DAO SPIRIT VOICE!"

Su Ming swung his arm and lifted his head. His power exploded from him at full force, without anything being held back. Then, he let out a long roar at the sky, one that notified Ancient Zang of his presence!

That long roar was the loudest and strongest sound Su Ming had let out once he had woken up in Ancient Zang. It was a wave of madness and an outburst towards his past! It was the first voice that belonged truly to him, and let it out in Seven Moons Sect!

At the instant his voice appeared, the world rumbled. The clouds in the sky tumbled about as if there was a violent gust of wind blowing against them. Moments later, they were torn to pieces.

One thousand lis, ten thousand lis, one hundred thousand lis… Su Ming's voice spread out until it reached one million lis, ten million lis, and even one hundred million lis. Powerful ripples stirred up in the sky around Su Ming. They contorted as if they were about to turn into his face!

The ground roared loudly while trembling. The mountains shivered in a chaotic manner. Lakes howled. All the cultivators within one hundred million lis of Seven Moons Sect felt their hearts tremble at that instant, no matter what they were doing. Their ears rang. They were shaken by Su Ming's first Dao Spirit Voice.

"This is the first voice. There's still the second and the third voice, Su Ming! Continue letting out your Dao Spirit Voice, push it and make it spread further away. Fill up the seven sects and twelve clans with your voice, make it ring through all of Ancient Zang. Send it to the palace! Let all the cultivators in the world hear your voice!"

As Gu Tai's growl resounded through the air, Su Ming instantly felt his cultivation base boil. Even his soul, blood, and all his memories started boiling together with it.

All of them began tumbling about violently, which resulted in his cultivation base erupting in full power. An indescribable feeling rose in Su Ming's heart at that moment. It was… an urge calling out to him to roar the second time!

It was just as Gu Tai had said: Su Ming wanted the whole world to know. He wanted to rise to power. He wanted the whole world to bear witness. Because of that, the sparkle in his eyes burned with a powerful fighting spirit that he had not felt for a long time!

At that moment, when Su Ming's first Dao Spirit Voice echoed in the sky one hundred million lis around him, all the regions within this area seemed were filled with his presence. The world there… seemed to have acknowledged his voice, and his cultivation base of Dao Spirit Realm became much more stabilized!

Then… Su Ming lifted his head. As his cultivation base boiled, he let out his second Dao Spirit Voice. It was no longer a long roar, but a loud one that shook the world!

When Su Ming's second Dao Spirit Voice appeared, not a single cloud could be seen one hundred million lis around him. The ground trembled as if there were countless earth dragons tumbling about in it.

His first Dao Spirit Voice still lingered in the air when his second voice spread out to cover the one hundred million lis. Once the two voices fused, they created an indescribably vast power that shook the skies and spread violently through an even larger area with loud rumbles.

One hundred million lis, two hundred million lis… Once the voices reached three hundred million lis, they became the only sound within them!

The merged voice contained Su Ming's indignation, madness, determination to meet all the people in Harmonious Morus Alba again, and his past confusion towards the unfamiliar Ancient Zang. All of those emotions seemed to have spilled out in that roar.

He needed to let it out!

The weather changed, and the ground looked like it was about to shatter. Thunder was forced away. During that moment, as Su Ming's voice echoed, the hearts of all the lives within the three hundred million lis trembled, and the source of it was their souls.

With his Dao Spirit Voice, Su Ming replaced every single sound within the three hundred million lis in Ancient Zang. The ripples in the sky contained his voice, and the rumbles on the ground contained his presence!

'If my voice can fill all of Ancient Zang… then can it travel out of Xuan Zang's body?!'

A brilliant sparkle appeared in Su Ming's eyes, and he let out his third Dao Spirit Voice!

Chapter 1415: Three is Greatness!

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

One is the beginning, three is greatness, six is power, and nine is the peak!

When Su Ming let out his third Dao Spirit Voice, he already reached greatness! As his voice echoed in the air, the madness in the third roar crashed into the second Dao Spirit Voice still echoing in the three hundred million lis. Once it fused with the lingering sounds of the two previous voices, it instantly swept out in every direction!

The distance his voice covered kept on expanding. Three hundred million lis, four hundred million lis, five hundred million lis… When the first three Dao Spirit Voices overlapped with each other and reached a terrifying one thousand million lis… the entire sky and earth in that area rumbled and roared. When Su Ming's voice spread out, it looked like it became the king of every region it passed through!

Seven Moons Sect was located to the west of Ancient Zang. At that moment, Su Ming's third Dao Spirit Voice did not envelop the entire western region, but most of it had been affected.

Besides Seven Moons Sect, there was another sect and two clans located in the west of Ancient Zang: Five Directions Sect, Flying Feathers Clan, and Sky River Clan. They were equal to Seven Moons Sect in terms of fame and were nearly on equal footing in terms of power.

At the instant Su Ming's third Dao Spirit Voice enveloped their regions, the cultivators in the sect and two clans immediately felt it clearly. They snapped out of their meditation and opened their eyes during their morning training.

Their expressions differed. The lower-leveled cultivators were mostly confused, not understanding what had happened. Only those who had practiced cultivation for years knew more, or more accurately speaking, those who had already reached Avacaniya Realm or were already in Dao Divinity Realm knew what the roars that caused the world to rumble signified.

When they cast their gazes upwards, they found the sky filled with ripples, and Su Ming's divine sense was contained in them. His face could be vaguely seen within the ripples. When the ground trembled, Su Ming's presence could be detected. All of that bore testimony to his Dao Spirit Voice!

"This is… someone sounding his Dao Spirit Voice. He is using his voice to fuse with the world so that he can transform his Dao Body into a Dao Spirit!"

"Judging by the direction… it should be Seven Moons Sect! But all cultivators from Ancient Zang's seven sects and twelve clans always sound their Dao Spirit Voices in their respective sect or clan's forbidden grounds. They won't let others know about it, because Dao Spirit Voices are incredibly important and cannot be interrupted!"

"Seven Moons Sect actually allowed this cultivator to sound his Dao Spirit Voice like this? They're definitely planning something!"

Divine senses were sent among the cultivators, who had been shaken by what they heard. Su Ming's full cultivation base continuously spread out while he was above Seven Moons Sect, and the distance he could cover had already reached it farthest point. With his cultivation base, he had already managed to sound three Dao Spirit Voices, but… Su Ming's eyes sparkled at that moment. He could sense that with his current cultivation base… he could let out another Dao Spirit Voice.

'Since ancient times, most of those in Dao Spirit Realm can let out from one to three Dao Spirit Voices. Only a few can let out more than three roars, and only a handful can let out six roars… Even rarer are those who can let out nine roars… but all those who had managed to do so and are yet to die… have become Great Dao Paragons!'

Su Ming's eyes sparkled when the descriptions of Dao Spirit Voice from the jade slip Xu Zhong Fan had given him rose in his mind.

He sucked in a deep breath and circulated his cultivation base to the max. As it continuously erupted from him, his third eye at the center of his brow opened. The three Dao Bodies in that eye all shone with glittering light, their power activated to the limit.

At that moment, Su Ming opened his mouth and let out his fourth Dao Spirit Voice!

The fourth Dao Spirit Voice instantly covered one hundred million lis in every direction, then tumbled even further into the distance. Wherever it went, the world roared. The ripples in the sky and the tremors on the ground seemed to form an illusory face, and it swept through everything while the roar echoed in the air.

It fused with the previous three Dao Spirit Voices and shook the sect and two clans in the western side of Ancient Zang. As it continuously spread out, the entire western region was finally filled up with his voice. His roar was clearly heard by every living being in the west!

But it… was clearly still far from enough to shake all of Ancient Zang, as what Gu Tai intended. There were quite a number of people among the powerful warriors in Dao Spirit Realm of Ancient Zang who had let out four Dao Spirit Voices. Four voices… could not cause any sort of shock. At most, they would make the ears of the cultivators in the western side ring. Su Ming was still far from being able to shock anyone.

However… at that moment, Su Ming's cultivation base had already reached its limit. If he just relied on the power of his cultivation base alone, he would not be able to let out a fifth Dao Spirit Voice. After all, it was not a simple roar. It was him letting out a voice that could almost be said to be the voice of his life after fusing all his cultivation base with his soul, his life, and everything that made him who he was.

And only that voice alone could shake the world. Only it could serve as a brand that would make the world remember him.

When the world remembered his voice, the ripples would baptize him. The tremors on the ground would transform his Dao Body. When it reached its peak and Su Ming retrieved everything back into himself… he would be able to truly reach Dao Spirit Realm!

In truth, if he had retrieved his will and presence after he let out four Dao Spirit Voices, he would also step into Dao Spirit Realm, but his future if he settled for that would be limited. So it was not the path Su Ming wanted. To grow stronger and be able to open his eyes once he fully Possessed Xuan Zang, he had to become much stronger!

His goal was the ninth level Dao God. His goal… was Boundless Dao!

While the four Dao Spirit Voices echoed in the air, a powerful determination appeared in Su Ming's eyes. He had already emptied his cultivation base, and there was the taste of blood in his mouth. His body had begun trembling amid the ripples in the western sky and the tremors on the ground.

Aside from the difficulty of letting out the Dao Spirit Voices, he had to gather together everything in his life. When he forced it all out of his throat, it was the same as draining his body. He would recover his full strength once he retrieved everything back into himself, but until he did so, the drain would only become more severe as he continued letting out these Dao Spirit Voices.

When the world changed, the ripples in the sky appeared and the ground trembled, the drain would become even stronger. That was why there were few cultivators who could sound more than six Dao Spirit Voices.

'My potential is normal. I knew this when I was in Dark Mountain. After all, even Abyss Builders have different potentials aside from their innate talents… So, with my potential, four roars are my limit.'

A cold sneer appeared at the corners of Su Ming's lips. No anguish could be seen within it, because since the destruction of Harmonious Morus Alba, he no longer felt any anguish. As he slaughtered people from Saint Defier and Dark Dawn during the later stages in Harmonious Morus Alba, he had already sunk into a state of madness.

At that moment, his understanding of his own potential only brought a strong refusal to admit defeat to Su Ming's heart.

'I might only have this much potential, but I will let out more Dao Spirit Voices! Because, aside from my cultivation base, I still have… my wills!'

Su Ming swung his arm, and his will of True Morning Dao World erupted from his body with a bang. Once it appeared, the invisible power that was clearly different from what existed in Ancient Zang instantly surrounded Su Ming's body, and his hair flew up.

Su Ming lifted his head, and with his will, he let out… his fifth Dao Spirit Voice!

At the instant he let out that voice, the western side of Ancient Zang trembled. Excitement appeared on the faces of cultivators in Seven Moons Sect. They stared at Su Ming, remembering how he had cleared the Dao Divinity Shadow Descension Rune forty years ago!

At the same time, a rarely seen excitement appeared in Gu Tai's eyes too. He watched Su Ming while feeling incredibly certain that he had not made the wrong call. That presence… was the unique presence belonging to the ninth level Dao Gods!

When the fifth Dao Spirit Voice echoed in the air, it instantly filled the entire western region of Ancient Zang as well as the sects and clans in it. At the moment they were shaken, the voice spread out even further. This time, Su Ming's Dao Spirit Voice spread to the central region of Ancient Zang, as well as the north and south!

If there was someone who could stand at a spot where he could overlook all of Ancient Zang, they would definitely see a powerful wave of sound spreading out from the west with loud rumbles.

In that arc was Su Ming's nearly invisible face!

In the northern region, there was a golden stand, and Asura Clan stood tall atop it. At that moment, they were affected by Su Ming's Dao Spirit Voice. The young man who was sitting on the huge, ferocious beast within the world in Asura Clan opened his eyes at that moment.

His eyes shone when he lifted his head. Su Ming's Dao Spirit Voice reached his ears in a faint murmur. The appearance of that voice immediately caused the young man's expression to change. At the same time, Di Tian, which had originally been buried in his right eye, manifested once more.

"It's Su Ming! This is Su Ming!"

Di Tian laughed. His laughter held a wave of excitement and exhilaration, because Su Ming's appearance made him even more certain of his beliefs, that everything around him… was fake!

"Shut up!"

The second prince's expression was dark. He lifted his right hand and tapped his right eye. Immediately, the laughing Di Tian disappeared from his pupil, but the second prince's expression only became even darker.

The second prince, however, was not the only one to notice what was happening. All of Asura Clan heard Su Ming's Dao Spirit Voice. The echoing voice, the rippling sky, and the trembling ground made the expressions of almost everyone there change!

Chapter 1416: His Dao Spirit Voice Shakes Ancient Zang!

When Su Ming's fifth Dao Spirit Voice fused with the previous four and turned into a majestic sound, it reached the northern and southern regions as well as… the central region!

Soon though, the fifth Dao Spirit Voice lost its power to continue spreading. It turned into a lingering note that continued echoing in the air. At that moment, an even greater madness appeared on Su Ming's face while he was above Seven Moons Sect.

"Sixth sound!"

Blood trickled out of the corner of his lips, and blood capillaries appeared in his eyes. It was the damage dealt to him after he drained his body and was injured by the ripples in the world.

Due to his potential, it should have been impossible for him to let out the fifth Dao Spirit Voice, which was why when the voice appeared… he seemed to have broken some sort of law. Because of it, his body was drained at a level that far exceeded what a normal cultivator would feel after they let out their fifth Dao Spirit Voice!

However… it also meant that when Su Ming retrieved his cultivation base, soul, life, and everything about him back, his potential would also change. He had already let out the fifth Dao Spirit Voice, and he needed to have the potential for doing that. If he did not, then the laws of Ancient Zang would make sure that he had it!

This matter might sound abstruse, but the logic behind it was not difficult to understand.

However, for it to happen, Su Ming had to bear more devastating consequences than anyone else… but since he had already went that far, he would definitely not give up.

As his voice echoed in the air, his True Immortal Sect World's will erupted from him with a bang, and a part of his body instantly withered. Most of his life force seemed to surged out of his body with his will through his opened mouth as he let out… his sixth Dao Spirit Voice!

One is the beginning, three is greatness, six is power! At that moment, when Su Ming let out his sixth Dao Spirit Voice, he had already become one of the strong!

At the instant the sixth Dao Spirit Voice shot through the air, Gu Tai's voice swiftly traveled into every single cultivator's ears in Seven Moons Sect.

"Be even more alert. Absolutely do not let anyone who might interrupt the third prince approach. The sixth Dao Spirit Voice is enough to cause a commotion, and there will surely be people who will come and try to interrupt His Highness!"

Gu Tai's voice echoed in the ears of every single cultivator of Seven Moons Sect. A brilliant sparkle appeared in all their eyes, and they became even more guard, defending the entirety of the one million lis of Seven Moons Sect like an unbreakable wall.

At the same time, a commotion arose in all the sects and clans that heard Su Ming's sixth Dao Voice. Many people had let out cries of surprise at the same time due to their shock.

When the sixth Dao Spirit Voice fused with the previous five voices, the sound formed was like an explosive bang. The world became dark. When the ground trembled violently, Su Ming's Dao Spirit Voice enveloped most of the northern, southern, and central regions!

There were a total of three sects and six clans in there. At that moment, all the cultivators there were shocked by Su Ming's Dao Spirit Voice, especially the powerful warriors. They could tell how many Dao Spirit Voices a cultivator had let out based on the volume of the Dao Spirit Voice they heard. It caused them a great shock.

"That's the sixth Dao Spirit Voice! He came from Seven Moons Sect…"

"Looks like another sect elder in Dao Spirit Realm is about to appear in Seven Moons Sect, and judging by how majestic this Dao Spirit Voice is… he might have a possibility of reaching Dao Immortal Realm…"

"But does Seven Moons Sect have some sort of plan? He's not sounding his Dao Spirit Voices in the sect's forbidden grounds, but instead is doing it in such an arrogant manner!"

When Su Ming's sixth Dao Spirit Voice resounded through the air and lost its power to continue spreading out, Gu Tai's ancient and excited voice shot up again in Seven Moons Sect.

"Su Ming, if you can sound the seventh voice, you will shock everyone. If you can sound the eighth voice, you will astonishment all sects. If… you can truly sound the ninth voice, your voice will cover all of Ancient Zang, and even the emperor will be able to hear you!"

Su Ming's body had withered to a point where he looked like an old man at that moment. There was more blood in his mouth, and a large amount of red in his eyes. As if he did not hear Gu Tai's voice, he sucked in a deep breath, and without any hesitation, while Gu Tai's voice echoed in the air, he activated his will from the Emperor of Abyss' True World!

"Seventh voice!"

Su Ming threw his head back and let out his seventh Dao Spirit Voice!

At the instant his voice spread out, it drowned out Gu Tai's voice. This did not mean that Su Ming's power had surpassed Gu Tai's, but because the Dao Spirit Voice that traveled out at that moment had covered nearly six-tenths of Ancient Zang and had caused a resonance.

As Su Ming let out his voice, his body shuddered and became even more withered, up to the point where he nearly became a mummy. His hair went gray, and his blood was practically all drained. His life force also seemed about to dissipate.

But… his seventh Dao Spirit Voice rumbled in the air persistently. It spread through the entire western region, covered all the areas in the north, south, and the central region, filling nearly eight-tenths of Ancient Zang… with Su Ming's roar!

Due to the mysteries surrounding it, Su Ming's roar could not enter the royal capital in the central region. Only it remained unaffected. All the buildings, sects, clans, and cultivators in all the other areas could sense Su Ming's seventh Dao Spirit Voice at that moment, and they also sensed the madness and determination contained in it.

At the same time when Su Ming's seventh Dao Spirit Voice resounded through the air, in the north, a large number of cultivators from Asura Clan stepped into the Rune in Asura World. At the instant the Rune shone, they appeared in the northern region of Ancient Zang and charged towards Seven Moons Sect.

There were quite a large number of them, but they were not the trump cards of the clan and were not the strong old monsters. When they appeared beyond Seven Moons Sect with howling winds from their charge, all the Runes in Seven Moons Sect were activated. Gu Tai watched the newcomers with a cold glare. The twelve great sect elders beside him had already turned into long arcs and flown out with the sect elders.

"We can sacrifice the people in Seven Moons Sect… but not a single person is allowed to step in and interrupt the third prince's Dao Spirit Voice!"

Gu Tai was well aware that as Su Ming continued letting out his Dao Spirit Voices, there would definitely be people who would come and try to interfere with him, but there would not be many who would do so. Aside from Asura Clan, the only other group who would attack would be One Dao Sect.

As for the other sects and clans, they would definitely watch, which would reveal the sect to which the third prince belonged. This could also be said to be a show of his strength, so that the other sects and clans could think about which faction to join once all three princes proved themselves!

Gu Tai had made full preparations for this. Even if… a Great Dao Paragon arrived, they would only be able to dream about breaking all the Runes Seven Moons Sect had activated!

Sen Mu's arrival in the past had been an accident, but Gu Tai had not missed his arrival. He had instead chosen to use Sen Mu's plan against him. Right then… since he had decided to personally formulate the plan, such accidents would definitely not happen again.

As booming sounds reverberated through the air, a huge battle broke out beyond Seven Moons Sect, and countless Runes appeared in the air around Su Ming. From the distance, multiple figures could be seen continuously approaching him, but they could not break the Runes, and since Gu Tai was around, the place became a ravine that no one could not cross for a short period of time!

At that moment, Su Ming's seventh Dao Spirit Voice had already turned into echoes. As his body shuddered, blood poured out of his ears, nose, eyes, and mouth. The blood was sticky, like the last drops of his life. His face was pale, and his eyes were dull and lustreless, but the determination in them like a ball of bright flames.

"Seven voices, huh? I can still let out the eighth voice!"

There was madness in Su Ming's bones. Be it when he was in Dark Mountain during his earliest years or when he slaughtered everyone in Saint Defier and Dark Dawn in Harmonious Morus Alba, madness had always accompanied him and was fully shown in his actions. It was a madness born from his resolution, and right then, he was determined to become strong.

Even if he was already drained and half a foot into his grave, he still had True Sky Hill World's will fuse into his withered body to let out… the eighth Dao Spirit Voice that shook Ancient Zang and astonished everyone!

As Su Ming roared, the eighth Dao Spirit Voice traveled outwards, and it immediately caused Ancient Zang's sky to tremble and rumble. The ripples in the sky were endless. The ground shook so much that it looked as if it was about to shatter, causing all the sects and clans to be able to sense it clearly.

The eighth Dao Spirit Voice covered the entire eastern region of Ancient Zang, causing the incredibly huge world of Ancient Zang… to be completely filled with Su Ming's Dao Spirit Voice during that instant. All but the royal capital.

His voice fused with the sky, sank deep into the ground, and the sky of Ancient Zang seemed to almost completely form Su Ming's face as the ripples spread out, but there was still a little something lacking. The face looked a little chaotic, and it could not take form!

The ground trembled, and it was especially prominent in the eastern region. The one sect and two clans over there heard Su Ming's Dao Spirit Voice very clearly.

One Dao Sect was there too. The ancient temple with the three statues in it was enveloped by Su Ming's Dao Spirit Voice at that moment, and it shook the temple so much that it looked like it was about to collapse. There seemed to be more cracks on the three statues.

In one of the cracks was the world of the volcano. The eldest prince was sitting on a huge rock in the magma. As he breathed, the entire volcano rumbled, but at that moment, those rumbles were instantly drowned out by Su Ming's eighth Dao Spirit Voice, which came from the world outside.

"This is…" The eldest prince's eyes flew open, and a hint of shock appeared on his face.

"Dao Spirit Voice. This is the eighth Dao Spirit Voice. Even if… he has royal blood coursing through his veins, it's impossible for him to let out the eighth Dao Spirit Voice, because even I, with the purest blood, can only let out the eighth voice. How could he reach the same level as me?!"