Chapter 476

Chapter 476: Dark Clan

Once again, the battle raged across the two realms, effortless as ever.

How strong was I?

Strong!

All thanks to resources!

The resources Lu Ye utilized could elevate someone with slightly above-average talent all the way to the Great Dao Realm or even the Ruler Realm without worrying about running out.

For instance, right now, he stacked all his Nine Extremities on his fist.

His hand, his arm, would be reinforced to an absurd extent.

This would even boost his overall body strength.

In that moment, whether Lu Ye swung a sword or threw a punch, the power would skyrocket.

I’m just fixated on training!

I’m just focused on refining!

Six Paths of Reincarnation.

At this time, An Li was reborn again, her gaze seemingly vacant.

Why?

Why is the Darkness Origin going so insane?

Hadn’t it already failed, hadn’t it already realized that without itself, it wasn’t even a match for Lu Ye?

In such a situation, why did it still dare treat her like this?

Moreover, it had left and was yet to return.

Such illogical happenings made An Li extremely anxious.

Yet, she couldn’t figure out the reason.

No matter how hard she thought, she couldn’t comprehend that the Darkness Origin had actually thrown in the towel.

Undeniably, she felt a twinge of regret.

She knew the Darkness Origin wasn’t Lu Ye, yet still treated it as if it were—a real foolish move.

How nice would it have been if the Darkness Origin was Lu Ye…

Now what?

Would the Darkness Origin still come looking for her?

An Li could no longer sit idle; she had already wasted a lot of time here.

If she stayed any longer, when she finally reappeared in the world, she’d find Lu Ye had become an emperor!

That would be the end of everything.

Originally, An Li didn’t want to contact her maternal clan so soon, but now… she was still hesitating.

“Why isn’t this child crying or making noise, just looking dumb?”

The wet nurse frowned and said.

“Let me see the child…”

A weak voice interjected.

An Li felt herself being carried over, and she saw her biological mother in this life.

Her mother’s eyes were full of expectation at first, but the moment she laid eyes on An Li, all that expectation turned into revulsion.

A thick, heavy disgust.

“So ugly, both nasty and hideous…”

It wasn’t even about being ugly; it was simply because An Li emanated the aura of the Darkness Origin, which was incompatible with the Heavenly Dao, hence with the heavens and the earth.

Any living being seeing that would feel extreme revulsion.

An Li didn’t know how many times she had endured such hateful gazes in her heart.

At this moment, each occurrence felt like a heavy blow to her heart.

Having been hesitant, An Li no longer hesitated and directly contacted her maternal clan.

A strange wave spread across the void in an instant, passing through the Six Paths of Reincarnation and reaching a very unusual place.

The Reincarnation Celestial Lord sensed this wave, lifting his brow slightly.

This wave is…

“Dark Clan?”

The Reincarnation Celestial Lord knew this race didn’t belong to humans nor to monsters and demons.

It was a peculiar group, one that generally had no disputes with the world, seemingly able to communicate with great beings.

Although residing in the Seventh Heaven, their overall strength was quite formidable.

Even Emperors wouldn’t provoke them.

They also stayed clear of others.

Who is this girl, after all? The Darkness Origin came to find her, and now she can contact the Dark Clan.

Let’s wait and see!

In the Seventh Heaven, Yin Qingcheng was recovering her damaged Dao heart.

She still wouldn’t give up on Lu Ye.

Even if he had Shen Xitang and a daughter, she wouldn’t relent.

As long as she killed Shen Xitang, she could be the stepmother!

Her husband would definitely be hers!

Meanwhile, the others—Shangguan Huanling, Yue Hongling, and the Vermilion Bird—were still cultivating in the Fifth Heaven.

Their speed of cultivation was already considered fast, but it still wasn’t enough, nowhere near enough!

With Lu Ye’s pace, for them to catch up was going to take everything they had, sometimes even risking their lives wouldn’t suffice.

Shangguan Huanling’s progress has been relatively quick.

But Yue Hongling’s speed was sluggish; even now, she was still struggling in the Cosmic Realm, and reaching the Imperishable Realm would take ages.

Time ticked away.

In the Six Paths of Reincarnation.

Suddenly, a figure appeared.

It was a tall man dressed in a black robe, who appeared human-like, yet the darkness emitted from his heart pulsed in sync with its beats.

“An Xing pays his respects to the Reincarnation Celestial Lord!”

No one responded.

An Xing paid no mind, continuing, “I’ve come to retrieve our clan’s Saintess. The Saintess has troubled the Celestial Lord, and the Dark Clan sincerely apologizes.”

There was still no response.

“Thank you, Reincarnation Celestial Lord, for your kindness!”

After these three phrases, An Xing boldly reached out to fetch An Li.

Once An Li’s True Spirit was plucked out, An Xing bowed respectfully again and promptly vanished.

Deep in the Seventh Heaven, nearly at the farthest edge.

This place was shrouded in a dark mist year-round, but it wasn’t the Darkness Origin.

The Dark Clan!

This is a very ancient race.

No one even knew when they first appeared—silently coming into existence, no one knew what their existence was truly for.

An Li’s True Spirit was taken to a grand hall.

At the very top of the hall stood a statue, majestic and solemn, shrouded in black cloth covering its eyes, obscuring its precise visage.

One Dark Clan strongman after another had dark luminescence pulsing in their hearts.

“Please, divine spirit, bestow your power and save the lost ones!”

All the strongmen knelt, their demeanor respectful as they prayed.

The statue reacted.

A dark light surged from its heart, aiming towards An Li’s True Spirit.

Under the dark light, An Li’s True Spirit quickly transformed into a soul.

“Thank you, divine spirit!”

Everyone expressed their gratitude once more.

The dark light faded.

The leader of the Dark Clan, known as An Ri, now approached An Li.

“Saintess, do you recognize your mistakes?” An Ri’s gaze was fearsome.

For the first time in years, a Saintess didn’t take pride in dedicating herself to the divine spirit and had the audacity to escape the clan.

So many wished to become a Saintess but never got the chance; dedicating oneself to the divine spirit was an unmatched honor.

But An Li at this moment proudly lifted her head.

“I see no mistake!”

As these words left her mouth, the faces of everyone in the hall changed dramatically, hastily glancing with fear at the statue, their hearts filled with the urge to strangle An Li.

Should the divine spirit get angry, they’d all have to self-destruct to atone!

“Impudent!”

An Ri exploded with rage.

“Clan Leader, I know you’re upset, but hold on, let me explain!”

An Li was unfazed since she already had a trump card.

“Aren’t you all trying to bring the divine spirit back into this world? I’ve already completed your aim this time out. I’m the great contributor of the Dark Clan!” An Li asserted confidently.

Chapter 477: Killing at the Celestial Palace

“What?”

The Dark Clan members doubted An Li’s words right away because she still looked like an ant meant to be sacrificed in their eyes.

Sure, she was a Saintess, but what kind of Saintess was one that was meant to be sacrificed?

“Do you know about the Nine Lives Celestial Lord’s rebirth?” An Li asked.

Even though the Dark Clan usually stayed removed from disputes, they were aware that the Darkness Origin had projected onto the Nine Heavens and knew Lu Ye was the reborn Celestial Lord.

“The rebirth of the Celestial Lord was because in the last life, I orchestrated events leading to his downfall, thus triggering the rebirth.” An Li spoke deliberately.

In an instant, the members of the Dark Clan were taken aback.

“It was you?”

No way, are you kidding?

Regardless of how you looked at it, An Li didn’t seem capable of orchestrating such a scheme against a Celestial Lord.

“I’m going to search your soul!”

An Ri wasted no time, extending his hand over An Li’s soul.

An Li scoffed.

Soon, An Ri’s brow furrowed.

Soul-searching failed!

The other party’s Dao heart was stable, making it entirely impossible to invade the memories; forceful intrusion would shatter the opponent’s soul.

And such a firm Dao heart… Emperor level…

“You feel that? In my last life, I was indeed an Emperor!” An Li declared coldly.

Everyone looked at An Ri.

An Ri nodded in agreement, his expression strange.

“It is indeed a Dao heart of the Emperor level!”

The Dark Clan members were astonished; An Li had also been reborn?

“So, if you want the divine spirit to revive, you have to cooperate with me. I know your plans; you’re merely trying to use us capable of bearing the divine spirit’s power as vessels for its descent. I can tell you plainly that’s not going to happen!”

“You must cooperate with me. I know a way to allow the divine spirit’s descent, and it will absolutely succeed; all you need to do is capture Lu Ye, and then you can witness the divine spirit’s descent!”

“Only I know how to do it. You must heed my words because in the last life, the divine spirit contacted me!”

“I’ll share a secret that you definitely wouldn’t believe I could know!”

“The divine spirit looks like this, right?”

With a wave, An Li transformed, her body shrouded in mist, her form gruesome, covered in black scales, a bug with three heads appearing before everyone.

Seeing this form, some strongmen from the Dark Clan turned pale.

She has truly encountered the divine spirit!

“So, believe me, cooperate with me, follow my plan, and the divine spirit will certainly descend!”

Some strongmen from the Dark Clan exchanged glances.

“Help her recover her physical body first!”

…

“Nine Lives, An Li has been taken by those from the Dark Clan,” the Darkness Origin remarked.

Lu Ye raised his brow.

They cracked under pressure that quickly?

Their mental fortitude is lacking!

Lu Ye thought of the divine spirit worshipped by the Dark Clan and couldn’t help but frown.

Honestly, even in his previous life as a Celestial Lord, he had no clue what that creature was.

He actually wanted to visit the Dark Clan back then because An Li had suffered a great deal; their clan’s Saintess was forced to have special symbols inscribed on her body every so often.

This symbol brought immense pain.

It could forcibly change their race, gradually altering their human form into that of a bug, infinitely approaching what they called their divine spirit.

Lu Ye wanted to take revenge on behalf of An Li.

An Li had stopped him, claiming they were her kin. She was already doing well, and she didn’t want to go back; so they let it be.

Perhaps by then, An Li had already reconnected with her maternal clan.

He saved her body, but couldn’t rescue her thoughts.

He really deserved it!

Had he not felt pity for her… had he not been swayed by her looks, none of this would’ve occurred.

Truly a case of ‘you reap what you sow!’

Wait, aside from An Li, who else was there?

Oh right, Yin Qingcheng from the Forgetful Emotion Celestial Palace! He had forgotten about her, yet now he remembered her during this time of enmity.

Since it’s come to this, there’s no better time than the present!

Time to pay a visit to the Forgetful Emotion Celestial Palace!

Lu Ye’s figure soared into the air, vanishing from sight.

Off to take revenge on the Forgetful Emotion Celestial Palace, and he also wanted to see, without any surprises, how his combat power measured up.

Not long after.

The grand Forgetful Emotion Celestial Palace appeared before Lu Ye.

Without saying a word, he let his aura rise.

A Stone Sword manifested in his hand.

Towering malevolent energy surged, painting the void a faint bloody red.

“Who goes there!”

Powerful auras quickly rose.

All were top-tier in the Void Realm.

The Forgetful Emotion Celestial Palace was in the Sixth Heaven, without a doubt one of the top forces, as they had the Forgetful Emotion Celestial Lord above them.

A living Celestial Lord!

In the blink of an eye, over a hundred Void Realm auras appeared.

The Palace Mistress, Han Ling, instantly recognized Lu Ye.

“Lu Ye, Dao Friend…”

However, she hadn’t finished her words when a sword light surged towards her.

“Waa…”

The shrill sound of slicing through the air was soul-chilling!

The expression of those in the Forgetful Emotion Celestial Palace changed dramatically as ten spells were unleashed instantaneously.

“Boom!”

Spells erupted in a cascade of light.

The sword light dimmed but still struck the formation.

Lu Ye’s figure followed the sword light into the array, spinning his body as countless sword lights howled, resembling a tornado.

“Lu Ye, Dao Friend, we mean no harm. Don’t push too far!”

“Palace Mistress, why waste words? He wants to fight, let’s oblige him!”

“Crack!”

“Crack, crack, crack…”

The sounds of shattering echoed everywhere.

The great formation was directly pierced through; it was ridiculously easy for Lu Ye to find the weak point in the formation—he had personally improved this array in his last life.

Although Yin Qingcheng had also revamped it a bit this time, her mastery of formations was barely worth mentioning.

Lu Ye had made it this far, so Han Ling finally set aside any illusions.

No more talk.

One word.

“Kill!”

Lu Ye laughed.

That’s more like it.

Now that I’ve come to kill, why hesitate?

Today marks this confrontation—either you die or I do!

The sword light exploded fully, terrifying sword intent enveloping the entire Forgetful Emotion Celestial Palace.

More powerful beings, nearly eternal entities, began to awaken.

In the end, fully one hundred and forty Void Realm experts began to surround and attack Lu Ye.

Not just the strong, but also many powerful treasures, and even the Forgetful Emotion Celestial Palace deployed a Chaos Treasure named the Heavenly Chart!

“Kill!”

Lu Ye’s arm heated up as he unleashed an unparalleled sword strike!

The sword light surged forward.

Countless glimmers shattered beneath its brilliance.

Today, rivers of blood will flow!