I Have a Sword

An unknown amount of time later, terrifying auras began to emanate from the Immortal Dao Tree. It spread out like a tidal wave, sweeping across the tiny pagoda.

The spacetime within the tiny pagoda quivered beneath the influence of the terrifying auras.

However, the tremors didn't last long.

Soon, the Immortal Dao Tree returned to its previous calm.

Time flew by, and a hundred years passed in the blink of an eye.

The Immortal Dao Tree grew to several tens of thousands of meters due to the fact that Ye Guan had allowed the three to consume as many Ancestral Veins as possible.

The Immortal Dao Tree's branches were thousands of meters long, resembling a giant canopy that blotted out the sky and the sun, creating an awe-inspiring sight.

One day, a resonant sword hum echoed from within the tree.

A young man appeared in front of the tree; it was none other than Ye Guan.

Ye Guan's eyes were closed, and the Ink Sword was orbiting him while emitting resonant sword hums. It seemed to be trying to get on his good side.

Swoosh!

The Qingxuan Sword appeared next to Ye Guan. The Ink Sword instantly fell silent and retreated into Ye Guan’s sea of consciousness. It was like a mouse that had encountered a cat; it dared not make even a single sound.

After a long while, Ye Guan finally opened his eyes, and a determined light flashed in them.

Ye Guan opened his palm, and countless swords made out of sword intent shot upward, reaching the starry sky in an instant.

Ripping noises pervaded the air as the swords moved on their own, slicing up the fabric of spacetime.

Ye Guan flipped his palm, and the swords rushed toward his palm like a waterfall.

Boom!

A terrifying aura surged from him, and it enveloped the starry sky in the blink of an eye.

Ye Guan had finally accumulated eighty percent divinity.

With the help of the Dao Fruit, the Immortal Dao Tree, and quite a few dual cultivation sessions, Ye Guan managed to accumulate eighty percent divinity in just one hundred years.

He could have made further breakthroughs, but he refrained from doing so. At this point, however, Ye Guan was no longer afraid of having an unstable foundation. He didn't make further breakthroughs, as he was afraid of the divinity that he had been accumulating all this while. Ye Guan finally understood the reason why divinity was so terrifying. He was becoming more and more indifferent to the world the more divinity he accumulated. An entire century had passed by in the blink of an eye, but Ye Guan felt indifferent toward it

In the face of the Great Dao and the endless passage of time, everything else appeared to be insignificant. This realization was the reason he refrained from advancing any further.

His humanity and divinity were already in conflict.

Fortunately, Ao Qianqian was with him. Otherwise, Ye Guan wasn't sure whether he'd be able to suppress his divinity by himself.

After all, men could be quite impulsive, and they could get easily stumped by the simplest question.

If men were asked whether they'd use protection or not, men would most likely choose not to use one. After all, making use of a Dao Protector's services could be useful, but it was oftentimes wasteful.

Just then, Ye Guan transformed into a beam of sword light that took to the starry sky.

Upon coming to a halt, he roared, and a three-hundred-meter-long divine statue appeared behind him.

Rumble!

Rumbling noises pervaded the starry sky as Ye Guan's sword intent surged to the heavens, pervading the world inside the tiny pagoda.

He had just manifested a Divine Statue of his Invincible Sword Intent—a sword intent Divine Statue!

Ye Guan opened his palm, and the Qingxuan Sword appeared in his hand. He grinned and asked, “Qingxuan, can you create an illusory sword for my divine statue?”

The Qingxuan Sword trembled slightly, and a beam of sword light fell into the hand of Ye Guan’s divine statue.

The sword resembled the Qingxuan Sword, but it was around a hundred meters long.

Ye Guan burst out into a peal of hearty laughter at the sight. He was truly excited. His intuition was even telling him that this divine statue would become extremely strong if he were to make it wield the Qingxuan Sword.

Just then, Ye Guan seemed to have recalled something as he retracted his divine statue and closed his eyes.

Moments later, all of his blood vessels started quivering like an aspen tree. After a long while, Ye Guan opened his eyes, and a sea of blood was reflected in them.

Boom!

The power of Ye Guan's Mad Demon Bloodline surged crazily and condensed behind Ye Guan, transforming into a bloodline Divine Statue. It was a blood-red statue, and it was emanating a thick killing intent. Its killing intent was thicker than Ye Guan's sword intent Divine Statue earlier. As soon as it appeared, a malevolent aura pervaded the world inside the tiny pagoda.

A Divine Statue of the Mad Demon Bloodline was made!

Ye Guan was exhilarated, and he exclaimed, “Master Pagoda, I feel like I can fight Father and Grandfather now!”

Little Pagoda said, “Just don’t get me involved.”

Ye Guan was confused.

“I advise you to be humble," Little Pagoda added, "Really, your father was even more arrogant than you back then, and the consequences were unimaginable.”

Little Pagoda felt bitter upon saying that. He could still remember how Ye Xuan had fooled him into fighting the Old Master head-on, and he nearly got crippled in the process.

The scenes of that day still filled Little Pagoda with dread. It was such a brutal beating. At the time, Young Master Ye Xuan was just as overconfident as the little bastard Ye Guan.

“But I really feel so strong...” Ye Guan explained.

Little Pagoda calmly explained, “That's because you're under the influence of the Mad Demon Bloodline, and your mind isn’t quite right right now. Anyway, I’m not talking to you anymore.”

Ye Guan was at a loss for words.

In the starry sky, Ye Guan gripped the Qingxuan Sword tightly, and his face brimmed with unconcealed excitement. At this moment, he truly felt invincible. With the Mad Demon Divine Statue and the Qingxuan Sword, he felt like no one could beat him anymore.

Ye Guan withdrew the Mad Demon Divine Statue. He consumed some pills and took a moment to recover before activating.

Boom!

A surge of bloodline power shot to the sky and transformed into a faint purple divine statue that appeared behind Ye Guan.

A Divine Statue of the Mortal Bloodline was made!

An invisible bloodline pressure enveloped the tiny pagoda, and the statue's aura was no weaker than that of the Mad Demon Divine Statue.

Upon confirming his theory, Ye Guan closed his eyes once more. It had been quite a while since he got the idea of condensing divine statues using his bloodlines. He had gotten the idea back when he saw the members of the Asura Clan condescending their Asura bloodline. Now that he could try it out for himself, he was pleasantly surprised. The divine statues made from his bloodline were incredibly powerful.

With that in mind, Ye Guan activated the Phoenix Emperor Bloodline, and it condensed into a golden divine statue.

The Phoenix Emperor Divine Statue was a bit weaker than his Mad Demon Divine Statue, but it was much stronger than his Sword Intent Divine Statue.

Ye Guan had just condensed three Divine Statues! The Divine Statues were strong, but they had a massive weakness.

They consumed a massive amount of energy to maintain, so it was impossible for Ye Guan to use them for an extended period of time.

After pondering for a long time, Ye Guan tried to merge the three bloodlines to create a divine statue that contained the characteristics of all three bloodlines, but he failed. However, he managed to confirm that it was impossible. He didn't fail because it was impossible. It was more like he was too weak to do it. The amount of spiritual energy necessary to manifest that kind of divine statue was far beyond what he could afford. Even merging two divine statues was too much for him to handle. To make matters worse, the process consumed not only his spiritual energy but even his soul as well.

Little Pagoda suddenly asked, “What about your divinity?”

Ye Guan withdrew the statues, took a deep breath to calm himself down, and replied, “It’s terrifying.”

The recent breakthrough had shown him why divinity was so terrifying. He was mentally prepared, but he still found it terrifying. If it hadn't been for his precautions, he could have succumbed to divinity.

Little Pagoda said, “Choosing to suppress your cultivation was a wise decision. This suppression means your humanity is currently suppressing your divinity. Of course, this is just the beginning. The journey towards ninety percent and a hundred percent divinity is even more dangerous.”

Ye Guan nodded slightly. “I understand.”

“Keep working hard, don’t worry. With me around, you’ll be fine. After all, both your father and grandfather were trained by me personally. In other words, you should trust my abilities.”

Ye Guan was at a loss for words.

Roaaar!

A dragon’s roar echoed from down below.

A golden light shot up from the Immortal Dao Tree, and when it reached the starry sky, the golden light transformed into a colossal golden dragon, spanning three thousand meters in length.

The golden dragon was none other than Ao Qianqian!

Ao Qianqian's Dragon Might pervaded the starry sky, making even the tiny pagoda's spacetime quiver violently.

Moments later, Ao Qianqian transformed into her human form. She was dressed in a pure white robe, and there were two dragon horns sticking out of her head. She was enveloped in golden light that gave her an air of sanctity.

Ao Qianqian clenched her right hand.

Boom!

An invisible dragon might instantly enveloped the tiny pagoda.

Seventy percent divinity!

Ye Guan stepped forward and came to stand before her.

“Congratulations," said Ye Guan with a smile.

Ao Qianqian opened her right hand and grinned. Clearly, she was happy with her breakthrough. It was indeed an unbelievable achievement, after all.

Her cultivation base was lower than Ye Guan's, but her overall strength could contend against Ye Guan's. In addition, she was a dragon, so the strength of her fleshly body was something that Ye Guan could only hope to match.

It could be said that Ye Guan wouldn't be able to defeat Ao Qianqian without using the Qingxuan Sword.

Just then, Ao Qianqian seemed to have recalled something and whispered, “I’m a bit worried.”

The two of them were one, so Ao Qianqian could feel the changes in Ye Guan's psyche. Ye Guan was becoming more and more detached from everything.

In response, Ye Guan embraced her gently and smiled. “Don’t worry; as long as you are with me, my divinity will never be able to suppress my humanity.”

Ao Qianqian was delighted to hear that. She gazed at him with deep affection and nodded. “Okay.”

Ye Guan was moved by her affectionate gaze, and a few inappropriate thoughts crossed his mind, causing a physical reaction. However, he suppressed it forcefully—some things were better done during nighttime.

Suppressing the fiery flames of lust, Ye Guan asked, “Shall we become one?”

Ao Qianqian’s ears instantly turned red, and her face grew hot.

Ye Guan was taken aback by her reaction, but then he smiled and added, "I'm talking about merging to test our combined strength. I'm not talking about that kind of 'becoming one'."

Ao Qianqian glared at Ye Guan before transforming into a beam of golden light that melted into the latter's glabella.

Boom!

Ye Guan’s aura surged wildly, and his aura was no longer weaker than that of cultivators with full divinity.

No, even cultivators with full divinity couldn't compare to him.

Ye Guan closed his eyes. He felt like there was an endless power coursing through him. Of course, the power belonged to both him and Ao Qianqian. It wasn't just his own.

"I don't think we should be afraid of Path Creation Realm cultivators whenever we're merged. And we also have Qingxuan, so..." Ye Guan trailed off, his lips curling up into a smile. A hundred years ago, he was still too weak against a Path Creation Realm expert, but he no longer feared them. Of course, he wouldn't underestimate them. After all, Ye Guan knew that two Path Creation Realm experts would never be the same. For example, Evil Granny and the Founding Ancestor of the Great Zhou were both in the Path Creation Realm, but Evil Granny was weaker than the Founding Ancestor of the Great Zhou.

Just then, Ye Guan seemed to have sensed something. His figure trembled slightly, and he left the tiny pagoda.

When he reappeared in the outside world, he frowned because there were dozens of powerful experts hidden in the spacetime around him.

The nearby spacetime had become illusory as well. Evidently, there was an array around him.

Can it be the Evil Dao Alliance?

A middle-aged man walked up to Ye Guan and asked, “You're Ye Guan?”

Ye Guan nodded.

The middle-aged man said, “It took us quite some time to find you. Our Fourth Prince has requested your presence.”

Ye Guan frowned slightly, puzzled. “What Fourth Prince?”

The middle-aged man arrogantly replied, “The Fourth Prince of the Great Zhou Imperial Family.”

"Is that how your Fourth Prince invites someone?" Ye Guan asked, chuckling.

The middle-aged man walked even closer to Ye Guan. “His Highness mentioned that if you're unwilling to come with us, it'll be fine to bring your corpse back with us. So you can just go ahead and die—”

Swoosh!

The middle-aged man couldn't complete his sentence as his head had flown off into the starry sky up above.

Ye Guan had inexplicably appeared behind him the middle-aged man with his sword drawn. He sheathed his sword and dusted off his clothes before muttering, “How dare that weakling speak to me like that.”

Ye Guan swept his gaze across the experts hidden in the spacetime around him and said, “The next time you want to talk to me, you better kneel down first.”