High Martial Arts: I Awaken a Low-Tier Martial System

Chapter 1267: Secrets of the Universe, Chen Ziluʼs Silhouette

The Eternal Night Spear fell beside him, the spear shaft dim and unreflective.

“What is that?”

“Ye Jiang?” Burn Mountain was stunned for a moment, then wild joy surged in his eyes.

“Hahaha!”

He laughed skyward, his laughter carrying the unrestrained ecstasy of decades.

“Ye Jiang, you have such a day too!”

Burn Mountain took a step forward, Heaven-Burning flames gathered in his palm, transforming into a crimson long blade.

Without any hesitation, he swung the blade down.

“Swish——”

A head flew up, blood spurted forth.

The black-clad figure collapsed to the ground, no longer breathing.

Burn Mountain stood where he was, gasping for breath, his face full of satisfaction.

Decades of fear, decades of suppression, all released at this moment.

“Dead.”

“Ye Jiang is finally dead.”

He muttered to himself, laughter growing louder, more frenzied.

Yet——

The laughter gradually stopped.

Burn Mountain glanced around, suddenly sensing something amiss.

Too quiet.

Where is Ye Lan? Other attendants? Bai Qing, Zhao Tianji?

Everyone had disappeared.

Only he remained, standing in this desolate void.

Burn Mountain quickly turned back, looking at the body on the ground.

The face of the corpse was changing.

No longer Ye Jiang.

But a stranger’s face, one he had never seen.

“This is——”

Burn Mountain’s pupils contracted sharply, a chill rising from his spine.

“Illusion Realm.”

He finally realized that he had fallen into an Illusion Realm.

The Void and Reality Dao Crystal had activated an ancient Divine Array.

Everything he had just slaughtered was an illusion.

“No…”

Burn Mountain murmured, his face pale as paper.

That sense of satisfaction was utterly transformed into Void at this moment.

In its place, a deeper fear emerged.

…

Jiang Ye opened his eyes.

He stood before a tower hanging upside down in the sky.

The tower’s whole body was pitch black, suspended in the void, the spire pointing downward, aiming at a bottomless abyss.

Inside the tower, a figure in a snow-white long dress stood quietly.

Her countenance was stunning, more beautiful than any woman Jiang Ye had ever seen, but at this moment her face was extremely haggard, a pair of snow-white jade hands pressed against the cold crystal wall, gazing at him.

Tearful eyes blurred.

Chen Zilu.

“You finally came.” Her voice was soft but clearly reached Jiang Ye’s ears.

Jiang Ye stood in place, gazing at that figure.

His footsteps did not move.

He knew this was an Illusion Realm.

Chen Zilu was far away in the Celestial Battle Civilization, impossible to appear in the Nine Heavens Cave Mansion.

But that face, those eyes, that line “you finally came,” made his heart skip a beat.

“You’ve come, why not come over?” Chen Zilu’s voice carried a sobbing tone.

Jiang Ye closed his eyes.

Took a deep breath.

When he reopened them, his eyes had regained clarity.

“You’re not her.” He gripped the Eternal Night Spear, taking a step forward.

The Four-color Law gathered at the spear tip, forming a spear glow that pierced through heaven and earth.

“Break!”

The spear glow was fiercely thrust out, shattering the upside-down tower, shattering the figure in the white dress.

The Illusion Realm shattered like a mirror, dissipating into countless light points.

Jiang Ye opened his eyes.

The valley remained, Chaos mist surging.

He was the first to awake.

The Void and Reality Dao Crystal quietly floated in the center of the valley, golden light flowing.

Ye Lan, Burn Mountain, Bai Qing, Zhao Tianji, all stood where they were, eyes unfocused, caught in the Illusion Realm.

Jiang Ye didn’t hesitate.

He took a step forward, his figure like lightning, instantly appearing in front of the Void and Reality Dao Crystal.

Reaching out, he gripped it tightly.

“Buzz——”

With the Dao Crystal in hand, a warm energy flowed through his palm into his body.

The eight Dao Planets in his Sea of Consciousness trembled simultaneously, as if cheering, longing.

“Void and Reality Dao Crystal?”

“A treasure that can materialize Dao Planets, it’s mine now.” A smile appeared at Jiang Ye’s lips.

However, just at the moment he held it——

“Buzz!!!”

As soon as the Void and Reality Dao Crystal was taken, the entire ancient Divine Array seemed to suddenly lose balance.

Golden light flashed violently, then suddenly disintegrated.

Everyone woke simultaneously from the Illusion Realm.

“Swish~!” Ye Lan was the first to open his eyes.

“Hmm?”

“Was that just an illusion?” His dark golden eyes flashed with a hint of confusion, then quickly regained clarity.

The next moment.

Ye Lan saw Jiang Ye and the Void and Reality Dao Crystal in Jiang Ye’s hand.

Ye Lan’s face instantly turned gloomy.

“Ye Jiang!”

“Hand over the Void and Reality Dao Crystal.” His voice was icy, the Four Basic Laws surging wildly around him.

Meanwhile, others also awoke one by one.

“Was it all illusions just now?” Burn Mountain saw Jiang Ye still alive, his face pale, eyes full of complexity.

The black-clad figure still stood.

“I’m giving you one breath’s time.”

“Hand over the treasure.” Ye Lan slowly lifted his hand, the Four-color Law condensing into a thick beam of light in his palm.

Bai Qing and Zhao Tianji quickly moved closer to Jiang Ye, green light and starlight intertwining, ready for battle.

Jiang Ye remained calm.

Holding the Eternal Night Spear, the spear tip pointed obliquely at Ye Lan.

Four-color Law circulated on the spear shaft, that bit of Chaos cold light flickering within the Chaos mist.

“The treasure is right here.”

“If you’ve got the skill, come take it.” Jiang Ye’s voice was calm, yet carried an undeniable firmness.

His words fell, the atmosphere in the valley tightened to the extreme.

Ye Lan’s eyes squinted slightly, killing intent surged like a tide.

Bai Qing and Zhao Tianji exchanged a glance, seeing determination in each other’s eyes.

The battle was about to erupt.