Shrouding the Heavens

Chapter 505: Chapter 510: The Storm is Coming

A corner of Great Emperor Hengyu’s Array Patterns densely filled the void, cutting off the path forward. The Chessboard Array Patterns were disturbed, making them difficult to traverse for a short time.

“Damn!” The big black dog let out a cold snort for the first time. It hadn’t expected the opponent to act so swiftly; they had clearly been arranging things in secret without revealing themselves earlier.

“Leave the Origin Qi Cauldron, and I won’t make things difficult for you, since you were saved by the divine king ancestor.” Jiang Chuan spoke calmly, yet his words carried an irresistible power.

Dressed in flowing purple clothes, he stood in the void, overlooking Ye Fan. He said no more, like a dragon in the Abyss, ready to strike against the heavens at any moment.

“Jiang Chuan, you’ve certainly grown ambitious, acting like you’re unrivaled and caring for nothing now.” Jiang Hi stepped forward, each step splitting the high sky, as if he were ascending to heaven.

“What belongs to the Jiang Clan naturally must be fought for. It will be the Jiang Clan’s second sacred weapon and must not be allowed to fall into the hands of outsiders,” Jiang Chuan stated indifferently.

Everyone felt his dominance. He looked young, yet his seniority within the clan was extremely high. He confronted Jiang Hi head-on, not yielding in the slightest.

“Is it really yours?” Ye Fan stood in the void, facing him coldly.

At this moment, the Origin Qi Cauldron shrank, transforming to the size of a fist. He held it in his palm, myriad filaments of light hanging down from it, naturally in harmony with the Dao, possessing an air of natural elegance and grandeur.

“I say it belongs to the Jiang Clan, so it does,” Jiang Chuan answered, looking down.

“Just because you say so? At worst, I’ll shatter this cauldron and let the Origin Qi disperse into the heavens and earth. Then you can go and plunder the entire world,” Ye Fan retorted, his fingers flickering with indeterminate light.

This cauldron was forged in his Wheel and Sea. Before the Dao patterns were truly interwoven, he naturally possessed a mysterious art that could dismantle it. He prepared to scatter its essence into the heavens and earth.

“If you dare…” In the distance, Jiang Yichen and some others shouted, genuinely worried.

“If you shatter this cauldron, I’ll obliterate your form and spirit.” Jiang Chuan’s expression turned cold as he overlooked Ye Fan, an invisible murderous intent surging around him.

“Then let us perish together like jade and stone!” Ye Fan sneered.

In truth, he was seeking a way to retreat. Mastering the movement technique, he could naturally evade the current perilous situation. His only concern was that this was within the Jiang Clan, making escape quite troublesome.

“How dare you!” Jiang Chuan shouted, truly afraid Ye Fan would shatter the cauldron and disperse all the Origin Qi. He thrust out a large hand to strike forward.

“Old Thirteen, you’ve really become more capable! What’s the point of showing off your might against a junior? Let me test your strength,” Jiang Hi called out loudly.

BANG!

His right forearm glowed as a cyan aura diffused from it. His palm and fingers quivered together as he thrust his hand print into the air, clashing with Jiang Chuan’s large hand and producing a muffled sound.

“Let’s retreat first. We’ll bypass this corner of Great Emperor Hengyu’s Array Patterns and find another place to traverse the void,” Li Heishui said.

The Origin Qi Cauldron was now in hand, so it was no longer necessary to stay. Otherwise, it would become increasingly dangerous. They had to break out soon.

“Tingting, come with us,” Ye Fan said, not wanting her to remain any longer.

“Grandpa is still here,” Tingting said, her heart filled with apprehension.

The pitiful little girl looked up, shaking Tingting’s arm. “Big sister, come with us.”

“They wouldn’t dare do anything to the old man. Actually, it’s fine for Tingting to stay; no one would dare bully her now,” Jiang Huairen said.

Ye Fan wanted to take her away, not because he was concerned for her immediate safety, but because he wanted to use the Undying Divine Medicine to completely heal her Taiyin Body.

However, a top sovereign had already locked onto them. Jiang Yichen’s grandfather, Jiang Rui, shot two golden lines of light from his eyes, watching their every move.

“Sixth Brother, must you really do this?” The Ninth Elder of the Jiang Family stepped forward, blocking his gaze.

“Old Ninth, what you’re doing is useless. The ancestor’s Emperor Pattern has already been laid down. They can’t leave. Anyone else could also seal this place,” Jiang Rui said, shaking his head.

“None of you can leave!” Jiang Yichen heckled.

“Damn it! Didn’t I smash your mouth earlier? Haven’t you learned your lesson?” Jiang Huairen retorted.

“You…” Jiang Yichen’s expression changed repeatedly, but he dared not utter anything offensive. He was truly terrified of that fearsome ancestor, who had slapped him senseless. Even his own grandfather hadn’t intervened.

Thirteenth Uncle of the Jiang Clan was also very powerful. However, even if he truly managed to capture this fearsome ancestor, he wouldn’t dare harm him; he would still have to let him go.

“What ‘you’? Call me ‘Little Uncle’! Don’t be disrespectful,” Jiang Huairen rebuked.

Jiang Yichen had never felt so aggrieved. He had been smacked dumb by elder and ancestor alike, yet he couldn’t retort. He was so furious he felt like smashing his head against the ground.

Jiang Yichen’s paternal eldest uncle, the gray-haired middle-aged man, invited several elders to continue overseeing Great Emperor Hengyu’s Array Patterns, hindering Ye Fan and the others from leaving.

The Black Emperor raged, saying, “Damn it! When this Emperor roamed the world in the past, who dared to block my path? Today, I’ll let you witness my methods!”

The Black Emperor stood upright on its hind legs, its two large paws more dexterous than human hands, wildly carving into the void. Sweat gushed from its forehead like a spring; it seemed to be exerting immense effort.

Its mastery of Dao Glyphs was extraordinarily profound, and few could match it. Yet, it appeared so strained, one could only imagine how terrifying the Divine Symbols it carved were.

BOOM!

In just a moment, an aura of slaughter surged skyward. It was like great Flood Dragons obliterating the firmament, as fierce baleful air pierced people’s very souls. Murderous intent filled the universe, shaking all ten directions.

Everyone was alarmed. This was a killing array. Though only a corner, it seemed capable of destroying the world; its slaughterous aura cut deep, scraping at one’s very Divine Soul.

“This is a corner of an ancient Great Emperor’s killing array!”

In the distance, the two golden lines of light shooting from Jiang Rui’s eyes became even more dazzling. Threads of his vital essence and Qi shot out from the surface of his body; his Essence, Qi, and Spirit had all materialized.

Many cried out in surprise, finding it deeply unexpected. What was the origin of this big dog? It actually commanded two different Great Emperor Array Patterns! This was terrifying.

Beginless Killing Array!

In its haste, the Black Emperor had only managed to lay out a small corner of the array, meticulously copying a small portion of a treasured, incomplete map it possessed.

Even so, thunder rolled and killing intent soared to the heavens, as if an unparalleled master of slaughter had descended upon the world!

The Black Emperor nearly collapsed, weakly sprawled on the Chessboard Array Patterns, and bellowed, “Damn it! If you have the guts, try and stop me again!”

“Ancestor Uncles, you must find a way! We cannot let them leave,” the gray-haired middle-aged man said with a frown.

“Trying to compete with me in Array Patterns? You’re all still too inexperienced! If you have the skill, then figure out how to break this First Killing Array under Heaven!” The Black Emperor took a large gulp of Divine Spring and finally recovered.

“Can we really traverse the void now?” Li Heishui asked.

“Anytime! With the Array Patterns of two Great Emperors set up, who can stop us?” The Black Emperor was incredibly proud.

“Damn it, you can’t leave! Bring out the ancestor’s killing array and suppress them,” Jiang Yichen suggested, but an old man glared at him fiercely.

“The Divine King showed me great kindness, which I will never forget. I will surely repay this favor in the future.” Ye Fan sent a voice transmission, then swept his gaze over some people in the crowd, adding, “However, if anyone intends to harm me, I will not hesitate to strike back.”

“Don’t be so smug! You might not be able to leave!” Jiang Yichen glared at him with hatred.

“Jiang Yichen, you’d better stay put within the Jiang Clan! Otherwise, if I ever catch you outside, I’ll find a latrine and suppress you in it for a thousand years!” Ye Fan shouted.

“Damn, I like that idea!” the Black Emperor howled.

Li Heishui and the others also burst into laughter, all mocking him, saying that if Jiang Yichen ever dared to show his face, they would definitely capture him.

“Just you wait!” Jiang Yichen snarled, glaring fiercely at them.

Ye Fan said seriously, “What I said is no empty threat. You’d best watch yourself!”

“You… Fine, fine, fine!” Jiang Yichen, the gray-haired middle-aged man, and others all had cold, gloomy expressions.

At this moment, the battle between Jiang Hi and Jiang Chuan reached a white-hot intensity, and a victor was about to be decided, when an aged voice resonated from afar, “Born from the same root, why quarrel so fiercely?”

The expressions of many people changed. The Old Ancestor of the Jiang Family had arrived! He was a living fossil nearing his end, with an astonishingly high seniority!

“All of you, stop this instant!” the ancient voice shouted once again.

Jiang Hi and Jiang Chuan both halted their fight. They seemed to hold great respect for this old man and were unwilling to anger him.

“Return the Origin Qi Cauldron to them and let them leave. Tingting, my dear girl, you will stay by my side from now on.” The Jiang Family’s living fossil issued this command.

In a sense, his words carried more weight than even those of the Peacock King; no one dared to disobey.

“Old Ancestor, I will take Tingting away for a few days first, and then I will bring her to your side,” Jiang Hi suddenly spoke. This was because he had heard his grandson’s voice transmission about needing to leave to treat Tingting’s Taiyin Body with divine medicine.

“Alright.” The living fossil did not appear; only his voice echoed.

“Let’s go!”

The Black Emperor felt uneasy and was unwilling to tarry. The Jiang Clan had produced Great Emperors before and surely possessed other extraordinary Array Patterns. It feared this living fossil might deploy them.

WHOOSH!

The damaged Great Emperor Array Patterns shimmered and faded. With a flash of light, they vanished from their original spot. Before they departed, a tender voice, filled with worry, was heard:

“Doggy, you won’t get us lost, will you?”

“Don’t worry…” By the time the Black Emperor’s words echoed out, they were already an unknown number of tens of thousands of miles away.

A flash of brilliance, and they appeared on a vast, endless prairie. The sunset stained the sky like blood, wolves howled in the distance, and the land stretched out desolate and remote.

Could we have ended up in the Northern Plains? Their hearts pounded; they had long since learned their lesson about this unreliable dog.

The Black Emperor felt a pang of guilt and said, “It couldn’t be that coincidental, could it?”

Eventually, they confirmed their position: they had arrived at the border of the Northern Region, just shy of entering the Northern Plains.

“Damn dog! You’re not allowed to mess with those Chessboard Array Patterns again! Carve a different Array Map to take us back, or I’d rather die than go with you!”

Only when they returned to a verdant oasis in the Northern Region did they finally breathe a sigh of relief.

Ye Fan took out several sacred fruits and handed them to Tingting. He also gave her a bottle of Divine Spring and finally placed the Dragon Pattern Black Gold Sacred Spirit Sword in her hands as a gift.

“Big Brother…”

“Go. In the future, your Taiyin Body will be the Source of your rapid advancement, no longer a shackle,” Ye Fan smiled.

Ultimately, Jiang Hi took Tingting away. The little girl kept turning back every few steps, deeply reluctant to leave, departing with tears in her eyes.

“Big Sister, take care!” the pitiful little girl cried out, standing on a large green stone and waving her small hand.

The Yaochi Grand Gathering was about to begin. The Northern Region was in turmoil, and it was uncertain just how many people had arrived.

Several ancient families renowned for their Source Technique, including the lineage of the Source King that had been hidden for years, were invited. The people of Jade Lake welcomed them into the Pure Land. This clearly highlighted the great importance of several Ancient Stone Kings!

Even though Ye Fan was millions of miles away, people from Jade Lake sought him out and invited him, insisting he make a trip to enter Jade Lake.

Several days later, another piece of news spread: the Origin Qi Cauldron was back in Ye Fan’s possession! This caused a huge sensation, and many people’s eyes turned red with envy.

“Kid, your opportunity has arrived,” the Black Emperor chuckled sinisterly.

“What opportunity?” Ye Fan asked.

“Naturally, it’s the chance to become an enemy to the entire world and slay all the so-called kings!”

“It must have been Jiang Yichen and his cronies who spread this! We’ll go catch him and suppress him in a latrine for a thousand years!” Li Heishui declared.

“We must catch him!” Liu Kao agreed with a nod.

At the same time, the Slaying Saint Alliance surfaced, with various Saint Heirs looming among them. A massive storm was approaching!

Is the era of being an enemy to the entire world truly approaching? Ye Fan felt immense pressure, but his gaze soon calmed. Battle intent surged through his heart, reaching for the heavens!