Celestial Dragon Sword Venerable-Chapter 221: Devouring the Sacred Artifact

"Ask her? You should be asking her how much of a beast Ye Tianling is."

Que De saw right through the problem and pointed it out grumpily.

"Uhh—"

The expression on Wan Jimie’s old face became a sight to behold. He was both indignant and worried, yet he couldn’t bring himself to lash out.

"Cough cough, I’m out now. Sorry to keep you waiting."

The Blood-Colored Crescent Secret Realm had finally shattered.

Then, Ye Tianling appeared as a streak of Spirit Light, flying in from the distance. In the void, he transformed into a handsome young man clad in elegant, white Battle Armor.

"Good, you’re out. Let’s move, we’re short on time. First, we’re going to the Demon Soul Cave beneath the desolate tombs of Forbidden Moon Mountain to get the Sacred Artifact, the Heaven-Slaying Demon Slayer Sword."

Que De said at once.

As he spoke, he casually glanced at Ye Tianling.

That one glance made him stagger and cough up a mouthful of blood.

"Damn it! You... you brat! You performed Harmonization Dao with two Fairies and you’re still only at the Half-step Sword Spirit Realm? Son of a bitch!"

Que De was on the verge of a breakdown.

"Uhh—he’s really still at the Half-step Sword Spirit Realm? No progress at all?"

Wan Jimie was also stunned, completely dumbfounded.

Then, he shot an extremely suspicious look at Ancient Fairy. ’So, *this* is what you meant? Your Master’s transformation activated his Divine Blood?’

’Activated his Divine Blood, my ass!’

"What damn good is a Realm?"

Ye Tianling shot back.

"Right, a Realm is damn useless, but you have to actually have a high Realm to say that and sound cool! You don’t even have... Ugh, forget it. When the time comes, just stay hidden and watch us work. Uncle Tianling, I guess we’re just stuck being the good guys to the very end!"

Que De was helpless, feeling thoroughly jinxed.

He had been counting on Ye Tianling to unleash that powerful strike—the one capable of killing Long Tianxiao—at the critical moment to help him with a certain plan!

Now, it looked like the plan was ruined.

"Don’t be so down. Who knows, maybe you’ll be the ones hiding and watching me do all the work."

Ye Tianling chuckled.

"Laughing? What the hell are you laughing at? How can you be in the mood to laugh right now? Do you have any idea how terrible the Qingzhuo Saintess’s situation is? Do you know how bad things are for those two girls, Tianyu and Tianmo?"

Que De said irritably.

If Ye Tianling were Que Xinyan, he would have beaten him down and shoved him into a latrine pit to knock some sense into him.

But Ye Tianling was Ye Tianling. He was the Qingzhuo Saintess’s son, Fairy’s Master, and the older brother of those two Little Fairies, Tianyu and Tianmo...

"Look, Que De, of course I know all that. Aren’t we on our way to fix things right now? But watch your mouth. Don’t you dare bring my sister into it. She’s off-limits. Believe it or not, I’ll beat the hell out of you, you stinking old rat!"

Ye Tianling was getting a little unhappy.

"Alright, let’s just go. The Array is at the Myriad Swords Sect, and we’re heading to Forbidden Moon Mountain. We’ll just traverse the void directly. I’ll lead. Brat, can you handle it? Be careful the Void Power doesn’t rip your physical body apart!"

Wan Jimie snorted.

He was also very displeased. Yuchan Fairy of the Sword Tribulation Realm had served as Ye Tianling’s Tripod Cauldron, and Ye Yueling, with her Celestial Spirit Sword Body, had achieved Yin Yang Balance with him, yet Ye Tianling’s Realm hadn’t even reached Void Breaker?

Wan Jimie was starting to suspect that Ye Tianling was truly trash.

But he didn’t actually say any of this. He figured that Ye Tianling might have been too deeply wounded after the Soul Slash. So, despite the sour feeling in his heart, he could only bottle it up and say nothing more.

"A bit of Void Power? That’s nothing. Let’s go."

Ye Tianling chuckled, unconcerned.

"You’re still acting so arrogant, brat."

Wan Jimie was so mad he felt like steam was about to come out of his ears.

Nevertheless, he used his Void Power to activate the Void Array Disc, opening a ripple in the void.

The ripple spread out like a sapphire-blue halo, as if tearing an opening in space.

Hazy, sapphire Flowing Light shimmered and pulsed within, like a Spiritual tide.

"Go on in. Be careful. We need to start communicating with the Sacred Artifact. That thing is a real ancestor—hard to negotiate with and incredibly arrogant."

Wan Jimie added.

Despite his words, he still released a strand of blood-red Asura Power to envelop and protect Ye Tianling.

"What Sacred Artifact? So full of itself? If it doesn’t listen, I’ll have my Divine Soldier devour it."

Ye Tianling said directly.

"PFFT—"

Wan Jimie and Que De both staggered, nearly falling from the sky.

"You can say that now, but don’t you dare act so presumptuously later! Otherwise, the Sacred Artifact will cripple us before we even get a chance to act. The might of the Holy Dao is not to be profaned."

Que De warned seriously.

"He’s right, Ye Tianling. This is a matter of grave importance, you can’t be careless. We paid a heavy price for this opportunity. Wan Xuegui and Que Xinyan exhausted a massive amount of their Essence Blood just to summon us back. Things are not looking good.

You better not let their sacrifices be in vain!"

Wan Jimie said in a deep voice.

He was rather displeased with Ye Tianling’s arrogance, but considering Ye Tianling was once the Divine Child, such a rebellious streak was to be expected. In the end, he said nothing more.

His tone, however, was extremely grave.

"Fine. I’m actually telling the truth, but you refuse to believe me. Never mind. We’ll see what happens in a moment. I know your intentions are good. I trust your abilities, so you should trust mine as well."

Ye Tianling also said seriously.

With that, before Wan Jimie and Que De could reply, he took the initiative and stepped into the Void Gate.

"WENG—"

Ye Tianling’s figure was quickly devoured, disappearing from sight.

"Wow—Master is so handsome! So cool! He’s killing me! I want to hug him and kiss him so bad! Waaah, Master, wait for your Fairy!"

The moment Ye Tianling disappeared, Ancient Fairy snapped out of her lovestruck daze. Blushing furiously, she followed with a SWOOSH, completely unconcerned about the supposed tearing force of the void.

"Uhh—they just went in like that? Do they think the Void Gate’s Void Power is just for show? They really won’t shed a tear until they’re staring at their own coffins!"

Que De fumed, then stepped into the void to chase after them.

Wan Jimie also followed immediately.

The two had just entered the Forbidden Moon Mountain region when they saw Ye Tianling already standing on the desolate burial grounds, bellowing, "Heaven-Slaying Demon Slayer Sword, come out and kneel! Your Grandmaster Emperor Sword is here! Obey me and serve me well, and I just might not devour you.

Otherwise, your grandpa here will put you through Refinement and turn you into dust!"

Sensing the excited, trembling ’longing’ from his Xuanyuan Celestial Evil Sword, Ye Tianling instantly understood that it desperately wanted to devour the Heaven-Slaying Demon Slayer Sword. So, he didn’t hold back and started making a racket.

But Wan Jimie and Que De had no idea!

"Wow—Master is so handsome! He even dares to provoke the Sacred Artifact and Holy Soul of the Heaven-Slaying Demon Slayer Sword!"

Ancient Fairy’s IQ had completely dropped to zero. She felt that as long as she was with her Master, she didn’t need a brain anyway, because his every move was just that captivating.

Wan Jimie and Que De’s faces turned green. The two of them nearly pissed themselves in terror.

Even though they were both around the Half-step Sword Saint Realm, they were nothing compared to a true, peerless Sacred Artifact and its Holy Soul. There was simply no comparison.

"We’re done for!"

"It’s over!"

The two of them were instantly terrified. Exchanging helpless glances, not knowing whether to laugh or cry, they prepared to fly down, kneel before the desolate burial grounds, and beg for mercy on Ye Tianling’s behalf.

But just then, a young man in white suddenly flew out from the burial grounds. He knelt before Ye Tianling with the utmost respect and began to kowtow.

"Greetings, Grandfather. This grandson, Yue Lintian, the Heaven-Slaying Sword Soul, pays his respects to Grandfather."

The transformed Heaven-Slaying Demon Slayer Sword kowtowed with utmost reverence, performing the grand rite of three kneelings and nine prostrations.