Celestial Dragon Sword Venerable-Chapter 225: Ye Tianling is Very Strong

"This... he’s this strong?"

At this moment, even a being like Wan Jimie, who had lived for countless years, couldn’t help but gasp.

He was truly shocked.

He knew the Ancient Divine Body was outrageously powerful, but he had grown familiar with Ye Tianling. Despite all the commotion Ye Tianling had caused, his stinking reputation and other messy affairs had given Wan Jimie the wrong impression—’This little brat is nothing special. What’s so amazing about him?’

Only now did he realize he had been too close to see the truth.

Think about it: it had only been half a year since Ye Tianling’s true rise to prominence.

In half a year, what had Ye Tianling accomplished?

While at an extremely low Realm, he withstood Ye Cangqian’s crushing attack, surviving even when his soul was shattered.

He had escaped unscathed from multiple pursuit attempts by powerful assassins from Blood Killing Heaven.

While he was unbelievably weak, he had performed Absorption on Ouyang Ruoxue, the future peerless Saintess of the Returning Butterfly Lineage, and simultaneously managed to kill Guan Tianya in a counterattack—a man who was incomparably powerful to him back then!

He even managed to kill Long Tianxiao—the Cyan Dragon Race’s original First Saint Son—while being besieged by both Granny Qinglian and Long Tianxiao himself!

Was Long Tianxiao strong?

Of course, he was. His fortuitous encounters were heaven-defying, his Qi Fortune world-shaking!

And yet, he was still decisively suppressed and killed in an instant!

What a world-shaking feat that was!

If that didn’t count, chalked up to a single strike fueled by burning Divine Blood, then what about his subsequent battle with Xia Xinyan, the Candidate Saintess of Blood Killing Heaven? She was utterly defeated.

Granted, Xia Xinyan was only at the Void Realm.

But what about Ye Tianling? He was only at the Sword Soul Realm at the time!

Most terrifying of all, when facing Long Fengyang, Ye Tianling had survived a Soul Slash and remained free and easy to this day!

Judging by his previous condition, did he look injured at all?

...

Piecing together all this information and analyzing it from an outsider’s perspective, Wan Jimie finally saw the terrifying depth of Ye Tianling’s foundation.

Following that train of thought, Wan Jimie also realized that Long Fengyang’s public announcement—adopting Long Cangqian as his son, giving him Long Tianyu and Long Tianmo to use as Void Body Tripod Cauldrons, and simultaneously bestowing Ye Yueling and Lin Yuchan upon him for Yin Yang Harmony and further Absorption... it was all probably a trap, laid and waiting for Ye Tianling to walk right into it.

Long Fengyang had clearly realized that if Ye Tianling wasn’t killed, he would one day become a truly world-shaking existence!

So, why hadn’t Long Fengyang just killed Ye Tianling outright before?

And why didn’t Duan Jiutian—the man by Long Fengyang’s side who cultivates the righteous path of the "Purple Qi from the East"—stop him?

More questions surfaced in Wan Jimie’s mind.

This train of thought took nearly a hundred breaths of time.

During this time, Yue Lintian had been continuously discussing the heaven-defying nature of the Eight Ancient Divine Bodies.

Que De shared some of Wan Jimie’s thoughts, but they weren’t as comprehensive.

However, Wan Jimie didn’t hide anything. After a moment of thought, he voiced some of his speculations regarding Long Fengyang.

Yue Lintian offered no opinion—though he was the strongest here, it wasn’t his place to speak.

Gu Xian’er said nothing either. Her gaze remained fixed on Ye Tianling; she would unconditionally support any decision he made.

"In that case, it would be best if we don’t go."

Que De mused, ready to abandon the plan.

Although the consequences would be dire, he reasoned that where there’s life, there’s hope.

"Why shouldn’t we go? You’ve already spread the word. If I don’t show up, how much face would I lose? Besides, do you really think we’re the weak ones?"

Ye Tianling said lightly.

His tone was filled with an unimaginable degree of confidence.

He had never been in better condition.

The Yin Yang Harmony had restored his foundation to its peak. His Samadhi True Fire Celestial Dragon Sword Spirit was only seventy percent condensed, but what was Samadhi True Fire?

It was a terrifying Flame, capable of the Refinement of a Sword Tribulation and incinerating the very Void.

Combined with his Battle Power from Breaking Nine Forbidden, although he was only at the Half-step Sword Spirit Realm, it would be no exaggeration to say he had stepped into the Sixth Change of Sword Void Realm.

Whether it was his Extreme Cold Spirit Sword, which he could now wield at will, or Yue Lintian, this Holy Sword Holy Soul, slaying Void Realm Cultivators would be as easy as slicing vegetables for Ye Tianling.

This was because Ye Tianling had already achieved Transcendence beyond the Three Realms and Five Elements, unshackled by the rules of this World.

Having no limitations from his Realm meant he could fight infinitely above his level—as long as he could endlessly stack the Battle Power from his Dragon Blood and Dragon Soul.

Combining his Demon Heart Sword Body, the Xuanyuan Celestial Evil Sword, and Yue Lintian, this Holy Soul Holy Sword—if he couldn’t even take down the measly Cyan Dragon Race, then what was the point of his Cultivation?

Ye Tianling’s calm words sent a jolt through both Wan Jimie and Que De.

That’s right. Ye Tianling was probably no longer weak. Otherwise, how could he have forced Long Fengyang to retreat before?

"Then... just how strong are you?"

Que De couldn’t help but ask.

This was the very question Wan Jimie wanted to ask as well.

"Is Yue Lintian strong?"

Ye Tianling countered with a question.

Que De and Wan Jimie shuddered, only then remembering that the Holy Soul was still kneeling.

"Strong. Of course he’s strong! A single wisp of his Holy Dao will is enough to render us helpless!"

Que De and Wan Jimie admitted readily.

"Oh, he’s that strong, is he? And yet, it would only take a single thought for me to kill him."

Ye Tianling said lightly.

His tone was light, but exceptionally firm.

"A single... thought? Y-y-you’re not joking, are you?"

Wan Jimie gasped, nearly soiling himself in fright.

Que De’s eyes widened even further, glowing like a pair of lanterns.

"Grandmaster Emperor Sword isn’t lying. He really has been wanting to kill... me. This humble one has been absolutely terrified."

Yue Lintian stated his fear with great frankness.

Sure enough, he knew that Ye Tianling wanted to kill him and was looking for any excuse to do so, which explained his current honesty.

"..."

Que De and Wan Jimie exchanged a look, the shock in their eyes impossible to conceal.

It was true!

Que De and Wan Jimie wouldn’t have believed it from anyone else, but Yue Lintian was the exception.

Recalling Yue Lintian’s subservient demeanor and his shameless fawning, the two of them finally and completely understood.

"Has the Divine Blood completely awakened?"

Wan Jimie was incredibly excited.

The glow in Que De’s eyes intensified, making them shine like two luminous pearls in the dark.

"Divine Blood? Completely awakened? Of course not."

Ye Tianling’s answer allowed Que De and Wan Jimie to breathe a sigh of relief.

They weren’t disappointed; on the contrary, they were gratified. ’This must mean a portion of his Divine Blood has awakened,’ they thought.

If even a portion was this powerful, his future would be truly heaven-defying.

Just as they were thinking this, they heard Ye Tianling continue, "My body was originally pure Divine Blood. Unfortunately, that trash bloodline from Long Fengyang rendered my own impure, so I simply severed his garbage bloodline and worthless Dragon Soul. Only then did my Divine Blood regain its purity, and my strength began to grow again.

"Right now, I could probably pull off the kind of attack that killed Long Tianxiao three times with ease. And as for the power it took to defeat Long Fengyang, I could manage that ten times over without difficulty.

"So this time, unless they can find a few dozen Half-step Holy Dao experts, they should just prepare to be slaughtered by me!"

"You—you completed the Refinement of the Blood Moon Secret Realm’s terrifying Dao Marks? You can wield them as your own?"

A bloody glint flashed in Wan Jimie’s eyes as he instantly connected the dots, exclaiming in shock.

"That’s right. They are completely under my control. If you could provide another eight or ten such Blood Moon Secret Realms for me to squander as an energy reserve, I’m confident I could slaughter my way through all Four Great Dragon Clans!"

Ye Tianling was speaking the truth; this was no empty boast!

After all, with the foundation of his Demon Heart Sword Body, combined with the Xuanyuan Celestial Evil Sword’s Celestial Evil Heaven-Breaking Annihilation Dao, he could endlessly use his Divine Artifact’s trump card as long as there were plenty of usable Blood Moon Secret Realms.

This was equivalent to being able to unleash the Slaughter Divine Dao without end.

With a method capable of slaughtering Divine Spirits, what would be so difficult about cutting a path of slaughter through the Four Great Dragon Clans?