Celestial Dragon Sword Venerable-Chapter 235: A Gathering of Prodigies, Contention for the Great Dao
"Brother Fengyang is adopting a son, and an adopted son who is the Celestial Mandate Divine Son, no less. This is a major event, so of course, I had to come."
The various phenomena in the void disappeared. A young man with white hair and white robes, his face as handsome as jade, gave a simple cupped-fist salute, his tone calm.
"That’s... the Qitian Dao Saint Master... He’s the most outstanding Saint Master of the Space-Time Dao! The Space-Time Ancestral Land’s lineage was once in decline, its teachings incomplete. This Saint Master rose from a humble, destitute background and achieved the Half-step Holy Dao Realm in three thousand years. It was a world-shaking feat, a talent that astounds the ages."
"To take ’Celestial Dao’ as his name and still live so freely... his destiny must truly crush the Celestial Dao itself. How terrifying."
"The Space-Time Ancestral Land is now not far from being renamed the ’Space-Time Sacred Land’."
"The two Saint Sons of Space-Time possess talent that astounds the ages!"
The crowd murmured amongst themselves.
Down in the crowd, Ye Tianling watched from a distance, his heart filled with shock.
VMMMM—
In the distance, another streak of light shot over.
"That’s the Saint Son of the Jiuli Sacred Land, Li Jiuchu! It’s said his ancestors were of the Outer Demon Clan and that he possesses a Divine-Demonic Bloodline, making him tyrannical and invincible."
"I can’t believe even Saint Son Jiuchu came."
"Look—"
"Those are the Saintesses from the Jade Pool Sacred Land! There are so many of them... are all thirteen Saintesses here? Are they planning to win over the Dragon Race’s Cangqian Divine Son?"
"The Returning Butterfly Sacred Land sent nine Saintesses and Candidate Saintesses as well. Their beauty is truly world-shaking, enough to topple nations."
"The Young Master of the Wind and Fire Sacred Land is here too! He’s known as the ’Tianhong Saint Son.’ He’s so charismatic! The divine radiance of wind and fire evolves within his eyes. His talent is breathtaking!"
"The Saint Son of the Immortal Sacred Land, Qin Xingyu! He’s the only Saint Son to have cultivated the Immortal Reincarnation Scripture to the Great Success stage ahead of schedule! He’s terrifying! Almost no one in this generation can contend with him! The weakest tribulation he faces is a Seven-Star Celestial Tribulation!"
"The ’Tianchen Saint Son’ and ’Saintess Tianqing’ from the Holy Heaven Ancestral Land have both arrived. They possess the Celestial Sword Divine Body from the Ancient Era! While it’s not one of the Eight Ancient Divine Bodies, it’s still world-shockingly unparalleled!"
"From the Elemental Magnetic Ancestral Land, Sword of No Name! He’s the most low-key of the Unparalleled Saint Sons! It’s said his Slaughter Technique is peerless; when his sword is drawn, someone is certain to die. He has even slain a Half-step Sword Saint!"
"From Heaven-Sundering Sacred Land, Saint Son Li Xuyao and Saintess Li Xuting..."
"The Celestial Blood Ancient Clan, a mutated branch of the Dragon Race. That’s Xiao Hu, the Saint Son! Rumor has it he’s extremely brutal and ferocious by nature, one who loves leisure and loathes work. But his battle power is already approaching the Near Nine Forbidden level! His cultivation of the Ancient Divine Dragon Technique has reached a profound level of mastery, allowing him to condense Divinity. He’s on the verge of proving his Dao and becoming a Sword Ancestor! He’s one of the most terrifying Saint Sons and Saintesses of this generation, as famous as Saintess Long Tianyu!"
...
The crowd gasped in amazement from time to time.
Beside Ye Tianling, the Holy Sword Yue Lintian, which he carried on his back, also grew grave.
’This time, Long Fengyang has sealed this area, so we can’t split up. Young Master, every single person who has come today is a world-shaking figure.’
Yue Lintian sent a mental message.
’I know. It doesn’t matter. Let’s go.’
Ye Tianling kept his Soul Talent active the entire time.
Whenever the crowd gasped in shock, or when certain cultivators showed expressions of near-fanatical worship, Ye Tianling would commit their information to memory and maintain a sense of vigilance.
’These Saint Sons and Saintesses... Every one of them gives me an extreme sense of danger. In other words, I’m afraid all of them have trump cards and methods that could defeat me.’
But Ye Tianling was not afraid.
’Coming here has made me realize that I’ve truly lived all these previous years in vain.’
The oldest among these handsome and talented young men and women was no more than thirty.
The youngest was not even thirteen years old!
But the vast majority of these cultivators were at the Sword Tribulation Sixth Refining, Seven Refinements, or even the Sword Tribulation Ninth Refining Realm.
A realm like that left Ye Tianling’s paltry Half-step Sword Spirit Realm in the dust by an unimaginable distance.
’These are the geniuses of this era, and this is only a fraction of them. After all, the Cyan Dragon Race is only holding an adoption ceremony; it’s not like they could gather all the geniuses in the world.’
Even so, Ye Tianling was still utterly shaken.
’These prodigies are so strong. If we were from the same era, we would be no match for them at all. We couldn’t even last a single exchange.’
Within the internal space of the Holy Sword, Que De and Wan Jimie lamented to themselves.
Both Que De and Wan Jimie were beings who had managed to cultivate to the Half-step Holy Dao Realm, which was enough to prove how breathtaking their own talents were.
And yet... they had reached this conclusion just from sensing the geniuses present.
This only went to show that these Saint Sons and Saintesses were truly, truly strong.
’Back then, Xia Xinyan was only a Candidate Saintess, and our battle nearly turned the heavens upside down... These people have gathered the Qi Fortune of the entire era. They are hard to cut down and difficult to kill... I wonder what gives Long Cangqian the confidence to accept the title of the Cyan Dragon Race’s number one Divine Son in front of all of them!’
Ye Tianling thought to himself.
Seeing over a hundred of these major figures appear, Ye Tianling was, on the contrary, in no hurry to make a move.
’None of these people are simple. This time, don’t stir up any unnecessary trouble.’
The Little Dragon Girl also reminded him in his mind.
’Mm. If they don’t provoke me, I naturally won’t start anything. But if they mess with me, I don’t care if they’re a Saint Son, Divine Son, Saintess, or Goddess—I’ll kill every last one of them!’
Ye Tianling’s heroic spirit was stirred by the atmosphere, and his blood began to boil with passion.
The Little Dragon Girl was utterly speechless, but she didn’t say anything more.
"Someone from Blood Killing Heaven is here! It’s Xia Yanran! Look, she’s so beautiful! Even though she’s wearing a blood-red veil, she’s so captivating."
"Saintess Yanran is being groomed by Blood Killing Heaven to become a Goddess! To think she came here for the Celestial Mandate Divine Son, Long Cangqian. Is she hoping to become his Dao companion?"
"Most likely. With such a powerful union, their paths as a Divine Son and Goddess would be much smoother, and their futures brighter!"
...
The discussions continued without end.
Ye Tianling witnessed one so-called Saint Son and Saintess after another. Each was indeed brilliant and stunning, full of spiritual grace and unique charm. They were in harmony with the Great Dao, cloaked in a Dao Rhyme Radiance that shone with boundless light.
The men were as handsome as jade, their divine looks peerless, their demeanor carefree and unrestrained, their charm invincible. The women were ethereally beautiful, with Ice Skin and Jade Bone, their youthful grace unparalleled, their figures like those of celestial fairies...
Ye Tianling was deeply moved.
Ever since that group of Saint Sons, Saintesses, and Saint Masters had appeared, the sky had not known a moment of peace.
The Dao Sound of dragon roars shook the nine heavens.
Immortal cranes on spiritual clouds traversed the four seas.
Cloudy trees wound ’round sandy shores, while Dao Rhyme shook the celestial courts.
Upon the magnificent Cyan Dragon Ancient Dao Field, the many prodigies began to descend one by one.
The scene gradually quieted down.
VMMMM—
Suddenly, from the distance, an ocean of blood-colored divine energy swept across heaven and earth.
Everyone’s expression changed instantly.
"He’s here! It’s the Taotie Divine Son, the central genius of this event, the Celestial Mandate Divine Son Long Cangqian!"
A group of geniuses from the Dragon Race cried out in alarm.
His Fiery Sun Sword Body had transformed, and the Fiery Sun Battle Dragon Dragon Soul had been completely condensed.
Duan Qianji had given up control over the bloodline and talent he had received from Ye Fengyang, relinquishing them all.
And after Ye Cangqian’s own original bloodline was transformed through a secret technique—and after several Dragon Girls of the Dragon Race were used for Absorption and sacrificed—Ye Cangqian condensed the Taotie War Dragon Dragon Soul!
He had devoured most of Ye Fengyang’s original bloodline, which was equivalent to now possessing half of Long Fengyang’s bloodline.
That was why the Dragon Race had no objections to Long Fengyang accepting him as an adopted son!
And even without the Dragon Race’s bloodline and talent, his terrifying Taotie Divine Blood, his Celestial Forbidden Talent, and his destiny as the Celestial Mandate Divine Son were enough to make anyone hold their tongue.
