Chapter 141: Escape

A massive light screen unfurled.

The many techniques prepared by the Eternal Teachings Sect were not deployed—because their objective had shifted. It was no longer Chu Ling.

It was now—Bai Qiulan!

They hadn’t expected such a surprise.

Chu Ling had already been beaten to this state, and Lu Ye still hadn’t shown up. That meant Chu Ling held no value. But what if his master were captured?

Whether in terms of emotional ties or worldly moral standards, he had to act if it was his master.

If he didn’t, then the label of cold-hearted ingrate would be slapped firmly onto Lu Ye. No one would care about whatever past grievances or entanglements there were between him and his master. People would only remember one thing: that Lu Ye had the power to save his master and chose to let her die.

Sometimes, public opinion was a sharp and deadly blade.

Enough of it could even cause a cultivator to develop inner demons.

Demons excluded...

Lu Ye had indeed killed many, but he had treated the Grand Dao Sect well. He shouldn’t be a demon.

The Supreme Sword Sect also gave up on chasing Chu Ling.

Partly because Shangguan Huanling had moved far too fast, and partly because Lu Ye’s master had now made a move. They really couldn’t make a judgment anymore.

The blood-red light shattered the light screen in an instant and vanished toward the edge of the world.

Demonic Blood Escape—the ultimate escape technique.

As long as one burned enough essence—one’s original life source—it could burst forth with terrifying speed. Most cultivators wouldn’t be able to catch up.

Only now, only Bai Qiulan remained on the field.

Bai Qiulan was in the first layer of the Tribulation Crossing Realm.

Luckily so. Otherwise, even the Chaotic Supreme Yin Divine Body would have been blasted apart.

But now—

“Tài Yīn Illusory World!”

In a flash, terrifying Supreme Yin energy spread across the sky, forming an enormous technique that blanketed the heavens.

Streaks of Supreme Yin divine lightning burst from the spell, beams of light scattering in every direction—

Together weaving an apocalyptic scene.

A Tribulation Crossing expert from the Eternal Teachings Sect collided with the spell, and the bone-deep cold caused their aura to plummet sharply.

Their souls, their Nascent Souls—it felt like they were all undergoing tribulation.

Even so, divine techniques burst forth one after another and finally tore open the spell. A bronze cauldron, mottled with the wear of countless ages, was hurled toward Bai Qiulan.

“Crack crack crack...”

The bronze cauldron was instantly frozen mid-air.

Sword qi soared skyward.

A giant fist mark howled down from above.

“Supreme Yin Freezes All!”

The Chaotic Supreme Yin Divine Body was simply too overpowering. All attacks froze a full thousand meters away from Bai Qiulan’s body, unable to get any closer.

Around her was like an absolute domain—

Invulnerable to all laws. Nothing could approach.

Seeing that Chu Ling had been rescued, Bai Qiulan prepared to retreat.

“Stay behind!”

A ninth-layer Tribulation Crossing powerhouse made a full-powered strike, palm crashing down.

“Eternal Palm of Undying Ages!”

With this strike, countless phantom palms seemed to be summoned from the river of time itself, merging into one overwhelming blow.

“Boom!”

The palm print crashed through to within ten meters of Bai Qiulan.

“Puh!”

Bai Qiulan coughed up a mouthful of blood.

In the next second, a sigil descended—like a fragment of the world's foundation—smashing down.

The ninth-layer Tribulation Crossing cultivator turned bluish-purple, hastily retreating.

Bai Qiulan had already activated her secret arts. In order to rescue Chu Ling, she had unleashed everything.

The Chaotic Supreme Yin force formed a horrifying cyclone over the entire Land of Spirit Ruin. Howling winds carried biting cold, and beams of light flickered within it.

In the end, even the tornado itself froze solid.

Bai Qiulan escaped, face pale as a ghost. Her gaze was dazed—her mind clearly no longer clear.

Yue Hongling rushed forward, throwing Bai Qiulan onto her back.

Just as she was about to flee, a Supreme Elder of the Supreme Sword Sect blocked her path.

“I’ll have my Senior Brother compensate the Supreme Sword Sect for its losses!”

Yue Hongling obviously wasn’t a match for a Tribulation Crossing cultivator—

But she could wave the big banner and bluff.

She just needed to drop Lu Ye’s name first.

The Supreme Elder from the Supreme Sword Sect hesitated for a moment. It seemed he received a voice transmission and stepped aside.

Yue Hongling carried Bai Qiulan and took off running.

She felt like she was carrying a chunk of thousand-year-old ice. The biting cold made her whole body tremble, her flesh felt frostbitten to the point of necrosis, and even her soul shivered from the chill.

But she could endure it.

So what if it was cold?

What was there to be afraid of?

She had to return to the Grand Dao Sect as fast as possible!

The frozen tornado in the Land of Spirit Ruin shattered with a thunderous boom.

One pale-faced cultivator after another emerged. None of them had expected that a virtually unknown Bai Qiulan could erupt with such terrifying power.

Could it be the Grand Dao Sect had truly become a sect of great destiny?

Why else would monsters keep showing up one after another?

“Why didn’t you stop them?” someone from the Eternal Teachings Sect snapped at the Supreme Sword Sect.

The Supreme Sword Sect didn’t even bother responding.

They simply turned and left.

This act made the group from the Eternal Teachings Sect furious.

But now wasn’t the time to flip the table with the Supreme Sword Sect. Once they broke through to the Great Ascension Realm and killed Lu Ye, then they’d make sure the Supreme Sword Sect got taught a lesson too.

A wave of experts began their pursuit of Yue Hongling.

“To burn all her energy and erupt with Chaotic Supreme Yin force... when did their relationship get so close?” Lu Ye muttered, somewhat puzzled.

“Ding! I know!”

“What do you know?”

“Ding! I know. It’s called clinging together for warmth, afraid of ending up like the rabbit when the fox dies—so they throw everything in, choosing mutual destruction if necessary.”

Lu Ye couldn’t help but laugh.

“You sure know a lot of idioms.”

“Ding! Ahn~ I’m super awesome!”

Shen Xitong looked extremely pleased with herself.

Just one round of battle, and all four of those women had ended up heavily injured. Lu Ye shook his head.

Before the rebirth, they’d all been howling about how they’d become Great Emperors by their own strength—now that they’d actually been reborn, this was what was supposed to become a Great Emperor?

Lu Ye didn’t buy it.

Still, Bai Qiulan hadn’t yet reached her absolute limit. Since she’d broken out of the encirclement, it wouldn’t be easy for the Eternal Teachings Sect to catch up now.

Chu Ling might not be able to return to the Grand Dao Sect, but Bai Qiulan and Yue Hongling definitely would.

The Eternal Teachings Sect would likely use this as an excuse to start a war with the Grand Dao Sect.

Which meant—it was time for him to break through to the Tribulation Crossing Realm.

As for what kind of poison he might encounter during the tribulation—it didn’t matter.

If soldiers come, block them. If water comes, dam it.

In his past life, he’d been a Heavenly Lord. Poisons that could outright kill him were virtually nonexistent—unless they touched on the level of Saints.

But in this era, no Saints existed.

The Heavenly Lord Realm was the peak of the world—so the poisons those eight women had used should only affect him, not kill him outright.

Otherwise, why would the poison wait to activate during tribulation, and not just go off at any time?

Time to break through!

“Ding. Beginning cultivation.”

The Dao thundered within Lu Ye’s body.

Breaking through to the Tribulation Crossing Realm didn’t require forming a fourth life; that would only be necessary upon advancing to the Great Ascension Realm.

At this moment—

Lu Ye’s {N•o•v•e•l•i•g•h•t} heart was calm and tranquil, utterly undisturbed.

A thread of unstable aura rose from his body.

The Dao!

Only the Dao matters!