Divine Art âAll Beings Are Equalâ was Ye Yuâs only way to turn the tables!
He formed a true vacuum zoneâwithin it, no one could draw on divine power or maintain any link to a divine artifact. All attacks had to rely solely on physical strength!
This was custom-made territory for Ye Yuâs advantage!
However, âAll Beings Are Equalâ was not invincible. Taishi Xiaxinâs realm was that of an Ancient Godâtwo full sub-realms above Ye Yuâs. In such a case, the duration of the vacuum zone would be sharply compressed! Ye Yu knew this well. From the very start, he never expected to kill Taishi Xiaxin outright; instead, he aimed to sever Taishi Xiaxinâs connection to the
Evil-Subduing Bell
. Without divine power fueling it, the Nine-Radiance Evil-Subduing Barrier would inevitably vanish without a trace. That would be Ye Yuâs opportunity!
In fact, when he was being hunted by Wuzhong Mountainâs forces, Ye Yu had already prepared a backup planâreaching out to a friend for help! Note: a friend, not his Daoist partner. His partner, Yinghuo, was still in closed-door cultivation and could not be summoned. But Balance Deity Yu Buxia was differentâshe was like a street-smart rogue who lounged about all day yet would roll up her sleeves to help without hesitation when needed. For example, when he smashed Shen Kangren, she had jumped in immediately, even though it wasnât her fight.
Moreover, beyond Yu Buxiaâs unwavering sense of justice, there was another crucial point: Ye Yu owed her a favorâshe needed assistance with a fusion ritual. Thereâs a saying: the one whoâs least willing to see you die isnât necessarily your spouse but often your creditor! If you owe someone a million divine stones, your creditor will pray night and day at your ancestral tablet for your long lifeâuntil you repay them, you simply cannot die! By the same logic, until Ye Yu helped Yu Buxia, she would never wish him ill.
So, the moment Ye Yu sent out his plea, she responded almost instantlyâno idle chatter, just âSend me your coordinates!â Yu Buxia arrived in record time, but the Nine-Radiance barrier of the
Evil-Subduing Bell
was truly formidable. To break it openly would have been arduous and time-consuming. Thus, Ye Yu devised a plan to let Yu Buxia slip in effortlesslyâand here they were now, three against one!
Taishi Xiaxinâs expression hardened. He knew of this Balance Deity, and though he had not expected Ye Yu to call in her aid, so what? As long as his grandmasterâs power remained available, he hadnât lost yet!
Ye Yu strode forward and smiled lightly. âActually, your suspicion is overblown. Shen Kangren is indeed dead, and Little Whiteâs trace of Evil God aura comes only from having consumed Shen Kangrenâs remnants.â
He paused, then added, âBy the way, want to know how he died? Iâll demonstrate.â
With that, Ye Yu leapt forward. Yu Buxia cooperated at once, unleashing the Art of Equilibrium! The celestial scales reappeared. Under its influence, Ye Yuâs strength rose as Taishi Xiaxinâs realm steadily declined. When their cultivations matched, Ye Yu unleashed a single âHell of Fearâ strike and cut Taishi Xiaxin down on the spot!
With no divine power to sustain it, the Nine-Radiance barrier shattered again. The
Evil-Subduing Bell
crashed heavily to the ground, its size shrinking until it was no larger than a fistâa gold bell in miniature. Ye Yu gave an appreciative click of his tongue. âAn upper-grade artifactâmuch obliged.â He pocketed the bell, then turned to Yu Buxia with genuine gratitude and repeated assurances: whenever she had the fusion materials ready, she could come to him at any time.
âThanks and farewell!â Ye Yu began to turn away, but Yu Buxia spun him back around.
âDonât thank meâletâs fuse now! Iâve already gathered everything!â
Before he could react, she produced a ten-meter-tall mound of materials in front of him. Ye Yu looked up, his face a study in astonishment. With the battle over, Little White resumed its normal size and hopped onto Ye Yuâs shoulder. âBig Brother, did you plan on killing me with work exhaustion?â it teased.
Yu Buxia clasped her hands behind her back and beamed. âSince thereâs only one chance to fuse, I naturally want to include everything possible. Donât worryâgods donât tire easily, and Iâm not in a hurry. â NĐŸvĐ”lŃĐłht â (Donât copy, read here) If one day isnât enough, make it two; if two wonât do, four; if worst comes to worst, Iâll give you six months. Immortality is on our sideâI donât mind waiting so long. But under no circumstances shall we waste any material; these were hard-won treasures.â
Hearing this, Ye Yu felt like dropping everything and walking away. They really treated him like a beast of burdenâsix months to fuse? Why not ten years, a hundred? Of course, he couldnât say that out loudâYu Buxia had just rescued him, and such a debt of gratitude couldnât go unpaid.
So be itâhe would see it through. When Yu Buxia specified that the fusionâs core was the Art of Equilibrium itself, Ye Yu began meticulously sorting through the ten-meter pile. He explained patiently, âMy fusion ritual doesnât simply jam everything in. Only items sharing the same fundamental attribute can mergeâfish with fish, shrimp with shrimp, turtle with turtle. You canât just throw in random bits of flora...and whatâs this mud for?â
Yu Buxia, taken aback by the restrictions, froze. âThatâs not mudâitâs Divine-Path Dust, a priceless material no amount of money can buy. I had to beg for it for ages. Handle it carefully!â
Under Ye Yuâs discerning eye, ninety-nine percent of the pile was discarded, leaving only a handful of genuine auxiliary divine-artifact components. Yu Buxia then led Ye Yu to her newly built Daoist hall, intending to give him the quiet space needed for the fusion ritual.
Unbeknownst to them, a goddess hovering overhead caught sight of Ye Yuâs figure and halted mid-air, her eyes full of bewilderment.