Chapter 214: I Dare You To Attack My Son

Father?

As more people gathered, Ye Guan felt increasingly lonely and pressured. His life had taken a drastic turn in just two days. From a disciple of Nanzhou’s Ye Clan, he was now about to become the King of the Guanxuan Universe.

It would take a while for him to get used to his new identity.

However, his identity as the son of the Sword Master wouldn’t allow him to take it easy. The denizens of the Guanxuan Universe had acknowledged him as their leader because of the Sword Master. The glory belonged to his father, not to him.

The pressure to prove himself weighed heavily on Ye Guan’s shoulders.

He had to protect the Guanxuan Universe as the King of the Guanxuan Universe. It was a heavy weight that Ye Guan wasn’t sure if he could even carry. His original goal had only been to revive Little Jia and lead the Ye Clan to glory, but now, he had to protect the entire Guanxuan Universe.

Li Banzhi seemed to have seen through Ye Guan’s thoughts, and she said, “I know that the pressure on you is heavy, but we’re also under a lot of pressure. However, we all know that we eventually have to face our responsibilities.”

Li Banzhi glanced into the distance and asked, “Do you see those Divine Spirits? They want to refine all our elites into spiritual cores for their own consumption and destroy the Guanxuan Universe.”

Ye Guan followed her gaze.

After a long moment of silence, he turned toward the crowd. The Sword Sect had lost so many swordsmen that there were only about a hundred of them. It was a catastrophic loss, considering that there had been a few hundred of them just two days ago.

Many cultivators from all over the Guanxuan Universe had sacrificed their lives for his sake over the past two days, and they had all done so because they believed in the Sword Master.

They believed that the Sword Master would protect the Guanxuan Universe.

Ye Guan was the Sword Master’s son, so he had the justification to ride on his father’s coattails. However, he had to face the responsibility that came with riding on his father’s coattails to the highest seat of the Guanxuan Universe.

Ye Guan smiled and said, “From now on, I will do my best to protect our universe. I will keep on protecting the Guanxuan Universe until death takes me away.”

The crowd cheered enthusiastically.

Ye Guan turned toward Ah Luo and said, “I shall ascend the throne.”

Ah Luo smiled brightly and said, “Alright!”

The universe needed a leader at the moment. The Sword Master hadn’t appeared in the flesh for over thirty million years, so the Guanxuan Universe had been breaking apart. They needed someone capable of uniting everyone under the same banner.

Since the Sword Master wasn’t here, they could only let his son take over.

It was only right for the son to take over his father’s legacy.

An Luo yelled, “Ascension!”

The crowd parted, giving Ye Guan a path to walk down.

An old hall stood at the end of the path.

It was the Xuzhen Holy Hall.

An old man hurriedly dragged a chair in front of the hall’s doors.

He took out a large red cloth and draped it over the chair.

It wasn’t that great visually, but the meaning was clear.

Ye Guan walked through the crowd and slowly walked toward the chair.

He caught sight of a woman among the crowd. She was Lee Ge—the ancestor of the Shenge Clan!

Lee Ge smiled warmly upon meeting Ye Guan’s gaze.

Ye Guan returned her smile.

A woman was standing next to Lee Ge, and there was a sword hanging by her waist.

The woman was none other than Great Sword Sovereign Ye Yu, whom he met in Nanzhou.

Ye Yu smiled at Ye Guan.

Ye Guan smiled back. Then, he stared ahead and fixed his gaze on the chair.

Everyone’s eyes were on him. He was the Sword Master’s son, after all.

The people here were excited to know more about Ye Guan, and they were all smiles as they watched him walk down the path. He truly looked like the Sword Master, and incredibly, he was a Great Sword Sovereign despite his young age.

This only meant one thing—he was a monstrous talent!

However, the heartwarming atmosphere was disturbed by a loud rumbling.

A massive rift in space opened above them, and a ten-kilometer-long golden light pervaded the Xuzhen Battlefield.

A young man walked out of the rift.

He was followed by three Divine Sovereigns, and there were over ten thousand Divine Kings behind him.

The cultivators of the Guanxuan Universe frowned.

The Divine Spirits of the True World stood aside for the young man.

The young man looked at Ye Guan before vanishing and reappearing a hundred meters away from Ye Guan. He was dangerously close to the Guanxuan Universe cultivators, but there wasn’t even a hint of fear in his eyes.

The young man carefully examined Ye Guan.

“You’re the Sword Master’s son?” he asked.

Ye Guan glared at the young man and asked, “Do you want to challenge me?”

Everyone was surprised by Ye Guan’s forthrightness.

“Yes,” said the young man with a smile. Then, he jeered and said, “Your cultivation base is too low, but don’t worry; I won’t bully you.”

The young man gestured with his right hand and suppressed his own cultivation base to the Heaven Law Realm.

“Qianqian!” shouted Ye Guan.

A dim light briefly illuminated Ye Guan’s figure as Ao Qianqian emerged from him. She stared briefly at Ye Guan retreating. Ah Luo tugged on Ye Guan’s sleeve and shook her head.

The cultivators of the Xuzhen World shook their heads in disapproval.

Ye Guan had just been acknowledged as the Sword Master’s son, which meant that he had been living a life away from the bountiful resources of the Guanxuan Academy. He was a Great Sword Sovereign, which was an unbelievable achievement for his age, but his physical realm was too low.

Furthermore, the young man’s identity among Divine Spirits was obviously extraordinary. In other words, this couldn’t be a more blatant trap!

It was a trap that would destroy Ye Guan’s credibility and perhaps shake his mental state if he were to refuse to challenge.

However, he would have to take on a huge risk if he were to accept the challenge.

Either way, the Divine Spirits were at an advantage.

“If you’re still worried, I can still go down another realm,” said the young man with a chuckle. He didn’t even wait for Ye Guan’s response. He gestured with his hand and suppressed his cultivation base to the Earth Law Realm.

The cultivators of the Xuzhen World and the Guanxuan Universe were furious.

Ye Guan glanced at Ah Luo and smiled at her.

“It’s fine,” he assured.

Ah Luo quietly stared at Ye Guan.

“Trust me,” implored Ye Guan.

After a few moments of silence, Ah Luo finally nodded. “Okay.”

She released Ye Guan’s sleeve and took a few steps backward.

The nearby cultivators also retreated and gave them space.

Ye Guan stared calmly at the young man.

The young man smirked mockingly and started. “Come, let me see—”

“Stop wasting your breath.”

Boom!

The sound barrier was shattered as Ye Guan abruptly took off as a beam of sword light. He wasn’t wielding the Path Sword, but the sword made out of sword energy in his hand still displayed terrifying power as it dazzled everyone.

The young man smirked and stomped with his right foot.

Boom!

A mysterious space abruptly engulfed both the young man and Ye Guan as well as their immediate vicinity.

Ye Guan slowed down significantly. The young man had just unfolded a domain to suppress Ye Guan.

Ye Guan’s eyes narrowed into slits.

With adrenaline pumped through his veins, he stomped with his right leg.

Boom!

The spacetime beneath his feet exploded, sending him flying toward the young man.

The young man was undeterred. He transformed into a beam of light and flew across the skies to meet Ye Guan halfway.

Ye Guan unleashed twelve swords and used the Critical Method to perform a devastating strike.

The young man’s domain started to crumble beneath the twelve swords.

The young man pointed at an oncoming sword, and it abruptly came to a halt.

However, twelve swords reached him in an instant, and they let out resonant hums as they slashed the young man’s immediate vicinity, destroying the latter’s domain.

The young man’s eyes narrowed coldly. He clenched his right hand into a fist.

Boom!

A golden light burst out of him, and the twelve swords were sent flying away.

However, Ye Guan wasn’t done just yet.

He appeared in front of the young man and punched the latter.

World Devastation Art!

The young man felt a shiver down his spine. He quickly brought his arms in front of his chest to block the oncoming punch.

Boom!

The golden light that had enveloped the young man cracked, and the young man flew a hundred meters away. When he stopped, the twelve swords were already a few inches away from him, and they were ready to perform the Critical Method.

“Ha!” The young man shouted and gestured with his right hand.

Rumble!

A million tiny streaks of saber light instantly manifested around him, sending the twelve swords flying away. However, Ye Guan seemed to have known that outcome, as he was already in front of the young man with another knuckle sandwich.

He was moving so fast that the young man could barely react.

The young man’s pupils constricted. He was about to make a move when Ye Guan teleported behind him like a ghost. The young man whipped around, but his expression instantly fell upon sensing a sword a few inches away from his back.

He had been tricked!

Shwik!

The young man failed to react in time, and the sword dug a centimeter into his flesh before it was blasted away by a horrifying energy.

Unfortunately for him, Ye Guan clearly had no intention of giving him even time to breathe as another sword swung down at him. Soon, the other swords joined, and they all sliced, slashed, and hacked away at the young man.

The young man’s heart beat wildly against his chest.

He placed his palms together to grab Ye Guan’s sword, but Ye Guan vanished.

The young man gasped and turned around to find Ye Guan standing in front of him.

However, Ye Guan’s sword was missing!

The young man’s pupils constricted.

Ye Guan had actually left his sword behind to distract him.

Ye Guan’s tricks were too numerous for the young man to predict, sending him down the spiral staircase of panic. The young man couldn’t do anything as Ye Guan’s sword pierced him from behind while a fist struck his throat.

World Devastation Art!

Boom!

The young man flew a few hundred meters away.

The young man wanted to stand up, but a shadow flickered above him.

Squelch!

A sword pierced through his throat, and the young man’s eyes widened.

The young man was pinned to the ground.

The group of Divine Spirits wore solemn faces, but before they could make a move, Ah Luo and the cultivators on Ye Guan’s side blocked them.

The young man stared in both horror and disbelief at Ye Guan.

Ye Guan snorted. “How dare you show off to me when you’re so weak.”

He decisively swung his sword, sending the young man’s head tumbling away.

“Great!”

The cultivators of the Xuzhen World and Guanxuan Universe erupted into cheers.

The cultivators of the Xuzhen World were particularly shocked to discover that Ye Guan was also a Martial God, but it made perfect sense considering his superb combat sense.

Ye Guan glared coldly at the rest of the Divine Spirits. Then, he turned toward Xuzhen Holy Hall and started walking toward it.

Rumble!

A low rumbling echoed from the golden spacetime tunnel.

Soon, a girl dressed in white emerged from the rift.

There were six figures next to the girl. One of them was Ruler An, and she had recovered her fleshly body.

The remaining five were as powerful as Ruler An, and there were thirty-six Divine Sovereigns along with four hundred Divine Emperors behind them.

A whopping hundred thousand Divine Generals had gathered along with tens of thousands of Divine Kings.

The cultivators on Ye Guan’s side went ashen with fear.

Were they really going to fight against so many enemies at once?

Ye Guan stared at the girl dressed in white standing at the helm of the group.

“Is she a True God?” asked Ye Guan.

Little Pagoda answered, “Nope.”

The mysterious voice explained, “She’s a Cosmic Spirit. More specifically, she’s a Yin Spirit who has devoured multiple civilizations. This is too much for you to handle. We have to call for help.”

A Yin Spirit!

Ye Guan was silent. Eventually, he took out a tiny pagoda and said, “I choose you, Master Pagoda. Go and fight her.”

Little Pagoda frantically said, “Goodness, she told you to call for a supreme elite’s help, not me! I’m just a tiny pagoda! Why are you always making me fight against such powerful enemies?!”

The Yin Spirit’s eyes were transfixed on Ye Guan, and she said calmly, “Ascending the throne? I don’t think so.”

“Is that so?”

Hum!

A resonant hum echoed as a sword flew out of a young woman’s hand.

The sword was none other than the Qingxuan Sword!

A white-haired man wearing a long dark robe emerged out of the sword.

The Sword Master was here!

The cultivators on Ye Guan’s side hurriedly knelt as their hearts flooded with emotions.

Ye Guan quietly stared at the Sword Master.

The Sword Master took one step, and he appeared next to Ye Guan.

Everyone blinked, and a woman appeared out of thin air next to Ye Guan.

She was none other than Qin Guan!

Qin Guan held Ye Guan’s right hand while the Sword Master held his left hand.

The Sword Master smiled and said, “Let’s go. Ascend the throne.”

Ye Xuan and Qin Guan walked next to Ye Guan as the latter made his way to the Xuzhen Holy Hall.

The Sword Master glanced at the Yin Spirit.

“I dare you to attack my son,” he spat coldly.

The Yin Spirit stared grimly at Ye Xuan, but she didn’t say anything.

The Sword Master hesitated slightly before turning to Ye Guan and asking, “Did she scare you?”

Ye Guan blinked and nodded. “Mmhmm. She did.”

Ye Xuan abruptly turned around and thrust his sword forward.

A shrill noise filled everyone’s ears as Ye Xuan’s sword pierced the Yin Spirit’s head.

The onlookers reeled in shock.

Ye Xuan glared at the Yin Spirit.

“How dare you scare my son, you bitch. Do you really think that I’m already dead?”