Chapter 261: I Am Really Not Afraid of Death!

The Divine Spirits were stunned. Ruler An stood frozen in disbelief. Go to the True Universe? Was Ye Guan crazy?!

However, Ruler An’s expression turned ugly upon seeing Ye Guan lead cultivators on the Guanxuan Universe’s side into the Heavenly Gate. If she allowed Ye Guan to barge into the True Universe, they would be humiliated.

They had yet to wash away the shame from thirty million years ago. If Ye Guan managed to do the same, the True Universe’s reputation…

Ruler An glared at Ye Guan.

She knew what Ye Guan was trying to do; he was forcing her into a decisive battle.

She could keep on avoiding battles in the Guanxuan Universe, but what about when Ye Guan was already in the True Universe? Was she still going to avoid fighting him?

If that were to happen, Ye Guan would just barge into the True God Hall.

Ruler An had no choice but to do something, and she chuckled boisterously upon realizing it Ruler An. “Good, good, good! Ye Guan, you’re indeed resourceful, courageous, and unyielding!”

With that, Ruler An turned into a beam of light and flew into the sky. “Follow me!”

The Divine Spirits followed closely behind her. They had to stop Ye Guan from entering the True Universe with the Guanxuan Universe’s cultivators. Otherwise, their entire generation would become everyone’s laughingstock.

…

An Nanjing looked at the Heavenly Gate in silence.

Soon, Qi Bitian appeared next to her with everyone else.

Mu Niannian looked at An Nanjing and asked, “Lady Jing, what do you think we should do next?”

An Nanjing’s reply came a bit late as she said, “The younger generation shall fight their peers.”

“What if the older generation—”

An Nanjing interrupted indifferently. “The same goes for them.”

Everyone nodded.

Mu Niannian said softly, “I’m afraid that brat won’t be able to handle it…”

An Nanjing cast an inscrutable gaze at the Heavenly Gate before saying, “His birth was the highest point in this universe. However, it also means that the burden on his shoulder is heavier than what anyone can imagine.

”We can only protect him by making sure that the older generation won’t bully him. As for the rest… he has chosen his path, and he has to walk down on it by himself.”

Mu Niannian nodded quietly, and they soon disappeared.

Meanwhile, Nalan Jia was staring at the Heavenly Gate with Li Banzhi next to her.

Li Banzhi had stopped her from following Ye Guan into the True Universe.

The powerful members of the older and younger generation of the Guanxuan Universe had just departed for the True Universe, which meant that the Guanxuan Universe was currently an empty shell.

In other words, someone had to stay back and take care of the Guanxuan Universe.

Otherwise, the Guanxuan Universe would soon be plunged into chaos.

Nalan Jia was the only one with the authority to manage the Guanxuan Universe’s affairs. The man would work hard outside to earn money while the woman would manage the house.

Of course, Nalan Jia wasn’t completely helpless. Qin Guan had given her a myriad of spiritual artifacts. It was just a pity that Nalan Jia’s cultivation base was too low for her to use those spiritual artifacts.

They would all die if Nalan Jia were to casually use Qin Guan’s formidable spiritual artifacts.

𝒻𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘸ℯ𝒷𝘯𝘰𝑣ℯ𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝘮

Nalan Jia asked, “Will they come back?”

Will they come back? Li Banzhi inwardly repeated, and she went silent. Li Banzhi looked up at the Heavenly Gate, and her gaze dimmed. Many had gone to participate in that war, but only a few of them were fortunate enough to return.

…

Ye Guan entered the Heavenly Gate along with the cultivators standing on the Guanxuan Universe’s side. There was a teleportation array beyond the Heavenly Gate, and everyone entered it.

Moments later, the array whisked them away. The array broke through the boundary between universes and sent them to the Heavenly Garrison in the True Universe.

Ye Guan turned to look behind him and saw only about three hundred people.

Their ages varied, but the youngest was just fourteen years old.

The young man was a disciple of the Sword Sect. As a testament to his talent, he was already a Sword Sovereign despite his young age. He clearly had a bright future ahead of him. The young man’s baby fat hadn’t melted just yet, so her pale, exhausted demeanor made her look pitiful to the extreme.

The young man’s sword was trembling slightly as he gripped it tightly.

The young man noticed Ye Guan’s gaze.

His voice was trembling as he said, “Senior, M-my name is Xiao You…”

Ye Guan smiled gently and asked, “Are you afraid?”

Xiao You grinned and replied, “Nope!”

He wiped the blood on the corner of his mouth and said, “I’m really not afraid of death.”

Ye Guan nodded. He then swept his gaze across the other cultivators. There were many familiar faces, but there were quite a few individuals who were no longer there.

Ye Guan went silent. Back then, he couldn’t quite grasp the burden his father had been carrying for the sake of protecting the Guanxuan Universe. Today, he could finally feel the heaviness of the burden his father had been carrying for so many years.

Unfortunately, there was no other choice. Someone had to do it!

Ye Guan took a deep breath. Turning around, he looked at the Heavenly Garrison gate and saw thousands of individuals pinned to the stone pillars around the Heavenly Garrison. Each and every single one of them was a denizen of the Guanxuan Universe!

They were members of the previous generations that had lost against the True Universe. They lost, and their corpses were pinned to the stone pillars here in the Heavenly Garrison.

Ye Guan led everyone toward the stone pillars. His eyes became filled with tears as he looked up at the people pinned to the stone pillars.

Everyone was silent as they looked around. The legendary figures whose feats they had only ever heard from in stories were here, and they were all pinned to a stone pillar for seemingly an eternity.

They were aware that the battle back then was a gruesome one, but they weren’t aware that it was this gruesome. Staring at the corpses before them, they soon understood that they had been underestimating the brutality and magnitude of the war back then.

“Master Pagoda,” Ye Guan muttered and asked, “Did you participate in that war?”

Little Pagoda responded, “Yes.”

Ye Guan gripped the Path Sword tightly and said, “I think this burden is too heavy for me to carry, Master Pagoda.”

Little Pagoda was silent. He knew better than anyone the difficulties that every generation of the Yang Family had to handle while they were on their way to the summit.

Ye Guan seemed like he was already at the peak, but it turned out that his enemies were standing on a higher peak.

Sword Master Qingshan and the Sword Master had gotten enough time to cultivate, but Ye Guan hadn’t been able to take even a single break since he embarked on his journey to the summit of cultivation.

His enemies were supreme elites, and the burden on his shoulders was significantly heavier than the burden that both Sword Master Qingshan and the Sword Master had to carry on while they were on their path to becoming a supreme elite.

When Sword Master Qingshan and the Sword Master were the same age as Ye Guan, their enemies weren’t considered supreme elites, nor were they fighting against an entire universe.

Little Pagoda sighed. He had always been afraid that Ye Guan would take the same path as them, but he had completely forgotten about just how strong were Ye Guan’s enemies.

It was indeed too heavy of a burden.

Just then, Ba Wan appeared next to Ye Guan.

She tugged on his sleeve and said, “I killed him.”

Ye Guan cast a stunned gaze at Ba Wan and saw that there was blood on her face.

Ba Wan explained. “I would have killed him earlier if I weren’t eating while fighting him. I am usually even stronger, really!”

Ye Guan was silent, but he was inwardly stupefied. Ba Wan killed Mo Wulian just like that? Wasn’t he the second placer on the True Martial List?

Ye Guan was so shocked that he had no idea what to say.

After he got over his shock, Ye Guan smiled at Ba Wan and said, “I’ll cook for you once we’re done with this fight. What do you think? Is that okay?”

Ba Wan grinned. “Sure!”

Ye Guan chuckled and went silent. Eventually, he spoke inwardly, “Master Pagoda, I only have one request. If I die here, please save Lady Ba Wan. I brought her out to see the world, not to make use of her. Protecting the Guanxuan Universe is not her responsibility, so I won’t be able to rest in peace if she ends up dying here.”

Little Pagoda belatedly replied, “Alright.”

Ba Wan looked at Ye Guan before glancing at his stomach.

There was confusion in her eyes. Why was there noise coming from his stomach?

Little Pagoda asked in the tiny pagoda, “Did she just hear me?”

The mysterious voice asked, “What do you think?”

Little Pagoda went quiet.

Lady Ba Wan’s origins were a mystery even to them.

Just then, Ruler An appeared in front of the Heavenly Garrison with the young talents of the Guanxuan Universe in tow.

Ruler An stared quietly at Ye Guan. Words were meaningless at this point.

The True Universe and the Guanxuan Universe had no other choice but to fight.

Ye Guan took a stance with his Path Sword and stared at Ruler An.

He then turned to everyone behind him and said, “You’ve come here voluntarily, and it’s already too late for us to go back. Kill to your heart’s content!”

“Kill!”

Furious roars echoed behind Ye Guan.

Ye Guan shouted, “Qianqian!”

A dragon roar boomed throughout the battlefield as a beam of light melted into Ye Guan’s glabella.

Boom!

A loud noise echoed from within Ye Guan as his aura surged crazily. Soon, his cultivation base soared from the Divine Tribulation Realm to the Earth Immortal Realm, which was six realms above his original cultivation base.

Ye Guan’s sword force had become so powerful that it instilled fear in every Divine Spirit staring at him.

What was Ye Guan’s biggest weakness?

His cultivation base.

However, Ao Qianqian had merged with Ye Guan, boosting the latter’s cultivation base and vanquishing Ye Guan’s greatest weakness. Ye Guan’s defenses also reached another level.

His weaknesses were no more, and he was holding an extremely overpowered spiritual artifact.

The Divine Spirits stared at Ye Guan with trepidation.

At this point, Ye Guan was virtually invincible.

Ruler An glanced at the young woman next to her and asked, “Where’s the first placer?”

The first placer of the True Martial List had yet to appear.

The young woman’s expression was somber as she said, “He is on his way from the Wujian Universe…”

Ruler An went quiet. Eventually, she said, “Tell the Jin Guards to come here!”

The young woman trembled.

Ruler An added, “I want you to inform the True God Hall to send the members of the Jin Guards’ younger generation. If possible, tell the younger generation of the Martial God Guards to come here as well…”

The young woman’s expression changed, and her voice was trembling as she muttered, “Ruler An…”

Ruler An stared deeply at Ye Guan and said, “I want you to tell the Left Councilor that she should be wary of the owner of the overpowered sword in Ye Guan’s hands. The Expedition Army should also come back here and get ready for the worst.”

The young woman hesitated. She wanted to say something, but Ruler An slowly closed her eyes and said, “Hurry up and do it!”

With that, the young woman went silent and surreptitiously left.

Ruler An opened her eyes slowly. She smiled at Ye Guan and asked, “Young Master Ye, I’m sure you’ve been wanting to take my head, right? Why don’t we duke it out right now?”

Ye Guan stared deeply at Ruler An and pointed out. “You’re trying to buy time!”

Ruler An smiled and said, “You are truly admirable.”

Ye Guan rushed toward Ruler An with the Path Sword in hand. He didn’t bother speaking to her, as he knew that she was just trying to stall for time.

Ye Guan’s goal was to lead everyone into the True Universe. The True Universe had already barged into the Guanxuan Universe, so what was stopping the Guanxuan Universe from doing the same?

They’ve already barged into our universe, so we should just do the same to them!

Ye Guan wanted to give the True Universe a taste of their own medicine.

Ruler An was all smiles while staring at Ye Guan.

Woosh!

Ye Guan vanished.

Ruler An’s eyes narrowed.

Boom!

Ruler An’s aura surged like crazy as her fleshly body crumbled into ashes.

The people around here were forced to retreat in a panic.

Everyone was shocked. They truly didn’t expect that Ruler An would ignite her fleshly body in exchange for power in this fight.

Ruler An took a stance and balled her hand into a fist before sending a punch toward Ye Guan. A mighty fist imprint covered in flames manifested overhead, and it suppressed everyone standing beneath it.

However, Ruler An still failed to block Ye Guan’s sword.

Woosh!

Ye Guan split the massive fist imprint into two, and a dazzling streak of sword light quickly made a beeline for Ruler An.

Ruler An stared deeply at the Path Sword in Ye Guan’s hands. A millisecond later, she clenched her right fist.

Boom!

Her soul burned brightly—Ruler An had decided to ignite her soul!

T/N’s: Those words by little Pagoda are so true. We know that this novel is progressing so quickly, we never expected that Ye Guan would reach the True Universe so soon. But Little Pagoda is right… Ye Guan has always been fighting talents at the top. He doesn’t have room to breathe, and the translators and editor don’t have either