Chapter 337: The Death of a Myriad Beings

Ye Guan accepted the offer. Not only did he want to see what a Universe Tribulation looked like, but he also wanted to see the True God. After all, the True God was as strong as his father.

Since Ye Guan had no objections, they swiftly departed.

Left Councilor Feng Qi and the Right Councilor walked out of the True God Hall.

The Right Councilor looked worried.

Left Councilor Feng Qi said softly, “Do you want to say something about Lady Cirou?”

The Right Councilor nodded. “Her relationship with Ye Guan is out of the ordinary.”

Left Councilor Feng Qi smiled and said, “I know what you're worried about, but rest assured. She'll never help the Guanxuan Universe to an extent that will put us at a disadvantage.”

The Right Councilor was silent.

Left Councilor Feng Qi continued. “No matter, she will be on our side.”

The Right Councilor looked at Left Councilor Feng Qi without saying anything.

…

Cirou brought Ye Guan and the Adjudication Sword Master to a mountain peak on a mountain that stretched tens of thousands of kilometers. On the summit of the mountain stood a huge teleportation array with quite a few inscrutable runes engraved on it.

Cirou brought the two of them into the teleportation array. She activated the teleportation array, and they were all whisked away by the teleportation array's dazzling light.

While they were waiting to arrive at their destination, Ye Guan decided to satisfy his curiosity by asking, "Lady Cirou, can you tell me more about the Universe Tribulation?"

Cirou smiled and said, “I'm sure you heard me say something about the Great Dao Origin, right? Everything has an origin, and it's the Great Dao. The same goes for the Universe Tribulation, which means that it can only be suppressed, not destroyed.”

Ye Guan was confused. “Why?”

Cirou looked at Ye Guan and smiled. “It's all because it's a part of the Great Dao. Destroying it means destroying a chunk of the Great Dao, which will result in the deaths of a myriad of beings.”

Ye Guan frowned slightly. “Is that right? It can only be suppressed?”

"Yes." Cirou nodded. “Just like how the myriad of beings in this vast expanse live and die. Life and death is also a part of the Great Dao. In other words, Big Sister is slowing down the death of this universe.”

Ye Guan nodded slightly without speaking.

Cirou said softly, “I'm really worried.”

Ye Guan looked at Cirou.

Cirou's expression was complicated as she said, “Your aunt suppressed the Great Daoist Brush Master in the Milky Way all for your sake. She did it with kind intentions in mind, but she seemed to have forgotten something crucial.

"It is the fact that the Great Daoist Brush Master was once the hegemon of our vast expanse. He had suppressed many powerhouses whom he had deemed as his enemies, and now that he has gotten a taste of his own medicine…”

Cirou shook her head slightly and said, “The Great Daoist Brush Master's seal on the Eternal Sovereign has weakened, which allowed the latter to break free. Back then, Big Sister had chased him away as well, but it wasn't as extreme as what the Great Daoist Brush Master had done."

Ye Guan shook his head with a smile. His aunt had suppressed the Great Daoist Brush Master, but she had inadvertently released the Eternal Sovereign.

“Your aunt had good intentions, but she failed to take into account that you're incredibly weak compared to the true supreme elites."

Ye Guan felt helpless as well upon hearing the remark.

Cirou continued. “We are not very clear about the Eternal Civilization's history and the extent of their strength. However, we're not actually that worried about the Eternal Civilization when compared to something else."

Ye Guan's expression turned solemn as he asked, “What does that mean?”

Cirou said solemnly, “Do you know why the boundary of our vast expanse is so strong?”

“Does it have something to do with the Great Daoist Brush Master?” asked Ye Guan.

Cirou nodded and said, “He has created boundaries between vast expanses, separating universes into regions to allow every vast expanse to develop independently from each other.

"Once the right time has arrived, he'll create a boundary line that denizens from the various vast expanses could use to travel between different universes and worlds from many different vast expanses. However, there are some regions that the Great Daoist Brush Master has yet to connect to us."

Ye Guan sounded solemn as he asked, “Are you perhaps worried about encountering civilizations from outside universes?”

Cirou stared deeply at Ye Guan and said, “We're not the only ones looking for traces of civilization outside. The other universes outside are also looking for us. During the Divine Dao Civilization Era, the Great Daoist Brush Master once personally enhanced the extremely sturdy boundary of our vast expanse.

"Why did he do that, and why did he do it personally? Was he afraid that we'd invade the other universes outside, or was he afraid that we would get invaded by the other universes outside?"

Ye Guan was silent.

Cirou looked worried as she muttered, “It'd be great if it were the former. But what if it's the latter? Of course, I'm just making assumptions here. Perhaps I'm just overthinking it.”

The Adjudication Sword Master suddenly said, “You're not overthinking it.”

Cirou looked at the Adjudication Sword Master.

The Adjudication Sword Master remained expressionless as she said, “Big Sister once did the same as the Great Daoist Brush Master.”

Cirou frowned and asked, “Really?”

The Adjudication Sword Master nodded. “Before she went to suppress the Universe Tribulation of the True Universe, she said something to me. Do you know what she said?”

Cirou shook her head.

The Adjudication Sword Master stared deeply at Cirou and said, “Prepare for war!”

Prepare for war! Cirou's expression went solemn.

The Adjudication Sword Master looked at Ye Guan before continuing. “It is not strange that our vast expanse has gotten so messy. After all, the Great Daoist Brush Master is an existence infinitely close to being our Great Dao, so it would have been strange if we weren't in such a mess."

"Why don’t we stop suppressing him?” Ye Guan asked.

The Adjudication Sword Master looked away, ignoring him.

Ye Guan was speechless.

Cirou shook her head and said, “Your aunt’s power is paralleled. There must be a reason why she had decided to suppress the Great Daoist Brush Master. I'm guessing that the Great Daoist Brush Master must have done something bad, and your aunt discovered it. Then, she suppressed him as punishment.”

Ye Guan nodded before sighing to himself. It turned out that the world was much bigger and more complex than he thought.

Cirou smiled and said, “I brought you here to let you see the Universe Tribulation as well as to allow you to become even stronger."

Ye Guan cast an astonished and curious gaze at Cirou. He opened his mouth to speak, but the spacetime tunnel where they were in was abruptly torn open. Several powerful lightning bolts made a beeline toward them.

“Cijing, protect him!” Cirou shouted. She pushed both of her palms outward, sending golden beams of radiant light toward the lightning bolts.

Ye Guan's expression turned solemn upon witnessing the might of the lightning bolts.

Shockingly, each lightning bolt seemed to be much more powerful than the lightning bolts a cultivator had to withstand while attempting to become a Great Destiny Sovereign. Ye Guan had no doubts that he would die instantly once he was hit.

The Adjudication Sword Master abruptly appeared right in front of Ye Guan. She opened both of her palms, and a kaleidoscope of sword lights erupted and rushed toward the lightning bolts.

"When did these lightning bolts become so powerful?!" Cirou shouted.

"They're becoming stronger every day,” replied the Adjudication Sword Master.

Cirou’s face fell, and she muttered, “Big Sister…”

Rumble!

Just then, a low rumbling echoed as the spacetime tunnel around them started to collapse. Cirou quickly cast her gaze upon Ye Guan and said, “Brat, make sure to hold on to Cijing. This teleportation array won't last any longer. We have to get out of here.”

Cirou waved her sleeve, creating ten thousand radiant rays of golden light in the blink of an eye. The dozens of oncoming lightning bolts shattered the moment they collided with the radiant rays of golden light.

Ye Guan stuck closer to Cijing at Cirou's warning. He embraced Cijing's waist, and her face changed drastically. She glared at him and roared, "Do you want to die?! She told you to hold me, not hug me!"

After a moment of hesitation, Ye Guan took a step backward and grabbed Cijing's waist instead. For some reason, an indescribable emotion surged in Cijing's heart as she felt Ye Guan's touch. Annoyed and confused, she glared at Ye Guan to say something.

However, Cirou suddenly shouted, "Let's go!"

She swung both of her hands outward, clearing a path with her radiant rays of golden light. The Adjudication Sword Master went quiet and didn't hesitate. She took to the skies with Ye Guan and left the spacetime array.

Cirou followed closely behind them upon transforming into a beam of golden light.

Ye Guan looked around in astonishment. In between the two golden lights, an endless array of tribulations shot towards the distance like meteors. They were so densely packed that it was impossible to count them all.

How terrifying!

Every lightning bolt was several times more powerful than the lightning bolts from a Destiny Tribulation.

Recalling something, Ye Guan suddenly turned back to look. There was a mysterious golden seal several hundred kilometers behind them. A mysterious force would shatter every lightning bolt that got too close to the seal.

Cirou's voice echoed in Ye Guan's ears. "You're staring at the True God Law Imprint that Big Sister left behind here. The law imprint is the reason the True Universe—no, our vast expanse is still alive."

Ye Guan fell silent with a grave expression. If these powerful lightning bolts somehow made their way to the Guanxuan Universe, the Guanxuan Universe would undoubtedly perish. Only a handful of secluded experts could possibly survive such a calamity.

Cirou continued. "These lightning bolts are just a tiny glimpse at the Universe Tribulation's power. The real Universe Tribulation is a thousand times more terrifying than the lightning bolts you've seen so far combined."

Ye Guan's expression changed.

Cirou made a sidelong glance at Ye Guan and muttered, "I'm not lying, and I'm not exaggerating as well. I had the privilege of witnessing the Universe Tribulation's wrath, and all I could say is that it is capable of instilling despair into the hearts of just about anyone.

"However, the scene I had witnessed happened millions of years ago. Today, the Universe Tribulation must have reached terrifying heights than millions of years ago."

Ye Guan reeled from shock as he swept his gaze across the lightning bolts streaking across the starry sky. Ye Guan would have no choice but to call out to his father to deal with these lightning bolts if they somehow made their way to the Guanxuan Universe.

He truly couldn't handle even one of these lightning bolts!

Just then, dozens of crimson lightning bolts abruptly appeared in the distance.

Cirou and Cijing’s expressions changed, and Cirou exclaimed, "Watch out!"

Ye Guan felt a shiver down his spine. The crimson lightning bolts were dozens of times stronger than the lightning bolts he had witnessed so far here!

Ye Guan inadvertently grabbed the Adjudication Sword Master and held on for dear life.

The Adjudication Sword Master was infuriated by Ye Guan's strong grip, but she didn't have the luxury to grumble at the moment. She waved her sleeve, and beams of sword light rushed toward the oncoming crimson lightning bolts.

Rumbling sounds echoed from the starry sky as explosions erupted one after another.

However, even the Adjudication Sword Master's sword energy couldn't handle every single crimson lightning bolt, and some of them made their way over to the Adjudication Sword Master.

The Adjudication Sword Master's eyes flashed coldly. She used her fingers as a sword and slashed out. The sword light and the crimson lightning bolts exploded, blasting both Ye Guan and the Adjudication Sword Master away.

Meanwhile, a crimson thunderstorm flew toward them at incredible speeds.

The Adjudication Sword Master made a finger with her sword, and then she placed those fingers in front of her glabella. Moments later, she pointed at the crimson thunderstorm with her finger swords.

"Break!" she shouted. A sword thousands of meters in length abruptly manifested.

Boom!

The sword slashed out at the approaching crimson thunderstorm, but a crimson bolt of lightning flew from out of nowhere and struck the gargantuan sword, shattering it into innumerable light fragments.

The Sword Master's face changed drastically. She waved her sleeve, and a shield made out of sword light appeared in front of her.

The shield shattered, and the impact sent both the Adjudication Sword Master and Ye Guan flying as though they were kites with their strings cut. The impact had made Ye Guan inadvertently let go of the Adjudication Sword Master's waist.

He had to do something, or he would die.

𝑓𝑟𝑒𝘦𝓌𝑒𝑏𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝘭.𝒸𝘰𝑚

The Adjudication Sword Master saw that and decisively turned around to grab Ye Guan's hand, ignoring the lightning bolt in the process. Dozens of sword lights shot out of her, and they all converged into a singular concentrated beam of sword light that struck the lightning bolt behind Ye Guan.

Crackle!

Unfortunately, the Adjudication Sword Master ended up getting hit by the lightning bolt she had decisively ignored. She was blasted away, and she cut a sorry figure in mid-air as she flew across the starry sky.

Despite that, she refused to let go of Ye Guan's hand. She knew that Ye Guan would definitely die if she were to let go of him.

Crackle!

Just then, a horrifying volley of crimson lightning bolts flew toward the Adjudication Sword Master. The Adjudication Sword Master’s pupils constricted at the sight, but before she could even make a move, Ye Guan suddenly pulled her behind him.

Ye Guan glared fiercely at the oncoming crimson lightning bolts and shouted, “Activate!”

Boom!

The Dao Imprint on his glabella let out a burst of radiant light, and it instantly brought Ye Guan's cultivation realm to the Time Immortal Realm. However, it seemed that Ye Guan wasn't done just yet, as a terrifying energy rushed out of him.

The energy belonged to nature—it was the Force of Nature!

Ye Guan glared at the oncoming crimson lightning bolts and slashed out.

Boom!

A terrifying conflagration of sword energy erupted as Ye Guan performed the most powerful attack he had ever done! Ye Guan's sword managed to stop the crimson lightning bolts, but his fleshly body started burning as a result.

The Adjudication Sword Master cast a dumbfounded gaze upon Ye Guan.