Chapter 478: Defeat His Grandfather and Father

Innocent?!

Ye Guan stared at Ye Nanqing and felt that she wasn't as innocent as he thought. Of course, it wasn't strange at all. The imperial palace was a treacherous place, after all, and Ye Guan reckoned that she had witnessed quite a few incidents.

The sky was getting brighter as daybreak arrived.

Ye Guan looked up and smiled. "Lady Nanqing, shall we stroll together?"

Ye Nanqing nodded in agreement, and the two of them walked deeper into the imperial palace. The imperial palace was on high alert due to the Time Reversers' attack, and there were over a dozen Great Destiny Sovereigns lurking in the shadows above the imperial palace.

Ye Guan looked around him and saw that the festive decorations in the imperial palace had become even more lavish; every pillar had decorations with the character for happiness written all over them, and there were also red lanterns hanging from the eaves. There were also large red carpets rolled out at the entrances of the major palaces.

The Eternal Night Empire had decided to go all out for the marriage alliance. Ye Guan also had an esteemed status, so the Eternal Night Empire had to organize a wedding that was befitting of his status.

Ye Guan retracted his gaze and said, "Lady Nanqing, I feel that you should become even stronger."

Ye Nanqing merely smiled.

Ye Guan asked, "What do you think?"

"I thought you would protect me?"

"Yes, but wouldn't it be better if you had the strength to protect yourself?"

"It would be better, yes."

"I'll make you become even stronger."

"All right,"

"Follow me, I'll take you somewhere."

Ye Guan grabbed Ye Nanqing's arm, and they disappeared into thin air.

The two found themselves in the world inside the tiny pagoda. Ye Nanqing looked around in surprise. She had noticed that the passage of time here was markedly different compared to the outside world.

Ye Guan asked, "Lady Nanqing, are you a Time Immortal?"

Ye Nanqing nodded, suppressing the astonishment in her heart.

"Let me give you a cultivation method," Ye Guan said and pointed at Ye Nanqing's forehead. A white light orb floated over to Ye Nanqing and melted into her glabella.

Boom!

Ye Nanqing heard a resounding boom inside of her as information flooded her mind.

"I just gave you the Universe Beholdment Skill that my mother made. I think you can use that cultivation method the rest of your life," Ye Guan explained.

Ye Nanqing nodded. "What an amazing cultivation method!"

Ye Guan smiled and gave Ye Nanqing some spiritual cores before walking away and focusing on his cultivation. His plan was to master Space Overlap.

Ye Guan had encountered a bottleneck when it came to Space Overlap, as it was just incredibly difficult to execute. Entering multiple instances of spacetime in the blink of an eye meant producing fleeting avatars to unleash those attacks.

Ye Guan had been doing just fine by himself, but to reach the limits of Space Overlap, he needed the help of avatars that would only exist during the execution of Heavenrend.

Sister Zhen's Space Overlap was indeed a great idea, but it was too difficult to execute at a higher level. Nonetheless, Ye Guan believed that he would eventually be able to succeed at using more Space Overlap than he could use at the moment.

Ye Guan started a round of intense training by the shores of the world inside the tiny pagoda. Cizhen wasn't around, so Ye Guan could only experiment, which was why his rate of progress was so slow.

Ye Nanqing curiously surveyed her surroundings and was shocked once more. She had just calculated and discovered that staying here for ten years was equivalent to only one day outside.

The Eternal Night Empire had abundant resources and many divine items, but it had nothing on the same level as this place.

Ye Nanqing didn't cultivate. Instead, she decided to watch Ye Guan, curious about Ye Guan's sword techniques. Ye Nanqing sat at the side and observed from afar.

Today, Ye Guan was wearing a black robe, and his upright posture resembled a spear. A dazzling light emitted from his eyes, and he looked both motivated and determined.

So he's a swordsman,

Ye Nanqing mused to herself. The Eternal Night Empire absolutely abhorred swordsmen, so this was Ye Nanqing's first time encountering a swordsman.

However, Ye Guan was quite different from what she imagined swordsmen were. Ye Nanqing thought that swordsmen were eccentric, aloof, solitary figures who traveled the world by themselves, unfettered from worldly affairs.

Ye Guan wasn't like the swordsmen she had imagined at all, as Ye Guan gave off the impression of a refined, gentle, and occasionally mischievous scholar.

Ye Guan didn't look like a swordsman at all; his sharpness was completely restrained, and he wasn't eccentric. However, Ye Guan's sharpness was as imposing and awe-inspiring as lightning.

Ye Nanqing didn't harbor any ill intentions toward Ye Guan. In fact, when her father implied that she ought to control Ye Guan, she didn't agree with her father's request.

Ye Nanqing wasn't interested in men, much less interested in controlling them.

Her heart only had one space for one thing—the Great Dao. If it hadn't been for that woman who came to beg her, she wouldn't have bothered to even interact with Ye Guan. Speaking of that woman, it seemed that she still had some feelings for her.

When Ye Nanqing first arrived in the Eternal Night Empire, her physique had issues that didn't allow her to cultivate. An individual incapable of cultivating was useless, especially in a great clan like the Eternal Night Clan, which prioritized cultivation and martial arts more than anything.

As a result, Ye Nanqing received a lot of bullying, and when her father learned that she was essentially a cripple, he never visited her again. The only one who never gave up on her was that woman.

She was also the reason that she decided to stay in the Eternal Night Empire for a bit longer than planned. The woman had told her to enter a marriage alliance out of the kindness of her heart; the woman wanted Ye Nanqing to have powerful in-laws whom she could rely on so that no one would bully her ever again.

Ye Nanqing wanted to refuse, but she couldn't resist the woman's pleading. In the end, she decided to meet Ye Guan and was a bit surprised by the conclusion that she had drawn after interacting with the young man for a while.

Ye Guan was an honest and sincere person!

Ye Nanqing was suddenly reminded of that woman, and she couldn't help but think that her judgment was a bit lacking. If she could get along well with this young man, the throne would be within her reach. She would gain a powerful ally, too.

However, the woman had insisted on doing things her way.

Ye Guan seemed kind and easygoing, but Ye Nanqing could tell that he was prideful. Treat him well, and he'd treat you well. However, if one were to flaunt their arrogance before Ye Guan, the latter wouldn't be merciful at all.

Ye Nanqing shook her head.

Why am I even thinking about this?

Once the dust had settled, it would be time for her to leave. The two of them were just passersby in each other's lives. They were powerful cultivators capable of going to closed-door cultivation for hundreds of years, so such fleeting encounters were easily forgotten.

Shwing!

A shrill noise abruptly echoed, and a powerful sword energy landed on the sea, splitting it into two.

Ye Nanqing looked at Ye Guan in the distance and saw that he looked illusory. A hint of surprise flashed in Ye Nanqing's eyes as she muttered, "Producing avatars capable of performing a sword technique in an independent, spacetime instance..."

Ye Guan seemed to have detected Ye Nanqing's gaze, and he turned around to look at her with a smile. "What do you think of that move?"

Ye Nanqing nodded. "It's not bad!"

Not bad?

Ye Guan's lips twitched slightly. He wasn't satisfied with her answer, but he didn't mind it and continued on cultivating.

Ye Guan spent the next few days in training, and he eventually managed to prove that his assumption was right. Stacking Heavenrend using Space Overlap was incredibly difficult both technique-wise, consumption-wise, and knowledge-wise.

A profound understanding of spacetime was necessary, as well as intense concentration to perform multiple tasks at once, which consumed a ton of mental energy. It was truly daunting and challenging.

However, Ye Guan had also realized that it wasn't exactly impossible. Ye Guan believed that once he had achieved full mastery of the technique, he might be able to defeat his grandfather and father—he could slaughter whenever he wished!

Ye Guan grinned and inwardly acknowledged.

It feels like I'm getting more and more arrogant! This is definitely the Mad Demon Bloodline's fault.

A day in the outside world was equivalent to ten years in the tiny pagoda, so Ye Guan had no worries about training rigorously for half a year.

Finally, he was starting to see some results.

Ye Guan slashed out, and tens of thousands of avatars appeared briefly to slash out in their own spacetime instances. Every avatar only made one move, but when the power of their moves converged in one single point, it created a terrifying attack that was so terrifying that even Little Pagoda struggled to withstand it.

The True Tree inside of him had allowed Ye Guan to support the spiritual energy consumption of such a move; otherwise, he would have been utterly exhausted after just one sword move.

Ye Guan then realized that it was a move that he couldn't use unless it were an emergency. It was powerful, yes, but he would be exhausted upon executing it. Still, Ye Guan had yet to take full advantage of the move; he was truly looking forward to the day he could maximize Space Overlap.

Ye Guan retracted his thought and turned around. He saw that Ye Nanqing was sitting by the shore, watching him from afar.

Ye Guan walked up to her and smiled. "You've been coming here often to watch me train. What do you think? Am I strong yet?"

Ye Nanqing blinked. "You're strong."

Ye Guan laughed boisterously and said, "Actually, I used only about ten percent of my strength. Twenty percent of my power would be too much for this tiny pagoda to withstand."

Little Pagoda had no idea what to say.

Ye Nanqing smiled wryly and asked, "Is that so?"

Ye Guan nodded and said seriously, "I never joke around."

Ye Nanqing shook her head with a smile. "Are you going to continue cultivating?"

Ye Guan looked around. "I think I've had enough for now. Let's leave."

Ye Nanqing nodded in agreement.

Then, the two disappeared from the world inside the tiny pagoda.

When they reappeared, a lady was standing before them. The elegant lady had a gentle demeanor, and she looked

very

similar to Ye Nanqing.

Ye Guan instantly realized that she was Ye Nanqing's mother, so he hurriedly bowed and greeted, "Greetings, Mother-in-law!"

The lady stared at Ye Guan with a bright smile. "No need for formalities."

This was the lady's second time seeing Ye Guan, and she was satisfied with him. In addition to the fact that he had a formidable background, he was also a pretty talented individual. Despite that, he was humble and polite, which was quite rare among youngsters these days.

Most importantly, Ye Guan was extremely powerful.

"Can we chat?" the lady asked. Then, she walked out of Ye Nanqing's earshot.

Ye Guan followed after the lady while Ye Nanqing stood quietly by herself.

The two had just walked out of Ye Nanqing's earshot when the lady said, "Have a child with her."

"

Huh?

" Ye Guan exclaimed in surprise, and she stared wide-eyed at the lady.

Ye Nanqing was silent, but she could hear their conversation. After all, she was much more powerful than the both of them.