It really looks familiar to me..

. Ye Guan examined his memories until he finally recalled where he had seen the coffin before.

"That's..." Ye Guan muttered. He recalled encountering an old man dragging a coffin, and the coffin that the old man was dragging was now in front of him.

Ye Guan was puzzled.

How did this coffin end up in the hands of Erya and Little White? Did they rob that old man?

Erya pointed at the coffin and said, "That's yours."

Ye Guan snapped back to reality and glanced at the coffin before asking, "What's inside?"

Erya licked her candied hawthorn. "See for yourself."

Ye Guan hesitated before walking up to the coffin and gently pushing it open.

A lady of unparalleled beauty was inside the coffin!

The lady was dressed in a pale white dress as she lay quietly in the coffin with her hands folded on her abdomen. She wasn't breathing at all.

Ye Guan turned to look at Erya and asked, "Who is she?"

Erya shook her head. "Don't know."

Ye Guan looked at the lady in the coffin again and hesitated briefly before reaching out to touch the lady's face gently.

Shockingly, the lady's face was warm. She was still alive!

Ye Guan was speechless. He looked at Erya and asked, "Why did you give me this?"

"Don't you think she's beautiful?" Erya asked, sounding serious.

Ye Guan glanced at the lady in the coffin. Erya was right; she was

very

beautiful—wait.

Ye Guan turned to look at Erya and asked, "What has her beauty got to do with me?"

Erya blinked and asked, "Don't you want a wife?"

Ye Guan's expression froze.

Erya's giving me a wife? She's really kind to me...

Erya licked her candied hawthorn and said, "Anyway, you have so many wives, so one more won't make a difference."

Ye Guan had no idea what to say. He glared at Erya before looking at the lady in the coffin. "What happened to her?"

Erya licked her candy hawthorn. Then, she looked down at the lady in the coffin and remarked, "She seems to be sealed."

"Can you undo the seal on her?"

Erya looked at Little White.

Little White blinked, looking puzzled.

"Can you?" Erya asked.

Little White shrugged, saying that she had no idea how to undo a seal.

"Give it a try," Erya urged.

Little White hesitated briefly, and then she looked at the lady in the coffin.

She placed her tiny paw on the lady's forehead, and a burst of pure spiritual energy surged into the lady. However, a powerful wave of energy burst out of the lady's brow, blasting Little White away.

Erya moved quickly, snatching Little White out of mid-air.

Ye Guan walked up to Little White and asked, "Are you okay?"

Little White nodded her little head, and then she pointed at her chest. There was a golden jade pendant on her chest, and it had taken the brunt of the backlash.

Seeing that Little White was fine, Ye Guan breathed a sigh of relief. He turned to look at the lady in the coffin, and his expression gradually became serious.

The lady definitely had extraordinary origins.

"There is an extremely powerful force inside her, and it's the one responsible for her safety and the seal," Shen Ye chimed in.

Ye Guan walked up to the coffin and stared deeply at the lady inside of it. After a moment of silence, he took out the Qingxuan Sword and held it against the lady's brow.

A powerful wave of energy rushed out, but it recoiled upon making contact with the Qingxuan Sword, seemingly stupefied.

Ye Guan activated the Qingxuan Sword, and a powerful torrent of energy surged into the lady.

Soon, the lady's brows were furrowed.

Ye Guan infused more spiritual energy into the Qingxuan Sword. After a while, the lady trembled violently, and innumerable light fragments scattered from her.

The seal was broken!

The lady opened her eyes slowly.

Erya and Little White hurried over, staring curiously at the lady.

Ye Guan put away the Qingxuan Sword.

The lady's eyes were full of confusion. After a while, she looked at Ye Guan and the others, but she remained silent.

Ye Guan said, "Miss?"

The lady stared quietly at Ye Guan.

Ye Guan asked, "Can you speak?"

The lady sat up slowly, and she looked around with a bewildered expression.

Finally, she looked at Ye Guan and asked, "Who are you?"

"How about you? Who are you?" Ye Guan asked back.

The lady furrowed her brows at Ye Guan's question. Moments later, she shook her head slightly and said, "I can't remember."

Ye Guan's expression darkened.

She's suffering from amnesia?

Erya suddenly pointed at the "卍" on the lady's right arm.

Ye Guan stared at the symbol and asked, "Senior Shen Ye, have you ever seen this symbol before?"

Shen Ye glanced at the symbol and shook his head after a moment of contemplation.

Ye Guan looked at the lady again and asked, "Do you remember anything?"

The lady shook her head slightly. "No."

Ye Guan fell silent. It seemed that he would have to find that old man. Ye Guan was convinced that he knew the lady's origins.

Ye Guan sighed and could only house the lady in the world inside the tiny pagoda for the time being.

Ye Guan then glanced at Erya and Little White.

Erya grinned and exclaimed, "Congratulations!"

Ye Guan retorted, "For what?"

"That was such a beautiful lady."

"If you two don't have any other plans, then follow me for now."

"Okay!"

They had snuck out to have fun, so they'd definitely be in trouble later. If they followed Ye Guan, however, they'd have an excuse to use.

Ye Guan smiled at Erya's remark. He knew that Shen Ye alone couldn't handle so many Gods. With Erya and Little White joining him, his chances of winning had just become much higher.

Thus, Ye Guan began to create a plan.

"Young friend," Shen Ye suddenly said," I think we should be the most wary of the Dao Market."

Ye Guan looked at Shen Ye and asked. "How much do you know about the Dao Market?"

"The people behind the Dao Market are quite mysterious. I only know that Old Zhao is the highest-ranking member of the Dao Market. That's on the surface, of course. I'm sure that there's someone more powerful behind him, and we just don't know their identity."

Ye Guan went silent for a while before saying, "Then let's start by taking care of those Gods and the Qi Clan."

"If I'm not mistaken, they must be planning how to deal with me as well," Ye Guan added with a light chuckle.

Shen Ye nodded. "Most likely."

Ye Guan looked at Shen Ye. "Senior, are you at the Divine Dao Realm with forty percent divinity?"

"Yes, I'm that strong here in the Mountain Sea World, but I'm not worse even outside. Against human opponents on the same cultivation base, I definitely have the edge."

Ye Guan turned to Erya. "How many can you handle?"

Erya calmly replied, "The more, the better."

Shen Ye was speechless.

Ye Guan shook his head and smiled. "Then we'll see when the time comes. After all, the strongest will be left to you."

Erya nodded. "Okay!"

Fighting was what she enjoyed most.

Ye Guan looked at Little White again, and Little White waved her little paw as if expressing something.

Ye Guan laughed. "You just need to provide us with equipment when the time comes!"

Little White was silent.

Once the arrangements were done, Ye Guan led Erya, Little White, and Shen Ye into the world inside the tiny pagoda.

Shen Ye's expression became unusually solemn upon entering the independent world, and he glanced at Ye Guan beside him, feeling stupefied deep inside.

It seemed that he had greatly underestimated the young swordsman. The Yang Family wasn't just a simple family. However, how come he had never heard of them before?

Ye Guan found Ao Qianqian, who was in the middle of devouring Battle Intent. Her aura was skyrocketing, and she was getting closer and closer to the Ancestral[1] Realm. To help Ao Qianqian advance, Ye Guan acquired a few drops of Erya's blood essence. Erya's blood essence was immensely beneficial to demonic beasts. As long as Ao Qianqian could reach the Ancestral Realm, Ye Guan would be able to borrow her power to reach the Ancestral Realm as well. By then, Ye Guan was confident that he could slay those Gods with the Qingxuan Sword in hand.

Ye Guan didn't disturb Ao Qianqian and turned around to leave.

Ye Guan soon found himself standing by the sea. He looked around and saw the lady in a white dress sitting quietly on a boulder by the sea.

The lady in a white dress seemed to be lost in her own thoughts as she stared out into space. Ye Guan approached her, and the lady in a white dress turned to look at him.

"Sorry, I still can't remember anything," the lady in a white dress said, sounding apologetic.

Ye Guan asked, "Nothing at all?"

"My mind is blank, and I don't remember anything except for the memories I have with you."

Ye Guan fell silent. The lady in a white dress extended her right hand and looked at the symbol on her arm, saying softly, "This must be related to my origins..."

The lady in a white dress then looked at Ye Guan.

Ye Guan nodded slightly and said, "Once my affairs are settled, I will take you to see an old man who probably knows about your past."

The lady in a white dress nodded. "Thank you."

Ye Guan was curious. "Do you have any power?"

The lady in a white dress hesitated before saying, "It seems like I do."

"Can you show it to me?"

The lady in a white dress nodded slightly and turned to point gently at the sea.

Boom!

A massive chunk of the sea was evaporated, stunning Ye Guan.

The lady in a white dress turned to him and said, "That's it..."

Ye Guan asked, "Are you doing it by instinct?"

The lady in a white dress nodded.

Ye Guan suggested, "Try it on me."

The lady in a white dress shook her head.

Ye Guan smiled. "Just give it a try. I want to see just how strong you are."

The lady in a white dress hesitated before saying, "Just be careful, then..."

With that, the lady in a white dress pointed at Ye Guan.

Boom!

Every hair on Ye Guan stood on end, and he decisively unleashed his Invincible Sword Intent to protect himself.

The next moment, however, Ye Guan was dumbfounded to witness his Invincible Sword Intent dissipating before the lady's finger.

1. referred to as Ancient Sovereign Realm in the Time River, so this is equivalent to Ancient Sovereigns ?