Chapter 1739: Profound Yellow Opens Heavenly Gate

Serpents and dragons possessed the ability to change their size at will. At their biggest, they could swallow the sky and devour the sun. At the smallest, they could become invisible to the naked eye.

The Thousand-headed Demonic Serpent was no different. Naturally, Ye Qing’s punch missed and did nothing.

His punch just missed, and his energies were cycling. Suddenly, alarm bells blared in Ye Qing’s head, and the Thousand-headed Demonic Serpent appeared above him. The next second, thousands and thousands of heads descended like a storm.

This was no mere storm that kicked up a sandstorm or blew over a forest, however. It was a storm that could shift stars, moons, and even suns out of position; drown everything in its bottomless depths like a world-ending flood.

“It is rude not to reciprocate. It’s your turn to get beaten up now, boy!”

“Not necessarily...”

As Ye Qing lifted his head, black and white circulated inside his pupils. A black fish and a white fish were circling around his head and forming the symbol of taichi as well.

The descending storm was fully blocked by the taichi symbol. Action became inaction, strong became weak, heavy became light, and life became death. The endless dialogue between yin and yang and the infinite cycle of life and death of the Great Way somehow kept the terrible attack at bay.

“How long will you last?”

The Thousand-headed Demonic Serpent’s heads abruptly bound together like ropes and vines.

Their entanglement was such that it looked like space itself would explode from the squeezing. The energies leaking from it was positively terrifying.

When the heads had tied themselves into a bundle, lightning abruptly descended from the fog.

The lightning was so pure white and utterly insubstantial. It was a lightning that wiped out all existence and turned everything into nothing. It was called the White Thunder of Nothingness.

While clutching the White Thunder of Nothingness, the bundle of snake heads slammed against the taichi symbol.

The entire world lost all color for an instant. Nothing could be seen or heard.

However, a dot of black slowly appeared amidst the canvas of white and nothingness.

Like a drop of ink dripping into a cup of clear water, it instantly dyed the canvas of white black.

A young man slowly walked out of the darkness. It was Ye Qing.

Right now, Ye Qing was hundreds of meters tall. He was wearing yin and yang on his head, standing on profound yellow, and backed by the myriad colors of humanity.

“I come from the human world bearing the gift of spring wind.”

Rumble...

Ye Qing brought down his foot, and it was as if an impossible weight had crashed into this land.

The thousand-headed Demonic Serpent tried to struggle only to find that the sky was spinning like a millstone, and the earth was clinging to him like shackles, and the human world was binding his whole body like chains. It could not break free.

“The Abode level! Not bad.”

Despite its state, the Thousand-headed Demonic Serpent did not panic or fly into a rage. On the contrary, it looked right at home.

“I call it the Profound Yellow Heaven of Freedom. Please, continue giving me your guidance!” Ye Qing stood level with the Thousand-headed Demonic Serpent and looked straight into its eyes.

“Alright. I’ll give it a go!”

As soon as it finished its sentence, a terrific power burst out of the depths of the abyss. Darkness encroached the Profound Yellow Heaven of Freedom from every direction, corrupting and annihilating everything.

Not even the Profound Yellow Mother Qi or the Innate Yin Yang Qi was enough to stop it.

Clatter clatter clatter!

Amidst the epic impacts and noises, what felt like invisible chains flew out of the Ghastly Abyss of the Lost and penetrated the Profound Yellow Heaven of Freedom. They then wrapped around his mind and consciousness.

Ye Qing immediately felt heavy in mind and weak in consciousness. It felt like some sort of mysterious and terrible power was threatening to pull him into the bottomless pit that was the Ghastly Abyss of the Lost, never to be freed.

Both Ye Qing and the Profound Yellow Heaven of Freedom began sinking.

This was the Thousand-headed Demonic Serpent’s most terrifying advantage: it could employ the power of the Ghastly Abyss of the Lost.

This was also why the Thousand-headed Demonic Serpent was confident in its victory. No one could defeat it in the abyss unless they were overwhelmingly stronger than it.

“Why aren’t you resisting, boy? Have you given up?”

The Thousand-headed Demonic Serpent found it odd that Ye Qing was just allowing the abyss to drag him toward the bottom. His calm and collected expression only added to its confusion.

“Hmm?”

The Thousand-headed Demonic Serpent had just said this when he realized that something wasn’t right. Mysterious light washed out of its eyes, and Ye Qing’s silhouette abruptly grew illusory.

Clearly, this wasn’t Ye Qing’s true body. It was just a wisp of his spiritual consciousness. The real Ye Qing had escaped a while ago.

“Cunning boy!”

It was only now the Thousand-headed Demonic Serpent realized that Ye Qing was planning to make a break for it from the very beginning. The reason he sent Feng Qingyou and the others off earlier was so that he wouldn’t be bogged down when he made his escape later.

𝒇𝒓𝒆𝒆𝙬𝒆𝒃𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝙡.𝒄𝓸𝒎

It must admit that the wisp of consciousness was extremely realistic though. It did not notice anything wrong with it until after Ye Qing was gone.

“Do you think you can escape though?”

As the Thousand-headed Demonic Serpent spoke, fog began churning deep beneath the abyss. The next second, it transformed into a giant maw. It was a maw that spanned the entire Ghastly Abyss of the Lost, infinitely huge and deep.

As the maw slowly widened, the massive fog that permeated the nine heavens and blotted out the sky all sank into it.

What was a pitch black sky instantly turned perfectly bright and clear.

The sunlight could not shine through the infinite depths of the maw, however.

The next moment, even the sun could no longer bear the abyss’ power and fell into its depths.

Space shattered, and void collapsed. Everything plummeted into the giant maw, and for a moment, the world grew lightless and chaotic like the beginning of time.

Thang...

It was at this moment a bell chimed, and profound light flashed.

At first, the bell chime was weak like the dripping of a spring, and the profound light was weak like a candleflame.

However, the dripping grew rapid until it formed a continuous flow, and the bell chime turned grand, passionate, and vast.

A single spark could set a prairie on fire. The profound light eventually grew to the point where it burst through the many layers of darkness and illuminated the sky.

The bell pacified water and fire, and the profound light chased away all darkness and evil.

Wherever the bell chimed, the chaotic and lawless space gradually stabilized and returned to normal. Wherever the profound light shone, the darkness was repelled, and light and warmth filled the space it left behind.

“Enough is enough, senior.” Ye Qing’s voice came from the profound light. He sounded exasperated.

The Thousand-headed Demonic Serpent’s voice came from the giant maw. “What’s wrong? Are you admitting defeat, boy?”

“This junior is definitely no match for you in the abyss, senior.”

Ye Qing replied, “However, I am not admitting defeat. In fact, I have already won.”

The Thousand-headed Demonic Serpent retorted, “Won? The fight’s far from over!”

“That is true,” Ye Qing said indifferently, “but an incense stick has already passed. Have you forgotten our bet already?”

“Bet?” The Thousand-headed Demonic Serpent was taken aback. “Oh right, an incense stick is up. Well damn, you did win.”

Ye Qing chuckled. “Thank you.”

The Thousand-headed Demonic Serpent returned the chuckle. “However, the fight still isn’t over yet, is it?”

Ye Qing furrowed his brows. “Are you going back on your word, senior?”

“So what if I am?”

The Thousand-headed Demonic Serpent let out a cold chuckle. “Back then, that old fart promised that he would take me away from this play in a jiffy. Countless years had passed since, and still he hadn’t fulfilled his promise. He too went back on his word, didn’t he?”

“If the mighty Earthly Sovereign can go back on his word, why not me?”

“Heh. You should take your grievances to the Earthly Sovereign, not me!” Ye Qing’s tone grew colder. The amiability in his voice was nowhere to be found.

The Thousand-headed Demonic Serpent was confused. “I thought the old fart was dead?”

Ye Qing sneered. “He is. If you want, I can send you to his side.”

“Oh, you’re saying you’re going to kill me!”

The Thousand-headed Demonic Serpent did not get angry. Instead, it laughed and taunted, “What’s wrong? Are you mad?”