True Martial World - Chapter 373: Heading to Tian Yuan

In the last two years, Yi Yun had left the Cloud Wilderness and he had experienced a lot. Yi Yun's psychological state had changed greatly especially after the bitter experiences he suffered through over the past few days.

Now, with him returning back to the Cloud Wilderness, and meeting Su Jie again, it felt like everything had returned to the beginning. It filled Yi Yun with mixed emotions.

"Kid, it cannot be that you never left the Cloud Wilderness?"

Su Jie blinked his eyes. He found it hard to believe that, after entering the mystic realm two years ago, he would meet Yi Yun again right after he came out!

"I left, but because of some reasons, I have returned." Yi Yun's experience was a long story. "What about Senior? Why are you still in the Cloud Wilderness? Did you just come out of that mystic realm?"

Before they separated in the Cloud Wilderness, Yi Yun knew that Su Jie had gone in search of fortuitous opportunities.

Hearing Yi Yun's question, Su Jie went into a daze for a while. He blinked his small black eyes and seemed to turn dumb.

However, he was still quick to react. He calmly touched his dirty beard and pretended to be mysterious, "Indeed, I had gone into a mystic realm. It was awesome, and there were plenty of fortuitous opportunities! In there, I gained a lot, but some of the opportunities were too difficult to obtain. I tried all sorts of methods, resulting in me being delayed by a bit."

Uh…

Hearing the words of Old Man Su, Yi Yun was stunned for quite a while. This old man still bragged well, even in such a pathetic state. Only a ghost would believe him!

However, since Su Jie did not want to mention the mishaps in the mystic realms, Yi Yun did not probe further.

"Kid, you were in the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom's Jin Long Wei campgrounds, so why did you come out to the Cloud Wilderness? To do a mission?"

Old Man Su looked at Yi Yun from top to bottom. Actually, Yi Yun was not looking great at present. After being locked in prison for ten days, his clothes had become covered in dirt and they were completely tattered.

With the two of them together, it was as if an old beggar had met a young beggar.

"It is a long story. I am leaving the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom." Yi Yun sighed.

"Leaving the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom? That cannot be…"

Old Man Su was stunned. In Yi Yun's situation, joining the Jin Long Wei and using the Jin Long Wei's resources to cultivate would be the best of outcomes. Why did he suddenly want to leave the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom?

"Oh? How did you… break through to the Yuan Foundation?"

Su Jie found it incredulous that Yi Yun's cultivation level had already crossed the Purple Blood realm, breaking through to the Yuan Foundation in just two short years.

The Yuan Foundation realm was the most important realm for a warrior's path. It was the foundation of martial arts and should not be rushed.

"Breaking through too soon results in a shaky foundation. It will cause hidden consequences." Su Jie advised Yi Yun. As he wanted to say some more, a sudden "Gu" sound was heard. It was Su Jie's stomach calling…

Yi Yun was dumbfounded for a while as he looked at Su Jie. He found it amazing that an expert like Su Jie would be so hungry that his stomach growled.

Su Jie's face turned red. It was all because of that darn mystic realm. After being trapped for so long, and being isolated from Heaven Earth Yuan Qi, he still needed the energy to sustain his life no matter how high his cultivation level was.

In that mystic realm, Su Jie only depleted energy. As such, he had no way to abstain from eating or drinking. Furthermore, Su Jie was originally a person who loved eating. Over the last two years, he had become extremely hungry.

In the mystic realm, he had decided that if he was able to get out, the first thing he did would be to eat a sumptuous feast.

Now, whatever Old Man Su saw looked like roasted meat. He rubbed his belly and coughed dryly, "The mystic realm was fraught with danger and it was thin in Yuan Qi. This old man has greatly expended his energy, and all his elixirs were consumed, so I am a bit hungry…"

Yi Yun found it funny, but he resisted the urge to expose the old man. He began collecting firewood to light a fire.

Thirty minutes later, a fire began to burn as a crackling sound could be heard from the burning wood.

A greasy leg of a beast was being roasted over the fire. Beside the fire, there was a crock pot that brewed bone soup.

Old Man Su watched at the meat in Yi Yun's hands. He rubbed his hands and asked, "Is it done roasting?"

Old Man Su had already asked this question several times. It was as if Yi Yun was seeing an old refugee. Helplessly, he took out a dagger and sliced off the cooked meat from the exterior parts of the beast leg. He then passed the meat along with the dagger to Old Man Su.

With the roasted meat in his hands, Old Man Su could not help but rip out a piece and fill his mouth.

The moment he bit down, the meat that was soft on the inside and crispy on the outside filled his mouth with oil. It was so delicious that he even wanted to swallow his own tongue.

After being trapped for so long, finally being given new life and eating roasted meat that had been absent from his life for so long, Old Man Su was truly in tears.

This was life. This was how one should live! No matter what darn mystic realms there are in the future, I would rather die than enter them!

As Old Man Su shouted out in his heart, he voraciously ate the meat.

He nearly thought that he would die of hunger in that mystic realm. Even with his cultivation level, he would slowly weaken if he had to stay in such an environment for a few decades. He would then have to enter a state of hibernation.

If no one saved him by taking him out of it, then he would never wake up.

"I say, kid. Why are you leaving the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom? Where are you going?"

Old Man Su casually asked Yi Yin while he was focused on destroying the roasted meat in his hands.

Yi Yun sighed and said, "I have nowhere to go…"

"Oh?" Su Jie was stunned for a moment. He knew something was unusual. Since Yi Yun had nowhere to go and had to leave the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom, then he was probably forced to do so.

"You got chased out by the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom?"

Yi Yun smiled bitterly and said, "You can say that…"

After thinking through his words, Yi Yun narrated the main points of the recent events to Su Jie.

As for matters regarding Jiang Xiaorou, Yi Yun did not wish to mention much regarding those. Su Jie was after all, human, he might have some hatred for the Desolate race, so Yi Yun did not wish to mention matters regarding Jiang Xiaorou.

"The Shentu family clan? That is a family clan in the Tian Yuan world… To offend the Shentu family clan, that sure is not a good situation to be in…"

Su Jie wiped the oil off his mouth and looked at the roasted meat in his hands. He then looked at Yi Yun and with a roll of his eyes, he said, "Kid, if you have nowhere to go, why not follow me?"

Su Jie did not care about the feud Yi Yun had with the Shentu family clan. What he cared about was being able to eat the roasted meat Yi Yun cooked daily.

Eating was the most important thing in life.

"Follow you?" Yi Yun looked up at Su Jie, "Where are you going?"

Su Jie smiled with a "Hehe" and said, "To the Lin family to look for my disciple! Speaking of which, the Lin family is also in the Tian Yuan world."

Find Lin Xintong?

Yi Yun's mind began churning as a white dressed figure, holding a long sword, appeared in his mind.

He had not seen Lin Xintong for a long time…

Su Jie finished his roasted meat and, as if it ought to be, took the uneaten roasted meat in Yi Yun's hands, before munching on it as well.

His mouth was filled with meat as he unclearly said, "The Tai Ah Divine Kingdom is my hometown, so I brought Xintong here for training. Xintong's family is actually in the Tian Yuan world."

"What you call the Tian Yuan world is the Western Regions. And in fact, that is the central lands of the Human race. There are all sorts of powerful family clans gathered there as well as numerous experts! In comparison, this place is just a remote place in the east. How about it? Kid, do you want to broaden your horizons with me in the Tian Yuan world?"

Su Jie's words were tempting for Yi Yun.

The Tian Yuan world, the central lands of the Human race!

With more experts, it meant there would be greater opportunities for him there.

If he went to the Tian Yuan world, then his growth would be even faster, and his horizons would broaden.

Of course, he would be closer to the Shentu family clan. Eventually, he would collide with them!

Against such a colossus entity, Yi Yun's strength was incomparable. However, he felt the fighting spirit within him silently rise.

He had sworn to kill Shentu Nantian, making him pay ten times the price.

The Tian Yuan world would be his opportunity and would be a tremendous challenge.

To the Tian Yuan world? Thinking about it made Yi Yun's blood boil.

At that moment, Su Jie added on, "This old man has the official title of a guest in the Lin family with little else to do. Usually, if there is nothing, I too would not go to the Lin family. However, in this trip to the mystic realm, I have expended too much, so I will need to recuperate in the Lin family for a while. You can follow this old man. I will make do and take you in as an in-name disciple." Su Jie said casually.

When warriors taught disciples, there were personal disciples, normal disciples, and in-name disciples. Without a doubt, in-name disciples were the worst.

A lot of the time, in-name disciples was just a title, as nothing would be taught to them.

This was similar to a warrior having a quasi-master.

Yi Yun rolled his eyes. This old fellow clearly had no intentions of taking him in as a disciple.

Even if it was an official disciple, I might not even want it!

Yi Yun had such thoughts.

Su Jie could read Yi Yun's mind as he moaned, "Rotten kid, you sure think highly of yourself. In the Tian Yuan world, I am a famous Desolate Heaven Master. There are tons of young masters of different family clans who want to be my in-name disciples. You should be happy that I am taking you in as a disciple!"

Taking in Yi Yun as a quasi-disciple was just a sudden whim Su Jie had. If he took in such a disciple, then he would get to eat all sorts of good food daily, wouldn't that be a good deal?

As for teaching Yi Yun the Desolate Heaven technique, Su Jie never thought of it. After all, learning the Desolate Heaven technique was too tough. Those who had the talent needed were less than one in a million.

True Martial World - Chapter 372: Seal

In the vast Divine Wilderness, at the Tai Ah Divine City.

In the gray night sky, the Shepherd Boy had just landed in the divine city like a wisp of green smoke.

"Lord Qing Kui, Grand Magus Xuan Yin requests your presence as soon as possible."

A Desolate race warrior, dressed in light armor, bowed to him as a form of salutation as the Shepherd Boy landed.

Qing Kui was the Shepherd Boy's real name. When he traversed the human countries, he had never used his own name, hence the humans only called him Shepherd Boy.

Qing Kui nodded and walked towards the Tai Ah Divine City's central divine tower.

When he entered the central divine tower, Qing Kui walked straight underground, only stopping when he finally reached the sword and saber tombs.

Now, the sword and saber tombs looked completely different. If the Tai Ah Divine City's City Lord was here, he would be inexplicably surprised.

The Tai Ah Divine Kingdom had used the sword and saber tombs as the foundation for the Tai Ah Divine City. They had used the divine city for several years, but every generation's City Lord never knew that the sword and saber tombs hid such a secret.

Now, the two tombs had been opened.

Below the sword and saber tombs, a huge, black, spatial dimension had appeared. This space seemed to lead to an infinitely deep abyss. On the surface of the deep abyss, there was a light purple whirlpool which was slowly swirling.

Qing Kui stood before the whirlpool with a serious expression.

"Do you need to rest for a while? Your condition is not very good."

At that moment, an old woman with a walking stick made of peach treewood appeared behind him.

"Xuan Yin, you have worked hard. You have been taking care of this place during the days I was not here." The Shepherd Boy said to the old woman. "I do not need to rest. On the way back, I took some medicine. My injuries have basically recovered, and I have once again managed to suppress the Death Heavenly Revolution in my body."

"Qing Kui..." The old woman shook her head. "This time, you went deep into Tai Ah alone, and you battled the Shentu family clan alone. This was too risky. If anything happened to you, it would greatly impact our plans!"

"I am cognizant of that."

The Shepherd Boy answered simply as he was reluctant about making a fuss of the matter. "Let us begin!"

"Good!"

As Grand Magus Xuan Yin said that, she stood opposite the Shepherd Boy. They hovered in the air and below their feet was the black swirl below the sword and saber tombs.

...

That night in the Divine Wilderness, across the vast land, a divine purple beam shot up into the sky. This divine purple beam was like a huge divine sword that shot upwards to split apart the nine heavens!

This divine beam lasted for longer than several hours and lit up an area of 50,000 kilometers in radius.

Even those in the remote Tai Ah Divine Kingdom, on the Divine Kingdom's boundary, could see this divine beam surging into the sky. It connected the heaven and earth like a path to reach the divine realm of the nine heavens.

Only when the Sun rose from the East did the divine beam slowly weaken before disappearing completely...

After the divine beam disappeared, an infinite amount of purple clouds gathered together.

There were more and more purple clouds gathering, in the end, the entire Divine Wilderness was covered.

In the boundary of the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom, people were shocked speechless upon seeing such a phenomenon.

Endless amounts of purple clouds covered a radius of 50,000 kilometers, obscuring the sky and covering the earth, it was an extremely spectacular sight!

"Purple Clouds' Birth, it is the Purple Clouds' Birth again..."

In a border city of the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom, an old man dressed in a dragon robe was filled with mixed emotions upon seeing this scene.

The dragon robe he wore was made of black gold threads, embroidered into it was nine golden dragons. All the nine golden dragons had 5 claws.

The nine five-clawed golden dragons combined to represent the imperial throne.

He was the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom's current ruler, the Divine Emperor!

The Tai Ah Divine City had fallen and the beast horde was about to flood into the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom. The Divine Emperor had personally come to fight against the beast horde. He and the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom's Sages were all situated in the Divine Kingdom's border city.

However, after the Shepherd Boy led the beast horde and took over the Tai Ah Divine City, he did not carry on moving South. Instead, he stayed in the Tai Ah Divine City for a long time.

It was only until today that a purple beam shot up into the sky. Purple Clouds' Birth!

The old Divine Emperor thought of the scene that had happened two years ago in the Cloud Wilderness.

The purple clouds that covered the sky blotted out the Cloud Wilderness. Back then, the upper echelons of the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom thought that it was the birth of a special treasure. They had sent the Jin Long Wei to search for it. Even their national treasure, the Tai Ah Compass was used. However, they still returned empty handed.

Once in the Cloud Wilderness and once again in the Divine Wilderness. The two Purple Clouds' Births were separated by two years, and this naturally had a connection that no one knew of!

The Divine Emperor looked into the distance. His gaze pierced through the endless lands of the Divine Wilderness. It seemed like he could see the ethereal image of the Tai Ah Divine City...

"Purple Clouds' Birth… it turns out to be related to the Desolate race. Two years ago, when I first saw the Purple Clouds' Birth, I never expected that it was because of them..."

"It is such a joke that I thought a special treasure had appeared in the Cloud Wilderness, and even deployed troops to search for it. In the end… Hai!"

The old Divine Emperor let out a long sigh and kept shaking his head. He could feel a sense of lifeless in the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom's fate. Could this Divine Kingdom, which had been passed down for such a long time, eventually fall under his hands?

The Purple Clouds' Birth appeared in the Divine Wilderness. Far away, in the Cloud Wilderness, Yi Yun was alone.

The Divine Wilderness was too far away so he had no idea what was happening there.

He was currently planning his own future.

He wanted to leave the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom.

North of The Tai Ah Divine Kingdom was the Divine Wilderness, to the East was the Cloud Wilderness. To the West was the Yun Long Divine Kingdom and in the South were the 10 Southern countries.

Yi Yun was now in the Cloud Wilderness, east of the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom. He wanted to leave the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom as fast as possible. He could only head into the deep depths of the Cloud Wilderness, because if Shentu Nantian used some method to find him, he would definitely die.

The Cloud Wilderness may not be as vast when compared to the Divine Wilderness, but there was nearly no one in the deep depths of the Cloud Wilderness.

Yi Yun did not know what he would meet if he kept heading deeper into the Cloud Wilderness.

And if he really crossed the Cloud Wilderness, what scene would he see on the other side?

Would there be other human countries there? If so, would those countries be stronger or weaker than the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom?

This route would definitely be fraught with danger. Yi Yun also had no idea of how vast the Cloud Wilderness was. It might take him a year, however, this was also a training experience for him.

He needed to rapidly increase his own strength. He needed power!

The Shepherd Boy had said that Humans and Desolates have different paths. If he had absolute power, then he could set the rules himself. So what if Humans and Desolates had different paths?

Just as Yi Yun was planning his future, he suddenly saw a purple beam fly up into the sky, far into the distance. The ground then began to gently rumble!

This purple beam shot straight into the clouds. It was blinding and did not dissipate for a long time.

Yi Yun thought for a moment, what was going on?

After hesitating slightly, he began to rapidly move towards the blinding purple beam.

On the way, Yi Yun controlled his breathing as he kept himself on alert of his surroundings.

For there to be such a sudden phenomenon might be a fortuitous opportunity. It could also be an immense danger. Now, he lacked strength, and from how powerful the purple beam seemed, any tiny bit of danger from it could be too much for him. If that was the case, then he had to quickly leave.

After running for a long time, Yi Yun suddenly heard a loud boom. In a distant mountain valley, the ground exploded. Yi Yun then saw a human figure, shooting out from the pile of rocks on the ground.

This figure had dishevelled hair and a dirty face, his clothes were tattered and he looked like a beggar.

Yi Yun quickly hid. As he focused on it, he saw that the figure that had appeared was an old man.

This old man seemed crazy, as if he had been greatly provoked. As he ran, he cursed, "*****, this damn place, it is killing me! Really killing me!"

"After being trapped in there for so long, I have finally come out! It really was not ***** easy!"

As the old man cursed, he casually wiped his face. However, his hands were originally blackened, so he only dirtied his face even more. This wipe only made his old face even uglier.

However, even so, after he wiped his face, Yi Yun could still see it clearly...

That familiar face and those wretched facial features...

This old man, wasn't he Su Jie?

Old Man Su!

When Yi Yun was cultivating in the Cloud Wilderness's Lian tribal clan, he had met Lin Xintong and Old Man Su.

Old Man Su was miserly and greedy for food. He never seemed decent, but he had given Yi Yun a protective charm. In Fallen Star Gate, Yi Yun had used that protective charm to get out of the jaws of danger, killing the Golden Crow species instead. If not for it, he would probably have died in Fallen Star Gate.

Later on, during the Jin Long Wei's selection, Yi Yun had met Old Man Su once again in the Tao tribal clan. Old Man Su had said that he was going to explore some mystic realm, and with Lin Xintong saying she had some family matters to tend to, they bid farewell with each other.

As such,, they had not seen each other since the three of them split up.

Surprisingly, today he actually met Su Jie again in the Cloud Wilderness!

And it could be seen that this old man had gone through a miserable period.

Yi Yun hid behind some rocks. However, after Su Jie ran a few steps, he suddenly felt something and discovered Yi Yun.

Yi Yun decided to just stand up.

When Old Man Su saw Yi Yun, he was stunned.

Yi Yun was now much taller than he was 2 years ago. Although his looks had slightly changed, Old Man Su could still recognized him in a glance.

Can there be a mistake, it is this kid?

Old Man Su had estimated that he had been trapped in that darn mystic realm for two years.

In those two years, he had been locked in a purple seal. He had tried all sorts of methods but failed to break through the seal.

This seal could isolate Heaven Earth Yuan Qi and at the same time, gathered the Power of Desolates.

As such, there were extremely rich Power of Desolates in the seal, but extremely thin Heaven Earth Yuan Qi. For a person like Old Man Su, he could choose to not eat a long time ago, and did not need food or drinks to survive, however, he could not go without Heaven Earth Yuan Qi.

Without eating and without any Heaven Earth Yuan Qi to absorb, Old Man Su had nearly become a flickering candle in the wind over the years.

He originally thought that he had failed miserably at an easy task, but he never expected that the purple seal would suddenly turned into a purple beam and surged into the sky, that was until it disappeared today. noveltranslationweb.blogspot.com

As such, he finally managed to get out of that mystic realm!

Then, under such circumstances, he saw Yi Yun.

After being trapped for two years, and managing to finally come out, how could he see Yi Yun? According to Old Man Su's estimation, Yi Yun should have long since have been admitted by the Jin Long Wei, and should have left the Cloud Wilderness after that, right?

"How is it you?"

Su Jie and Yi Yun said that at the same moment. The two of them had never expected that they would meet each other here.

True Martial World - Chapter 371: Humans and Desolates have different paths

Yi Yun flew behind the Shepherd Boy for an unknown period of time.

While flying, Yi Yun did not find the speed to be fast, nor did the wind, blowing at him, feel forceful. In fact, it could be said to be gentle.

However, the scene of the ground beneath him was quickly changing, as if space was being distorted.

"Senior Shepherd Boy, where is my sister?" Yi Yun could not help but ask after flying for two hours. He was currently most worried about Jiang Xiaorou's whereabouts.

The Shepherd Boy did not respond until he landed Yi Yun on the top of a mountain. Looking around, it was desolate lands and canyons. There were several hundred meter tall ancient trees around, towering into the sky.

Yi Yun recognized that this was the Cloud Wilderness!

Standing on a mountain peak of the Cloud Wilderness, the strong winds blew coldly. Yi Yun brushed away the hair that had covered his eyes, and cupped his hands, "Senior Shepherd Boy, Yi Yun will remember the debt of you saving me. I will definitely repay you in the future!"

The Shepherd Boy was silent and had his back facing Yi Yun.

Yi Yun hesitated for a while before asking again, "Senior, I want to ask… Where is my sister?"

The Shepherd Boy looked at the endless expanse of land from the mountain peak as he said calmly, "You do not need to remember this gratitude, neither do I need you to repay this gratitude. I saved you because I agreed to Her Grace's request, as for Her Grace, she has promised under certain conditions. So, you do not owe me anything."

"Now, I have saved you, and you can leave…"

Leave?

Yi Yun's eyebrows ticked. How could he leave just like this? He had not even seen Jiang Xiaorou.

"Senior, I wish to meet my sister," Yi Yun said earnestly.

The Shepherd Boy sighed and shook his head, "The Human race and the Desolate race were originally two separate worlds. There is animosity between the two. You do not need to meet Her Grace, besides… She is not your sister. The fate between the two of you shall end here…"

Hearing the Shepherd Boy's words, Yi Yun's heart tightened. Will their fate end?

He and Jiang Xiaorou had relied on one another along the way, going through thick and thin together. However, now with the Shepherd Boy's simple words, their fate was ending?

"Senior Shepherd Boy! If it is as you said, that the Human race and the Desolate race are two completely different worlds, and my fate with her has come to an end, then I want to meet my sister once and hear it from her. If she too thinks that our fate has ended, then I will leave immediately and never again interfere with her life!"

Yi Yun said those words in a deep voice. He did not believe that Jiang Xiaorou would feel like their fate had ended. The relationship between Jiang Xiaorou and him could not be compared to the relationship between Jiang Xiaorou and the Desolate race which she had not interacted before.

The Shepherd Boy turned around and looked at Yi Yun. His hair was flying in the wind as his eyes looked deep like the ocean, "You do not need to meet her, neither will she meet you. This was promised by her at the beginning. It is also one of the conditions I had for saving you."

What?

Hearing this, Yi Yun felt his heart suddenly wrench.

Jiang Xiaorou had gotten the Shepherd Boy to save him under such conditions.

Although he guessed that his sister's status among the Desolate race was phenomenal, she had no strength. She would be restricted in the many things she wanted to do…

Without any questions, when Jiang Xiaorou pleaded the Shepherd Boy to save him, she must have agreed to several conditions.

"What else has she promised?" Yi Yun asked. The Shepherd Boy's words made him feel somewhat depressed.

"As for the rest… they deal with her cultivation and the Desolate race… These things, you do not have to know, nor do you need to worry about them. Although the things I made the Her Grace agree to are things she is not willing to do now, it is all for her own good. It is also for the Desolate race's future. Humans and Desolates have different paths, so it is best that you forget her!"

"Let me give you another word of advice. Quickly grow up. The peaceful years might not last for long. The next time we meet, we might be enemies."

When the Shepherd Boy said this, he turned around and was about to leave. Yi Yun shouted from behind him, "Hold on!"

"What else is there?"

The Shepherd Boy's back faced Yi Yun as he had no intention to turn around again.

"The peaceful years might not last for long… Is your Desolate race going to go to war with the Human race?"

The Shepherd Boy said, "Not necessarily, but… it is possible that we have to."

"Originally, destroying Tai Ah was the prelude to this battle. The orders from the Lord was to make a way through Tai Ah, Yun Long, and the other surrounding countries so that the Divine Wilderness would annex the territories of those countries, leaving the Divine Wilderness to spread all the way to the Tian Yuan world. The Tian Yuan world is also what you call the Western Regions."

"However, by accident, we found Her Grace and are no longer in a hurry to do so. Besides, Her Grace is kind, she does not wish to see Tai Ah turn into a river of blood…"

Open up the Divine Wilderness all the way to the Tian Yuan world?

When Yi Yun heard this, his mind trembled. Yi Yun did not know of the Tian Yuan world. Originally, Tian Yuan was the center point of a Go board. With Yuan marking the beginnings or the origins.

It seemed that the Tian Yuan world was the center of this world. As for the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom, it was a country that was far from the world's center. As the Tian Yuan world was to the West of the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom, the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom would generally call the area the Western Regions.

As for the Divine Wilderness, it was situated to the north of the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom. If the Shepherd Boy set off a beast horde and swallowed the entire Tai Ah Divine Kingdom, then all the cities would turn into ruins. The land would become the land of the desolate beasts. Then the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom would really become a part of the Divine Wilderness!

If the Divine Wilderness and the Tian Yuan world were connected, then, with the Divine Wilderness as the base, the Desolate race could set off a beast horde to attack the Tian Yuan world directly.

And the Shentu family clan was located in the Tian Yuan world!

Yi Yun knew that the Desolate race had a feud with the Shentu family clan. Previously, the Desolate race had set off a beast horde in a bid to destroy the Shentu family clan, but they ultimately failed.

However, during that time, the Shepherd Boy had set off a beast horde deep within enemy territory, without backup. He could not rely on the Divine Wilderness.

If a channel to the Divine Wilderness was opened up, then there could be endless hordes of desolate beasts that could come from the Divine Wilderness, straight into the Tian Yuan world. When that happened, the outcome of the war would probably change…

"Can I know the identity of my sister? She was originally a high-ranking member of the Desolate race, yet she ended up in the Cloud Wilderness. Then how did Shentu Nantian recognize her identity with a glance? Why do the Desolate race and the Shentu family clan have such an irreconcilable feud?"

Yi Yun always wanted to know the secrets behind this matter and understand Jiang Xiaorou's childhood.

However, the Shepherd Boy had no intention of explaining. He lightly said, “You do not need to know."

After he said that, the Shepherd Boy flew away.

His green figure quickly disappeared into the night, leaving Yi Yun standing on the high mountain. He was currently lost in thoughts.

The Shepherd Boy had left. The desolate plains were quiet. Only the sound of the wind could be heard. Yi Yun was for a while, confused.

Although he had escaped danger, he had not managed to meet Jiang Xiaorou. In the future, it would be extremely difficult to meet her again.

If they met again, she was one of the Desolate race, while he was of the Human race, what would happen?

He naturally could not return to the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom. So, where should he go?

The Divine Wilderness… With his strength, it was unlikely that he could cross it. Then… Should he cross the Cloud Wilderness?

For a moment, Yi Yun did not know where he should go.

He was urgently in need of improving his strength.

…

After separating from Yi Yun, the Shepherd Boy flew extremely fast.

His goal was the Tai Ah Divine City.

To save Yi Yun, he had been delayed for too long. He had even been wounded.

While flying, the Shepherd Boy suddenly felt something in his mind. A distant voice rang in his mind. The message was short. It said.

"The seal has diminished. Slow down."

The Shepherd Boy took a deep breath when he heard that the seal diminished. In his eyes, which had always seemed carefree, a rare glimmer of expectation and hope now appeared.

It was finally beginning. Everything was going according to plan.

And an unexpected surprise was the return of Her Grace.

Her Grace, who had disappeared for several years, had not died. With this, maybe he could be able to open up a new era for the Desolate race!

True Martial World - Chapter 370: Finally Leaving Tai Ah

The divine lights of the laws began to slowly fade in the vast sky. The arm of the galaxy once again began to shimmer in the sky, and now, the entire Chu Prefecture City was in complete ruins. With the Chu royal residence as the core, it seemed to have been attacked by a terrible storm. All the nearby buildings had completely collapsed, while the Chu royal residence had been reduced to dust, not even leaving behind any wreckage.

The Shepherd Boy stood under the bright moon, holding the Illusionary Bone sword in one hand and the bamboo flute in the other.

A breeze blew, fluttering his green clothes. His elegance and talent seemed peerless.

His pair of eyes stared at the Shentu family clan Elders. That deep stare seemed to resemble the endless starry sky above his head.

"He's injured, and should be very seriously injured at that. He should be on the verge of his limits!"

"Ignoring the Death Heavenly Revolution left in his body, even the wound on his chest has been infected by toxins. He is bleeding black blood!"

The Shepherd Boy's condition was clear to everyone, but even then, no one dared to go forward.

The Shepherd Boy had previously killed 6 of the Shentu family clan Elders, and then the Myriad Empyreal King. This was too great a shock for them. Furthermore, every time they thought they could kill him, they were killed by him instead!

Hence, even if they knew that he had damaged his life force, none of the Shentu family clan Elders dared to make a move.

Even Elder Su and Elder Mo did not go forth. The pressure was too great.

Maybe if they all piled on, maybe then they would be able to prevent the heavily injured Shepherd Boy from leaving. However, there was no doubt that they would only be left with a few people in the end. They might even all die together with the Shepherd Boy.

No one was willing to make such a sacrifice.

At that moment, people saw that a black mist was emerging from the 10 claw wounds on the Shepherd Boy's chest.

"Chi! Chi! Chi!"

After the black mist left the wounds, it burned in the air, quickly being reduced to ash.

When people saw this, their hearts tightened, "He is using the Power of Desolates to force the toxins out of his body!"

"This is not good, we cannot let him force the poison out. If he completely recovers, we will be even less of a match for him. We might even all die here today!"

The Shepherd Boy was unexpectedly healing himself in the air, completely ignoring them. This made many of the Shentu Elders aggrieved. It was as if they did not exist.

They knew that if they did not attack the Shepherd Boy now, they would lose their greatest advantage in battle.

However, no one dared to make a move against him. Everyone knew that the first few who went forward would definitely end up dead.

While they looked on, the black mist being emitted out of the Shepherd Boy increased, with a "Chi Chi Chi" sound, a pure white flame started to burn on the Shepherd Boy's chest.

If this went on, they would not stand a chance if they only remained motionless!

"Si!"

The Illusionary Bone sword flashed a cold beam. Under the moonlight, the white bone sword the Shepherd Boy held looked like an elephant’s white tusk.

"What do we do?"

A Shentu family clan Elder asked Elder Su and Elder Mo.

Elder Su and Elder Mo's expressions were ugly as they felt irrevocably committed.

"What else can we do? We cannot really wait for him to recover and let him kill all of us? Let's protect the young master and leave."

Hearing Elder Mo's words, the Shentu family clan's other Elders felt aggrieved. Although they, in name, were leaving to protect Shentu Nantian, they were in fact, escaping.

They had the numbers advantage, and had even set up the Heaven Earth Empyreal Array. Even with the addition of the Myriad Empyreal King, they had still been sent scurrying away by the Shepherd Boy. This had turned into a huge joke.

However, now, if they did not take the opportunity to escape while the Shepherd Boy was still recovering from the poisoning, they had no other methods.

"Evacuate the Chu Prefecture City!"

When Elder Su said this, the Elders looked at each other and reluctantly accepted reality. They kept their guard up and retreated in the air bit by bit, to the point of them being several kilometers away. Only then did they take Shentu Nantian along with them to rapidly evacuate.

From the beginning to the end, the Shepherd Boy looked on indifferently. He did not attack again.

He was indeed on the verge of his limits. It was not because of the toxins from the Myriad Empyreal King, but because of the Death Heavenly Revolution left within his body by the Shentu Patriarch a decade ago!

Just now, he had used the blood of the Desolate race to kill the Myriad Empyreal King, but that had caused the Death Heavenly Revolution in his body to begin moving. He was almost on the verge of being unable to repress it.

Under this situation, if he had forcefully killed the Shentu family clan Elders, he would have to pay a terrible price. Not only would he have to enter a recovery phase again, but he would also have to hurt his life force.

If he really hurt his life force, then it would be very difficult to recover, even if he nursed himself back to health for decades.

...

"The Shentu family clan has retreated!"

The Tai Ah Divine Kingdom's warriors looked as the Shentu family clan retreated to a distance of tens of kilometers away from the Chu Prefecture City before they turned and fled. Soon, they disappeared into the night...

This scene made many of their hearts go cold.

The Shepherd Boy had sent the Shentu family clan running single-handedly. From the contents of their past conversations, the Shepherd Boy's strength did not decrease but actually increased, although he was hit by the Death Heavenly Revolution in the huge battle a decade ago!

As such, the Shentu family clan had severely underestimated the Shepherd Boy's strength.

The Tai Ah Divine Kingdom warriors were extremely nervous. They were afraid that the Shepherd Boy would suddenly attack them. If he was angered, the Chu Prefecture City would be pulled in. Once the huge slaughter began, only a few amongst them would live on.

It was a very easy matter for a Great Emperor to destroy a city.

However at that moment, the Shepherd Boy's focus was not on the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom's warriors. After he forced out the last toxins in his body, he held the Illusionary Bone sword and hovered above the Heaven Earth Empyreal Array's core.

The Illusionary bone sent out 3 flashing beams, and these three waterfall-like sword beams streaked across the ground.

Chi La!

It was as if white lightning had struck. The Heaven Earth Empyreal Array's barrier violently trembled and completely burst open the next moment.

Following that, the Shepherd Boy sent out another slash. The Chu royal residence's chamber had been split open by his attack!

...

In the chamber, Yi Yun heard a rumbling of energy explosions. He looked up and saw a sword beam split open the chamber's dome. A ray of moonlight spilled down from the huge crack and into the dome, lighting up his face.

Ever since he was locked in the dark chamber, where day and night could not be distinguished, he had not seen the long-absent sight of moonlight.

And now, bathing in the moonlight, Yi Yun felt as if he had reincarnated.

He seemed to have died once in the past day ten days.

And today, he was reborn. He would make every effort to explore the highest realms of martial arts. He wanted to control his own fate, and control the fates of the people around him.

Under the moon, the Shepherd Boy's green clothes were stained with blood. He looked like a pristine piece of jade. noveltranslationweb.blogspot.com

With the Illusionary Bone sword in hand, he looked at Yi Yun without any emotions. There was no emotions in his voice as he said, "Follow me."

After saying that, the Shepherd Boy spoke no more. He turned around and left, not giving Yi Yun another glance.

Yi Yun felt an invisible force wrap around his body as his body began to fly.

Under the moon, the Shepherd Boy kept his sword in hand as he flew towards the starry sky. His black hair fluttered in the wind, giving him an extreme charm.

And behind him, Yi Yun was following closely behind.

The Shepherd Boy did not speak a word, Yi Yun too remained silent. He never expected that such a day would happen. He had been imprisoned by a large human faction, yet it was the Desolate race's Shepherd Boy who saved him.

Thinking back to the first encounter, of him meeting the Shepherd Boy in the Divine Wilderness, the Shepherd Boy was then riding a green cow, crossing the Blackwater Swamp. That scene seemed like a dream...

Back then, Yi Yun had never expected the Shepherd Boy to have such an identity.

The two of them flew silently, with one before the other. They slowly disappeared into the horizon, hidden by the bright light of the moon.

Only when the two of them completely disappeared did the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom's warriors exhale.

The backs of many of them were drenched with cold sweat.

The Shepherd Boy had given them too great a pressure.

"Maybe we were too tiny, so the Shepherd Boy did not even bother killing us."

An old man smiled bitterly. The Shepherd Boy had passed by the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom and saved Yi Yun, those who were watching by the sides were probably nothing more than a bunch of ants to the Shepherd Boy. When a person encountered a group of ants while walking, except for naughty children, probably no one would purposely walk over to step the ants to death.

"He has saved Yi Yun, but Yi Yun has already become a cripple." A Human Lord sighed. Many people from the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom felt pity for Yi Yun. Many of them felt sorry that Yi Yun had been crippled.

"That might not be so! The Shepherd Boy's powers are godly. He might have a way to recover Yi Yun's cultivation!" Another Human Lord said.

However, many of them shook their heads when they heard it. "With the frost toxins in his body, and his meridians destroyed, who knows what sorts of treasures are needed to join back his meridians. Furthermore, ignoring the fact that the Desolate race might not use such treasures on Yi Yun, Yi Yun might also not be able to handle such medicine."

"Even if we took 10,000 steps back and all those conditions were fulfilled, and it great amounts of time will be lost to join back Yi Yun's meridians. And the meridians that are joined back might not be as good as they originally were. There might be some hidden injuries left behind. If that happened, then Yi Yun might only become a peak-Human Lord. Becoming a Sage would be difficult, let alone becoming a Great Emperor."

In the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom's history, there was no lack of geniuses who were peerless. However, due to sudden severe injuries, they bodies and talents were no longer the same after they recovered. Their cultivation was slowly caught up to by their peers, and finally their potential was exhausted, in the end they just vanished in the crowd.

There were too many examples of this. People suspected that Yi Yun would end up the same.

Just thinking about it made them sigh.

A proud son of heaven had fallen just like that. Although he was still alive, he had lost the halo around him.

The higher one fell from, the greater the tragedy.

One had to live on a grayed life in hatred and despair after suddenly losing everything overnight. For one, who was originally used to being cheered on by others and being admired by all around him, to carry on living in a weak state with all one’s powers gone, with no chances of revenge, death would probably be more than blissful.

"Everything is predestined. When the Shentu family clan came, we thought we had seen hope. However, who knew that such an outcome would occur. With them now retreated, who knows if they will return..." King Chu looked at the Chu Prefecture City's wreckage with a heavy heart.

Although they were extremely disappointed with the Shentu family clan and were very unhappy, the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom warriors still were still afraid that the Shentu family clan would just leave.

If the Shepherd Boy went back, he could likely make a return. He could then set off another beast horde and destroy the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom.

As for the Shentu family clan, although they were overbearing and cruel, they were at least on the side of humans.

To expect a bunch of tigers, leopards, wolves and other beasts of prey to help them, was a tragedy brought forth from their weakness...

True Martial World - Chapter 369: The Blood of the Desolate Race

The Shepherd Boy's silver blood flowed down, landing on the paradise’s soil beneath his feet before being absorbed by the paradise’s ground. It did not drop onto normal ground.

Seeing this divine paradise soil, the hearts of the Shentu family clan Elders tightened.

"Domain!"

This single island immortal paradise was the Shepherd Boy's domain.

Many warriors had their own domains, so it was not uncommon. However, the Shepherd Boy's domain was clearly extraordinary. He had used this domain to withstand the combined attack of the seven experts and the Myriad Empyreal King!

"He is injured and bleeding… The blood of the Desolate race is much more precious than our human blood. Once they bleed, it means that they are seriously injured!"

The blood of the Desolate race could be refined into elixirs, which illustrated how precious their blood was.  noveltranslationweb.blogspot.com

The Myriad Empyreal King looked at the blood flowing out of the Shepherd Boy's mouth and grinned, "If I'm not wrong, our combined attack has made the Death Heavenly Revolution stir up in his body. And my Ten Thousand Ghost Bell should have hurt his soul!"

The Myriad Empyreal King was very confident about the effects of his Ten Thousand Bell attack. He refused to believe that even the Shepherd Boy could remain unharmed after being attacked while in a deadlock with him.

"It's the end, let us all attack!"

"Break his domain apart, and we can kill him. Then we shall have his Desolate blood and refine elixirs from it, so we can share them!"

A few Shentu family clan Elders looked each other in the eye as they made their minds up.

The Desolate race's blood elixirs were extremely precious. Even if it could not let them have a break through, it could catalyze their bodies' potential, thus extending their lifespan.

The 7 Elders attacked together, and used all sorts of laws. The divine powers rushed into the sky like a rainbow tidal wave surging towards the Shepherd Boy's domain.

"Boom!"

All the attacks landed on the paradise island domain.

The domain shook violently. On the paradise island, the petals of the peach blossoms fell like bloody rain. The Shepherd Boy was standing below a ten thousand-year-old peach tree, looking indifferent.

When the powerful forces tore the paradise island apart, a shocking crack appeared on the ground.

People believed that they were on the brink of splitting the domain apart; however, at that moment, the Shepherd Boy suddenly held his Illusionary Bone sword and wiped his palm over it, staining it with his silver blood.

"Chi Chi!'

The silver blood burned and it transformed into a spotless white flame.

This flame had been used by the Shepherd Boy previously. However, this time, he had used his blood as fuel, so the power of the flame could no longer be compared to last time!

Roar!

Behind the Shepherd Boy, a earth-shattering roar that sounded like a Primitive Sacred Desolate Beast spread out. This power was imbued into the Shepherd Boy's body. He slashed with his sword, causing the Order of Heaven and Earth to collapse. The combined efforts of the Elders released a Yuan Qi divine force, but it could not block the Shepherd Boy’s attack at all.

The divine beam collapsed as all the attacks disappeared. As for the Shepherd Boy's flaming sword, it pierced forward without any resistance!

"Cha!"

A Shentu family clan Elder screamed. He was split apart from the hip down!

The white flame swallowed him, burning the Elder's blood and his mind into ash!

"What!?"

When the other Elders saw this scene, they were terror-stricken. They had thought that the Shepherd Boy was a spent force, so they had combined forces to attack him again. Now, with a look, his strength had become even more terrifying after being injured!

Against the Shepherd Boy, they felt a fear in their hearts. This Desolate race Great Emperor was simply unfathomable!

The Shepherd Boy sent a stab at the Myriad Empyreal King with his Illusionary Bone sword.

The Myriad Empyreal King was alarmed, "You actually don't mind spending your Desolate blood to fight me!? Is this just to save a human? Is it even worth it!?"

The Shepherd Boy remained quiet. White flames surged from the sword, burning the emptiness. These flames seemed to spontaneously form runic lines.

This was the array runic lines formed when one's fire laws reached an extreme. It represented the origins of the Heaven and Earth Great Dao!

"The Successor has promised me something. So in return, I definitely have to uphold my promise!" The Shepherd Boy said calmly.

The Shepherd Boy had used all his strength with this attack. The white beam was like jade as it lit up the entire night sky. It stretched all the way to the horizon and it seemed infinite. Even the arm of the galaxy in the sky disappeared as it was overpowered by the divine light.

The white flames burned, forming a wispy sound as in resounded in the heavens. It was as if the ancient river of time had been reversed.

Against this tsunami-like attack, the Myriad Empyreal King's face displayed a ferocious expression. He knew that he had to go all out, otherwise, the Shepherd Boy would kill him!

"Roar!"

A beast-like roar came from within his body. His rotting, dried up skin swelled up. In an instance, a deathly aura exploded as ten thousand ghosts wailed. From within the Myriad Empyreal King's body, a red skeleton rushed forward. As the skeleton howled, it charged at the Shepherd Boy.

At the same time, the Myriad Empyreal King threw the Ten Thousand Ghost Bell at the Shepherd Boy.

As the bell gave a deafening sound, it was like a mountain of Hell flying towards the Shepherd Boy!

The Myriad Empyreal King's Aspect Totem, which had his soul attack embedded in it, left his body, and at the same time, all of his Yuan Qi was injected into the large bell. The two combined into one and this was the strongest attack the Myriad Empyreal King could use!

He believed that no matter how sharp the Shepherd Boy's sword was, the Shepherd Boy had no way of breaking through this killer attack.

Seeing the Ten Thousand Ghost Bell and the bloody skeleton attacking him, a cold expression flashed on the Shepherd Boy's face. He attacked with his palm, and at the same time, injected the Power of Desolates into his palm, rupturing his blood vessels, which caused some of his blood to splatter!

The Shepherd Boy's palm had turned into a bloody palm!

"Dang!"

With a tumultuous explosion, the palm made a direct impact on the large bell.

The weight could not be estimated. The Ghost Bell, that had ten thousand Lord-realm souls in it, quaked. A depression immediately appeared on the thick and heavy bell, it was a clear and visible palm print!

The Shepherd Boy's silver blood was left behind on the Ten Thousand Ghost Bell as well. The metal that was used to construct the Ten Thousand Ghost Bell actually melted turning into molten metal under the burning blood.

The Shepherd Boy's blood had burned a hole through the Ten Thousand Ghost Bell!

There were unfathomable powers in the Desolate race Great Emperor's blood.

"Chi! Chi! Chi!"

The flames burned as the souls began to howl in pain. These were the tortured souls that were sealed in the Ten Thousand Ghost Bell. They were burned by the white flames, turning into ash instantaneously!

Although the process was painful, it was a form of release for them.

As the wails increased, an unknown number of souls had been burned to ash in the blink of an eye.

"You burnt the souls in my Ten Thousand Ghost Bell!?"

The Myriad Empyreal King's eyes turned red. However at that moment, his energy had been emptied out and he was powerless to stop it.

The Shepherd Boy roared and pushed the Ten Thousand Ghost Bell away from him with one hand. He raised his Illusionary Bone sword and carried on slashing.

"Roar!"

The bloody skeleton roared as it bit at the Shepherd Boy.

This bloody skeleton was the Myriad Empyreal King's Aspect Totem. It could swallow a person's soul. If it was allowed free reign in a crowd, the people who were devoured by it would lose their souls, turning into walking zombies.

However, against this bloody skeleton, the Shepherd Boy did not dodge it. He charged forward together with his sword.

His entire person had transformed into a sword beam. At that moment, it was as if he himself had turned into a peerless divine sword.

That terrifying sword intent had protected the Shepherd Boy's soul. With his flesh as the sword, and his soul also as a sword, his sword Dao didn’t meet any resistance as it surpassed everything under the sky!

"Break!"

The Shepherd Boy let out a long cry. His blood burned on the Illusionary Bone sword as the surrounding flames condensed into runic lines of the Great Dao origins. At that moment, all of them reversed and injected themselves into the sword.

"Cha!"

The sword pierced all the way through the blood-colored skeleton, till it reached the Myriad Empyreal King!

The bone sword's blade shone with white light that resembled jade and it was no more than 3 feet away than the Myriad Empyreal King.

"You burst through my blood skeleton head on!?"

The Myriad Empyreal King's expression twisted. Seeing that he had no way to avoid it, he put his dried up claws out to grab the Shepherd Boy's neck.

He wanted to force the Shepherd Boy to retract his attack and defend by the threat of exchanging injuries.

However, when the Shepherd Boy stabbed with his sword, he had no intentions to dodge again. Once his sword was unsheathed, it had to taste blood!

The Illusionary Bone sword pierced straight ahead. He did not defend!

"Puah!"

The sword stabbed into the Myriad Empyreal King's left chest, piercing through his heart!

The white blood flame seeped into the Myriad Empyreal King's body, and began to spread out like an explosion. From his heart, it spread to all the neighboring blood vessels. It burned all his blood into ash.

However, at the same time, the Myriad Empyreal King let out a strange cry as his ghastly claws had pierced the Shepherd Boy's chest.

Ten bloody holes were left on the Shepherd Boy's body and black gas surged around like plumes of black smoke being released. The Myriad Empyreal King's claws were poisonous!

However, the claws had not managed to grab the Shepherd Boy's heart. The Desolate blood flame on the Shepherd Boy's sword burned the Myriad Empyreal King's Yuan Qi away, destroying all possibility of survival! It also prevented him from breaking through the Shepherd Boy's protective Power of Desolates.

Chi!

The sword swept ahead and the Myriad Empyreal King was split into two by the Shepherd Boy!

After the Myriad Empyreal King's corpse was split apart, it lost its Yuan Qi protection. Hence, it no longer had the ability to withstand the Shepherd Boy's Desolate blood flame. It was reduced to ashes in the air.

A ghastly Emperor had been annihilated in such a manner!

Seeing the ashes spreading down and slowly disappearing in the sky, the Shentu family clan Elders were fear stricken.

It was too terrifying!

This was the blood of a Desolate race's Great Emperor, just the power of the blood was so terrifying. This was also why many members of the Human race were desperate for the blood of the Desolate race.

However, the blood of the Desolate race was not only used to refine elixirs, it could also be used to kill someone!

The Shepherd Boy's face was pale. There were ten bloody holes on his chest and silver blood flowed out from the holes, and at that moment, his silver blood was slightly contaminated.

The poison that the Myriad Empyreal King used was not common. It had been condensed and refined from toxin laws. Even if it was the blood of a Desolate race's Great Emperor, the poison would still corrode it.

"The Shepherd Boy has killed a human Great Emperor!"

On the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom's side, King Chu and company were frightened and distraught.

This was such a terrifying matter. For the Chu Prefecture City today, it was destined to be a day that was going to be remembered. A Great Emperor had actually died in their Chu Prefecture City!

A human Great Emperor was a legend to the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom.

It was rare to meet one, but now, one of them had died!

Furthermore, they had witnessed the death of this Great Emperor with their own eyes!

Looking back at the Shepherd Boy, his green clothes were stained with blood and he looked pale. He was also poisoned, and seemed to be at his limit, like a candle flickering in the wind!

Could he still fight?

Such a question flashed in King Chu's mind. Although it was a opposing force, the Shepherd Boy's peerless grandeur had completely impressed King Chu.

It was all because of his peerless talent!

True Martial World - Chapter 368: Killing All Together

After killing Yang Dingkun and Yang Yuefeng, Yi Yun gathered their corpses together and shot a pure Yang flame at the bodies. The two corpses crumbled into ashes immediately, completely disappearing.

The high temperature from the pure Yang flames could even vaporize ash. One could say that the corpses literally disappeared into thin air.

Yi Yun destroyed everything that was Yang Dingkun and Yang Yuefeng. It really was wiping all evidence by destroying the corpses.

This was the first time Yi Yun had killed someone in this and his previous life!

Maybe, he was slowly growing accustomed to this world where martial arts was placed above all. Maybe, it was because he had gone through slaughtering desolate beasts in the Divine Wilderness, resulting in him slowly getting used to it. Or maybe it was because of his hatred for Yang Dingkun and Yang Yuefeng. At that moment, Yi Yun did not feel any remorse for killing them.

On the contrary, he felt like he had released the discomfort he had suppressed and accumulated over the past few days!

These ten days was first marked by the pain of him nearly losing Jiang Xiaorou, and how he nearly lost his life. This came from the despair of being brutally beaten and nearly slaughtered.

One could not rid themselves of their natural intentions. After suppressing all the feelings of being oppressed and tortured, a brutal streak had begun growing in him. The experience from the past few days could be considered a turning point in Yi Yun's life.

In such desperate situations, a person could change a lot.

Yi Yun looked up towards the sky. His gaze and perception had no way of seeing through the chamber's ceiling. He also did not know what was happening outside. He was waiting... waiting for the judgment of Fate.

He swore that this was the last time he was leaving it up to Fate, where he would allow others to decide his survival.

From today onwards, his fate would be controlled by him!

If it was said that only mighty figures in this world had the ability to control their own fate, then he would become a might figure. If the Great Emperor realm was insufficient, then he would exceed a Great Emperor!

...

At that moment in the night sky, the Illusionary Bone sword was being brandished. The sharp sword Qi split the starlight apart, and what was remaining was the bright color of blood that smeared the air. A Shentu family clan Elder had been split in half by the sword Qi!

The Elder screamed before his body was ground to bits by the sword Qi!

Another Shentu family clan Elder had died.

Up till now, five Elders from the Shentu family clan had died!

Those Elders, whose cultivation level was not in the realm of the Emperor realm, had no way of defending themselves from the Shepherd Boy. Once the Shepherd Boy grabbed an opportunity, the outcome would be their deaths in one strike!

The thought of retreating arose in those normal Elder’s minds. Although they were part of the Shentu family clan and had worked hard for it, they were not at the stage where they would not mind giving their lives up.

To them, living was much more important than anything else.

"Oh?"

Realizing that the Shepherd Boy was approaching, the legendary figures hurriedly retreated. The Myriad Empyreal King frowned, "What are you afraid of!? He was hit by the Ancestor's Death Heavenly Revolution a decade ago. It is impossible that he has recovered by now. I don't believe he can last all the way to the end!"

The Myriad Empyreal King put his hand out, and behind him, the large floating bell flew towards his hand.

"Dang!"

The bell rang. In the Chu Prefecture City, even though the citizens had been evacuated, those who heard it from tens of kilometers away felt their ears buzz and their hearts heavy. Those who were lower in cultivation level spat blood out from the tremors.

"Dang!"

The large bell rang again. As the sound waves approached, those mortals who were nearer to it could not withstand the surge of the sound wave. With a scream, they turned into a bloody mist as a result of the sound wave.

"Ah!"

Some people let out shocking cries. After two consecutive sound waves were sent surging, now there was so much blood that it nearly formed a river!

King Chu was on a mountain peak far into the distance. When he saw this scene, he let out a long sigh.

There was an indescribable feeling in his heart. Ever since he heard the Shepherd Boy call out the Myriad Empyreal King's title, he had guessed that the exchange of blows between Great Emperor realm rivals would definitely harm the Chu Prefecture City, thus he evacuated the residents early on.

However, there were too many people in the Chu Prefecture City, so there was no way to complete an evacuation in time. This resulted in many innocent commoners dying!

And what was tragic about this was that they did not die under the hands of the Desolate race expert, the Shepherd Boy, rather they were killed by the Myriad Empyreal King who was human.

Be it the Desolate race or mighty figures from the Human race, they treated commoners like ants.

The large black bell floated in front of the Myriad Empyreal King. There were ghostly runes engraved on the large bell, making it look sinister and savage.

"My Ten Thousand Ghost Bell was strengthened using the souls of ten thousand Human Lords. However, it still lacks a person at the Emperor realm to be its main soul. A thousand years ago, you killed my only son. Today, I will use your soul as my Ten Thousand Bell's main soul, so as to commemorate my only son's spirit!"

"Oh? That is really tragic. Your body is impotent, and you do not have any descendants. What other meaning is there to life?" The Shepherd Boy sneered in a mocking fashion.

The Empyreal King's had a long life, and he would usually have several wives and concubines, resulting in countless numbers of descendants. However, the Myriad Empyreal King had cultivated an ancient evil cultivation technique and had gone astray. He also cultivated the Ghost Dao Death Spirit skills, so he had already lost his potency.

It was very difficult for a deathly body to create life-giving essence; hence, when his only son was killed, this created an irreconcilable feud!

"Courting death!" The Shepherd Boy had touched a sore spot, resulting in the Myriad Empyreal King's eyes turning blood red. "Dong!"

He rang the Ten Thousand Ghost Bell and sent terrifying sound waves out. The tremors had split the earth open below them. Due to the resonance from the sound wave, the ground became like a water's surface. Ripples in the ground appeared like water ripples.

Muddy waves spread out in a circular manner. It caused the Chu royal residence, which was mostly destroyed, to collapse completely!

Countless numbers of pavilions, rockeries, and flowing water bodies turned into ruins. The ground caved in, causing even the foundations of the towers to completely churn upwards.

This was just the fallout. In fact, the highly condensed sound waves from the Ten Thousand Ghost Bell had been directed at the Shepherd Boy.

A soul attack was embedded in the sound waves!

Against the Ten Thousand Ghost Bell's sound waves, the Shepherd Boy gently flipped his hand, and a short bamboo flute appeared in his hand. He carried this bamboo flute everywhere. Even when he led the beast horde, he would use this bamboo flute to transmit his intentions.

A sweet and melodious tune came out of the flute. It clashed with the extensive Bell sound waves!

"Boom!"

The sound wave explosion shook the surroundings. The strongest attacks hidden in the sound waves were their own Sword of the Soul!

Soul attacks were the most dangerous. If a backlash happened, there would be extremely serious consequences.

The two people's souls crossed. Illusions flooded their minds as they reached a stalemate.

In the sky, the Myriad Empyreal King's soul formed into a burning blood-colored skull, which looked like an evil demon entering the world. It was infinitely oppressive.

And behind the Shepherd Boy, it was a scene of the vast wilderness. In the vast wilderness, there were divine dragons and phoenixes flying about. They may not be real divine beasts, but even if they weren't, they were Primitive Sacred Desolate Beasts whose bloodline was extremely close!

The phantom images of the two Great Emperors appeared at the same time. This battle had reached its hottest point!

"The Shepherd Boy and the Myriad Empyreal King are fighting with their souls. Now they are in a deadlock, it is the best opportunity to kill him!"

About ten kilometers away, Shentu Nantian shouted!

However, the few Shentu family clan Elders were hesitant. Previously, their companions had died horribly!

"Move! If you kill the Shepherd Boy and use his blood to refine a divine elixir, I will give one to each of you! If you retreat without fighting, there will be punishments once the Ancestor gets wind of this!"

Shentu Nantian even used the Shentu Patriarch as a threat.

Under this threat, and with the temptation of the Shepherd Boy's blood elixir, a total of seven people consisting of the remaining five Elders, along with Elder Su and Elder Mo, charged at the Shepherd Boy.

They all used their best moves, in a bid to kill the Shepherd Boy in one strike!

At that moment, the Shepherd Boy and the Myriad Empyreal King were in a deadlock, so he was the perfect target!

The divine beams formed into one, like a rainbow cloud that covered the sky, and situated in the middle of the cloud was the Shepherd Boy!

At that moment, everyone held their breaths. Was the battle ending?

Boom!

All the attacks exploded in the night sky at the same time. The air was like a picture scroll that was torn apart by the terrifying impact!

Blinding lights from the energy made everyone shut their eyes. And the powerful energy formed a force field that formed an isolation barrier, which prevented others from using their perception to probe what was going on within it. They did not know what the outcome of the battle in the sky was.

The seven legendary figures had teamed up to attack him, and at that moment, the Shepherd Boy was resisting the Ten Thousand Ghost Bell's ringing. Under this situation, there was no one who could withstand it!

"Is the battle over?"

"The Shepherd Boy is dead!?"

The light slowly dissipated as people focused their eyes upwards. They realized that the empty air had disappeared. What was in front of their eyes was like an immortal paradise in the sky.

It was a vast blue sea that sparkled.

And above the sea, there was an island!

A sea that floated in the sky, and a small island within the sea.

That island was covered with spiritual fountains, and was Spring-like, forming an idyllic scene. There were peach trees that had grown healthily on this land for thousands of years.

At that moment, the peach blossoms went into full bloom. As the petals fell, it formed a rain of flowers. And as light dispersed through this rain, a green cow could be seen walking amongst the flowers...

Green cow, peach blossoms, paradise island!

The green-dressed Shepherd Boy was standing in this paradise. His green clothes were stained with blood while he held his bamboo flute!

The Shepherd Boy was injured!

The silver blood slowly flowed down the Shepherd Boy's fingers before it began dripping...

The pink peach blossoms, the silver blood suddenly formed a beautiful picture.

True Martial World - Chapter 367: Returning it to you

Yang Dingkun stared widely at Yi Yun with fear as he grabbed his calf that no longer had a foot.

"You...you..."

His voice trembled. He could not even complete a sentence.

To Yuan Foundation realm warriors, if their foot was cut off, the foot could be joined back with good medicine. It could completely recover in a few months.

However, if the foot was smashed into meat pulp, then there was no way of recovering it. Only top-grade medicines could regrow a lost limb. However, with Yang Dingkun's status and wealth, it was practically impossible for him to obtain such medicine.

Hence, Yang Dingkun's foot was equivalent to being completely disabled!

A warrior whose foot was disabled was worse than a warrior missing a hand. The despair Yang Dingkun now felt was obvious!

Yi Yun held the brick stained with meat pulp and blood while looking at Yang Dingkun. He said calmly, "You do not need to feel despair. Today, you will die here. Having one foot less or not does not matter."

Yi Yun's voice may sound calm, but it was filled with murderous intent.

Yang Yuefeng, who was beside Yang Dingkun, still held a dagger in his hand. A drop of cold sweat cr down his forehead.

"How… How is this possible? Your cultivation was clearly crippled!"

Previously, when Yang Dingkun and Yang Yuefeng entered the chamber, they had clearly seen Yi Yun covered in ice crystals, as if he was poisoned by frost toxins.

However, in a blink of an eye, all the ice crystals disappeared and Yi Yun's Yuan Qi had exploded!

"Crippled cultivation?" Yi Yun sneered, "Whatever you do to me, and whatever you wanted to do to me but have not done, I will return all of them to the both of you identically! Regardless whether it is you, or the Shentu family clan!"

When Yi Yun said this, his body emitted an unlimited amount of murderous intent. A phantom image of a corpse mountain and blood sea appeared behind him.

This was the Saber Truth's 32 Words – Killing At Its Core!

While Yi Yun's understanding of the Saber Truth's 32 Words grew deeper by the day, the phantom image of the corpse mountain and blood sea would appear automatically whenever he was filled with killing intent.

When they saw the phantom image behind Yi Yun, Yang Dingkun and Yang Yuefeng's faces paled in fright. Cold sweat dripped down their foreheads. "Your… Your cultivation hasn’t been crippled? How can that be!?"

The two of them acted like their souls had left their bodies.

A few months ago, when Yi Yun was at the peak of the Purple Blood realm, he had won the alliance tournament by defeating Bai after beating Feng Lin!

Back then, Feng Lin and Bai may have suppressed their cultivation levels, but they were still people that Yang Dingkun and Yang Yuefeng had no methods to deal with!

And at that moment, Yi Yun had already broken through to the Yuan Foundation realm. His cultivation level was similar to theirs. With Yi Yun's extraordinary battle prowess, they lacked the courage to resist against Yi Yun.

"He still has chains on his body!"

Yang Yuefeng saw that some of the chains on Yi Yun's body were broken, but there were still some that were connected.

These chains were engraved with runes and they were extremely strong. It was not easy to break them.

Yang Yuefeng slowly retreated. He used the corner of his eyes to look at the chamber’s door. He felt hatred towards Yang Dingkun who had closed the metallic door after entering the chamber.

He calculated in his mind that the time it takes to open the metallic door was the time it took to snap one's fingers. As Yi Yun was restrained by chains, he could only attack from a distance, and might not be able to harm him.

And behind him, there was also Yang Dingkun.

At that moment, the idea of brotherly love was just a joke. Why would Yang Yuefeng care if Yang Dingkun lived?

Yi Yun touched his interspatial ring and sneered, "Are you thinking of escaping!?"

Yang Yuefeng's face sank. He knew that the moment he moved, Yi Yun would attack him!

For a Yuan Foundation realm warrior, there was no need to make bodily contact. The power from Saber Qi or Sword Qi cutting through the air was also powerful!

Yang Yuefeng watched Yi Yun's movements carefully. He said coldly, "Do you think you can keep me here? You are being bound by chains and the power of the moves you use will be limited. Besides, you only have the time to strike once, so what can you do to me?"

"If you want to break the chains, you need to waste a lot of energy. The chains you have broken must have wasted a lot of your energy, right!?"

As Yang Yuefeng spoke, he slowly retreated.

He could not turn around and flee as that would open his body to attack. Then, Yi Yun could mortally wound him easily with one strike.

Yi Yun chuckled, as he flipped his palm. He took a old broken sword out from his interspatial ring.

This broken sword was covered in rust. It looked like a relic that had been unearthed.

"Oh?"

Yang Yuefeng was surprised. He did not know why Yi Yun pulled out such a useless sword.

As he was still wondering why, something that made his eyes pop out had happened. He saw Yi Yun casually wave his hand, slashing at the chain.

Following that, with a clear snap, the runes on the chains suddenly shimmered for a while. After they had finished shimmering, the broken sword had completely cut through the chain!

"What!?"

Yang Dingkun stared widely. His face was gloomy as his soul began to separate from his body.

How could this be possible? That was a chain made by a master blacksmith in the Chu royal residence. How could it break so easily?

The broken sword that looked like it was almost going to rot away had cut through the chains as if it was cutting grass!

"What you said previously was well-said." Yi Yun casually threw the useless chains away and said coldly, "You said that one must not be too smug as a person. Or else, you will fall from Heaven into Hell. That is indeed true..."

As Yi Yun spoke, he began walking towards Yang Dingkun and Yang Yuefeng.

At that moment, the chamber's door was still closed. With Yi Yun's strength, Yang Yuefeng had no hope of opening the door with Yi Yun attacking.

"We will go all out and fight you!"

Yang Dingkun was holding onto his calf as he spoke in a threatening manner but he lacked courage deep down. With only one foot, there was no way he could escape from Yi Yun's sword.

And at that moment, he suddenly felt a push on his back. His cousin, Yang Yuefeng had pushed him, who had only one leg, towards Yi Yun!

"Brother, help me block him for a while!"

As Yang Yuefeng said that, he frantically rushed out of the chamber.

"You!"

Yang Dingkun was greatly shocked. He had only one leg left, so how could he withstand the full force of Yang Yuefeng's push? His body flew towards Yi Yun.

Yi Yun sneered as he took a step forward.

"Ah!”

Yang Dingkun screamed in despair. He stabbed his sword at Yi Yun!

However, at the same time, Yi Yun had kept the broken sword. For a despicable person like Yang Dingkun, how could he be worthy of being killed by the companion sword of the Pure Yang Sword Palace's owner?

It was a complete insult to the sword. This sword could only taste the blood of gods and demons like the bronze giant!

With the broken sword put away, Yi Yun entered the battle unarmed. He directed a punch towards Yang Dingkun's face!

"Ah!"

Yang Dingkun screamed as he was punched in the face by Yi Yun. His facial bones sank in, and an eyeball popped out of its sockets. Yi Yun had completely smashed his facial features into a mess!

Yi Yun turned his fist into the shape of a claw. Taking advantage of the momentum, he grabbed Yang Dingkun's face as he rushed forward, slamming the back of Yang Dingkun's head onto the metallic chamber walls.

"Peng!"

With a loud sound, the back of Yang Dingkun's head cracked open and blood splattered out!

Yang Dingkun was left with one eye. There was no eyeball left, leaving an empty socket. His face was also gone. The back of his head was bleeding.

The difference in strength between him and Yi Yun was too great!

At that moment, Yi Yun turned his head and saw the scene of Yang Yuefeng closing the door!

Once the chamber's door was closed, then it could only be opened from outside. And this door was constructed of the same metal as the chains. The two foot thick metallic door was many times stronger than the chains. It was not that easy to tear the door down even with the Pure Yang Sword Palace's owner's broken sword.

"Farewell Yi Yun! Although I do not know how you recovered your cultivation, that does not matter. Young Master Nantian will finish you off!"

Yang Yuefeng used his Yuan Qi transmission to pass the message into Yi Yun's ears in a split second.

He believed that Yi Yun could not break down the door. Even if he could do so, he definitely needed some time. And this time was sufficient for him to escape.

"Pa!"

The door closed. The sound of the metal locking was music to his ears.

Yang Yuefeng let out a long sigh. He could not stay here for long. He had to leave at once, and report everything that had happened to Shentu Nantian.

Shentu Nantian could transmit his voice into the chamber as he had the array disk in hand, but Yang Yuefeng had no way of sending the message out. noveltranslationweb.blogspot.com

However… when Yang Yuefeng turned around, his blood froze!

He saw that three feet away from him, Yi Yun was standing there like a ghost. His gaze was that of looking at a dead man.

How could he… be this quick?

Yang Yuefeng felt his world fall apart. He originally thought that he had seen a chance at living, but in the blink of an eye, he had entered Hell once again!

When Yi Yun was in the Purple Blood realm, his Minute Subtlety had given him speed that exceeded several Yuan Foundation realm elites.

Furthermore, with Yi Yun already breaking through to the Yuan Foundation realm, his speed at travelling short distances could be described like teleportation!

"It is the end." Yi Yun said calmly, as if he was the judge of fate.

"Ah Ah Ah Ah!" Yang Yuefeng shouted wildly. He retaliated by stabbing at Yi Yun with a dagger.

Yi Yun's Yuan Qi surged out, and he reached out his hand. With the advantage of power, he grabbed Yang Yuefeng's wrist!

Yuan Qi circulated as Yi Yun's energy increased.

"Ka-cha!"

With the sound of a bone snapping, Yang Yuefeng's hand was twisted and broken by Yi Yun!

Yang Yuefeng's hand was twisted at an odd angle giving him heartfelt pain. He gritted his teeth as he sent a punch towards Yi Yun's dantian!

However, Yi Yun's other hand shot out like lightning, catching Yang Yuefeng's other hand.

With a repeat of events, another "Ka-cha" was heard!

The pain caused Yang Yuefeng's face to distort. Both his hands had been twisted and broken by Yi Yun!

The dagger in his hand dropped before Yi Yun caught it.

"You… you will die a horrible death."

Yang Yuefeng felt newborn despair as he stared venomously at Yi Yun and maliciously cursed him.

However, Yi Yun only sneered. With a flick of his hand, the dagger pierced one of Yang Yuefeng's wide-staring eyes.

"Puah!"

His eyeball burst. Yi Yun had pierced the dagger deep into Yang Yuefeng's eye socket

A powerful force completely surged through Yang Yuefeng's brain. Yang Yuefeng's body twitched as blood and brain juices flowed out from his eye socket.

Yi Yun did not feel a thing from such a bloody scene.

He was not a bloodthirsty man, but when his heart was filled with hatred, seeing such a bloody scene, it gave him a thrill that was difficult to be described with words.

“I had previously said: whatever you wanted to do to me, I would return to you identically!"