The Supreme Being Against Heaven
Chapter Summary
“Heaven simply wasn’t on my side…” “The moment I entered the Eternal Land, I encountered a 3rd-level Nascent Soul demonic beast.” “Although I managed to kill it in the end… I was severely injured as well.” “After that, I was surrounded and hunted down by the Eternal Immortal Sect disciples.” “In the end, I was defeated and could only flee into the mud swamp…” At this point, she coughed up another mouthful of blood. “Miaoxin, what did you just say?!” “Cui Fan and his group of more than 400 people...
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Upon hearing those words, the heavily injured Ke Xinyi forced herself to raise her head and look at Tan Yun before saying something that instantly stunned him.
“Envoy Tan… are you really going to kill me?”
“Envoy Tan?”
Mu Mengji immediately frowned, completely confused about what Ke Xinyi was talking about.
Tan Yun, however, had a slight change in expression. With a casual wave of his right hand, the surrounding space rippled like water before forming a soundproof barrier around them.
Tan Yun instantly sensed that something was wrong!
The matter of him being appointed as an “Envoy” to negotiate cooperation with the thousands of sect masters in the central region of the Punishment Heaven Mountain Range was something only the Sect Master knew about.
So how did Ke Xinyi know?!
Tan Yun stared fixedly at Ke Xinyi before asking in a low voice,
“Tell me… who exactly are you?”
Ke Xinyi smiled weakly.
“Once you see this… you’ll understand.”
As she spoke, the interspatial ring on her jade-like finger flashed with light before a Soul Memory Stone appeared in midair.
Tan Yun frowned slightly before flicking his finger and sending a strand of spiritual power into the Memory Stone.
Instantly, an image projection appeared in the air.
The location shown in the image was—
Coiling Dragon Peak, the venue of the Grand Competition of the 9 lineages within the Huangfu Sacred Sect!
Inside the projection, Ke Xinyi stood respectfully behind Tantai Xuanzhong.
Tantai Xuanzhong looked ahead before smiling faintly and saying,
“Tan Yun, I know you and Xinyi became enemies because of the Holy Soul lineage Chief.”
“But you must remember this. If you encounter Xinyi during the Eternal Land trial, you absolutely cannot make a move against her.”
“Because… she is my niece.”
Mu Mengji’s eyes widened instantly!
Ke Xinyi… was actually the Sect Master’s niece?!
Inside the projection, Tantai Xuanzhong continued smiling.
“With your intelligence, you’ve probably already guessed why I had her use a false identity and infiltrate the Holy Soul lineage.”
“It’s all so that, in a few years, Xinyi can stand on her own and help me completely take control of the Holy Soul lineage.”
“You must keep this matter secret. No one else can know.”
“And as for the Eternal Land trial, I have great confidence in you.”
“With your strength and wit, I believe you’ll survive the dangers and return safely.”
“As for Xinyi… I’ll leave her in your care.”
At this point, Tantai Xuanzhong chuckled softly.
“Kid, remember this well.”
“If you’re seeing this projection, it means you’ve already met Xinyi.”
“I’m entrusting her to you. Take good care of her.”
The moment his voice ended, the entire projection dissipated into thin air.
Mu Mengji was completely shocked.
She had never imagined that Ke Xinyi would actually be the Sect Master’s niece!
Clearly—
Her real surname was “Tantai,” not “Ke”!
“Senior Sister Tantai… ah, no, Senior Sister Ke.”
Tan Yun cupped his fists deeply.
“If I offended you in any way before, please forgive me, Senior Sister.”
“Greetings, Senior Sister Ke.”
Mu Mengji also recovered from her shock and hurriedly cupped her fists respectfully.
Ke Xinyi weakly shook her head.
“There’s no need for formalities.”
“Now you understand…”
“The reason I acted as though I wanted to kill all of you during the previous Grand Competition of the 9 lineages… was only an act for my ‘Master’ to see.”
Then she coughed up blood before speaking with a trembling voice,
“Besides… I probably won’t survive much longer…”
“Tan… Tan Yun… after this trial ends, help me tell Uncle that… I disappointed him…”
After remaining silent for a moment, Ke Xinyi revealed a bitter smile.
“Heaven simply wasn’t on my side…”
“The moment I entered the Eternal Land, I encountered a 3rd-level Nascent Soul demonic beast.”
“Although I managed to kill it in the end… I was severely injured as well.”
“After that, I was surrounded and hunted down by the Eternal Immortal Sect disciples.”
“In the end, I was defeated and could only flee into the mud swamp…”
At this point, she coughed up another mouthful of blood. Her body trembled violently as she continued,
“Otherwise…”
“How could I possibly have lost to those Eternal Immortal Sect disciples…”
“Senior Sister Ke, stop talking for now.”
Tan Yun crouched beside her and spoke gently,
“Let me examine your injuries first.”
“The Sect Master entrusted you to me.”
“As long as you still have even 1 breath left, I absolutely won’t let anything happen to you.”
Ke Xinyi’s beautiful eyes were filled with despair.
“Tan Yun… it’s useless…”
“I know my own condition…”
“My heart meridians… are almost completely shattered…”
“Trust me. Don’t speak yet.”
Tan Yun said firmly.
At the same time, his pupils suddenly contracted!
Looking closer, he realized—
The skin tone on Ke Xinyi’s face was ever so slightly different from the skin around her neck, almost to an unnoticeable degree!
Tan Yun stared at Ke Xinyi’s face again and again.
In the end, he became completely certain of 1 thing—
Ke Xinyi was using an extremely profound disguise technique!
In other words, not only were her surname and identity fake, even the face everyone saw right now… was also fake!
However, Tan Yun did not expose her secret.
Instead, he directly controlled the spirit boat and flew into the surging black mist of the God Burial Abyss in order to save her life!
Even if all of Ke Xinyi’s heart meridians were shattered, Tan Yun was still confident he could save her—
As long as she had not been dead for more than 1 day from heart meridian collapse!
At that moment, Huangfu Tingfeng and the others stared blankly at the spirit boat disappearing into the God Burial Abyss in confusion.
To kill someone…
Was there really a need to go all the way inside?
…
At the same time—
Inside a quiet valley located 150,000 li to the west, Ruyan Chen’s furious roar suddenly echoed throughout the entire valley!
“Miaoxin, what did you just say?!”
“Cui Fan and his group of more than 400 people were completely wiped out in such a short time?!”
Inside the valley, Li Miaoxin stood before Ruyan Chen with a sorrowful expression before replying in a low voice,
“Young Master, according to the estimated timing, Cui Fan and the others should have reached the God Burial Abyss today.”
“Now all of them are dead… which means they most likely died within the God Burial Abyss!”
Pan Hanqing and Guo Biyun, who stood nearby, both wore grave expressions as they spoke at the same time.
“Young Master, what should we do now?”
At that moment, Nangong Yuqin hurried over after hearing the news. Her brows were tightly furrowed with concern.
“Young Master Ruyan, I just heard that Fellow Daoist Cui and the others encountered disaster?”
Ruyan Chen’s expression darkened to the extreme.
“That’s right!”
“They all died just moments ago!”
“I truly want to know what kind of danger exists at the entrance of the God Burial Abyss that could wipe all of them out!”
Li Miaoxin’s face turned pale as she hurriedly tried to stop him.
“Young Master, you absolutely cannot go!”
“That’s right, Young Master!”
Pan Hanqing and Guo Biyun also immediately stepped forward to block him.
All 3 clearly remembered that Ruyan Chen had previously declared he would never risk his own life.
But now, it was obvious he was so enraged he was nearly losing his sanity!
In contrast, Nangong Yuqin remained calm. She lowered her head and thought for a moment before her eyes suddenly lit up.
“Young Master Ruyan.”
“I have a method that may reduce the risk.”
“Speak!”
Ruyan Chen replied coldly, his face twisted with anger.
Nangong Yuqin slowly said,
“Why don’t we immediately issue orders for all disciples of the Eternal Immortal Sect and the Divine Spirit Immortal Palace to regroup here?”
“Afterward, we can send part of the disciples into the God Burial Abyss to investigate.”
“As for us, we’ll lead another group and follow behind them to observe the situation.”
Ruyan Chen took a deep breath before reluctantly nodding.
“Fine. We’ll do it that way.”
“At the very least… we can’t allow our people to die for no reason like this!”
Afterward, Nangong Yuqin and Ruyan Chen each dispatched 50 disciples carrying million-li communication talismans to search for scattered disciples within a radius of 10 million li.
Time passed quickly.
In the blink of an eye… 1 month had already gone by.
Throughout that month, disciples of the Divine Spirit Immortal Palace continuously arrived at the valley after receiving Nangong Yuqin’s summons.
The same was true for the Eternal Immortal Sect disciples.
At this moment, deep within the valley, 1,970 male and female disciples of the Divine Spirit Immortal Palace had gathered together on a lush green field.
As for the Eternal Immortal Sect, only 913 male and female disciples remained alive!