The Supreme Being Against Heaven
Chapter Summary
“Wait a little longer.” “We already slaughtered more than 1,300 enemies here in 2 major battles.” “There’s no way Nangong Yuqin and Ruyan Chen wouldn’t notice something this huge.” “But have you all realized something?” “It’s already been 1 full month, yet not a single disciple from the Eternal Immortal Sect or the Divine Spirit Immortal Palace has come here.” “That’s far too abnormal.” “I refuse to believe that after losing so many people, Nangong Yuqin and Ruyan Chen would simply remain silent...
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The atmosphere inside the valley was so heavy it felt suffocating!
The disciples of the Divine Spirit Immortal Palace and the Eternal Immortal Sect all had bloodshot eyes, and many were already on the verge of tears.
When the Divine Spirit Immortal Palace entered the Eternal Land for this trial, they had a total of 3,000 disciples.
Yet after only 4 months, the death toll had already reached 1,030 people!
As for the Eternal Immortal Sect, out of the original 2,000 disciples who entered the trial, 1,087 had already died!
Across the countless years that the disciples of the 3 Ancient Sects, the Divine Spirit Immortal Palace, and the Eternal Immortal Sect had participated in the Eternal Land trials—
This trial had become the deadliest one in history!
…
6 hours later—
The sun disappeared beneath the horizon as the darkness of night gradually covered the land.
God Burial Abyss.
Inside the massive crack hidden beneath swirling black mist, the Golden Divine Dragon Lion continued guarding the abyss behind them vigilantly.
Within the crevice, aside from Tan Yun, Mu Mengji, Xue Ziyan, Huangfu Tingfeng, Lu Ren, Shangguan Bingbing, Jun Buping, and the other elites of the Huangfu Sacred Sect—
There were now 34 additional people!
Among them were 19 Weapon Refining lineage disciples and 15 Formation lineage disciples!
Half a month earlier, the 19 Weapon Refining lineage disciples led by Cao Bin had arrived at the God Burial Abyss.
And the moment they met—
Tan Yun struck like lightning and killed Cao Bin on the spot without hesitation!
The remaining 19 Weapon Refining disciples were instantly terrified out of their wits, not knowing what to do.
At first, they thought Tan Yun would kill them as well.
But out of consideration for Zhongwu Shiyao, Tan Yun not only spared them, he even gave them a choice—
If they were willing to stay and fight alongside everyone against the enemy, they could remain.
If not, they were free to leave at any time.
Since “Junior Sister Zhongwu” was Tan Yun’s woman, the 19 disciples ultimately chose to stay and survive together with the group.
As for why Tan Yun killed Cao Bin, the reason was simple.
Back then, when Zhongwu Shiyao and Gongsun Ruoxi traveled to the Cangling Immortal Mountain of the Pill lineage to visit Tan Yun—
Cao Bin had followed behind them like an annoying fly.
At the time, he had arrogantly threatened Tan Yun—
If Tan Yun dared touch or embrace Zhongwu Shiyao, he would cut off Tan Yun’s arms!
In the end, however, Tan Yun had completely reversed the situation, breaking both of Cao Bin’s arms and sending him screaming and rolling down Cangling Immortal Mountain.
If not for the sect rules back then, how could Tan Yun possibly have allowed Cao Bin to live until today?
As for why Tan Yun allowed the 15 Formation lineage disciples to stay, it was because he held no grudge against them.
Because of this, all 15 disciples became deeply grateful toward Tan Yun!
Moreover, during the Eternal Land trial, everyone had unconsciously begun treating Tan Yun as their leader.
They understood clearly—
Without Tan Yun, they likely would never survive until the end of the trial!
There was also another matter that greatly confused Huangfu Tingfeng, Shangguan Bingbing, Jun Buping, Lu Ren, and the others.
It was what happened 1 month ago.
Originally, everyone thought Tan Yun had driven the spirit boat deep into the abyss to personally deal with the dying Ke Xinyi.
But to everyone’s shock—
A few hours later, Tan Yun returned on the spirit boat once again.
Not only had he not killed Ke Xinyi, he had somehow managed to save her life using methods nobody understood, stabilizing the faint breath that had nearly vanished!
Both Tan Yun and Mu Mengji had clearly wanted Ke Xinyi dead before.
Yet in the end, they actually saved her instead!
The matter left everyone completely bewildered.
At this moment, inside the cave behind the crevice where Tan Yun and the others were temporarily staying—
Xiao Qingxuan was currently taking care of Baili Longtian and Ke Xinyi.
After nearly 2 months of recovery, the arm bones that Tan Yun had reconnected for Baili Longtian had fully healed.
However, he still couldn’t use his full strength yet and would need roughly another 1 month of recovery before completely returning to normal.
At this moment, Ke Xinyi’s condition had improved greatly.
The sword wound on her chest had already fully healed, and it seemed that within a few more days, she would completely recover to her peak condition.
Throughout the entire month of Ke Xinyi’s recovery, Huangfu Tingfeng frequently entered the cave to speak with her.
Sometimes, the atmosphere between the 2 of them even felt like that of lovers… though they had not officially become one yet.
It was obvious that Huangfu Tingfeng and Ke Xinyi had feelings for each other.
During this entire period, although everyone was curious why Tan Yun had spared Ke Xinyi’s life, no one asked about it.
Because in the end—
This was a matter between Tan Yun and Ke Xinyi.
The thick black mist within the God Burial Abyss still covered everything as densely as before.
“Brother-in-law, when are we finally going down into the abyss to search for treasures?”
Inside the crevice, Xue Ziyan looked at Tan Yun and softly complained,
“There are only 8 months left before the trial ends.”
Xue Ziyan’s words practically voiced everyone’s thoughts.
Huangfu Tingfeng and the others all looked toward Tan Yun, waiting for his answer.
Tan Yun frowned slightly before sweeping his gaze across everyone and speaking thoughtfully.
“Wait a little longer.”
“We already slaughtered more than 1,300 enemies here in 2 major battles.”
“There’s no way Nangong Yuqin and Ruyan Chen wouldn’t notice something this huge.”
“But have you all realized something?”
“It’s already been 1 full month, yet not a single disciple from the Eternal Immortal Sect or the Divine Spirit Immortal Palace has come here.”
“That’s far too abnormal.”
“I refuse to believe that after losing so many people, Nangong Yuqin and Ruyan Chen would simply remain silent.”
Hearing this, everyone nodded in agreement.
At that moment, Huangfu Tingfeng spoke with a solemn expression.
“Brother Tan, if Nangong Yuqin and Ruyan Chen really come here, should we kill them or not?”
“Both of them have extraordinary identities.”
“If we truly kill them, I’m afraid the Eternal Immortal Sect and the Divine Spirit Immortal Palace may join forces to attack the Huangfu Sacred Sect.”
Hearing this, Tan Yun immediately thought about the ongoing construction of Heaven Punishment Fang City within the Huangfu Sacred Sect.
The sect was still in a development phase and far from strong enough to withstand the combined assault of 2 Ancient Sects along with the Nangong Sacred Dynasty.
Thus, he nodded.
“Brother Huangfu is right.”
“Everyone, remember this carefully.”
“If Ruyan Chen or Nangong Yuqin bring people here, we can severely injure them.”
“But under no circumstances are we allowed to kill them.”
Everyone nodded to show they understood.
Tan Yun nodded in satisfaction before continuing,
“If no one comes within another 2 months, then we’ll head down into the abyss to search for treasures—”
Before he could finish speaking, Mu Mengji suddenly whispered,
“Someone’s here!”
In an instant, everyone became alert!
Every pair of eyes pierced through the black mist ahead as they saw dozens of disciples from the Divine Spirit Immortal Palace and the Eternal Immortal Sect descending from the sky atop flying swords!
“Heh! They finally showed up!”
Lu Ren tightly gripped his kitchen cleaver, his eyes turning ice-cold.
Tan Yun lowered his voice.
“Lu Ren, everyone, listen carefully.”
“I suspect there are more people hidden behind them.”
“Without my order, nobody is allowed to attack.”
“Now, hide yourselves!”
Under Tan Yun’s command, everyone concealed themselves within the crevice, holding their breath while carefully listening to every movement outside.
“Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!”
Not long afterward—
20 disciples from the Eternal Immortal Sect and another 20 disciples from the Divine Spirit Immortal Palace descended before the entrance of the God Burial Abyss atop flying swords.
All 40 of them deliberately pretended to remain relaxed, chatting and laughing casually while slowly approaching the black mist and inspecting the inside.
When they stopped before the black mist, their vision could only penetrate a few thousand zhang into the abyss.
What they saw was—
Within the abyss that stretched thousands of zhang downward, aside from the eerie howling wind that sounded like ghosts wailing, there was nobody in sight!
The 40 disciples exchanged glances, but no one spoke.
Then, according to their prearranged plan, 10 disciples from the Eternal Immortal Sect and 10 disciples from the Divine Spirit Immortal Palace drew their weapons and cautiously stepped into the black mist.
They slowly advanced toward the exact crevice where Tan Yun and the others were hiding, now less than 10 zhang away!
Meanwhile, the remaining 20 disciples outside stared unblinkingly at the group entering the abyss.