The Supreme Being Against Heaven

“Alright then, we’ll meet again at the entrance to the Sunset Forest.”

After Mu Mengyi and Xue Ziyan nodded in agreement, Mu Mengyi added another reminder.

“Tan Yun, you must be extremely careful.”

“I will. The two of you must also act with great caution,” Tan Yun said to the two women in a serious tone.

At that moment, Shen Qingqiu swept his gaze across all the disciples before speaking in a voice as resonant as a great bell.

“Everyone listen carefully!”

“The Mustard Seed Time-Space Tower requires an enormous amount of spirit stones to activate. Even operating it for just 1 day consumes a tremendous amount. Therefore, the tower will only be opened for 1 month before the 2-year trial ends.”

“The location of the opening will be the Ruined City, which lies at the center of the trial area. The gate of the tower will remain open for only 15 minutes. Once the time passes, the gate will immediately close!”

Then Shen Qingqiu continued in a stern tone.

“Finally, you should prioritize harmony. Whether it is competing for precious treasures or rare resources, try to avoid killing as much as possible. Otherwise, it may give rise to inner demons during your future cultivation, which will affect the foundation of your cultivation.”

After finishing, he flicked his finger lightly.

Immediately, the Grand Elder Command Token inside his Qiankun Ring shot into the sky and hovered quietly above the Hidden Dragon Ranking Pavilion.

Then Shen Qingqiu knelt down, looked up at the sky, and spoke in a loud and respectful voice.

“Outer-sect Grand Elder Shen Qingqiu respectfully requests the Sect Master to activate the Teleportation Formation!”

A moment later—

The command token floating in the air trembled slightly, and a powerful voice resounded from within it.

“Permission granted.”

The instant those words fell—

Amid the excitement and reverence of the disciples, countless streams of spirit stones appeared in the distant sky, gathering together like a vast Milky Way, rushing straight toward the Hidden Dragon Pavilion.

The torrent of spirit stones flowed like a galaxy, covering the pavilion before vanishing into the air.

Suddenly—

Above the Hidden Dragon Pavilion, clouds and wind churned violently, and heaven and earth trembled as if space itself had been torn apart.

A dark spatial rift measuring 30 zhang in length appeared in the sky.

Within the deep and mysterious space, the wind roared like wailing ghosts.

Suddenly, a faint beam of light shot down from within, enveloping all 3,122 disciples participating in the trial.

Shen Qingqiu warned in a firm voice:

“Because the teleportation distance is extremely far, you will feel dizzy for 1 hour while inside the Time Tunnel.”

“You must not touch the walls of the time tunnel under any circumstances. Otherwise, you will be dragged into the chaotic flow of time and torn to pieces!”

“We understand!”

The disciples responded in unison.

Shen Qingqiu nodded with expectation.

“In 2 years, I will wait here together with the elders and outer-sect disciples for your return. May you all have a safe journey!”

“Please take care of yourself as well, Elder!”

The faint beam of light slowly lifted all the disciples into the sky before they disappeared into the dark rift.

In the next instant—

The Time Tunnel in the sky closed, and space returned to calmness, as if nothing had ever happened.

At that moment—

All 3,122 disciples felt cold winds roaring beside their ears.

A violent dizziness struck their consciousness, leaving everyone disoriented and extremely uncomfortable. They could no longer sense each other’s presence at all.

If they had not known this was the Time Tunnel leading to the Fallen Deity Valley, most people would likely have fainted from shock.

Time passed slowly, as if each second stretched into a year.

Finally, after 1 hour passed—

Tan Yun felt the dizziness disappear, and his feet touched solid ground.

When he opened his eyes, he found himself standing on a lush green grassland.

Without even needing to take a breath, the rich Heaven and Earth spiritual energy flowed into his nose.

“What dense spiritual energy! It’s at least 30% richer than the outer-sect area!”

Tan Yun looked around.

He discovered that he was inside a deep valley.

To the left, right, and front were towering mountains piercing through the clouds.

Clouds and mist swirled along the mountainsides, obscuring the peaks from view.

Aside from the abundant spiritual energy—

Everything in this valley shared one common characteristic.

Gigantic.

Unnaturally gigantic.

Each tree had a trunk thicker than 10 feet and reached heights of several hundred feet.

Even the colorful flowers in the valley were about 0.5 feet tall.

The entire valley was filled with an ancient and desolate aura.

Tan Yun quickly used his spiritual sense to examine the jade map.

With his photographic memory, in just a short moment he memorized all the thousands of coordinate locations within the vast 980,000-li trial area.

After withdrawing his spiritual sense, Tan Yun frowned slightly and muttered to himself.

“The Desolate Ancient Valley consists of 16 valley groups, each stretching for tens of thousands of li. I am currently in Valley No. 13. If I want to leave this valley group, I must head east and cross 3 more valleys.”

He paused for a moment before continuing.

“The Desolate Valley lies in the southern part of the trial area. If I want to reach the Sunset Forest in the northwest to meet them, I must first pass through the Fiend God Palace, which stretches for 150,000 li, and then the Lake of Oblivion Palace.”

The distance was extremely far.

Therefore, Tan Yun decided that before setting out, he should first strengthen his cultivation.

“Rustle…”

However, just as Tan Yun was about to find a secluded place to cultivate—

Suddenly, he heard faint footsteps coming from his left.

“Buzz!”

In an instant, Tan Yun’s body tensed. His hair fluttered slightly as his spiritual sense was released to its absolute limit.

Within the blink of an eye, everything within a radius of 15 li fell under his perception.

And he discovered—

About 100 feet to the left, behind a gigantic ancient tree, 3 young men were hiding. All of them were at the Great Perfection of the Nascent Soul Realm, and their faces were filled with panic.

From the memories of enemies he had previously searched,

Tan Yun immediately recognized that the three were Murong Kun’s lackeys.

“The trial has only just begun, yet you’ve already run into me.”

A cold glint appeared in Tan Yun’s eyes.

“I can only say this is your bad luck!”

In an instant, his body turned into a blurred shadow and shot through the towering vegetation within the valley.

In the blink of an eye, he arrived in front of the gigantic ancient tree.

Then he lifted his foot and kicked the 1-meter-thick trunk with tremendous force!

“BOOM!”

A thunderous explosion rang out.

The tree trunk shattered, and the ancient tree collapsed.

Immediately, the 3 young men were exposed. Their faces were blank as they looked at Tan Yun in confusion.

“Senior Brother Tan… what are you doing?”

“Yes… we don’t have any old grudges or new hatred!”

“Senior Brother Tan, if you want spirit stones, we’re willing to give you everything we have!”

The three hurriedly spoke in panic.

Tan Yun let out a cold snort.

“Quite a good performance.”

He ignored their words completely and said indifferently:

“Zhao Chuan, ranked 356 on the Hidden Dragon Ranking.”

“Liu Yihai, ranked 485.”

“Wang Shujian, ranked 558.”

“All of you are Murong Kun’s subordinates. Am I wrong?”

The expressions of the three instantly changed!

“Run!”

Zhao Chuan, Liu Yihai, and Wang Shujian transformed into 3 streaks of shadows, attempting to flee in different directions.

“Leave your lives here!”

A soft shout rang out.

Tan Yun’s figure vanished from his original spot.

Almost at the same moment, he appeared behind the three of them and struck their backs with his fists!

“Crack! Crack! Crack! Bang! Bang! Bang!”

Before Liu Yihai and Wang Shujian could even scream,

the upper halves of their bodies exploded into a mist of blood!

Only their lower halves remained, mangled corpses lying among the blooming flowers.

“Thud!”

Zhao Chuan couldn’t dodge in time.

Tan Yun’s fist smashed into his right shoulder, causing it to explode apart.

The force of the impact sent his body flying 10 feet away into a patch of flowers.

“Tan Yun… please don’t kill me… I beg you!”

Zhao Chuan was far too weak to fight Tan Yun.

Realizing escape was hopeless, he clutched his severed arm and knelt before Tan Yun, pleading desperately.

“If you spare me… I’ll tell you something.”

“It concerns the life and death of Xue Ziyan, and also your Dao companion… Mu Mengyi…”

Before Zhao Chuan could finish speaking,

Tan Yun’s expression instantly turned icy.

A strange crimson light appeared in his eyes as he stared at Zhao Chuan.

“Speak. What about Xue Ziyan and Mu Mengyi?”

Under the control of the Hongmeng Divine Eyes,

Zhao Chuan’s expression turned blank, yet he answered every question honestly.

“Senior Brother Murong said… whoever kills Xue Ziyan will receive a reward of 3,000,000 low-grade spirit stones.”

“And whoever captures Mu Mengyi alive… will receive 10,000,000 low-grade spirit stones.”

“Bastard!”

Tan Yun was so furious that the veins on his forehead bulged.

He bent down and grabbed a large rock.

Then he smashed it down onto Zhao Chuan with great force!

“Bang!”

Zhao Chuan’s head exploded.

He died instantly.

--Translated by likesnovel--