The Supreme Being Against Heaven

From the appearance of the Soul Spring in front of him,
Tan Yun could immediately identify it.

It was a Mid-Grade Lightning Soul Spring.

Although the 13 elemental Soul Springs each had different appearances and internal properties,
the method for distinguishing their grades was exactly the same.

Low-Grade Soul Spring — the outer surface appears faint and misty.

Mid-Grade Soul Spring — solid particles can clearly be seen inside.

High-Grade Soul Spring — the interior appears as spiritual liquid.

Supreme-Grade Soul Spring — inside there will be 1 strand of wandering spirit essence.

Even though Tan Yun knew very well that

after entering the Embryonic Soul Realm,
the Embryonic Soul condensed inside his spirit pool

would not belong to any of the 13 elements, namely:

Metal
Wood
Water
Fire
Earth
Wind
Lightning
Ancient
Demonic
Death
Light
Time
Space

he still wanted to collect as many Soul Springs as possible.

There were 2 reasons for this.

1. He could give them to
Mu Mengyi
and
Xue Ziyan
for cultivation fusion.

2. Soul Springs were extremely valuable.

After entering the Inner Sect,
they could be sold at a high price in exchange for spirit stones.

Then those spirit stones could be used to buy:

Fire and Ice elemental flame seeds

weapon-refining materials

inside the Inner Sect Market.

After storing the Mid-Grade Lightning Soul Spring into his Qiankun Ring,
Tan Yun rode the Blood-Winged Spirit Lion and continued his journey.

Along the way,

he cultivated while releasing his spiritual sense to search
throughout the silent valleys

for more Soul Springs.

During the next 2 days,

the Blood-Winged Spirit Lion carried Tan Yun across
the vast Valleys No. 15 and 16

before finally flying out of the Ancient Valley Cluster.

During that time,

Tan Yun also harvested:

2 Low-Grade Metal Soul Springs

1 High-Grade Water Soul Spring

After that,

using the map and jade record as guidance,

he rode the Blood-Winged Spirit Lion across countless overlapping mountains
for another 2 days.

Suddenly,

the Blood-Winged Spirit Lion stopped in midair,
flapping its wings while letting out a low growl toward Tan Yun.

Looking down,

Tan Yun discovered that

inside a mountain stream, there were 5 cultivators
resting there.

All of them were at the Great Perfection of the Nascent Soul Realm.

There were 3 men and 2 women.

“Big fellow, go down.”

Tan Yun ordered.

The Blood-Winged Spirit Lion descended from the sky
toward the 5 people.

Meanwhile, below,

a beautiful young woman said to the 3 male disciples:

“Let’s go. Senior Brother Wang is still waiting for us at the Demon God Palace.”

“Yes, Senior Sister Liang.”

The 3 men bowed respectfully.

The reason they obeyed her so completely

was because they were people under Wang Futong.

And this woman—

Liang Qing

was not only Wang Futong’s cultivation partner,
but also an expert ranked within the Top 20 of the Hidden Dragon Ranking.

“Sister.”

Another girl named Liang Xia walked over with a mischievous smile.

“Since we entered the Fallen Deity Valley, it has only been 11 days.”

“Are you already so eager to see brother-in-law?”

“Xiaxia, don’t talk nonsense.”

Liang Qing smiled sweetly despite her denial.

“We’re not married yet. Don’t call him brother-in-law.”

“Alright, let’s go.”

Just as the 3 male disciples were about to follow Liang Qing,

one of them looked up.

He saw the Blood-Winged Spirit Lion descending.

He sneered.

“Just a Level 1 adult demon lion dares to ambush us?”

“It’s courting death!”

The man drew his sword and prepared to strike.

But at that moment,

a cold voice drifted down from the lion’s back.

“That’s right… someone really is courting death.”

“But that person… is you.”

“Who’s there?!”

Liang Qing frowned deeply
and looked up at the Blood-Winged Spirit Lion above.

Her voice turned icy.

“Come out!”

“Whoever is hiding there, come out right now!”

The 3 men and 1 woman immediately drew their swords.

Because the spirit lion’s body was enormous,
the 5 people could not see Tan Yun on its back.

“Who is it?”

A voice echoed.

“The one who will take your lives.”

The voice was filled with killing intent.

Liang Qing only saw a blurred shadow leap down from the lion’s back

and rush toward the 3 male disciples at incredible speed.

Just from that speed alone,

Liang Qing immediately realized

the newcomer was stronger than her.

Her heart trembled.

“Wait!”

she shouted urgently.

“We can talk—please spare our lives!”

“No.”

“AAH—!”

“Spare us—!”

The cries for mercy from the 3 men stopped instantly.

In the blink of an eye—

the heads of the 3 male disciples exploded!

Fragments of bone and blood splattered everywhere.

A figure in a patterned silk robe slowly appeared on the ground.

Tan Yun flicked his right arm lightly,

shaking the blood off his fist.

The 3 male disciples, who were ranked within the Top 1000 of the Hidden Dragon Ranking,
were far too weak compared to Tan Yun.

They did not even have time to dodge

before being killed in an instant.

“So it’s you!”

A woman glared at Tan Yun as if facing a mortal enemy.

She was

Liang Qing.

“You bastard! You killed my brother-in-law’s relative!”

The other young woman,
Liang Xia,
pointed her sword at Tan Yun, her eyes filled with killing intent.

“We were just looking for you, yet you actually delivered yourself to us—”

But before she could finish speaking,

she suddenly cried out in shock.

“The Great Perfection of the Nascent Soul Realm!”

“Sister, don’t be reckless!”

Liang Qing immediately grabbed Liang Xia’s arm, her face filled with urgency.

“You’re not his opponent!”

“Run!”

The moment she finished speaking,

the bodies of the 2 women were wrapped in spiritual energy
as they fled into the primeval forest.

The scene of Tan Yun killing
Ye Tian
on the dueling stage,

when he had only been at Level 9 of the Nascent Soul Realm,

was still deeply etched in their minds.

Although Ye Tian had been ranked 98 on the Hidden Dragon Ranking,

at that time he had cultivated the Dragon Martial Body to Level 12.

His true combat strength had been at least comparable to someone ranked 36.

Yet he had still been killed by Tan Yun!

In Liang Qing’s eyes,

now that Tan Yun had broken through to the Great Perfection of the Nascent Soul Realm,

his power must have increased tremendously!

Even though she was ranked 20 on the Hidden Dragon Ranking,

she was certain of 1 thing—

she was definitely not his opponent!

The only option was

to run!

A mocking laugh echoed through the ancient forest.

“Didn’t you just say you would kill me to avenge Wang Fuchen?”

“Where do you think you’re running now?”

Tan Yun’s figure shot across the ground.

Every time he moved,

he could travel 30 zhang in a single step.

In just 3 breaths,

afterimages overlapped in layers,

and Tan Yun had already appeared in front of the 2 women, blocking their path!

“Sister, I’ll hold him off! You run!”

Liang Qing pushed Liang Xia away,

then thrust her sword straight toward Tan Yun’s throat!

“Be careful!”

Liang Xia shouted.

But she had only run about 10 zhang

when Tan Yun’s figure suddenly vanished.

He easily avoided the sword strike

and appeared beside Liang Xia in an instant!

“No—!”

BANG!

Tan Yun grabbed her right arm,

lifted her up,

and smashed her violently onto the ground.

Then

he stepped on Liang Xia’s abdomen

and turned to look at Liang Qing, who was filled with panic.

His voice was icy and unquestionable.

“Liang Qing. With your strength, ranked 20 on the Hidden Dragon Ranking…”

“I can kill you within 1 move.”

“But considering that you are women…”

“I will allow you to die with dignity.”

“Kill yourselves.”

“Tan Yun… I don’t want to die!”

Liang Xia, who was pinned under his foot, turned pale.

Tears of fear filled her eyes.

“Please… don’t kill me… sob…”

From Tan Yun’s movement speed just now,

Liang Qing immediately realized

that he was not exaggerating at all.

With that level of speed,

he truly could kill her in 1 move.

Clang!

The sword in Liang Qing’s hand fell to the ground.

She shook her head violently,

her eyes filled with the desire to live.

“Tan Yun… as long as you don’t kill us…”

“You can make us do anything!”

Inside the primeval forest,

Liang Qing bit her lip

and slowly walked toward Tan Yun.

As she walked,

she removed her clothes layer by layer.

Her slender waist and snow-white skin were revealed.

After a few steps,

only 1 chest band remained on her body.

“Tan Yun…”

Liang Qing’s face flushed red,

her voice so soft it was barely audible.

“Although Wang Futong and I are cultivation partners…”

“I am still pure.”

“My sister is the same.”

“Let the 2 of us sisters serve you here…”

At the same time,

Liang Xia stood up from beneath Tan Yun’s foot

and began removing the white dress covering her beautiful body.

To survive,

she licked her upper lip seductively.

In their eyes,

no man could resist the charm of the 2 sisters.

But they were wrong.

Terribly wrong.

Tan Yun let out a cold snort.

“To survive, you’re even willing to sell your bodies.”

“Disgusting.”

The moment he finished speaking,

his figure disappeared from where he stood.

Slash! Slash!

2 sword lights streaked across the air.

Blood sprayed everywhere.

The throats of the 2 sisters were severed in an instant.

Their eyes widened in disbelief.

Their hands clutched their bleeding necks

before their bodies collapsed weakly

into the pool of blood on the forest floor…

--Translated by likesnovel--