Immortal-Exterminating Divine Venerable

”Impossible! In a mere ten days, there’s no way Xuan Tianzhan could be a match for Yang Xiao!”

Yang Xiao hadn’t even refuted her yet.

But Yang Ziling was already crying out.

She didn’t believe it.

She refused to believe it.

In ten days.

Her Yang Xiao would die at the hands of that beast, Xuan Tianzhan.

”Yang Tian, stop talking nonsense.”

Zhang Mengfei didn’t believe it either.

He’d always been biased against this guy who loved to boast and act all mysterious.

Even now that they were together and he’d witnessed some of Yang Tian’s methods, compared to Yang Xiao, Zhang Mengfei just naturally disliked Yang Tian’s personality.

So, after Yang Ziling voiced her doubts, he began to question it too.

”Junior Brother, what do you think?”

However, Yang Tian ignored them and looked at Yang Xiao instead.

Yang Xiao fell silent.

He didn’t believe it either.

But, if what Yang Tian said was true…

”I want to know if there’s a way to find him in ten days.”

Yang Xiao spoke up.

”Alright, I’ll tell you.”

Yang Tian smiled faintly. ”I’ve said it before. This is the 1st Layer of the Northern Wilderness Sword Mansion. The entire Northern Wilderness Sword Mansion has three layers, and the flow of time on each layer is different. On the 1st Layer, time moves ten times faster than in the outside world.”

”And on the 2nd Layer, it’s another ten times faster than the first.”

”Right now, Xuan Tianzhan is on the third layer.”

Yang Xiao’s gaze sharpened instantly.

”You want to ask why? Because of the Northern Wilderness Sword Orders.”

”He has eight Northern Wilderness Sword Orders, which allowed him to bypass the 1st and 2nd Layers and go directly to the third. That’s where the Core inheritance of the Northern Wilderness Sword Mansion is. That’s why I said you only have ten days—and by that, I mean ten days in the outside world.”

”Here on the 1st Layer, that’s one hundred days. On the 2nd Layer, it would be one thousand days. And on the third layer, it’s ten thousand days.”

”With Xuan Tianzhan’s abilities, he’s confident enough to become the master of the Northern Wilderness Sword Mansion within those ten thousand days.”

”But you, if you’re only on the 1st Layer, you’ll have just one hundred days.”

Yang Tian’s words.

Gradually convinced everyone present that he wasn’t making things up.

Otherwise, how could he know so much about the Northern Wilderness Sword Mansion?

”Then how does one become the master of the Northern Wilderness Sword Mansion?”

Yang Ziling asked.

”By entering the third layer.”

”Only by entering the third layer can you become the master of the Northern Wilderness Sword Mansion. There, you’ll find a Nine-Layered Inheritance Tower. Each layer holds a Sword Technique. As long as you can pass the Seventh-Layer, you can become the master of this place.”

”You only need to pass the Seventh-Layer?”

This time, Yang Xiao’s expression truly changed.

If everything was really as Yang Tian described…

Then he was in real danger.

”Then how do we get to the next layer?”

Zhang Mengfei’s expression also grew grim.

He shared a blood feud with Xuan Tianzhan. If that guy really became the master of the Northern Wilderness Sword Mansion, it would be impossible for him to ever get revenge.

Just making it out of the Northern Wilderness Sword Mansion alive would be a question in itself.

”To get to the next layer, you have to pass through this layer’s only Three-Layered Inheritance Tower. Only then will you have a chance to enter the next layer. Once you reach the 2nd Layer, there’s a unique six-layered tower. After passing through that, you can reach the third layer.”

”If you’re fast enough, you might be able to become the master of the Northern Wilderness Sword Mansion before Xuan Tianzhan. But the chances of that are very small.”

Yang Tian sighed, shaking his head.

Compared to Xuan Tianzhan, who had eight Northern Wilderness Sword Orders and entered the third layer directly, Yang Xiao was at a huge disadvantage.

For every one hundred days that passed for Xuan Tianzhan on the third layer, only one day went by on the 1st Layer.

Not to mention, Yang Xiao just spent about three days in the Inheritance Tower.

And on the third layer…

Three hundred days had already passed for Xuan Tianzhan. That was nearly a year.

A gap like that…

…was not so easily closed.

”Besides, this 1st Layer is huge. A hundred days might not be enough to explore it fully. If your luck is bad, everything will be over before you even find the Three-Layered Inheritance Tower. And even if you knew where it was beforehand, there are still Barbaric Beasts and other strange creatures here. They could all become obstacles. That’s why I said your chances of success are minuscule.”

”What do we do now? There really is too little time.”

Even Yang Ziling couldn’t help but feel how difficult it was.

To catch up to Xuan Tianzhan within ten days of real-world time…

It was just too hard.

Zhang Mengfei felt the same.

Only Yang Xiao refused to admit defeat. ”How do you know I can’t do it when I haven’t even tried?”

”Oh? You still have confidence at a time like this?”

Yang Tian was a little surprised.

”It’s not about confidence. It’s just that if I don’t do it, I’ll definitely fail. Even if I back down now and leave the Northern Wilderness Sword Mansion, once Xuan Tianzhan becomes the Sword Mansion’s master and comes out, do you really think I’ll be able to escape?”

”Since it’s death either way, why not fight to the bitter end?”

Yang Xiao’s words were decisive.

And he truly meant them.

It made the other three in attendance look at him with newfound respect.

Faced with a competition where he had lost almost every advantage…

…not everyone would choose to not give up.

Even Yang Tian.

If he knew something was impossible, he would probably give up.

He would look for another way out.

But Yang Xiao was right.

He and Xuan Tianzhan shared a great enmity.

Even if he quit now…

…Xuan Tianzhan wouldn’t let him go.

That being the case…

…why not take the gamble?

”Tell me, what do you plan to do next? Maybe I can help you.”

Yang Tian offered his assistance.

”Me too.”

”And me.”

Yang Ziling and Zhang Mengfei also volunteered.

Yang Xiao glanced at them and smiled faintly.

”Actually, we still have over ninety days, don’t we? No need to be so tense. I’m going to do something first.”

After he spoke, Yang Xiao did something unexpected. He walked over to the corpses of the four Red Blood Hounds.

”Can I have the bodies of these four Barbaric Beasts?”

Yang Xiao asked.

At this.

Never mind Lu Fangliang and Yang Ziling; even Yang Tian, who claimed to be able to predict the future…

…was completely baffled.

But he nodded anyway.

”Thanks, then.”

After thanking him, Yang Xiao…

…with a wave of his hands, the True Greater Yang Fire instantly surged forth.

It flowed directly into the bodies of the four Red Blood Hounds.

But this flame…

…seemed to be under his control.

It didn’t immediately incinerate the Red Blood Hounds’ corpses.

Instead, it was refining something.

Slowly…

…more than an hour passed.

The Red Blood Hounds’ corpses were gradually refined away to nothing.

In the end…

…only four drops of Essence Blood, shimmering with faint traces of Golden Light, remained.

But Yang Xiao…

…didn’t stop.

He continued the refinement.

When the four drops of Essence Blood had become incredibly pure, it seemed as if some of their properties had been removed.

Yang Xiao then gathered the four drops of Essence Blood and fused them together.

PING!

The Essence Blood merged.

A ball of flame suddenly burst forth from within.

Faintly, a terrifying phantom image could be seen inside it.

”Huh? Junior Brother, are you trying to refine…”

”That’s right. It’s Qilin Treasure Blood.”

Yang Xiao smiled faintly.

Many people could recognize a Red Blood Hound, but they probably didn’t know that this type of Ancient Barbaric Beast actually possessed a trace of the Qilin Bloodline.

Yang Xiao was refining their Essence Blood…

…precisely for that trace of Qilin Treasure Blood.

Now that the refinement was successful…

…with a thought, Yang Xiao’s Heart Spirit stirred.

A flash of purplish-red brilliance instantly erupted from his body.

Immediately after, his Qilin True Body…

…emerged.

And in a single gulp, it swallowed the Essence Blood that Yang Xiao had refined.

In that instant…

…a sound like a silver vase suddenly shattering rang out.

The Qilin True Body, which had been stagnant for so long, its level that had been impossible to break through…

…at this very moment…

…broke through.