Chapter 1816: Breakthrough

“Ye Yuan really used this opportunity to kill Chiba! My god, what a waste!”

“Who says it isn’t? If he had asked the Sect Leader to act, he could even kill a true god, yet he used it to kill a First Heaven Celestial God.”

“So capricious! The thoughts of a genius are truly beyond us mortals.”

…

Chiba was finally dead. At Zhou Qing’s command, Chiba’s head fell to the ground.

But to the sect’s disciples, this act was utterly incomprehensible.

It was like a mortal who suddenly had the chance to demand ten carts of gold, but instead asked for just a single copper coin.

Such a tremendous opportunity, something everyone dreamed of, was cast aside by Ye Yuan like a worn-out shoe.

Only they did not know that what they earnestly sought was nothing remarkable in Ye Yuan’s eyes.

Cultivation techniques, martial skills, and elixirs held little appeal for Ye Yuan.

After that day, the Shadow Moon Sect returned to calm.

Sect Leader Zhou Qing and the nine chief preaching elders went into seclusion together; the drum sound had been extraordinary for them and required seclusion to slowly digest.

Many disciples also chose to go into seclusion.

For a time, the Shadow Moon Sect seemed much quieter.

A melodious zither melody echoed over the Blazing Cloud Peak, lingering and sweet.

Within this zither music flowed deep affection, completely different from the poignant beauty of the last time.

The zither follows the heart; when the player’s mood differs, the tune played naturally changes entirely.

A figure, as if drawn by the zither music, slowly walked to the summit.

When the music ended, Bai Li Qingyan said with a hint of resentment, "This piece was owed to you, and now I return it."

Ye Yuan smiled and said, "Miss Bai's zither skills are truly unmatched. It seems that proposing this condition was quite worthwhile."

Bai Li Qingyan bit her lip, her cheeks slightly flushed, and said, "You wretch, you're still as detestable as ever!"

Ye Yuan was taken aback and said in bewilderment, "How is praising you detestable? Should I have said that Miss Bai's zither skills are terrible?"

Bai Li Qingyan spat, "How dare you!"

Ye Yuan was speechless for a moment, then waved his hand and said, "Alright, alright, I'll say nothing more. Since I've heard the zither music, we're even."

A look of disappointment flashed across Bai Li Qingyan's face as she said softly, "You struck the Big Dipper Seven-Star Drum. Why did you insist on using it to kill Qian Ye? Do you know how great this favor is?"

Ye Yuan smiled faintly and said calmly, "The sect has nothing to offer me, so for me, the only use of this favor is to kill Qian Ye."

Bai Li Qingyan was stunned, then looked at Ye Yuan with contempt.

This guy really boasts without batting an eye!

The Shadow Moon Sect was a true god-level sect. Countless people longed to enter but couldn't, yet Ye Yuan said the sect had nothing to offer him.

"Since the sect has nothing to offer you, why did you join?" Bai Li Qingyan said scornfully.

Ye Yuan said calmly, "I joined the sect for the sake of a spot in the Huang Ling Tournament."

Bai Li Qingyan raised an eyebrow and said, "The Huang Ling Tournament requires participants to be at the Divine Lord realm. You're only at the ninth level of the Divine Lord realm now; you definitely won't make it this time."

In fact, Bai Li Qingyan also felt a bit sorry for Ye Yuan. His strength was clearly sufficient to participate, but his cultivation level wasn't high enough, so he simply couldn't join.

Breaking through to the Divine Lord realm in ten years was nothing but a fool's dream.

If Ye Yuan were now at the Half-Step Divine Lord realm, then everything would be fine.

Unfortunately, he was only at the ninth level of the Divine Lord realm.

Ye Yuan, however, smiled and said, "Breaking through to the Divine Lord realm is very easy for me."

Baili Qingyan was speechless. This guy was simply an arrogant maniac.

"Fine, I'll wait and see if you can break through to the Divine Lord realm within ten years." Baili Qingyan couldn't be bothered to argue, just waiting to see him make a fool of himself.

She admitted that Ye Yuan had outstanding talent, but his cultivation speed wasn't fast.

Before her, Ye Yuan's speed was only about the same as an ordinary genius.

Even she, Baili Qingyan, couldn't break through from the ninth level of the Divine Lord realm to the first level of the Divine Lord realm in ten years.

Ye Yuan, naturally, was even less likely.

...

After Baili Qingyan left, Ye Yuan began seclusion to break through to the Divine Lord realm.

Over the past two hundred years, Ye Yuan had done many things, including creating the fifth layer of the "Chaos Unification True Scripture."

In fact, since breaking through to the Divine Lord realm, Ye Yuan had already begun deducing the subsequent techniques of the "Chaos Unification True Scripture," finally creating them in the last two hundred years.

Having crossed the major hurdle of the fourth layer, the fifth layer was relatively much easier.

Creating the fifth layer meant that Ye Yuan had a thorough understanding of the Divine Lord realm.

Breaking through was just a matter of course.

What was as difficult as ascending to heaven for others was not so complicated for Ye Yuan.

With the Closed Cultivation Spirit Vein, Ye Yuan didn't worry about insufficient spiritual energy and didn't even need the help of pills.

Ten years passed in the blink of an eye.

One day, the three fierce beasts were cultivating when suddenly a powerful aura came from the direction of Ye Yuan's cave.

"Another troublemaker? This time it's the first level of the Divine Lord realm. Come on, let's give this guy a good welcome." Old Bear said.

"Hey, thanks to this kid, we've all made great progress! We have to guard this gate well. Otherwise, if this kid kicks us out one day, it won't be good." Old Deer said.

The three discussed for a moment, then their figures flashed away.

Whoosh!

Whoosh!

Whoosh!

The three beasts landed and were immediately astonished.

They had sensed the aura of the first level of the Divine Lord realm and thought it was an outsider intruding. Unexpectedly, it was Ye Yuan!

"Kid, you... you've actually broken through to the Divine Lord realm!" Old Bear's eyes widened, full of disbelief.

Ten years ago, Ye Yuan was still at the ninth level of the Divine Lord realm.

Ten years later, he was already at the first level of the Divine Lord realm!

Was the Divine Lord realm really that worthless?

Ye Yuan nodded and smiled, "Yes, I just broke through not long ago. Seeing how diligently you've been working all these years, I took some time to refine a few pills as a reward for you."

Old Bear waved his bear paw and said, "No need, we can't use human pills."

Ye Yuan smiled slightly and said, "They are Demon God Pills."

Old Bear said in surprise, "You, a human, can actually refine Demon God Pills?"

Ye Yuan casually tossed out a few pills. The three beasts caught them and almost dropped them in shock.

"Ten Heart Pills! Divine grade! These... these pills were refined by you?" Old Bear exclaimed.

Ye Yuan laughed, "If I didn't refine them, did you? I happened to have some spiritual herbs for Ten Heart Pills, so I refined them for you."

Back in the Ba Yuan Imperial City, Ye Yuan could take almost anything he wanted, so he had conveniently gathered some fifth-grade spiritual herbs.

Although they weren't rare spiritual herbs, they were enough to refine a few Ten Heart Pills.