NOVEL WEB Chapter 441: Supreme Truth Celestial Realm, An Acquaintance?
The conversation between the two made Ice Sword's face flush alternately green and red.
The surrounding young prodigies began to smile.
A burly man said, “Senior Brother Ice Sword, they’re bad-mouthing you like that, and you can just tolerate it? Why not use the Eighth Layer Ancestral Blood Art and challenge Blood Robe from the Eleventh Layer?”
The burly man was clearly trying to stir up trouble, his tone full of amusement.
The other prodigies looked at Ice Sword expectantly, wanting to see for themselves the depth of Blood Robe, the top prodigy of Purple Fate Heaven, who was highly regarded by the Purple Fate Ancestor.
“Hmph, I don’t like challenging those above me. However, I do enjoy bullying the weak. Want me to challenge you, a mere Fifth Layer?” Ice Sword retorted, refusing to take the bait.
For him, it was better to stay away from Blood Robe, lest he end up suffering misfortune.
Though he was curious about Blood Robe’s strength, Blood Robe was able to kill Mo Na. In terms of power, he was likely stronger than Ice Sword by at least a notch.
Exactly how much stronger, however, remained uncertain.
He was also curious about the gap between Blood Robe and… Black Sword.
This was just a small episode, as each of them had their own thoughts, carrying expectations as they headed toward the Supreme Truth Debate Gathering.
The Supreme Truth Debate Gathering was the grandest event in the Sixth Heaven.
It was also their one and only opportunity to see so many Yang Gods in one place in their lifetime.
Sixth Heaven, Supreme Truth Celestial Realm.
Brilliant lights flickered across the sky, and terrifying auras ebbed and flowed, lying dormant.
A man in a black-and-white robe stood there, his gaze burning as hot as the sun.
Ordinary Yang Gods didn’t dare meet his eyes.
“Is there still no news of the Ten Suns Celestial Sovereign?” Tai Ci Celestial Sovereign spoke, his voice carrying a searing sensation.
Tai Ci Celestial Sovereign was a Supreme Truth Realm Yang God from Taihuang Palace.
He was also the most likely candidate within Taihuang Palace to step into the Great Supreme Truth Realm.
Some time ago, Ten Suns had openly declared war on Taihuang Palace.
This event had shaken the entire Sixth Heaven, infuriating Taihuang Palace.
Finding Ten Suns Celestial Sovereign and either capturing or killing him had become Tai Ci Celestial Sovereign’s mission.
“Reporting to the Celestial Sovereign, Ten Suns Celestial Sovereign’s origins remain a mystery, and there is no news of him,” replied a Yang God.
“He’s likely from the Lower Realms, possibly hiding in the First Heaven.
The First Heaven is vast beyond measure. Even if we searched our entire lives, we might not be able to scour it all,” another Yang God said, his face filled with difficulty.
Taihuang Palace had lost contact with one of the Three Thousand Worlds that had descended into the Lower Realms, and they suspected that Ten Suns was involved.
Especially… Canglan World, which had once produced a Yang God.
Because the guardian assigned to Canglan World had disappeared.
“He’s definitely from the Lower Realms. With his power, he must be walking an alternative path to becoming a Yang God, and hasn’t yet reached the Supreme Truth Realm.
He should appear at this Supreme Truth Debate Gathering.
Pay close attention, especially to any Yang Gods with mysterious or unfamiliar origins,” Tai Ci Celestial Sovereign said calmly.
“Yes, Celestial Sovereign. We’ll also send word to the Molo Clan and ask them to help us keep watch,” replied another Yang God.
“Good!” Tai Ci Celestial Sovereign nodded.
Before a certain someone emerged from seclusion, he had to complete this task.
If he succeeded, he might receive a reward, increasing his chances of stepping into the Great Supreme Truth Realm.
After all, Taihuang Palace only had two Great Supreme Truths.
Now, with Lynia's Transformation approaching, this was his opportunity!
“But I’ve heard that recently, the Molo Clan has been acting somewhat unusual?” Tai Ci Celestial Sovereign asked, as if recalling something.
The biggest anomaly was that the Molo Clan had stopped paying tribute to Black Abyss.
The Molo Clan had always wanted to return to the Sixth Heaven, so currying favor with Black Abyss had been essential.
Now, they had suddenly stopped doing so, which was quite odd.
Even their cooperation with Taihuang Palace had decreased significantly.
“There has indeed been some strangeness.”
“Oh? What do you think is the reason? This isn’t typical of the Molo Clan.”
“Could it be… a prodigy with the potential for the Great Supreme Truth has appeared within the Molo Clan?” speculated one of the Yang Gods.
Only the emergence of such a prodigy could stiffen the resolve of the Molo Clan.
After all, if they produced a Great Supreme Truth, they wouldn’t need to grovel to Black Abyss to return to the Sixth Heaven.
“Perhaps,” Tai Ci Celestial Sovereign said with an indifferent gaze, unfazed.
A mere potential Great Supreme Truth didn’t stir him.
With Lynia's Transformation approaching, Taihuang Palace was the true ruler, while the other Yang Gods were merely pieces on the board.
Meanwhile, inside a formation, Qi Yuan curled his lips.
“Shameless Taihuang Palace, laying a trap at the Supreme Truth Debate Gathering just to find me.”
Moments ago, Qi Yuan had received information from his Nascent Soul.
This time, Taihuang Palace’s Yang Gods would be lying in wait, searching for the Ten Suns Celestial Sovereign.
They even asked the Molo Clan to help them.
What does this mean?
They want me to help find… myself?
The rewards were so tempting that Qi Yuan almost wanted to turn himself in and claim them!
“Tsk tsk, daydreaming again, I see!” Purple Fate Daxue sneered at Qi Yuan, looking disgusted. “Your love-hate relationship with Taihuang Palace is really twisted. They’re laying such an elaborate trap to catch you—what, were you their runaway little lover?”
“Shut up!” Qi Yuan glared at Purple Fate Daxue.
“When I step into the Yang God Realm, I’ll have you crawling at my feet!” Purple Fate Daxue declared proudly, her horns standing tall.
Qi Yuan didn’t bother replying to Daxue.
She was just too ridiculous.
Black Abyss’s journey to the Supreme Truth Celestial Realm had been made through teleportation arrays.
Even so, it had taken them nearly a month to arrive.
As soon as they stepped off the teleportation platform, the prodigies were immediately engulfed by the incredibly dense spiritual energy.
This energy carried some mysterious quality that made every cultivator feel utterly refreshed.
“Celestial Sovereign Kurong, it’s been a while. How have you been?”
At that moment, a Supreme Truth Realm Yang God approached with a warm smile.
This was Xuanji Celestial Sovereign, a Yang God of the Supreme Truth Society, responsible for welcoming guests.
Kurong Celestial Sovereign’s smile didn’t reach his eyes. “Just barely getting by, unlike your Supreme Truth Society, always basking in the glow of the Supreme Truth Wall, advancing swiftly in cultivation.”
“What good is advancing swiftly if what I comprehend is merely an Earth-Grade Supreme Truth? My hope of ever stepping into the Great Supreme Truth Realm is slim,” Xuanji Celestial Sovereign lamented, his tone bitter. His gaze then landed on Black Sword, and his eyes gleamed with recognition.
“This must be Black Sword, the top prodigy of Black Abyss.
As rumored, you are indeed blessed with the essence of heaven and earth.
The Elder once said that Black Sword Celestial Sovereign would one day comprehend an Unparalleled Supreme Truth, truly a sight to behold.”
Xuanji Celestial Sovereign’s face was filled with envy.
After all, Unparalleled Supreme Truth was something possessed by only a handful of Yang Gods in all of the Sixth Heaven.
All eyes turned toward Black Sword, filled with envy, jealousy, and admiration.
Though he was only a Heaven Realm Yang God, he had become the center of attention.
“I haven’t comprehended any Supreme Truth yet, so I dare not claim such things,” Black Sword said humbly.
Xuanji Celestial Sovereign chuckled, “How could the Elder be wrong?”
In the Supreme Truth Society, anyone referred to as an Elder was unquestionably a Great Supreme Truth powerhouse.
“I’ve also heard that Black Abyss recently produced another prodigy who slew Mo Na from Ghost Emperor Heaven. Who might that be?” Xuanji Celestial Sovereign asked, looking toward Ziyuan Daxue’s group.
“It’s him!” Ziyuan Daxue pointed at Qi Yuan.
Xuanji Celestial Sovereign glanced at Qi Yuan and offered a polite, “Not bad.”
It was a very courteous remark, and there was no follow-up.
This was to be expected.
After all, only Black Sword, a Yang God Sovereign, was worth currying favor with.
There was a clear gap between Black Sword and the other young prodigies.
Xuanji Celestial Sovereign stood beside Kurong Celestial Sovereign, with Black Sword behind them. The other Yang Gods followed closely, and behind them were the young prodigies of Black Abyss.
“I wonder when we’ll ever be like Brother Black Sword, the center of attention!” one of the burly prodigies sighed with envy.
“Even if we can’t be the center of attention, it’d be nice to at least be mentioned by someone important,” the prodigy said, glancing at Qi Yuan.
After all, Xuanji Celestial Sovereign hadn’t even mentioned them.
This kind of gap was very evident.
And yet, it was perfectly normal.
It was akin to the provincial governor visiting your school and calling out your deskmate’s name. Naturally, you’d feel envious.
“Being the center of attention isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. I’m socially awkward,” Qi Yuan quipped. “Better to stay low-key.”
“True, low-key is better,” Purple Fate Daxue, for once, agreed with Qi Yuan.
Ice Sword cast a sidelong glance at the two of them. You two actually have the nerve to say you prefer staying low-key?
An hour later, they arrived in the central city of the Supreme Truth Celestial Realm.
Countless figures descended from the sky, like deities manifesting in the mortal realm.
The Supreme Truth Debate Gathering had officially begun, as Yang Gods and prodigies from across the heavens converged.
The city’s population swelled to unimaginable levels.
After all, the Supreme Truth Debate Gathering was the most significant event in the Celestial Realm.
Amid the throngs, a man at the Mythic Realm asked, “Yu Mengxian, what’s on your mind? You seem a bit lost.”
The Mythic Realm man hailed from the Second Heaven, part of the same sect as Yu Mengxian, the woman beside him.
Their sect’s Yang God Sovereign had come to the Supreme Truth Society in search of merit, working for free to help build the Supreme Truth Hall.
“It’s nothing… I just thought I saw someone I knew. Probably a mistake,” Yu Mengxian shook her head, thinking she must have been mistaken.
She had been looking for a certain Celestial Sovereign. That Celestial Sovereign had disappeared suddenly, and someone had tasked her with delivering something to him.
“An acquaintance?” The Mythic Realm man mused. “Judging by the direction you were looking, it must have been someone from Black Abyss… Yeah, you probably made a mistake.”
After all, Black Abyss was a Sixth Heaven power.
To them, Black Abyss was like a sovereign ruler.
Just one of its Yang Gods could annihilate their entire sect.
Yu Mengxian had ascended from the Lower Realms. How could she possibly know such influential figures from the Sixth Heaven?
“Ah, comparing ourselves to them is just infuriating. They get to attend the Supreme Truth Debate Gathering, while we… are stuck here working and being mistreated!” the Mythic Realm man sighed. “In this past year, I’ve endured more humiliation than in my entire life.”
It was true. In the Second Heaven, he had been a revered Mythic Realm expert.
Every cultivator who saw him would bow in respect, calling him ‘Ancestor’ or ‘Senior.’
But ever since coming to the Sixth Heaven, he had faced constant humiliation.
Not only from the Yang God Sovereigns but even from the newly ascended prodigies of the major powers, who looked down on him with disdain.
Yu Mengxian smiled bitterly. “Even our Celestial Sovereign is working for free. What can we expect? If we seek something, we must first offer something.”
“Let’s just hope the Supreme Truth Debate Gathering ends soon!” the Mythic Realm man lamented.
He couldn’t wait to leave the Supreme Truth Celestial Realm.
Just then, Yu Mengxian’s expression suddenly changed.
“What’s wrong?” the Mythic Realm man asked.
“Qi Yi… she’s in trouble!” Yu Mengxian hurried off.
In less than a minute, Yu Mengxian and the Mythic Realm man arrived outside an inn.
A young woman in tight-fitting clothes, with a beautiful figure, stood there, her face furious but clearly unable to act.
Beside her, a burly woman held a storage pouch and looked at the spirit beside the young woman. “These immortal jades should be enough to buy her, right?”
This burly woman came from the Fourth Heaven and was known as Tuoba Lingyu.
She was from a sect called the Mixed-Blood Holy Land.
This holy land was similar to Black Abyss in that it valued bloodlines.
The stronger the bloodline, the greater the potential.
But unlike Black Abyss, where the bloodlines were mostly innate, the Mixed-Blood Holy Land focused on extracting and refining bloodlines, constantly improving them.
As a result, the sect often captured beings with powerful bloodlines to absorb and integrate them.
Upon arriving in the Supreme Truth Celestial Realm, Tuoba Lingyu had spotted the tight-clad woman and immediately sensed the extraordinary nature of her bloodline.
And seeing that this woman came from a relatively ordinary background, Tuoba Lingyu brazenly took out a few pieces of immortal jade, intending to buy her outright.
“Isn’t this too much? Qi Yi is my disciple, not some commodity for sale!” Yu Mengxian arrived just in time, her voice filled with firm rejection.
“Oh? And which heaven and sect are you from?” Tuoba Lingyu gave Yu Mengxian a sidelong glance.
“Second Heaven… Fengling Holy Land…” Yu Mengxian answered truthfully.
“Oh, so you’re from Fengling Old Man’s sect. I never force anyone. Just write him a letter and have him send this girl to me as a gift.
Hehe, by the way, I’m Tuoba Lingyu of the Mixed-Blood Sect,” the burly woman laughed, waving her hand and summoning a letter, which she handed to Yu Mengxian.
Upon hearing that the woman was from the Mixed-Blood Sect, Yu Mengxian’s face turned pale.
The Mixed-Blood Sect had a notorious reputation.
They were known for capturing those with powerful bloodlines and refining them, their deeds nothing short of infamous.
“I’ll report this to my Celestial Sovereign,” Yu Mengxian said, her face pale as she dragged Qi Yi away.
“Remember, you have ten days to reply, or else…” Tuoba Lingyu didn’t finish her sentence, but the threat was clear.
She was deeply interested in Qi Yi’s bloodline.
From a distance, she could tell it was something rare and powerful.
Of course, her greatest desire was to obtain a bloodline from Black Abyss in the Sixth Heaven.
But unfortunately, Black Abyss was far too powerful for the Mixed-Blood Sect to provoke.
On the other hand, a small sect like Fengling Holy Land from the Second Heaven was an easy target.
On the other side, Yu Mengxian led Qi Yi away quickly, her expression grim. “The Mixed-Blood Sect is notorious for its evil deeds. Qi Yi…”
The Mythic Realm man beside her spoke up, “Let’s hope the Celestial Sovereign… can protect Qi Yi.”
Upon hearing this, Yu Mengxian’s resolve strengthened.
She decided to offer up her Heavenly Origin Stone to ensure Qi Yi’s safety.
After all, Qi Yi was her disciple, and it was her duty to protect her.