306: Chapter 306 Palm Shatters the Abyss: The Ruthless Bandit Attempts to Rob Her

"Bai Ling? How could you still be alive?"

Ye Qingyao condensed a white Imperial Essence Sword Qi at her fingertip, staring coldly at the woman in the white dress before her, her eyes showing not a hint of emotion.

In her previous life, she had trusted this Junior Sister the most, sharing half of her Imperial-level Cultivation Techniques and cultivation resources with her, even planning to leave the entire Qingming Domain for her to manage after her own Ascension.

And the result?

Bai Ling conspired with her Dao Companion, Lin Yuyan, to steal her Imperial Foundation and drain her Origin at the critical moment of her impact on the True Immortal stage, pushing her off the Immortal Execution Stage.

The pain of being betrayed by the person she trusted most was something Ye Qingyao remembered clearly even after a hundred thousand years.

"Senior Sister, why are you being so fierce?"

Bai Ling covered her mouth and laughed, bloody tears streaming down her pale cheeks, her voice shrill like nails scraping on glass.

"Didn't you dote on me the most? Back then, you even said you'd take me with you to ascend as a True Immortal. Why are you shouting for my death now that we've met?"

"Stop playing your tricks here."

Ye Qingyao's tone was as cold as ice, and the Imperial Might around her grew thicker. The surrounding water froze into thick blocks of ice, and even the wandering Nether Giant Crocodiles were frozen into ice sculptures.

"When I self-detonated my Imperial Foundation in my previous life, you were long ago reduced to ashes by the aftershocks, with not even a shred of your Divine Soul remaining. How could you possibly appear here? You are nothing more than an obsession-born phantom conjured by the wangchuan water. How dare you sway before me?"

"Senior Sister, how could you say that about me?"

Bai Ling's face instantly turned hideous, her white dress splitting into countless holes filled with crawling black maggots. She reached out with hands tipped with black nails and clawed toward Ye Qingyao.

"I hate you so much! Why were you born a favored daughter of heaven? Why does every good thing fall into your lap? I'm going to slash your face to ribbons! I'll steal your Imperial Foundation! Go die!"

"Courting death."

Ye Qingyao didn't even move. With a light flick of the Imperial Essence Sword Qi from her fingertip, the white shadow was instantly reduced to ashes, leaving not a trace behind.

The Bai Ling from just now was merely a lingering obsession in her heart, drawn out by the wangchuan water.

This small illusion could not trap her, a reborn Empress.

However, after breaking the illusion, the anger in Ye Qingyao's heart only grew stronger.

She had risked being trapped in an illusion to dive to the bottom of the abyss, yet not only did she fail to find a clue about her Revered Master, she had also wasted time on this trashy illusion.

What frustrated her even more was that the bit of Dao Rhyme related to Su Changge had now completely dissipated, leaving not even a tail to grasp.

"Since you are not here, what use is there in keeping this place!"

Ye Qingyao's voice wasn't loud, but it carried a world-destroying fury.

She no longer suppressed her cultivation, releasing her Mahayana Stage Imperial Might without reservation.

White Imperial Essence light erupted from her body, illuminating the entire dark bottom of the abyss.

She raised her hand and lightly slapped the ground of the abyss.

There was no earth-shaking roar, but the entire Azure Mist Soul Locking Abyss shook violently along with it.

nether ancient coffins at the bottom of the abyss exploded in patches, the corpse-ghosts and Yin-attribute Magic Treasures within instantly crushed into powder by the Imperial Essence.

The wangchuan water surged frantically, forming giant waves dozens of meters high that crashed against the shore rocks, smashing the hard Profound Iron Rocks to pieces.

The blue-gray poisonous mist that had permeated for ten thousand years was instantly blown away by the Imperial Might, vanishing completely.

The Loose Cultivators guarding the entrance of the Azure Mist Soul Locking Abyss had just reacted to the tremor when they saw the space of the entire Secret Realm begin to crack with dense patterns, like smashed glass.

"My god! The Secret Realm is collapsing! Run!"

"Who has such great ability? To actually be able to shatter the Azure Mist Soul Locking Abyss that has existed for a hundred thousand years?"

"That aura just now was Mahayana Imperial Might! It's that Empress who just went in! Is she crazy? She's actually going to destroy the entire Secret Realm!"

The Loose Cultivators were scared out of their wits, not even bothering to pick up the wangchuan water and Yin Magic Treasures they had just snatched. They ran toward the exit crying for their parents; those who ran slowly were directly swallowed by the spatial rifts, leaving not even their Divine Souls behind.

At this moment, the entire Lingxu Wasteland was alarmed by this terrifying energy fluctuation.

In the eastern part of the Lingxu Wasteland, at the headquarters of the Jade Cauldron Pavilion.

Li Changfeng had just placed a batch of Ninth-Grade Dao Pills into the Pill Furnace and was forming hand signs to control the fire when he suddenly felt a terrifying fluctuation coming from the west. The Pill Furnace shook violently, and the pills inside immediately exploded.

"Damn it! My Ninth-Grade Dao Pills!"

Li Changfeng's face twitched in heartache. He quickly jumped up and looked toward the direction of the Azure Mist Soul Locking Abyss.

He saw a massive rift open in the western sky, with white Imperial Essence light overflowing from it, dyeing half the sky white.

"Mahayana Stage power? And it's a Mahayana Stage infinitely close to a True Immortal!"

Li Changfeng's expression changed instantly. When did such a powerful Empress appear in the Qingming Domain? To be able to shatter the Azure Mist Soul Locking Abyss with a single palm?

"Quick! Pass my order! All Jade Cauldron Pavilion Disciples are to retreat to headquarters immediately and activate the Mountain Protection Grand Array! No one is allowed out without my permission!"

Li Changfeng almost roared the command, sweat pouring down his forehead.

When big shots of this level fight, the aftershocks alone could crush the entire Jade Cauldron Pavilion to dust. It was best to hide as far away as possible.

Meanwhile, the Sect Masters and family heads of various large and small Sects and clans in the Lingxu Wasteland all sensed this terrifying fluctuation. They all shut their Mountain Protection Grand Arrays in fear, not even daring to show their faces.

All the Cultivators in the Lingxu Wasteland were stunned by this single palm strike.

And Ye Qingyao, the cause of all this, had already flown out from the collapsing Azure Mist Soul Locking Abyss.

Her white Imperial dress was stained with a few water droplets, and a few strands of her black hair were wet, clinging to her snow-white cheeks. Instead of looking disheveled, she had a bit more of a fragile beauty.

She stood in mid-air, looking down at the Azure Mist Soul Locking Abyss that had completely collapsed into a giant pit, her eyes devoid of any ripples.

If it's destroyed, it's destroyed. Since she couldn't find any clues about her Revered Master here anyway, there was no point in keeping it.

Ye Qingyao took out the stone slab she had fished out from the wangchuan water from her Storage Ring. Her fingertips lightly brushed over the map of the Shattered Star Ancient Ruins carved on it, her gaze gradually becoming firm.

Whether this map was real or fake, and no matter how many dangers lay within the Shattered Star Ancient Ruins, she had to go.

Even if there was only a one-in-ten-thousand chance of finding her Revered Master, she would never give up.

Ye Qingyao put the stone slab into her Storage Ring. With a light tap of her toes, she transformed into a streak of white light and flew toward the Burial Star Plain where the Shattered Star Ancient Ruins were located.

Her speed was at its limit, the air along the way sizzling from friction, leaving a faint white trail that didn't dissipate for a long time.

After flying for about half an hour, Ye Qingyao could already see the dark red piles of rubble of the Burial Star Plain.

At that moment, she suddenly sensed an extremely familiar Dao Rhyme wafting from the direction of the Shattered Star Ancient Ruins.

That Dao Rhyme was faint, yet it carried the aura of the Great Dao's Origin, exactly the same as what she had sensed from Su Changge back then.

Ye Qingyao's heart skipped a beat, and her flying speed instantly slowed. She stared wide-eyed at the Blood-Colored Star Gate ahead, her fingertips trembling slightly from excitement.

It's Revered Master's aura!

He really is in the Shattered Star Ancient Ruins!

Ye Qingyao could no longer suppress the excitement in her heart. Her speed suddenly increased to the limit as she charged directly toward the Blood-Colored Star Gate.

Just as her hand was about to touch the Blood-Colored Star Gate, several dark shadows suddenly lunged out from the nearby piles of rubble, blocking her path.

"Stop! The Shattered Star Ancient Ruins are now contracted by our Black Wind Fortress! If you want to enter, pay a hundred thousand Mid-Grade Spirit Stones as toll first!"

The leading black-faced man carried a spiked mace, looking at Ye Qingyao with an arrogant expression, his saliva almost dripping.

"Oh, what a beautiful little lady. Why don't you stay and be our fortress lady? We'll waive the Spirit Stones, how about it?"