193: Chapter 192 Battle-Damaged Version? Ancestral Master's Phantom

Before Ye Qingxuan could react, a flash of thunder occurred, and a figure instantly appeared in front of him.

"Bang!"

Caught off guard, Ye Qingxuan was directly sent flying two li away.

"This speed? Earth-Evasion Golden Light?"

Having finally steadied his figure, the sky grew dark. Ye Qingxuan looked up and saw a huge Buddha seal descending from the sky.

"Arhat Heaven-Overturning Seal? As if I'm scared of you! Five Thunder Palm!" Looking at the massive seal crashing down, Ye Qingxuan compared it to what Duyuan had used, thinking that was nothing more than a flyswatter.

He raised his hand and retaliated head-on with the Five Thunder Palm.

"Boom!"

A massive roar came from the point of collision, kicking up dust all over the sky. Had the Heavenly Dao not reinforced this area for Undergoing Tribulation, a collision at the Mahayana Stage—even on the upgraded Blue Star—would have shattered it under this single strike.

"Earth-Evasion Golden Light? Is that Celestial Master Sa?!" Celestial Master Zhang shouted excitedly as he looked at that familiar figure.

Master Kongming also looked excited, pointing at a tattered figure as he said, "Arhat Heaven-Overturning Seal?! That is Ancestral Master Daoji!"

Master Yuanxin: "Stop your fucking excitement, you two! Come and help with the defense! Duyuan, Lin Lei, Qingling, and little Bai girl, all of you come over!"

Master Yuanxin rolled his eyes up to the heavens. What the hell was there to be excited about? Didn't they see the shockwave coming? Those were two Mahayana Cultivators colliding head-on! What Realm were they in? Didn't they have any self-awareness?

"Oh oh, coming, coming!" Celestial Master Zhang and Master Kongming instantly jolted awake.

When immortals fight, Mortals suffer. They almost turned joy into sorrow.

The Great Heavenly Cycle Flying Star Sword Array was erected, countless sword images aligning side by side to form a sword wall.

Fortunately, before Undergoing Tribulation, Ye Qingxuan had his Clone refine the sword array anew. Powered by the magic power of four Cultivators at the Body Integration Stage and hundreds of Void Return Realm Cultivators, they managed to block the aftermath of the collision.

As for the small fries below the Void Return Realm, they should just watch from the side. Even with a sword wall blocking it, the aftermath of a Mahayana Stage collision was not something they could withstand.

Even so, only Qingling and Bai Yuekui were relatively fine with steady breathing—Ye Qingxuan's brand of tonic pills was indeed quite effective. However, Duyuan and Lin Lei had flushed faces with their blood and Qi churning from the shock, while Master Yuanxin and the group of Void Return Cultivators had their magic power completely bottomed out.

As for Wangchen, Qingling and Bai Yuekui didn't let her make a move. Firstly, because she was only a Divine Soul, and if she were scattered by the shockwave, it would be complete game over. Secondly, that cry of 'Senior Wife' had made their hearts bloom with joy, so of course they had to protect her.

Feeling the hollow magic power inside his body and turning pale, Celestial Master Zhang barely managed to stand up with the support of a group of disciples: "This? The Heavenly Tribulation hasn't ended yet, has Qingxuan already broken through to the Mahayana Stage?"

Master Yuanxin also panted heavily: "Not... not yet. There is no Immortal Qi emanating from his body; he is still at the Undergoing Tribulation Stage!"

Zhenyi: "I say, we'd better stay further away. A few more hits like that, and I'm afraid even Qingling and the others won't be able to block it."

Wang Songxi, Zhao Wuwang, Li Qiye, and the others nodded quickly: "Good idea!"

"Qingling girl!"

"Duyuan!"

Qingling and Duyuan instantly understood. As Cultivators, teleportation was more their forte, so they directly teleported and retreated with the majority of the people, while Bai Yuekui and Lin Lei took the rest away.

Retreating several hundred miles further, Zhenning looked at the eight thunder phantoms in the sky with some surprise: "That's not right, Senior Brother. Each stage of the Heavenly Tribulation has nine paths, and those three haven't appeared yet, so why are there already eight?"

Zhenyi: "With purple-gold tribulation clouds, who says it has to be the Nine-Nine Heavenly Tribulation? Besides, have you forgotten how strong Qingxuan's Dao foundation is?"

Celestial Master Zhang said thoughtfully: "Nine is the ultimate number of digits, and twelve is Perfection. Perhaps this is why the tribulation clouds are abnormal."

Master Yuanxin became somewhat worried: "That means Qingxuan has to face the imprints of twelve powerhouses?"

Shushan Sect Head Mowen frowned and said: "There are eight now, plus those three, that's only eleven, right?"

Bai Yuekui: "Twelve powerhouses? This..."

Looking at the nervous Bai Yuekui, Qingling grabbed her hand: "Trust Qingxuan. After being tempered by heavenly thunder, yin fire, and nether wind, these won't stump him."

"Mn, I believe him. It's just an Ascension Tribulation; it won't stump him!" Bai Yuekui turned her hand over to hold Qingling's, continuously comforting herself.

Having finally broken free from Qingling's majestic embrace, Xiao Jiu used the Spirit Beast contract to sense Ye Qingxuan's condition, then rolled its eyes: 'The Daoist is doing exceptionally well!'

Glancing at the people next to it—Lin Yao and Yun Huan.

After 0.1 seconds of consideration, the kitten turned and jumped onto Yun Huan's shoulder beside her.

"Meow!?"

Before the kitten could steady itself, its vision blurred as it fell once more into a suffocating crevice. Filled with despair, the kitten simply gave up struggling.

"Wah!!" Among the crowd present, a chorus of gasps rang out—all from women. It turned out that:

The dust dissipated, and Ye Qingxuan stood facing Daoji in mid-air. Evidently, this strike had ended in a draw.

However, Ye Qingxuan suddenly felt a chill. Looking down, he saw that the heavenly silkworm magic robe that had accompanied him for a long time had first lost all its spirituality after being struck by the Heavenly Tribulation, and then under Daoji's strike, it was completely gone.

Very soon, Ye Qingxuan felt two... four sour gazes. Without looking, he knew they belonged to Qingling and Bai Yuekui, while the other two should be Lin Yao and Yun Huan.

Right now, Ye Qingxuan was in a battle-damaged version. Although he hadn't suffered any injuries, his entire set of Spiritual Artifact clothing was completely gone.

At present, he was left with only a pair of tattered pants that were also on the verge of falling apart, exposing his perfect physique to the eyes of the world for the first time.

A group of female hooligans began whispering:

"Wah, the battle-damaged version of Ye Qingxuan!! So handsome!"

"Indeed, these pectorals, these eight-pack abs, these strong biceps, and these long legs—slurp!"

"Exactly, Daoist Ye looks so slender, yet I didn't expect him to be so well-built!"

"Sister Qingling and the others eat so well!"

"Shh, stop talking. The main wife is angry."

Qingling and Bai Yuekui wore dark expressions, their knife-like gazes scanning the crowd. The women who met their gazes immediately lowered their heads to look at their feet.

Yun Huan and Lin Yao were the same, their entire bodies brimming with Killing Intent.

In fact, apart from those with extremely niche tastes, which Cultivator didn't have a good figure? It was mainly because the protagonist was Ye Qingxuan, who carried the halo of a Genius. If you replaced him with Monk Duyuan, let alone having his clothes blown apart, even if he stripped naked, that group of female Cultivators wouldn't spare him a second glance.

Duyuan: Are you polite?

Under the effect of the great Divine Ability Nine Breaths Qi Ingestion, Ye Qingxuan recovered to his original state. With a thought, a five-colored magic robe emerged.

Did Ye Qingxuan seem to hear a sigh of disappointment?

However, he didn't have time to care; Undergoing Tribulation was paramount. Looking at Daoji's imprint in front of him, as well as the six figures eyeing him covetously in the sky—six? There was still one more!

"Manifestation of Dharma and Earth!"

"Heaven and Earth are Round and Square!"

Ye Qingxuan directly executed his Divine Ability! Facing a siege, there was no Divine Ability more useful than Heaven and Earth are Round and Square.

"Boom crack"

A blue thunderbolt struck down from behind. It was the Five Thunders Orthodoxy of Tianshi Mansion; the imprint of Celestial Master Sa had made a move.

"This old bastard! Sneak-attacking from behind?" Ye Qingxuan was speechless.

The thunderbolt vanished the moment it came within a zhang of Ye Qingxuan. Heaven and Earth are Round and Square could absorb the opponent's attacks and turn them to one's own use.

Seeing the thunderbolt vanish, the attacks from Daoji and Celestial Master Sa became even denser.

For a moment, thunder, Talismans, Buddha seals, and dragon shadows filled the sky. The thunder Spells and Talismans of Tianshi Mansion, along with the Buddhist seals and Heavenly Dragon True Scripture of Lingyin Temple, were thrown out by the two of them as if they cost nothing.

Every single attack could easily obliterate a Body Integration Cultivator. Unfortunately, as soon as they got close to Ye Qingxuan, they would mysteriously vanish.

The members of Tianshi Mansion and Lingyin Temple looked at the divine abilities and Spells cast by Celestial Master Sa and Daoji in utter fascination; this was no different from an on-site lesson by Mahayana Stage Ancestral Masters.

"It's about time." Because those six figures in the sky were also about to make a move.

Feeling the absorbed power, Ye Qingxuan brought his hands together in the empty air, and his Dharma manifestation synchronized accordingly. A Taiji Yin and Yang fish emerged from his palms.

"Returning them to you!"

"Bang!"

All the attacks from Celestial Master Sa and Daoji were hurled back by Ye Qingxuan, directly sending the two imprints flying.

The moment Ye Qingxuan counterattacked, six attacks arrived.

One was an ink-black giant handprint.

One was the homologous Exterminating Immortal Sword Qi.

One was a thunder finger that shattered everything.

One was a giant palm suffused with Buddha light.

And two Talismans carrying a destructive aura.

"Xiaoyao Great Dao, All Laws Become Void!"

Without a shred of fear, Ye Qingxuan directly executed a Divine Ability using the Dao. The Xiaoyao practitioner acts as their heart desires for those who follow them, and obliterates everything that opposes their heart!

An invisible force emanated from Ye Qingxuan, and the six attacks mysteriously vanished.

This was a new Divine Ability Ye Qingxuan had comprehended, All Laws Become Void, similar to the Myriad Transformations Sacred Art, but Ye Qingxuan's was more overbearing, directly reducing everything to nothingness.

The onlookers also recognized the identities of the Heavenly Tribulation imprints.

Master Yuanxin: "That is? Qin Ning, the founding Palace Master of Heavenly Demon Palace? And Ancestral Master Gu Changsheng? Ancestral Master Tao Hongjing?"

Celestial Master Zhang also recognized the others: "There is also Ancestral Master Lin of Shenxiao Sect, Bodhidharma of Shaolin Temple, and another one is Ancestral Master Ge Hong of Lingbao Sect."

"Qingxuan's Divine Ability?! How overbearing!"

The divine abilities of the six Ancestral Masters were all dissolved into nothingness.

Xiaoyao Great Dao, All Laws Become Void!

Was this truly a method that could be executed at the Undergoing Tribulation Stage?

Li Qiye said excitedly: "Liangbing girl, watch carefully! That person is the founding Ancestral Master of our Heavenly Demon Palace! Look closely at every Divine Ability he casts!"

Having said that, he turned his head and glared at Yun Huan: "And you, Yun girl! Stop staring at Ye Qingxuan like a love-struck fool! Hurry up and seriously watch the Ancestral Master's Divine Ability!"

Yun Huan rolled her eyes unhappily at her own unseemly Master, restrained her mind, and stared intently at the Ancestral Master's Divine Ability.

She knew very well that this was equivalent to the Ancestral Master personally imparting the Dharma. Since it concerned whether she could keep up with Ye Qingxuan's pace in the future, she did not dare to neglect it in the slightest.

Lin Yao beside her couldn't help curling her lips, leaning over to the Medicine King to ask in a low voice: "Master, why isn't there an imprint of our Yaowang Valley's Ancestral Master?"

The Medicine King helplessly supported his forehead and smiled bitterly: "My silly disciple, our Yaowang Valley has always been famous for practicing Alchemy to save the world, establishing ourselves through the fortune of Medicinal Pills; we were never good at slaughter and combat."

"To speak disrespectfully of the Ancestral Master, our Ancestral Master's combat skills are indeed mediocre and incomparable to the Ancestral Masters before us. Naturally, the Heavenly Dao wouldn't use them."

At this time, Wudang Sect Head Wang Songxi looked up at the figures emerging in the sky and silently counted them softly.

"Senior Daoji, Celestial Master Sa, Ancestral Master Ge Hong, Palace Master Qin of Heavenly Demon Palace, Ancestral Master Gu Changsheng, Ancestral Master Tao Hongjing, as well as Bodhidharma of Shaolin..."

Counting to the end, he understood in his heart that a total of eight Seniors' imprints had manifested.

Just as everyone had guessed before, missing the three strongest ones, there would be at least twelve in total.

Speaking up to this point, Wang Songxi paused his words, turned his head to look at Master Yuanxin with a face full of worry, and asked in a deep voice:

"Fellow Daoist Yuanxin, can Qingxuan really pull this off? These eight in front of us are all genuine Mahayana Stage imprints!"

"He hasn't officially broken through to the Mahayana Stage yet and is still in the Late Stage of Undergoing Tribulation. To face the trial of eight Mahayana Stage phantoms head-on, can he really endure it?"