199: Chapter 199 Lord of the Heavenly Fiend Abyss

Yuyang City, South Street.

An unremarkable teahouse, in a private room by the window on the second floor.

Shen Qingyuan leaned lazily against the back of his chair with his hands tucked in his sleeves, his gaze passing through the half-rolled bamboo curtain to watch the Cultivators passing by outside the window.

Old Turtle sat hunched over opposite him, his cloudy old eyes half-open and half-closed as he held a cup of spirit tea, sipping it slowly.

"Your Eminence," Old Turtle put down his teacup and lowered his voice. "The Sacred Tower has been open for three days now, and it won't be long before the ninth floor appears. If my calculations are correct, the people from Tiansha Abyss will definitely show themselves in the next few days."

Shen Qingyuan raised his brow slightly.

Tiansha Abyss.

That Evil Path Holy Land, a colossal entity founded single-handedly by the Heavenly Fiend Demon Venerable.

Sixty years ago, the Heavenly Fiend Demon Venerable was slain by Ye Chen in the Xuantian Secret Realm of the Central Plains. Instead of suffering a devastating blow, Tiansha Abyss grew stronger and stronger under Ye Chen's leadership.

The reputation of Tiansha Abyss was actually even more resounding than that of the Tianque Holy Land, which he had previously destroyed.

"I just wonder who Tiansha Abyss will send. If it's just some small fry, it would be rather disappointing," Shen Qingyuan said casually, taking a sip from his teacup.

Old Turtle nodded, his expression turning a bit more solemn. "During my travels across the world in previous years, I also secretly investigated Tiansha Abyss. Although Tiansha Abyss has no direct connection to the Heaven Realm on the surface, various signs indicate that the rapid rise of the Heavenly Fiend Demon Venerable back then also had the shadow of experts from the Heaven Realm behind it."

He paused, a sharp gleam flashing in his cloudy old eyes. "Moreover, after the death of the Heavenly Fiend Demon Venerable, Ye Chen, the current Lord of Tiansha Abyss, has been in extremely close contact with that 'Lord'. I suspect that the person behind Ye Chen is likely not from the same faction as the one behind the Heavenly Fiend Demon Venerable, but is highly probable to be a chess piece planted in the Cangxuan Great World by another faction of the Heaven Realm."

"Ye Chen?" Shen Qingyuan set down his teacup, a playful glint flashing in his eyes. "What is the cultivation level of this Lord of Tiansha Abyss now?"

"It is said that he has already broken through to the Saint King Realm," Old Turtle said, emphasizing each word. "And not just any ordinary Saint King Realm. Ye Chen has cultivated for thousands of years, and his Demonic Techniques have long since reached the Transcendent stage. It is rumored that he has already touched the threshold of the Peak of the Saint King Realm."

A slight curve formed at the corner of Shen Qingyuan's mouth.

Peak Saint King Realm.

Placed in the Cangxuan Great World, he indeed counts as a top-tier expert.

But in front of him, he was merely a slightly larger ant.

"Who from Tiansha Abyss is entering the Sacred Tower this time?" Shen Qingyuan asked.

Old Turtle pondered for a moment before slowly speaking, "The most outstanding Disciple of the younger generation in Tiansha Abyss, Young Master Chisha—Ye Xuan. This person is Ye Chen's direct son. At only twenty-eight years old, he has already stepped into the Peak of the ninth level of the Dharma Image Realm, only a step away from the Void Piercing Realm. Furthermore, the Demonic Techniques he Cultivates are bizarre and ruthless, making him rarely matched by Cultivators of the same rank."

"Peak of the ninth level of the Dharma Image Realm?" Shen Qingyuan raised an eyebrow. "He does have a bit of talent."

Old Turtle's mouth twitched.

Twenty-eight years old, Peak of the ninth level of the Dharma Image Realm.

Placed in the entire Cangxuan Great World, that is an extremely rare existence.

But in the mouth of His Eminence, it was merely 'a bit of talent'?

As expected of His Eminence.

"Tiansha Abyss's arrival in Yuyang City this time is ostensibly to let Ye Xuan explore the Sacred Tower and vie for the Legacy," Old Turtle continued. "But I suspect their true purpose is related to that Sacred Tower."

"Oh?" Shen Qingyuan raised an eyebrow. "How so?"

Old Turtle put down his teacup and lowered his voice. "I have secretly investigated the origin of this Sacred Tower over the past few days. It is not an object of the Southern Region, but drifted over from the Central Plains thousands of years ago. It is said that the owner of this Sacred Tower was a peerless expert at the Quasi-Emperor level."

"Quasi-Emperor?" A strange look flashed in Shen Qingyuan's eyes.

"Yes," Old Turtle nodded. "That Quasi-Emperor was named 'Chi Ling', from the same lineage as the Emperor Xuantian from fifty thousand years ago, and is a descendant of Emperor Tianxuan. He cultivated for thirty thousand years and was only a step away from the Emperor Realm, but was unable to break through in an era where the Heavenly Dao was flawed and the imperial path was severed."

"Later, due to the war between humans and the Yao Race, he charged into Tiannan alone, slaying two Yao Race Quasi-Emperors and twenty-eight Saint Kings before finally dying of exhaustion. However, this also brought about the creation of this Sacred Tower."

Old Turtle paused, a sharp gleam flashing in his cloudy old eyes. "The people from Tiansha Abyss are targeting something inside this Sacred Tower."

"What is it?"

"The corpses of the Yao Race Supremes!" Old Turtle said slowly, emphasizing each word. "There are rumors that the Yao Race slain by Venerable Chiling when he charged into Tiannan were all collected into the Sacred Tower, not even sparing those two Yao Race Quasi-Emperors. And now, the Lord of Tiansha Abyss is already at the Peak of the Saint King Realm and is about to charge into the Quasi-Emperor Realm. Their arrival this time is surely for those two Quasi-Emperor corpses."

Shen Qingyuan nodded thoughtfully after hearing this.

A Quasi-Emperor, after all, still bears the word 'Emperor'.

The corpse of a Quasi-Emperor retains the dao rhyme of an Emperor, making the physical body difficult to obliterate even after thousands of years.

Placed in the Cangxuan Great World, it indeed counts as a rare treasure.

For ordinary Cultivators, comprehending the Great Dao within it would be an extremely precious Opportunity.

But in the hands of a Demonic Path faction like Tiansha Abyss, who knows what sinister methods they might use to refine the corpse.

Even if it is refined into a corpse puppet, it would still be an extremely terrifying existence!

However, Shen Qingyuan did not care about it at all.

He had far too many treasures in his possession to be eyeing two corpses.

"If the people of Tiansha Abyss want to seize the corpses of the Yao Supremes, then let them," Shen Qingyuan's lips curled into a playful arc. "I'd like to see who exactly is standing behind them."

Old Turtle's eyes lit up. "Does Your Eminence mean... to follow the trail to find the source?"

"Yes." Shen Qingyuan picked up his teacup and took a sip. "Since Tiansha Abyss has connections to the Heaven Realm, then let them draw out the contact person. I want to see exactly how many people in this Cangxuan Great World are acting as dogs for the Heaven Realm."

Old Turtle nodded repeatedly, his awe of Shen Qingyuan deepening by another notch.

In this world, probably only His Eminence could disregard the Heaven Realm like this.

Just then, three streaks of light descended from the horizon and entered Yuyang City.

Shen Qingyuan glanced over and chuckled, "Heh, they've all arrived. It seems things are getting livelier."

Old Turtle, standing to the side, was slightly dazed. "Your Eminence, who has arrived?"

Shen Qingyuan stretched and replied, "Who else could it be but the Saints of the Three Great Holy Lands."

"Even the Saints have come?" Old Turtle was startled.

It seemed the people of the Holy Lands had also sensed something amiss.

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