Chapter 2084: Yang Bone Supreme

The Sun Supreme was silent for a moment.

"Yes."

"Many old friends, even with life-extending pills granting them another thirty thousand years, still had to depart. Birth, aging, sickness, death — these are things we cannot see through."

The Sun Supreme sighed softly.

Jiang Ding's heart was also filled with melancholy.

He had no intention of visiting those Heavenly Beings.

Since those predecessors had not come to see him, they had made their own decisions. Not everyone, at the very end of their life, wishes to see a young, vibrant being.

Meeting at such a time would inevitably bring bitterness to the heart.

Better, then, not to meet.

Over the years, those Heavenly Being predecessors, if they wished, had likewise left behind descendants and disciples. They were not without people to see them off, and would not be lonely or desolate.

So, he would not disturb them further.

As for the Sword Progenies of the Lunar and Solar, they were in slumber. The two would only awaken when the previous generation's Supreme departed. They dwelt within seals of tremendous cost, consuming vast quantities of heavenly materials and earthly treasures each year. Their lifespan drained far more slowly, and they could endure for many more years — no need to worry.

Jiang Ding had come here only to sit quietly for a while among many old friends within the same mountain gate.

The three fell silent and sank into cultivation.

Jiang Ding silently deduced the empirical formulas of the Immortal Dao cosmic constants, while the Lunar and Solar Supremes likewise strove with all their might to comprehend the threshold of the Seven Tribulation Supreme. Unaware of the passage of time.

Unknowingly, several hundred years passed.

On this day, accompanied by the roar of a heavenly tribulation, the three opened their eyes.

"Daoist Friend Yin-Yang is undergoing the Supreme heavenly tribulation."

"Let us go and watch."

The Sun Supreme said.

The Yin-Yang lineage had always been closely tied to the Lunar and Solar lineage since ancient times; he would not be absent from this moment.

Jiang Ding nodded slightly, and together with the Lunar and Solar Supremes, rose into the high sky, gazing at the distant heavenly tribulation and the Yin-Yang Heavenly Being within the thunder.

There were no twists or turns.

The branch authority of the Yin-Yang Great Dao rules had just barely coalesced into form, then instantly collapsed.

"This Dao's talent is still insufficient, after all…"

The Yin-Yang Heavenly Being revealed a wretched expression, straining to transmit one final insight to his disciple. His body instantly crumbled into a skyful of spiritual light, and vanished.

The Yin-Yang Heavenly Being had fallen.

The Sun Supreme sighed softly.

Even with the Yin-Yang lineage's complete inheritance, it would likely be difficult to produce a Supreme within several hundred thousand years. This path was simply too difficult — it required waiting for a prodigy of the Yin-Yang lineage to appear. Outsiders could not help much.

"Master…"

The Yin-Yang Dao Child was full of tears.

From this moment on, she was the lineage master of the Yin-Yang lineage, needing to hold up the sky of the Yin-Yang lineage and continue the inheritance of the Liezulie Sect.

Jiang Ding and the Sun Supreme offered a few words of comfort, then turned their gaze toward the distant peak of the Pure Yang lineage.

Boom!

Within the scorching thunder, the Yang Bone Heavenly Being—his skin stretched tight over bone, his entire body as if forged from refined steel—charged into the heavenly tribulation like a sharp sword, howling wildly. Amid his roars and fierce combat, the branch authority of rules slowly took shape, swaying precariously under the strikes of the heavenly tribulation yet refusing to fall.

"Hahaha!"

"Haha…"

The Yang Bone Heavenly Being laughed wildly in madness. His skin-and-bones frame kept splitting apart beneath the thunder, revealing the fresh red flesh and ghastly white bones within. From time to time, foul blood and charred, broken bones were expelled from his body, falling to the earth. His entire form shrank continuously within the thunder, like a piece of steel being hammered again and again by lightning.

A scorching, sharp, masculine aura nearly pierced through the clouds, thrusting straight toward the heavens.

Jiang Ding and the Sun Supreme smiled.

"The Pure Yang lineage — who would have thought the Pure Yang lineage would be the first to produce a Supreme."

"Thirty million years ago, when the Pure Yang Founder was still at Dao Merging, did he ever imagine this day?"

The Sun Supreme remarked with feeling.

The direct lineage passed down by the First-Generation Founder, through great inclusiveness, great fearlessness, and great foresight, had successively nurtured the Yin-Yang lineage, the Lunar and Solar lineage, and the Great Sun lineage, constantly feeding back into itself. Now, at last, it had itself walked the path to Supreme. A blessing from the heavens!

"The Pure Yang Founder and the Pure Yang Founder's descendants are truly extraordinary people!"

Jiang Ding likewise praised.

Since one's own path would not work, one ceaselessly forged ahead and brought forth new branches, utterly unbothered by the prospect of being supplanted. This strange, far-sighted tradition of inheritance — he had seen it for the first time even in the Endless Starry Skies. Though the Pure Yang Founder and his disciples were only at Dao Merging cultivation, they were truly no ordinary people.

After a long while.

The thunder dispersed.

A battle-forged, immortal-gold-forged charred physique appeared in the sky — clearly a person, yet seemingly also a masculine, explosive Heavenly Sword!

This was the new Supreme!

The Yang Bone Supreme!

"Congratulations!"

"Congratulations, Daoist Friend Yang Bone, on attaining the Supreme!"

Jiang Ding, the Lunar and Solar Supremes, and the Yin-Yang Dao Child bowed together and said.

This was the joint congratulation of the Lunar and Solar lineage, the Yin-Yang lineage, and the Great Sun lineage — congratulating the Founder's direct Pure Yang lineage on finally birthing a Supreme of its own path. The Founder's spirit in heaven could now rest in peace.

"Hahaha!"

"Hahaha… hahaha…"

The Yang Bone Supreme could not suppress his joy in the slightest, laughing wildly, laughing uproariously.

The supreme dream had been realized this day.

The greatest joy in life is today; there will never be a day more beautiful than this one.

After a long time, Yang Gu the Supreme finally regained composure and approached the several Supremes, bowing deeply: "I must thank you, fellow Daoists, for your constant support and aid to the Pure Yang lineage; without you, the Pure Yang lineage could never have produced a Supreme. Thank you, thank you."

His voice carried emotion, tinged with choked-back tears.

The emergence of the Yin-Yang lineage enabled the Pure Yang lineage to cross the threshold from Union with Dao to Heaven Person.

The emergence of the Great Yin and Great Yang lineage allowed the Pure Yang lineage to begin its ascent from the peak of Heaven Person toward Supreme, exploring again and again.

The emergence of the Great Sun lineage enabled the Pure Yang lineage to truly produce a Supreme.

The Pure Yang lineage's journey thus far has relied entirely on the gradual support of each lineage; without it, today would not have been possible.

"There is no need to say such words."

"Without our ancestors of past generations, where would we be today?"

The Sun Supreme waved his hand.

Yang Gu, Heaven Person, ascended to Supreme — now known as Yang Gu the Supreme!

The Great Yin-Yang Sword Realm held a grand celebration, inviting all powerful figures from the four directions to witness the ceremony and deliver teachings; the realm's mighty reputation once again spread throughout the Fallen Immortal Realm, further solidifying its foundation.

Jiang Ding patiently attended all the celebrations, then took his leave and returned once more to the Great Dream Sword Realm to cultivate.

"Considering the time, Ming Chong Guang Zi's lifespan should be gone by now, right?"

"Is he dead?"

Jiang Ding calculated and found Ming Chong Guang Zi's condition strange: he had not ascended to Supreme, nor had he died; his life force was gradually weakening, slowly fading toward death.

"Whatever. It doesn't matter."

"The Great Sun lineage will produce a Supreme in time; whether Ming Chong Guang Zi lives or dies is irrelevant."

Jiang Ding's curiosity was only slight; after a brief calculation, it was spent, and he no longer paid attention, sinking once more into seclusion to deduce the constants of the Immortal Dao universe.