Chapter 395: I Am Ye Fan, What Do You Want?

Blue Star, Blue Star

A thunderous boom echoed as a rainbow light pierced through the ancient Spirit Realm gate and did not stop, the light flickering like flame, resembling a wildfire spreading across the land.

Beginning from the Virtual Spirit Realm, the gate spanning the Spirit Realm was ultimately drowned in a sea of pure white.

The cultivators of the Three Thousand States were stunned by this magnificent spectacle, while those within the Spirit Realm were seized by terror—they clearly felt that this grand world, constructed by ancient greats through spiritual force, was now shrouded by a terrifying will.

Fortunately.

In the blink of an eye, this anomaly vanished.

Tens of thousands of miles away, a group of Immortal Palace disciples stared at the body falling from the sky, their hair standing on end, scalps prickling, cold sweat oozing from their spines.

It was the physical body of Yi Hai, the young lord of the Immortal Realm; his eyes wide open, pupils dilated, his expression frozen in a moment of shock, as if he had encountered something unimaginably horrifying.

"Only the body remains," someone said, trembling: "Wasn't he heading to the Mortal World?"

Why did he fly out with that terrifying white light? How could his body remain unscathed under such power?

"Quickly report to the Sect Leader!" someone cried anxiously: "The Spirit Realm gate is shattered!"

Some tried to suppress their fear and hastily concocted excuses to flee, but at that moment, voices emanated from the area closest to the Spirit Realm gate.

"Huang! He's still alive!!!"

"He's in the Virtual Spirit Realm! Even the Zhe Xian Curse couldn't kill him!"

"That light came from below—the destruction of the Spirit Realm gate is tied to him!"

After these words spread, all members of the Immortal Palace and major sects within the Spirit Realm lost all desire to linger—they fled like birds startled by arrows, using every possible technique, even the elder experts did the same.

That name rivals a supreme calamity! And he survived the Zhe Xian Curse—how invincible must he be now?!

As they left, they took Yi Hai's body with them, carrying it with artifacts rather than touching it directly, for the matter was too bizarre, bizarre enough to send chills down every spine.

Not a single trace remained—his spiritual soul had been completely drained, yet his body bore not a single wound.

Yet Shi Hao, the instigator, stared at the broken passage, hesitating.

"I went too far," Shi Hao muttered, grimacing as if he had a toothache; Niao Ye and Jing Bi Daye appeared beside him, both faces filled with terror.

"What are you planning?!" Niao Ye asked: "No—how the hell did you pull this off?!"

But Shi Hao had no time to answer him; instead, he sent a message in the chat group.

Shi Hao: "Sorry, Su Zongzhu, I was suddenly attacked, and in the struggle, he rushed into another realm—I couldn't stop him."

Su Lin: "I searched his spiritual soul. It seems you kicked him in."

Shi Hao: "Maybe I accidentally kicked him while panicking."

Su Lin: "Oh."

Miss Kelaien: "Front row selling cola, popcorn, peanuts, sunflower seeds."

Meng Qi: "Harmony is precious, harmony is precious—does anyone want the spiritual spring from Yu Xu?"

Ge Xiaolun: "Aren't you a Monk?!"

Meng Qi: "I've recently left the monastic life."

Li Huowang: "Weigong Shilang, please pack a portion of boiled beef, shredded pork with green peppers, and a few more home-style dishes—I'll take them back to Niuxin Village and pay you later."

Weigong Shilang: "System quest, babysitting, and orders… wait, let me find where the clone technique is."

Meng Qi: "Anyone interested in discussing a trade for the technique of One Qi Transforming into Three Pure Ones? I know it exists in the Mortal World, but you can't reach other star realms anytime soon."

The group's conversation was gradually veering off-topic, but Shi Hao was now rapidly studying how to seal this gate.

Those people had unstable power levels, carried several supreme treasures, and their sect weapons were so numerous they filled the entire star realm—hundred Immortal Palaces combined might not be as wealthy as this group.

Of course he wanted to visit, but Shi Hao felt now wasn't the time—had that strike hit him, it wouldn't have been fun at all.

Moreover, the commotion here was too great; the Immortal Palace would surely react soon, and the Remnant Immortal, upon learning his cultivation was still intact, would surely take action.

Shi Hao now had no other thoughts—he immediately wanted to notify his parents and younger brother, to race against time and make preparations.

Just as he was about to call out to Niao Ye about other matters, Su Lin spoke in the group:

"Yi Hai's background is incredibly rich—spiritual laws, treasure techniques, escape arts—holy crap, he even knew a fragment of an ancient heavenly technique. A ridiculously wealthy Immortal second-generation."

Shi Hao asked, puzzled: "Can you break through the seals in his spiritual soul and directly plunder his cultivation methods?"

He wasn't surprised Su Lin had killed Yi Hai, but he was astonished that Su Lin could break the seals within his spiritual soul and loot his techniques.

At this level, especially among disciples of major Immortal Realm sects, there are always safeguards during technique transmission to prevent enemies from stealing their methods.

Usually, one can only make them willingly surrender what they've learned; worse still, merely mentioning their techniques could cause their spiritual soul to shatter instantly.

Su Lin: "Plunder? That's a crude way to put it—I'm just helping him check if anything can be improved."

Su Lin: "Meng Qi, come take a look—there's also a technique involving karmic threads here, but this guy only learned the surface."

Meng Qi: "Coming."

Shi Hao stood frozen, lost in thought; beside him, Jing Bi Daye and Niao Ye grew anxious for him.

Only moments later, Meng Qi sighed in the group:

"Just the surface? Nothing complete?"

Shi Hao: "Su Zongzhu and this Meng Daoist—would you be interested in visiting this world? If you mention treasure techniques and spiritual arts, I'm sure you'd gain much."

Ye Fan: "Don't even think about making them your enforcers—they're now just rookies in other worlds, oh, except for Guai Ge."

Xiao Yan: "Peak of the realm, towering above the world!"

Su Lin: "Next time I'll give you a negative status of 'Blasphemer' in this universe."

Shi Hao: "Pity—there's a Remnant Immortal in this realm. Though a cowardly, treacherous scoundrel, his accumulated resources must be substantial. I thought you two might be interested."

Ye Fan: "."

Ye Fan: "The Remnant Immortal? From the Immortal Palace?"

Shi Hao: "Exactly."

Su Lin was peeling away Yi Hai's memories, techniques, and insights like a butcher disassembling an ox from his spiritual soul—seals or no seals, even if the spiritual soul was obliterated, he'd just revive it again.

When he saw Shi Hao's invitation, he initially paid no mind—after all, a moment's thought made it clear what Shi Hao intended to do.

"Although the Ancient Immortal Method isn't suited to Ye Fan's world's current environment, it does have its unique merits," said Meng Qi beside him, covering his mouth with one hand, eyes gleaming; after a moment's thought, he spoke to Su Lin:

"Big Su, I have a bold idea."

Su Lin fell silent for a long while, glanced at the message from Ye Fan, paused his movements, his eyes growing slightly vacant before snapping back to focus:

"Little Su, you mean—"

"We stay in this realm and provide long-range firepower support, or wait until Shi Hao sends people in," Meng Qi drew out the Tianqing Yu Xu Sword and feigned a fierce grin: "Let's hit them hard."

He could still invoke secret arts in the Immortal Realm to channel extraordinary powers, though limited only to the Immortal Realm and Su Lin's universe—this was also why he had previously blocked the Immortal Realm from letting its cultivators join that chaos.

After all, the Immortal Realm had always been watching the different worldlines of this universe.

"I nearly forgot," Su Lin nodded. "Remember to return the sword to me."

Meng Qi: "..."

I should've never come over.

Su Lin: "91 Shi Hao"

Shi Hao: "What does that mean?"

Su Lin: "You send the people over—we take nine, you take one."

Shi Hao was instantly stunned—damn, without even hesitating, he was already considering how to split the spoils.

He had indeed not misjudged these Tianyi Sect cultivators; judging from their previous fight, when they had attacked without restraint and with zero dignity or warrior honor, these people were certainly no good folk—but—

He liked it!

Although he hadn't planned to seek any benefit himself, merely hoping to gain some aid from them, since they had brought it up, he might as well try to negotiate a bit.

Shi Hao: "Being the bait isn't easy—I have to take huge risks."

That was true. If it were cultivators of the same realm, it'd be fine—like Yi Hai just now, who couldn't last a few strikes against him—but if a Supreme Being attacked him without regard for dignity, though he wasn't afraid, he had no way to forcibly send them into another realm.

Su Lin: "Go live-stream. You be the camera, I'll do the output—you just toss people over."

Shi Hao: "What's a live-stream?"

Su Lin: "At the top of the chat group, select the first row, second column."

The Nine Heavens and the Three Thousand Continents.

Upon hearing that Shi Hao's cultivation hadn't been damaged, and that he had shattered the gate between the Illusory God Realm and the Spirit Realm, his fellow cultivators grew wildly excited; everywhere, chaos erupted as everyone talked about it.

Compared to the fleeing members of the Xiandiande Sect, many cultivators who had no grudge against Huang—or even held some fondness for him—had already gathered before the former gate of the Spirit Realm, watching Shi Hao step by step along the pebble path from the Illusory God Realm toward the Spirit Realm, all bursting into exclamations.

"It's him!"

"He's still alive—and his cultivation is even stronger than before?!"

"A miracle... Since ancient times, anyone afflicted by the Zhe Xian Curse—even a Ruyi Zhenxian—could not preserve themselves. How did he manage it...?"

"He doesn't hide himself—exposing himself now... sigh..."

Some marveled, some were curious, some secretly sent messages hiding their malice, but most were worried for Shi Hao.

The Xiandiande Sect and he were now locked in mortal enmity; appearing now was like pushing himself once again onto the very edge of the storm. They sighed that Huang didn't understand patience, while others hurriedly sent messages to families in the Nine Heavens.

A nearly ruined Huang and a Huang who survived the Zhe Xian Curse— their value wasn't even on the same level, let alone that he was only in his twenties!

"They've come! The Xiandiande Sect has returned!" A cultivator sensed a powerful aura approaching from beyond the heavens.

"That aura—it's the Xiandiande Sect's Supreme Being!?" Someone foresaw Huang's fate.

Above the clear blue sky of the Spirit Realm, an old man with flying white hair and a sinister gaze rode in on a bronze pavilion, flanked by the Xiandiande Sect's second-in-command and a host of powerful figures.

"The Jin Clan, Wang Clan, and figures from the Immortal Realm have arrived too."

More sighs emerged from hidden corners, yet Shi Hao's expression showed no fear; he murmured something under his breath—if anyone had drawn near to listen, they'd have heard:

"This body isn't human—take the flesh for barbecue; that one's human—no need to recover."

Shi Hao helplessly swallowed his saliva; in just those few moments, while asking Su Lin for these people's bodies, he'd heard there was a particularly skilled Spirit Chef in the chat group.

"Wretch, still alive?!" The Xiandiande Sect's Supreme Being spoke only these words before acting decisively, without hesitation.

In his view, if he didn't eradicate the threat now, once the forces of the Five Elements Mountain came to protect Huang, the Ruyi Zhenxian would intervene.

This boy must be eliminated—his future troubles would be endless.

He formed a hand seal; the sky seemed ready to shatter, immortal mist coiling around the seal as it hurtled toward Huang near the edge of the former gate.

Some couldn't bear to witness this, turning away.

At that moment, Shi Hao threw down a talisman—a door appeared instantly beside him, a deep blue vortex isolating all perception, as if this thing didn't exist in heaven or earth.

A hand reached out from within the door, gripping a brilliant blue longsword, gesturing in the air; finally, it pointed toward the Xiandiande Sect side—as if just now searching for direction.

The sword erupted with deep blue spiritual light; as if sun, moon, and stars howled across its blade, then a celestial curtain appeared across the entire Spirit Realm.

One slash downward.

The prelude to annihilation began to play—the blue sword qi surged upward, swirling with stellar phenomena, cleaving the entire world cleanly in two, vast and boundless, surging and sweeping until all starlight condensed into a single thread.

"No good!" The Xiandiande Sect's Supreme Being cried out, instantly slapping out several palms; between boundless killing light, a miniature world forged by secret arts materialized.

Yet even so, that miniature world was cleanly sliced in half like paper—before him, the sword qi gave him the inescapable sense that from the moment it was swung, his fate had already been sealed: he would be cut in two.

The void trembled violently; the bronze ancient pavilion instantly shrank into the Supreme Being's hand—he would awaken this Immortal Artifact!

Divine power surged, rules released; the stellar phenomena were swept aside, and the Spirit Realm shook violently.

"Old man, look this way!" Shi Hao used the Peng Cultivation Technique to instantly reappear on the opposite side of the sky, level with the Xiandiande Sect; just as the Xiandiande Sect's leader prepared to strike, another blue door appeared beside him.

The moment this door opened, another hand appeared.

Whether him or the Xiandiande Sect's Supreme Being, their inner power was instantly drained, stripped of all resistance.

"What is this?!" The Xiandiande Sect's Supreme Being looked down at his own body.

A chain of condensed light—order's chain—pierced through their chests, leaving no wound, so swift they couldn't even react; the only trace at the point of penetration was a cracked pattern and the chain itself, siphoning their inner power.

"Ahh!!!" A spray of blood burst forth, cascading from the sky—his right hand, gripping the Immortal Artifact, was severed by the blue sword qi; the Supreme's blood, carrying Dao resonance, splattered across the Spirit Realm.

At that moment, the Xiandian Sect elder saw a blurry shadow appear before him, holding his own severed arm, trying to pry the immortal artifact from its clenched grip.

But as the bronze hall became stained with blood, it suddenly erupted with chaotic energy, shattering the Supreme's palm, and shot toward the outer cosmos like wind and lightning.

As if pulled by some unseen force.

"This one is An," the figure said, holding the severed arm in his hand. He paused on the chain, glanced back at Shi Hao, then continued:

"I am Ye Fan. I invite you all to be guests in the Forbidden Zone."

As he finished speaking, his form dissolved into nothingness. The chains trembled, ringing sharply, and in a swift whoosh, several powerful figures—including the Xiandian Sect leader and the Xiandian Supreme—were dragged without resistance into the portal.

"Don't rush!" Shi Hao called out, pointing at the onlookers from the Wang family, the Jin family, and the Immortal Realm guests: "Wang family!"

The first arm to appear swept through the air—the space around the Wang family twisted, heaven and earth reversed, and in an instant they were swallowed into the sleeve. Even their strongest could not reach the First Step of Escape.

"Jin family!" Shi Hao pointed toward another group of figures fleeing with escape techniques.

The other arm swept through the air, and a black-haired, purple-robed man with six wings and a handsome face appeared, then vanished in a flash of light.

"Immortal Realm!"

"My ancestral elder is—"

Before he could finish, a new chain shot out, binding him, and dragged him into the portal along with the rest.

Shi Hao: "Even with so many restrictions, Su Zongzhu's move truly is extraordinary."

Su Lin: "Don't flatter me. Shi Dao you managed to coordinate several high-difficulty moves in such a short time—that's nine out of ten. If I gave you ten, you'd get too proud."

Meng Qi: "Wait, why did these people, the moment they sensed something was wrong, not try to flee—but instead keep fighting? If they'd run, we'd be restricted and capturing a Supreme wouldn't have been so easy."

Ye Fan: "Don't ask. Ask, and it's been this way since ancient times."

Ye Fan: "What's the meaning of you using my name?! Su Lin!"

Su Lin: "When traveling outside, karmic ties grow too large. Better to keep a low profile."

Ye Fan: "?"

Shi Hao: "By the way, Su Zongzhu, your haul this time was quite rich. Does it cover the several bottles of immortal wine I drank last time?"

Su Lin: "Just call me Su Lin—'Su Zongzhu' sounds too formal. As for the immortal wine, didn't I treat you last time? Hahaha… When are you going to the Xiandian Sect? After you defeat enemies in the future—"

Shi Hao: "My memory's slipping—I'll send every enemy I defeat straight to you. What about their divine techniques and bodies?"

Su Lin: "Soul and spirit go to me, bodies go to you, divine techniques are shared by all. Weigong Shilang, report to the Centaurus constellation later to collect today's ingredients."

Shi Hao: "I wish we'd met sooner! Brother Su!"

Su Lin: "Brother Shi, it's not too late. Want to drink later?"

Miss Kelaien: "I suddenly feel a bit nauseous."

Li Huowang: "Why?"

Lu Mingfei: "This is an adult matter. Don't ask, child."

Li Huowang: "But I'm already married."

Lu Mingfei: "..."

In a certain sense, Lu Mingfei himself was the child.

(End of Chapter)