Chapter 100: The Source of Heaven Book and the New Order

After burying the remains of Zhang Jiye, Zhang Zhiwei was overcome with a mix of grief and joy. He bowed deeply to Ye Fan and Lin Xian, saying, "Many thanks to you both for bringing back my ancestor's remains and the Source of Heaven Book. The heritage lost for a thousand years has finally reappeared in the world."

A flash of silver light appeared in Ye Fan's hand. The silver glow was hazy, like a bright moon in a well or a dragon pearl in the sea, giving one an unreal feeling.

"Old Master, there is no need for such formalities." Ye Fan handed the Source of Heaven Book to Zhang Zhiwei and comforted him, "We have already learned the contents of the book. This heavenly book is both a scripture and a rare treasure; it is time to return it to the Zhang family."

Zhang Zhiwei stroked the silver book with his rough, calloused fingers, filled with deep emotion. His heart finally began to calm down.

In the end, he made a decision that went against his ancestors' wishes and said in a deep voice, "Since the Zhang family line has already joined the Heaven Swirl Sacred Land, the Source of Heaven Book should be held by the master of the Sacred Land."

"Now that the Sacred Land is newly established, the Holy Son and the Holy Master need it more than an old man like me."

Ye Fan still shook his head, determined to return the Source of Heaven Book to the Zhang family line. This was his consistent principle: he would not covet things belonging to his own people—this was not the same as the Black Emperor, who would kill those he knew well.

"No, no, no. Only by keeping the Source of Heaven Book in the Sacred Land can our Zhang family line be better protected." Zhang Zhiwei shook his head, a hint of bitterness appearing on his face. "I am old and lack the energy to comprehend it, and most of my children and grandchildren are not talented."

"If it remains in our hands, once the news leaks out, it will surely bring disaster. It is better to ask the Holy Master and the Holy Son to keep it for us."

"One day, if a brilliant person appears in our Zhang family, please have the Holy Master or the Holy Son take them as a disciple and pass the Source of Heaven Book to them."

Although Zhang Zhiwei did not possess heaven-shaking cultivation, he had great wisdom and insight into worldly affairs, understanding the principle that an innocent man is guilty only because of his treasure.

If the current Zhang family were to keep such a rare treasure, it would inevitably attract all kinds of covetous eyes.

It would be better to let Lin Xian and Ye Fan keep it and pass it on to the Zhang family members later, which would also symbolize the complete merging of the Source Heaven Master and the Heaven Swirl Sacred Land lineages.

Seeing that Zhang Zhiwei's mind was made up, Ye Fan stopped trying to persuade him and instead made a vow that he would definitely pass the "Source of Heaven Book" back to the Zhang family in the future.

Lin Xian went a step further and proposed a suggestion: "Since the Source of Heaven Book is in our hands, we are the orthodoxy of the Source Heaven Masters. Why don't I take the fifth-generation Source Heaven Master, Zhang Lin—the first ancestor of the Zhang family—as my master, and establish the lineage succession?"

"How about Ye Fan becomes the seventh-generation Source Heaven Master, and the younger disciples of the Zhang family become the eighth-generation?"

"This..." Zhang Zhiwei agreed, but there were no suitable successors in the clan at the moment; they were all mediocre, and he feared it would disgrace the Heaven Swirl Sacred Land.

"That is no problem; let us set the titles first."

Lin Xian smiled slightly, his mischievous side surfacing, and he said leisurely, "How about the eighth-generation Source Heaven Master be called Zhang Qiling? It will be a title. Thousands or ten thousand years from now, whoever inherits the position of Source Heaven Master among the Zhang family will undergo a capping ceremony, and the elders will bestow the name Qiling."

"Zhang Qiling?" Ye Fan was stunned for a moment, his expression strange as he said, "There are disciples with the surname Wang in the village."

"This setup, and a real Source Heaven Master—'Seek the dragon, divide the gold, watch the mountains; one layer of entanglement is one layer of barrier.'"

"Disciples with the surname Wang?" Zhang Zhiwei was slightly taken aback, not understanding the reference. He asked in confusion, "If the Wang surname is included, should the Lei surname also be included? For thousands of years, the three families have intermarried and are inseparable; they can be considered one clan."

Ye Fan and Lin Xian, the two people from Earth, looked at each other and then burst into laughter, walking out of the stone room. Their laughter carried a touch of loneliness; this land was, after all, not their home.

"When will I be able to attain the Dao of Sages and return to the other side of the starry sky..." Ye Fan sighed softly, feeling even more urgent about his cultivation.

He needed Source, a large amount of Source; only Source could support the cultivation of the Sacred Body.

However, this step could not be rushed. He needed to study the Source of Heaven Book carefully, and only after integrating and mastering it could he harvest Source and Divine Source.

"Actually, there is another craft that is no less profitable than being a Source Heaven Master, and it is highly lucrative."

Lin Xian smiled slightly and told Ye Fan that he had a lead at the Qingxia Gate. The risk was a bit higher, but the profit was great. As the saying goes, wealth is sought in danger.

"The ancestor of the Qingxia Gate at the Third Heaven has died!" Ye Fan suddenly realized, and was overjoyed.

"Ma Liu came to find me. There were strange phenomena and disturbances at the Qingxia Gate; it is the situation of a cultivator passing away." Lin Xian narrowed his eyes and said leisurely, "The Qingxia Gate controls bandits and has been collecting heavy taxes during this period, likely to support that Third Heaven cultivator in breaking through to the Fourth Heaven."

"So that's it." Ye Fan asked thoughtfully, "Since the Qingxia Gate ancestor has fallen, I suppose the Qingxia Gate will restrain itself a bit?"

"No, the Qingxia Gate will definitely become even more unscrupulous," Lin Xian said decisively.

"Why?" Ye Fan was puzzled. "Shouldn't they shrink their influence and enter a defensive posture?"

"Because other sects nearby also have cultivators at the Third Heaven of the Dao Palace," Lin Xian said meaningfully. "Once they learn that the Qingxia Gate has lost its ancestor, they will definitely launch a massive attack."

"Does Lin Shi mean that when the snipe and the clam fight, the fisherman benefits?" A strange smile appeared on Ye Fan's face as he lowered his voice, "Pass the news to the other sects."

"Good, very good." Lin Xian smiled slightly. "I heard that a rare treasure has appeared in the Qingxia Gate. The strongman at the Third Heaven of the Dao Palace died precisely because he failed to refine the treasure and was backlashed."

"A rare treasure?" Ye Fan revealed a brilliant smile. "With the methods of a Source Heaven Master, imitating one is no problem."

"We still need someone familiar with the Great Emperor to lend a hand." Lin Xian looked at the big black dog with a smile. When it comes to scamming, cheating, and forgery, this dog is the most skilled.

Over the next few days, just as Lin Xian predicted, the Qingxia Gate was eager to cultivate a strongman at the Third Heaven of the Dao Palace, but their subordinate bandits had been wiped out. Without their white gloves, they had to step in personally.

Faced with the crisis, the Qingxia Gate cultivators lost all shame and went to various oases to scrape for Source stones, but they were all killed one by one by Lin Xian and Ye Fan.

At the same time, a rumor was born, causing cultivators from the Lihuo Sect, Seven Stars Pavilion, and Luoxia Gate to see the weakness of the Qingxia Gate and secretly strike.

The Qingxia Sect Master was shocked, angry, and also felt a bit of fear.

Just at this time, a bandit named Ma Liu allegedly dug up a treasure in the desert and prepared to offer it to the Qingxia Gate in exchange for a few catties of Source.

The Qingxia Sect Master initially didn't care, thinking that bandits had shallow vision and what kind of treasure could they have? But when the Qingxia Sect Master saw the treasure that exuded the aura of Wushi and was transcendent, he was stunned. He threw the sect's crisis to the back of his mind and spent every day and night holding the treasure to comprehend it.

However, the radiance of the treasure grew stronger day by day. No matter how the Qingxia Sect Master tried to cover it up, he could not hide the divine light that shot into the sky for a hundred zhang.

This scene was witnessed by spies from other sects, and for a time, the situation became turbulent and strange.

During these days, Lin Xian and Ye Fan had been practicing in seclusion, training in the Fighting Sacred Method and the method of changing the world recorded in the Source of Heaven Book.

This technique could not only change the landscape of mountains and rivers but also change oneself. It was far more advanced than the disguise techniques of ordinary cultivators, almost a change from the inside out.

If combined with the function of the Dou-character Secret to evolve all methods, it would have miraculous effects. In the future, if they wanted to impersonate disciples of any Sacred Land, they could do so.

The effect of the Fighting Sacred Method—surpassing the master—meant that unless core figures came to identify them, it would be hard to see any flaws.

"Change!"

Lin Xian performed the wondrous technique, his bones creaking as he transformed into the appearance of the fat Daoist Duan De, chanting pretentiously, "Tribulation Crossing Heavenly Venerable!"

"Change again!"

Immediately after, he shook his body and transformed into the appearance of Yan Ruyu. His features changed from delicate to gentle, standing gracefully, beautiful beyond compare.

"Third change!"

Lin Xian swayed his figure, summoned a horsetail whisk, and transformed into an old immortal with a Daoist aura and a youthful face with white hair. He pinched a Daoist seal and said loudly, "Immeasurable Heavenly Venerable! This poor Daoist is the Qingxia Ancestor under the Heaven Swirl Holy Master. Today, I have come to clean up the sect."

Immediately after, he performed the Fighting Sacred Method, evolving all methods and simulating Qingxia Daoist arts. It was surprisingly better than the original, with a sense of grandeur and ethereal immortality, far exceeding the cultivation level of the Qingxia disciples he had killed.

"Like, too like." Ye Fan praised, "I'm afraid even if the Qingxia Ancestor were resurrected, he wouldn't be able to tell the difference."

Using the Nine Secrets to evolve the Daoist arts of a Dao Palace sect was truly using a sledgehammer to crack a nut.

If they could still be recognized by Dao Palace cultivators, the Immeasurable Heavenly Venerable might as well just smash his head against the corpse of a Chaotic Body to avoid shaming the Nine Heavenly Venerables.

"What like or not like." Lin Xian coughed and said with a stern face, "Actually, I have long been a Qingxia person. Disciples, follow me to reorganize Qingxia."

Ye Fan responded actively. During this time, he had been studying the Source of Heaven Book and using Source-seeking methods, gaining quite a bit of Source. He had already completed the Nine Changes of the Other Shore and broken into the Dao Palace realm. He was a solid combat force, capable of sweeping through the First Heaven of the Dao Palace and rivaling the Second Heaven.

The big black dog also barked, preparing to follow. Although the Black Emperor had no cultivation, its physical body was powerful, and entangling a Third Heaven Dao Palace cultivator was no problem.

During this period, the Qingxia Gate had no peace. Strong enemies often came masked. Although they covered their faces, through the competition of Daoist arts, the Qingxia Sect Master clearly recognized that they were the figures of several old rivals.

"People from the four sects—Lihuo Sect, Luoxia Gate, Xuanyue Cave, and Seven Stars Pavilion—have been probing our Qingxia's reality recently."

A Dao Palace Supreme Elder of the Qingxia Gate said worriedly, "Otherwise, let's hand over the treasure!"

"No!" The Qingxia Sect Master said with a ferocious face, "No one is allowed to touch my treasure..."

"Sect Master, you?" The nine Supreme Elders looked at each other, feeling that the Sect Master was a bit obsessed.

"Fellow Supreme Elders, if we hand over the treasure, that is when they will see our true strength." The Qingxia Sect Master took a deep breath and said, "As long as I comprehend this treasure, I will definitely leap to the Third Heaven of the Dao Palace, and then the crisis will be solved."

"The most important thing now is to hold on, hold on as long as possible, so that the several major sects still think our ancestor is alive and just in seclusion."

"Sect Master, it's bad! People from the major sects are attacking!" Just as the several Supreme Elders and the Qingxia Sect Master were in a stalemate, a disciple wearing blood-stained clothes suddenly rushed in in a panic.

"How so fast!" The Qingxia Sect Master's expression changed drastically, and he hurriedly went out to check the situation. The originally beautiful Qingxia Gate was now filled with shouts of killing, green grass stained with red mist, flower petals stained with blood beads, and green trees blooming with red flowers.

The Supreme Sect Master of Xuanyue Cave, the Supreme Elder of Lihuo Sect, the Old Pavilion Master of Seven Stars Pavilion, and the Valley Master of Luoxia Valley were all strongmen at the Third Heaven of the Dao Palace. They joined forces to attack, breaking through like bamboo, killing all the way to the main peak.

"What do you want to do?" The Qingxia Sect Master said in a deep voice, "Are you not afraid of our ancestor coming out of seclusion?"

"We have already killed our way here, and the old ghost Qingyuan has not come out. He must be dead as dead can be." The Supreme Sect Master of Xuanyue Cave laughed, "Nephew, those who know the times are heroes. If you surrender with courtesy, you will not lose your position as an elder of Xuanyue."

"I swear to live and die with Qingxia!"

The Qingxia Sect Master shouted, his heaven-shaking Dao energy surging, and then he turned and fled.

Fled?!

Not only were the four old monsters stunned, but the elders and disciples of the Qingxia Gate were also stunned. The Qingxia Sect Master was too spineless; he ran away before even making a move.

Little did they know that the Qingxia Sect Master was holding the forged Wushi treasure, and in his mind, he was only thinking of one thing: escape and then comprehend the treasure. Once he broke through to the Third Heaven of the Dao Palace, he would come back for revenge!

"Can you run away!" The Supreme Elder of Lihuo Sect sneered. If only one Third Heaven Dao Palace cultivator had come, the Qingxia Sect Master might have been able to run away.

But to ensure nothing went wrong and to completely divide Qingxia, four strongmen had come today. Not to mention the Qingxia Sect Master, even if the Third Heaven old ghost Qingyuan were still alive, he would have to die.

"Kill them!" The Old Pavilion Master of Seven Stars Pavilion shouted, leading the four-sect coalition to launch a massacre. Flowers of blood bloomed, staining the green mountains red.

"Help!" The Qingxia disciples cried and wailed, but could not escape death.

"Retribution, retribution." Some disciples remembered the past; they had all acted as bandits and personally participated in looting and massacres. Their foundations were very unclean, and they could not help but regret, but in the end, they could not escape death.

"Fight them, everyone attack together, we cannot sit and wait for death."

The Qingxia Gate was called a cultivation sect, but it was actually a bandit den. Many people were used to death and had some bloodiness, roaring and shouting as they rushed forward.

However, there was no suspense; in front of the four Third Heaven Dao Palace cultivators, they were easily suppressed.

"If having more people was useful, why would I cultivate immortality and seek the Dao." The Valley Master of Luoxia Valley was very young and had the potential to impact the Fourth Heaven. He sneered at the attacking Qingxia Gate disciples and used sword techniques to slaughter a large area.

The Qingxia Gate was simply vulnerable and was quickly broken. It was just that some elders and disciples who opposed being bandits and were locked in the dungeon by the Qingxia Sect Master did not show up and luckily survived to the end.

The remaining elders and disciples could be considered the true inheritors of the Qingxia Gate. Hearing the sounds of fighting outside, they could not help but feel despair and could only silently pray to the name of the ancestor, kowtowing for the manifestation of gods.

Several strongmen at the Third Heaven of the Dao Palace also noticed these Qingxia remnants, but they had no time to deal with them, instead staring at the forged Wushi treasure and being wary of other allies.

The Qingxia Gate had already been broken, and most of its members were wiped out. The original four-sect alliance instantly split and turned into rivals.

"This treasure is mine!"

"Whoever gets it first, it belongs to them."

With a rumble, the unbreakable alliance broke from within. Without external threats, the four strongmen at the Third Heaven of the Dao Palace fought each other, not caring about their reputation at all.

"Senior brothers and sisters, the Supreme Sect Master is fighting above, we cannot just sit here!"

Ye Fan used the technique of changing the world, mixed into the camp of the Lihuo Sect, and incited everyone to attack the other three sects.

"What are you afraid of? We all rolled out of the Northern Domain, are we afraid of their Lihuo Sect!"

Lin Xian transformed into a Xuanyue Cave disciple and shouted, "Fight them."

"Right, well done, keep your spirits up, don't lose face!"

After causing chaos, the two mixed into the teams of Luoxia Valley and Seven Stars Pavilion, causing huge confusion. Occasionally, one could hear the sound of a dog barking.

When the situation became uncontrollable, the two used the Great Void Technique to assassinate disciples of the four sects indiscriminately, adding fuel to the fire and increasing the conflict.

"Stop, everyone stop!"

By the time the four old monsters in the sky reacted and wanted to scold and stop the fighting, it was already too late. The disciples of the four major sects were blinded by blood.

Either their senior brother died at the hands of the Lihuo Sect, or their Dao companion was killed by the Seven Stars Pavilion. This blood feud was monstrous, and no one could stop it.

At this moment, the mysteries of the Fighting Sacred Method were used to the extreme, evolving all methods, mixing into the disciples, and inciting disciple to fight disciple.

Number one at fishing in troubled waters, supreme master of scamming and cheating.

"Supreme Sect Master, avenge me!"

"Pavilion Master, Pavilion Master, the disciple has tried his best!"

Lin Xian and Ye Fan roared, using divine powers and spells to create scenes of self-destruction, and then used the Great Void Technique to cross the void and leave this battlefield.

Dou-character Secret (incorrect)

Yan-character Secret (correct)

When the Great Void Technique + Fighting Sacred Method + Changing the World were combined, Lin Xian became the best actor, standing in an invincible position, and could go apply to be the Holy Son of a Killer Dynasty.

Three thousand Great Daos, the Yan-Dao is supreme!