Chapter 443: Jiang Shenwang: A Parting Gift for You

Zhang family's Shi Zhai, Ye Fan was breaking through.

He obtained a fragment of the Yaochi Heart Scripture and used this fragment to enter the Palace Realm.

Fang Yu and Jiang Shenwang observed all of this.

Although Fang Yu possessed the Great Five Elements Art, he never taught it to Ye Fan, saying that in the Shrouding Heaven Realm, there was said to be a Creation Law Tribulation, extremely formidable—but he had never encountered it once.

The Great Five Elements Art, a great Dao technique ranked among the top ten of the Three Thousand Great Dao techniques, could absolutely be called a Creation Law Dao technique; cultivation of it could transform a cultivator's physique into the Five Elements Holy Body, the Five Elements Divine Body, or even the Five Elements Immortal Body—its power was boundless.

Yet Fang Yu casually used the Great Five Elements Art in the Shrouding Heaven Realm without triggering any Creation Law Tribulation—perhaps his Ten Thousand Worlds King Map was too formidable, obscuring the heavenly fate.

Any treasure capable of traversing the myriad worlds should possess such functions; otherwise, upon crossing over, one would long ago have been crushed by beings standing at the end of time, and there would be no chance for him to still be cultivating and speaking here.

Fang Yu watched Ye Fan cultivate the Yaochi Scroll in silence; he knew that now, using the Yaochi Scroll to cultivate the Palace Realm, if Ye Fan truly wished to reach the ultimate pinnacle, he would have to re-cultivate in future ages.

Cultivating the Sea of Qi, the Palace Realm, the Four Extremes, the Dragon Transformation, and the Immortal Platform Secret Realm now—eventually, he would still have to re-cultivate; only then could he stand atop high realms and correct past deficiencies, making them perfect.

Otherwise, cultivating Secret Realms at low realms, one could never comprehend their subtleties, nor develop profound understanding of them—restarting was mandatory.

Fang Yu reflected on himself: his own cultivation did not require restarting—he cultivated only Great Dao or Supreme Techniques; though in future ages he would still need to forge his own path, at his current realm, stepping beyond the scope of the Three Thousand Great Dao seemed difficult.

The Three Thousand Great Dao were the Dao principles exhaled and inhaled by the Yongshengzhi Sect in this era; even those who became Immortals or lofty Heavenly Lords still felt their profundity.

Stepping beyond the Three Thousand Great Dao was not something his current realm needed to ponder deeply.

Just as Fang Yu was pondering, Ye Fan finally completed his cultivation and attained the Palace Secret Realm.

At this moment, he floated as if an immortal, his body exuding Dao rhythm, forming intricate patterns, harmonizing with heaven and earth, radiating the feeling of unity between heaven and earth, Dao following nature—as if a fallen immortal had descended to the mortal world.

But this being who seemed like a fallen immortal, upon seeing Fang Yu and Jiang Shenwang nearby, realized just how terrifying these two were.

Both exuded boundless Dao rhythm; within their bodies seemed to dwell terrifyingly immense Dao energy—impossible to discern clearly, only faintly sensed.

"Congratulations, Ye Fan. You have now entered the Palace Realm."

Fang Yu spoke upon seeing this.

"Finally entering the Palace Secret Realm—indeed difficult."

Ye Fan felt his own realm, his mood excellent; when his gaze fell upon Pang Bo nearby, the fellow had just awakened, having entered the Other Shore Realm.

"My god, you have no idea what I went through—this Lost Calamity is terrifying; it made me lose myself for so long."

As soon as Pang Bo awoke, he shouted loudly; clearly, the Lost Calamity of crossing from Divine Bridge Realm to Other Shore Realm had been terrifying for him—but as Fang Yu and Jiang Shenwang had said, Pang Bo had indeed passed this trial and entered the Other Shore Realm.

"Huh? Little Ye Zi, your cultivation now…"

After waking, Pang Bo laughed loudly twice—having advanced from Divine Bridge Realm to Other Shore Realm, he had grown immensely stronger—then he saw Ye Fan and realized Ye Fan had grown far stronger still, like a fallen immortal.

"Pang Bo, congratulations on entering the Other Shore Realm. As for me, I've just broken through to the Palace Secret Realm."

Ye Fan smiled.

"Damn, Little Ye Zi, you're incredible, so abnormal—how did you reach the Palace Secret Realm so fast? You need tons of source to cultivate; you must've gotten a lot of source. Well done! Tell me, how did you win big?"

Pang Bo knew Ye Fan too well—he immediately guessed much: Ye Fan had cultivated the Source Heaven Book, so he must've tricked someone to gather enough source to reach the Palace Secret Realm.

"It went like this."

Ye Fan told Pang Bo about his trip to Pingyan City.

"What? You met the Yaochi Holy Maiden in Pingyan City? You can cultivate the Source Heaven Book and win back a Holy Maiden!"

Hearing the Yaochi Holy Maiden had come to Pingyan City, Pang Bo's eyes gleamed as he stared at Ye Fan.

"Don't talk nonsense—I wouldn't have any thoughts about the Yaochi Holy Maiden; I'm not a lecher."

Ye Fan quickly shook his head.

"Your ancestor in the Zhang family once won a Yaochi Holy Maiden with the Source Heaven Book—so why can't you? But 'Holy Maiden' always sounds so aloof, kind of annoying; people prefer to see the Holy Maiden taken."

Pang Bo grinned, the word "Holy Maiden" somehow irritating him.

On Earth, he'd read novels—like in Tang Dynasty tales, the Cihang Quiet Abbey had Holy Maidens who always teased you, keeping you at arm's length, yet when you became a Demon King, they'd throw themselves at you.

"Little Ye Zi, this is a great opportunity—if you don't want to win her with the Source Heaven Book, having her throw herself at you isn't bad either."

Pang Bo grinned wickedly.

"Don't say that—there are elders here."

Ye Fan quickly cut off the topic.

"Alright, then what happened next?"

Pang Bo looked toward Fang Yu and Jiang Shenwang, then curiously asked Ye Fan.

"Next, I encountered a group from Qingxiamen."

Ye Fan recounted his experience at the stone stall—there were always people who looked down on others; he'd brought two boys from the village to see the world, and since the boys wore miner's clothes, the stone stall folk mocked them mercilessly, as did Qingxiamen's so-called genius.

"Damn, these Qingxiamen people are insufferable—what's it to them if you have source? They jumped out themselves; no one would've mistaken them for mute."

Pang Bo, hearing about Qingxiamen's men, was furious. "What happened next?"

"Next, we bet source—whatever source was revealed from the stones, the opponent had to pay back its value in source."

Ye Fan smiled.

"Damn, so they lost even their pants?"

Hearing this, Pang Bo beamed.

"Right—they lost all the source they carried; one even signed an IOU, because I cracked open a treasure worth a hundred jin of pure source."

Ye Fan chuckled.

"Well done."

Pang Bo clapped his hands. "What happened next?"

"Next, I actually met the Yaochi Holy Maiden."

Ye Fan recounted the story of the Yaochi Holy Maiden.

Yaochi Holy Maiden.

There were many Holy Maidens—but adding "Yaochi" before "Holy Maiden" made all the difference.

The fame of the Jade Lake was simply too great; it spread not only throughout the Eastern Wastes, but also reached the Central Province and the Northern Desert, and was regarded as the most ethereal holy land.

Within the Jade Lake Holy Land, there were many women; every woman of the sect was graced with the spiritual brilliance of heaven and earth.

Many young people of the great powers took it as an honor to marry a fairy of Jade Lake, yet almost no one ever succeeded; even powers as mighty as the Desolate Ancient Clans and the Desolate Ancient Holy Lands could only gaze from afar.

Jade Lake's strength was boundless beyond measure; it had once produced a Sacred Emperor, and possessed a Pole-Grade Emperor Weapon to suppress the sect's foundation, and had always stood transcendent between heaven and earth.

Jade Lake's disciples were also almost never given in marriage to outsiders, let alone the sect's Holy Maiden; across such vast ages, it had happened only once or twice that a Holy Maiden became the wife of another.

Now that the Holy Maiden of Jade Lake had actually descended upon the tiny Pingyan City was indeed unexpected.

"The Jade Lake Holy Maiden has really come to Pingyan City — could it really be to let you win her back in a wager? But that's too much of a coincidence; after all, although little Ye Zi has achieved something in Source Arts, she shouldn't know you yet."

Pang Bo was somewhat curious.

"What are you saying? This time the Jade Lake Holy Maiden's coming to Pingyan City is not a chance passing through. In fact, Jade Lake intends to exhibit several stone materials for people to appraise; if one's eye is discerning, Jade Lake will offer a generous reward, and she will also travel on to other cities of the Northern Domain."