Chapter 96

Ten years later, a handsome youth with sword-like eyebrows, star-bright eyes, and a well-proportioned build, and another youth with knotted muscles and a steady appearance, were climbing Mount Shouyang while carrying large stones on their backs.

These two were none other than Yang Jiao and Yang Jian. At this moment, the Qi on their bodies was surging; it was clear they were on the verge of a breakthrough.

"Big Brother! I can feel it!" After reaching the top of the mountain, Yang Jian said to Yang Jiao.

"Good! I will guard you!" Yang Jiao nodded.

After hearing Yang Jiao's words, Yang Jian sat cross-legged on the ground, the Qi on his body flickering uncertainly.

Boom—

Not long after, the Qi on Yang Jian's body surged violently, then stabilized at the Taiyi Golden Immortal realm.

If there were others here, their eyes would likely have popped out at this sight. Ten years—in a mere ten years, Yang Jian had actually cultivated from a mortal to the Taiyi Golden Immortal realm. To describe this speed as terrifying would not be an exaggeration at all.

But now, it was not just Yang Jian; the Yang Jiao beside him was even more despair-inducing, because the Qi on Yang Jiao's body was also clearly that of a Taiyi Golden Immortal, and his Qi was even more stable than Yang Jian's. This meant that Yang Jiao had already become a Taiyi Golden Immortal before Yang Jian. This talent was simply terrifyingly strong! However, as the first son of a human and a god in the Primordial World, it was perhaps understandable that he had such talent.

"Big Brother, I have also become a Taiyi Golden Immortal." After rising, Yang Jian said excitedly to Yang Jiao. The Howling Celestial Dog beside him was also excitedly circling around Yang Jian.

"A Taiyi Golden Immortal now, we should be able to go down the mountain, right?" Yang Jiao looked at the sky and muttered to himself.

Upon hearing the words "go down the mountain," a flash of anger crossed Yang Jian's eyes.

"Big Brother, let's go find Master right now!" Yang Jian stood up and said to Yang Jiao.

"Mm!" Yang Jiao nodded.

"Have you both decided? There exist beings in the Heavenly Court far beyond the Taiyi Golden Immortal realm," Perfected Lord Yuding said to Yang Jiao and Yang Jian.

"Master, we have already decided." Yang Jian nodded.

"Good!" Perfected Lord Yuding nodded.

"By the way, the Three-Headed Dragon that descended to the mortal realm with your mother is in the back mountain. Yang Jian, you go there and bring it over; it will be a very good weapon!" Perfected Lord Yuding said to Yang Jian.

"Yes!" Yang Jian nodded.

As for the Three-Headed Dragon, Yang Jian and Yang Jiao actually felt a trace of gratitude in their hearts. If it weren't for the Three-Headed Dragon, their mother and father would never have met, and if their father and mother hadn't met, they wouldn't exist.

After arriving at the back mountain, Yang Jian saw the Three-Headed Dragon, which had been trapped there by Perfected Lord Yuding.

"Who are you? Why do you have the scent of Yaoji on you?" When the Three-Headed Dragon saw Yang Jian, its brows furrowed.

"My name is Yang Jian, son of Yaoji. Come with me; from now on, I will be your master," Yang Jian said calmly to the Three-Headed Dragon.

"Good!" Upon hearing Yang Jian say this, the Three-Headed Dragon nodded. When it was captured by Perfected Lord Yuding, it had already known its fate, so it felt no ripples in its heart upon hearing Yang Jian's words.

"Before you leave, go to the Sheng Huang Hall; your grandmaster wishes to see you." When they saw Perfected Lord Yuding again, he said this to Yang Jiao and Yang Jian.

"Yes!" Yang Jiao and Yang Jian nodded.

After leaving Perfected Lord Yuding, Yang Jiao and Yang Jian also went to see Yang Tianyou. After being brought back by Yuding, Yang Tianyou had begun to cultivate, but he only practiced techniques that could prolong life. He himself did not like fighting, nor did he like cultivation; the reason he cultivated was so that he could see Yaoji again.

"Go! Your father will wait here for your return," Yang Tianyou looked at Yang Jiao and Yang Jian, who had grown into young men, and said with a smile.

"Yes, Father!" Yang Jiao and Yang Jian nodded, then left Yuding's place.

"Greetings, Grandmaster!" After arriving at the Sheng Huang Hall, Yang Jiao and Yang Jian finally met the legendary leader of the Ren Sect and the Saint Teacher of the human race.

"No need for formalities," Pan Huang looked at Yang Jiao and Yang Jian and said with a smile.

"Three-Headed Dragon!" Pan Huang called out to the Three-Headed Trident in Yang Jian's hand.

Upon hearing Pan Huang's voice, the Three-Headed Dragon immediately transformed into human form and knelt on the ground: "Three-Headed Dragon pays respects to the Sect Leader!"

"I give you two choices: are you willing to become a weapon, or continue to maintain your current demon body?" Pan Huang asked the Three-Headed Dragon.

"Sect Leader, the Three-Headed Dragon is willing to be the weapon in my master's hand." Upon hearing Pan Huang say this, the Three-Headed Dragon did not hesitate at all.

It did not know why Pan Huang asked this, but it figured there shouldn't be any major problems with becoming a weapon.

"Good!" Pan Huang nodded.

The next second, he pointed a finger, and the Three-Headed Dragon directly transformed into the shape of a Three-Headed Trident. After taking the form of a weapon, a mist of blood suddenly burst out from the Three-Headed Trident.

After this blood mist burst out, before it could dissipate, it was absorbed by the Three-Headed Trident again. After absorbing the blood mist, a white light flashed, and the Three-Headed Dragon appeared before Yang Jian and the others once more.

"Since you are no longer of the Demon Race, you shall become a member of my Spirit Treasure Clan. This is the cultivation law of my Spirit Treasure Clan, which can lead directly to an innate supreme treasure," Pan Huang said to the Three-Headed Dragon.

"Thank you, Great Patriarch!" After feeling the information in its mind, the Three-Headed Dragon said excitedly to Pan Huang.

"You two go to Qingqiu and find Dayu, and take the Mountain-Splitting Axe; give it to Yang Jiao to use." Pan Huang said again at this moment.

"Yes, Grandmaster!" Yang Jiao and Yang Jian nodded.

"Go, I await your good news!" Pan Huang said with a smile.

Outside Mount Shouyang, the Three-Headed Dragon took out a dragon pearl.

"Master, now that I have become a member of the Spirit Treasure Clan, this dragon pearl is of no use. I observe that the Howling Celestial Dog has poor aptitude; although it has cultivated, it is very difficult for it to take human form. This dragon pearl can help the Howling Celestial Dog improve its constitution," the Three-Headed Dragon said to Yang Jian.

"Good!" Yang Jian nodded, then threw the dragon pearl to the Howling Celestial Dog.

After the Howling Celestial Dog ate the dragon pearl, a white light enveloped it. Seeing this, Yang Jian put the Howling Celestial Dog away, then headed straight for Qingqiu with Yang Jiao.

"The war between heaven and man might not wait for Di Xin to ascend the throne. I have already begun to place my pieces here; I just wonder what expression Yuanshi Tianzun will have when he finds out about this," after Yang Jiao and Yang Jian left, Pan Huang muttered to himself.

Initially, when Pan Huang paid attention to Yang Tianyou's family, it was purely because of Yang Jian. The Erlang Shen of his previous life was an idol in the hearts of so many people! Since he had encountered him in this life, he naturally had to pull him into his own camp!

But as the curtain rose on the war between heaven and man, Pan Huang felt that Yang Tianyou's family was not just going to join the Ren Sect that simply.

If planned properly, Yang Jian would be the most important link in the war between heaven and man, because he himself had a connection to the Heavenly Court.

Arriving at Qingqiu, after the Yang brothers explained their purpose, Dayu took out the Mountain-Splitting Axe without a word.

"Take it."

"Thank you, King Yu." After taking the Mountain-Splitting Axe, Yang Jiao cupped his hands in salute to Dayu.

"Go, and strike out the might that belongs to the human race," Dayu said with a smile.

After leaving Qingqiu, Yang Jiao and Yang Jian headed straight for Mount Tao. Their mother, Yaoji, was now in this Mount Tao, and there were countless heavenly soldiers and mountain gods around. Their existence was to block Yang Jiao and Yang Jian, or even to kill them.

Arriving at Mount Tao, they did not rush over immediately, because Yang Jian discovered that the Howling Celestial Dog seemed to be about to take human form, so they stopped outside Mount Tao.

After taking out the Howling Celestial Dog, the white light enveloping it shone brightly. Before long, a lean young man dressed in black appeared before Yang Jian.

"Master! Master!" The Howling Celestial Dog was confused for a moment, but once it saw Yang Jian, it hurried to his side.

Seeing the Howling Celestial Dog take human form, Yang Jian was also very happy in his heart. At the same time, he thought that after rescuing his mother, he would go back to find his Master; his Master should have a way to help the Howling Celestial Dog find a cultivation technique.

"Let's go! Split Mount Tao and save Mother," Yang Jian looked at the Mount Tao before him and said coldly.

"This is a restricted area of the Heavenly Court, no passage allowed!" After entering Mount Tao, they were blocked by the mountain gods guarding the mountain.

"Hmph!" Before Yang Jian and the others could move, the Howling Celestial Dog darted out first.

After taking human form, although the Howling Celestial Dog's strength was only at the Profound Immortal realm, it was more than enough to deal with a mountain god.

After a few exchanges, the mountain god was bitten to death by the Howling Celestial Dog. Seeing the blood-covered Howling Celestial Dog, Yang Jian shook his head helplessly. Although the Howling Celestial Dog had taken human form, its intelligence didn't seem very high! It seemed he would have to teach it in the future.

After the mountain god was killed, it immediately attracted the attention of the guards at Mount Tao. When they discovered it was Yang Jiao and Yang Jian, bloodthirsty smiles appeared on their faces.

"Kill them!" Following the roar of the heavenly general, the heavenly soldiers guarding Mount Tao charged over directly.

In the past, such a scene would have surely scared Yang Jiao and Yang Jian until they collapsed to the ground, but now they had been reborn; such a scene was merely a small matter in their eyes.

"Brother, let me have some fun," Yang Jiao said, licking his lips.

"Good!" Yang Jian nodded.

In this life, both he and Yang Jiao cultivated the Golden Core Great Dao created by Pan Huang, and did not practice any Nine-Turn Profound Art.

Yang Jian cultivated the Demon Transformation from the Wu-Demon Transformation, while Yang Jiao cultivated the Wu Transformation, and he alone could achieve three transformations. Even the purest Li Tribe could only perform two, which was enough to show Yang Jiao's talent.

Receiving Yang Jian's response, Yang Jiao let out a loud shout, his clothes exploded instantly, revealing a body of knotted muscles, and then he charged into the heavenly soldiers.

Charging into the heavenly soldiers, Yang Jiao was like a wolf among sheep; with just a simple punch or kick, he could blast a heavenly soldier apart. This was still just his own strength; he hadn't even performed the Wu Transformation yet.

"Damn it! Form the Demon-Suppressing Formation!" The heavenly general roared.

But this was completely useless against Yang Jiao. The strength of these heavenly soldiers was at most at the peak of the Heavenly Immortal realm, and the heavenly general's strength was only at the early stage of the True Immortal realm; facing Yang Jiao, they were simply not enough to look at.

"Your Highness! Help!" Seeing that even the Demon-Suppressing Formation could not stop Yang Jiao, the heavenly general crushed the jade slip in his hand.

A few breaths later, ten fiery-red figures appeared in Mount Tao; these were the ten Chiwu.

"Wicked obstacles! You actually dare to come to this Mount Tao; then today, you shall stay here," the Great Chiwu said coldly after seeing Yang Jiao and Yang Jian.

"Erlang, one half each!" Yang Jiao looked at the ten Chiwu before him, cold light flickering in his eyes.

"Good!" Yang Jian nodded.

Hearing this, Yang Jiao charged toward the Great Chiwu first. Although the Great Chiwu had lost an arm, its combat power remained undiminished. Seeing Yang Jiao charge over, a look of disdain appeared on its face.

"Your opponent is me!" Just as the other Chiwu wanted to help the Great Chiwu, Yang Jian and the Howling Celestial Dog blocked the remaining Chiwu.

However, this was not one half each as Yang Jiao had said, because there were six Chiwu on Yang Jiao's side, while Yang Jian only had four.

"Back then, it was you who went to capture my mother. Today, we will kill you first, and settle the score with the Jade Emperor another day," Yang Jiao snorted coldly.

The next second, his body began to expand. A few breaths later, a three-meter-tall strong man appeared before the Great Chiwu and the others; this was the Xingtian Transformation from the Wu Transformation.

"Come on!" Yang Jiao roared and charged toward the Great Chiwu.

The Great Chiwu and the others had not experienced the Wu-Demon era, so they didn't know what kind of race the Wu Clan was. Seeing that the Qi on Yang Jiao's body was only a bit more profound but not much different from theirs, the Great Chiwu did not raise its vigilance.

But when Yang Jiao arrived, the Great Chiwu regretted it, because it finally discovered the terrifying nature of Yang Jiao in this state.

"No!" The Great Chiwu only had time to let out a shrill scream before being torn in half by Yang Jiao.

This scene left the other Chiwu stunned in place, but their being stunned did not mean Yang Jiao and Yang Jian would be.

Taking advantage of their distraction, Yang Jian decapitated the Fifth Chiwu with one strike of his blade, and at the same time, his Heavenly Eye shot out an attack, piercing the center of the Little Chiwu's brow, completing a double kill instantly.

Yang Jiao was not to be outdone; he went straight to the Second Chiwu's side and, before it could recover, twisted off its head.

In this instant, four of the ten Chiwu were instantly killed by the two brothers. After their brothers died, the other Chiwu finally came to their senses.

"Damn it! I'm going to kill you." Seeing his brothers dead, the Third Chiwu was consumed by rage.

"Try it!" Yang Jian waved his Three-Headed Trident and charged over.

Yang Jian walked the path of close-quarters combat; he danced the Three-Headed Trident into a blur. The Third Chiwu, also a Taiyi Golden Immortal, had no power to fight back when facing Yang Jian and could only be suppressed by him.

Seeing that the Third Chiwu was no match for Yang Jian, the other Chiwu wanted to come and help, but Yang Jiao only let two Chiwu into the battle circle, while the remaining three were blocked by himself.

Under the siege of three Chiwu, although Yang Jian felt some pressure, he did not fall into a disadvantage; this was the result of Perfected Lord Yuding's teaching.

Bang—

After deflecting the Third Chiwu's attack, Yang Jian kicked the Sixth Chiwu away, and the next second, he used his Heavenly Eye to attack another Chiwu. Although they didn't suffer any injuries, they couldn't do anything to Yang Jian either.

After another dozen rounds, Yang Jian saw a flaw in the Third Chiwu. He used his Heavenly Eye to force back one of the Chiwu, then kicked toward the Third Chiwu. But just as the Third Chiwu tried to block it, Yang Jian performed a mid-air rotation and used the force of the rotation to hack out with the Three-Headed Trident.

(End of chapter)