With their ideals irreconcilable, Heavenly God Hao Han left in a fit of anger, completely falling out with the Cultivation Heaven God Domain. Such resolve was truly formidable.
Abandoning such a powerful faction to strike out alone and create his own force meant facing suppression from all sides. Recruiting disciples would be even more difficult.
After leaving, how could the Cultivation Heaven God Domain possibly show Heavenly God Hao Han any goodwill? Not hunting him down already counted as mercy.
"I really admire Master," Heavenly Venerable Jian Si said. "To actually hold such ideals. Master himself is a peerless genius, practically monstrous, yet he values perseverance instead. If it were other geniuses, they would scoff at such things and only care about talent!"
"Talent has always been treated as the only criterion—without talent, you're directly rejected. All God Domains have judged people this way for ages. Master is truly an odd one, choosing to play by completely different rules."
Heavenly Venerable Jian Si's eyes were filled with admiration and reverence. He never denied Heavenly God Hao Han's philosophy—on the contrary, he deeply respected it. After all, Heavenly Venerable Jian Si's own talent was merely average, yet he had still been chosen by Heavenly God Hao Han.
"Yes, it's truly admirable…" Yi Tianyun felt the same. After understanding this, he felt even more certain that joining this place had been the right decision.
Because this philosophy aligned perfectly with his own. Talent was important, but effort and perseverance were even more crucial!
Afterward, Heavenly Venerable Jian Si led him around to continue sightseeing. This place consisted of countless worlds stitched together. With Heavenly God Hao Han's strength, creating such worlds was effortless—almost trivial.
For an Upper Heavenly Venerable, creating worlds like these was already easy. Now that he had broken through to the Heavenly God realm, his control in this aspect had clearly reached an even higher level.
As they continued to observe, it was indeed a remarkably complete world—refined to perfection in every aspect.
Looking down at the cultivators below, each lived their ordinary lives, completely unaware of what kind of world they actually resided in.
Even so, the conditions here were still far superior to the Mortal Realm. At the very least, Heavenly God Hao Han had deliberately arranged numerous martial arts and inheritances. In the Mortal Realm, everything depended on one's own exploration and plundering, making progress vastly more difficult.
When they passed through a spatial gate and arrived in a new world, they immediately sensed an immensely powerful presence.
"It's Senior Sister!" Heavenly Venerable Jian Si's body trembled as he blurted out.
"Oh? Am I really that frightening?"
In the void ahead, a peerlessly beautiful woman sat cross-legged in meditation. Upon seeing them, she slowly opened her eyes. Her soul-piercing gaze swept over them, as if she could see straight through them.
Yi Tianyun felt that aura—it was indeed extremely familiar, just like facing Heavenly God Hao Han himself. Her presence was calm and restrained, yet carried the unmistakable authority of a superior being, on the same level as Heavenly God Hao Han, inspiring instinctive reverence.
Heavenly Venerable Jian Si cleared his throat lightly. "Greetings, Senior Sister!"
"Mm. This must be Junior Brother," the woman said calmly. "The first person ever to make Master break precedent and accept as a disciple."
She slowly rose to her feet, her eyes burning as she looked at Yi Tianyun.
"Greetings, Senior Sister!" Yi Tianyun replied modestly. "This is all thanks to Master lowering his standards—otherwise, I would never have been chosen."
"Don't say that," Heavenly Venerable Yue Qian said coolly. "I've already heard about you. Your overall abilities are very strong. You've cultivated the Hao Han Divine Art to a high level—already reaching the fifth layer."
A hint of excitement flashed in her beautiful eyes. "Enough talk. Let's have a spar for fun!"
"Huh—what?" Yi Tianyun froze. A fight right after meeting? What was this?!
"There's one thing I forgot to tell you…" Heavenly Venerable Jian Si hurriedly retreated to the side. "Senior Sister is a complete battle maniac. She's always fighting us—one of those 'you only bond after fighting' types…"
"Junior Brother Jian Si, where are you going?" Heavenly Venerable Yue Qian said, her eyes blazing with intent. "Come to think of it, we haven't sparred in a long time. Why don't we test you now? See if you've improved. That move you used last time wasn't bad—come practice it with me!"
Her aura surged instantly.
This scared Heavenly Venerable Jian Si into turning tail and running, shouting as he fled, "I—I just finished the God Domain War and I'm exhausted! Let's do it next time!"
Before he could even finish his sentence, he had vanished without a trace.
Yi Tianyun wiped cold sweat from his brow. No wonder Heavenly Venerable Jian Si was afraid of his senior sister—getting beaten daily would terrify anyone.
A male battle maniac was one thing. A female cultivator who was also a battle maniac? Just thinking about it was frightening. Still, this was likely shaped by her environment. To climb from the bottom in a place like this required enduring extreme brutality—no wonder her personality became so combative.
"Trying to run?"
Heavenly Venerable Yue Qian flashed forward, instantly catching up and blocking Heavenly Venerable Jian Si's path with a smile. "If you're injured, I can heal you. Don't forget—I know healing arts."
She raised her hand, and a green glow burst forth, brimming with astonishing vitality. She could heal as well?!
"Senior Sister, I—I'm mentally exhausted… I can't recover right now…" Heavenly Venerable Jian Si was on the verge of tears. The gap between him and Heavenly Venerable Yue Qian was far too large—fighting her was nothing but self-inflicted suffering.
"Stop pretending," Heavenly Venerable Yue Qian sneered. "Mentally exhausted? Who are you trying to fool? I'd say you're in great spirits. One God Domain War is nothing—you could handle two!"
Cold sweat poured down Heavenly Venerable Jian Si's face. He didn't even know how to respond anymore.
Yi Tianyun watched in stunned silence. His senior sister was truly insane—no wonder they'd all been beaten senseless so often. As for the other two senior brothers, not a trace of them could be seen. They had clearly chosen to leave long ago.
If they stayed, chances were they'd get beaten too!
"W-well, isn't there Junior Brother?" Heavenly Venerable Jian Si suddenly shifted the topic, pointing at Yi Tianyun. "Junior Brother is very strong. You can spar with him—guaranteed satisfaction!"
"..."
Yi Tianyun didn't know whether to laugh or cry. Heavenly Venerable Jian Si had shamelessly passed the burden onto him—clearly a sign of long-term abuse.
"Junior Brother will spar with me eventually," Heavenly Venerable Yue Qian said, clenching her fist. "But you promised me earlier—you still have to fulfill that promise. Don't tell me you forgot?"
"Enough talk. Get ready to warm up with me."
"I—I…" Heavenly Venerable Jian Si looked like he was about to cry.
Just as it seemed inevitable that he would be brutally beaten, Heavenly Venerable Longming and the others suddenly appeared nearby, their expressions grave.
"Report to Master," Heavenly Venerable Longming said. "People from the Cultivation Heaven God Domain have arrived…"
"The Cultivation Heaven God Domain?"
They all froze, their expressions turning serious.
At a time like this—what were people from the Cultivation Heaven God Domain doing here?