"You little brat, quite the trick you pulled, to actually scheme against me like this."
The Heaven-Breaking Realm God snapped angrily.
"If I didn't have such methods, I wouldn't be worth your assistance," Yang Cheng said calmly.
"You want me to assist you? Fine. But you must compensate me for the losses you caused me."
The Heaven-Breaking Realm God's voice was even, but inside his heart, killing intent surged. This Crown Prince of Great Zhou had talent far beyond Liu Wuji. Once the chance appeared, he was determined to seize Yang Cheng's body. It wouldn't be hard—he only needed to tamper with the cultivation methods he provided.
But at that moment, a sword appeared in Yang Cheng's hand.
Buzz!
He swung with lightning speed, slashing straight at the Heaven-Breaking Realm God.
No one knew the nature of this being better than Yang Cheng. Words like despicable, shameless, vile—none of them even scratched the surface of this creature's rotten character. To put it in common terms, he was a man so rotten he was already oozing pus.
How could Yang Cheng possibly trust him? There was no way he would allow such a creature to assist him. The only reason Yang Cheng had spoken like that earlier was to lure him out and kill him. Otherwise, with him hiding inside the Heaven-Devouring Divine Cauldron, Yang Cheng really couldn't do a thing.
As the sword cut down, the Heaven-Breaking Realm God's face first twisted in rage, then in terror.
Rip!
His soul was torn apart.
"Human Emperor…"
He let out a horrified scream, but before the words finished, his soul shattered into pieces.
Ding!
[An unbelievable miracle!]
[The host, together with Hu Po, has actually slain the Ancient Heaven-Devouring Demon.]
[A Nirvana God powerhouse, struck down by the combined effort of two Martial Saints—is this the fall of Heaven's order, or the distortion of all rules?]
[What the host has done is truly unprecedented, enough to be recorded forever in the annals of all heavens.]
[Congratulations to the host for completing the mission. The reward has been issued. Please claim it yourself.]
Only now did Yang Cheng feel certain that Liu Wuji was truly dead. For a moment, even he felt dazed, as if it wasn't real.
This was the very same Liu Wuji who, in the future, rampaged across the Wasteland Realm without rival, even battling his way back to the Divine Realm. Yet such an existence had actually been killed by him!
Until this moment, even though Yang Cheng had already changed many things, he still had little confidence that he could really defy fate. After all, no matter how much advantage he gained, Yang Xiu was still alive and well.
But now, Yang Cheng's confidence was like a sword polished to its sharpest edge—stronger and keener than ever before.
Liu Wuji was no weaker than Yang Xiu. In many cases, Liu Wuji had even suppressed Yang Xiu. Two hundred years later, Liu Wuji's reputation across the myriad worlds had far outshone Yang Xiu's.
And now?
Liu Wuji had truly been slain by him.
The system had confirmed it.
If Liu Wuji could be killed, then Yang Xiu could certainly be killed as well.
"The Human Emperor Sword truly lives up to its name," Yang Cheng said as he put the sword away.
This was none other than the "Sacred Dao Sword" others spoke of. Liu Wuji's sharp eyes had recognized it instantly as the Human Emperor Sword. Only such a righteous treasure, tied to the great fortune of the human race, could slay a demonic soul like Liu Wuji.
"Hu Po, when you were monitoring Liu Wuji earlier, did you notice that Yang Xiu was also in Canglan City?" Yang Cheng asked.
Hu Po nodded first, then said, "But he was very cautious. Later, when this servant tried to track him again, he had already disappeared without a trace."
"It's normal for the Heaven's Mandate Son to be that cautious," Yang Cheng said indifferently.
"Heaven's Mandate Son?"
Hu Po said, "In this servant's view, Yang Xiu wasn't even a match for Liu Wuji, yet Your Highness was able to kill Liu Wuji. That so-called Heaven's Mandate Son, compared to you, is nothing special at all."
"Let's return to the Xu residence first," Yang Cheng said.
That night.
"Heaven Dao Divine Book, claim!"
Even though Yang Cheng had already experienced many heaven-defying rewards, at this moment his heart still surged with excitement. After all, this was the Heaven Dao Divine Book. And it was a fully unsealed Heaven Dao Divine Book.
Boom!
In an instant, a book appeared in Yang Cheng's sea of consciousness. It looked like an ordinary sheepskin scroll. Every page inside was blank, waiting for him to fill in.
When cultivation methods were written into it, the Heaven Dao Divine Book would deduce and perfect them. But each page was extremely precious, so Yang Cheng would never use them lightly. He planned to save them for when he faced a great enemy. If he could write the enemy's core cultivation method into the book, it would help him break them with ease.
Other than that…
The light on the Heaven Dao Divine Book flickered, and in a blink, it transformed into a woman in a plain dress. She looked as if she had walked out from the very end of the starry river, her gaze coldly dismissing heaven and earth. Even Yang Cheng seemed like nothing but an ant in her eyes.
The moment she saw him, her face turned frosty. A long sword condensed in her hand and pointed straight at Yang Cheng.
Buzz!
Heaven and earth shook.
Yang Cheng's entire sea of consciousness trembled violently. The divine might of this plain-dressed woman was truly terrifying. For a moment, Yang Cheng was pressed down by the sword and unable to move.
Her voice was indifferent as she said, "From now on, everything you do must follow my orders. Do you understand?"
Yang Cheng's face turned cold. "You are the spirit of the Heaven Dao Divine Book. I am the owner of the Heaven Dao Divine Book. And you want me to obey you?"
"You, the owner?"
She let out a mocking snort. "The Heaven Dao Divine Book has only just awakened. You probably haven't even unsealed its first layer, and you call yourself its master? I don't know how you got so lucky to obtain it, but as a mere Martial Grandmaster—an existence like an ant—you have no right to bargain with me.
"In any realm of the myriad worlds, if I allowed someone to be my servant, it would be their greatest honor. From now on, I command and you obey."
"It seems this Heaven Dao Divine Book doesn't need a spirit like you," Yang Cheng said with a faint smile.
"You dare say that? Kneel!" the plain-dressed woman sneered.
Boom!
Her terrifying pressure crashed down like a flood that could destroy the world, far more dreadful than any True God Yang Cheng had faced before.
But Yang Cheng did not flinch. He simply said, "The one who should kneel… is you!"
In the next moment—
Buzz!
Time and space froze.
All the power in the woman's body vanished in an instant. Her body went limp, and she dropped to her knees.
"Impossible… what is happening?"
Her eyes filled with disbelief.
Yang Cheng's gaze was icy. "Heaven Dao Divine Book, erase this spirit."
He admitted, keeping this spirit might bring him tremendous benefits. It had existed for countless years, and the knowledge it carried far exceeded his own.
But something that tried to devour its own master—he would never dare keep it.
Besides, if he didn't take this chance to erase her, and she prepared other methods to resist later, that would be true disaster.
"Erase me? Unless you gain complete control over the Heaven Dao Divine Book, it's impossible," the plain-dressed woman said coldly. "To completely master it, you'd need at least Nirvana God cultivation. With your mere Martial Grandmaster level, an ant like you, it would take you thousands of years, maybe more…"
Before she finished speaking, her eyes widened in shock, filled with fear.
Her body began to shatter.