I tried to kill the heroines of destiny, but they ended up chasing after me.

"Is that so? Then there's nothing to talk about! Come on!" Huang Quan's eyes flashed beneath the mask as he shouted.

Huang Quan was already in a particularly bad mood because of Zhang Jian and the clanswoman, and he wanted to find someone to vent to. This Zhang Shen was also in a similar state to him, so the two stopped talking and started fighting the next moment.

"Demon-Slaying Leaf!" Zhang Shen roared, circulating his cultivation power. Wisps of black mist overflowed and transformed into a huge black leaf in front of him. This leaf was several times larger than the previous one, but it gave people a slightly different feeling.

The leaves were cold and eerie before, but now they are raging, like a devastating attack. It seems that this is the second form of the secret technique used by Zhang Shen, not control, but pure attack.

It's possible that Zhang Shen is unable to use his previous form, or it could be because he looks down on Huang Quan and feels that even if he controls Huang Quan, it's meaningless, so he might as well just kill Huang Quan. But no matter what the situation is, Huang Quan is not in a good position under this offensive.

Huang Quan naturally knew this as well. After all, this Zhang Shen was different from Zhang Qing. This guy was a true Heavenly Lord, and at this moment he possessed the power of a perfect Heavenly Lord. Although he was injured and his power had weakened to some extent, as the saying goes, even a starved camel is bigger than a horse. He still had to be careful.

"Alright! Let me see just how powerful a cultivator at the peak of the Heavenly Monarch realm really is!" Huang Quan shouted solemnly. With a flick of his left hand, he took out the Crimson Peak Sword. As spiritual power and evil energy circulated simultaneously, terrifying auras instantly enveloped the blade of the Crimson Peak Sword.

Both were incredibly powerful, and even before they made contact, the surrounding space trembled. Huang Quan didn't want to test them or think too much about it. If he wanted to win this battle against an opponent of this caliber, there was only one way: to give it his all!

"The power of the Azure Moon, the power of time, the power of evil, the God of the Underworld, the sword that brings life and death, the Dao that transforms the world, adding insult to injury—all of this is concentrated in this one sword strike. I refuse to believe that I can't defeat you, you old man with only a sliver of health left!" Huang Quan thought ruthlessly.

As he thought, the Crimson Peak Sword in his hand first turned cyan and colorless, then gray and black, then white and brown, until finally the entire sword was multicolored, giving people a strange sense of brilliance. If you didn't look closely, it was quite beautiful.

Without hesitation, Huang Quan raised his multicolored Crimson Peak Sword and slashed fiercely at Zhang Shen in front of him!

In an instant, the originally black barrier world was transformed into a kaleidoscope of colors, as if the sky had changed and the land had been transformed. In this colorful world, a powerful force that made the barrier rumble instantly transformed into a beautiful beam of light and headed straight for Zhang Shen in the distance.

"Hmph! A mere trick!" Zhang Shen said nonchalantly, and in that instant, he also manipulated the black leaves in front of him, launching a fierce attack towards the location of Huang Quan.

Black Leaf still exuded a terrifying ferocity, as if it could devour everything. The space it passed through was visibly distorted, showing that it really intended to use this move to kill Huang Quan directly!

Without a doubt, the beam of light and the black leaf collided violently in the blink of an eye. The wind howled and the void shattered, making the impact on the area even more profound. However, the two forces did not immediately determine a winner. Both the beam of light and the black leaf were frozen in the air, as if they were constantly consuming each other's power.

It goes without saying that in this process, whoever runs out of strength first will win.

"Tch! A mere Nirvana cultivator dares to compare strength with me? He's simply courting death!" Zhang Shen's disdain deepened as he saw the situation in the air. At that moment, he unleashed another burst of true energy, managing to maintain the black leaves in the sky and causing the yellow beams of light from the Yellow Springs to show signs of weakening.

"Damn it! You think you're the best? I haven't even used my full strength yet!" Huang Quan gritted his teeth and then frantically channeled his power into the colorful beam of light, whether it was evil energy or spiritual power, he poured it in as if it were free.

But in reality, Huang Quan's body had already been damaged the moment the colored beam clashed with the black leaf. Seven or eight of his meridians were broken, and many of his bones were shattered. He was about to vomit blood, but he swallowed it back.

The power of a Heavenly Monarch at his peak is no joke. It's truly a miracle that he was able to withstand it. But if it were a direct confrontation, unless his power could reach an even higher level, there would be absolutely no chance.

So in just three breaths, bright red blood flowed from Huang Quan's seven orifices, and his face turned deathly pale. But he did not give up and continued to grit his teeth and persevere.

"You really are a lunatic! You'd risk your life like this for a stranger! Fine! I'll grant your wish and send you to your death!" As he said this, a genuine killing intent clearly appeared in Zhang Shen's eyes.

But just as Zhang Shen was about to deliver the killing blow, another unexpected event occurred.

A golden light flashed, accompanied by a trace of malevolence, and directly attacked the black leaf that Zhang Shen had conjured, causing the black leaf to shatter suddenly, and giving Huang Quan's colorful beam of light a certain amount of time to catch up.

This golden light was no ordinary golden light; it was a powerful attack released after Jue Yi recovered some of his cultivation. Although this power alone was not enough to completely destroy the black leaf, it could be accomplished if combined with the colorful beams of Huang Quan.

"What?!" Upon seeing the golden light, Zhang Shen's mind raced, and he immediately thought of Jue Yi. This made him grit his teeth, because he had already missed the best opportunity to kill Jue Yi.

At the same time, the golden light and the colored beams worked together to form countless points of light on the huge black leaf, completely penetrating its surface. At first glance, the black leaf looked as if it had been bitten by insects with countless holes.

Perhaps that's why, in less than a few breaths, the black leaf broke free from Zhang Shen's control, turning into tiny black rays that completely scattered around until they disappeared without a trace.

After defeating Hei Ye, Huang Quan finally breathed a sigh of relief. He knew that without the help of the golden light, even if he used all his strength, he would not be able to cause any damage to Hei Ye. However, he also knew that as long as he could hold out until the final battle to recover some of his cultivation, he would definitely be able to turn the danger into safety.

On a deeper level, although he didn't know if Jueyi would come to save him, or whether Jueyi would still care about the Emperor Sword in his hand, he had no choice but to come and save Jueyi, because it was his responsibility, and also his life.

This was a huge gamble, but fortunately, he won.

At this moment, the victory that belonged to Zhang Shen and was a foregone conclusion was completely changed. Although Jue Yi's cultivation had not fully recovered, Zhang Shen's injuries were not light either. In addition, Huang Quan, who could barely fight back, was also present, and the situation suddenly became oppressive.

"Thank you." Jue glanced at Huang Quan, stopped the bleeding from his left arm, and said with gratitude. Although he didn't understand why Huang Quan was here or why he was helping him, he had to admit that without Huang Quan, he would already be a corpse. So, for him, whatever Huang Quan's purpose was, he could put it aside for now. After all, there was still a major enemy in front of them.

Huang Quan didn't reply, but he felt a little awkward when facing Jue Yi. This was because, underground, he had learned something hard to believe from the woman in purple: the powerful late-stage Heavenly Monarch in front of him was actually his son from one of his past lives.

This means that Jueyi is also Huang Quan's biological son. This is truly a shocking revelation!

"Damn it! This is all that Time Tree's doing! Why did he have to make me live in the Emperor Sword Clan? How am I supposed to face this guy?!" Huang Quan appeared calm on the surface, but in his heart, a million grass mud horses were galloping through his mind.

"Alas! Perhaps this is fate! From the moment I met Zhang Ye, and then from Zhang Ye I met him, everything is just like the cause and effect line that the woman in purple said, one link after another..." Thinking of this, Huang Quan slowly calmed his mind.

At this moment, Jue Yi, unaware of the truth, turned his gaze to Zhang Shen. His eyes gleamed with a hint of ruthlessness as he said, "Zhang Shen! You should be at your limit by now! If you continue fighting, you don't think you'll get away with it!"

Zhang Shen's brows twitched slightly, feeling extremely annoyed and regretful. If he hadn't talked so much nonsense before, none of this would have happened. But there's no going back in this world, so no matter how much he regretted it, it was of no use.

Just then, in the eastern part of the Heaven and Earth Profound Formation below, a crack suddenly appeared, and with the crack, Zhang Shen's aura began to drop rapidly, directly from a cultivation level that was infinitely close to that of a Heavenly Lord to the level of a Perfect Heavenly Lord, and it continued to drop further.

"Damn it! Damn it!! It's all your fault! It's all your fault, you brat! If you hadn't appeared, if you hadn't disturbed me, things wouldn't have turned out like this! It's all your fault! It's all your fault!!" Zhang Shen roared hysterically at Huang Quan, showing how angry he was, but what could he do? Jue Yi, who had recovered some of his cultivation, would never allow him to hurt Huang Quan again, so at most he could only roar in resentment.

"Alright! Zhang Shen! This battle should end. Let's give up!" Jue Yi said coldly, his eyes blazing.

"Give up! What a joke! I won't give up! I still have a chance, I still have a chance!!" After saying this, Zhang Shen stopped talking and used his remaining power to release a cloud of pitch-black mist. The black mist churned and quickly enveloped his body, eventually forming a large black sphere.

"Kid! You step back for now, leave the rest to me!" Perhaps sensing that Zhang Shen was about to do something crazy, Jue Yi immediately ordered Huang Quan to leave the battlefield as soon as possible to ensure the safety of his savior, Huang Quan.

Huang Quan didn't hesitate. Knowing his own limitations, he didn't think much and quickly flew backward. However, upon hearing the word "kid," he felt increasingly embarrassed. If he hadn't known that Jue Yi was his son, he wouldn't have felt this way, since Jue Yi was indeed his senior. But now…

"Damn it! To be called 'boy' by my own son, I really... sigh!" Huang Quan sighed as he flew away, but what could he do? He couldn't possibly acknowledge Jue Yi at such a crucial moment! Besides, he didn't think Jue Yi would admit their relationship, and might even be considered crazy by Jue Yi.

So Huang Quan had already made up his mind that once the matter of the Emperor Sword Clan was over, he would act as if he had never been here, and from then on, he would have no further connection with Jue Yi or the Emperor Sword Clan. Although this sounded a bit like a father abandoning his son, for Huang Quan at this moment, it was the only thing he could do.

Looking at Jueyi again, before Zhang Shenjiang could fully unleash that unknown secret technique, he launched an attack without hesitation.

In the blink of an eye, another burst of magnificent golden light erupted from Jueyi's body, and along with this intense golden light, a thin sword about ten meters long and only about one decimeter wide appeared in the already shattered sky.

The sword stood upright in the rain, its golden light still shimmering, but not brightly. There seemed to be a faint dark glow, or rather, a dark gold color slowly shimmering on the blade. It was clear that this sword was distinctly different from the previous golden greatsword.

"By using my life to activate the absolute rules of the sword, I can borrow a trace of the power of my ancestors. However, doing so will also affect my cultivation. But I can't care about that now..." Jue Yi thought to himself.

In reality, whether it was launching the first attack or using life to drive the absolute sword rules, Jueyi was not worried about Zhang Shen, but rather about Zhang Shen's secret technique. In any case, this secret technique was also a power from another world, with too many variables. Perhaps if one was not careful, the original advantage would be lost. Therefore, in order to seize the initiative, Jueyi had no choice but to do this.

"The Heavenly Emperor Sword Slash! One slash and the heavens are destroyed!" Jue Yi murmured softly, and then, with an extremely serious expression, he calmly waved his left hand towards the black sphere that Zhang Shen had transformed into.

With this swing, the slender sword resonated, and countless visible golden lines appeared out of thin air, then surrounded it. These golden lines were not conjured by power, but rather were the source of the sword that could only be found in the Imperial Sword Clan and in the place where the Tree of Time was located.

Perhaps sensing the aura of the sword above, the Tree of Time beneath the tomb of the Emperor Sword Clan also revealed a hint of surprise.

"Oh! Not bad! Although you weren't chosen, you've gained the Sword Source's approval. You truly are his son! Alright! Seeing your sincere heart, I'll lend you the Emperor Sword once!" As soon as he finished speaking, the trunk of the Tree of Time emitted a burst of blue light, as if some strange power was being transmitted from underground to the battle between Jueyi and Zhang Shen.

At the same time, the Emperor Sword in the Yellow Spring Space Bottle seemed to be influenced by the Tree of Time, and it resonated directly with the slender sword. Before the Yellow Spring could react, it suddenly rushed out and flew towards the location of Jueyi, and finally merged with Jueyi's slender sword as expected.

Upon seeing this, Jue Yi and Huang Quan were both stunned. The speed of the Emperor Sword was so fast that they had no idea what was happening. Huang Quan did notice something, but Jue Yi thought that Huang Quan was helping him. So, after smiling slightly at Huang Quan, he refocused his attention.

However, taking advantage of this moment, the black ball also changed shape. It and Zhang Shen inside it turned into a sword, an extremely black sword. The length of this sword was not much different from that of a thin sword, but its width was about one meter, making it a sharp greatsword.

At this moment, if one were to look at the sky, the black greatsword and the golden slender sword would appear as if they were opposite sides of the same coin, giving one a strange and inexplicable feeling.

In the next instant, Jueyi resolutely swung down the golden sword, and the black sword seemed to sense the golden sword's attack as well, swinging its own blade. One black, one gold, clashed in the sky without any suspense.

At that moment, heaven and earth shattered, and the Heaven and Earth Profound Array completely lost its luster, turning into ashes in an instant. The three people inside were also injured by the aftershocks. Unconsciously, their bodies were swept backward until they crashed into the edge of the dark barrier.

But the effects of the two swords clashing were only just beginning...

Chapter 229 The Divine Tree

After breaking through the formation, the powerful storm also swept through the dark barrier. Fortunately, the dark barrier was far from the battle, and the storm was only an aftershock, so the barrier was only breached.

Even though there was only one hole, some of this madness spilled out, causing the people of the four clans outside Emperor Sword Village to be severely affected. Those with lower cultivation levels either fainted or vomited blood, while those with higher cultivation levels turned pale and retreated in unison.

"What exactly happened inside?" Zhang Song, who was also in the crowd, frowned. After calming himself down, he muttered to himself subconsciously, but a hint of fear could be heard in his tone.

Not only him, but Zhang Qing, who existed in this world at this point in time, also bit her red lips. She was worried about Zhang Shen because she felt a sense of unease when the future Zhang Qing arrived. Although this feeling slowly disappeared when the future Zhang Qing died, she still had worries.

On the other hand, Zhang Hu and the others, who were inside the dark barrier, were closer to the storm formed after the two swords clashed, so they were more affected. Fortunately, these guys were not ordinary people, and their cultivation was around the Transcendent Realm, so they managed to survive in the end.

At this moment, the eastern district was in complete disarray, with no place left unoccupied by nothingness, as if it had become a vacuum, shrouded in true darkness. However, the spatial rules of the True Profound Continent were not so fragile. Even though this place had become a vacuum, the power of these rules was still actively repairing it.

Before long, the basic shape of the space slowly began to emerge.

In this newly revealed space, Zhu Tianri and the other two remained unconscious, floating in the air.

Huang Quan was panting heavily not far from the battlefield, seemingly injured. During this time, the Emperor Sword that had originally helped Jue Yi suddenly transformed into a purple light and returned to Huang Quan's spatial bottle.

Let's talk about the main characters of this battle—Jueyi and Zhang Shen.

The former's left hand was nowhere to be found, and blood kept dripping into the air. Although he was still conscious, he was in a state of collapse at any moment. However, despite this, his eyes did not close. He stared intently ahead at the black sword that was slowly breaking apart.

The black sword was indeed powerful, but the golden sword, empowered by the Emperor's Sword, was even stronger. The moment the two collided, the black sword's defeat was sealed. At this moment, it fell one after another like withered petals, giving the place a faint sense of desolation.

About ten breaths later, the poignant feeling ended, revealing Zhang Shen's dejected appearance. Zhang Shen's eyes were empty, and his aura had dropped to its lowest point. It could be said that even a small cultivator at the peak of the Transformation Realm could defeat him now, because he had... completely lost consciousness.

The battle is finally over.

……

A month later, in the southern part of the Ice Plains, near the Heavenly Mystery Realm.

Two people stood there, one dressed in a green robe, an old man, and the other dressed in a gray robe, a young man. Perhaps no one had noticed before, but in fact, the two of them did look somewhat alike.

The cold wind howled and snowflakes fluttered, but the two of them looked calm and composed, as if they didn't care about the cold around them at all.

"Are you leaving?" the old man asked.

"I have other matters to attend to. Could you leave the Emperor Sword with me for now?" the young man said.

Upon hearing this, the old man's eyes flickered slightly. After a moment, he said, "No problem. Perhaps this Emperor Sword was originally meant to be yours."

Thank you.

"It's alright."

The young man was silent for a moment, then continued, "How about you do me another favor?"

"Speak freely," the old man replied.

“Let Zhang Shen’s lineage go, let them continue to stay in the Emperor Sword Clan, including Zhang Shen, Zhang Shen’s daughter Zhang Qing, and if possible, pass the position of the future young clan leader to that person named Zhang Song.”

"What?" the old man asked in surprise.

“I know you don’t understand, but I hope you can believe me.”

"But there must be a reason, right?" the old man asked.

However, the young man did not reply to the old man, but said: "Some things do not need a reason. Once a cause arises, an effect will follow. What you do today will surely bring you different gains in the future."

"The Way of Cause and Effect?" The old man frowned, speaking as if he understood but not quite.

"Perhaps! Alright, that's all! I believe we'll meet again soon, so I won't say anything more. Farewell!" As soon as he finished speaking, the young man moved and flew into the distance, and the direction he was heading was none other than the Heavenly Profound Realm.

The old man watched the young man go until he disappeared from sight, then he looked away and finally sighed softly.

"This person... seems so familiar!"

After uttering a cryptic remark, the old man turned and walked into the depths of the icy plains. After all, there were still many matters within the Emperor Sword Clan that required his attention.