Chapter 391: Chapter 391: Sword Venerate Dominating Body? Fire of Law?

At this point, Ye Tianling finally began to ponder Yao Ling’s message.

’It’s fine. If they found out, they found out. If the Golden-winged Roc Clan really produced an even more heaven-defying Divine Child to take my place, it’s no big deal. If I’m not the Kunpeng Divine Son, I can just be some other Divine Child. I believe there are still people out there with good judgment.’

Ye Tianling said lightly.

He didn’t send a mental message, but spoke aloud for all to hear.

Thus, when these words were suddenly spoken, Gleyun, Xia Xinyue, Xia Xinqin, and Yao Lun were all stunned.

Then, as if he had thought of something, Gleyun immediately spoke up, "Tianling Divine Son, if you have the time, please consider visiting my Celestial Spirit Race."

Lu Minghui and Hu Teng were stunned, then their eyes immediately burned with fervor. They spoke up at almost the same time. "Tianling Divine Son, if you can no longer stay with the Golden-winged Roc Clan, my Deer Race would absolutely welcome you!" "My Tiger Race as well!"

Yao Ling pressed her lips together, a hint of grievance in her eyes. She said softly, "It’s not that, it’s just... some of the older generation take these traditional matters very seriously."

"Mm, it has nothing to do with you. As long as you guarantee your future loyalty to me, I won’t treat you unfairly. Alright, is there anything else? If not, I’ll take you all to the Thirty-Sixth Layer."

Ye Tianling’s gaze swept over them as he spoke.

The higher the layer, the more in sync he became with the Space-Time Soul-locking Tower and the Blood Secret Realm. It was as if he could wield the Celestial Dao, as if he could control the entire Heaven-Reaching Tower!

Therefore, Ye Tianling regarded these other matters lightly. His primary goal was to seize control of the entire Heaven-Reaching Tower.

"We don’t have anything else," Xia Xinyue said, startled, "but taking people with you in the tower means you’ll have to endure many times the pressure! And once that pressure multiplier is activated, it will continue to stack every time you challenge a new layer... That’s why, after the thirty-third layer, the Celestial Dao Rules impose restrictions. It’s not a suitable place to bring others along."

"That is indeed the case. Please be cautious, Tianling Divine Son," Gleyun also warned immediately.

"It doesn’t matter. If the pressure is greater, so be it. That just makes it more interesting. Let’s go."

With a wave of his hand, Ye Tianling started walking forward.

"Tianling Divine Son, on the twenty-seventh layer, did you sense the Destiny Totem?"

At that moment, Xia Xinyue caught up and moved a little closer to Ye Tianling.

"The twenty-seventh layer? No, there were just some resentful thoughts and Evil Spirits. After I killed a portion of them, I remained clear-headed the rest of the way, so I didn’t see any totems."

Ye Tianling replied.

"Kill? You killed a portion? You can kill the Evil Spirits and Corrupt Spirits in there?"

Gleyun and the others all gasped, stopping in their tracks and staring at Ye Tianling in utter disbelief.

"Hm? Is there a problem? I can breathe a puff of fire and kill a whole swath of them. What? Are they hard to kill?"

Ye Tianling frowned slightly. He noticed that they had used the terms "Evil Spirit" and "Corrupt Spirit," not "resentful thoughts" and "Evil Spirits" as he had.

The term "Evil Spirit" was nothing special, but "Corrupt Spirit" had a profound connection to the Blood Domain Demon Soul.

Legend had it that the Blood Domain Demon Soul was a terrifying type of Corrupt Spirit that could not be truly killed or destroyed. Because of this, many people who were possessed by and fused with a Blood Domain Demon Soul could be killed numerous times, only to revive naturally. Moreover, with each death, they would evolve more completely and become even stronger—a truly terrifying existence.

"Evil Spirits... they are the core manifestation of the Blood Domain Demon Soul. And you can kill them... Tianling Divine Son, your Talent is truly incredible. The Golden-winged Roc Clan has such immense Qi Fortune to have a Divine Son like you!"

Gleyun walked over and clasped his fist in a slight bow, his etiquette impeccable.

"I happen to think so myself."

Ye Tianling nodded and smiled with great confidence.

Gleyun smiled as well and said sincerely, "Tianling Divine Son, when you have time, you must come visit my Celestial Spirit Race. After all, your name, ’Tianling,’ is almost identical to our race’s name, ’Celestial Spirit.’ This must be fate, don’t you think?"

"Alright. For your sincerity alone, I will definitely pay a visit when I have time. I just hope that when that day comes, you’ll still be willing to open your doors for me!"

Ye Tianling said meaningfully.

"Even if you tear a hole in the sky, Divine Son, the doors of the Celestial Spirit Race will always be open for you. I, Gleyun, give you my word!"

Gleyun’s tone was firm. 𝑓𝑟ℯ𝘦𝓌𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝑐ℴ𝓂

"Not bad. You’re really something else."

Ye Tianling reached out and patted Gleyun’s shoulder.

"I happen to think so myself."

Gleyun seemed completely unfazed that Ye Tianling’s immense strength had nearly shattered his shoulder, simply echoing Ye Tianling’s earlier words.

"Haha!"

"Haha!"

...

The Thirty-Fourth Layer.

The thirty-fourth layer of the Heaven-Reaching Tower was another world of ice and snow.

The temperature was even lower.

The frigid air, even more intense.

"The existence of snow is merely a fundamental change in the natural climate. And yet, in this world, it is often the most basic of laws that interpret the truest and most profound of Daos."

Gleyun reached out his hand into the snowfield, catching the falling snowflakes. He gathered them together, forming a Snow Sword.

The Snow Sword was a pure, brilliant white, as translucent as jade. Though formed from nothing but ordinary ice and snow, it contained an ultimate, natural spirituality.

"The aura of life?"

Ye Tianling was startled.

’Gleyun’s strength is probably even greater than I imagined.’

"Mm, the Life Law. Unfortunately, under the complete Celestial Dao, the Laws are already beyond our comprehension. There are one billion and eighty million basic Ancient Runes. Each of those runes has one billion and eighty million variations. The same is true for the Netherworld Runes."

"So, how many variations can be produced from the combination of Ancient and Netherworld Runes?"

Gleyun murmured the question.

He seemed to be pondering to himself, yet also asking Ye Tianling.

"That’s just a simple problem of permutations and combinations. The numbers are just a bit large."

Ye Tianling replied lightly, then attempted to perform the calculation.

HUMMM—

His Nine-Orifice Exquisite Demon Heart began to operate, and wisps of white smoke even started rising from the top of his head.

"The possibilities are many, and the numbers are too vast. But in truth, an exact number isn’t necessary. No matter how you combine them, it’s still just a combination, merely conforming to the changes of the Celestial Dao, not an Establishment Dao. Looking at it from the perspective of the Law of the Dao Generating One, if you treat all the myriad runes as a single type of change, a single method of combination, and then use a special method for the ’Dao to generate one, one to generate two, two to generate three, and three to generate all things,’ then you can decipher the meaning of these runes."

"Fellow Daoist Tianling is correct. Innumerable snowflakes fall, and they never cease year-round. What is their total number? It’s a meaningless question. After all, once they land on the ground, it is all just one vast snowfield."

Gleyun remarked with a sigh.

As he spoke, the Snow Sword in his hand suddenly shattered, only to coalesce once more.

This time, there were not so many snowflakes.

A single flake condensed into a very faint, weak-looking sword.

And yet, this sword was also incomparably powerful.

At that moment, Ye Tianling suddenly reached out. Gleyun’s Snow Sword instantly escaped his control, flew into Ye Tianling’s hand, and transformed into a single drop of rain.

Then, the drop of rain vanished from his hand. When it reappeared a moment later, it had transformed into a Life and Death Talisman, suffused with the aura of Karmic Fire and the terrifying Shackles Power of the Ancient Soul Extinction Forbidden technique.

"This..."

At this sight, that mere wisp of Karmic Fire aura sent Xia Xinyue, Lu Minghui, and the others stumbling back several steps, unconcealed dread on their faces.

It wasn’t that they feared Ye Tianling would turn on them; rather, this unknown aura made their very souls tremble.

"The Sword Venerate Dominating Body? The Fire of Law?"

Gleyun exclaimed in astonishment. Even with his usual calm and transcendent demeanor, he was visibly shaken.

This alone was enough to prove the shock in his heart.