After Ye Xiu finished speaking, he continuously formed hand seals.

"Oh, isn’t this Ye Lingtian’s unique skill, the Heavenly Dao Seal? Sure enough, this kid really is Ye Lingtian’s legendary adopted son. I never thought this widely circulated rumor was actually true," Changtian murmured to himself.

At this moment, the hand seals in Ye Xiu’s hand were fully unleashed, and a gigantic black lotus appeared out of thin air. The moment the lotus appeared, the entire void seemed to explode. A crack even appeared in the sky.

"Holy moly, is it that powerful? His strength is already comparable to some elders. Is this person really the Heavenly Dao Emperor’s adopted son or not?"

"Needless to say, of course he is. I remember he didn’t appear last year. His sudden appearance this year must be arranged by Lord God Emperor Ye."

"You all make sense. We can just ask a disciple of the Tiandao Imperial Court about this."

"Don’t bother, I already asked before. Their mouths are sealed tight, and you can’t get anything out of them. Don’t even think about it."

"Hmm, you have a point. I think if he’s the Heavenly Dao Emperor’s adopted son, then his appearance this time is definitely aimed at the first place. At that time, the Heavenly Dao Emperor will definitely announce his existence."

The onlookers kept talking, already one step away from the truth.

On the stage, Li Qiye looked at the gigantic lotus in the sky and also formed hand seals. He had now comprehended the fourth layer of the Seven Kill Sword Art, but he wasn’t very familiar with it, only considering it to be in the initial stage. The first form of the Seven Kill Sword Art just now had such great power, exceeding his expectations. Ye Xiu was indeed a large step ahead of him.

"Alright then. I can only use the second form of the Seven Kill Sword Art that my master taught me and see if I can break this gigantic lotus seal," Li Qiye muttered to himself.

After he finished forming the hand seals, a sword array composed of seven sword shadows rapidly charged towards the hand seal unleashed by Ye Xiu.

A tremendous ’rumble’ directly resounded, and the power, undiminished, caused the protective shield to nearly crack and shatter.

Seeing this, Ye Lingtian narrowed his eyes slightly. He had reinforced this himself; it could withstand the respect of a Celestial Immortal Realm cultivator. He hadn’t expected that in the collision of those two forces just now, cracks had already appeared. If the protective shield really shattered, and it happened within his Tiandao Imperial Court, then his reputation would plummet. This was something he absolutely could not allow.

Four colorful small flags appeared in his hand, and he instantly threw them towards the four corners of the competition stage. The four small flags immediately glowed brightly, and a four-pointed star array appeared above the protective shield.

"This should prevent any major problems now," Ye Lingtian said in his heart. Everyone present had already seen Ye Lingtian’s actions. However, no one said anything, because everyone had seen the cracks that appeared on the protective shield just now. If it broke, that would truly be rubbing the Heavenly Dao Emperor’s face in the dirt. After all, he had reinforced this array himself. If any problems arose, it could only mean his array mastery was too poor.

At this moment, at the Jidao Imperial Court, Liu Wuxie also nodded when he saw Ye Lingtian unleash such an array.

"I never thought that a junior could reach the God Emperor Realm and cultivate array formations to such a degree. They are truly formidable. It would be even better if he could truly benefit a region," Liu Wuxie murmured.

"Old man, you actually think this trashy, unimpressive array is astonishing? Then your horizons truly aren’t very good," Wang Yufan said, lazily lying on a chair.

"Oh? Does Wang Yufan only desire more profound array formations, or rather, does Wang Yufan also know how to unleash profound array formations?" Liu Wuxie asked.

Hearing Liu Wuxie say this, Wang Yufan smiled and looked at Liu Wuxie, saying, "Do you think I would?"

Liu Wuxie glanced at Wang Yufan, then nodded heavily.

At this moment on the stage, Li Qiye was once again forced back more than a dozen steps by Ye Xiu. Seeing this, Ye Xiu’s expression grew increasingly gloomy. He had endured to his limit. This kid had exceeded his imagination. It seemed he wouldn’t be able to take down Li Qiye without truly using his power once.

"Good boy, take this!" Ye Xiu said, and a ball of fire, emerald green in color, appeared in his hand. Although no temperature could be felt, it made the surrounding air shy away, leaving a vacuum in its wake.

When Wang Yufan saw this scene, he exclaimed in surprise:

"This flame is a beast flame, and it doesn’t seem to be an ordinary one. If I’m not mistaken, it should be the beast flame produced by the Azure Ox Python. I never thought he actually subdued it. Not bad, not bad."

Hearing what Wang Yufan said, Liu Wuxie also spoke:

"Wang Yufan said that’s a beast flame? How is that possible? I remember very few people refine beast flames. Beast flames are extremely dangerous; at worst, they can cause a backlash to the host’s cultivation. At worst, they can turn a cultivator into an idiot. Most people wouldn’t choose to subdue a beast flame. Once subdued, the increase in power for the cultivator isn’t just a little bit. So, that means Li Qiye is in danger."

Liu Wuxie muttered to himself.

Wang Yufan also knew that Li Qiye might fail this time. Although he had the Seven Kill Sword Art that he gave him, Li Qiye had only practiced it for a very short time. Being able to unleash the state he did just now was already good.

Furthermore, Ye Xiu’s original talent was on par with Li Qiye’s, but Ye Lingtian had wasted his talent and abilities. The cultivation technique he practiced was more yin, which happened to conflict with his yang constitution.

This state couldn’t be seen for now; it would only become apparent in the late True Immortal Realm. Wang Yufan clearly knew that Li Qiye might be in danger. Based on those two moves just now, Ye Xiu was probably already going berserk, and this time he would use his true methods.

Sure enough, just as Wang Yufan finished thinking, the emerald green flame on Ye Xiu’s palm directly burst forth like a floodgate opening. The flame grew larger and larger, finally forming a hundred-zhang-long phantom of a Bi Luo King Serpent above Ye Xiu’s head.

It continuously spat out snake-shaped projectiles towards the direction Li Qiye was standing. Li Qiye felt the hairs on his body stand on end. Not only him, but even Li Meng’er, who was standing behind him, felt it. Although her realm was a level higher than Ye Xiu’s, at this moment, she also felt an unprecedented threat.

"Li Qiye, can you do it? If not, hurry up and come down, I’ll go up. This attack is a bit strong. I’m afraid you won’t be able to withstand it," Li Meng’er said.

Li Qiye turned to look at Li Meng’er and said:

"I know, but I want to try. I’ll use the cultivation technique my master taught me to see if martial arts and cultivation techniques can make up for the difference between the Celestial Immortal Realm and the Earth Immortal Realm."

Looking at Li Qiye’s determined eyes, Li Meng’er sighed, then shifted her gaze to the Jidao Imperial Court. Seeing Wang Yufan lazily lying on the chair, she felt a surge of anger.

She hadn’t expected Wang Yufan to not even care about his disciple. What if his disciple was injured or had his life endangered by Ye Xiu? How could he, as a master, have the face to lie there?

Li Meng’er looked at Wang Yufan’s leisurely appearance, and a surge of anger rose in her stomach. She truly lacked the strength, otherwise, she would definitely rush up and give Wang Yufan a few knocks on the head.

The gigantic phantom of the Bi Luo King Serpent in the sky flickered in and out of the clouds. Although it was just a phantom, the pressure from the immortal beast was very real. After all, this beast flame was refined from a True Immortal Realm demon beast that Ye Lingtian had captured from the Demon Domain.

He extracted a type of demon fire from its body and gave it to Ye Xiu.

At the Jidao Imperial Court, Little Black, being a demon beast, still had some resistance to the pressure generated by the Bi Luo King Serpent. Although he was only in the Tribulation Transcendence Realm, his divine soul had already reached the True Immortal Realm.

Just as he was thinking, Wang Yufan suddenly spoke:

"If this Bi Luo King Serpent’s demon fire hadn’t appeared, I would have forgotten that when we were in the Heavenly Desolate World, there was an Azure Ox Python who claimed to be waiting for you, right, Little Black?"

Little Black reacted when he heard what Wang Yufan said. He had almost forgotten.

"That’s right, Master, the Azure Ox Python did tell me that back then. But the Dao Realm is so vast, we don’t know where they are," Little Black transmitted his voice.

"Little Black, that’s not how you should say it. Don’t we have a ready-made walking encyclopedia next to us?" Wang Yufan said, looking towards Liu Wuxie.

Liu Wuxie looked at Wang Yufan in confusion and said:

"Wang Yufan, what do you mean by looking at me like that? Do you have a question for me?"

"Hahaha, old man, you really understand me! You guessed right, I want to ask you if you know about a place called the Demon Domain in the Dao Realm. When I first came to the Dao Realm, I never saw any of these. This should have appeared later, so I wanted to ask if you know about it," Wang Yufan said.

Hearing what Wang Yufan said, Liu Wuxie scratched his white silver hair, then said:

"You make me laugh, young friend. I haven’t seen the so-called Demon Domain either. It might have risen later."

Liu Wuxie said, while transmitting a message to Changtian: "Changtian, come here for a moment. I want to ask you, when did this Demon Domain appear? I clearly remember that when I was here, there was no such thing as a Demon Domain."

Changtian heard his ancestor’s words and immediately explained.

"The appearance of the demon race occurred a million years after the ancestor. However, their location is in the border region of the Kaiyuan Imperial Court in the Dao Realm. A space formed there on its own. And that space is basically where some original beasts that don’t belong to the Dao Realm reside. They multiply there, and over several hundred years, the time within their barrier completely merged with this world, and they began to communicate. They call their place the Demon Domain.

However, after the Demon Domain succeeded, it became an existence comparable to the Five Great Imperial Courts.

It is said that they have demon beasts at the peak of the God Demon King, which is equivalent to the peak of the God King Realm among humans.

But for Ye Lingtian of the Tiandao Imperial Court, although the strength of these demon beasts is at the God Demon King level, their true strength can rival his, a human God Emperor. Otherwise, he would definitely use his strength to take them down. Everyone in the Dao Realm is still very puzzled as to why Ye Lingtian didn’t directly take down the Beast Domain.

If he did, not only the Beast Domain, but also the other Lord of the Imperial Courts would definitely think that if he could destroy the Beast Domain, then he would definitely make them the next target of the Tiandao Imperial Court’s torment.

Thus, Ye Lingtian could only tolerate the development of the Demon Domain. He was truly afraid that the Demon Domain would become a hegemon, and his Tiandao Imperial Court would definitely suffer blows and be ostracized."

After Changtian finished speaking, Liu Wuxie nodded, feeling much more at ease. At this moment, Changtian was in the position of Lord of the Imperial Court, and his divine sense fluctuation just now must have been noticed by Ye Lingtian. But even if it was noticed, what could he do? Anyway, the factions would eventually diverge. It was better to have a short pain than a long one. Now, Changtian felt that whatever he wanted to live like, it was up to him to decide.

Ye Lingtian looked at Changtian’s contemptuous gaze, mixed with a hint of disdain, and knew that he was deliberately speaking to him just now, feeling quite pleased with himself.

At this moment, on the stage, as Ye Xiu pushed out a palm, Li Qiye’s fourth form had already been unleashed. However, this time, unleashing the Seven Kill Art that Wang Yufan gave him almost drained all the energy from his body.

With Li Qiye at the center, sword shadows continuously appeared out of thin air from Li Qiye’s body and the surrounding environment, forming dozens of gigantic sword forms that smashed towards Ye Xiu’s attack.

The Bi Luo King Serpent above Ye Xiu’s head, seeing the sword forms unleashed by Li Qiye, continuously exuded a tyrannical aura from its eyes. Then, under Ye Xiu’s command, it charged towards Li Qiye. The entire stage seemed to be on the verge of collapsing under the powerful force generated by the Bi Luo King Serpent. Some floor tiles directly sank, and some even turned into powder. In contrast, Li Qiye unleashed the fourth form of the Seven Kill Sword Art.

Although the sword art’s future power was also very strong, in the eyes of the crowd, there was still a bit of a gap compared to what Ye Xiu unleashed.

It was simply that Ye Xiu’s martial skill was extraordinary. The Bi Luo King Serpent’s phantom was enveloped in a layer of emerald green flame. No one knew if that emerald green flame would leave special marks when it attacked people.

But it didn’t matter now; someone was already testing it for them.

"Although I’m not your opponent, you won’t defeat me so easily. I won’t surrender unless you blast me off the stage," Li Qiye said firmly to Ye Xiu, then fiercely pushed his palm forward.

The fourth form of the Seven Kill Sword Art was thus unleashed.