Chapter 742: The World in an Uproar

This time, however, the news pointed directly at Ye Tianling, making the factions’ stances unequivocally clear. As a result, the number of people discussing him began to dwindle.

Numerous factions demanded that Ye Tianling either kneel and beg forgiveness, commit suicide to atone for his crimes, or cripple his own Cultivation and await his doom.

Who would dare interfere with a decision made by so many Holy Lands, Ancestral Lands, and even Divine Lands?

When this news was announced, the world erupted in an uproar. At the same time, all Cultivators couldn’t help but wonder, ’Is there any future left for Loose Cultivators?’

This was a joint declaration from numerous powerful factions, exuding immense pressure. It showcased the absolute tyranny of the Upper Ranks—their ego, their lawlessness, their defiance of the world, their disregard for all life, and their contempt for all beneath them.

The Cultivators of the world fell silent. Meanwhile, the few Cultivators and factions that had planned on getting closer to Ye Tianling also went quiet, beginning to scheme about how they might gain some benefit from the situation.

As for Ye Tianling... now, after the joint declaration from so many powerful factions, not a single Cultivator dared to praise him any longer.

This was despite the fact that the sensation Ye Tianling had caused was truly earth-shattering.

On this day, the situation changed with blinding speed, and events took an unpredictable turn.

Meanwhile, Long Qingzhuo quickly received the news as well, but she clearly wasn’t particularly worried.

On the contrary, she seemed quite pleased and even proud that Ye Tianling had caused such a massive commotion.

She immediately sent a message via a Secret Technique and contacted Ye Fengyang. She passed along the relevant information, including a portion of the bloodline data from Ye Tianling’s battle on the altar.

After discussing a few other matters, the two of them were extremely satisfied.

「That same day.」

Zhuge Wuxu, Hall Master of the Celestial Secret Divine Hall—which had risen to power after the appearance of the Heaven-Reaching Tower, traversing two Worlds and integrating peerless resources—issued a ruthless proclamation: the Buried Soul Star Domain was about to return and fully merge with the Cosmos, forming a region equal to the other Star Domains. Anyone who dared to touch Ye Tianling would be utterly annihilated!

At the same time, Zhuge Wuxu also announced that the Celestial Secret Divine Hall’s Supreme God Lord, the Unparalleled Saint Zhuge Wuya, had emerged. He also released a projection.

It was a battle projection, countless times more terrifying than Ye Tianling’s.

In the projection, Zhuge Wuya stood alone, yet with a single sword strike, he shattered a Celestial Bronze Ancient Warship.

Aboard that Ancient Warship were no fewer than four Saints!

Each of those Saints was a peerless figure of breathtaking talent who had become famous ten thousand years ago!

Ten thousand years ago, all four Saints were at the Unparalleled Daoist Ancestor Realm. Although they couldn’t compare to the Daoist Ancestors of today, they were considered invincible in their own era!

Yet four such Saints were slain by Zhuge Wuya with a single sword strike.

With that single strike, Zhuge Wuya manifested the Tianshu Ancient Town Celestial Secret Divine Skill. He channeled endless Celestial Secrets to block the Heaven and Earth Supreme Dao, nullifying all Laws.

The release of this battle projection, along with the invincible declaration, instantly shook the world once more.

This series of revelations was utterly earth-shattering.

The Ji Family, the Qian Family, and the other great, ancient Divine Level families, as well as the reclusive ancient heritage sites, Holy Lands, Ancestral Lands, and even Divine Lands, were all directly slapped in the face.

All the clamoring families were shocked and stunned.

The Celestial Secret Divine Hall had somehow risen to prominence outside of their plans—an unprecedented event.

And Zhuge Wuya, the once Unparalleled Divine Master of the Celestial Secret Divine Hall, had actually emerged?

This revelation was even more astonishing.

At the same time, a supreme power among the Upper Ranks—the Divine Descendant Ye Clan—also released a message.

"Ye Tianling is the Inheritor of the Azure Celestial Dominator Blood and a disciple of the Ye Race’s direct lineage. Though he is a sinful descendant who was cast out, he is not someone that any stray cat or dog can humiliate.

If any of those old fossils dare to make a move, we, the Divine Descendant Ye Clan, will devote our full strength to slaughtering their entire clan to uphold the murderous might of the Ye Race."

The release of this message caused even greater turmoil.

The world was in an absolute uproar. Everyone began to suspect this was a premeditated battle among the Upper Ranks.

Most Cultivators, however, did not know what to believe and began to debate amongst themselves.

Many Cultivators were left in a daze. But gradually, corresponding branded messages and Totem images began to spread.

Eventually, everything was confirmed.

It was all true.

It was true that Ye Tianling had crushed numerous Divine Sons and Divine Ladies.

It was also true that numerous Holy Lands and Divine Lands had declared their intent to kill Ye Tianling.

But at the same time, the declarations from the Celestial Secret Divine Hall and the Divine Descendant Ye Clan were also true.

Every one of these announcements was a bombshell, making countless Cultivators realize that a brand new era was about to dawn.

It was a day that would go down in legend.

However, neither the Celestial Secret Divine Hall’s warning nor the Divine Descendant Ye Clan’s tyrannical proclamation was enough to intimidate the current Upper Ranks.

The Ji Family, the Qian Family, and other powers like the Dao Transformation Ancestral Land and the Qiu Family were clearly not much weaker than the Divine Descendant Ye Clan.

Publicly, they might exercise some restraint, but they would surely act in the shadows.

But before the trials in the Hidden Dragon Demon Cave could even conclude, yet another power made a declaration.

The Divine Hall of Destiny’s Unparalleled Divine Lady, Ji Yueqi, made a proclamation: Ye Tianling was the key to her ascension, the one who had provided her with peerless Talent, and he had become a prodigy she deeply admired. To repay this kindness, the Divine Hall of Destiny would annihilate the entire clan of anyone who made trouble for Ye Tianling, as thanks for his ’nurturing’.

If the proclamation from the Divine Hall of Destiny wasn’t shocking enough, then another came from a terrifying, mysterious, and ancient lineage: the First Goddess of the Celestial Fox Divine Race of Sumeru Mountain, the peerless Jade Fox Goddess, Ancient Fairy.

She too made a proclamation: Ye Tianling was her, Ancient Fairy’s, former Master. The Celestial Fox Divine Race would activate Sumeru Mountain’s ’Soul-locking Killing Dao’ and cross Star Domains to slaughter anyone who made trouble for him, fighting to the bitter end!

The Divine Hall of Destiny already carried immense weight. Figures like the Life Law Guardian Ji Yuechan were true Unparalleled Daoist Ancestors—tyrannical beyond compare, utterly ruthless, and known for killing without batting an eye.

Her peerless reputation alone was enough to shake the world.

Now, the Celestial Fox Divine Race had unleashed a Divine Dao Absolute Kill, making their stance crystal clear: they would protect Ye Tianling to the death!

What was even more terrifying was that the Celestial Fox Divine Race of Sumeru Mountain had always been an unpredictable people who never played by the rules. It wasn’t the killing that was so frightening; it was the fact that even after being killed by them, their victims would develop an endless loyalty to Sumeru Mountain. They would be so Charmed that they would even turn on their own ancestors and Dao partners.

Killing wasn’t the scary part. The truly terrifying prospect was having a group of your own prodigies Charmed into defecting to the enemy’s side. That would be a catastrophic loss.

Therefore, when Sumeru Mountain made its declaration, the world was no longer merely in an uproar.

The situation had escalated beyond anyone’s imagination.