Urban Undying Lord
Chapter 397 - 397 396 Escape to the Lower Realm Fifth Update

397: Chapter 396: Escape to the Lower Realm (Fifth Update) 397: Chapter 396: Escape to the Lower Realm (Fifth Update) Ye Xuan clutched the Guanghan Fairy’s hand, his voice deep and somber, his eyes filled with complex emotions, for he still did not know what kind of feelings he harbored for the Guanghan Fairy.

But Ye Xuan’s heart told him that he absolutely could not let the Guanghan Fairy leave his side.

“Let go, I am a Witch Clan Goddess, I must return to the Witch Clan in the end, remember not to come looking for me.”

The Guanghan Fairy spoke with a miserable voice, forcefully shaking off Ye Xuan’s hand, yet the tears in her eyes could not be stopped from flowing out.

Evidently, parting with Ye Xuan was not what the Guanghan Fairy desired, but there were some matters she simply could not resist.

When she invoked the authority of the Ancestor Witch Order as the Witch Clan Goddess, it meant that she had to return to the Witch Clan to ask the Ancestor Witch for forgiveness.

A Witch Clan Goddess, invoking the Ancestor Witch Order to aid an Emperor of the Human Clan was already a violation of the Witch Clan’s taboos; within the Witch Clan, it was considered a grave crime.

If she remained by Ye Xuan’s side, how would the Witch Clan let bygones be bygones?

“Emperor Dongji, do not think that, just because you have the protection of the Heavenly Sect Master, you can keep Chang’e.

In the eyes of our Witch Clan, you are still too weak.

If there comes a day when you step into the Quasi-Saint realm, then you may come to our Witch Clan to take back Chang’e.

Otherwise, I advise you not to harbor designs on our clan’s Goddess ever again.”

Kua Fu invoked the Sky-covering Dark Light, covering Guanghan Fairy within it, and as a wild wind blew between heaven and Earth, Kua Fu took the Guanghan Fairy and shot off into the distant horizon.

“Want to leave?”

Ye Xuan’s face darkened, his voice cold and frosty.

With a step forward, he was about to activate the Reverse Immortal Array Map once more, but before he could act, Shen Gongbao suddenly blocked his path.

“Daoist Dongji, let them leave.

The Witch Clan is not one that you and I can afford to offend.

Even if you could keep the Guanghan Fairy today, when the Witch Clan’s wrath is aroused in the future, neither of us will be a match for them,” Shen Gongbao advised aloud.

“Ye Xuan, do not come looking for me.

I believe that you can step into Daluo and also into the Quasi-Saint realm.

If you can step into the Quasi-Saint realm, there will eventually come a day when we shall meet again.”

The choked voice of the Guanghan Fairy came from afar, yet it only caused Ye Xuan to clench his fists tighter, a piercing color of despair flashing through his eyes, the aura around his body becoming extremely disordered.

Weakness was the original sin, a truth unchanging through the eons.

If today, Ye Xuan was a Primordial Heavenly Saint, mere Jade Emperors, mere Witch Clans, what of the Chan Sect or the Teachings Sect— who would dare to bully him, Ye Xuan?

Ye Xuan really felt powerless.

Walking the path of cultivation for a thousand years, he had never felt as helpless as now, which only drove home to him that he must augment his cultivation rapidly by all means necessary.

Only then could he stand proudly between heaven and Earth.

Today, that the Guanghan Fairy was taken away by Kua Fu was because he lacked the strength; this bitterness was unbearable for Ye Xuan, who hated himself for being so weak.

A heart-rending pain made it difficult for Ye Xuan to breathe, plunging his spirit into desolation, sinking deep into despair.

“Kill him!”

Suddenly, just as Ye Xuan was immersed in grief, the sinister and frigid voice of the Jade Emperor came through, and a streak of Daluo Immortal Light blasted onto Ye Xuan’s body, sending his figure flying.

“How dare you?”

The smile vanished from Shen Gongbao’s face, his aura instantly turning somber.

He had not expected that, even though he came carrying the Immortal Extinguishing Sword under the protection of the Heavenly Sect Master, the Jade Emperor would still dare to strike at Ye Xuan.

“What of the Immortal Extinguishing Sword?

Today, Ye Xuan must die.”

The Jade Emperor roared ferociously.

Having come this far, he had no reservations left.

If he spared Ye Xuan today, the day of reckoning would come for him, the Jade Emperor.

Even at the risk of offending the Heavenly Sect Master, he was resolved to kill Ye Xuan today.

“The Immortal Extinguishing Sword!”

Shen Gongbao let out a sinister roar, his hands forming the signs of Immortal Extinguishing Sword Technique.

The sword radiance that could obliterate Heaven and Earth hurtled down, aimed directly to obliterate the Jade Emperor.

“Investiture of the Gods!”

Unleashing the scroll of the Investiture of the Gods, a gift from Yuanshi Tianzun, the Jade Emperor was beyond all caution, using it to resist the force of the Immortal Extinguishing Sword.

He also took control of the Four Directions Dragon Seal to suppress Shen Gongbao and Emperor Ziwei, among others.

It was clear that his intent to kill Ye Xuan was immutable.

“Guang Chengzi, Ci Hang Daoist, I will hold them off, you two must slay Ye Xuan immediately.”

The Jade Emperor had slipped into madness, his decisiveness in killing evident.

He failed to wed the Guanghan Fairy today, but Ye Xuan must die; should Ye Xuan reach the Daluo Golden Immortal status, he would surely not let the Jade Emperor go.

“Emperor Dongji, descend to the Lower Realm quickly!”

Shen Gongbao’s face changed dramatically, and he bellowed at Ye Xuan, not expecting the Jade Emperor to be mad enough to not stop until Ye Xuan was dead.

At the same time, Guang Chengzi and the South Sea Guanyin exchanged glances, seeing the resolve to kill in each other’s eyes.

Even though Shen Gongbao came armed with Heavenly Sect Master’s Immortal Extinguishing Sword, both were disciples of Yuanshi Tianzun.

With Ye Xuan now a member of the adversary Chan Sect, they couldn’t possibly allow him to escape.

“Kill.”

The two Daluo Golden Immortals, employing colossal Immortal Techniques, ignored the terror of the Heavenly Sect Master, intent solely on annihilating Ye Xuan.

At that moment, Ye Xuan had already taken a hit from the Jade Emperor, his body riddled with cracks.

Holding the Reverse Immortal Array Map, his injuries were not as severe as they seemed, but facing two Daluo Golden Immortals alone placed his very life in jeopardy.

Yet, the departure of the Guanghan Fairy had already filled him with deep sorrow and hatred for his own weak cultivation, igniting a ghastly transformation in his mind.

“You want to kill me?

You’re far from ready.

Today I, Ye Xuan, have lost, but don’t you gloat.

When I have entered the Daluo Realm, it will be the time for your souls to scatter.”

“Primordial Spirit Void!”

Ye Xuan’s roar reverberated as his whole being slipped into nothingness, frantically fleeing toward the Lower Realm.

Yes, fleeing.

It was the first time Ye Xuan had to escape.

But Ye Xuan knew that he must not die today; only by surviving this calamity could he progress towards becoming a Daluo Golden Immortal.

And in that moment, there was a terrifying change in Ye Xuan’s mindset.

Once restrained by the various Daoist sects, his actions had been cautious to a fault, but now, having openly broken with the Jade Emperor and in direct opposition with the Chan Sect, he had no more reservations.

As long as he could increase his cultivation, there was nothing Ye Xuan would not dare to do.

“If you don’t break out in a moment of great turmoil, you will fade away silently”—this saying entirely encapsulated Ye Xuan’s current state of mind.

“Kill him, he must not escape to the Earth Immortal Realm.

If he becomes a Daluo Golden Immortal in the future, we are all doomed.”

The Jade Emperor fought fiercely with Shen Gongbao, managing to hold off Emperor Ziwei and King Chujiang.

He shouted urgently to Guang Chengzi and the South Sea Guanyin.

“Chase!”

Guang Chengzi and the other locked eyes, each seeing the gravity in the other’s gaze.

Just as the Jade Emperor had said, if Ye Xuan escaped today and reached Daluo status in the future, their fates would be unspeakably bleak.

The two Daluo Golden Immortals pursued Ye Xuan with all their might.

Although Ye Xuan had utilized the Primordial Spirit Void, under the purview of the two Daluo Golden Immortals’ senses, they could still perceive the faintest trace of Ye Xuan’s presence.