Urban Undying Lord
Chapter 730: 749: Breaking Free

Chapter 730: Chapter 749: Breaking Free

“Such profound Hongmeng Purple Qi, such an arrangement by the Heavenly Dao!”

As if in a dream, or perhaps waking from a grand dream, a self-mocking smile curled at the corners of his mouth, yet Ye Xuan’s eyes flickered with immense hesitation.

The truth was laid bare, all truths revealed!

This was space created by the Hongmeng Purple Qi, and Ye Xuan had indeed felt the power of a Saint, and further directed by the Heavenly Dao Thunder Sound toward the path of attaining sainthood through merit, and he had even pre-emptively experienced the power of a Saint.

Powerful, indeed, very powerful; Saints were terrifyingly powerful, and at this moment, Ye Xuan could completely sense the unprecedented strength within himself, for within this isolated space, he truly possessed the cultivation of a Saint.

Yet Ye Xuan was not beguiled by this power, but he was caught in extreme hesitation; should he give up on proving the Dao with power and instead switch to cultivating merit for sainthood?

To re-establish Heaven and Earth, one could become a Saint!

These simple eight characters conveyed the intention of the Hongmeng Purple Qi to him. As long as he set a grand vow for Heaven and Earth, founding a Great Sect aimed at quelling the strife of the Three Realms, then he could become a Saint through the Hongmeng Purple Qi and become the seventh Saint of the Heavenly Dao.

A choice lay before Ye Xuan: If he, like the six Great Saints of yore, established a grand vow for Heaven and Earth, he could instantly become a Saint through the Hongmeng Purple Qi and stand on equal footing with the six Great Saints.

The strife of the Three Realms had lasted long, with the Witch Demons waging war, the grievances of Chan and Jie, and Heaven, Earth, and the Human World ruling separately. If Ye Xuan were willing to establish a grand vow for Heaven and Earth and aimed to calm the turmoil of the Three Realms, he could gain Great Merit and cause-effect, and directly transform into a Saint.

Saint!

A word laced with temptation—even Ye Xuan could not remain indifferent. If he wished, he could become a Saint right then and there; the Ancient Demon Court of the Witch Clan would not matter to him, and even the six Great Saints would have to address him as Daoist friend upon seeing him.

“What a powerful force!”

Ye Xuan was utterly intoxicated; he could fully sense his own strength at this moment, and he was tempted by it, as if caught in an inescapable predicament.

“Open!”

Ye Xuan spoke softly, his Dharma Eyes flickered with Holy Light, directly illuminating the Three Realms of Heaven, Earth, and Human World, and bring all beings into his consciosuness.

A pair of Saintly Eyes of Heaven and Earth, breaking through the void, seeing through nothingness, and Ye Xuan saw Minghe Ancestor traveling in the void, and a monk in white approaching the Heavenly Court.

But at this moment, Ye Xuan displayed no fluctuations; he was already lost in the power of a Saint until the Holy Light in his eyes dissipated, and he became extremely silent.

Temptation, a tremendous temptation, was the lure of the Saint Realm for Ye Xuan!

“Alas, this is not the power I seek!”

Suddenly, Ye Xuan raised his head, the intoxicated expression on his face already vanished, replaced with a sharp gleam in his eyes, and an extremely terrifying divine light burst forth from his body.

“Be gone!”

He roared, shattering mountains and rivers, ripping apart the void, and with a fierce growl, Ye Xuan made Chaos Mysterious Fog appear around his body, violently forcing out the purple Holy Light within him.

“Ah!”

It was like thousands of arrows piercing his heart, like ants biting, a pain worse than death imposed on Ye Xuan’s Undying True Spirit. The Heavenly Dao Immortal Text, which had clung like a bone-parasite to his Undying True Spirit, was now being forcibly expelled from his body, subjecting Ye Xuan to a terrifyingly dreadful calamity.

“Think you can enslave me? Not even if Hong Jun himself came here, would that be possible!”

Ye Xuan gnashed his teeth, roaring fiercely as beads of sweat the size of beans emerged on his forehead, proving the intense suffering he was enduring.

The so-called “Merit to Saint” path was essentially a self-destructive action, for such a Saint would have to live under the Heavenly Dao and rely on Heaven and Earth for existence. If Ye Xuan truly chose the path of “Merit to Saint,” he would be oppressed by the Heavenly Dao and would have to address Hong Jun as ‘teacher’—a road Ye Xuan was absolutely not willing to take.

In his weaker years, Ye Xuan had made a vow—he would surpass the Nine Heavens and look down upon all living beings, becoming the Saint of all creatures with none above him.

Today, the appearance of the Hongmeng Purple Qi indicated the path of “Merit to Saint,” but it was not what Ye Xuan desired in his heart.

“Heaven and Earth may perish, but I shall not. All things may decay, but I shall remain immortal.” This was the path Ye Xuan intended to follow.

“Scram!”

Suddenly, Ye Xuan’s roar sounded like thunder as he abruptly opened his eyes, his consciousness returning to his body. His brows glowed, the Undying True Spirit trembling violently inside him, pushing back the Immortal Text formed from the Hongmeng Purple Qi.

Sh-sh-sh!

The Heavenly Dao Immortal Text retreated from Ye Xuan’s Sea of Consciousness, transforming back into the Hongmeng Purple Qi floating before him, and the purple Holy Light on his body also dissipated in that moment.

Huff—Huff—Huff.

Ye Xuan gasped for air, the large sweat beads falling to the floor of the Dou Niu Palace, as if he had just endured a life-and-death battle, his complexion extremely pale.

“What a formidable Hongmeng Purple Qi, almost causing me to abandon my Law and Dao!”

Ye Xuan clenched his fists tightly, malice growing in his eyes and a fierce desire for violence rising in his heart, wanting to destroy the Hongmeng Purple Qi in his hands.

In the end, Ye Xuan did not destroy the Hongmeng Purple Qi, as it pertained to the seventh Heavenly Determined Saint. Even though he did not wish to become a Saint through merit, it still had great significance for him.

Hoo!

Ye Xuan exhaled a breath of turbid air, striving to calm himself down until, after several dozen moments, he finally became composed.

“The sudden appearance of the Hongmeng Purple Qi is an extremely strange event, and just now, it nearly led me to self-destruct on the path of Proving Dao with Power. I fear this matter is by no means as simple as I imagine.” Ye Xuan whispered to himself, his voice chillingly cold, his eyes reflecting deep thought.

Primordial Spirit!

Ye Xuan thought of someone. It had been a hundred thousand years since he entered the Earth Immortal Realm, yet this Primordial Spirit had never appeared—even today, as he had already entered the Quasi-Saint level, there was still no sign of him.

Four years in the Human World, despite the Primordial Spirit hiding his true nature well, Ye Xuan could still grasp some of his character.

The Primordial Spirit was a person both insidious and cunning, with extremely profound schemes. Ye Xuan was well aware of this, and he was certain the Primordial Spirit would not be doing nothing; perhaps even this Hongmeng Purple Qi was closely related to him.

“Uh?”

Suddenly, as Ye Xuan linked the Hongmeng Purple Qi and the Primordial Spirit together, his expression abruptly changed, his eyes darkening ominously, as if he had realized something.

“How is that possible?”

Ye Xuan whispered in horror, wildly speculating whether the Hongmeng Purple Qi could actually be the work of the Primordial Spirit, aiming to make him destroy his path of Proving Dao with Power?

“Impossible, absolutely impossible. If the Primordial Spirit really had the Hongmeng Purple Qi, why wouldn’t he become a Saint himself?” Ye Xuan speculated boldly while pondering this question.

Regrettably, no matter how much Ye Xuan speculated, he could not reach an answer, and after all, this was only a speculation—the Hongmeng Purple Qi might not necessarily be the work of the Primordial Spirit.