Chapter 941: Master of All Realms Ye Xiaotian

To anticipate others’ thoughts and devise corresponding countermeasures is akin to foresight.

"For this round, I'm already on the third layer..."

Ye Xiaotian smiled.

He felt that this particular stratagem would surely trap anyone suspicious or clever.

Idiots, of course, were the exception.

And Rao Yaoyao was certainly no idiot!

Now that he had fully recuperated, his injuries were healed, and he had completed his contact with Qiao Qianzhi to send off the "Sacred Origin Crystal," Ye Xiaotian felt completely unburdened.

The only remaining task was to find Xu Xiaoshou and reclaim the First Generation Heavenly Mechanism Puppet.

However, he decided to defer this matter, preferring to avoid drawing attention for the time being.

"Whoosh—"

The eerie wind of Solitary Sound Cliff still echoed in his ears.

Ye Xiaotian's senses sharpened, and a faint unease settled in his heart; he realized this place was not somewhere he could linger.

Of the three hundred sixty-two random escape directions he had considered, he had casually chosen one, never imagining it would lead him to this exact location.

This was the very place where Ba Zun'an had summoned the City of the Sky!

Perhaps some secrets still lay hidden here...

Gazing down the cliff, Ye Xiaotian couldn't pierce the clouds and mist. He recalled the stone he had just thrown down, which had been swallowed by the abyss below.

"This place, where even spiritual sense cannot penetrate, must be peculiar. I should leave!"

Ye Xiaotian dared not risk it, nor did he have any inclination to investigate further. He instantly swept his hand forward, tearing open a spatial rift, intending to slip inside and depart.

However, at that very moment, something astounding happened.

The spatial rift Ye Xiaotian had just created, logically, should not have coincided with a rift opened within the spatial currents leading to the real world.

Such a probability should have been incredibly slim.

Yet now...

From the spatial rift he had just created, before he could even step inside, a dark, round object protruded.

"A human head?"

Ye Xiaotian froze.

After confirming it was indeed a human head, his eyes unfocused, startled.

His first reaction was that he had accidentally torn open an interdimensional spatial rift, unleashing a humanoid specter.

His second reaction was that, with an infinitesimally small probability, the rift he had created had overlapped with one opened by someone else within the spatial currents, meaning the head belonged to a real person!

As for a third reaction...

There was none.

Murong Ying, who had just poked his head and half a foot out of the spatial rift, immediately recognized the dazed, short, white-haired, blood-covered child before him as his target.

He himself was utterly dumbfounded.

"Found him, just like that?

"I didn't think this stowaway would be here. My primary goal was actually to bring Wang Chao into the spatial currents to corroborate testimonies... Why is he here?

"Damn it, he's still a space-attributed stowaway, and I've only just entered the Severed Dao stage..."

Murong Ying's mind raced a thousand thoughts in an instant.

Just then, a complaint appropriately echoed from behind the rift:

"Captain, now that we're here, hurry out! Your rear is pressing against me...

"Why stop? Surely that guy wouldn't actually dare to linger here!"

This was Wang Chao's voice.

Hearing this, Murong Ying and Ye Xiaotian simultaneously glanced sideways, their pupils trembling.

Along with the voice, another human head squeezed out from the spatial rift—it was Wang Chao, who was Xu Xiaoshou in disguise.

As soon as he peered out, he saw a dazed Ye Xiaotian and a completely bewildered Murong Ying beside him. Instantly, his own head buzzed, and he was utterly dumbfounded, as if his soul had left his body.

"No way, no way...

"The Dean really dared to stay here? Could it be he actually believed some nonsense like 'the most dangerous place is the safest place'?"

Seeing the scene before him, Xu Xiaoshou even felt an urge to curse.

He had painstakingly feigned being Ba Zun'an, only to barely rescue Ye Xiaotian from the jaws of danger, and now Ye Xiaotian was actually lingering at the spatial channel's exit?

In mere moments, Xu Xiaoshou had an epiphany, realizing this must be the Dean's "strategy."

It was similar to how he had been forcibly brought here by Murong Ying earlier, yet hadn't truly believed the Dean would remain at this exit.

No clever person would think that after leaving such obvious clues, someone would foolishly wait at the other end for their pursuers to arrive, right?

Xu Xiaoshou could almost instantly deduce that Rao Yaoyao had gone to the previous battlefield, spotted the clues and hints, and relying on her trait—not overly suspicious, but clever enough to think one step deeper—she would never believe Ye Xiaotian would genuinely dare to stay at the current location.

Murong Ying was the same...

Xu Xiaoshou had previously believed Murong Ying hadn't considered this deeper layer, and was only focused on apprehending the stowaway to gain merit.

However, the incident involving the spatial currents made him realize that Murong Ying was merely feigning pursuit of the stowaway, simply to legitimately bring him into the spatial currents to corroborate testimonies.

As for finding someone?

Given that a space-attributed stowaway was on the run, Murong Ying likely didn't believe he had much hope of catching him, so he was probably just thinking, "Since we're already in the spatial currents, we might as well look around."

But now, due to a series of unforeseen coincidences and minor details, the two parties had met!

Was this a case of "man proposes, God disposes"?

"Spatial Imbedment!"

With no time to spare, as Ye Xiaotian realized he had truly stumbled upon "idiots," he pulled his hands forward, abruptly closing the spatial rift that had only just opened halfway.

The edges of a spatial rift could be considered the sharpest weapons in the world.

This spatial rift had only revealed half of Murong Ying's body and "Wang Chao"'s head. If it could be closed in time, the two individuals in front would inevitably be dismembered and decapitated, respectively.

With a crisp "pop," ripples spread through the void.

Guided by spatial power, the rift instantly sealed shut.

Yet, the two individuals before him were not severed as Ye Xiaotian had wished.

Murong Ying, a Severed Dao practitioner, instinctively sensed the approaching danger. His body transformed into a dark light, merging into his shadow, and he completely flowed out of the rift's opening.

As for Wang Chao...

Xu Xiaoshou, fearing death intently, disregarded exposing his strength. He took a step, teleporting to the side, thus also escaping the spatial rift's perilous maw.

"Spatial power?"

One Step to Heaven emitted only very faint spatial fluctuations, undetectable by ordinary Spirit Refiners.

Murong Ying didn't realize that Wang Chao's evasion technique at that moment was somewhat unusual, as he was too tense and focused only on himself. Ye Xiaotian, however, was suddenly alarmed.

That enforcement officer, merely at the Sovereign stage, actually possessed the same spatial attribute as him.

Although his comprehension of the Dao was not as profound as his, how could such a powerful individual with unique attributes have remained unknown until now?

Before this operation, Ye Xiaotian had compiled extensive information on Red-Robed and White-Robed enforcers, yet none of it had ever introduced a figure like "Wang Chao" within the Holy Divine Palace.

He glanced at the Sovereign stage enforcement officer once more, making a mental note.

"The stowaway, spatial power... it's truly him..."

On the other side, Murong Ying, still rattled from his narrow escape from the spatial imbedment, could no longer maintain his composure.

He had initially believed his pursuit would be unsuccessful, so he intended to merely go through the motions and leave the serious work to Sword Immortal Rao and others later.

But now, inexplicably, he had genuinely encountered the true target. Murong Ying swiftly cast aside his playful attitude and became serious.

"Although he possesses spatial attributes and uses peculiar methods, he was injured by Hades' Yellow Springs, so his strength must be significantly depleted right now...

"Although he receives special attention from leaders like Hades and the Holy Slaves, his cultivation is merely at the Sovereign stage, whereas I am Severed Dao...

"He is alone, and fortunately, I brought Wang Chao along; though he's merely a tag-along, we still have a numerical advantage...

"He is isolated and helpless, while I have assembled the high-ranking enforcement officers. Even if Sword Immortal Rao doesn't come here, others should arrive to support me soon..."

Murong Ying's thoughts raced like lightning, and he instantly analyzed the current situation, realizing it was actually more advantageous for him.

His eyes sharpened, and his body became dim and translucent, like a phantom.

Murong Ying decided to strike!

He intended to help Sword Immortal Rao capture this stowaway while ensuring his own survival!

At the very least, he would buy time and wait for reinforcements!

"Wang Chao, I'll engage him. You immediately notify the high-ranking enforcement officers. Trust me, I can't hold out for long..." Murong Ying transmitted telepathically.

Simultaneously, he spread his hands, and a world seemed to expand within him, instantly enveloping all the territory above the high cliff.

"Corrosion Realm!"

The Corrosion Realm was Murong Ying's unique shadow-attributed domain.

Within the Corrosion Realm, a person's shadow would corrode and gradually dissolve, with any damage inflicted upon the shadow transferring to the enemy's main body.

"While spatial attributes are indeed peculiar and elusive, as long as I control the terrain and prevent him from expanding his domain, over time, this fellow will be like a turtle in a jar, completely at Sword Immortal Rao's mercy..." Murong Ying thought, choosing not to engage in close combat. Instead, his figure dissolved into the Heavenly Dao, intending to let the domain buy some time.

Ye Xiaotian stood within the Corrosion Realm, silently observing everything before him.

He could feel his shadow gradually dissolving, and his body, which had been fully restored by earlier repairs, now felt as if corrosive venom had been poured on it, rapidly decaying.

"Heh."

At this moment, Ye Xiaotian suddenly laughed, his mirth laced with mockery.

He had anticipated that upon meeting this Severed Dao enforcement officer, the latter would strike with swift force.

But he had never imagined that organizations like the Red-Robed and White-Robed within the Holy Divine Palace would possess such a profound lack of understanding regarding spatial attributes!

"Before my breakthrough, perhaps your domain would have been effective against me, truly inflicting harm, but..."

Ye Xiaotian slowly ascended, surveying his surroundings, his gaze piercing the void of the Heavenly Dao. He mockingly addressed Murong Ying, whose whereabouts were unknown: "But now, a mere Severed Dao domain... what is it worth?"

Suddenly clasping his hands together, Ye Xiaotian, who had risen from thin air, unfurled a spatial profound diagram beneath his feet, radiating an incredibly mysterious aura.

He looked up at the Corrosion Realm that obscured the sky, a slight smile playing on his lips.

"Under the Spatial Profundity, throughout heaven and earth, there shall be no other domain but mine!"

As if speaking with divine decree, Ye Xiaotian's eyes flared with light. His clasped hands suddenly parted, and then he raised a single arm skyward, clenching his fist tightly.

"Shatter!"

As soon as he uttered the single word, the profound diagram beneath Ye Xiaotian's feet burst with light.

His words were like those of a deity, manifesting reality as soon as they were spoken.

In an instant, incessant "crack crack" sounds filled the air.

Murong Ying, concealed within the Heavenly Dao, discovered with horror that he had lost control of his own domain, the "Corrosion Realm"!

Furthermore, along the domain walls of the Corrosion Realm, spatial nodes, not densely packed but perfectly ordered, lit up one by one, then, accompanied by the surrounding "crack crack" sounds, they explosively shattered.

The entire Severed Dao domain, after Ye Xiaotian's single word "Shatter," fractured into countless spatial fragments, reflecting dazzling, multicolored light, utterly magnificent.

But that wasn't all.

The spatial fragments, upon disintegrating, did not vanish. Instead, they became Ye Xiaotian's asset. With a light touch in the void, he stabilized them all, then reassembled and pieced them together into another domain.

"Lord of Ten Thousand Realms!"

Ye Xiaotian roared.

After his Spatial Profundity reached completion, his domain underwent a qualitative evolution. In his presence, even if someone else had already opened a domain, he could instantly seize control of it, making it his own power.

As implied by the domain's name, "Lord of Ten Thousand Realms."

Before Ye Xiaotian, even Hades' Yellow Springs dared not activate their domain, fearing their power would be usurped.

Murong Ying's audacity in opening his domain could only be described as supremely ignorant and utterly ludicrous!

"Boom!"

Amidst a violent roar, a bizarre and vibrant new domain materialized.

Within this domain, boundless light permeated the space, yet it was strangely distorted, reflecting countless images of Ye Xiaotian.

On the horizon, Murong Ying, hidden within the Heavenly Dao, was illuminated by the domain's power. Like a demon whose true form was revealed by a demon-revealing mirror, he was forced to reveal his shadowy outline.

"Damn it, I knew I absolutely couldn't deal with a space-attributed stowaway on my own, even if he was only a Sovereign!

"Why didn't I just follow my instincts and be a bit more cowardly..."

Murong Ying froze in mid-air, his face ashen.

He had never imagined that his Severed Dao level domain power would be so effortlessly usurped by the space-attributed stowaway before him.

This was the power of "Spatial Profundity"?

Lord of Ten Thousand Realms...

This domain name was simply too audacious, too ostentatious!

"Wang Chao!"

Murong Ying cried out loudly.

As a Severed Dao practitioner, he was actually controlled by a Sovereign.

But within the opponent's utterly audacious and ostentatious "Lord of Ten Thousand Realms" domain, Murong Ying truly couldn't move a single inch.

At this moment, his only hope was for Wang Chao to quickly send a signal to draw Sword Immortal Rao and the others.

"Wang Chao? Still trying to call for help?

"Since you've all arrived, then you all stay. No one is leaving!"

Hearing this, Ye Xiaotian snorted, his face utterly cold, and looked to the other side.

On the other side, the Sovereign-stage enforcement officer, seemingly dumbfounded by his immense power and also trapped by the "Lord of Ten Thousand Realms," was now foolishly staring at him with a shocked expression.

Ye Xiaotian perceived that the other party was terrified, unable to make the slightest move, and slowly raised his hand.

Since his hiding place had been discovered, he would show no mercy. He intended to silence them, sending both individuals to their demise!

With a light leap, he soared into the sky, thrusting his hand into the void...

A chasm ripped open in the sky, and the short, white-haired Ye Xiaotian hung suspended beneath the spatial rift, appearing as if he were tearing off half of the firmament itself, intending to use that torn half to bury the two enforcement officers before him.