Chapter 401: Helping to Break Through

**Chapter 405: Aiding the Breakthrough**

Ye Fan sneered, "What else can be done? Suppress those who need to be suppressed, and fight those who need to be fought!"

Tu Fei was somewhat dumbfounded. These people were very likely Ye Fan's future in-laws, and yet he was going to forcefully suppress them before their first meeting. It truly left one speechless.

"What did you say? You want to suppress us? How presumptuous!" The purple-clad youth, Feng Lie, sneered and was the first to step forward, followed by the other young members of the Feng clan. None of these people were weak; some had already entered the Four Extremities realm, and even the weakest was at the Fourth Heaven of the Dao Palace realm.

"Buzz!" Divine light shot from Ye Fan's eyes. He extended a golden hand, confronting more than ten people alone and pressing them all down. Intricate and profound dao patterns emerged on the golden hand.

"Bang!" One man stepped out from the group and met Ye Fan's golden hand. He dared not resist with his body, instead wielding a blood-red battle halberd, which shot out beams of crimson light as he swung it down.

"Crack!" Ye Fan's hand was like a golden millstone, indestructible. The blood-red battle halberd was pressed down, breaking inch by inch, and the refined divine metal turned into powder, scattering downwards.

"This is too much..." Everyone gasped. The man's expression changed, and he tried to fly backward, but Ye Fan gave him no chance. The golden hand descended, seized him, and held him immovably.

"Bang!" Ye Fan sealed him and then threw him to the ground without a glance, continuing to survey the other men and women.

"How dare you! You harmed Miss's cousin! As for the marriage alliance, you can forget about it!" a beautiful girl with a charming face reprimanded.

"What's there to be afraid of? I'll suppress all of you!" Ye Fan was unmoved. He strode forward, extending his large hand to seize the girl.

"How dare you be so rude to me? Do you know who I am? I grew up with Miss Feng Huang since childhood!" The exceptionally beautiful girl cried out softly. An ancient mirror appeared in her hand, emitting a dazzling beam of divine light that swept towards him. Feng Huang was the peerless gem of the Feng clan. If others took such a name, they would likely be mocked, but this talented princess of the Feng clan truly deserved it.

"You're just a maid, yet you dare speak to me like that!" Ye Fan sneered. With a sweep of his large hand, the ancient mirror, refined by a cultivator of the Four Extremities realm, instantly turned into copper dust.

"Bang!" His golden hand descended, snatching up the girl. Without any pity for her beauty, he instantly sealed her and then threw her to the ground.

"Dong!" Suddenly, a drum sounded. The sound was not very loud, but it made Ye Fan's body tremble, and he nearly fell backward. He felt a wave of dizziness. A weapon imbued with the order of heaven and earth! Someone actually held such a powerful artifact. A single beat of the drum was like the divine sound of primordial chaos, penetrating into one's bones, making both body and soul go numb.

"Boom!" Ye Fan roared and swung his golden fist forward. He didn't want to be passive; his entire being transformed into a golden light and charged forth.

"Dong!" The second drum beat, like the divine sound of creation. The entire garden silently disintegrated. All the beautiful trees, pavilions, and structures were ground into dust. Many cultivators watching the battle changed color upon seeing this. They flew back simultaneously, quickly evading, fearing to be drawn into it. Even the other members of the Feng clan retreated far away. Only a crimson-clad man remained in the arena, with a purple leather drum suspended before him. It seemed to be made of qilin hide, with shimmering purple scales on its surface.

"You're seeking death!" Seeing Ye Fan pounce, he sneered and forcefully struck the purple drum with a purple drumstick.

"Dong!" The third drum beat was like the creation of heaven and earth, shattering the void. Clouds billowed, lightning intertwined, and purple light soared into the sky, submerging the area. Purple lightning was everywhere, shooting out from the qilin drum. It hung like a purple sun, radiating immense light, piercing through the void, and sweeping away everything in all directions. Such a powerful artifact, imbued with the interwoven principles of the Great Dao, was indeed extremely terrifying. It was capable of killing cultivators in the Four Extremities realm, as it contained the laws of heaven and earth and embodied a portion of the power of the Great Dao.

"Buzz!" The void trembled. Ye Fan charged forward fearlessly. The purple lightning could not stop him because he also held a powerful artifact in his hand. The Diamond Girdle gleamed brightly, ancient and natural. Dao patterns emerged on its surface; it was indestructible. It broke through the lightning and instantly appeared before the man.

"Slap!" Ye Fan didn't aim to kill. Using the Diamond Girdle for protection, he sent the man flying with a golden palm strike. The man fell heavily to the ground, unable to move.

"Swish!" With a flash of light, Ye Fan put away the Qilin Divine Drum, claiming it for himself. Such weapons were extremely precious and rare; even the Grand Elders of various sacred lands found it difficult to refine them.

"You are truly audacious! You dare to steal even a powerful artifact from my Feng clan!" The purple-clad youth, Feng Lie, turned pale.

"I suppress even people, let alone mere weapons. You come over too!" Ye Fan extended his golden hand, reaching into the crowd.

"Rattle!" Feng Lie held a white bone banner in his hand and waved it at Ye Fan, saying, "Don't even dream of entering the Four Extremities realm. As far as I know, you can't possibly succeed. Don't harbor any fantasies about my sister!" Another powerful artifact interwoven with innate patterns!

Ye Fan's expression changed. These young people couldn't possibly possess such weapons. Could it be that the older generation of the Feng clan had instructed them? His thoughts raced, but he quickly calmed down.

"You are not worthy of my sister! Today, I will shatter your pride!" Feng Lie forcefully waved the white bone banner, sending out ten thousand sword gleams that did not harm the flesh but targeted the divine sense. At the same time, a young man in white stepped out to assist Feng Lie, jointly waving the white bone banner.

"This is a powerful artifact of a great elder from the Feng clan!" Tu Fei and Li Heishui were alarmed, their expressions changing.

Ye Fan didn't care. Holding the Diamond Girdle in his left hand and the God-Slaying Whip in his right, he shattered the ten thousand sword gleams and strode forward.

"Boom!" The white bone banner shook, and a dao diagram flew out, rushing down like a thousand troops and ten thousand horses, aiming to crush him.

"Clang!" Ye Fan flicked his hand, sending the Diamond Girdle flying. It struck the dao diagram, and the two collided fiercely, emitting ten thousand streaks of lightning and a blazing light. Although the white-clad man was a cultivator at the second heaven of the Four Extremities realm, his divine power was insufficient to control the banner and unleash all its divine abilities. Ye Fan's divine power was inexhaustible. With a forceful tremor, the Diamond Girdle shattered the dao diagram.

"Boom!" The void trembled. The divine girdle, now as large as a millstone, settled in the air, gleaming with brilliant silver light. Its circular shape transformed into a black hole, devouring everything. It was like a real black hole in the vast starry domain, swallowing heaven and earth. The strange rocks, arched bridges, and pavilions in the garden all disintegrated, flowing backward into the sky like river water. Whatever approached it was instantly pulverized by the black hole, turning into dust and ceasing to exist; nothing could be preserved.

"Pfft!" The white-clad man coughed up blood. His divine power failed, and the white bone banner flew from his hand, rushing towards the Diamond Girdle, seemingly about to be swallowed. Ye Fan waved his large sleeve, and with a whoosh, he took away this powerful artifact, absorbing it into his body.

"Bang!" Ye Fan slapped the white-clad man away, then grabbed the purple-clad youth, Feng Lie, next to him, pulling him over as if lifting a chick.

"How dare you do this to me..." Feng Lie roared.

"Smack!" Ye Fan immediately gave him a large golden slap, making his bones rattle and sending him spitting blood as he fell to the ground. In the sky, the black hole formed by the Diamond Girdle grew even more powerful, drawing in all the other young men and women. If Ye Fan hadn't shown mercy, they would all have been utterly annihilated.

"Little Ye Zi, take it easy. Putting aside the strength of the Feng clan, just considering their connection as your in-laws, you shouldn't be so reckless," Li Heishui advised.

"I really think the Feng clan might be testing you," Tu Fei secretly transmitted. He felt that the other party might be doing this on purpose, probing him. They had all heard Ye Fan talk about the details of this marriage alliance. The Feng clan had not agreed to it yet; they needed to enter the Divine City and meet Ye Fan before making a decision.

"Aren't I accepting a test?" Ye Fan smiled and secretly transmitted a message. Then, he raised his leg and furiously kicked Feng Lie, making the purple-clad youth from the Fifth Heaven of the Dao Palace realm cry out in pain, almost in tears.

"You, surnamed Ye, just wait! You'll never marry my sister in this life, daring to treat me like this!" he yelled furiously.

"Little Ye Zi, stop hitting him! This could be your future brother-in-law. It looks like they really are testing your character; fighting is secondary here," Tu Fei and Li Heishui quickly stopped him.

"It's fine!" Ye Fan said with a smile on his face, kicking Feng Lie a few more times before finally stopping.

"You, surnamed Ye, I remember you! You actually beat me just now..." The purple-clad youth, Feng Lie, gnashed his teeth, utterly enraged.

In the distance, an unknown number of cultivators had gathered, watching. Everyone was dumbfounded. Ye Fan was about to be engaged to the Feng clan's gem, yet he had severely beaten her younger brother. Everyone was speechless, not knowing what to say. What kind of relationship did these two sides have? This was too unconventional.

"Woof, do you want to be my human pets?" The big black dog stared at these people, its eyes gleaming.

"Damn it, this dead dog!" Everyone was enraged.

"Little Ye Zi, how do you plan to end this?" Tu Fei asked in a low voice.

"Didn't I say it already? Fight when you should, suppress when you should." Saying this, Ye Fan took out the Qilin Drum, intending to seal everyone with it. Powerful artifacts interwoven with innate patterns contained internal spaces large enough to seal them.

"You're going to suppress them?" Li Heishui was dumbfounded.

"Ye Fan, how dare you!" The dozen young men and women shouted in unison.

"You, surnamed Ye, what are you doing? I am Feng Huang's biological younger brother! Do you dare to suppress me?!" The purple-clad youth, Feng Lie, was utterly stunned.

"What's there to be afraid of?" Ye Fan didn't care. The drum sounded, and everyone was drawn in and sealed inside.

"Good heavens, Little Ye Zi, you... you really suppressed your own future brother-in-law?" Li Heishui and Tu Fei truly didn't know what to say to him. In the distance, everyone was dumbfounded. This was too aggressive! They weren't even engaged yet, but he had already suppressed the girl's biological younger brother and cousins. What kind of situation was this?

"My goodness, I must say, this Sacred Body is too formidable! Regardless of anything, he suppresses everyone. He truly leaves one speechless!" Everyone was dazed, barely believing what they were seeing, and then began to discuss animatedly.

"I've never seen anyone like him. After knowing their identities, one should at least show mercy, but he truly... made the Feng clan people spit blood!"

"I'm convinced, utterly convinced. I've never seen such a fierce person. Does he even want to form a marriage alliance with the Feng clan anymore?!"

The Drunken Immortal Pavilion was not an ordinary place; it was the property of the Northern Plains' Golden Family and fighting was strictly forbidden. However, a section of the garden here was destroyed, yet no one came forward to stop it, clearly indicating that someone had given their approval.

"What do we do now?" Tu Fei asked.

"Of course, we're going back," Ye Fan said, leaving first.

"I meant, how are you going to explain this to the Feng clan?"

As Ye Fan and his companions left, the news spread throughout the Divine City almost instantly. Many people were dumbfounded, then burst into laughter.

"I think this marriage alliance is completely off."

"The Feng clan members had just entered the city, and he already delivered such a grand welcome..."

Many people discussed, with most believing the marriage alliance would surely fail. Members of the Origin Technique families and figures like Li Yishui all gloated.

Not long after Ye Fan returned to his residence, the Divine King summoned him. The Feng clan wanted to see him.

"Little Ye Zi, good luck to you!" Tu Fei and Li Heishui both chuckled mischievously.

In the grand hall, four elders from the Feng clan were present. They all seemed to have returned to their true, simple selves, showing nothing special, like ordinary old men from the mortal world.

"You are quite overbearing, young man. You knew their identities, yet you suppressed them all. What do you intend?" an elder questioned.

"I felt they were too presumptuous. Rather than letting them suffer a great loss in the future, it's better to teach them a lesson now," Ye Fan replied calmly.

Another elder laughed, saying, "Never mind, no need to dwell on it. This young man is quite interesting; his audacious actions were beyond my expectation."

"Release them now," Jiang Yun spoke from the side.

Ye Fan naturally knew the limits; this was not the time for stubbornness. He obeyed the command, releasing all dozen people from the Qilin Drum and also returning the white bone banner.

"Ye'er..." Feng Lie cried out, about to pounce forward. An elder from the Feng clan gave a cold shout, and he immediately stopped, walking back resentfully.

"Go to the inner room. The Divine King and the Feng clan's Holy Lord want to see you," Jiang Yun told Ye Fan.

In another grand hall, the Peerless Divine King sat at the head, his hair like snow, his face like jade, and his complexion normal. Nothing seemed amiss, so it was hard to tell the true state of his health. Below him was a middle-aged man with flowing black hair and clear eyes, his physique imposing. Sitting there, he exuded an aura of authority, clearly someone long accustomed to a high position. He remained motionless, his gaze deep as he scrutinized Ye Fan. This man was Feng Jingyun, the grandfather of the heavenly prodigy Feng Huang, and also the Holy Lord of the Feng clan.

"Let your whole body's blood energy boil, and fully unleash your vigorous vital essence for the Feng clan's Holy Lord to see," the Divine King said gently.

Ye Fan complied without reservation. In an instant, his blood energy soared to the sky, like a true dragon awakening. His powerful vitality surprised the Feng clan's Holy Lord, who nodded repeatedly.

"Boom!" Ye Fan's aura continuously rose. His entire body's vital essence transformed into dragon-shaped pillars of energy, piercing through the grand hall and soaring into the sky, like a surging ocean. In this area, all cultivators were alarmed, showing expressions of horror as they looked in that direction.

Soon after, news spread that the Feng clan's Holy Lord was very pleased with Ye Fan, leaving many in the Divine City who had prepared to watch a spectacle dumbfounded and confused.

"Is there any need to say more? The Feng clan's Holy Lord must have already seen that Ye Fan can break into the Four Extremities realm. Nothing can stop the rise of the Desolate Ancient Sacred Body!" Many people understood, deducing the truth, and the Divine City was greatly shaken on this day.

After leaving the grand hall, Ye Fan went directly to the Heavenly Demon Treasure Pavilion, found Yao Yuekong, and asked him to help keep an eye out and collect various divine source stone skins.

When leaving, Li Heishui was puzzled and asked, "Ye Fan, what are you trying to do? Your breakthrough is imminent, why are you doing these things?"

"Because I'm worried about failing. This time, no matter what, I must break into the Four Extremities realm!" Ye Fan didn't hide anything from them.

"Nothing will happen, you're overthinking it," Tu Fei said with a smile.

"Even if ten million catties of source energy cannot help me enter the Four Extremities, I will find another way to enter. Success is certain this time!" Ye Fan's eyes were firm.

On this very day, the Feng clan's Holy Lord made a decision: to give Ye Fan three million catties of source energy to help him break into the Four Extremities realm. As soon as this news broke, the Eastern Wasteland trembled. It was clear that the Feng clan's Holy Lord regarded Ye Fan as a prospective grandson-in-law, believing he could break into the Four Extremities realm and wanting to bind him to the Feng clan's ancient war chariot. Was the Great Accomplished Desolate Ancient Sacred Body finally going to reappear in the world? Everyone found it hard to remain calm.

The Peerless Divine King finally made an announcement: tomorrow night, under the full moon, Ye Fan would enter the Dragon Transformation Pond to challenge the Sacred Body's inherent first great obstacle. As soon as the news came out, the whole world was astonished. The day for the Sacred Body's breakthrough had finally arrived! From the various sacred lands of the Eastern Wasteland, the immortal dynasties of Central Plains, and the Hundred Schools of Thought, another group of powerful cultivators rushed over, all exceptionally concerned about the Sacred Body's breakthrough and eager to witness the event.