Ye Guan pushed his bloodlines to the limit. Wherever he passed, time and space would turn blood red. With this attack, Ye Guan abandoned the idea of life and death. Either you die or I will die! There was no other way! This attack represented Ye Guan's peak of power. A deafening explosion echoed, and the area around the two of them erupted with countless sword lights and golden fist shadows, which obliterated everything. Ye Guan's soul was blasted out of his fleshly body. When he finally stopped, his soul was so faint it was nearly transparent. In the distance, Di Chen had been forced back nearly ten thousand meters. His fleshly body was covered in sword wounds, cracked open like a spiderweb. It was an utterly terrifying sight. Di Chen looked at his fleshly body in shock. He slowly raised his head and looked at Ye Guan with murderous intent. Clenching his right fist, he prepared to kill Ye Guan, but the space to his right suddenly exploded. A figure shot out like a cannonball, slamming into him. Di Chen squinted and threw a punch. A fist light tens of thousands of meters long surged forth, shaking the starry skies. Di Chen was knocked back repeatedly. A middle-aged man was standing where he once stood. He wore a wide robe, had shoulder-length hair, a wild smile, and a commanding presence. Di Chen stopped and stared at the man. "Tian Wu!" Tian Wu was the younger brother of the Celestial Clan's Leader, Tian He. He was the second most powerful figure in the Celestial Clan. Tian Wu glanced at Di Chen, and then he turned toward Ye Guan. With a flick of his sleeve, a dark light surged toward Ye Guan. The dark light was a massive wave of soul energy! The energy poured into Ye Guan like a tidal wave, and his soul began to stabilize. Tian Wu said to Ye Guan, "Go right." Ye Guan clasped his hands respectfully. "Senior, there are four seniors ahead blocking six Transcendent Realm experts from the empire—" Tian Wu retracted his gaze. "You go first. Quickly." Ye Guan nodded without hesitation. With a tremble, he mounted his sword and disappeared into the starry sky. Tian Wu was terrifyingly powerful. He was on par with Di Chen, but his face was grave, and he urged Ye Guan to leave. There was only one explanation. The Celestial Clan's reinforcements had arrived, but the top-tier experts from the empire had arrived as well. The moment Ye Guan left, Tian Wu charged at Di Chen. Di Chen's eyes turned icy and punched forward. The stars around them collapsed, bit by bit. On the other side, Ye Guan flew at full speed through the starry skies, pushing his speed to the extreme. Soon, he sensed mysterious auras emerging all around him. Ye Guan's eyes narrowed into slits, and his bloodlines flared to life. Suddenly, the space around him tore open. Three black-clad figures rushed out like lightning but vanished in an instant without leaving the slightest trace of aura. Three more Transcendent Realm experts! Even worse, he couldn't sense them at all. Ye Guan's face darkened. He gripped his sword tightly. Just as he was about to strike, a beam of light shot through the starry sky and enveloped him. Once within the light, golden runes formed around him, locking space and time in place. The three experts attacked with full force, but Ye Guan remained unharmed, completely unaffected. Instead, they were blasted tens of thousands of meters away. The leader of the three stared at the golden light around Ye Guan. "The Eternal Divine Lamp!" On Ye Guan's forehead was a small golden lamp, the Eternal Divine Lamp, the number one divine artifact of the Celestial Clan. It held a terrifying supreme law, Absolute Spacetime. In battle, it would turn the surrounding space into Absolute Spacetime, where no laws or attack could wreak havoc! Just then, a woman approached through the light. She wore a white dress, ethereal as a celestial being. In her hand was an ancient bronze lamp emitting a warm light. It looked completely unassuming, nothing like a divine weapon. With one step, she arrived before Ye Guan. She glanced at him, and then at the three experts. Moments later, the three vanished into thin air. The spacetime around the woman shattered as three dark beams of power, each tens of thousands of meters long, surged toward her like tidal waves. Expressionless, she poked the Eternal Divine Lamp with one finger. Instantly, a beam of divine light shattered the dark beams of light. The three experts were again tens of thousands of meters away. The woman turned to Ye Guan, waved her sleeve, and swept him away into the depths of the starry skies. Along the way, the Eternal Divine Lamp emitted waves of divine light to protect Ye Guan. The three experts watched from afar but didn't chase. With the Celestial Clan's top artifact protecting him, killing Ye Guan was now nearly impossible. Elsewhere, Ji Zhan and Tian He also stopped. Ji Zhan's face was dark. He had just received word; Ye Guan had been rescued by the experts of the Celestial Clan. He was saved against all odds, and the news caught Ji Zhan off guard. In the distance, Tian He felt slightly relieved, but his expression quickly turned grim. One of the four Transcendent Realm experts who had protected Ye Guan had died. Each such expert was cultivated with immense effort by the Celestial Clan. Losing one was a massive blow. Even worse, that fallen expert was his cousin. Tian He's expression grew complicated. A clansman had died... to protect an outsider. However, he didn't dwell on it. It was his choice, and there was no room for regret. In the distance, Ji Zhan coldly said, "Tian He, was it worth it? One Transcendent Realm expert is dead, and three are severely injured. Is it worth it for an outsider?" Tian He looked at Ji Zhan. "From the way you treated that young man today, do you really think he'll spare your Empire in the future?" Ji Zhan sneered. "Him?" Tian He smiled. "If you truly thought nothing of him, why go to such lengths to kill him?" Ji Zhan said, "You've chosen him. I've chosen the Great Daoist Brush Master. Let's see who wins in the end." Tian He stared at him. "We shall see." With that, he turned around and disappeared into the void. Ji Zhan glared into the depths of the starry skies, his gaze cold and murderous. At that moment, the Great Daoist Brush Master appeared beside Ji Zhan. Ji Zhan asked, "Nothing you want to say?" The Great Daoist Brush Master smiled. "Want to know his origin?" Ji Zhan closed his eyes. "I no longer care." The Great Daoist Brush Master turned to look at him. Ji Zhan said, "Brother, whatever his background, it doesn't matter. What matters is that my empire chose you. From this moment on, we will rise and fall together." With that, he turned around and left. Since the choice was made, he would go all-in. He was not afraid of any karma. The Great Daoist Brush Master was silent for a while. Then, he glanced at the distant starry skies before leaving. In an ancient palace, Ye Guan was sprawled out on a bed. His fleshly body was slowly regenerating. His fleshly body was shattered twice in the recent battle! Without the Qingxuan Sword to stabilize his soul, he nearly suffered a true death. In a way, it was also a blessing. He discovered that even without the Qingxuan Sword, he could still function. He wasn't overly dependent on it. Moreover, he realized that his current strength was close to the Transcendent Realm, though still far below people like Ji Zhan and Tian He. If those two made use of divine artifacts, he would stand no chance against them. Soon, he recovered most of his fleshly body. After all, it was formed from his sword intent. Just then, he sensed something that made his face change. He jumped up and slashed out with his sword as soon as a divine light burst through spacetime and obliterated the entire palace. He was blasted tens of thousands of meters away. His freshly restored body split apart again and blood sprayed everywhere... Was the empire insane? They came straight to the Celestial Clan for him?! No, something's wrong here! He realized the truth. Looking up, he saw the white-robed woman who had saved him staring coldly at him. She was the attacker! Ye Guan was confused. What the hell is going on? "Die!" A furious shout came from the right. A youth charged at him with a long spear, arriving in a flash. Ye Guan didn't make a move. Tian He had appeared before him, waving his sleeve to stop the young man. The spear-wielding young man glared at Ye Guan, eyes red. "Clan Leader, why?! Why did you save him?!" The woman in white also glared at Ye Guan. If not for Tian He, she would have attacked once again. Tian He sighed. "Tian Lin, this is my fault. I underestimated Ji Zhan..." "I don't care!" Tian Lin shook his head. "I'm going to kill him! Even if I end up getting expelled from the Celestial Clan, I'm going to kill him!" With that, he vanished into thin air. The woman in white stared coldly at Ye Guan and left. The Celestial Clan experts looked at Ye Guan with hostility in their eyes. Ye Guan looked at Tian He. "Senior, what was that?" Tian He turned to him and said, "Of the four Transcendent Realm experts who protected you, one was killed in action. The deceased man was their father..." Ye Guan stood frozen.