Zhou Yan's combat power surged to an extreme peak, overwhelming the Three-eyed Dwarf. All attack and kill skills converged at a single point, piercing toward the third eye of the dwarf.

Fiery light scattered, tens of thousands of Heavenly Tribulations.

The ancient weapon at the brow of the Three-eyed Dwarf Venerable emitted blood-colored flames, blazing fiercely, resisting Zhou Yan's formidable killing intent.

The more fierce Zhou Yan's offensive became, the more intense the flames at the opponent's brow grew, and the light became increasingly dazzling.

"Boom!"

Zhou Yan unleashed the Immortal Sword with the power of Immortal Divine, a soul-slashing strike, and the rules of attack and kill manifested, once again stabbing toward the brow of the Three-eyed Dwarf.

With one strike, a destructive ray of Heavenly Tribulation light appeared in Heaven and Earth, chaotic and raging energy flooded in all directions, erupting forth.

The Three-eyed Dwarf not only resonated with the Great Dao but also merged with the ancient stove, entering a state akin to Unity of Heaven and Man, manifesting an incomparably formidable and awe-inspiring aura.

Blood light, flames, Heavenly Tribulation, chaotic currents.

Endless chaotic energy collided together, terrifying Tao Rules manifested, Heaven and Earth were turned into ruins, brutal energy suppressed every distant Cultivator and cultivator.

The ancient walls on the battlefield had already crumbled into ruins, Heaven and Earth appeared battered and bruised, scarred beyond repair.

The strength of the Three-eyed Dwarf was not even inferior to the peak moments of Hong Yuqiao; hence, this battle was far more complicated than Zhou Yan had anticipated.

Zhou Yan initially wanted to end it quickly, thus ferociously attacking along the way, yet even under such a frantic offensive, the Three-eyed Dwarf managed to withstand.

However, Zhou Yan's Divine Body was invincible, his combat power broke thirteen, his Bloodline exhibited seventy-three changes, under this powerful impact, even if the Three-eyed Dwarf could endure briefly, it was absolutely impossible to withstand for long.

Indeed, under Zhou Yan's completely furious onslaught, even if the Three-eyed Dwarf was in the Unity of Heaven and Man realm, he was forced to break free! No matter how strong the guardian was, if the concentrated attacks were numerous, even water could penetrate stone.

As the Three-eyed Dwarf manifested Supreme majesty, releasing ancient demon energy to suppress Heaven and Earth, causing chaos in the void, Zhou Yan swung another sword, gathered Immortal Light Soul Liquid, and was invincible.

"Bang!"

Suddenly, a gigantic sound like shocking thunder exploded in the void, at that moment, the Three-eyed Dwarf trembled violently as if the fierce flame stove suppressing the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths had been pierced at its core, shaking incessantly.

The tremors of this gigantic flame stove made the entire Heaven and Earth quake, a terrifying force seemed about to overturn the Star Domain, disrupt the space of the Desolate Domain beyond.

"Crack—"

Amidst such tremors, the fierce flame stove revealed spiderweb-like cracks, a sword light penetrated through, strikingly bright and stunning in this Heaven and Earth.

The cracks on the fierce flame stove rapidly multiplied, cracking comprehensively, then like a Cultivator's self-explosion, blood-colored flames expanded in a leap, directly detonating, instantly surging up a terrifying tidal wave of energy.

Zhou Yan's figure flickered, Void Power presented, retreated a distance, standing silently in the shattered void black hole, gazing at the exploded stove.

With the explosion of the stove, the Three-eyed Dwarf that fused with the stove also convulsed violently several times, the Venerable Body twitched like a grasshopper with a broken limb, eventually cracking all over, then shattered between Heaven and Earth.

No suspense was possible, the body perished, Tao vanished, soul body shattered, bones were gone.

The Three-eyed Dwarf died, such a formidable invincible Venerable fell here.

Although his exact strength as an invincible Venerable was unknown, Zhou Yan could discern from his self-proclaimed 'Demon Emperor' tone that he was a Great Power of the Ancient Demon Clan!

Furthermore, this Three-eyed Dwarf clearly possessed the prestige and aura of reigning supreme in the world, even faintly manifested invincible prestige, he must have been a prominent figure.

Yet now, this figure perished here, bones vanished.

Under the starry sky, silence reigned.

Zhou Yan stood still, waiting for the endless boiling Emperor Blood to calm down, he summoned the Ru Yu Flying Sword, unleashed blood light, and slaughtered the remaining frenzied clones.

Previously locked unsuccessfully, now Zhou Yan focused entirely, Ru Yu Flying Sword manifested irresistible killing light. With many clones confronting various talented Cultivators and Supreme beings, they faced near destruction again, nearly all dying on the spot.

In this move, Zhou Yan slew over a hundred clones, leaving only four or fifty frenzied clones, Zhou Yan no longer paid attention but directly entered Guardian City, searching within the shattered land for the nearly destroyed Ancient Transmission Array.

Zhou Yan repaired the ancient array, unlocking complex Void Runes, then activated this ancient Transmission Array, like a stream of light, directly fled far away.

Soon, as numerous talents returned, when all Supremes split their combat power to encircle and kill the remaining four or fifty clones, it became a crush.

Moreover, even if the original bodies of these clones appeared, they weren't as strong as the Evil King's body or even Yin Que Venerable's body.

Mere breaths after Zhou Yan's departure, the battle was already over.

The ruptured void slowly healed, the ground was littered with severed limbs and remains, presenting a scene of heaped blood and bones.

Dried human skin like tree bark fell to the ground, already withered like rusty, iron-like hard flakes.

Venerable Yao flew to the place where the human skins lay, wielding Supreme flames, incinerating these human skins to ashes.

Afterwards, under this expanse of sky, silence returned.

All Cultivators watched Venerable Yao silently.

"Everyone, the Evil Venerate Zhou Yan returned to the Ancestor Dragon Domain, probably has matters to attend to. This incident was my oversight, I'm truly sorry to everyone."

Venerable Yao apologized.

Not only him, but Fairy Die and that stout Venerable and other Supremes also showed guilt on their faces.

"The fault isn't yours, indeed Yin Que Venerable's previous contributions to the Human Clan were immense, as a leader and exemplary figure, such a figure being a clone is truly lamentable."

"Regardless, wrong is wrong. Next time, we'll apologize and thank Zhou Yan in person."

...

A few Supremes expressed their feelings of guilt quite openly and said some words to comfort the outstanding individuals present.

Afterwards, there was the cleanup of the battlefield and the subsequent restoration and reinforcement of the Guardian City, in which the cultivators participated in the construction.

During this time, Zhou Yan had already returned to the Ancestor Dragon Domain through an ancient Void Transmission Array.

Upon entering the Ancestor Dragon Domain, Zhou Yan immediately locked onto the position of the Burial Immortal Ground.

There, it had now fallen into the hands of the Tai Chu Yin Spirit and Heavenly Demon.

Zhou Yan, having experienced great battles, knew that place was perilous and naturally held no thought of underestimating it.

After leaving the Ancestor Dragon Domain, he even temporarily refrained from refining another Xuanyuan Sword and instead transformed into the giant bone Sky Demon, making his way into the Burial Immortal Ground.

The Burial Immortal Ground had already been breached, and its internal world was long connected to the outside world.

Zhou Yan reached the Blood River Frenzy area but could no longer see the ancient land of the past, nor the broken ancient array; everything in the Burial Immortal Ground had changed.

Zhou Yan traversed the core area of the Burial Immortal Ground yet could not find the solitary grave of the past.

The Dark God Domain, Light Divine Domain, and even the Chaos Divine Domain no longer existed. The combination of the three had caused changes in space-time.

The old land of the past was now unrecognizable, with nothing remaining.

In the form of a giant bone Sky Demon, Zhou Yan searched through this chaotic land for a full month but found nothing.

Not even a trace of aura.

Ultimately, Zhou Yan found nothing, nor did he gain any results.

But Zhou Yan was not disappointed, as he had not held hope in the first place.

Without hope, there won't be disappointment.

Zhou Yan calmed his spirit and decided to walk the path of the past again, to interpret the unwillingness in his heart.

Zhou Yan stepped onto the space point of Quicksand Town of that year, where no cultivators were seen, and everything lay in ruins.

Then, Zhou Yan traveled from Quicksand Town to Tianxing City, then to the Sky Sword Sect, and from the Sky Sword Sect to the Burial Immortal Ground. Along the way, apart from decaying bones, Endless Sky Demons, and the occasionally flying Ancient Demon Beast, Zhou Yan saw no sign of human habitation.

The cities were decaying lands, and the Sword Sect was a ruined relic.

Finally, Zhou Yan returned to the Ancestor Dragon Domain, like a monk on a spiritual journey, completing a path of the heart.

In the Ancestor Dragon Domain, Zhou Yan began to search for information related to Mo Yuyao's Mo family.

No matter what, Mo Yuyao still cared about her family, although the Mo family was just her family in this lifetime.

Zhou Yan inquired with many cultivators and finally found a cultivator from the Mo family in a prosperous place in the Ancestor Dragon Domain.

Due to Mo Yuyao's close relationship with the Evil Venerate Zhou Yan, the Mo family's status naturally soared, gaining respect from cultivators.

In this prosperous land, the Mo family held considerable power.

Mo Yuyao's elder brothers and sisters, like Mo Nan and Mo Yuqing, had now undergone the baptism of Heaven and Earth Rules, becoming individuals of talent, with decent aptitudes.

After observing the Mo family for a long time from the shadows, Zhou Yan felt some relief seeing the family's cohesion, low profile, and striving nature.

Zhou Yan condensed a drop of pure and gentle power and silently transmitted it to the distant Mo Nan, recording in it the Ruoshui Scripture's Tao and the Tao of the Ancestor Thunder Killing Domain.

That was Zhou Yan's own Tao.

Mo Nan, sensing something, flew out to Zhou Yan and was about to kneel in gratitude and apology but was supported by Zhou Yan.

Everything was actually unspoken.

Zhou Yan appeared ordinary, transformed as a common person, yet Mo Nan naturally knew Zhou Yan's methods. At this moment, being supported by Zhou Yan, his emotions were stirred and complicated.

After passing down the teachings, Zhou Yan also consoled Mo Nan with a few words, advising him to have the Mo family select talented and strong cultivators to train in the Ancestor Thunder Killing Domain and the Ruoshui Scripture. Mo Nan nodded but revealed something Zhou Yan didn't know.

...

"Evil Venerate, initially I didn't want to tell you these things, but if I don't, it weighs heavily on my heart. We're no longer young and reckless; the years have worn away hatred and sharpness…"

Mo Nan sighed, beginning to speak.

He remained silent for a moment, then continued: "When my little sister Mo Yuyao was born, she wasn't alone; she was actually a twin phoenix. Besides her, there was another, who was taken away by the Sumeru Immortal Mountain at an early age, and to this day, her whereabouts remain unknown."

"But after my little sister's death, during a family crisis, she returned. At that time, only Mo Yuqing and I saw her. She resembled Yaoyao in both appearance and character but was much stronger. Her original name was 'Mo Yuchou,' but at Sumeru Immortal Mountain, she was renamed 'Mo Yuchou.' She said she would find you at the right time and try to help resurrect Yaoyao—"

"Originally…in these troubled times, a cultivator's passing is often happier than living, but for the deep affection Yaoyao held for you, I wish more that lovers could eventually be united, so I didn't hide this matter."

"Now that you've come, it indicates that Mo Yuchou hasn't reached out to you, so you might consider visiting the Sumeru Immortal Mountain; it could possibly improve things."

Mo Nan disclosed a secret, one even Mo Yuyao herself wasn't aware of.

At this moment, Zhou Yan knew, of course, that Mo Nan wouldn't deceive him about such matters.

However, the name 'Mo Yuchou' had existed on that Sword Burial Ancestor Star before, and she had once been infatuated with Zhou Yan, though Zhou Yan hadn't reciprocated.

What hidden secrets lay within this?

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