Invincible Divine Sword Chapter 2146: 2146: Mother of All Lotus
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Thus, right as Lin Jie prepared to strike, one of his followers, overcome with terror, rushed forward and clutched him fiercely, much like a girlfriend in sudden panic gripping her boyfriend for dear life.
The sudden firm hold caught Lin Jie completely off guard.
Before his fury could erupt, the subordinate shuddered while whispering, “My lord, that’s His Majesty Heavenly Emperor, the Ancestor Dragon Primordial Demon Light Emperor!”
He is His Majesty Heavenly Emperor, the Ancestor Dragon Primordial Demon Light Emperor!
Stunned, Lin Jie’s entire frame quivered as he whipped around to stare at Yang Xiaotian.
The troops trailing him also gazed at Yang Xiaotian with wide-eyed astonishment.
“His Majesty Heavenly Emperor, the Ancestor Dragon Primordial Demon Light Emperor!” Certain soldiers in the legion felt their knees buckle from sheer fright, nearly dropping to the ground in obeisance.
Even though the Xuanhuang Great World remains largely cut off from the outside, it isn’t fully sealed away, and tales of Yang Xiaotian’s legendary exploits have already spread to numerous mighty forces within it.
Lin Jie, who had leaned on his mentor, the Xuanhuang Great Holy Master, to push out damaging gossip about Yang Xiaotian lately, now found his heart pounding uncontrollably upon confronting the man in person.
“Are you Yang Xiaotian?” The words escaped him without thought.
By addressing Yang Xiaotian so casually by name, Lin Jie drew murderous glares from the Rain Demon, Abyss of Darkness, and their companions. Yet Yang Xiaotian gestured for the Rain Demon and the rest to hold back.
Noticing this, Lin Jie assumed Yang Xiaotian feared his status and wouldn’t dare strike. As relief washed over him, Yang Xiaotian abruptly extended a finger and unleashed a surge of power, hurling Lin Jie backward through the air to slam down brutally.
His body then smashed into the trunk of the Mother of All Tree with tremendous force.
This Lin Jie, a powerhouse at the Harmonization First Layer Realm, stood utterly powerless before Yang Xiaotian, unable to mount any defense or counter.
Blood gushed from his mouth as he glared at Yang Xiaotian with a mix of outrage and disbelief, his complexion ashen: “Yang Xiaotian, you’ve wrecked my Holy Vein!”
In that single finger strike, Yang Xiaotian had pulverized every Holy Vein within his frame.
“You’ve been the one spreading all those nasty rumors about me lately, haven’t you?” Yang Xiaotian remarked. “Out of respect for your master, I’ll spare your life. Get out of here now!”
His followers scrambled to lift Lin Jie to his feet.
“Return and inform your master that I’ve claimed every Mother Crystal from the Mother Nest,” Yang Xiaotian declared. “If he wishes to talk it over, he’s free to visit me whenever he pleases!”
Realizing Yang Xiaotian had not only demolished his Holy Vein but also planned to haul off all the Mother Crystals from the Mother Nest, Lin Jie seethed with fury: “Yang Xiaotian, you’re just bullying with your superior power, you! Even as the Master of the Three Realms! What you’re doing is no better than common thievery!”
The Rain Demon let out a mocking laugh at his outburst: “Bullying with power? But doesn’t this Mother Nest belong to you anyway? Your master butchered billions of Mother clan followers back then just to claim it!”
“So who’s really the one bullying here?”
The Rain Demon’s retort left Lin Jie at a loss for words, and he stammered, “My master rules the Xuanhuang Great World. Every treasure of heaven and earth in the Xuanhuang Great World is his by right.”
Hearing Lin Jie’s weak justification, Yang Xiaotian responded coolly, “You’ve got one minute to vanish. If I still spot you here after that, there’s no point in trying to go.”
Lin Jie and the forces at his back paled at the warning.
Despite their boiling anger, Lin Jie and his men ultimately bolted away in haste.
Moments later, Lin Jie’s entire group had disappeared from view.
Yang Xiaotian moved toward the Mother of All Tree.
Despite the heavy impact from Lin Jie against its bark moments ago, the spot on the Mother of All Tree remained unscathed and sturdy.
Renowned as one of the toughest trees across existence, the Mother of All Tree endured without a scratch.
Yang Xiaotian ascended swiftly, arriving at the crown of the Mother of All Tree, where the Mother Nest came into sight.
Encircling the Mother Nest were restrictive arrays laid down by the Xuanhuang Great Holy Master, barriers that even countless Harmonization Tenth Layer Realm Saints couldn’t breach, much less those at the Heavenly Dao Realm.
Yet Master Ding simply unleashed the Nine Strike of Epoch a handful of times, utterly demolishing the restrictive arrays.
With the Mother Nest now laid bare, Yang Xiaotian entered it without delay. Vast as a modest city, the Mother Nest’s floor gleamed with radiant crystals known as Mother Crystals.
Once inside, Yang Xiaotian immediately set to gathering the Mother Crystals at top speed.
However, since the Xuanhuang Great Holy Master harvested them every ten thousand years, the Mother Nest held only a modest stock—around a few thousand pieces.
After scooping up those few thousand Mother Crystals, Yang Xiaotian departed the Mother Nest alongside the Rain Demon, Abyss of Darkness, and the others.
Rather than withdrawing to focus on cultivation next, he set off in pursuit of the eight-hundred-million-year-old Mother of All Lotus.
Located within the Ice River at the farthest northern edge of the Mother Continent, the Mother of All Lotus awaited.
As Yang Xiaotian journeyed to the Ice River for the Mother of All Lotus, news of how he had crippled Lin Jie’s Holy Vein and seized thousands of Mother Crystals from the Mother Nest made its way to the Xuanhuang Great Holy Master.
Upon hearing the report, the Xuanhuang Great Holy Master’s expression turned stormy.
As the supreme authority in the Xuanhuang Great World and a peerless force ranking in the Eternal Realm List’s top ten, no one had ever dared to challenge him so boldly on his home ground before!
Yang Xiaotian hadn’t just snatched thousands of Mother Crystals from the Mother Nest—he had the audacity to maim his own disciple’s Holy Vein!
“Your Majesty, Yang Xiaotian’s arrogance knows no bounds! By crippling the Saint Heir’s Holy Vein, he’s outright scorning Your Majesty!” An elderly man with white hair, serving under the Xuanhuang Great Holy Master, fumed in outrage.
This white-haired elder, famed as the White-haired Sword Venerate, commanded his own spot among the Eternal Realm List’s elite.
“Yang Xiaotian’s just leaning on that Mysterious Golden Cauldron; without it, he wouldn’t have the guts to act so boldly!” Another of the Xuanhuang Great Holy Master’s aides snarled. “Your Majesty, we can’t let this slide, or the whole Xuanhuang Great World will mock us!”
The Xuanhuang Great Holy Master’s gaze sharpened as he inquired, “Any updates from the Ice River?”
“The Nine Great Saints have just reported in—they’ve located the Mother of All Lotus and are in the process of securing it!” the White-haired Sword Venerate answered promptly.
“Excellent. Relay to the Nine Great Saints that capturing the Mother of All Lotus will earn them immense credit from me.” The Xuanhuang Great Holy Master nodded, pleased.
One day passed, and Yang Xiaotian’s group reached the Ice River.
The Ice River in the Mother Continent stands as a magnificent spectacle, akin to the Bright Heavenly River in the Bright Heavenly Realm. While the Bright Heavenly River hangs suspended in the skies, the Mother Continent’s Ice River weaves through towering icebergs, coursing amid endless glacial formations.
Chilling winds from the Ice River whipped and billowed fiercely.
Yang Xiaotian and his companions plunged into the Ice River’s flow.
The frigid aura of the Ice River enveloped them, biting with intense cold, but such frost posed no threat to cultivators of their caliber.
No protective measures were required, and Yang Xiaotian didn’t even bother calling upon the Chaos Holy Fire.
While advancing deeper into the Ice River, a massive ice lotus abruptly darted in their direction, pursued by a horde of formidable experts.
“The Mother of All Lotus!”