Ye Tianxi’s ambition grew. Looking at Long Fengyang, whose realm had fallen to the One Path Sword Ancestor Realm yet had also completed the Celestial Dao’s reward and gained a new opportunity, she felt even more delighted.

As for Ye Tianling, Ye Tianxi knew that when the brand new era arrived, he would be obliterated by the Celestial Dao. ’He’s sure to die!’

Ye Tianling’s era was over.

Ye Cangqian, having been suppressed by Ye Tianling, would also die for good.

Thus, the era of the Celestial Mandate Divine Son was also over.

This new era belonged to her, Ye Tianxi! It also belonged to the many Ancient Saint Sons and Saintesses, Princes and Princesses, and Divine Sons and Divine Ladies!

...

Inside the Blood Coffin, after Ye Tianling took over the destiny of the Celestial Mandate Divine Son, he found himself a perfect match for it.

It was as if the cause—his devouring of Ye Fengyang—had led to the effect of this perfect compatibility.

Furthermore, the *North Nether Divine Skill* and the *Bloodthirsty Soul Refining Technique* were a perfect match for the Taotie Divine Soul’s Heaven-Devouring Taotie Talent Divine Technique, coming together to form an unparalleled state of Perfection.

As a result, after his very bones absorbed a portion of Ye Cangqian’s Divine Bloodline and the bloodlines Ye Cangqian had devoured from Ye Fengyang, Ye Tianling completed a change of destiny. The Blood-Colored Crystal Coffin was what had made this peerless process of substitution possible.

At that moment, his realm did not regress but instead advanced. Ye Tianling experienced firsthand the heaven-defying fortune of the Celestial Mandate Divine Son.

He was like the Celestial Dao’s favorite son; at any given moment, his Dao Heart would manifest all sorts of sudden enlightenments.

Then, he closed his eyes.

WHOOSH—

He immediately became one with the Celestial Dao.

He became the first person to harmonize with the Celestial Dao.

A moment later, Ye Tianling awoke, his realm having stepped into the Sword Spirit First Heaven Realm.

After a moment of contemplation and exhaling a breath of murky air, Ye Tianling instinctively sought Harmonization Dao again.

Instantly, with a single thought, he once again connected with and harmonized with the Celestial Dao.

He became the second person to harmonize with the Celestial Dao.

After waking up, Ye Tianling was already getting bored. With a casual thought, he instantly entered meditation, had an epiphany, and became the third person to harmonize with the Celestial Dao.

For Ye Tianling, harmonizing with the Celestial Dao was as easy as drinking water.

This was what it meant to be the Celestial Dao’s "favorite son."

"..."

Ye Tianling had the absurd feeling that the Celestial Dao was his family’s general store; he could just take whatever he wanted.

’This treatment...’

But as Ye Tianling immersed himself in this marvelous state, he gradually forgot someone—someone who was an obsession engraved deep within his heart and soul.

Little Dragon Girl.

After being erased by the Celestial Dao, all memory of Little Dragon Girl vanished.

She vanished from Ye Tianling’s memory, from Ji Tianxie’s memory, and even from the collective memory of the Forgotten Dust World.

In this world, Little Dragon Girl was no more.

Nowhere in this world could one find that adorable four-year-old girl in an Elf Princess Dress, fluttering her transparent wings.

Yet, after harmonizing with the Dao again and again, tears began to stream uncontrollably down Ye Tianling’s face.

’Did I forget something?’

’It hurts so much.’

Ye Tianling couldn’t control his tears. He choked on his sobs, muttering to himself.

He tried to use the Path of Time Origin, tried to use every Dao he knew.

From the *Nine Swords of Dugu*, he went through them all: the *Nine Yin Scripture*, *Muscle Strengthening Scripture*, *Turtle Breath Technique*, *Disguise Technique*, *Six Meridian Divine Sword*, *Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms*, *Finger Snap Divine Technique*, *Nine Yang Divine Skill*, *Great Shift of Heaven and Earth*, *Wave-Riding Light Step*, *Celestial Mountain Six Yang Palm*, *Little Faceless Technique*, *Purple Mist Divine Skill*, *Innate Technique*, and the *Star Absorption Technique*. Then came the techniques they had evolved into: the *Xuanyuan Dragon-Controlling Immortal Sword Technique*, *North Nether Divine Skill*, *Hidden Dragon Swordsmanship*, *Panhuang Life and Death Killing Dao*, *Hidden Dragon Technique*, *Returning Butterfly Cocoon Technique*, *Reincarnation Life and Death Fist*, *Soul-Slaying Dao*, and the *Asura Killing Dao*...

Ye Tianling performed every single one inside the Blood Coffin, but he still couldn’t remember what it was he had forgotten.

’I remember the entire world... yet I’ve forgotten you.’

’I can’t forget... It was a promise, I think... to search all the Secret Realms in this world... to awaken... awaken what?’

Ye Tianling tried to remember, again and again.

The memory of the once-proud, temperamental Little Dragon Girl had ultimately been erased due to the changes in the world’s fundamental laws.

"Tianling, you must live an unrestrained and indulgent life, free-spirited and heroic..."

It was as if a voice within his soul was constantly speaking these words.

’Strange... Why would I think that way...’

’I should be living an unrestrained and indulgent life, happy and carefree, so that Tianyu, Tianmo, Ruoxue, and Mei’Er don’t have to worry about me...’

After reaching the Peak of the Sword Spirit First Heaven Realm, amid his confusion and sense of loss, Ye Tianling gradually steadied his Dao Heart. He broke through the barriers of his mind and his realm, advancing yet again to step into the Sword Spirit Second Heaven Realm.

It was as if breaking through realms was no longer difficult for him.

With that thought, Ye Tianling tried using his Soul Talent.

Instantly, a vast wave of Ancient Qi washed over him, and Ye Tianling immediately sensed that the world outside was a dark, distorted environment.

A deep chasm stretched from heaven to earth, like an endless Dark Abyss—and he was in the middle of a long fall.

His Soul Talent was much stronger than before, and he could wield it with far greater ease. However, that feeling of being peerlessly, invincibly powerful had vanished. 𝒻𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘸ℯ𝒷𝘯𝘰𝑣ℯ𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝘮

It was as if this was now a truly complete world.

As he used his Soul Talent, the Blood Coffin shuddered, and Ye Tianling felt himself being shot out like a ray of light.

SWOOSH—

"AHHH—"

After being ejected from the Blood Coffin, Ye Tianling felt a biting chill all over his body.

He was completely naked, without a scrap of clothing, plummeting from the endless, dark heights.

At that moment, as he was suddenly subjected to the external Celestial Dao Power, his bloodline was still in a rather rigid, dormant state and hadn’t adapted yet.

WHOOSH—

The terrifying speed and peerless force sent Ye Tianling plummeting from the sky like a cannonball.

BOOM—

The ground shook violently.

"ARGH—"

Following a blood-curdling scream, a three-eyed man—burly, with rippling muscles, covered in bone spurs, a ferocious expression on his face, and standing a full three meters tall—instantly exploded.

His head and neck were smashed to pieces by the impact of Ye Tianling’s head, and his body burst apart, turning into a bloody pulp.

His body collapsed to the ground. After convulsing for a moment, it jerked twice like a crushed grasshopper and then went completely still.

Just then, a wisp of Essence, Qi, and Soul naturally floated out and seeped into Ye Tianling’s body.

A beautiful, scantily clad woman stood to the side, her face a mask of horror. Her large, beautiful eyes were filled with terror and a peculiar light.

As for Ye Tianling, he was completely dazed. His vision went black, and he collapsed to the ground.

Before he passed out, he saw things clearly... It was a man from the Tri-Eyed Alien Race. He had been assaulting a young Fox Race woman, who was in a state of torment after her realm had dropped, shackled by the Celestial Dao Power.

And he, falling from the sky at extreme speed, had, as luck would have it, smashed... smashed the Tri-Eyed man to death!

Not only that, but the force of the impact had also sent the young woman flying. In the process, it completely shredded her thin dress—which had already been torn by the Power of Heaven and Earth—allowing him to get a generous view of her beautiful scenery!