Nine Yang Sword Saint

Chapter 304: Tan Tai’s Secret! Leaving the Red Sea!

“Hidden Sect? I’m not a member of the Hidden Sect.” Tan Tai replied straightforwardly.

“Then, are you a member of the Shrine of Ten Thousand Extermination?” Yang Dingtian continued to ask.

Tan Tai shook her head again, “I am not a member of the Shrine of Ten Thousand Extermination either.”

Yang Dingtian was completely confused. Tan Tai was abnormally powerful, so powerful that it was beyond his wildest imagination. In Yang Dingtian’s opinion, only a member of the Hidden Sect or the Shrine of Ten Thousand Extermination could be so powerful. But Tan Tai actually said she was neither.

“Then, who are you?” Yang Dingtian couldn’t help but ask. However, he quickly said, “Apologies, my question might have offended you.”

“No.” Tan Tai shook her head and said, “No question from you will offend me, and I will not be angry, either.”

Subsequently, Tan Tai smiled at Yang Dingtian and said, “In fact, I am no one. I am not from the Hidden Sect or the Shrine of Ten Thousand Extermination, I am not from any faction. But I can also be anyone. If you have to give me an identity, then I will be the protector of the border.”

“Protector of the border? What do you mean?” Yang Dingtian asked.

“What do you feel when you look at the Celestial Red Sea?” Tan Tai asked in return.

“I feel like this is the end of the world.” Yang Dingtian said.

“That’s right, this is the end of the world. The end of the Primal Chaos World.” Tan Tai said, “My mission is to protect the Celestial Red Sea. My temple is drifting around because I am patrolling. I cannot allow anyone to pass through the Celestial Red Sea...”

Yang Dingtian asked, “What is beyond the end of the world? What is beyond the Celestial Red Sea? Is it another world?”

“No, there is only one world, and that is the Primal Chaos Continent.” Tan Tai said, “There is nothing beyond the Celestial Red Sea, yet there is also everything. If you wish to know, you will need to pass through the Celestial Red Sea to see for yourself.”

Yang Dingtian asked, “But, all mystic qi would vanish in the Celestial Red Sea, anybody would become extremely weak.”

Tan Tai said, “That’s right, this is the only way to close off this world so that no one can pass through this world. But, once your strength reaches a certain extent, you will be able to pass through.”

Yang Dingtian asked, “How powerful must I be?”

“Enough to suppress the entire Celestial Red Sea’s energy field.” Tan Tai said, “Of course, as the protector of the border, if you wish to pass through the Celestial Red Sea, you will have to kill me first.”

“I definitely won’t kill you.” Yang Dingtian said, “You are extremely kind.”

Tan Tai smiled and asked, “Am I very kind in your opinion?”

Yang Dingtian said, “Of course, you are almost a flawless incarnation, a person who is just like an angel.”

“This is just one side of me.” Tan Tai said, “Right now, my mission is merely to be the protector of the border, and I cannot have any standpoint, I cannot interfere with anything in the Primal Chaos World. Therefore, we are definitely willing to become extremely kind. Whenever someone comes to the Celestial Red Sea, I will be willing to rescue that person and offer my help. Soon enough, I became the Sage of the entire East Parting Grassland, possessing a position that is of a deity. But, once my mission changes, I can immediately turn from being an angel into a devil. This world’s destruction will be opened by this entire Primal Chaos Continent and us and turn into a purgatory. Fresh blood and corpses will fall, and we will be the ones who personally started it.”

Once this statement was out, Yang Dingtian immediately felt the chills as he looked at Tan Tai with large eyes. “You are talking about... the Battle of Extermination.”

Tan Tai smiled but didn’t say anything.

Yang Dingtian’s entire body started to shake and shiver as he could vaguely sense that he had touched this world’s most confidential secret. It might just be a hint, but this world’s most confidential secret was just like a devil that was the size of a mountain, and Yang Dingtian had touched only one piece of scale.

The greatest secret of the Battle of Extermination was the location of the Shrine of Ten Thousand Extermination and the Hidden Sect.

Where was Evil Dao’s main camp? Where was the Infernal Sea? If an Evil Dao army that numbered in tens of millions were to directly descend on the Primal Chaos Continent, it would be able to destroy the entire world.

Tan Tai said that the Battle of Extermination would be started by the hand of the protector of the border.

“How many protectors of borders are there in the entire world?” Yang Dingtian asked.

“Eight.” Tan Tai answered, “There are eight Gates of Hell in this world. The Celestial Red Sea is one of them, and it is also known as the Gate of Northwest.”

There were eight Gates of Hell. In the previous Battles of Extermination, the Evil Dao army marched in from different directions. The last time, they marched in from the extreme west and nearly exterminated half of the Primal Chaos Continent, killing almost 100 million individuals.

“Why are you telling me these things?” Yang Dingtian couldn’t help but ask.

Tan Tai smiled and said, “Perhaps, I have helped too much, and my heart is developing a feeling that I shouldn’t have. I don’t wish to see a calamity happening, and I don’t wish to see the Primal Chaos Continent flooded in blood. This imminent calamity is different from before. Many will die in this calamity, and the scale of this Battle of Extermination will be extremely big. It might even destroy all of the Primal Chaos Continent’s civilization.”

“Is it even bigger than the previous Battle of Extermination?” Yang Dingtian asked with a trembling voice.

“Significantly bigger.” Tan Tai said, “The previous battle merely engulfed 50,000 miles and killed 98 million individuals.”

Engulfed 50,000 miles? 98 million casualties? This was considered small? This was already beyond any of the world wars on Earth.

Right now, Tan Tai actually said that this Battle of Extermination was actually going to be much bigger. Didn’t it mean that human factions that spread over 100,000 miles would all perish?

Yang Dingtian suddenly recalled something and said, “The Maori Barbarian Tribe has vanished entirely. How many of them are there?”

“53,600,000.” Tan Tai said indifferently, “The reformed Maori Barbarian Tribe will have the strength of at least a middle-class human martial artist.”

Yang Dingtian suddenly felt he was suffocating. Tan Tai didn’t talk about the location of the Maori Barbarian Tribe, but her intention was already very clear.

The last time, the Evil Dao’s extermination army was merely close to 10 million strong.

This time, just the reformed Maori Barbarian Tribe would have 53.6 million. Furthermore, the weakest among them would be comparable to a middle-classed human martial artist. If this army charged into the Primal Chaos Continent, it was impossible to stop it even if all the factions on the continent united.

Tan Tai continued to speak, “Furthermore, it isn’t just the Maori Barbarian Tribe. This calamity is different from the previous few calamities.”

That was right, it was different. This time, the world might truly be exterminated.

“For how long?” Yang Dingtian asked, “How long before that moment arrives?”

“It is unknown. Perhaps five years or eight years. When they are all planted within the humans, it will begin.” Tan Tai said, “Of course, this calamity has already started as the crucial members within the human civilization have been planted.”

“Crucial members?” Yang Dingtian asked, “Are they the Temple of Blood’s Dugu Xiao, and Joyous Palace’s Gudu Wuhuan and the others?”

Tan Tai shook her head and said, “No, they are not the crucial members, it is someone else. In fact, the Temple of Blood and the Joyous Palace cannot be considered part of the Evil Dao. They are merely representatives and cannot be considered as evil.”

Yang Dingtian was stunned again. Dugu Xiao and Gudu Wuhuan weren’t considered evil? Then who was considered evil?

Subsequently, Yang Dingtian asked again, “Have you told this to a lot of people?”

“Only to you.” Tan Tai said, “The other protectors are all in silence and would only make people vanish completely from this world, taking the role of stone people.”

“Why did you tell me?” Yang Dingtian asked.

“Because you have come from another world. You are the only person who can stop this calamity.” Tan Tai said.

This answer made Yang Digntian feel as though he couldn’t breathe again. The fact that Yang Dingtian came from another world was his greatest secret and only Yanyan knew of it. Right now, Tan Tai had actually pointed out the greatest secret of his life.

“Alright, I have said everything I had to say.” Tan Tai smiled, “You should leave. I have put you in an independent spiritual space to converse with you. Your partner should be anxious from the wait.”

“We do not have that kind of relationship.” Yang Dingtian said. After replying, he felt that it actually wasn’t necessary to explain while Yang Dingtian spoke solemnly, “Sage Tan Tai before I leave, do you have anything to tell me? What should I do to prevent my close ones from being destroyed?”

Yang Dingtian didn’t ask to save the city, but merely to rescue his close people.

“Get stronger, stronger, stronger...” Tan Tai said indifferently, “Also beware of everyone. Anyone can be the spirit of evil.”

“Many thanks. Farewell.” Yang Dingtian bowed down and said.

“Farewell.” Tan Tai said, “Perhaps when we meet again, we will be mutually trying to kill one another.”

Yang Dingtian paused for a moment before he continued walking outside.

...

A few minutes later, Yang Dingtian and Dongfang Bingling left the temple.

At this moment, the temple had directly floated to the border of the Red Sea and stopped at the shore. Yang Dingtian and Dongfang Bingling simply went onshore.

After the duo left, the temple gradually floated back to the Red Sea and was getting further away from Yang Dingtian. The angel-like Tan Tai stood at the entrance of the temple and smiled at Yang Dingtian.

When the distance was around 30 meters away from Yang Dingtian, Tan Tai waved her hand.

Afterward, there was a flash of radiance while Tan Tai and the temple suddenly vanished from Yang Dingtian’s eyes.

“Come, let’s go down.” Dongfang Bingling said.

Immediately after, Yang Dingtian and Dongfang Bingling started to climb down from the 10,000-meter cliff.

After climbing for over twenty hours, they finished descending the 10,000 meters cliff and stood back on the soil of the East Parting Grassland.

Yang Dingtian had a clear feeling of powerful mystic qi that returned to his body.

Beside him, a giant energy field was jolting, and the surrounding plants were shaking while the air trembled.

It was undeniable that Dongfang Bingling had recovered her mystic qi.

“What is your cultivation breakthrough?” Yang Dingtian asked.

“Master.” Dongfang Bingling replied.

Yang Dingtian was appalled. Dongfang Bingling was only 21 years old and had already broken through to the Master class and became one of the strongest people in this world.

Yang Dingtian originally felt that he was already very formidable after breaking through to the 6-star Martial Ancestor class. But as compared to Dongfang Bingling, he was like a tiny light facing the massive sun. He couldn’t even see Dongfang Bingling’s back view.

This woman was truly worthy of being the No.1 genius in the four centuries.

Dongfang Bingling was looking at the 10,000-meter cliff and the Celestial Red Sea above it. Her eyes were filled with fury and humiliation.

“Shen Lang, that Tan Tai in the Celestial Red Sea will become my Primal Chaos World’s disaster.” Dongfang Bingling said coldly, “In ten years, I will kill her!”

Yang Dingtian was truly stunned by Dongfang Bingling’s words.

Tan Tai had conversed with Yang Dingtian within the independent spiritual space. Dongfang Bingling never questioned about the mysterious Tan Tai and the Celestial Red Sea. She didn’t hear any part of the conversation and didn’t know anything. But she was able to find the most accurate answer and gave the most tyrannical answer.

“Why?” Yang Dingtian couldn’t help but ask.

“Because this sea and this sky are blocking my eyes, burying my strength, and trampling on my heart.” Dongfang Bingling said in a chilly voice, “In ten years, I will kill her. I will rip all the puzzles, and I will destroy this pretentious and deceiving illusion. I will pierce through this world’s ultimate truth. I will definitely achieve what my father couldn’t do.”

Dongfang Niemie had ultimately died in pursuit of this world’s ultimate truth.

Dongfang Bingling might say that she didn’t have any feelings for her father, but she still wanted to inherit her father’s will.

Before this, Yang Dingtian felt that Dongfang Bingling was very selfish and unintelligent. Right now, Yang Dingtian felt she was very smart, but she had placed her intelligence at the most important places, while things that were important to others weren’t worth mentioning.

For a moment, Dongfang Bingling’s figure suddenly expanded again.

‘This woman might have trampled on my dignity and gave me harm, but this woman’s willpower is far superior to me, Yang Dingtian.’

She possessed the most straightforward intelligence, and she was disdained to play with any conspiracy or trickery.

Previously, Yang Dingtian felt that Dugu Fengwu and Dongfang Bingling were this generation’s Peerless Prodigies Duo and were on the same level. But from the looks of it, Dugu Fengwu might be an absolute prodigy, but as compared to Dongfang Bingling, Dugu Fengwu was inferior in every aspect.

Perhaps Dongfang Bingling would only be slightly gentle in the deepest part of her dream realm. Hence, she was able to say words like ‘Shen Lang, I fell in love with you.’ In reality, Dongfang Bingling was still the Nine Heavens Fairy who only looked at Heaven and Earth, and nothing else.

“Alright, let’s go.” Dongfang Bingling said, “Where is my soul sword?”

Her soul sword was still within Yang Dingtian’s spatial ring and originally, Yang Dingtian should have looked for a corner before retrieving the sword from the ring and acted like he buried it somewhere. But after understanding this woman, he simply took it out from his spatial ring.

Instantly, there was a strange scene as Yang Dingtian pulled her soul sword out of nowhere.

As expected, Dongfang Bingling was merely startled for a moment. She then took the soul sword but didn’t ask a single word about Yang Dingtian’s spatial ring, which was definitely this world’s greatest secret.

“Are you going to remain in the East Parting Grassland, or are you going to return to the human continent?” Dongfang Bingling asked.

“I’m going to return.” Yang Dingtian said.

“Alright, let’s return together then.” Dongfang Bingling replied and lifted Yang Dingtian’s body before leaping into the sky.

“Swish...” A set of illusory energy wings extended out. Dongfang Bingling carried Yang Dingtian and flew towards the south.