Chapter 210: Divine Will Cave Heaven

The Divine Will Mountains stretched endlessly across the land. Even a behemoth like the Divine Will Sect only occupied a few thousand miles at the range’s center, claiming the main peaks as their territory.

Many of the surrounding lesser peaks remained outside the protection of the sect’s grand formations. They were mostly used as training grounds for disciples or for hunting spirit beasts.

Ye Chen drifted through the air and landed atop a remote mountain ridge, far from the sect’s main gate. There was no one around for miles.

Although Granny Manjusaka had personally said the phoenix blood was once the property of the Boundless Demon Sect, sealed away by her own hand, the fact remained that times had changed.

The land was now under the Divine Will Sect’s control. It was best to be discreet. If he were caught red-handed, Ye Chen certainly had ways to escape, but it would be awfully awkward. His only concern now was whether the incantation Granny Manjusaka had given him could be trusted. Had the old lady left some kind of trap?

Still, Ye Chen decided to take the risk. Granny Manjusaka looked like your average ascetic cultivator, wholly devoted to cultivation. She even got dragged around by Su Yuxuan without protest. It shouldn’t be much of a problem.

Ye Chen activated his spiritual energy and silently chanted the incantation. In the next moment, the small mountain beneath his feet gave a faint tremble, and a subtle wave of formation energy spread out. Then a golden portal of light materialized in the void before him.

Ye Chen’s eyes lit up. Good old granny came through. So quiet, so clean—no flashy spectacle. There was no way the Divine Will Sect would notice. Now he just had to slip inside, retrieve the phoenix blood, and later deliver it discreetly to Li Feihuang. That would be instant profit.

As for whether he felt guilty taking something from another sect’s territory? Not at all. He wasn’t even keeping it for himself. The final recipient was Li Feihuang, a direct disciple of the Divine Will Sect itself.

How could that be considered stealing? He was merely the humble courier of the phoenix blood.

Just as Ye Chen was silently apologizing in his heart for ever doubting Granny Manjusaka, promising that next time, he’d never hurt her feelings again, and would respectfully call her Granny with utmost sincerity, the entire Divine Will Mountain Range suddenly quaked violently as if a dragon had awakened beneath the earth.

In the next instant, a blinding pillar of light burst forth from the mountain range’s center, illuminating half the entire region.

“…”

Ye Chen’s mouth twitched as he stared at the scene. If he wasn’t mistaken, that light pillar’s location was exactly where the entrance to the Divine Will Secret Realm was situated. With a disturbance like that, how could the Divine Will Sect possibly not investigate?

Damn it! The incantation really was faulty!

From deep within the sect, the oppressive aura of a powerful cultivator surged to the sky, vast spiritual sense swept across the Divine Will Mountains like a tidal wave.

Without hesitation, Ye Chen dove headfirst into the portal. He had no time to delay, not when he might get caught red-handed. While rushing through, he was already cursing inwardly—Demonic cultivators! Not a decent one among them!

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Divine Will Sect.

At the edge of a cliff stood a refined and elegant pavilion. Within it, shrouded by countless veils of mist, a graceful figure was in the midst of cultivation. The atmosphere around her shimmered with mystic energy, her brow occasionally flashing with brilliance, solemn and transcendent.

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This was An Miaoli. But at that moment, she slowly ended her cultivation and rose lightly to her feet. As the mist gradually dispersed, her slender, flawless figure came into full view—exquisite and nearly divine. She turned with a soft smile.

“Yuyi, you’re back? Did you and Ye Chen speak well? Have you resolved your misunderstandings?”

But when she fully turned and saw her niece’s face, she paused in surprise. That charming face was brimming with indignation.

What happened? Did things go poorly again? Or worse—had they argued?

An Miaoli asked calmly, “What happened?”

An Yuyi took a deep breath and puffed up with righteous anger.

“Aunt, you know I’ve always disliked that Li Feng! She’s just a little stronger in combat, yet she struts around the sect like everyone’s beneath her! And she’s not even pretty! Why does she act so high and mighty!? I went to see Ye Chen, and what do I find? He’s walking Li Feng to the gate like a cherished guest! It pissed me off. But I told myself to be the bigger person—so I didn’t say anything.