Qin Heavenly Main God asked, "How did you acquire Mo Ye?"
Godslayer replied, "Mo Ye has always been mine. It was gifted to me by the Ancestor of Tianyuan long ago, but I hid it away, fearing its Demonic Qi was too strong. I never thought I would use Mo Ye in this lifetime, but this time, I had no other choice."
"Come!" Godslayer said coldly. "Let us see which is stronger: your Boundless Thunder Tribulation, or my Mo Ye!"
Although he had only recently become a Main God, he was still a Sword God of his generation in the Divine Domain. His swordsmanship was in no way inferior to that of the Flying Sword Main God. It was simply that no one knew of it, for his first strike always initiated a bloody storm across the Divine Domain—and that storm was beginning right here.
Godslayer stood as still as a mountain, yet his imposing aura made even Qin Heavenly Main God feel afraid.
Qin Heavenly Main God rebuked, "With your level of strength, using Mo Ye is a waste! Even in your hands, it cannot unleash its true power!"
At that moment, Qin Heavenly Main God gathered cosmic thunder. Thousands of lightning bolts filled the sky above Qinzhou, crashing down toward Godslayer.
"The Heavenly Dao is vast! I alone am supreme!" Godslayer shouted.
Then, with a single sword strike, he cleaved through the thousands of lightning bolts!
This is impossible! Qin Heavenly Main God was shocked. He had never expected Godslayer’s strike to be so exquisitely clever and perfectly timed for a fatal blow.
"Slaying Gods and Demons!"
As Demonic Qi erupted, Godslayer’s eyes turned blood-red. He lunged at Qin Heavenly Main God with a swift and vicious slash.
Qin Heavenly Main God sneered, "What a pathetic sword style!"
He tried to resist with thunder and lightning. Unfortunately, his power was utterly defeated by this single sword strike. In an instant, the blade had already pierced through his body.
"Ah!"
Clutching his wound, Qin Heavenly Main God fell to one knee. In all his long years, he had never suffered such a grievous injury.
"Such a powerful strike," he managed to say.
He slowly lifted his head and saw Godslayer standing calmly with the Mo Ye Sword in hand. At that moment, Godslayer seemed to be adrift in a lonely void. Everything about him was solitary and aloof. Even the warm glow of the evening sun on his face seemed to draw no warmth. Such was the power of Godslayer and his Mo Ye Sword.
Qin Heavenly Main God struggled to his feet. "I thought I could finally redeem myself from past humiliation. Unfortunately, I overestimated myself."
"Godslayer," he snarled, "the next time we meet, I will take your head!"
Godslayer slowly turned. "My head is my own, but from the moment I set upon this path, its fate was no longer mine to control. If you have the strength, then come and take it."
"What a line! ’My head is my own, but its fate is not mine to control.’ Godslayer, I will remember those words. I hope you can still be so arrogant when we meet again!"
With that, Qin Heavenly Main God transformed into a bolt of lightning and vanished.
Godslayer considered giving chase but ultimately sheathed his sword. He knew that with his current strength, a fight to the death with Qin Heavenly Main God would only end in mutual destruction. There could be no other outcome. Thus, he was still unable to kill Qin Heavenly Main God this time; the best he could manage was a draw.
Below, Qin Heavenly Main God’s troops were dumbfounded. They never imagined that to save his own life, their leader would abandon them completely. Was this the great overlord they had been waiting for? His subordinates’ hearts grew cold, their spirits turning to ash as they foresaw their fate: the executioner’s blade.
"Kill them all! Leave no one alive!" Godslayer commanded.
His men charged forward, their morale soaring. Godslayer had won, and Qinzhou was still their domain.
Qin Heavenly Main God’s subordinates fought with all their might, desperate to carve a bloody path to safety. But before a Main God, all their courage and desperation were nothing but a farce.
Godslayer ended the battle of Qinzhou with a single slash of his sword, concluding the conflict with Qin Heavenly Main God’s defeat.
Upon returning to the grand hall, Godslayer could no longer hold back and spat out a mouthful of blood. He was injured as well. After all, Qin Heavenly Main God hailed from the same era as the Ancestor of Tianyuan. Both he and the Evil Punishment Main God were of a later generation. In the entire Divine Domain, the only ones who could be considered his contemporaries were the Red Sand Main God, the Great Wilderness Main God, and the Hu Ben Main God. However, he was still a notch weaker than those three.
「The next day」
News arrived from Shazhou. Despite his injuries, Godslayer went there immediately.
"You’re injured?" the Red Sand Main God asked.
"It’s just a minor wound," Godslayer said. "I’m not that fragile. It’s nothing."
"Even better." The Red Sand Main God didn’t ask who he had fought. He knew that anyone Godslayer couldn’t handle must also be a Main God, and a powerful one at that.
The Great Wilderness Main God noticed the sword on Godslayer’s back. "That is no ordinary sword."
"Mo Ye," Godslayer answered without hesitation.
"Extraordinary. Truly extraordinary! To think that the long-lost Mo Ye Sword is in your hands. The Divine Domain is truly full of hidden talents!" This was the Great Wilderness Main God’s most sincere, heartfelt praise.
Godslayer said, "You flatter me. I never dared to use this sword before, so I didn’t carry it around and make a fool of myself."
"You’re not hiding it anymore?" the Evil Punishment Main God asked.
Godslayer declared, "There is no longer a need to hide. My destiny and this sword’s are now intertwined. Where I am, it is. Where it is, I am."
The others nodded.
"By the way," he said, "why did you summon me?" He doubted they called him over just because they were bored. There had to be a reason, but he had no idea what it could be.
"Of course, it’s good news!" the Great Wilderness Main God said.
"What good news?" Godslayer asked, his curiosity piqued.
The Great Wilderness Main God announced, "We’ve just received word from the Outer Realm! A great victory has been won! Two Main Gods were killed, and another was severely wounded!"
"What? The Outer Realm?" Godslayer was stunned.
They had always considered the Outer Realm to be the weakest link. They had all offered to personally guard it to ensure its stability, but Ye Fan had refused them. The Main Gods had figured that if the Outer Realm were ever in danger, they could arrive in the blink of an eye as soon as a signal was sent. Who could have possibly expected such a major battle report? It was beyond all their expectations.
The Great Wilderness Main God continued, "The Farlan Main God and the Demon Suppression Main God have been slain, and the Yunxiao Main God barely escaped with his life! Ye Fan has given us another huge surprise this time!"
"Hahahaha! Our little junior brother is truly one of a kind!" Godslayer said with relief. "I thought he refused our help because he didn’t want us to get distracted. But now I see he was playing the part of a dark horse all along!"
Addressing the Great Wilderness Main God, the Evil Punishment Main God said, "Congratulations on having such an outstanding son-in-law!"
The Great Wilderness Main God laughed. "You flatter me! It is all of you who have such an outstanding junior brother, hahaha!"
It was impossible for the Great Wilderness Main God not to feel proud. After all, Ye Fan was his son-in-law! With Ye Fan being so capable, how could he, as the father-in-law, not be overjoyed? He was glad he had seen Ye Fan’s limitless potential back then, which led him to unhesitatingly defect from the Evil God lineage and join the camp of the Righteous Gods. Looking back now, his choice was not just correct—it was the best decision he could have made.
The others were also delighted. Their bitter war with the Evil God lineage was all for Ye Fan’s sake, and thankfully, he had not disappointed them. This battle proved that Ye Fan had matured. Even without their protection, he could now rise on his own in this chaotic world.