Invincible Young Master in the City

At first, Mo Xiaoyan was just butting heads with Ye Fan, angry at him, and never imagined she would be abducted by a woman of unknown origin.

Mo Xiaoyan had no idea who this woman actually was. She wanted to struggle and escape, but that was almost impossible. By this point all she could do was try her best to avoid this woman, but unfortunately she was already imprisoned by her, with not even a path of escape left.

Mo Xiaoyan was baffled in her heart: "One Nuwa is bad enough, how come there’s another shadow of Nuwa? Does everyone in this world have two faces? Does Ye Fan know this woman exists or not? And why won’t that damn brother‑in‑law come save me?"

At critical moments, Mo Xiaoyan would always think of Ye Fan’s good side, but right now she had absolutely no way to contact Ye Fan, and Ye Fan couldn’t come rescue her.

At this moment Ye Fan was deep within the galaxy, searching for the whereabouts of Master Mingye. Ye Fan had been searching for about an hour, and now there were only roughly three hours left before the heavenly tribulation, yet he still hadn’t found Master Mingye.

"Looks like you shouldn’t be wasting time here, Master." Xi He appeared before Ye Fan, speaking in a persuasive tone.

"I’m wasting time? I don’t think so. I can feel that Master Mingye really did find some clues about the heavenly tribulation. She wants to tell me, yet she can’t bring herself to fully trust me... Maybe I shouldn’t have rejected her so bluntly before!" Ye Fan said, sounding somewhat annoyed with himself.

Xi He said, "The fact that you didn’t kill Master Mingye was your biggest mistake. From the perspective of a cultivator, Master Mingye wants to harm the women at your side, and even use your trust in her to do things that hurt you. How can you tolerate a woman like that existing? If because you failed to kill her earlier you end up having to shoulder certain consequences, possibly even the deaths of those close to you, I wonder if you’ll regret it, Master?"

"I don’t need you to remind me of that!" Ye Fan said, sounding somewhat angry. "How I deal with Master Mingye is my own business. Your task now is to work with Xuan Nv to find where Master Mingye went. Her cultivation is clearly weaker than you ancient cultivators, but she carries a mysterious power within her. I’m starting to realize that this power probably comes from the darkness—different from the power of cultivators and the forces behind the heavenly tribulation... It actually seems related to a power of a faction I encountered before."

Xi He asked, "Are you talking about the demonic power?"

"Mm." Ye Fan nodded. "But the power of demon cultivation should have been completely eradicated by me. I never thought I’d still be facing demonic power now!"

"Actually, you haven’t completely eradicated it, Master. There’s still plenty of demonic power left, like scattered Demonic Qi. The one using this power now should be a very formidable cultivation body. I really can’t imagine who could have such skill, to take powerful Demonic Qi and make it their own. Back then the demon cultivators had only grasped a superficial layer of demon cultivation, and even then they were already a threat to you. Of course, even if that demon were still alive now, they wouldn’t pose any threat to you today. But now these demon cultivators, gathered together, have formed a power that seems truly formidable—already strong enough to threaten you. You need to be careful, Master!"

Xi He had a certain measure of foresight about the trouble Ye Fan was running into.

After thinking it over again and again, Ye Fan also came to understand a few things.

"We’ll stop searching for now!" Ye Fan ultimately decided to give up for the moment. "I have to return to the Pan Gu Secret Realm first. The heavenly tribulation is about to descend; I don’t have much time left to keep searching... Take Xuan Nv back to Earth first."

"Yes, Master!" Xi He had never really put her heart into searching for Master Mingye to begin with. Hearing Ye Fan grant her leave, she couldn’t even be bothered to say anything more about Master Mingye, and simply turned to go. Ye Fan had no intention of seeing her and Xuan Nv off.

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Inside the Pan Gu Secret Realm, Pan Gu and Fu Xi were already making their final efforts in preparation for the heavenly tribulation.

"In just a short while, the heavenly tribulation will officially arrive. We’ve waited a long time for all of this—perhaps the time has finally come to test our cultivation!" Fu Xi seemed to have fully prepared himself to face the heavenly tribulation.

Pan Gu was still off in the distance in front of Fu Xi; the two were not standing together.

Because a deep rift had already formed between them.

Pan Gu said, "Fu Xi, I’ve already told you—I don’t have the ability to oppose this heavenly tribulation. Do you really not understand what I’m saying? Once the tribulation passes, it will be time for Ye Fan to rule the entire universe. I’m telling you this now—will you feel disappointed?"

"I don’t believe you’ll just give up like this!" Fu Xi said. "You’re Pan Gu, the one with the strongest cultivation in the universe. You’re willing to let yourself be ruled by an ordinary human? Even if you choose to hide away, in my eyes that’s still cowardly and weak. I don’t believe you won’t put up a final struggle—you do have the ability to fight the heavenly tribulation..."

Pan Gu now seemed far more weathered, saying, "The heavenly tribulation holds no meaning for me anymore. What I have to face is the eternal truth of time itself. If I keep ruling everything, then everything will stay frozen in place. Maybe my being defeated is actually the best outcome for the universe."

"You may be willing, but I’m not!" Fu Xi said.

"You have to be willing, because you have no choice. Fu Xi, you need to understand that what you’re doing now is fundamentally wrong. It’s not about me going up against Ye Fan, it’s about the things you can’t let go of in your heart. What’s the point of killing Ye Fan now? In the face of the heavenly tribulation, you’ll still die. Are you trying to change the fate of a dying order? And if you do, can you build a new order yourself?" Pan Gu said, sounding somewhat disappointed.

Fu Xi shook his head. "So you want Ye Fan to take control of everything?"

"I want him to take control of a new order, but I don’t intend for him to control me. At the very least, I’ll preserve my own life. I’ll choose to hide. I hope you can come with me, Fu Xi. Stop fixating on Nuwa—she already means nothing to you anymore. From this moment on... Nuwa belongs to Ye Fan. You can’t change that." Pan Gu’s voice sounded like he was deliberately trying to provoke Fu Xi.

Pan Gu continued, "Ye Fan has obtained power, which means he’s obtained everything. And what he most wants to possess are all the women in this universe he deems worth possessing. Your Nuwa no longer belongs to you, but to Ye Fan. It’s not that I’m handing Nuwa over to him; it’s simply that the winner is king and the loser is a bandit. If you kill Ye Fan, the heavenly tribulation will still wipe you out in the end. That’s a pointless move."