Invincible Young Master in the City

Heavenly Peak Mountain, in Ye Fan’s view, is the last secret to saving the heavenly tribulation. Here should be the ultimate resting place of some power, but how to define its status and significance, Ye Fan is unsure, because he also doesn’t know how many secrets lie beyond Heavenly Peak Mountain.

"Previously, I never thought about matters concerning Heavenly Peak Mountain. Now it seems that everything originates from there. If I can’t find a way to save the heavenly tribulation here, it seems my only option is to passively endure it."

Just as Ye Fan was feeling unsettled, a voice suddenly came from afar. Initially, the voice was weak, seemingly just reminding Ye Fan to avoid an attack, as if it had good intentions toward him. But Ye Fan soon realized that the source of the voice did not seem to come from an ordinary cultivator.

"Who is it?" Ye Fan scrutinized the direction from which the voice came. Although it was very far away, Ye Fan could determine that with careful investigation, he would know this force could approach him at any time.

There was still no response from that direction. Ye Fan continued to observe, and after a long while, the voice finally spoke again: "Ye Fan, it seems you are prepared to deal with all this, aren’t you?"

Ye Fan was very surprised to hear this voice because it wasn’t anyone else; it was his master, Zhuo Junwu, who had introduced him to the cultivation world. The friendship between Ye Fan and Zhuo Junwu didn’t last long. After Ye Fan entered the Pan Gu secret realm, Zhuo Junwu was imprisoned due to some incident. Ye Fan had tried many methods to save Zhuo Junwu but failed, and he didn’t expect to meet Zhuo Junwu here again.

"You cannot be my master." Ye Fan scrutinized the man who had come, doubt in his eyes, "My master Zhuo Junwu has been in a coma for a long time and is still healing on Earth. Who are you really?"

Zhuo Junwu looked at Ye Fan and sighed lightly: "Ye Fan, you don’t need to deny me like this. If you think you can handle the heavenly tribulation or even want to help humanity, I won’t stop you, at least not like your third senior brother who urges you to stop. But you have to know what your ultimate fate is. Regarding the heavenly tribulation, you cannot save it, and finding the chosen one means nothing to you because your power comes from the heavenly tribulation. Once it ends, you will die as well... Don’t think about helping Pan Gu and Fu Xi, for they are not worthy of your aid."

"I don’t understand what you mean," Ye Fan said, "and I don’t want to hear it, because you are an imposter. Listening to you is like deceiving myself."

Zhuo Junwu smiled slightly: "It’s good that you are wary of everything. Actually, I can help you find the thing you are searching for in an instant because it’s a secret passed down by our Lihuo Sect for tens of thousands of years..."

As he spoke, Zhuo Junwu stretched out his hand, and the ground beneath Ye Fan at Heavenly Peak Mountain seemed to move up and down. The mountain continued to grow taller, as if it wanted to pierce the sky.

Ye Fan heightened his guard, ready to kill this unknown "Zhuo Junwu" at any moment, but he was also curious because he increasingly felt that this person seemed not to be a counterfeit, that this person was indeed Zhuo Junwu himself.

Ye Fan thought to himself: "How is this possible? The master I have always trusted, could he be the culprit of all this? And his previous coma was just to deceive me and lead me down an irreversible path?"

The rising Heavenly Peak Mountain eventually stopped. Zhuo Junwu held a weapon that Ye Fan had never seen before, and by Ye Fan’s assessment, its attack power was not strong, nor did he know what material it was made of. Ye Fan looked at Zhuo Junwu and said, "What do you really want to do?"

"I want you to understand your fate, this is actually prepared for you. Your power comes from the heavenly tribulation because your power can create and destroy this world. Since you chose to help humanity and those cultivators, it’s tantamount to going against your original destiny. What I’m doing now is to correct your mistake!"

As Zhuo Junwu said this, the ground of Heavenly Peak Mountain suddenly tore open beneath Ye Fan’s feet, creating a long fissure, and Ye Fan didn’t even know what had happened.

The fissure appeared and rapidly spread, and soon, from within, emerged a force that made Ye Fan feel incredibly frightened.

This force seemed to be that of an ancient Divine Artifact.

"What on earth is this?" Ye Fan frowned, not understanding what was occurring before him.

Zhuo Junwu said, "This is what you have been seeking all along, a divine weapon that can save the common folk and is the key to unlocking the secret of Tauling. Don’t you want it? From now on, this weapon is yours!"

"I don’t know what you mean," Ye Fan said, "You have been provoking me all this time, and now you bring out some divine weapon. From my perspective, you just want to use my master’s identity to manipulate me, and I won’t listen to your commands."

"Suit yourself."

With those words, Zhuo Junwu finished, and the weapon burst forth from the fissure beneath Ye Fan’s feet, resembling a long spear. This spear bore a power source combining elemental energy and the force of a dark apocalyptic power, leaving Ye Fan unable to describe the feeling it evoked.

Upon its appearance, the long spear hovered directly before Ye Fan. Though the weapon wasn’t large, the power it contained felt vast and unfathomable to Ye Fan.

"Ye Fan, you can see it too. Though Tauling is not yours, this divine weapon has belonged to you from the start. What I’ve been searching for on Earth is not an apprentice who can sustain our Lihuo Sect’s cultivation but the chosen one..."

After Zhuo Junwu spoke, with a wave of his hand, two people appeared before him. One was Shen Biancheng, whom Ye Fan had previously imprisoned, and the other was Bai He, who had accompanied Shen Biancheng to the Tianxuan Sect with Ye Fan.

"You should recognize them. Shen Biancheng is my disciple. He has been helping me from the start. Did you think you were lucky, encountering the Tongling Mirror before entering the Pan Gu secret realm? No, it was all arranged by me." As Zhuo Junwu spoke, Shen Biancheng and Bai He stood behind him, and their cultivation now appeared significantly higher than before, wielding powers that Ye Fan couldn’t comprehend.

Ye Fan said, "So, from the beginning, you’ve been using me, haven’t you?"