Invincible Divine Sword Chapter 2146: 2146: Mother of All Lotus

Thus, right before Lin Jie could make his move, one of his followers, gripped by terror, rushed forward and clutched him firmly, much like a startled girlfriend desperately holding onto her boyfriend.

The sudden intense grip caught Lin Jie completely off guard.

Before his fury could erupt, the subordinate shuddered while whispering, “My lord, that’s His Majesty Heavenly Emperor, the Ancestor Dragon Primordial Demon Light Emperor!”

He is His Majesty Heavenly Emperor, the Ancestor Dragon Primordial Demon Light Emperor!

Stunned, Lin Jie’s entire frame quivered as he whipped his head around to stare at Yang Xiaotian.

The soldiers in his legion also turned toward Yang Xiaotian with expressions of utter disbelief.

“His Majesty Heavenly Emperor, the Ancestor Dragon Primordial Demon Light Emperor!” Certain troops in the legion felt their knees buckle from fear and nearly dropped to the ground in submission.

Even though the Xuanhuang Great World remains largely cut off from the outside, it isn’t fully sealed away, and Yang Xiaotian’s legendary reputation has already spread to numerous mighty forces within the Xuanhuang Great World.

Lin Jie, who had leaned on his master, the Xuanhuang Great Holy Master, to push out damaging stories about Yang Xiaotian lately, still felt an involuntary chill run through him upon confronting Yang Xiaotian face-to-face.

“Are you Yang Xiaotian?” The words slipped out from him without thinking.

By addressing Yang Xiaotian directly by his name, Lin Jie drew murderous glares from the Rain Demon, Abyss of Darkness, and their companions. Yet Yang Xiaotian gestured for the Rain Demon and the rest to hold back.

Noticing this, Lin Jie assumed Yang Xiaotian feared his status and wouldn’t dare strike. As relief washed over him, Yang Xiaotian abruptly extended a finger and unleashed a powerful blast that hurled Lin Jie flying backward, slamming him down with brutal force.

His body then smashed hard against the trunk of the Mother of All Tree.

This Lin Jie held the power of a Harmonization First Layer Realm master, yet against Yang Xiaotian, he couldn’t muster any defense or counterattack.

Blood gushed from his mouth as he glared at Yang Xiaotian with a mix of horror and fury, his complexion drained of color: “Yang Xiaotian, you’ve destroyed my Holy Vein!”

In that single finger strike, Yang Xiaotian had obliterated every Holy Vein inside his body.

“Lately, you’ve been the one spreading all those harmful rumors about me on purpose, haven’t you?” Yang Xiaotian remarked. “Out of respect for your master, I’ll spare your life. Get out of here now!”

His followers helped Lin Jie to his feet.

“Return and inform your master that I’m claiming every Mother Crystal from the Mother Nest,” Yang Xiaotian declared. “If he wishes to talk it over, he can visit me whenever he pleases!”

Realizing Yang Xiaotian had not only wrecked his Holy Vein but also planned to grab all the Mother Crystals from the Mother Nest, Lin Jie seethed with anger: “Yang Xiaotian, you’re using your power to rob us outright! Even as the Master of the Three Realms! What you’re doing is no better than common thievery!”

The Rain Demon let out a mocking laugh at his outburst: “Rob outright? But doesn’t this Mother Nest actually belong to you? Weren’t billions of the Mother clan’s followers massacred by your master back then just to claim this Mother Nest!”

“So who’s really the one robbing?”

The Rain Demon’s retort left Lin Jie at a loss for words, and he grumbled, “My master rules the Xuanhuang Great World. Every treasure of heaven and earth in the Xuanhuang Great World is his by right.”

Hearing Lin Jie’s weak justification, Yang Xiaotian responded evenly, “You’ve got one minute to get away. If I still see you here after that, there’s no point in trying to leave.”

Lin Jie and the legion trailing him paled at the warning.

Despite their boiling rage, in the end, Lin Jie and his men bolted away in haste.

Moments later, Lin Jie’s entire group disappeared from view.

Yang Xiaotian made his way over to the Mother of All Tree.

Even after Lin Jie had barreled into its trunk with such impact, the Mother of All Tree remained upright and unscathed at the point of collision.

The Mother of All Tree ranks among the toughest trees across the realms.

Yang Xiaotian ascended swiftly, arriving at the crown of the Mother of All Tree, where the Mother Nest came into sight.

Protecting the Mother Nest were restrictive arrays laid down by the Xuanhuang Great Holy Master, barriers that even countless Harmonization Tenth Layer Realm Saints couldn’t break, much less those at the Heavenly Dao Realm.

Still, Master Ding simply unleashed the Nine Strike of Epoch a few times, utterly demolishing the restrictive arrays.

With the Mother Nest now laid bare before him, Yang Xiaotian entered it. Vast as a minor city, the Mother Nest’s floor shimmered with radiant crystals known as Mother Crystals.

Once inside, Yang Xiaotian immediately set to gathering the Mother Crystals at top speed.

However, since the Xuanhuang Great Holy Master harvested them every ten thousand years, the Mother Nest held only a modest amount, around a few thousand pieces.

Yang Xiaotian swept up these few thousand Mother Crystals before exiting the Mother Nest alongside the Rain Demon, Abyss of Darkness, and the others.

Rather than pulling back to focus on cultivation, he pressed on to hunt for the eight-hundred-million-year-old Mother of All Lotus.

The Mother of All Lotus hid within the Ice River, located at the farthest northern edge of the Mother Continent.

As Yang Xiaotian and his group journeyed toward the Ice River in pursuit of the Mother of All Lotus, news of how he had crippled Lin Jie’s Holy Vein and seized thousands of Mother Crystals from the Mother Nest arrived at the Xuanhuang Great Holy Master.

Upon hearing this, the Xuanhuang Great Holy Master’s expression turned grim.

As the supreme powerhouse of the Xuanhuang Great World and a top-tier figure in the Eternal Realm List’s top ten, no one had ever dared to challenge him right in his domain before!

Yang Xiaotian hadn’t just snatched thousands of Mother Crystals from the Mother Nest—he had the audacity to disable his disciple’s Holy Vein!

“Your Majesty, Yang Xiaotian’s arrogance knows no bounds! By crippling the Saint Heir’s Holy Vein, he’s outright insulting Your Majesty!” An elderly man with white hair, serving under the Xuanhuang Great Holy Master, fumed as well.

This white-haired elder, called the White-haired Sword Venerate, stood as another formidable presence on the Eternal Realm List.

“Yang Xiaotian’s just leaning on that Mysterious Golden Cauldron of his; without it, he wouldn’t have the guts to act so boldly!” Yet another of the Xuanhuang Great Holy Master’s followers raged. “Your Majesty, we can’t let this slide, or the whole Xuanhuang Great World will mock us!”

The Xuanhuang Great Holy Master’s gaze shifted as he inquired, “Any updates from the Ice River?”

“The Nine Great Saints have just reported that they’ve located the Mother of All Lotus and are in the process of securing it!” the White-haired Sword Venerate answered promptly.

“Excellent. Instruct the Nine Great Saints that if they manage to capture the Mother of All Lotus, they’ll earn a major reward from me.” The Xuanhuang Great Holy Master stated, pleased.

A full day passed before Yang Xiaotian and his companions reached the Ice River.

The Ice River in the Mother Continent counts as a magnificent natural spectacle, akin to the Bright Heavenly River in the Bright Heavenly Realm. While the Bright Heavenly River hangs high in the sky, the Mother Continent’s Ice River weaves through towering icebergs and endless glaciers.

Chilling winds from the Ice River whipped around fiercely.

Yang Xiaotian and the others plunged into the Ice River’s flow.

The frigid aura of the Ice River enveloped them, biting cold, but such frost posed no threat to cultivators like them.

They required no protective barriers, and Yang Xiaotian didn’t even have to call upon the Chaos Holy Fire.

While advancing deeper into the Ice River, all at once, a massive ice lotus hurtled in their direction, pursued by a horde of powerful figures.

“The Mother of All Lotus!”