The Divine Urban Physician Chapter 3565: Ye Lingtian’s Choice (First Update)

Deep beneath a massive peak in the Kunlun Mountains, one hundred meters underground.

This location serves as one of the Dragon Soul's key bases.

Dragon Soul operatives and researchers from the institute wore grave expressions, dexterously operating the devices in their grasp.

Or fixating on the evolving metrics displayed across the massive monitor.

Spiritual energy shifts from 137 sites throughout Huaxia were being tracked on the large display.

For Dragon Soul members, domestic issues rank lower in urgency; Yuan Daofeng may inspire loathing, yet he isn't their immediate focus.

Their utmost priority lies with the spiritual energy variations.

This directly impacts the security of billions of citizens.

No allowance for carelessness can be made.

Thankfully, the values shown on the monitor climb at a measured pace, failing to present a fatal risk.

At the core of Dragon Soul operations, within a conference chamber.

Ye Lingtian rested with eyes shut, reclining on a sleek black leather couch, as Jin Lengyan detailed the occurrences in Huaxia and Kunlun Mountains across the recent years.

Jin Lengyan understood Ye Lingtian had been away and lacked awareness of the latest developments.

Yet the true state of affairs proved even more dire than her narration.

Ye Lingtian's forehead creased gradually; eventually, he drew a cigarette pack from his jacket. After years without a smoke, his fingers quivered lightly, positioning a cigarette between his lips, fingertips meeting to ignite a swirling azure flame at their ends.

The blaze met the cigarette's end, allowing tendrils of smoke to waft upward leisurely.

Countless uncertainties churned within him; why had the Emperor Abyss Palace exhibited signs of movement in Huaxia?

Precisely what schemes were they pursuing?

Furthermore, Jin Lengyan had brought up Yuan Daofeng on multiple occasions.

Mysteries enveloped this individual in abundance.

Drawing from his accumulated wisdom over the years, Ye Lingtian sensed a profound tie between Yuan Daofeng and the Emperor Abyss Palace.

However, concrete proof remained absent.

Intensifying Ye Lingtian's rage was the Hall Master's extended vanishing, reshaping the dynamics of this place entirely.

The formerly unrivaled Radiant Hall of the Kunlun Mountains had undergone a drastic shift as well.

He found himself sighing deeply, reflecting on how steadfast principles had inevitably yielded to the frailties of humanity.

All had presumed the Hall Master met his end on the Lingwu Continent, oblivious to the fact that he now commanded the summit of the Lingwu Continent.

"Mr. Ye, are you still listening?"

Jin Lengyan's words echoed once more, yanking Ye Lingtian from his reverie back to the here and now.

Ye Lingtian regarded Jin Lengyan and inquired, "You just said Yuan Daofeng might not be in the Kunlun Mountains? Is there evidence for this?"

Jin Lengyan affirmed with a nod, passing a tablet his way, and clarified, "Although the image is blurry, it can be almost confirmed that Yuan Daofeng appeared elsewhere recently."

"As for how he left, I really can’t figure it out."

"This is somewhat similar to the mysterious disappearance of that little girl."

Ye Lingtian snuffed out the cigarette between his fingers and declared, "Let’s talk about the little girl and the spiritual energy anomalies later. Take me to where Yuan Daofeng appeared now."

"I have a feeling there’s someone behind Yuan Daofeng."

Jin Lengyan inclined her head, wasting no time, "Mr. Ye, let’s set off immediately."

"Alright."

Ye Lingtian produced the artifact bestowed upon him by Ye Chen, wavered for several moments, then set it aside.

From his perspective, a complete picture hadn't yet formed, and hastily summoning the Hall Master might jeopardize his overarching strategies.

After the core issues solidify in the near future, he could then alert the Hall Master.

"Let’s go."

...

In the meantime, beyond the realms, within the Nine Death Realm.

Ye Chen remained completely ignorant of Ye Lingtian's circumstances; currently, his face twisted into an peculiar gaze fixed on the colossus ahead.

The Giant Leader prostrated on the soil, flailing gestures emphatically at Ye Chen, as the Heavenly Demon Emperor and Jun Mo observed with puzzled stares. Nevertheless, Ye Chen's eyes tightened.

Traces of a symbol were being sketched by the Giant Leader, a motif intimately known to Ye Chen; it mirrored the design adorning the Samsara Master's attire in his prior incarnation.

"Linked to my past life once more?"

Ye Chen's core quivered, instinctively directing his sight toward the array under brutal assault by the Golden Winged Great Peng, contemplating whether the giants' progenitors intertwined with his former existence.

"Boom boom boom!"

In that instant, the Giant Leader pounded his forehead repeatedly against the ground in reverence to Ye Chen, his cohorts joining in full prostration; the vision of tens of thousands of behemoths inclining their heads formed a staggeringly powerful tableau, colossal skulls colliding with the terrain and sending tremors rippling through the land.

The Golden Winged Great Peng, relentlessly bombarding the altar's shielding array, caught sight of this display, its gaze icing over, "What is this bunch doing!"

The Golden Winged Great Peng swiftly discerned that the titans were venerating that insignificant mortal, presuming the giants had descended into hysteria from terror.

The Golden Winged Great Peng let out a mocking laugh, adopting an even cooler detachment, convinced the giants were desperately clinging to false hopes, before redirecting its efforts to dismantle the altar's defensive formation.

Under a barrage of cataclysmic detonations, the altar's protective barrier dimmed progressively, shuddering with clear instability, signaling its imminent failure.

Faced with the giants' persistent obeisance, Ye Chen found it intolerable to permit further, hastily motioning for them to stand while evoking a single droplet of his vital blood.

Ye Chen's vital blood brimmed with boundless splendor, resembling that of a Supreme Sovereign; its manifestation provoked the firmament's quaking, summoning brooding storm clouds, thunderous growls echoing, and abrupt tempests howling all around.

At that juncture, the Golden Winged Great Peng's minions converged close to the Giant Ancestral Land, but ere they drew nearer, the aura emanating from Ye Chen's blood assailed them.

In a flash, innumerable savage creatures toppled earthward, extremities frozen, flesh turning icy, as though the heavens themselves bore down, saturating their beings with dread.

"What kind of power is this, what kind of majesty is this, could it be the Supreme Sovereign of the Universe has descended?!"

A savage creature teetering at the half-step Sky-filling Realm sprawled immobile, voicing its alarm.

The Golden Winged Great Peng, in the midst of shattering the altar's defensive array, perceived this formidable vital pressure, unraveling its spiritual essence and hurling it plummeting to the surface.

"What’s going on? Has the bloodline of the Giant Ancestor emerged? Haven’t I yet destroyed the guardian array?"

Unease gripped the Golden Winged Great Peng; the vital aura instilled profound horror, nearly suppressing the myriad heavens, subduing all existence, with not a trace of defiance possible, even if the Giant Ancestor wielded immense might, such extremity seemed implausible.

Before long, the Golden Winged Great Peng beheld the vital blood Ye Chen had manifested, its features contorting sharply; how could this frail mortal command such a dreadfully potent heritage, eclipsing the Giant Ancestor's manifold times over.

"Seems like devouring this human far surpasses devouring the Giant Ancestor’s bloodline!"

The Golden Winged Great Peng surged with exhilaration, its internal vigor and vitality erupting savagely, a brutal essence billowing outward as it countered the weight of Ye Chen's blood, soaring aloft once more.

Around Ye Chen, the giants, witnessing the invocation of his vital blood, burst into thunderous cheers, forms shuddering in ecstatic fervor. They stood immune to the aura's weight, shielded by Ye Chen from its oppressive might.