I began to understand the myriad things by chopping wood

The smoke and dust dissipated, and the tall figure gradually revealed its true appearance.

"Xie Yuan!"

Several exclamations were heard. For most of the grand masters, this was already a name that could not be ignored before they entered the tower.

What's more, Xie Yuan's elders are here.

Li Xingtuo saw Xie Yuan, looked at Xie Yuan's momentum, held the long sword upside down, stroked his chin and beard, showing admiration and satisfaction.

Xie Yi looked at Xie Yuan with some emotion in his eyes:
"Xie Yuan, you..."

He was just feeling happy and hadn't finished speaking when he saw two beautiful figures following behind Xie Yuan. His face suddenly froze.

"Ling Yun'er?"

Xie Yi said in a surprised tone.

"Daddy!"

As soon as Xie Lingyun saw Xie Yi, she jumped up and rushed over excitedly.

Xie Yi embraced his much-grown daughter, his expression complicated, his lips tightly closed. But after a moment, he sighed and nodded:
"We, the children of the Chen County Xie family, cannot fall behind in this world change. Lingyun'er, it would be fine if we could fight together as father and daughter!"

On the other side, Situ Qin walked to Situ Wan, who was some distance away from the crowd, and said softly:

"Mother..."

"You came."

Situ Wan nodded lightly and responded simply.

Situ Qin was speechless for a moment, and just stood there silently. The reunion of mother and daughter here was far less warm than the other side.

But Situ Wan casually took a step forward, standing in front of Situ Qin, and looked at Xie Yuan:
"Since you brought her here, you must protect her well. Otherwise..."

"I will."

Xie Yuan nodded.

At this time, everyone's eyes were focused on Xie Yuan.

Dozens of eyes with different expressions looked at him, and then looked calmly at the clouds and mist that had broken under his feet.

A dignified old man with neatly combed hair stroked his long beard and frowned as he said:

"Xie Yuan, have you... just entered this Tower of Babel?"

Xie Yuan bowed to the old man. They had exchanged letters several times in the past.
"Master Cui, that's right. I just entered the tower, climbed all the way up, and am about to meet up with all the seniors."

"You just came in and you opened the thirty-second heaven directly?"

A burly man with a bronze complexion, wearing a vest and revealing his muscular arms couldn't help but ask.

Although Xie Yuan had never seen this person, he had seen his portrait. He was Gu Xuantong, the owner of Lingsha Island in the East China Sea.

Lingsha Island in the East China Sea is a sacred place that commands the sea. Although it does not often travel in the Central Plains, it is quite famous - the East China Sea Sword Contest was held on Lingsha Island.

Xie Yuan nodded:

"good."

He paused and added:

"If I really follow God's way, I don't know how much time it will take, so I might as well just come up directly."

The grandmasters fell silent for a moment, their gazes shifting to the hole in the cloud that had yet to heal itself.

This "opening up" really means opening up in the literal sense.

"But, you actually killed the thirty-second heaven's guardian by yourself? In just a short while?"

This time, Gu Xuantong's tone could hardly conceal his shock, and even his lips felt a little dry.

The other Grand Masters all looked sideways, many of them were extremely shocked, almost as if they had seen a ghost. No, to them, seeing ghosts or gods was not as surprising as seeing Xie Yuan at this moment.

They all passed through the thirty-two levels of the Tower of Babel, climbing up step by step with difficulty. Under the prepared guidance of Jade Void Immortal and Master Zhiling, they finally reached the highest point.

For these great masters who are at the pinnacle of the game, the journey is thrilling and full of life-threatening situations, and it is a test to reach the highest level.

However, could Xie Yuan really rely on his own strength - at most with the help of two girls, to reach the top of the tower in a short time? Situ Qin was fine, they could see that Xie Lingyun had just broken through and her strength was not too strong.

Xie Yuan shook his head slightly:

"I walked fast. I didn't fight in some places. I just broke through the restrictions and came up."

The Grand Masters became even quieter.

It wasn't that there were no more guards after they passed the level. Many of them came later and sent people to take over. They found that the terrifying guards they had defeated always came back alive.

However, many of the garrisons were extremely powerful, and they had thought of many ways to get around them during the climb, and naturally they had also thought about how to best bypass them.

However, the restrictions here were too high, and they followed the laws of nature. There was nothing they could do, so they could only bite the bullet and slowly get through. Many grandmasters had lost their lives, and everyone had been injured.

As a result, Xie Yuan meant that he didn't care about this or that at all, and even ignored the guarding and the rules of the Tower of Babel. He directly split the thirty-two heavens. How could he get here?
This...even True Man Yuxu and his companions cannot do it.

The Grandmasters were either bewildered or shocked. With their knowledge of martial arts, they could no longer comprehend Xie Yuan's strength. However, after the shock, they were all filled with ecstasy.

With such strong support, great things can be expected!
Everyone was delighted and were about to ask Xie Yuan earnestly how long he would need to rest so that they could go together to challenge the incarnation of Heaven in the middle, but they saw that Xie Yuan was not looking over there at all, but was staring straight at the crowd.

They followed his gaze and discovered that Xie Yuan was looking at Master Yu Jing who was standing right in front of the crowd.

The atmosphere inexplicably became a little heavy.

Yu Jing looked at Xie Yuan, hiding the surprise in her expression, then looked at Master Yuxu, and said slowly:
"Brother, do you think he is the answer?"

Among the people present, only Yuxu Zhenren and Master Zhiling did not show any surprise. He sighed, his expression heavy:

"Brother, I told you long ago that you have taken the wrong path, but you refused to listen."

Yu Jing rarely showed anger:

"Brother! The catastrophe is coming. If I don't work hard, how can I change the world? How can I save the world? If you already knew there was another way, why didn't you tell me? Why didn't you believe me?"

Yuxu looked heavy:
"Junior brother, you are a child of destiny, arrogant and stubborn. I cannot tell you clearly because this is the plan for dealing with the calamity that Master Zhiling, the leader of the Kitchen God, and I discussed in the depths of Kunlun thirty years ago, avoiding the Heavenly Dao. Even we don't know whether it will work or where it will lead to, let alone tell others. But I have hinted to you before, but you only believe in yourself. Over the years, you have avoided everyone, and even I couldn't find you. The things you did... are no different from the devil's way.

"If you want to deal with Heaven, you need Heaven's help. Among the countless people chosen by Heaven over the past ten thousand years, only Xie Yuan has truly reached this point, so..."

"Brother, you are wrong."

Yu Jing suddenly interrupted him.

He closed his eyes slightly, and then opened them again, his expression had become calm:
"What is God's will? Treat all things as straw dogs. If God could help people, it would not be what it is now; if God could fight against God, it would not be defeated and die.

"Brother, my generation of cultivators have been fighting for the heaven's will and fortune since ancient times. We have always strived for self-improvement. Why do we need the mercy of heaven? Until the great catastrophe today, I only believe...

"Man can conquer heaven."

Yuxu Zhenren's expression changed several times, and finally he sighed:

"The way is to fight, but also to not fight. Junior brother, you are too obsessed..."

"Brother, I have made up my mind. Besides, I am not the only one who has made up my mind."

Yu Jing interrupted Yu Xu and turned her gaze to Xie Yuan.

And since Xie Yuan reached the 33rd heaven, his eyes have never left Yu Jing.

At this moment, his eyes were solemn. He bowed to Master Yuxu beside him from a distance, and then stared at Yu Jing:

"Yu Jing, you have planned so many things, but could you have expected this day?" Yu Jing said calmly:
"I certainly hadn't expected it before, but after that day, I had a feeling that we would meet again."

The great masters nearby had already heard this with strange expressions. They found that Yuxu Zhenren and Zhiling Master did not seem to be very surprised by Xie Yuan's arrival and performance, and from listening to their conversation, it seemed that they had planned it in advance.

And more importantly, when Xie Yuan arrived, he didn't care about the affairs of heaven at all, but instead focused all his attention on Yu Jing.

The two of them obviously have a history, but the atmosphere... is colder than a glacier.

A feeling of uneasiness surged into everyone's hearts. It seemed like wishful thinking that strong reinforcements would arrive and everyone would join hands to fight against the Heavenly Dao. Things were obviously not as simple as they thought.

Xie Yuan said coldly:
"It seems that you are ready to be killed."

His hand trembled, and the ancient black axe was in his hand. A heavy, majestic and oppressive aura immediately filled everyone's heart.

The grand masters all looked at the Xuanyuan Axe in Xie Yuan's hand with expressions of surprise.

Yu Jing just looked at it and said calmly:
"It is clear who will win. It is God's will... I never believe in God's will."

He waved his robe sleeves and formed a seal with his hands in front of his chest. In an instant, the area ten feet around him was no longer oppressed by the aura of the Xuanyuan Axe.

When the grandmasters saw that the situation between the two was about to get out of hand, their expressions changed.

Gu Xuantong couldn't help but take a step forward and raised his hands:

"You two, if you have something to say, talk to me..."

"Master Gu, Yu Jing is a thief who plotted the Black Book to wipe out the entire Mu family in Beidu Mountain. He ambushed and killed me, and only returned to the human world with the help of a noble person. He also... killed my wife who was not yet married. There is no need to talk any more here. It's a life-and-death struggle."

Xie Yuan interrupted Gu Xuantong directly.

"what?"

"Is there such a thing?"

"So the Mu family of Beidu Mountain was..."

The Grandmasters were all very surprised. There were not many people left alive in the battle of the Great River that day. Even if there were new Grandmasters who entered the Tower of Babel later, no one knew the detailed truth behind it.

Xie Yi frowned and took a step forward:
"Xie Yuan, are you serious? Are you... okay?"

Several grand masters who had a close relationship with Xie Yuan instantly became hostile to Yu Jing, and their auras were subtly directed towards her.

Xie Yuan shook his head:
"Uncle, I've come back from the dead and am alive and kicking. But... some people will never come back.

"Yu Jing and I have an irreconcilable feud that will last until death. Today, I will kill this beast with my own hands."

The other grand masters were in a dilemma upon seeing this. Everyone in the field had different stances and seemed to be divided into several groups.

However, with a powerful enemy ahead, all the grandmasters were worried. Gu Xuantong had presided over many East China Sea sword contests and was of high rank. He could not help but take a breath and said:
"Xie Yuan, I already know about this. However, the world is about to fall, and the enemy is right in front of us. As cultivators, we must not act rashly. Yu Jing has already reached the level of an immortal, and is the main force against the Heavenly Dao. Since you have recovered now, why don't you... put the overall situation first?"

"Yeah, anyway, you're alive..."

"Master Yu Jing cultivates immortality. You are young and energetic, but you may not be able to defeat him."

"Yes, why don't we all take a step back? If we have to fight against the Heavenly Dao later, Xie Yuan won't have to do it...right? Oh, Master Yu Jing, I'm not cursing you. I'm just saying this. We should all be in harmony and have the same goal."

"If you really kill or even just injure Yu Jing, how can we fight against the Heavenly Dao?"

The people around tried to persuade him.

Xie Yi and Li Xingtuo did not say anything, but just held their weapons and stood near Xie Yuan.

Situ Wan stood away from the crowd, looking Yu Jing up and down.

Seeing that the surroundings were becoming noisy, and even a grandmaster was trying to come up and pull him up by relying on his seniority, Xie Yuan showed no expression and simply stretched out his hand and drew a line of axe on the ground around him.

The axe blade of Xuanyuan Axe was so powerful that with a bang, it smashed the ground made of clouds and mist into a deep dent, just a step away from the toes of the great master.

The old master who was approaching subconsciously jumped up and down, looking quite embarrassed, and his face changed drastically:

"what are you doing?"

However, before he could finish his words, Xie Yuan in front of him suddenly disappeared.

Xie Yuan dodged and crossed the sky to Yu Jing.

He swung the axe in his hand, and a black and gold light shot up into the sky, almost splitting the entire thirty-three heavens!

Yu Jing's expression was a little stern, but she remained calm. She just changed the magic gestures in her hands, and her body retreated a hundred feet in the blink of an eye.

No, he didn't retreat. His figure suddenly changed and appeared a hundred feet away.

Seeing that he had completely avoided the range of the axe, Yu Jing stood still, and the mysterious magic formula in his hand changed rapidly. However, when he was only halfway through, his expression suddenly changed drastically.

boom!
The black and gold axe blade suddenly chopped in front of him, and then it suddenly grew hundreds of feet and crossed the space!

Yu Jing's body was shining brightly, and she barely managed to withstand the fierce black and gold axe edge, but she was chopped back repeatedly and looked very embarrassed.

Before he could stand firm, Xie Yuan had already flashed forward and stood in front of him again.

The axe came out like lightning.

Xie Yuan chopped it off on the head with his axe, like a mountain and a sea!

boom!
A green light flashed and Yu Jing retreated again.

Xie Yuan rushed forward and swung nine axes in one breath. Each axe strike was like thunder from the sky, like a tsunami, and like the world turning upside down.

All the grandmasters watching the battle held their breath, and even though they were watching the battle from a distance, they were still tense.

Even if such an attack was not directed at him, it still made him shudder. The great master who tried to stop Xie Yuan felt a chill in his back, and he could not help but stare at his toes, and he was as silent as a cicada, no longer wanting to take advantage of his seniority.

They had never expected that as soon as the battle started, Xie Yuan launched an overwhelming attack, and Yu Jing was completely unable to fight back!
Each of the thirty-three layers of heaven is boundless, like a small world; and the guard in the middle either does not rush up to challenge, but just stands there quietly, listening to the earth-shaking noise of the fight between Xie Yuan and Yu Jing.

Yu Jing is indeed an accomplished immortal. Even with Xie Yuan's invincible attack, she was able to withstand it for such a long time.

If it were most of the grand masters nearby, they would have fallen within three or five blows of the axe.

However, no matter how powerful he was, facing Xie Yuan's attacks, one axe heavier than the other, it was only a matter of time before he was defeated.

After taking a few more axes and retreating dozens of miles, Yu Jing faced Xie Yuan, suddenly stopped making hand gestures, and stretched out her hand to block Xie Yuan's axe.

Xie Yuan saw his change and had no idea what he was up to; however, no matter what conspiracy or trick he had, once the axe was out, it would not be taken back, and any trick would be smashed to pieces!
boom--

The dull sound of impact echoed throughout the thirty-three heavens, and the hard touch of the axe surprised Xie Yuan a little.

Yu Jing was not forced to retreat again. She just stood firmly, raised her hands, held a stone slab, and blocked the Xuanyuan Axe.

Xie Yuan looked at it carefully, and felt a familiar yet strange breath on this "stone slab". This breath was lofty, ethereal, and mysterious, as if it condensed all the mysteries of the world and was the answer to countless questions.

His expression narrowed slightly as he recognized what it was.

Black Book, no...

It's a heavenly book.

The stone slab outside was the one Xie Yuan saw on the first floor when he first entered the Tower of Babel;

And within this stone slab is the sum of nine pages of the Black Book combined into one.

The stone slab lit up instantly, and Xie Yuan felt an irresistible force coming, or a rule, which bounced him away and he fell to the ground with a somersault.

Yu Jing stood in the distance, holding the heavenly book, and said calmly:

"I was supposed to take it out last...but it's just as well to deal with you first."

He stretched out his hand and turned a page of the heavenly book in his hand. (End of this chapter)