Chapter 489 498: The Ultimate Battle! (The Grand Finale)

The ethereal voice faded away, and only then did Ye Tian carefully examine the three items on the stone platform.

A Divine Artifact, a Cultivation Technique, and an Elixir.

He picked up the Divine Dragon Sword and dripped his blood on it to claim ownership. The entire process was incredibly simple.

Anyone else would have been completely unable to do this; the Artifact Spirit within the Divine Dragon Sword could have easily killed them in an instant.

But Ye Tian had been acknowledged by the War Dragon and was the chosen Inheritor of this place. The Divine Sword Spirit, having waited for hundreds of thousands of years, was naturally desperate to leave.

The Divine Dragon Sword transformed into a speck of light and entered the space between Ye Tian's eyebrows. With but a thought, it would naturally appear in his hand.

Next, he picked up the Dragon Emperor Technique and began to examine it carefully.

As he looked through it, he discovered that one needed the power of the Ten Veins Realm at a minimum to practice it.

Ye Tian had no choice but to swallow the Heaven-Breaking Pill.

Its name was ordinary, but its effects were terrifyingly potent.

Ye Tian felt a terrifying energy coursing through the meridians inside his body.

Originally at the Nine Veins Realm, he instantly broke through to the Ten Veins Realm, then to the Ten Veins First Layer, Second Layer, and Fifth Layer.

His breakthrough only came to a complete stop when he reached the Eleven Veins Seventh Layer.

The entire process lasted for nearly a month.

The Ye Tian of today was like a completely different person. Eleven Veins Seventh Layer was already one of the highest levels of power on the entire continent.

But he felt it still wasn't enough. He had to break through to the Twelfth Vein Realm; only at that Realm could he defeat the Demon Dragon.

The only thing to do now was to stabilize his Realm and cultivate the Dragon Emperor Technique.

Ye Tian cast aside all distracting thoughts and threw himself wholeheartedly into cultivating the Dragon Emperor Technique.

Time slowly trickled by. Before he knew it, three years had passed.

He had finally and completely comprehended the Dragon Emperor Technique, and his power had broken through to the Peak of Eleven Veins Nine Layers.

However, he was powerless to achieve a complete breakthrough. He knew that staying here any longer would be of little use; what he needed for a breakthrough was a catalyst.

Just as he was about to leave, a tremendous explosion suddenly boomed from outside.

Immediately after, a figure rapidly appeared before Ye Tian.

"Ye Tian, you've really made me work to find you, hiding away in a place like this," the newcomer said.

"Ye Shixue, your timing is perfect. Today, we'll settle this once and for all," Ye Tian said angrily, simultaneously assessing Ye Shixue's Power Realm.

He hadn't expected Ye Shixue to have also broken through to the Eleven Veins realm, and what's more, she was at the peak of the Ninth Layer, just like him.

"It seems you received the inheritance left behind by the War Dragons. A pity you'll never be able to break through to the Twelfth Vein Realm. But I will break through today," Ye Shixue said.

"Aren't you celebrating a little too soon? Today is the day you die, Demon Dragon," Ye Tian said.

With that, he struck out with a palm, a blow that now carried world-destroying might.

Ye Shixue, not to be outdone, also threw a palm strike, one that was surprisingly on par with Ye Tian's attack.

"You received the War Dragon's inheritance, and I, in turn, received the Demon Dragon's.

"Furthermore, I can feel that the War Dragon Remnant Soul has completely vanished from the world, but the Demon Dragon has not. Therefore, you are the one destined to fail," Ye Shixue said.

The terrifying collision of Energy made the entire grand hall tremble violently before it began to collapse.

The two flew directly into the air as the entire Primordial Ruins began to shake from the terrifying Energy radiating from their bodies.

The powerful Demon Beasts within scrambled to hide. A casual strike from either of them could easily annihilate them.

"Die, Demon Dragon!" Ye Tian shouted, directly unleashing the Dragon Emperor Technique.

His entire being instantly transformed into a massive Divine Dragon—or to be more precise, a War Dragon.

It glittered with golden light, bathing the entire sky in a sea of gold.

"The Dragon Emperor Technique? I have that too!" Ye Shixue said, and then she transformed as well.

A colossal black Divine Dragon appeared in the sky, its size in no way inferior to Ye Tian's War Dragon.

And so, the two Divine Dragons battled ceaselessly in the sky. In an instant, the weather turned violent, the ground split open, and countless streams of magma erupted forth.

The powerful collisions of Energy caused the Barrier around the Primordial Ruins to completely disappear.

The experts from the Holy Land detected it immediately and all rushed over at top speed.

When they saw the two colossal Divine Dragons battling in the sky, they were all so stunned they couldn't speak.

They couldn't comprehend how legendary Divine Dragons could still exist in this world.

"Ye Tian, it's time to end this!" the Demon Dragon roared.

From its mouth, it spat out a gigantic black sword. The moment the greatsword appeared, the very space around it began to shatter.

"Don't celebrate too early!" Ye Tian roared. At the same time, a golden light flashed from between his brows, and the Divine Dragon Sword appeared before him.

The golden Divine Dragon Sword and the black greatsword clashed once more.

In a single instant, hundreds of miles in every direction were reduced to nothingness.

Some of the experts from the Holy Land were killed instantly, a result that struck terror into the hearts of the others.

They all retreated in haste, leaving only Ye Tian and the other to battle in the sky.

Three days later, the transformed pair reverted to their human forms, their bodies covered in bloodstains.

"Ye Tian, if not for the Demon Dragon, we would have been the happiest of lovers. Do you hate me?" Ye Shixue asked.

Ye Tian was momentarily stunned. "Ye Shixue, even now, you're still trying to mess with my mind. You truly are despicable.

"I feel no love for you, nor any hate. The love I once had is gone. In my eyes, you are nothing but a Demon Dragon that has committed every evil imaginable," Ye Tian said.

Suddenly, he felt his Power Realm begin to shift; the bottleneck to his breakthrough was loosening.

He instantly understood the reason. It was because he had always carried this knot in his heart.

Now that the knot had been untied, he naturally achieved a breakthrough.

Instantly, lightning flashed and thunder roared. A dazzling golden light erupted from his body, illuminating millions of miles.

Ye Shixue had not expected Ye Tian to be the first to break through to the Twelfth Vein Realm. The expression on her beautiful face immediately turned ugly.

"Ye Tian, don't celebrate too early! So what if you've broken through to the Twelfth Vein Realm? Today, I'll take you down with me!" Ye Shixue said.

"Do you really think that's possible? Now, let me show you the true power of the Twelfth Vein Realm!" Ye Tian said.

At this moment, his injuries completely healed. He could clearly feel that his current strength was more than a hundred times greater than before.

He could now command all the Energy between heaven and earth. It was a sensation he had never experienced before.

"Demon Dragon's World Annihilation!" Ye Shixue roared, her entire body dissolving into a cloud of black smoke.

The instant the black smoke appeared, the trees and weeds on the ground began to wither, and the decay spread at a terrifying speed.

Within a few breaths, all vegetation for ten thousand miles around had died, shrouded by the terrifying black aura.

"Demon Dragon, it ends now!" Ye Tian's whole body once again transformed into the War Dragon.

But this time, the War Dragon possessed an incomparably colossal body, as if heaven and earth themselves were a part of it.

A huge beam of golden light shot out from its mouth, rapidly disintegrating the black smoke.

"NO!" The Demon Dragon's agonized roar came from within the black smoke.

"You never expected that I would possess the Heavenly Dao Power, did you? Even the Heavenly Dao can't stand to watch any longer. Demon Dragon, you have committed endless evil. It's time for you to die!" Ye Tian said.

The ten-thousand-mile-wide cloud of black smoke vanished in an instant, and the Demon Dragon's massive body reappeared in the sky.

Only now, it was riddled with grievous wounds, black blood constantly streaming from them.

"Ten Thousand Dragons Refinement!" Ye Tian roared.

Golden light surged from his body, transforming into the phantoms of ten thousand Divine Dragons that surrounded the Demon Dragon.

Streams of terrifying Refining Power descended upon the Demon Dragon.

The Demon Dragon let out a heart-wrenching roar as its massive body began to diminish, bit by bit.

Finally, its entire body was completely refined into nothingness, and Ye Shixue's form reappeared in the air.

This was the real Ye Shixue.

She had but a trace of life left in her. "Brother Tian, I never thought I'd one day be able to see you again with a clear mind!

"What a shame fate plays such cruel tricks. I'm sorry!"

Ye Tian had also reverted to his human form. Just as he was about to walk toward Ye Shixue, he realized that after speaking her last words, she was completely gone.

The entanglement that had lasted for so long was finally over. Gazing at Ye Shixue's body, Ye Tian was filled with a myriad of emotions.

If she hadn't been possessed by the Demon Dragon, he and Ye Shixue would have long since been together, living a blissful life.

"Congratulations on slaying the Demon Dragon. With your current power, this world is no longer suitable for you. You need to go to a more advanced plane," an ethereal voice suddenly came from the sky.

Ye Tian knew this was the voice of the Heavenly Dao.

"A more advanced plane? After I've taken care of things here, I'll go and take a look!" Ye Tian said.

With a flicker, his figure shot into the air, disappearing into the clouds in the blink of an eye... (The End)