Chapter 218: The One in a Universe Genius and The Defeated General

Standing in the courtyard, Yu Liang let out a light chuckle. He looked up at the colossal, faceless General and replied with absolute nonchalance.

"It’s simple," Yu Liang said. "It’s all because of my talent."

Silence!

The billions of cultivators listening in their Sea of Consciousness felt like they had been slapped across the face with a wet fish. Talent?! You call imprinting 108 Heavenly Dao Runes a ’talent’?! If that’s talent, then what are the rest of us? Waste materials?!

High above in the clouds even the other Heavenly Generals fell silent.

The consciousness of the Heavenly Dao, which had temporarily taken over the manifestation, began to deeply scan Yu Liang.

It used the supreme, omniscient perception of the universe to inspect his soul, his meridians, and the 108 runes in his Soul Palace.

It searched for the aura of a reincarnated ancient emperor. It searched for the hidden consciousness of a supreme immortal. Finally, its attention turned toward the invisible threads of karma and fate, carefully tracing every possible connection that could explain this anomaly.

Yet, no matter how thoroughly it investigated, it found nothing. There was no external interference and hidden existence not even a trace of an unusual destiny.

Everything appeared ordinary, and that was precisely what made the situation so... incomprehensible.

But it found nothing.

There were not even reincarnation memories or any presence of external auras. The 108 Heavenly Dao Runes were not forced either, they were perfectly, flawlessly fused with Yu Liang’s own soul, as if they had grown there naturally.

It looked like... no it is as if he naturally comprehended and imprinted them purely through his own foundation and understanding.

The emotionless will of the Heavenly Dao processed this data extremely quickly. Since it couldn’t find any external things or past life buffs, it could only arrive at one logical conclusion.

This human was genuinely, truly, a one in a universe genius. His comprehension of the Dao was so terrifying that he had bypassed the laws of the Lower Realm through pure, unadulterated talent.

"I see," the gentle, vast voice of the Heavenly Dao echoed one last time. "Your foundation is beyond the limits of this plane. I will give you one hour to prepare."

The General raised a hand, pointing to the sky. "Before we enter the Primordial Void, I will project massive heavenly mirrors across all continents. The entire world will witness your tribulation test. Ofcourse, your figure will be blurred to protect their sanity, but they will see your battle. Let us see how you deal with this Tribulation."

Hearing this, Yu Liang’s lips curled into a wild, arrogant smirk. He stretched his neck, cracked his joints casually.

"Oh, don’t worry," Yu Liang said as his tone filled with confidence. "I’m going to crush every single one of them."

Whoosh!

The moment those words left his mouth, the gentle, vast consciousness of the Heavenly Dao instantly faded from the General’s body, retreating into the highest heavens to prepare the separate battlefield.

And the moment the Heavenly Dao left, the original consciousness of the "Qin General" snapped back into control.

The ancient, arrogant soul had no idea that his body was just hijacked and used for a polite conversation. He only remembered his blinding rage from a second ago.

"INSOLENT BRAT! DIE!"

The General roared as his eyes burned with black gold lightning. He gripped his hundred mile long halberd with both hands and swung it down with the force to cleave the continent in two, aiming directly for Yu Liang’s head.

But Yu Liang didn’t even blink.

As the massive halberd fell, Yu Liang’s hand moved but It moved like a venomous, phantom snake, slipping through the gaps in the terrifying weapon’s aura with impossible ease.

He directly bypassed the blade completely.

Smack!

Yu Liang’s palm slammed directly onto the General’s face.

The General’s eyes widened in confusion. Before he could react, Yu Liang’s fingers curled and clenched tightly, crushing the General’s facial features in his grip.

Under the utterly horrified eyes of the ancient soul, a terrifying force exploded from Yu Liang’s clenched fist.

Crackkk!! BOOOOOOM!

General couldn’t even struggle and there was no resistance either. The mighty General, a manifestation forged by the Heavenly Dao and carrying the wrath of the ancient era, was blasted to pieces in a single second!

His body shattered into countless black and golden lightning bolts which dissipated into the air like fireworks.

The remaining hundreds of thousands of Heavenly Army soldiers in the sky instantly startles. The colossal lightning beasts whined in disbelief, and the faceless soldiers took a collective, step backward.

They had just witnessed their commander get casually crushed like a bug by what? a Core Formation cultivator?

High above, the sky began to tear open violently. The Heavenly Dao was forcefully ripping open a passage to the Primordial Void to create the separate battlefield.

The spatial energy went completely berserk, creating a massive, swirling vortex of chaotic light.

Amidst this chaos, Yu Liang didn’t look at the sky.

He simply took a step forward.

Swish!

His figure vanished from the center of the courtyard, leaving behind only a fading afterimage.

He reappeared instantly at the grand balcony of the Heaven’s Table.

Mei Hua was standing there. Her beautiful face was pale, her hands were tightly gripping the railing, her knuckles had turned white.

She too also heard the entire exchange, her heart was hanging by a thread the whole time.

Seeing Yu Liang appear in front of her, the cold, imposing aura of the Nascent Soul grandmaster instantly vanished.

"Husband!"

Mei Hua let out a choked sob. She threw herself forward, wrapping her arms tightly around his waist, burying her face into his chest.

Yu Liang’s expression, which had been so arrogant and ruthless just a second ago, instantly softened into tenderness. He wrapped his arms around her slender back, gently stroking her hair.

"I’m here," Yu Liang whispered softly, his voice full of warm and comforting. "I told you, didn’t I? No matter what the heavens send, I’ll handle it."

Mei Hua looked up at him, her beautiful eyes were red and filled with tears. She reached up, gently touched his cheek, making sure he was real and unharmed.

"You idiot..." she whispered as her voice trembled with a mix of relief, fear, and overwhelming love. "You always do such crazy things... You scared me to death."

Yu Liang chuckled, leaning down to gently kiss her forehead. "I had to. If I didn’t show off a little, how would your family know just how amazing this son-in-law of there’s is?"

Mei Hua couldn’t help but let out a laugh, swatting his chest lightly. "You and your nonsense again."

Above them, the massive spatial vortex to the Primordial Void was stabilizing itself with every passing moment.

The calamity clouds were beginning to funnel into the tear, preparing to drag Yu Liang into the ultimate battlefield when readym.

But in this small corner of the balcony, holding his wife in his arms, Yu Liang felt completely at peace as he too will start a little preparation with it he will be even more ready to crush them all.