Ye Futian and Chen Yi took the lead to enter the Temple of Light. A path of light appeared in front of them. There were many guardians on both sides, but they were motionless like statues. There was no aura coming from any of them, but their bodies were in surprisingly good condition. It was as if they had been obliterated directly without ever putting up a fight.

"Let's move," said Ye Futian. He and Chen Yi walked in the direction where the light was coming from. After a few moments, they came to a place under the light. On the ground in front, there was a matrix of the light as the light was spilling down from the firmament. The light isolated the space and seemed to prevent them from going any further.

Neither of them acted carelessly but stopped just outside the light. This divine matrix was probably not something straightforward and simple. The space inside the temple was massive, and the light beam radiated from the void. In this beam of light, there was no vitality. Ye Futian could feel vaguely that within that light in front, there was no room for any other Great Path power. There was not even a speck of dust. It was the purest of light.

This divine matrix seemed to share something in common with the matrix on the outside. Chen Yi's eyes flickered, and he had a desire to try it.

But at this time, the cultivators from behind also caught up to them. The cultivators from the four forces were moving with incredible speed. They only slowed down when they were right behind them. Wisps of Great Path auras were released and enveloped the space. These cultivators had cut off any chances of retreating.

They looked at the light beam in front of them with the same strong sense of dread. After all, everything that happened on the outside was still fresh in their memory. They got here by stepping on the bones of their many companions. Otherwise, they would have never been able to get this far. This was a path forged by the lives of the cultivators from all four major forces.

"Go forward and enter," said a voice. It was none other than the clan leader of the Lin family, Lin Kong. Patriarch Lin was one of the four cultivators fighting outside with Chen Blind, while everyone else was inside. Lin Kong and several other peak Renhuang cultivators were now inside as well.

All of them unleashed a powerful coercion as the pressure pushed against both Ye Futian and Chen Yi. It was trying to force them into the divine matrix to open a way for them and see what would happen.

Before, the cultivators from the four major forces had scouted the way, but now, it was Ye Futian and Chen Yi's turn.

Considering the great pressure released by all the cultivators, Ye Futian and Chen Yi appeared exceptionally calm, as if they hadn't heard anything they said. Ye Futian's eyes were still looking at the divine matrix just ahead. He was perceiving whether or not this divine matrix was the same as the one outside and if entry could be gained using the incomparably pure light.

As for the people behind, he didn't really care for them, not even a bit.

When he saw that the two had completely ignored him, Lin Kong and the others had an extremely cold look about them, and their attention was now on Chen Yi. Since Blind Chen told them that Ye Futian was the key to opening the relic, they would first start with Chen Yi.

Chen Yi had killed his descendant, Lin Xi.

When his thought turned to this, Lin Kong's eyes became cold, and he took a step forward. Then, he raised a finger and pointed in Chen Yi's direction.

Buzz! A tremendously radiant light burst out of Chen Yi. His body as the center, a Sword Wheel of Light appeared, surrounding him and clashed with the terrifying Sword Will that came in for the kill. The explosion erupted with frightening power, causing the sword of light in front of Chen Yi to shatter as he took a step back simultaneously.

His cultivation was Renhuang in the Eighth-Realm, so attacks from cultivators in the Ninth-Realm could still threaten him.

"Are you going in by yourself, or should we make you?" Lin Kong took a step forward and said coldly to Chen Yi. An invisible Sword Will enveloped Ye Futian and Chen Yi, and they felt that the space around them contained a horrific Sword Will. It was as if just a thought would drive the Sword Will to descend upon them in an instant.

Ye Futian turned around slowly and looked in Lin Kong's direction.

He walked towards Lin Kong and said, "If so, you can go in."

Lin Kong frowned. Was he telling him to go in?

Although Ye Futian's cultivation was tremendous and he had defeated Yu Hou in the eighth-realm and the Seven Star Lords, the gap between them was a fact. He was a peak Renhung in the Ninth-Realm.

And at this moment, Ye Futian was so arrogant and confident that he told Lin Kong to go in.

Ye Futian stopped, standing there with his white robe fluttering. He looked incredibly confident in himself and gave the onlookers a sense of preeminence. It was as if he was immovable.

Buzz! A horrible Sword Will shrouded Ye Futian. In an instant, Ye Futian felt that he had entered the world of swords. Although nothing seemed to be around him, he knew that he had already fallen into his opponent's domain of swordsmanship. He could perceive that it was an invisible domain, and in this domain around him, the swords were everywhere, hidden in the invisible space.

"You're much too insolent," said Lin Kong. As soon his voice faded, he made the gesture of squeezing his palm. Suddenly there was a terrifying sharp sound all around Ye Futian, and the invisible sword that hid in the space moved at the same time. They slashed through the space, slicing through the void where Ye was. It seemed that with just a single thought, that space would be shattered into smithereens.

Ye Futian stood there and didn't move, but there was divine light circulating over the surface of his body. His physical body seemed to have been transformed into a divine body in an instant. He was surrounded by the incomparable divine light of the Great Path, and a shocking roar erupted from his body.

A sharpish sound came out, and the space seemed to have been cut into fragments, with numerous sword marks. The terrible attack was coming at Ye Futian as well, and he actually seemed to be its focal point.

Psst... A harsh, scratchy sound came from Ye Futian's body. Divine light blazed all over his body. Everyone was shocked to discover that when the Sword Will cut through the space and descended upon him. It was unable to move Ye Futian even an inch.

"How is this possible!" Lin Kong's expression changed quickly to shock. His Great Path attack could not break down Ye Futian's defense?

How could this happen? Was this really a cultivator in the Eighth-Realm?

The expression of those surrounding cultivators changed; a cultivator of the Ninth-Realm could not make Ye Futian move?

How horrific was this physical body?

At this time, when they looked at Ye Futian again, he was surrounded by the divine light as if he were some kind of deity, invincible and all-powerful.

Ye Futian's clothes were moving freely. When he was still in the Seventh-Realm, he had already defeated Xiao Mu—the direct disciple of the Devil Emperor. Now that he was in the Eighth-Realm, he was battling superior Renhuang in the Ninth-Realm, Lin Kong was not even a concern for him.

It seemed that the Great Bright City was still a pretty weak opponent for him. The current strength of Ye Futian's divine body was already at the limit of an ordinary Renhuang of the Ninth-Realm. Ye Futian was confident that he was close to being invincible and was difficult to defeat by cultivators in the Renhuang Realm unless it were those exceptional enchanting figures of the world.

"Are you going in by yourself, or should I make you?" Ye Futian asked Lin Kong. It was something Lin Kong had said to Chen Yi before, but now Ye Futian was using on him!