"Such a massive city, where could Mei Yi be?" Ye Xiu paced to the edge of the city. To his surprise, the moment he stepped onto the boundary where the quicksilver pool met the city walls, the entire city seemed to be lifted by a cloud and retreated several feet from its position. "Old Liu, did you see that?"

Old Liu, who had been basking in the joy of acquiring treasures, was caught off guard by the city's sudden self-defense mechanism. He walked to the edge and looked down, indeed seeing an abyss shrouded in mist. The entire city before them was bathed in a dim, yellowish afterglow. "I'm wondering, if we force our way through, will this city keep retreating? A place with no ceiling and no ground isn't somewhere we can stand."

Helpless, Ye Xiu summoned his dark flames with both hands and struck at the city's edge. Unexpectedly, the dark flames, flying normally, veered sharply upwards towards the clouds as they entered the space between the edge and the city, their trajectory defying all logic. "Is everything inside weightless?"

"Whoa... they have high-tech stuff like this? Could this underground palace city be like outer space?" Old Liu was skeptical. He projected a thin blade, which moved extremely fast, but after traveling only a short distance, it also shot upwards. If Old Liu hadn't held onto it with a silk thread, it would have ascended completely. "It really is like that. Is only this suspended area like this? How are we supposed to get across?"

"How to get across? Heh heh, look," Ye Xiu calmly observed the changes unfolding. Underneath them, massive stones began to float up from the ground. These stones resembled an inverted dragon's claw spread out in the air, positioned according to a specific pattern and distance between the edge and the city—an obvious suggestion for the two to find a way across using these stones.

"Someone deliberately lured us here, but doesn't want us to approach too easily. Are they waiting for a specific time?" Old Liu speculated reasonably. If it were only Yan Luo who took Mei Yi, he wouldn't need all this fuss. Therefore, taking Mei Yi must have been a ploy to draw Ye Xiu and him in. But why?

Ye Xiu understood this as well. Without hesitation, he stepped into the suspended space. At that moment, a force rising from beneath his feet surged up to his forehead. He tried to press his body down with force, but his body was completely disobedient, slowly floating upwards.

"Thin Blade..." Old Liu shouted, and his body shot straight into the void. He plunged his thin blade into a nearby stone block, using the force of the pull to drag himself over, bringing Ye Xiu along as well. "Doesn't this feel familiar?"

Ye Xiu certainly remembered the time they crossed the sea of fire together in the Nine Poisonous Fiend Array. But this wasn't a sea of fire; it was a zero-gravity space. Although they could use the thin blade and silk thread to traverse the space, the effects of weightlessness grew stronger the further they went. Even with an anchor point, his hands could grip the stones, but his feet inevitably floated toward the sky, a rather comical sight. "We haven't even made it halfway, hurry up!"

"You try it. How much pulling force does it take to shoot the thin blade out?" Old Liu wiped the sweat from his brow. "It’s a good thing nothing is flying out to stop us, or both of us would be floating in the sky."

"Roar, roar, roar..." As soon as Old Liu finished speaking, countless strange little snakes materialized beneath the stones. Calling them 'little snakes' was generous; these things actually possessed wings. Their tongues flickered out, long and slender, and their tails were slightly curled forward, bearing a faint green glow—clearly mutated Wind Snakes.

"You jinx!" Ye Xiu cursed Old Liu, while he thrust his Sky Scorn Sword into the stone block to stabilize himself. Watching the Wind Snakes fly freely, the zero-gravity space seemed to affect them none at all, a disadvantage Ye Xiu and Old Liu could not escape. He lashed out, shooting a ball of dark flame to test the Wind Snakes' attack method. Unexpectedly, a Wind Snake flicked its tail, releasing a torrent of green flame that completely canceled out the dark flame. "I guess we have to try your freezing spell again."

"Freezing? I can barely keep my feet on anything, how am I supposed to channel my spiritual power?" Old Liu pinned himself to the stone using his thin blade in one hand and his Demon Breaking Sword in the other, watching the Wind Snakes ahead. He noticed their tails suddenly flashing brightly. "Damn it, they’re going to blow this up! Run!"

"Rumble..." All the Wind Snakes unleashed green flames aimed directly at the massive stones, pulverizing every stone in the space. The situation was dire.

"Whoa, ah..." Ye Xiu raised the Sky Scorn Sword, losing all balance. He felt dizzy as he ascended into the air. Before he could react, a Wind Snake whipped its wings and spat its tongue out. "Old Liu, where's your Ancient Beast Way?"

"Did you have to say that?" Old Liu instantly unfurled a talisman, mimicking the surrounding Wind Snakes and transforming himself into the shape of the monster. He flapped his wings and dove into the void. Ye Xiu caught him steadily. "I'm charging ahead; you need to deal with those annoying things for me."

Ye Xiu stepped onto Old Liu's back. At that moment, the Sky Scorn Sword flashed, sending a single stream of sword light towards the pouncing Wind Snakes. The sword light was so fierce that upon contact, it instantly reduced the Wind Snakes to dust. "As expected of a divine weapon; it sliced these things apart without effort."

"Hiss..." The surrounding Wind Snakes' eyes glowed bright green, and they unleashed a massive offensive. Those in the inner circle flew forward, while those on the outer perimeter ignited their flames. Their goal was clear: knock these two down.

"Swish, swish, swish..." Old Liu, transformed into a Wind Snake, lacked their strange abilities, but his speed was incredible. He zipped back and forth, easily dodging the Wind Snakes rushing toward him. However, the fireballs were closing in, forcing him higher into the sky.

Ye Xiu held onto the fur on Old Liu's body with one hand while wielding the Sky Scorn Sword with the other, unleashing his ultimate sword technique. As the barrage of fire approached, he casually swept his sword, and the crimson sword light descended like a heavenly maiden, pervasive and omnipresent. After a wave of light, the fireballs were repelled, setting the surrounding Wind Snakes ablaze. "What are you afraid of? I'm here. Just keep charging towards the city."

"En!" Old Liu’s voice was firm. He had witnessed the power of the formless Sky Scorn Sword in Ye Xiu's hand. At that moment, he shot forward like an arrow from a drawn bow, straight toward the city. Wind and clouds rushed past; Wind Snakes swirled wildly, but he made no attempt to dodge, trusting his companion to handle them.

"Sky Scorn Sword Intent unleashed!" Ye Xiu merely held his sword before his eyes. Instantly, red light illuminated the entire suspended space. The surrounding Wind Snakes, caught in the glow, were sliced apart before they could even evade. But just then, a gigantic Wind Snake had silently positioned itself directly in front of Old Liu. In anger, it struck with its tail, knocking Old Liu off course.

"Whoosh..." Old Liu shook his head, feeling slightly dazed. Ignoring the dizziness, he flipped his body and dove even harder.

Kill intent flared in Ye Xiu. As Old Liu was forced to tumble, Ye Xiu leaped from his back, landing directly on the giant Wind Snake's back. Without hesitation, he pierced the snake's chest with his sword. That wasn't enough; just as the first Wind Snake was reduced to ash by the Sky Scorn Sword, he used the momentum to leap onto another Wind Snake. This cycle repeated until every Wind Snake on that path was annihilated.

"This is bad, the time limit for the Beast Way is almost up." In this moment of crisis, Old Liu realized his stamina was utterly depleted, yet he was still some distance from the city's ground. "Damn it, Ye Xiu, where are you!"

"Give me the Thin Blade," Ye Xiu said. He had already vaulted ahead of Old Liu while slaying the Wind Snakes. He extended one hand without looking back and leaped first onto the ground. By then, Old Liu had reverted to human form. He exerted his last bit of strength and threw his Thin Blade, which precisely wrapped around Ye Xiu's hand.

"Aargh!" Ye Xiu roared, channeling all his muscle power. With a mighty pull, he was about to yank Old Liu onto the city ground. "What kind of damned Beast Way technique is this? It always fails at the crucial moment!"

"Heh heh, didn't you say you were still here!" Every time Old Liu used the secret technique, his body reached a critical threshold, leaving him completely powerless and weak. Fortunately, there was always someone nearby during these moments of weakness. "Thanks, brother."

"Hmph, come on down." Ye Xiu settled onto the ground, confident that the force he just exerted meant Old Liu had landed safely.

"Kashou..." To their surprise, a long chain, bearing a skull emblem, shot out from the city at that precise moment. The end of the chain held a razor-sharp blade, which neatly severed the thread of the Thin Blade.

"Damn it..." Old Liu cursed, his face showing a hint of despair as he involuntarily rose into the air.

"No! Old Liu!" Ye Xiu saw the trajectory of the blade clearly but was too late to stop the thread from breaking. He quickly stood up, but Old Liu, along with the corpses of the Wind Snakes, was already ascending towards the nine heavens, vanishing from his sight.

Heaven knew if the dark world above the void had an end. Old Liu's body continued to drift. He only knew he hadn't stopped, but what awaited him down the road? Would he die here in the First Emperor's underground palace?

"Who!" The incident happened too suddenly. Ye Xiu couldn't afford to ponder how to save Old Liu; his entire focus was on the blade attached to the skull chain. He leapt between the city walls and houses, wielding the Sky Scorn Sword. The chain didn't stop; it leaped from one street into an alleyway. It was hard to imagine the immense power of the one who launched such an attack.

"Hahahaha, so the divine weapon in your hand hasn't fully awakened yet!" On a high platform, a bearded man crouched like a beast. In his hand, he held a broad, massive blade, the end of which was connected to the long, winding Qilin skull chain, whose length was indeterminate.

"It's that blade!" Ye Xiu couldn't identify the man, but he instantly recognized that peerless, rare blade. It was the divine weapon forged by Yan Luo in his final moments. He could never forget the unique design of the chained blade at the end. "Are you Yan Luo?"

"Don't rush to judgment; I'm actually quite curious to see the power of the Sky Scorn Sword!" Yan Luo slowly stood up. The chained blade had retracted to the base of the long saber. His appearance had changed drastically since the Qin Dynasty, but the scar across his face remained the same. "However, it's not time for my Universe Controlling Saber to be drawn yet. If I'm not mistaken, the Sky Scorn Sword in your possession hasn't found its sacrificial blood yet, has it? Hahahaha."