“Chen’er is too heaven-defying!”
At this moment, Ye Chen was still lost in the Martial Ancestor’s Sea of Will. The wills of the Martial Ancestor, the Desolate Heaven Emperor, and Ye Chen’s own Martial Dao will began to intertwine.
Where was his ‘Dao’?
Suddenly, Lu Xuan’s image flashed through Ye Chen’s mind.
“If it were Master, how would he handle these Martial Dao wills?”
He was certain Master would say, “I want it all!”
In that instant, a bolt of lightning seemed to strike Ye Chen’s mind. Within his illusion, Ye Chen finally found his own Dao through combat.
He wanted it all!
Whether it was the Martial Dao of the Desolate Heaven Emperor, the Martial Refinement Great Emperor, or the Martial Ancestor, he could integrate them all into his Martial Dao Furnace. The Martial Dao Furnace, embracing all rivers, vast and accommodating!
At this moment, Ye Chen’s own Martial Dao began to evolve.
Ye Chen murmured, “My Martial Dao can move mountains, sever rivers, overturn seas, subdue demons, suppress devils, command gods, pluck stars, destroy cities, and cleave open the heavens.”
Ye Chen’s voice began to echo between heaven and earth.
“My Martial Dao… can move mountains, sever rivers, overturn seas, subdue demons, suppress devils, command gods, pluck stars, destroy cities, and cleave open the heavens.”
This was his Martial Dao! Unconventional! Integrating all martial arts under heaven!
Those who merely imitated the Desolate Heaven Emperor would perish; those who merely imitated the Martial Ancestor would perish. Those who learned from the Desolate Heaven Emperor would thrive; those who learned from the Martial Ancestor would thrive.
He had comprehended.
At this moment, the Martial Ancestor’s will began to dissipate. It no longer occupied Ye Chen’s body; a mere Quasi-Emperor’s body simply couldn’t refine such powerful Martial Dao wills.
“Crack!” “Crack!”
Ye Chen’s body was cracking, his flesh and blood constantly shattering, his Divine Soul fragmenting, and his Dao Foundation crumbling. Just now, he had unconsciously activated a trace of the Martial Ancestor’s power, and his body was finally unable to bear the immense burden. He was about to split apart!
Ye Chen painfully opened his eyes. “What… what’s happening to me?”
At that moment, the azure-robed middle-aged phantom from the Yanwu Sect slowly reappeared. With a gentle flick of his sleeve, he infused a vast amount of the Martial Ancestor’s power into Ye Chen’s Martial Dao Seed.
The azure-robed middle-aged man’s eyes widened in shock. “A Martial Dao Seed! Ye Chen, you possess Supreme Potential!”
A soft light flowed into Ye Chen’s body, and his form, like an ancient tree blossoming, became revitalized. Above his Martial Dao Furnace, the Martial Dao Seed shone brilliantly, radiating profound ‘Dao’ and ‘Rhyme.’
The azure-robed middle-aged man nodded and asked, “Just now, you were on the verge of Dissolution into Dao. What power allowed you to find your own path?”
Dissolution into Dao! When a weaker cultivator attempts to comprehend the Dao of a supreme expert, due to the vast disparity in strength, they can easily get lost in the expert’s Dao, sinking into oblivion and dying. It’s like a person who has starved for ten days falling into a food warehouse and eating themselves to death.
Hearing this, Ye Chen felt a shiver of fear.
He said, “I thought of my Master. My Master is invincible, even stronger than the Martial Ancestor.”
The azure-robed middle-aged man was astonished. “Stronger than the Martial Ancestor? Then his name must be renowned across the Fallen Star Sea. What is your Master’s name?”
Ye Chen replied, “Lu Xuan.”
The azure-robed middle-aged man froze.
A moment of silence.
He said, “I’ve never heard of him.”
Ye Chen said with a serious expression, “Because my Master prefers to keep a low profile.”
The azure-robed middle-aged man fell into speechless silence.
After a moment, he said, “Ye Chen, you now bear the imprint of my Yanwu Sect. If you step into the starry sky, you will surely face encirclement and slaughter from powerful enemies.”
Ye Chen smiled faintly, flicking his sleeve with an air of Lu Xuan’s calm confidence. “No worries. My only concern is that they won’t be strong enough.”
The azure-robed middle-aged man: “…”
A moment later, he vanished directly into the sky.
Ye Chen sat cross-legged, taking out a large quantity of High-grade Spirit Crystals and beginning to refine them. His Martial Dao comprehension was now complete; he intended to Attain Emperor through his Martial Dao!
“Boom!”
Instantly, an incomparably terrifying aura erupted from Ye Chen’s body. The pressure of a Quasi-Emperor, vast as an abyss and deep as the sea, surged relentlessly.
Meanwhile, in the Secluded Valley.
“Boom!”
Several High-star Great Emperors descended upon the Secluded Valley. They looked down, spotting a figure.
Ji Fuyao, clad in a fiery red gown, sat cross-legged. Around her, the Eight Desolations Annihilation Flame slowly burned, devouring the surrounding spirit fires. Her state was terrifying; her entire being seemed to be consumed by flames, her long hair flowing like a waterfall, as she entered a profound, mystical state.
A grey-robed Great Emperor sneered, “Ji Fuyao is immersed in enlightenment! Let’s seize this chance to kill her!”
Another Great Emperor added, “Indeed! Ji Fuyao’s head is worth a Quasi-Dao Supreme’s Origin!”
They currently held the Silent Destruction Sect’s Cangyuan Stone! As long as they killed Ji Fuyao, they would gain the qualification to step onto the Supreme Path!
At this moment, Ji Fuyao was immersed in the Flame Ancestor’s inheritance. She was experiencing the same thing as Ye Chen.
“Endless Star River, ruled by the Flame Ancestor, ten thousand fires burning the star river. The Flame Ancestor’s might is peerless, refining the void…”
An ancient voice echoed in Ji Fuyao’s mind.
At this moment, Ji Fuyao’s consciousness sank into an boundless Sea of Spirit Fire. Every wisp of these flames was more terrifying than the Eight Desolations Annihilation Flame, burning across the star sea, capable of refining even stars.
The Flame Ancestor was truly terrifying!
However, in Ji Fuyao’s heart, Lu Xuan was undoubtedly the strongest. She didn’t know what realm the Flame Ancestor was in, nor did she need to know! Master was invincible! Suppressing all enemies in the world! Any enemy before Master was nothing but a mere chicken or dog! This was Ji Fuyao’s absolute conviction! If the Flame Ancestor met Master, Master could annihilate him with a flick of a finger!
“A mere wisp of the Flame Ancestor’s will dares to try and refine me?!”
Ji Fuyao’s willpower was heaven-reaching, entirely due to her supreme reverence for Lu Xuan.
In an instant, her beautiful eyes slowly opened, and her Dao Foundation began to burn as she refined a trace of the Flame Ancestor’s power.
She looked up, seeing a Great Emperor attacking her from the void. Her expression turned icy cold. She directly summoned her Ultimate Emperor Weapon, Howling Heaven. Her figure blurred abruptly, covering thousands of feet in an instant.
At this moment, a wisp of the Flame Ancestor’s will began to burn within her. Even a billionth part of it was terrifying beyond measure!
Ji Fuyao clenched her jade hand, sweeping her spear outwards.
“Boom!”
Endless, surging flames, incredibly scorching, transformed into a vast ocean, as if burning the heavens and boiling the seas. They instantly dyed the void crimson, crushing down upon the hunched old man at the forefront.
The hunched old man’s offensive power was instantly refined away. He was utterly shocked, immediately activating his defensive cultivation technique to resist. Brilliant divine light flared, forming an immense spiritual energy shield, as vast as a mountain range.
But it was useless! Utterly useless!
“Crack!” “Crack!”
The might of this spear strike, imbued with the Flame Ancestor’s undying will—though this will had endured countless ages within the Bronze Ancient Palace—was still overwhelming, illuminating the void.
The hunched man’s defense couldn’t even last a single breath before being incinerated by the heaven-reaching flames, turning into dust.
Instant kill!
A Six-star Great Emperor, body and soul annihilated!
Everyone was stunned. They were dumbfounded. What terrifying inheritance had Ji Fuyao obtained? Just borrowing a trace of power from the inheritance was this terrifying! She was only a Quasi-Emperor! What the hell was this?! How were they supposed to fight?!
The expressions of the many Great Emperors instantly changed drastically. “Run!”
“Ji Fuyao’s luck is too heaven-defying! To actually obtain such an inheritance!”
“In her current state, even we, powerful as we are, need to avoid her edge!”
Ji Fuyao’s current state was too terrifying. Her jade feet danced, her hair flowed, and her Ultimate Emperor Weapon, Howling Heaven, had transformed into a divine rainbow, streaking across the void. She was like another Flame Ancestor, terrifying beyond measure.
Ji Fuyao moved with light steps, directly blasting towards the many High-star Great Emperors. The power within her now was countless times stronger than when she was controlled by the Ancient Great Medicine!
“Die!”
Ji Fuyao let out a soft cry. Her fiery red gown billowed, like a Sea of Spirit Fire. Her figure was peerless, her hair dancing, ethereal and exquisitely beautiful, her movements like a phantom.
“Boom!”
Several Great Emperors hadn’t even fled far before they were enveloped by the terrifying power Ji Fuyao unleashed. It was like an ocean overturning, surging divine light illuminating the sky, its momentum overwhelming.
They had already torn through space, escaping into the void rifts.
But it was useless!