Chapter 1040: Saint Body Accomplished

"Kill them!"

The demon generals suddenly roared, pointing their swords at Ji Ning Shuang from a distance.

They had already realized that individuals like Ye Chen and Ji Ning Shuang, even severely injured, were not opponents that ordinary people could defeat.

So, they became smarter and dared not charge forward themselves. Instead, they sent the Heavenly Demon soldiers to attack, gradually wearing down Ji Ning Shuang's strength. Only when she was on the verge of death would they strike to seize the Xuan Ling bloodline.

The demon generals' orders could not be disobeyed. Although the demon soldiers were fearful, they still charged forward madly.

Ji Ning Shuang had already staggered to her feet, her expression cold but firm.

With Dan Cheng fallen and all the alchemists dead in battle, she was the last barrier before Ye Chen. She had no escape and could only fight to the death.

"Kill!"

The Heavenly Demon soldiers rushed up the stone steps, swinging their killing swords.

Ji Ning Shuang burned the last of her lifespan, swinging her sword to cut down a group, and with a palm strike, another group fell.

However, the Heavenly Demon soldiers kept coming one after another, their numbers uncountable. No matter how many she killed, more would rush up the next moment. In front of the Heavenly Demons, she was like a drop in the ocean, submerged time and again, yet rising each time with surging waves.

Puff! Puff! Puff!

Fresh blood splattered, and Heavenly Demons fell one by one, their blood flowing down the stone steps.

After an unknown amount of time, the shouts of killing finally died down.

The Heavenly Demon soldiers dared not advance anymore, fearfully looking at Ji Ning Shuang, their hands gripping their swords trembling uncontrollably. In such a short time, she had slain at least tens of thousands.

Looking at Ji Ning Shuang again, she was at her limit, her figure staggering, barely able to stand.

Suddenly, she gently turned her head, her blurred vision looking toward the underground palace, as if she could see through the grand hall to Ye Chen sitting in the Hua Tian Pool. She had used up her last bit of strength and could no longer fight.

"Die!"

A demon general had already drawn his bow and notched an arrow, his face ferocious.

Zheng!

The black killing arrow pierced through the void, surrounded by thunder, carrying power that could pierce anything.

Puff!

Blood splattered, and Ji Ning Shuang, standing in front of the grand hall, was pierced by an arrow.

As the bloody wind blew, her staggering body finally fell backward, her eyes full of exhaustion.

"The Xuan Ling bloodline is mine!"

Seeing Ji Ning Shuang fall, a demon general eagerly extended his hand to grab her.

However, at that moment, the grand hall exploded with a boom, and a world-shaking pressure that made heaven and earth tremble burst forth.

Puff!

The demon general who was grabbing toward Ji Ning Shuang was immediately shaken away, his body exploding into blood mist mid-flight.

"Great Emperor?"

The Heavenly Demon soldiers and generals looked fearfully toward the underground palace exit, their bodies trembling, their souls quaking, unable to help but kneel.

Ye Chen emerged, holding Ji Ning Shuang in his arms, pouring his rolling Sacred Body essence into her body.

"I'm sorry."

Looking at Ye Chen, Ji Ning Shuang struggled to lift her blood-stained jade hand, touching his weathered and tired face, her apology conveying all the past guilt.

"Why are you so foolish?"

Ye Chen's voice was hoarse as he continued to pour in essence, but he couldn't stop her dissipating life force. She had given her all; even a Da Luo Jin Xian couldn't save her now.

"Ye Chen, if... if there is a next life, would you... would you promise me a lifetime of romance?"

She smiled through her tears, gently stroking his face, just like when they were lovers, wanting to wipe away all his scars.

The pride of the past had ruined the romance that should have been hers. She knew she was wrong and couldn't make up for it in this life. She hoped that in the next life, the heavens would pity her, allowing her to hold his hand and grow old with him.

Ye Chen didn't speak, neither refusing nor agreeing. The grievances of the past had already dissipated like smoke.

Ji Ning Shuang's hazy beautiful eyes gradually lost their light, and her raised jade hand finally fell limply.

Until her death, she never got Ye Chen's promise for the next life, but in the moment she closed her eyes, she clearly saw tears streaming down his weathered face—those two lines of tears were for her.

A breeze blew, burying a lifetime of love and a lifetime of scars.

Ji Ning Shuang dissipated with the wind, turning into smoke and clouds, but from Ye Chen's Tian Ling Gai, a brilliant golden light shot straight into the sky, piercing a large hole through the chaotic clouds overhead.

Immediately, with Ye Chen as the center, a golden halo formed, spreading without limit, sweeping over Dan Cheng and across the entire Da Chu.

What was domineering was that wherever the golden halo passed, all Heavenly Demons were obliterated, whether soldiers or generals; as soon as they touched the golden halo, they turned to ashes instantly.

Zhun Tian Yuan Man, Sheng Ti Da Cheng!

In the Tian Xuan Gate, there were excited roars; that young man had done it, breaking through the shackles at the last moment.

What a surprise!

In the distant Bei Zhen Cang Yuan's virtual sky, the Heavenly Demon Great Emperor, lounging on his throne, sat up slightly, a slight smile on his lips, his imperial eyes flashing with a dark light—that was excitement, because Da Chu had finally produced a strong expert worth his action. This world-shaking blood battle finally wasn't so boring.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

In the Nan Chu heavens and earth, there were banging sounds, slow and rhythmic.

Listening carefully, it was the sound of footsteps, perhaps because his body was as heavy as a mountain, so every step made the heavens and earth tremble and the rivers and seas surge.

Ye Chen ascended step by step into the sky; with each step, the sacred light on his body grew stronger, like a sun illuminating the world, like an Eight Wastelands War God, about to conquer the myriad domains for the fallen heroes.

At that moment, all the Da Chu cultivators who had not yet fallen raised their faces simultaneously, looking at that golden sacred shadow; everyone's eyes were moist. Da Chu had fought so bitterly, and they had finally held on until the dawn arrived.

Ye Chen stood in the virtual sky above the Nan Chu border, quietly looking north.

Beyond Nan Chu, the Heavenly Demon army was still like a black ocean, occasionally stirring up huge waves.

However, the millions-strong army was now collectively retreating; whether soldiers or generals, they all looked at Ye Chen in fear, not daring to meet his gaze directly, because they felt from him a pressure like that of the Heavenly Demon Great Emperor.

"Archaic Sacred Body, I am waiting for you here!"

In Bei Zhen Cang Yuan, the Heavenly Demon Great Emperor smiled faintly, his words carrying imperial might, echoing endlessly throughout the Da Chu heavens and earth.

Ye Chen was silent, but on the surface of his body, armor was forming at a visible speed.

That was the Hun Tian War Armor, given to him by Chu Ling Er in the past, already infused with Sacred Body origin, and now with the addition of Dao principles, it was truly a War God armor; every piece of it radiated divine light.

Buzz!

As a buzz sounded, the Chaos Divine Cauldron flew out, hovering above his head.

Then, beneath his feet, a starry river appeared, mixed with a sea of demonic blood, carrying apocalyptic might.

He slightly raised his palm, reaching toward the direction of the 100,000 Great Mountains.

Subsequently, deep in the 100,000 Great Mountains, a war spear inserted diagonally into a rock wall began to buzz.

In the next instant, that great spear flew out of the 100,000 Great Mountains, like a divine light, crossing thousands of mountains and rivers, over great rivers and mountains, and was grasped by Ye Chen. That was the Lu Tian Great Spear, the supreme divine weapon he would use in the future.

Boom! Boom! Rumble! Rumble!

Behind him, Da Chu cultivators gathered from all directions, carrying the Da Chu war banners, ready to kill back to Bei Chu with Ye Chen.