Chapter 1140: Battles of Soldiers and Generals

Roar! Roar!

Within the boundless void, dragon roars echoed through the night sky. A golden dan dragon and a black dan dragon soared through the nine heavens, clashing with earth-shattering force.

Who is weaker, and who is stronger?

Everyone gazed up at the starry sky, their eyes fixed intently. The events of today were truly astonishing, leaving many still dizzy with disbelief. They had witnessed the emergence of two seven-pattern dans, an event that must be the most shocking in You Du for a thousand years.

Impossible! This is impossible!

Ku Yue was still roaring, his eyes bloodshot and his face twisted in a demonic rage. He could not accept the fact that someone stood equal to him.

In contrast, Ye Chen remained composed, quietly looking up at the void. His deep eyes were filled with unyielding conviction. Even though they were dans, they were ones he had refined, carrying his invincible dao.

Roar! Roar!

The golden dan dragon and the black dan dragon continued their fierce battle.

Ku Yue's Jiu You Dan Long was infused with dragon qi, exuding the divine might of a dragon, while Ye Chen's Xian Yu Dan Long was blended with sacred body blood essence, possessing a force that could devour the heavens. The two dragons fought fiercely, evenly matched.

The heavens and earth grew completely dark, with the two dan dragons becoming the most dazzling sight under the stars, even overshadowing the starlight.

The onlookers' expressions changed. Though these were dans, they carried immense pressure, as if two real dragons were engaging in combat, dancing amid thunder and waging war in the vast expanse.

Who is weaker, and who is stronger?

The murmurs rose one after another. The dan dragons were deadlocked, eroding each other's dan qi. Both were battered and scarred, on the verge of plummeting from the ethereal void at any moment.

Kill!

Ku Yue bellowed like a madman, charging into the void to aid his dragon in the fight.

Then come on!

Ye Chen let out a cold snort, shooting upward like a divine ray, radiant and brilliant.

Roar! Roar!

With Ku Yue and Ye Chen entering the heavens, the Jiu You Dan Long circled around Ku Yue, while the Xian Yu Dan Long coiled beside Ye Chen.

This...?

The people below were stunned, their expressions full of shock. Wasn't this supposed to be a dan battle? Now the owners themselves had rushed into the sky—this was turning into a full-fledged fight! Not only would they determine superiority in alchemy, but also in their dao.

Roar! Roar!

The Xian Yu Dan Long and Jiu You Dan Long stirred, their coiling bodies clashing once more, while Ye Chen and Ku Yue engaged directly—it was truly soldiers against soldiers, generals against generals.

Ruo Tian Zhu Que smiled and waved her hand, lifting the restrictions of You Du.

This meant that Ye Chen and Ku Yue's battle would not be punished by the thunder of You Du's laws.

Kill!

In the void above, Ku Yue thundered, summoning his alchemy furnace and slamming it down toward Ye Chen with overwhelming force.

Ye Chen sneered, releasing the divine cauldrons from his entire body. They flew out of his divine sea, buzzing and trembling as they transformed into massive mountains. The Dun Jia Tian Zi surrounded them, and chaotic qi overflowed, each wisp as heavy as a great peak.

Break!

With Ye Chen's light command, the chaotic divine cauldron surged upward.

Boom!

The furnace and cauldron collided with a crisp sound, like iron striking stone, sending waves of light rippling outward.

From the impact, Ku Yue staggered back. His alchemy furnace could not budge the chaotic divine cauldron even slightly; its divine glow was suppressed and extinguished piece by piece by the chaotic dao principles.

Has the ancient sacred body become so heaven-defying?

The people below were shocked, never expecting that Ku Yue, at the peak of the imperial realm, would be outmatched by Ye Chen.

Ku Yue was an extraordinary figure—a seventh-tier alchemist who had consumed countless heaven-defying elixirs. He was no ordinary peak imperial realm cultivator, just a step away from stabilizing his quasi-saint cultivation.

Yet, such a powerful being was being bested by someone in the heaven realm. How could this not shock everyone?

I don't believe it!

Ku Yue's hair flew wildly as he roared like thunder, thrusting out nine massive dragon heads.

Tai Xu Long Yin, Nine Revolutions Sealing the Heavens!

Ye Chen unleashed a supreme secret technique, manifesting a dragon seal across the sky. It exerted pressure over the nine heavens, sealing off a section of the world and trapping Ku Yue's nine dragon heads in the ethereal void, where they were crushed into dust by the dragon seal.

Furnace echoes through the nine heavens, tempering the sky and refining the earth!

Ku Yue roared, activating his supreme divine ability. Beneath the vast starry sky, a colossal alchemy furnace materialized, standing tall as it engulfed Ye Chen within, intent on refining him into nothingness.

Yin Yang Wuji, Supreme Dao Manifesting the Heavens!

Ye Chen shouted, manifesting the nine palaces, eight trigrams, and yin-yang formations around him. Fused with chaotic dao, they expanded endlessly, covering the starry sky and the earth. The massive furnace was instantly shattered.

Ku Yue was shaken back again, each step causing the void behind him to collapse.

Ah...!

Halting abruptly, Ku Yue went berserk, igniting flames across his entire body—these were his origin flames. His aged form instantly rejuvenated, his vigorous blood essence surging like a vast ocean.

Demon Dao, activate!

Ye Chen's eyes sharpened with electric flashes as he activated the supreme demon dao, boosting his combat power.

Kill!

Fight!

From east to west in the heavens, the two clashed once more—one like a god king, the other like a war god. Their world-shaking attacks shook the heavens and earth.

Who said alchemists are unskilled in battle?

Below, cries of astonishment filled the air. Alchemists were traditionally defined as poor fighters, but witnessing Ye Chen and Ku Yue's duel overturned ancient conventions. Their combat prowess was heaven-defying.

Many people's eyes gleamed with awe, especially toward Ye Chen. Despite being completely suppressed in cultivation, he still dominated the nine heavens.

Numerous elder cultivators stroked their beards, their eyes deep with meaning. A heaven realm Ye Chen could hold his own against Ku Yue at the peak of the imperial realm. If Ye Chen stabilized his imperial realm, he might even challenge a saint.

The ancient sacred body is truly dominant!

Mu Xuan Gong took a sharp breath, utterly astounded.

A bloodline on par with the great emperors is naturally heaven-defying!

Ruo Tian Zhu Que chuckled as she gazed at the sky. When speaking of great emperors, she felt reverence, and the same for bloodlines that stood alongside them.

Roar!

As they spoke, a piercing dragon cry echoed from the void.

In the ethereal expanse, Ku Yue's Jiu You Dan Long exploded, overpowered by the Xian Yu Dan Long and sent crashing from the heavens. It transformed into a single dan pill, falling from the void and turning to ash before it even hit the ground.

Although the seven-pattern Jiu You Dan had shattered, its essence scattered into the world.

Seeing this, those with keen eyes inhaled sharply, drawing the scattered dan essence into their bodies. Even shattered, it was still a seven-pattern dan, serving as nourishment.

Ku Yue's dan has been defeated!

Most people still looked up at the void. Ku Yue's dan dragon had lost—what about Ku Yue himself? Could he hold his own against Ye Chen?

The answer was no. Soon after the Jiu You Dan Long fell, Ku Yue was drenched in blood in the void. His alchemy furnace was smashed by the chaotic divine cauldron, and he was defeated by Ye Chen, plummeting like a meteor.

Boom!

With a tremendous crash, the massive dan platform was shattered by Ku Yue's impact.

Master has lost... lost?

Yue Shan and the others were pale, their bodies trembling. They could not believe what they were seeing. Ku Yue's dan had been defeated, and the man they revered as a god had fallen, utterly and completely.

Ku Yue has been defeated!

The entire Ling Dan Shan fell into a deathly silence.

Ku Yue's dan had lost to Ye Chen, who was only a sixth-tier alchemist a month ago. And as a peak imperial realm expert, he had been bested by Ye Chen, who was merely over a hundred years old and in the heaven realm. The defeats, before and after, were absolute.