Chapter 1231: Bloodthirsty Sect

Boom! Bang!

The night sky was a mess due to Ye Chen and the Bai Pao Sheng Ren.

The Bai Pao Sheng Ren was in a sorry state, his Yuan Shen unstable. As a Sheng Ren, he didn't dare confront Ye Chen directly.

In contrast, Ye Chen was exceptionally fierce. Every time he caught up, he unleashed a flurry of powerful attacks without a word, causing the stars to tremble with thunderous roars.

Are you really trying to kill me?

The Bai Pao Sheng Ren was driven mad, his face contorted in rage, his roar like ancient thunder.

Ye Chen responded only with his strongest attacks, sending a swarm of flying swords through the air in an all-out assault.

The Bai Pao Sheng Ren howled but didn't dare turn back to fight. He burned his Yuan Shen power, streaking across the starry sky like a beam of immortal light.

Where do you think you're going?

Ye Chen stuck to him like glue, chasing wherever the Bai Pao Sheng Ren fled, determined not to stop until he was finished.

Boom! Bang!

The commotion in the stars grew even larger, attracting the attention of passing cultivators.

Am I seeing this right?

A Sheng Ren's Yuan Shen is being hunted?

And by someone in the Huang Jing?

Many people were stunned, momentarily unable to process it.

When did Sheng Ren become so weak, and when did the Huang Jing become this overwhelmingly powerful?

Let's go check it out!

Some immediately gave chase, eager to witness a Sheng-slaying spectacle firsthand.

Get lost!

Ye Chen's voice boomed like thunder, shaking the nine heavens and making everyone stop in their tracks.

No one dared approach further, fearing they would provoke Ye Chen. He was a ruthless force of nature who had reduced a Sheng Ren to such a pitiful state—if they crossed him, the consequences would be dire.

After fending off the followers, Ye Chen used Shrinking the Ground into Inches again, slashing out a divine beam with his sword.

The Bai Pao Sheng Ren gritted his teeth and teleported away, barely dodging it. He shot through the sky like a beam of immortal light, his escape speed truly impressive, even making Ye Chen click his tongue in admiration.

You're pushing me too far!

Ye Chen muttered under his breath, burning his Sheng blood to surge his speed and close the gap by a thousand zhang in an instant.

Seeing this, the Bai Pao Sheng Ren went all out too, burning even more Yuan Shen power to accelerate rapidly. Ye Chen had just narrowed the distance, but in a flash, he was flung back a thousand zhang.

I don't believe this!

Ye Chen snorted coldly, his entire body igniting in golden flames as he pursued relentlessly.

The two raced on—one like immortal light, the other like immortal radiance—creating a dazzling display in the vast starry sky.

Ah!

The Bai Pao Sheng Ren was truly driven insane, burning his Yuan Shen power along the way until his life essence grew thin, yet he still couldn't shake Ye Chen. For a Sheng Ren to be forced into this, it was utterly humiliating.

Stay right there!

Ye Chen surged with overwhelming blood energy, using a Great Teleportation step and slashing out a stellar river with his sword.

The Bai Pao Sheng Ren was hit immediately, plummeting into an ancient star.

Ye Chen followed, transforming his sword into a blade and striking from the heavens. His Ninefold Eight Desolations Slash merged in an instant, infused with Chaos Dao principles and bloodline power, carrying the might to split the heavens.

The Bai Pao Sheng Ren summoned his life-bound weapon, a war spear, gripping it with both hands and raising it overhead.

Clang!

The blade and spear collided, sparking flames with a crisp impact.

Pfft!

The Bai Pao Sheng Ren spat out a mouthful of Yuan Shen essence and was forced to his knees, his Yuan Shen thinning further.

Ah!

With a mad roar echoing through the heavens and earth, the Bai Pao Sheng Ren went berserk. He burned more Yuan Shen power, forcibly withstanding Ye Chen's blade before soaring into the sky and fleeing toward a distant range of immortal mountains.

Still running?

Ye Chen gripped his divine blade and chased after him again.

Fellow Daoist, save me!

The Bai Pao Sheng Ren cried out desperately as he fled like a beam of immortal light to the base of those immortal mountains.

Those mountains were grand and majestic, with towering peaks shrouded in mist, truly resembling a fairyland.

Vaguely visible at the mountain base was a hundred-zhang stone stele inscribed with three ancient characters: Shi Xue Zong.

In his panic, the Bai Pao Sheng Ren flew straight into the Shi Xue Zong.

How dare you!

A cold snort echoed from within the Shi Xue Zong's immortal mountains as a blood-robed elder stepped into the void, exuding immense pressure. He was a Sheng Ren, and not just any ordinary one. This man was no simple figure—he was the ancestor of the Shi Xue Zong, known across the star domain as the Shi Xue Lao Mo.

The Shi Xue Zong was shaken. Not only did the Shi Xue Lao Mo emerge, but waves of figures poured into the sky, like a tidal wave of people, with the weakest among them at the seventh level of Huang Jing.

Fellow Daoist, save me!

The Bai Pao Sheng Ren stumbled toward the Shi Xue Lao Mo, seeking protection.

A Sheng Ren!

The Shi Xue Lao Mo narrowed his eyes, a glint of interest flashing in them. He had a particular fondness for Sheng Ren-level Yuan Shen, especially one as weakened as this—it would be easy to capture.

Excellent!

The Shi Xue Lao Mo licked his lips, his smile sinister.

Where do you think you're going?

Ye Chen charged in, barreling through everything in his path.

How dare you!

The Shi Xue Zong's Sheng Lord roared in fury and struck with a palm.

Ye Chen dodged with Shrinking the Ground into Inches and instantly appeared behind the Bai Pao Sheng Ren, swinging his blade without hesitation.

You're asking for death!

The Shi Xue Lao Mo made his move, firing a divine beam from his finger at Ye Chen.

Ye Chen's sacred body was pierced on the spot, but in that same moment, he cleaved the Bai Pao Sheng Ren's Yuan Shen in half and sealed it away in the Chaos God Cauldron.

You bastard!

Furious at losing his prey, the Shi Xue Lao Mo's eyes blazed with killing intent as he swept out a palm.

Get out of here!

Ye Chen turned and fled, darting out of the Shi Xue Zong like smoke.

The Shi Xue Lao Mo was no match for the Bai Pao Sheng Ren—he was a fully intact Sheng Ren, and not an ordinary one at that. From that earlier finger strike alone, his power rivaled that of the Mo family ancestor. Faced with such a foe, Ye Chen had no choice but to retreat temporarily.

Think you can escape?

The Shi Xue Lao Mo snorted coldly and crossed the void in pursuit.

Shi Xue Zong?

As Ye Chen flew out of the immortal mountains, he glanced back at the hundred-zhang stone stele at their base, the three characters "Shi Xue Zong" standing out prominently.

Of all places, it had to be here!

Ye Chen teleported away, his expression oddly surprised. He never expected that in chasing his target, he'd end up at the Ji family's enemy, the Shi Xue Zong—it was quite unexpected.

Hmm? Something's off!

After teleporting several thousand zhang, Ye Chen instinctively looked back at the Shi Xue Zong's immortal mountains, his fingers swiftly calculating.

A reincarnated soul!

A sharp light flashed in Ye Chen's eyes as he stared intently in that direction, as if he could see through the peaks to a underground palace. There, on an altar, a woman in white was chained.

Dammit!

Ye Chen's killing intent surged.

Die!

The Shi Xue Lao Mo arrived, slamming down a palm like a mountain, heavy and unstoppable.

But in that instant, Ye Chen forcibly activated the Heavenly Dao and vanished into a spatial black hole, disappearing from the world.

Boom!

The moment he vanished, the Shi Xue Lao Mo's palm struck, shattering the ground and shaking the ancient star. A Sheng Ren's strike could destroy heavens and earth, let alone one of this caliber.

The Shi Xue Lao Mo's face grew even more ferocious, cursing himself for striking too hard and turning Ye Chen to ash.

The Shi Xue Zong's experts also pursued, glancing at the massive handprint on the ground and smirking, convinced Ye Chen must have been obliterated by the Shi Xue Lao Mo's palm.

In the spatial black hole, Ye Chen was already heading toward his calculated destination and position.

A short while later, he stopped abruptly. While the Shi Xue Lao Mo was still outside the Shi Xue Zong, Ye Chen emerged from the black hole and appeared directly in the underground palace.

You...!

The woman in white, chained to the altar, was startled by the sudden appearance.

Ye Chen smiled and swung his sword, severing the rune chains binding her.

Who are you?

The woman in white asked hurriedly, though for some reason, Ye Chen's face felt strangely familiar, as if she'd seen it before but couldn't quite remember.

Your rescuer!

Ye Chen chuckled, waving his hand to dispel the seals on her body.

Beauty, I'm here!

No sooner had Ye Chen spoken than a sinister laugh echoed from outside the underground palace.

Ye Chen turned his head, eyes narrowing. Through the stone doors, he saw a young man in purple robes, a playful smile on his lips as he licked his crimson tongue, his eyes filled with blatant lust.

Now that you're here, you won't be leaving!

Ye Chen laughed coldly, drawing the woman in white into the Chaos Cauldron. He then transformed into her likeness and sat cross-legged on the altar.