Chapter 1846: Blackmail

Chapter 1846: Yao Jie

A single word from Tian Xu could exterminate nine clans, stirring up a frenzy in all directions. It wasn't hard to guess what the Holy Body Ye Chen planned to do—his reverse scale had been triggered, and he was determined to wage an unending war against the Teng She Clan.

Immediately, whether it was the cultivators from Xuan Huang or Da Chu, they all followed suit, surging forward like a dark, overwhelming tide.

Ahead, Ye Chen's speed was incredibly fast. The closer he got to the Tian Xu Forbidden Zone, the colder his killing intent became, and his murderous aura grew thicker.

Upon reaching Tian Xu, he finally descended, standing like a statue, silent and unmoving, letting the fierce winds batter his body.

Behind him, cultivators from all sides had arrived, filling the heavens and covering the earth, no one speaking, only watching quietly.

"Junior Ye Chen, greets the senior." Ye Chen cupped his hands and performed a junior's salute, his words calm and unassuming.

However, Tian Xu seemed to ignore it completely, offering no response to this gesture of respect, leaving everything eerily silent.

Ye Chen said nothing, slowly withdrew his salute, then lifted his foot and stepped forward, crossing into the airspace above the Tian Xu Forbidden Zone.

This action made the hearts of cultivators from all sides tremble violently. What was Tian Xu? It was a forbidden zone—who dared to offend it?

Throughout endless ages, Ye Chen was likely the first to stand above Tian Xu like this, like a sovereign overlooking the world.

"Ye Chen, have you lost your mind? Get down here." From a mountain peak in Tian Xu, both Tian Zhu and Di Mie shouted angrily.

"So, Tian Xu does have people." Ye Chen chuckled lightly, though he remained standing in the sky.

"Such blatant disregard for Tian Xu's majesty—you truly have audacity." A Tian Wang from Tian Xu manifested, his voice like thunder from ancient times.

"Those who disregard Tian Xu's majesty aren't just me, Ye Chen." As he spoke, Ye Chen lightly flicked his sleeve, scattering jade slips that shattered mid-fall, transforming into scenes of the Teng She Clan's wicked deeds he had collected along the way.

The Tian Wang furrowed his brow slightly. With his level of insight, how could he not understand Ye Chen's intent? This was a way of cornering him.

"Hong Huang and the various heavens have long had an agreement for the younger generations to compete." Ye Chen's words echoed through the nine heavens. "The Teng She Clan's elders have caused a massive bloodbath, violating the truce agreement."

"And what do you want?" The Tian Wang glanced at Ye Chen.

"For the forbidden zone to send troops and wipe out the Teng She Clan," Ye Chen replied indifferently.

"And if the forbidden zone refuses?" The Tian Wang's tone was cold.

"Then, senior, you're forcing this junior to go mad." Ye Chen said calmly, releasing a portion of the heavenly tribulation's seal.

The heavens darkened, storm clouds gathered abruptly, lightning flashed and thunder roared, and an oppressive force erupted, making hearts quiver.

"Damn." Kui Niu cursed loudly, nearly falling from the sky.

"Heavenly tribulation." Cultivators from all sides, from quasi-emperors to heavenly realm experts, changed color and instinctively retreated.

The heavenly tribulation of the Holy Body was overwhelmingly domineering, a supreme divine punishment that terrified even the elders, let alone the juniors.

Back in the Southern Domain, when Ye Chen underwent his saint tribulation, it summoned the divine punishment of four emperors, turning the lands into mountains of corpses and rivers of blood.

More recently in Xuan Huang's Western Desert, during his quasi-saint king tribulation, it drew the divine punishment of eight emperors, leaving the eight Hong Huang clans in a sea of blood and bodies.

Now, with Ye Chen invoking the tribulation again, it would surely bring sixteen emperors.

What shocked people most wasn't that, but that he was invoking it right at Tian Xu—he intended to drag the forbidden zone into the tribulation!

"Ye Chen, have you gone mad?" Di Mie roared in anger.

"I have gone mad." Ye Chen twisted his neck fiercely. "My meaning is clear: either the forbidden zone sends troops, or you join me in this tribulation. Which will it be, senior?"

"Is this blackmail?" The Tian Xu Tian Wang snorted coldly.

"Yes, it's blackmail." Ye Chen shrugged. "So, senior, don't push a Holy Body to madness."

"Do you realize this is war, and for your own selfish desires, you're willing to disregard all lives?" The Tian Wang's tone turned icy.

"From the day Ye Chen set foot on the path of cultivation, I was prepared to bear the infamy of ages." Ye Chen laughed with a demonic edge, his eyes filled with savage light. "This war isn't for the common people—it's just for my child. Touch my reverse scale, and I'll exterminate your nine clans. I don't care about the process, only the result, even if the path is paved with blood and bones."

"You're insane, truly insane." Di Mie cursed loudly.

"I'm driven insane." Ye Chen's words were a roar from his soul, a howl of rage. His golden eyes were streaked with blood vessels, turning red, and his face twisted into an unprecedentedly ferocious expression.

His emotions were extremely unstable, making the precursors of the heavenly tribulation even more intense, ready to descend at any moment.

"Ye Chen, do you really think the forbidden zone won't destroy you?" This stern voice came from Dong Huang, more precisely from the Dong Huang Purgatory, where the Purgatory Tian Wang thundered.

As the words fell, Dong Huang Purgatory, Western Desert Wangchuan, Northern Yue Huangquan, and Southern Domain Mingtu all saw beams of ultimate emperor light rising into the sky.

These were genuine emperor weapons, authentic imperial artifacts, no fewer than a hundred, each radiating emperor might.

In other words, at least a hundred ultimate emperor weapons had locked onto Ye Chen, ready to strike him down at any time.

People from all sides trembled, their faces deathly pale. Such a formation could only be withstood by a great emperor—who else could survive?

"What a grand display." Ye Chen glanced around, his laughter eerie, without a trace of fear in his eyes.

"Leave now, and our forbidden zone will let bygones be bygones. Otherwise, it's death." The Tian Xu Tian Wang said coldly.

"Then let's test it." Ye Chen's demonic smile gained a touch of eeriness. "See if your forbidden zone strikes me down first, or if I level Tian Xu first."

With that, he released another seal on the divine punishment. The already rampant thunder was on the verge of gathering, poised to strike at any second.

The five great forbidden zone Tian Wangs' faces darkened to the extreme, realizing Ye Chen was a madman, more unhinged than they thought.

They all understood that even with over a hundred emperor weapons locked on, they couldn't instantly kill Ye Chen, for he possessed the Samsara Eye—a single heavenly path could evade an emperor's absolute kill.

Precisely because of this trump card and the world-shaking divine punishment, Ye Chen had the leverage to negotiate with the forbidden zones.

The atmosphere was oppressively tense, making hearts pound as they watched. Ye Chen was the first to dare blackmail the forbidden zones like this.

The people of Da Chu tensed up, their bodies rigid. With a hundred emperor weapons locked on, one misstep could mean instant annihilation.

"Ye Chen, don't do this." The women's voices carried sobs; Ye Chen's current state terrified them.

"Don't mess around." Just as the forbidden zones were in a dilemma, a stern shout rang out from the high void.

The sky shattered, and a hundred figures manifested—all quasi-emperors. Upon closer inspection, weren't they the Nine Sovereigns?

The shout came from the Ren Wang, not in jest but with true authority. Even the remnant soul of the Ren Huang knew the forbidden zones were too significant to risk any mishap.

Seeing the Nine Sovereigns arrive, the forbidden zone Tian Wangs' faces darkened.

They had truly underestimated Da Chu's nature—first you blackmailed, now Ye Chen, not playing by the rules. Damn it, was the Xuan Huang Forbidden Zone just asking for this?

The Da Chu Nine Sovereigns were amusing, acting as if nothing had happened, staring defiantly. What are you looking at? We're provoking you—what about it?

"Ye Chen, don't touch the heavenly tribulation." Donghuang Tai Xin snorted coldly.

"If there's an issue, discuss it properly; come out first." Tian Lao called out. They had come to observe the battle, but upon arriving in Xuan Huang, they witnessed this lawless scene—utterly frightening.

"If the forbidden zone won't send troops, I won't leave." Ye Chen was just as stubborn, standing firm without budging.

The five Tian Wangs' faces grew even darker, fuming to the point of pain. With Ye Chen unmoving, the forbidden zones didn't dare act rashly either.

They had figured it out: they couldn't provoke Ye Chen—he was like a ticking time bomb, exploding at the slightest touch.

"What exactly happened here?" Yan Huang asked, a question shared by all the Da Chu quasi-emperors. Ye Chen wouldn't confront the five forbidden zones without reason.

"The Teng She Crown Prince kidnapped Ye Chen's child for blackmail."

"Ye Chen wants to destroy the Teng She Clan, so he's asking the forbidden zone for help."

"The forbidden zone won't give face and is using emperor weapons to scare us."

"So, it's escalated to the point of preparing for war."

The people of Da Chu chattered away, each adding their piece, explaining the situation simply and clearly.

The Da Chu quasi-emperors understood, exchanging glances, then collectively looking at Xiao Ye Fan, and then at Ye Chen.

And that was it. Several hundred quasi-emperor level figures just stood with their hands behind their backs, standing straight and silent, with no one speaking or intending to.

"Is that it?" Tian Zhu and Di Mie twitched their mouths. "We asked you to mediate, so say something!"

As for the Tian Wang, his face was already pitch black.

If anyone knew Da Chu best, it was this Tian Wang. Da Chu was all of one mind—mediate? Expecting them to mediate was already generous if they didn't add fuel to the fire.

"Ah, having a child kidnapped for blackmail—such misfortune, who'd not be furious?" Ren Wang sighed endlessly.

"If it were me, I'd have blown up long ago, not dawdling like this." Tian Lao muttered, polishing his beads vigorously.

"I can't stand people who always use emperor weapons to bully kids—no class." Di Lao pursed his lips. "If this were in Da Chu, I'd have kicked them to death eight hundred times over."

The Da Chu quasi-emperors all had their own flair, loitering at the entrance of Tian Xu, each doing their own thing.

Some sovereigns held wine flasks, drinking leisurely.

Some divine generals sharpened their blades, making them gleam.

Donghuang Tai Xin and the group of female quasi-emperors like Yue Huang held small mirrors, tending to their hair.

What was this? The cultivators from all sides also twitched their mouths.

This wasn't mediation—it was just nonsense! Today, they truly saw Da Chu's true colors.

Glancing at the Tian Wang, his face wasn't just black anymore; he was clutching his chest, an old mouthful of blood brewing, unsure whether to spit it out or swallow it, just holding it in his mouth.

Just moments ago, only Ye Chen was blackmailing the forbidden zone, but now, old and young had joined in.

With this momentum, if the forbidden zone didn't send troops, they probably wouldn't leave and might even watch Ye Chen undergo his tribulation.

Speaking of the tribulation, Tian Zhu and Di Mie both raised their aged faces, glancing at the sky—Ye Chen's tribulation was coming.

A Holy Body's tribulation was one thing, but if it involved Tian Xu, the commotion, scene, and devastation would be on another level entirely—Tian Xu could really be reduced to ashes.

"Very well." The Tian Xu Tian Wang snorted coldly, finally relenting. "The forbidden zone will send troops and lend you a hundred emperor weapons."

"That's more like it!" As soon as the Tian Xu Tian Wang finished, the Da Chu quasi-emperors—whether drinking, chatting, or flirting—all turned collectively toward the Tian Xu Forbidden Zone.

At the same time, Ye Chen performed a heaven-defying great divine ability, forcibly sealing the impending heavenly tribulation once more.