Chapter 1849: You've Come

"Why aren't you fighting? Keep fighting!" In the vast starry sky, the roars of the Teng She filled the air, making the star space rumble. They had arrogant faces, twisted and terrifying.

It seemed that the many Teng She had no idea about the existence of the Di Qu. Now that the Teng She Di Qu had manifested, it gave them immense confidence, and they no longer felt fear, each one shouting defiantly.

The loudest among them was the Teng She Tai Zi, his face twisted in a grotesque grin, laughing wildly and without restraint.

He stared only at Ye Chen, his grin menacing, as if saying: Your child is the one I captured—come on, kill me if you can!

Ye Chen completely ignored his provocation.

The various Zhun Di remained silent, standing straight and unmoving.

Since they had come this far, there was no reason not to fight. It would be unthinkable not to, especially with the rare opportunity of borrowing a hundred Di Bing. If they didn't strike now, once the Teng She recovered, it would spell disaster. They were all seasoned veterans and wouldn't leave such a threat behind.

Their silence and inaction weren't out of fear of the Teng She; they were waiting—for Ye Chen, of course.

The barrier was hard to break, so they wouldn't bother trying. With the Great Wheel of Reincarnation Heavenly Dao, everything could be handled easily.

At that moment, Ye Chen stood there, calculating his position, planning to sneak in stealthily and seize the Teng She Di Qu with thunderous speed. Without the Di Qu, the Teng She clan would be nothing.

"Don't run—stay right here?" As the Great Chu forces stayed silent, the starry sky trembled constantly, with numerous transmission portals manifesting.

Figures poured out of the portals in vast numbers, a massive dark crowd filling the surrounding star space.

Xuan Huang cultivators had arrived; their noses were sharper than a dog's, always homing in on the action accurately, all rushing to watch the spectacle.

"Hurry as we might, we made it just in time—it's not too late." Many elders were out of breath, sweating profusely. These old veterans were truly dedicated just to see the show.

"Is that the Teng She ancestral land?" An elderly Zhun Di gazed into the distance, smacking his lips in amazement. "It's truly like an immortal realm!"

"This stretch of starry sky—I think I've been here before. I never imagined the Teng She clan was hiding here," Chi Yang Zi sighed.

"The ruthless figures of Great Chu—what's going on? Why aren't they moving? With a hundred pinnacle Dao Di Bing, what are they waiting for? Attack!"

Discussions erupted from all sides, with many scratching their heads in confusion.

Naturally, there were powerful experts, such as Jiang Tai Xu and Mo Yuan, who narrowed their eyes, staring intently at the Teng She ancestral land—or more precisely, at the Teng She Di Qu.

With their level of insight, they could tell it was a Di Qu.

The Teng She clan had only one great emperor, so it wasn't hard for people to guess that this Di Qu belonged to the Teng She great emperor.

"The Teng She emperor actually left behind a Di Qu," Mo Yuan said.

"What a surprise," Jiang Tai Xu remarked, equally shocked, then glanced at the Great Chu Zhun Di. "With the Di Qu controlling the barrier, can even a hundred pinnacle Dao Di Bing break through?"

"I never expected the Teng She clan's foundations to be this terrifying," the experts from Tian Shuo's emperor dao inheritance sighed in admiration.

As time passed, more people noticed the Di Qu, their eyes widening in shock, and some even felt like kneeling.

An emperor—that was the body of an emperor! From ancient times, they ruled over all spirits, supreme beings at the peak of the Dao.

Even if only the Di Qu remained, it still intimidated the myriad realms and heavens. The legends of emperors were myths, coexisting with the heavens and earth.

"This is going to be quite a battle," many people's eyes lit up with excitement, knowing this war would be spectacular.

"The Great Chu powerhouses aren't moving, probably because they can't breach the barrier," some muttered, lost in thought.

"This time, if you leave, my Teng She clan will let bygones be bygones." Amid the discussions, the Teng She old ancestor let out a majestic cold snort that echoed through the vast starry sky, though his confidence sounded a bit lacking.

The Teng She had the Di Qu, but the enemy had a hundred Di Bing. If they clashed head-on, it would end in mutual destruction.

There was a risk that his Teng She clan could be wiped out, especially since the outsiders included not just Great Chu, but also Xuan Huang powerhouses.

If things got too friendly in conversation, the two sides might team up.

Just dealing with the Great Chu heavens was trouble enough; add Xuan Huang, and the Teng She clan would undoubtedly fall.

"Since we've come this far, and we haven't even fought, retreating now would be a disgrace to the divine general," Bei Lin said with a light laugh.

"Do you really want mutual destruction?" the Teng She old ancestor roared in anger.

"No end until death." Ye Chen snorted coldly and stepped forward, vanishing in an instant without a trace.

The Great Chu powerhouses remained calm, knowing exactly where Ye Chen had gone—it was all part of the plan, to attack from inside and out.

They would have liked to join Ye Chen through the black hole, but his power was limited; he could only take two Zhun Di at most, and whether those two went or not didn't matter.

The onlookers paused for a second, then quickly realized: Ye Chen must be using the black hole to sneak in.

"He has the Six Paths Reincarnation Eyes and masters the Great Wheel of Reincarnation Heavenly Dao," the Teng She Tai Zi suddenly realized, shouting at the top of his lungs. In his earlier excitement, he had forgotten about Ye Chen's trump card.

But his warning came a half-beat too late. Before the Teng She could react, Ye Chen had already emerged from the black hole.

The position Ye Chen chose was spot-on—right beside the Di Qu, less than half a zhang away.

In an instant, Ye Chen embraced the Teng She Di Qu.

Then, his Reincarnation Eyes burst with divine light as he unleashed the Heavenly Dao, nearly depleting all his pupil power to drag the Di Qu into the black hole, where both disappeared together.

All of this happened in the blink of an eye.

Not just the onlookers, but even the Teng She were caught off guard. By the time they reacted, Ye Chen was long gone.

In that brief moment of distraction, the Di Qu had been stolen—the greatest reliance of the Teng She clan!

"Impressive," the surrounding cultivators all exclaimed in awe, shocked that the Great Wheel of Reincarnation Heavenly Dao could even seize a Di Qu.

"Damn it!" The Teng She clan erupted in fury, their roars shaking the heavens. That Di Qu was the supreme glory of their clan, and to have it snatched away like this was an utter humiliation.

But after the rage, the entire Teng She clan's faces turned deathly pale, for the hundred Di Bing outside were already radiating emperor dao divine light, with the world-ending sword reforming.

Without the Di Qu to control the formation, how could their defensive barrier withstand the assault of a hundred emperor weapons?

"Break!" The Great Chu Zhun Di shouted in unison, their voices echoing through the star space.

The world-ending sword descended, carrying the power to destroy heavens and earth.

The Teng She protective barrier became fragile as paper, sliced open like tofu by the world-ending sword, splitting everything in half. The Teng She within were instantly reduced to ash, not even getting a chance to scream.

"Finish this quickly." Chu Huang was the first to charge in, wielding his emperor sword and sending the Teng She old ancestor flying.

The Great Chu Zhun Di followed suit, each brandishing their Di Bing and surging with killing intent as they stormed into the Teng She ancestral land.

Who knew when the forbidden zones might recall the Di Bing? They couldn't afford to delay; if that happened now, it would be absurd.

With a hundred Di Bing unleashing their emperor might, everywhere the Great Chu Zhun Di passed, nothing survived—one Teng She after another fell.

Screams, roars, and howls echoed from the Teng She ancestral land, resounding through the starry sky and making onlookers' hearts tremble.

It was a bloody scene, a one-sided massacre.

Though the Teng She clan had many Zhun Di, they only had one Di Bing, and with their guardian Di Qu stolen, how could they hold off over a hundred Zhun Di and their emperor weapons?

From the start of the battle, the Teng She clan was doomed.

The once-immortal-like ancestral land saw mountains exploding, ancient cities collapsing, great rivers drying up, and vast plains crumbling, with countless figures perishing.

Blood stained the Teng She ancestral land, turning it into a true mountain of corpses and river of blood, like a hellish realm.

"Our clan's great emperor, show yourself!" The Teng She roared, unable to withstand the assault, calling upon their ancestor, the Teng She great emperor.

This plea drew sighs from some and cold laughs from others.

A great emperor was a supreme existence, but the Teng She clan's actions had disgraced that title.

When the Tian Mo invaded, they hid away. Once the Tian Mo retreated, they emerged to cause chaos, bringing suffering to the myriad realms.

Little did they know, the Heavenly Dao has its cycles, and heaven spares no one. The blood disaster they sowed was the cause, and now their downfall was the effect—this was raw karma.

No one pitied them, and no one would. Just thinking of the spirits they had killed made pity impossible.

"Save me, old ancestor!" Amid the thunderous booms, a desperate scream rang out—the loudest and most piercing. It was the Teng She Tai Zi, being pursued by Ji Ning Shuang.

Though he was in his bloodline limit state, Ji Ning Shuang wielded a Di Bing, far beyond his ability to block. His physical body had already been destroyed, leaving only his Yuan Shen fleeing madly.

"This is all your doing!" The Teng She roared from all sides. "If you hadn't provoked Ye Chen, why would our Teng She clan face such total destruction? You're the sinner of our clan!"

The Teng She Tai Zi's Yuan Shen trembled violently, and he stopped fleeing.

Gazing at the blood-soaked clan and hearing their curses, his eyes bulged, his entire form shaking.

Only now did he understand regret—not for fighting Ye Chen, but for capturing his child.

By touching Ye Chen's reverse scale, he had enraged that madman, bringing calamity upon the Teng She.

An emperor dao inheritance would be extinguished because of his foolish act—how could he face his ancestors?

Ah! With a final roar, his mind shattered.

Ji Ning Shuang arrived and swung her emperor sword for a decisive strike.

But before she could finish off the Teng She Tai Zi, a beam of emperor light flew in from the side, shattering her sword.

It was the Teng She clan's Di Bing, slipping from the Teng She old ancestor's hand, streaking through the void to rescue the Teng She Tai Zi.

"Go, and never forget our clan's grudge!" the Teng She old ancestor howled, his roar from the depths of his soul.

Though he resented the Teng She Tai Zi, he knew the terrifying potential of one who could freely control the bloodline limit.

Given enough time, the Teng She Tai Zi would become a eternal giant, the hope of the Teng She clan and their emperor dao inheritance.

In an instant, the Teng She Di Bing swept up the Teng She Tai Zi, shattered the void, and fled toward the distant borderlands.

"Don't let them escape!" Ji Ning Shuang snorted coldly and gave chase.

The Teng She old ancestor knew the dreadful potential of the Teng She Tai Zi, and she knew it just as well. Leaving such a monster alive would be a massive threat.

As a mother and wife, how could she leave such a danger for her child and husband?

Mercy toward enemies is cruelty to oneself.

Joining the pursuit were Tian Lao, Di Lao, and Dan Zun.

If they were to kill, they would eliminate them completely—the iron rule demanded iron methods. This war was to the death.