Chapter 1925: One Versus Thirty

With a thunderous boom, the starry sky trembled, and the void was filled with raging winds and clouds. Lightning flashed and thunder roared like a heavenly tribulation, weaving brilliant immortal lights that painted scenes of destruction.

These were omens, the visions of the Huanggu Shengtitai awakening its Xue Ji Xian Jie.

Indeed, Ye Chen had activated his Xue Ji Xian Jie, driven to rage and grief by Ji Ningshuang's death, triggering a forbidden state.

"No wonder the attacks from nearly sixty Honghuang Emperor's Sons couldn't kill him," Canglong Huang murmured. "Through life-and-death nirvana, he defies the heavens to open his Xue Ji Xian Jie. Even a single drop of blood can allow him to remake his golden body."

"This must be the fifth time for the Xue Ji Xian Jie," Donghuang Tai Xin muttered to herself, her expression dazed. It was first when Liu Ruyan died; second during the battle with the Dou Zhan Tianmo Emperor; third when facing Tianzhao head-on; fourth at the Nahhe Bridge for Chu Xuan; and now, this was undeniably the fifth. Across all realms, no one had activated it more times than him.

"This will make things incredibly lively," Zhuque Huang said softly. While the Zhutian Emperor-level experts were suppressed by the Honghuang Emperor's Sons, adding Ye Chen changed everything. In his current state, as a Huanggu Shengtitai with Xue Ji Xian Jie activated, he was nearly indestructible—not something a few Honghuang Emperor's Sons could handle.

"The key is, Ji Ningshuang's death will turn Ye Chen into a complete madman," Xuanwu Huang said, taking a deep breath. "A frenzied Huanggu Shengtitai is the most terrifying."

"With rage in his heart and no way to find the Zhuxian Sword, that overwhelming fury will be unleashed on the Honghuang Emperor's Sons," Baihu Huang said faintly. "The Shengtitai's wrath will surely stain the starry sky with blood."

"Why doesn't the heavens favor us?" the Honghuang Emperor's Sons gritted their teeth, all filled with resentment. As sons of great emperors, they held such noble status and bloodlines, yet none of them had ever activated the Xue Ji Xian Jie. But Ye Chen? He had done it five times already. How could they, in their lofty positions, feel balanced? On this alone, the Honghuang Emperor's Sons were utterly defeated.

"Attack! Beat the Honghuang to pieces!" the younger generation of Zhutian shouted excitedly, roaring with fervor. They unconditionally believed that Ye Chen, the Huanggu Shengtitai, could turn the tide and reverse the situation for all the Zhutian realms.

"Even if you've opened the Xue Ji Xian Jie, I'll still chop you."

The Honghuang Emperor's Sons howled fiercely, their faces twisted in savagery. Fully thirty of them charged into the misty void, joining forces to annihilate Ye Chen.

Ye Chen said nothing, descending through the air. His hollow eyes were pitch black, and his face, etched with the marks of time, showed no trace of emotion. Those who knew him understood that the more silent the Shengtitai Ye Chen became, the more dangerous he was—like an ancient primordial beast awakening from its slumber.

"Exterminate!"

A blood-haired Honghuang Emperor's Son was the most reckless, perhaps out of sheer folly or madness, charging ahead first. He unleashed a divine beam from his finger, devastating in its power.

Ye Chen didn't dodge or evade, allowing the finger strike to pierce his sacred body. Yet, he reached the Emperor's Son in an instant, wrenching off his head with one hand. He pulled out the Emperor's Son's primordial spirit along with it, crushing it to pieces in his grasp.

Hiss!

The bloody scene made cultivators and Emperor-level experts from Zhutian gasp in shock. Killing an Emperor's Son in a single exchange, and head-on at that—what terrifying combat power!

The most frustrated was that blood-haired Emperor's Son. He had charged in quickly, hoping to show off, but instead, he was instantly slain. He didn't even get to scream, let alone unleash his many Emperor Dao immortal arts, before perishing in the starry sky.

Zhutian was stunned, Honghuang was stunned, and the Honghuang Emperor's Sons were stunned. Especially the twenty-nine charging toward Ye Chen—they all hesitated, no longer daring to rush forward.

This wasn't the time to show speed; the faster you went, the quicker you'd die. That blood-haired Emperor's Son was a grim example. The Shengtitai with Xue Ji Xian Jie activated was overwhelmingly strong.

"Join forces and strike him down!"

The remaining twenty-nine Emperor's Sons roared in unison, advancing to a point near Ye Chen but not too close, unleashing their dominating Emperor Dao immortal arts simultaneously.

Ye Chen crossed the void, evading the attacks, and in a flash, appeared before a purple-robed Emperor's Son.

The purple-robed Emperor's Son's expression changed drastically as he retreated hastily, not out of weakness but sheer fear of Ye Chen.

But he was too slow. As soon as he stepped back, Ye Chen's palm struck down like a divine blade, overpowering and heavy, sharp and unmatched. He split the purple-robed Emperor's Son in two, as easily as cutting tofu—brutal and shocking.

"Save me!"

The purple-robed Emperor's Son's primordial spirit escaped, retreating while screaming in terror. Being targeted by Ye Chen felt like falling into an abyss, ice-cold with no warmth, as if death was already upon him.

His escape and cries were futile in his primordial spirit state; he couldn't outrun Ye Chen. After fleeing just a few yards, Ye Chen caught up, ripping his primordial spirit apart with his hands.

Another Emperor's Son fell, leaving onlookers from all sides trembling in horror.

In return, Ye Chen suffered heavy blows, struck by the twenty-eight remaining Emperor's Sons. His powerful sacred body was mangled, with black blood splattering across the Chaos Sea, nearly exploding on the spot.

Yet, he was nearly indestructible. His fractured sacred bones reformed in an instant; his spurting sacred blood flowed back; and his shattered body remade itself in a flash, leaving no wounds.

The Honghuang Emperor's Sons paled at this fearsome regeneration speed, which left them aghast. Compared to Ye Chen, their own recovery was insignificant—all thanks to the overwhelming power of the Xue Ji Xian Jie state.

"Seal him!"

A blue-haired Emperor's Son shouted, quickly forming seals with his hands. If they couldn't kill Ye Chen, they'd seal him instead—a straightforward approach he saw clearly.

Like him, the other Honghuang Emperor's Sons besieging Ye Chen activated their forbidden arts without delay.

But they were no match for Ye Chen's speed. The moment they began forming seals, he vanished like a shadow, reappearing instantly before the blue-haired Emperor's Son.

Before the blue-haired Emperor's Son could react, Ye Chen's finger pierced his skull, creating a bloody hole that ravaged his divine sea and severely damaged his primordial spirit, nearly killing him outright.

"Die!"

The blue-haired Emperor's Son roared, his body shuddering as a divine blade shot out from within.

Thud!

Ye Chen's head was severed, black blood spraying like a fountain from his neck.

But even headless, he stood firm, thrusting a palm into the blue-haired Emperor's Son's body and seizing his primordial spirit, tearing it to shreds on the spot.

"Impressive!"

Ye Chen's consecutive kills of three Honghuang Emperor's Sons drew cheers from below, with Ming Jue unable to hold back.

"Come on, keep going."

Xiao Chen's voice rang out powerfully as he swung his Zhan Wang Ji, charging at the Honghuang Emperor's Sons.

The Zhutian Emperor-level experts also moved, each seeking their battle targets and unleashing world-shaking Emperor Dao immortal arts.

With thirty Honghuang Emperor's Sons occupied in hunting Ye Chen, the number in the Chaos Sea had sharply dropped to around twenty. This eased their pressure; what was once one against four was now one against two, or even one against one, allowing them to at least hold their ground.

In this moment, the strategy shifted. They no longer engaged in all-out fights but focused on stalling, tying down these twenty or so Honghuang Emperor's Sons to prevent them from joining the assault on Ye Chen.

"Kill!"

The Honghuang Emperor's Sons bellowed, though only twenty or so remained, they fought ferociously, aiming to slaughter the Zhutian Emperor-level experts as quickly as possible before regrouping against Ye Chen.

The chaos erupted again, churning the Chaos Sea into massive waves and making the starry sky rumble. The blood of Emperor-level experts dyed the Chaos Sea and scattered across the stars, creating a scene of utter brutality that was hard to watch.

Below, the battle raged fiercely; above, it was even more intense.

Fully twenty-seven Honghuang Emperor's Sons surrounded the area, unleashing their Emperor Dao immortal arts at any cost, determined to reduce Ye Chen to ashes. The Xue Ji Xian Jie made him nearly indestructible, but not absolutely so. They still had a chance—twenty-seven against one, and they wouldn't necessarily lose.

Ye Chen, meanwhile, moved like a ghost, his true form elusive as he darted through the stars. Each appearance brought the fall of an Emperor's Son. In just a short moment, another three were slain in succession.