Chapter 2206: History Repeats Itself

The predetermined history unfolded in an orderly manner.

Although he knew it was history, Ye Chen still couldn't help but watch. This was his past, carrying memories that were both tragic and lamentable, more precious than any ultimate Dao emperor weapon.

It could be said that he was always present for major events, such as the Dan Cheng pill-fighting conference, his descent into demonhood and subsequent death, or his rampage through Bei Zhen Cang Yuan. Any of these could be counted as glorious feats.

For those three years, he followed Chu Xuan.

His adorable master traveled to every corner of Da Chu, desperately trying to recover his body. But on a quiet night, she was targeted by the Zhu Xian Sword.

Only then did he truly understand why he could never find Chu Xuan when he searched for her. Under the control of the Zhu Xian Sword, if she didn't want to return, no one could locate her.

The wheel of time never stopped.

It took him three years back then to return to Nan Chu, leading the Yan Huang army back with him. He wiped out the Qi family of Nan Jiang, incited internal war among the three sects, fought Yin Zhiping to the death, reclaimed control of Heng Yue, stormed the Zheng Qi Hall to unify the three sects, unified Nan Chu, and then unified Da Chu. His figure was everywhere on that land. The child who once fought wild dogs for food had truly reached the pinnacle of Da Chu.

It was only after Ye Xingchen married the Xing Yue Sheng Nu that he slowed his pace.

That day marked the true beginning of the tragedy. The newlyweds tried to escape the chaos and live as ordinary people, but they couldn't evade the slaughter by the Zhu Xian Sword. Hong Chen and Shen Xuan Feng also died heroically.

On that same day, his sword pierced Chu Xuan's body, killing the one he loved most. Watching that bloody scene, he still couldn't suppress the pain in his heart.

What followed was the invasion of the Tian Mo.

The Zhaxian Tian Di Zhen enveloped Da Chu, sealing the Tian Xuan Gate. The cultivators of Da Chu rose up to fight, battling until mountains of corpses piled up and rivers ran with blood. One vibrant life after another fell before him, and brilliant blood flowers bloomed across the entire Zhu Tian Gate.

Fortunately, he did not disappoint the common people, defying the heavens to slay the Tian Mo emperor.

Da Chu's wheel of reincarnation was shattered, and due to the Tian Mo invasion, it became separated from the Zhu Tian. As the emperor of Da Chu, he had to embark on another journey to continue his unfinished mission.

He didn't know in which year or month he followed his ninth life out of Da Chu.

On the day before leaving, he saw a beam of immortal light descending from the misty void and landing in Da Chu.

That was the Ren Wang, the one who answered the calamity. He had already arrived in Da Chu before its return, which was why he couldn't find the Ren Wang among the Zhu Tian back then.

Through the space black hole, he and his ninth life traveled for a hundred years.

They saw light again on Zhu Que Star, where he found Xiao Ying, Xie Yun, and Nian Wei, as well as Xuan Chen's wife: Yan Fei.

The journey to find reincarnated souls was incredibly long. He watched his past self endure the dust of ages, forging ahead in solitude to seek out each Da Chu hero's soul, only to be worn down until he was covered in scars.

By the time they reached Xuan Huang Continent, another hundred years had passed.

This time, he did not follow his ninth life but went to Zhongzhou and entered the Tian Xu forbidden ground, hoping to glimpse the secrets hidden within reincarnation.

However, after searching through the five great forbidden zones, he found no clues.

Perhaps it was because his vision was not broad enough to see those secrets.

Helpless, he left and visited Feng Huang Valley, then circled around Yao Chi Sheng Di. His main goal was to see the female holy body. In that era, the female holy body still existed, suppressed in the dark underground palace. On deep, quiet nights, she would open her beautiful eyes.

He hadn't known this back then, but now he saw it clearly. The female holy body was a mystery, surely concealing shocking secrets.

As time rolled on, the holy body's fame had spread throughout the Zhu Tian in that era. Wherever he went, it was lively, turning Xuan Huang upside down.

In the ancient ruins of Cang Lan Jie, Ye Chen appeared again, and his first union with Ji Ningshuang occurred there. The eerie, demonic laughter always appeared in reincarnation, making one's hair stand on end.

Such sensual scenes were rare, and Ye Chen wouldn't miss them. He imprinted them, planning to show them to Ji Ningshuang when he returned to his original era. "Back then, we were both in a dazed state, but this time, I recorded a complete version for you."

After leaving Cang Lan Jie, he went to Xi Mo Wang Chuan. Ji Ningshuang was sealed by Wang Chuan's Meng Po because she carried the child of heavenly tribulation. It was heartbreaking that he had visited Wang Chuan multiple times back then but never knew Ji Ningshuang was inside, nor that she was pregnant with his child.

Whenever he thought of this, he couldn't hide his guilt and had to admire his own accuracy—his aim was spot-on.

Once he entered Wang Chuan, he never left. With Ji Ningshuang sealed, he stayed by her side, guarding his wife and child to make up for the regrets of the past.

He guarded for a hundred years.

In those hundred years, his ninth life caused quite a stir, angrily overturning Ling Shan and getting suppressed under Wu Zhi Shan. The fifty million troops of Da Chu came to rescue him, blasting open Wu Zhi Shan. Later, before seeking refuge in the Tian Xu forbidden ground, he held on until Da Chu's return.

Ye Chen knew all of this, but he hadn't left Wang Chuan for a century, staying until Ye Fan was born.

Ji Ningshuang held the child, her eyes full of tears. When she heard the news of his death, she cried inconsolably. On a quiet night, she left Wang Chuan but didn't return to Da Chu; instead, she went to Hua Fan Star.

Ye Chen followed her and occasionally looked up at the misty void.

He thought of his ninth life, already in the Ming Jie, but he couldn't go there. Whether he went or not didn't matter—the memories in the Ming Jie were etched deeply in his soul.

The nights on Hua Fan Star were peaceful and harmonious.

He often saw Ji Ningshuang under the moon, holding Ye Fan and quietly gazing at the stars. The little one's body was surrounded by dark lightning, and just looking at it was heartbreaking.

Unfortunately, he had passed by Hua Fan Star back then but never entered, missing another opportunity. It wasn't until Long Jie went to Da Chu to settle scores with him that he learned about Ji Ningshuang.

After an unknown amount of time, he returned to Da Chu.

Yu Nu Peak was warm and cozy. Ji Ningshuang had come back, along with Chu Xuan and Chu Ling, and there was a son and a daughter.

What followed was the Ren Wang taking him for cultivation, spending a hundred years in Hua Fan to comprehend the human Dao.

Later came another Tian Mo invasion, staining the Zhu Tian with blood.

Time kept flowing, second by second, drawing ever closer to the original era.

Ye Chen sat on Yu Nu Peak again, hands propping up his chin, bored out of his mind.

Calculating the time, it had been nearly a thousand years since he entered reincarnation. For a cultivator, that was undoubtedly a long period.

Ye Chen muttered:"Do I really have to fuse the nine Dao reincarnation marks to go back?"

He pulled a Pan Tao from his storage bag, took a couple of bites, and casually tossed it down the mountain.

There were plenty of Pan Tao; he could be carefree, biting a couple of times and throwing it away.

"Damn, throwing stuff around—do you have any sense of morality?"

This shout came from the original era, from Xiong Er.

Early in the morning, the man-bear, the little fatty, had come with good intentions to console Ye Chen's wives. But as soon as he reached the foot of Yu Nu Peak, an unidentified object fell from the sky and hit him squarely on the head.

Picking it up, he saw it was a peach, bitten into by some jerk.

"This is a Pan Tao, right!" Xiong Er examined the peach, turning it over. It wasn't small, it gleamed, and it looked decent, containing pure origin essence. The only downside was the two rows of teeth marks on it.

"Who's so wasteful, biting a Yao Chi Pan Tao and then throwing it away?" Xiong Er gripped the peach and looked up toward the top of Yu Nu Peak. Clearly, it had been thrown from there.

"Fatty, what are you staring at?""Oh, a Pan Tao.""Are you sneaking around here to eat? So shameless!""Let me take a bite."

Noisy voices erupted as Xie Yun and Situ Nan arrived, also here to console their sister-in-laws. From a distance, they spotted Xiong Er standing like a spear, holding the peach and looking up. The clever duo hurried over and dodged the peach.

"Tastes good." Xie Yun took a couple of bites and casually tossed it to Situ Nan.

Situ Nan caught it, saw it was covered in teeth marks, and felt awkward about eating it. Helplessly, he looked at Xiong Er: "Got any more?""More your ass—it fell from the sky." Xiong Er pouted.

Both Situ Nan and Xie Yun raised their eyebrows and looked up together.

This glance was no joke—three more peaches came hurtling down straight for their heads.

Wow, what a thrill!

The three brothers were left seeing stars from the impact.

Cursing and complaining, the three headed up Yu Nu Peak.

On Yu Nu Peak, all the women were there, each with a haggard face. It had been two or three years since Ye Chen's death in the Ling Yu, and none of them could let it go.

Seeing the three arrive, the women acted as if they hadn't noticed.

These days, the trio showed up uninvited, always yelling and shouting, so they were used to it.

"Which one of you threw the peach? On purpose, right!"

Xiong Er was the most furious—he'd been hit twice.

"This is a Pan Tao, you know—biting it and throwing it away?""I can't stand people who waste food. If you can't finish it, give it to us!"

Xie Yun and Situ Nan were also annoyed.

But the women ignored the three and continued with what they were doing.

The scene grew awkward.

"Say, is someone up there taking a piss?"

Xiong Er's little eyes were sharp; he glanced toward the top of Yu Nu Peak. There was a hazy figure holding his little brother and watering the flowers. That person looked oddly familiar.

Xie Yun and Situ Nan ignored him, and so did the women—they thought Xiong Er was just spouting nonsense and didn't believe him.

"Mom, it's Dad." Little Ye Fan's eyes lit up, and he tugged at Ji Ningshuang's clothes, pointing in that direction.

Hearing this, the women subconsciously turned around.

But they saw nothing. Or rather, the reincarnation projection had only lasted a second or two and had already dissipated by the time they looked.

The women frowned slightly, glancing at each other in confusion.

"You still don't believe me? I really saw it, and little Ye Fan saw it too." Xiong Er grumbled.

"Swear on it, and we'll believe you.""I—"

Before Xiong Er could finish, a thunderous boom echoed from the void, startling him so much he nearly wet himself.

He hadn't even made the oath yet, and it was already about to strike him?

In reality, it wasn't thunder—it was a dark light streaking across the sky and halting in the void.

The women looked up and saw the dark light transform into a hazy figure, clad in a purple gold robe, wearing golden boots, with horns on his head and a third eye on his brow. His true face was unclear, but his eyes emitted a dark, eerie light, manifesting terrifying visions. He was like a ghost, his body twisted and flickering in and out of view—a shadow of a person.

"Han Jiang," Ji Ningshuang murmured softly, as if she recognized him.

"Shiniang, who is Han Jiang?" someone asked.

"The son of Han Jiang Great Emperor," Ji Ningshuang replied quietly. "Among the Hong Huang emperor's sons, Kui Luo ranks third in combat power, Han Jiang ranks second, and the one ranked first has yet to appear."

"Just looks like bad news." Xie Yun cursed.

"You ants of Da Chu, besides that dead waste of a holy body, is there anyone left who can fight?" The shadow of Han Jiang let out an eerie laugh, his words carrying a demonic power that echoed across Da Chu.

This statement sparked an uproar in Da Chu, with countless people rushing into the sky, furious beyond measure.

Ye Chen was the holy lord of Tian Ting, the tenth emperor of Da Chu, who had saved the common people multiple times. To call him waste was unbearable for Da Chu's people.

The anger wasn't just from the insult—it stemmed from the fact that no one dared come when Ye Chen was alive, but now that he was dead, they showed up to provoke. The Hong Huang's actions were outrageous.

Add to that the Tian Mo invasion, during which the Hong Huang had hidden away, leading to the brutal wars in Zhu Tian. This rage was impossible to contain.

"I await you at Wang Xuan Star for battle." Han Jiang laughed eerily, baring his pale teeth and licking his blood-red tongue, his face twisted and terrifying, like a malevolent ghost.

"Your challenge—Da Chu accepts it." Before Xiao Chen could respond, Ji Ningshuang spoke calmly. She was the Yao Chi immortal body and Ye Chen's wife. Though Ye Chen was gone, she would not allow anyone to tarnish his reputation.

As his wife, she would fight in his place and show the Hong Huang that Da Chu was not defenseless, and the holy body's glory was not for anyone to defile.

"Very good." Han Jiang laughed sinisterly again and slowly faded into the void.

This scene was witnessed clearly at Tian Xuan Gate, and the words were heard distinctly. Amid the anger, a sense of sorrow lingered.

Had Da Chu fallen so low? With the holy body gone, they were bullied right at their doorstep. So many brave men, yet it had to be a woman going to fight.

"In terms of peak combat power, she is not inferior to Ye Chen." An evil demon spoke leisurely.

"Han Jiang is no simple foe." Tian Jiu took a deep breath, having heard of the Hong Huang Han Jiang clan's notoriety. The offspring of a great emperor were never ordinary, let alone Han Jiang, who surpassed the former Kui Luo.

"My confidence in her surpasses even that in Ye Chen." Dong Huang Tai Xin said indifferently.

This statement left no room for rebuttal. Ye Chen's wives were all formidable, especially Ji Ningshuang, the Yao Chi immortal body, who already had the bearing of a young female emperor. Even without Ye Chen, she could uphold the facade of Zhu Tian and continue the undefeated legend.

Among the crowd, Ji Ningshuang's expression was the most serene, quietly gazing into the void, her beautiful eyes filled with the tenderness of ages.

In the thousand years of Da Chu, Ye Chen had already pulled up his pants and even shaken off the last drop.

To say he was unrestrained—urinating in broad daylight without a care. People in the reincarnation couldn't see him, but those in the original era could, at certain specific times.

Besides them, two supreme beings had watched the entire scene. You rascal, you're a Da Chu emperor, a ruthless one who's slain emperors—pissing like this, is it appropriate?

Appropriate!

That would surely be Ye Chen's answer. After all, no one could see him.

And he was right—no one could see him. He even dared to openly study Dong Huang Tai Xin's bath, so what wouldn't he do?

It was a good thing he had some shame, or he wouldn't even bother wearing clothes.