Chapter 2352: Behave Yourself

Under the watchful eyes of everyone, the golden fist of the Sheng Ti collided with the palm print of Fo.

Bang!

A thunderous boom erupted, echoing through the four seas and eight wildernesses, shaking the entire star domain. Countless people were thrown off their feet, and who knows how many starry skies collapsed inch by inch.

Looking up at the firmament, the Fo seal was destroyed, shattered to pieces by Ye Chen's punch.

The body of Rulai's chant buzzed and exploded with a boom, transforming into golden light and dissipating into the void. Those strands of solemn Fo sounds also faded into the dust of time.

In that instant, the starry sky fell into an incomparable silence, with no Fo lingering above the ethereal realm—only Ye Chen remained.

The people's minds were in a daze; history was repeating itself, but the outcome was completely reversed. In the past, he had been mercilessly suppressed by Fo, but today, the Zhun Di-level Sheng Ti defied the heavens and extinguished Fo.

"Resolving that karma—does that count as perfect merit?"

"That it does." Xiao Yuan Huang grinned, already draping an arm over Xi Zun's shoulder. "I don't think much of you, old cow, but this move was pulled off splendidly."

"I have something for you." Xi Zun smiled, pulling out a sparkling golden ring and kindly placing it on Xiao Yuan Huang's head—the size was just right.

"How could I accept this?" Xiao Yuan Huang chuckled heartily.

"Paired with the Tightening Hoop Curse, it feels wonderful." Ri Yue Shen Zi said meaningfully, as if recognizing the golden ring; if the incantation were recited, that monkey would wail like ghosts and wolves.

As they spoke, Ye Chen had already descended from the void.

After settling the karma with Fo, he felt a kind of invisible bondage lift in the darkness, no longer under Fo's watchful gaze. He still had to thank Xi Zun for finding another path, helping him erase Fo.

"Now it's our turn." Without waiting for Ye Chen to rest, Bai Hu Tai Zi and Xuan Wu Tai Zi stepped forward, clearly not planning to fight alone—they intended to gang up on Ye Chen.

No way around it; Ye Chen was just too strong.

Ye Chen took it in stride, and the spectators did too. They'd already battled sixty-four emperors, so were they afraid of you two? Ganging up wouldn't work against the Sheng Ti; they'd definitely get beaten.

Boom! Bang! Boom!

As they spoke, the battle ignited. The two clan's Tai Zi, with their bloodlines regressed and divine treasures fully unlocked, were indeed ferocious, and their coordination was seamless. Xuan Wu Tai Zi handled the tanking, while Bai Hu Tai Zi dealt high damage—one specialized in being a meat shield, the other in output, making for a solid team.

Unfortunately, their opponent was even more savage. With a flurry of moves as fierce as a tiger, Ye Chen ignored the meat shield and went straight for the backline, hammering Bai Hu Tai Zi until he doubted his own existence, even destroying his domineering divine body.

Xuan Wu Tai Zi fared no better; Ye Chen beat him into a pulp.

In the end, it took less than ten rounds for the two to be defeated.

This defeat came even though Young Master Ye was holding back; he hadn't used many of his trump cards. If the Sheng Ti unleashed his full power, whether it was Bai Hu or Xuan Wu, they'd all be wiped out.

As a result, Kui Niu and Xiao Yuan Huang's group gained new members.

"I won't fight." Zhu Que Gong Zhu coughed dryly, wisely joining Kui Niu and the others, along with Bei Sheng and the giggling Di Jiu Xian.

"Going up there would just mean getting beaten; it's better to behave." Wu Zu Shen Zi said with a dry laugh.

As he spoke, he retreated too, heading over to chat with Kui Niu and the group.

The Gu Zu and Ling Zu Shen Nu and their companions followed suit—a whole string of them. Fighting Ye Chen at the same level was just asking for trouble; that guy wouldn't show any mercy, even to women.

Kui Niu welcomed the Ling Zu Shen Nu and the others, of course.

But they didn't think much of Long Jie.

"Some dragons are just too spineless—the person they like gets snatched, and they act like nothing happened." Xiao Yuan Huang sighed and clicked his tongue. "Still a Tai Zi? Have the nerve to come wandering around here?"

"If it were me, I'd fight shamelessly anyway." Kui Niu said leisurely.

"This dragon they're talking about seems to be you." Ri Yue Shen Zi patted Long Jie.

"Get lost."

"Hey, get over there!" The crowd moved in sync, each landing a kick and sending Long Jie flying—the direction was deliberately toward Young Master Ye's side.

Seeing him approach, Ye Chen's eyes lit up; he even set down his wine and grabbed his weapon. Since they'd already married, and you're still thinking about my wife, today I have to give you a proper beating.

"Scram, I won't fight you." Long Jie bolted, scrambling away on all sides.

No wonder he was the Tai Zi of the Cang Long clan—even his escape had a tortoise-like air to it. Even at the Zhun Di level, he didn't dare face Ye Chen; it wasn't that he wouldn't, it was that he couldn't.

Back in the day, when he wandered to Heng Yue Zong and went to Yu Nu Peak, he hadn't done anything—just pried open a crack in the window and secretly glanced at Ji Ning Shuang.

Well, Ye Chen that bastard chased him for over eight million li, nearly beating him to death. Even now, he still had hidden injuries, spitting blood from time to time.

"Where are you going?" Ye Chen was lightning-fast, crossing in a single step to catch up, saying nothing extra as he swung his stick to smash. The fleeing Long Jie dropped to his knees on the spot without warning.

Ah!

Accompanied by a pig-like scream, the scene turned bloody.

The bloodiness referred to Long Jie; once he was knocked down, he couldn't get up. The onlookers couldn't bear to watch; that stick after stick was truly gruesome.

"Does it hurt?" Xiao Yuan Huang glanced at Ling Zu Shen Nu.

"Always thinking about someone else's wife—serves him right to get beaten." Ling Zu Shen Nu shrugged casually. This girl was quite relaxed, holding a small mirror and fixing her messy hair. From start to finish, she acted as if nothing had happened, as if the one being beaten wasn't her husband.

"If you want to have an affair, you can consider me." Kui Niu smoothed his hair narcissistically. "Most importantly, this old cow's bedroom skills are top-notch."

"Don't mess around; if you're having an affair, it has to be with me."

"Get lost; it has to be me."

Several of them dove into shameless mode, smoothing their hair until it gleamed—the legendary single dogs, each one bored out of their minds.

On the other side, Ye Chen had stopped, hoisting his wine pot and gulping it down.

Looking at Long Jie, he was beaten bloody all over, already unconscious, lying spread-eagled in the starry sky, with blood foam still bubbling from his mouth now and then.

The people sucked in a sharp breath, feeling deep sympathy for Long Jie.

Naturally, they also learned a lesson: absolutely don't harbor improper thoughts about the Sheng Ti's wives; that guy was a wife-protecting maniac. Once he lost his temper, the consequences were severe—like the former Drought Border Emperor's son, or Long Jie now. If he didn't strike, fine, but once he did, it was to the death. But if you wanted to seek some thrill, you could go wild as you pleased.

Kui Niu and Xiao Yuan Huang, being kind-hearted, went to fetch Long Jie, just like before—one on the left, one on the right, each grabbing one of his legs and dragging him back like a dead pig.

Then, the crowd surrounded him, rummaging over Long Jie's body with expert hands, as if searching for something—of course, treasures.

Scram!

Ling Zu Shen Nu flared up, kicking each of them flying. She didn't think much of Long Jie, but he was still her husband, and his treasures were her treasures. Robbing her family's goods right in front of her—did they think Grandma had a good temper?

While they were joking around here, on the other side, someone had already stepped up.

This time, the newcomer had a major background: the personal disciple of a great emperor, Ming Jue.

Ye Chen took a swig of wine and smiled at Ming Jue. Ming Di's disciple was powerful beyond doubt. Over these hundreds of years, he'd been on Ming Wang Star, carrying out Ming Di's tasks, and upon his return, he was even more terrifying than before. That force within him even made Ye Chen wary.

To this day, he still didn't know what Ming Jue had been doing on Ming Wang Star.

There was also Bai Zhi—one Ming Di's disciple, the other Di Huang's disciple; there had to be some unknown secrets. Unfortunately, Ming Di said nothing about it, and the Sheng Ti Di Huang was the same.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

The starry sky trembled, the banging sounds slow and rhythmic, from Ming Jue's footsteps. His body was incredibly heavy, so every time his foot landed, the starry sky hummed, and with each step, his momentum climbed. The whole thing was enveloped in immortal light, with profound Dao principles outlining ancient visions, performing endless Dao essences.

Counting it up, he and Ye Chen hadn't truly fought yet.

Back in the Ming Realm, he had battled Zhao Yun once and lost miserably.

Later, he wanted to spar with Ye Chen, but a love tribulation left it as a regret.

"No need to hold back." Ming Jue stood firm and smiled slightly.

"Alright." Ye Chen said the same two words, looking utterly casual.

Ming Jue smiled without speaking, already launching his attack. With one hand, he performed a secret technique, illusioning a vast immortal sea—it was an imperial Dao divine ability, also a vision that could swallow someone into ashes.

Ye Chen smiled, stepping into the sky, his palm like a divine knife, slashing out a brilliant star river. The rolling immortal sea was cleaved open by his star river, and even the starry sky was split.

In the same instant, Ming Jue closed in, ascending to the nine heavens and condensing a massive copper furnace—it was illusory, as large as a mountain, engulfing Ye Chen inside.

One could see in the copper furnace, streams of silent immortal light shooting out, each one capable of destroying heaven and earth.

Break!

Ye Chen snorted coldly, punching out an opening and leaping free.

Facing him, Ming Jue instantly struck, a finger of divine light thrusting forward.

Unfortunately, that finger hit empty air, because Ye Chen had activated the imperial Dao ethereal.

He missed, but Ye Chen's attack landed.

Pfft!

Fresh blood splattered as Ming Jue's divine body was blasted half away by Ye Chen's punch, and he retreated swiftly.

Ye Chen stepped forward to pursue, waving his hand to summon the imperial Dao Fu Xi ninety-nine eighty-one arrays instantly.

"This array is useless against me." Ming Jue reshaped his golden body and shattered the arrays in an instant; even the subsequent Twelve Heavenly Characters Great Ming Array couldn't trap him.

"You're really outstanding." Ye Chen laughed, pressing down with a palm that covered the sky.

Break!

Ming Jue shouted resoundingly, his fingers forming a sword and piercing through the palm print.

However, above, Ye Chen was gone, having used Fei Lei Shen to escape behind Ming Jue, his finger of absolute extinction already thrusting toward the back of Ming Jue's head, targeting his Yuan Shen true body.

Pfft!

Fresh blood splattered, golden and dazzling.

That's right, the injured one was Ye Chen; a blood gully was chopped into his back. Through the wound, one could see the dazzling spine, entwined with Ming Jue's killing intent, dissolving his essence.

"Ming Jue also knows Fei Lei Shen?" Xuan Gu Di Zi said in astonishment.

"With what power did he carve the mark?" You Ming Di Zi murmured, not quite figuring it out but seeing how Ye Chen was injured—in that instant, Ming Jue circled behind Ye Chen. Ye Chen's finger missed, but Ming Jue's palm hit dead on.

"Fei Lei Shen has become as common as cabbage." Yu Kong Di Zi coughed dryly.

The Di Zi were shocked, and the people of the world were even more so; those with limited vision saw nothing.

Only the older generation and those with sharp eyes caught the trick: Ming Di's disciple also knew Fei Lei Shen, and from the looks of it, he used it skillfully, not inferior to Ye Chen.

This made it hard to accept.

The Fei Lei Shen of the Silence lineage, from ancient times onward, only the Silence God Body had the qualification to awaken. Now, one Sheng Ti had enlightened it, and even Ming Di's disciple could perform it.

"In this era, besides these two, there shouldn't be anyone else who knows it, right?"

The answer was yes, but not in this universe—in another one.

If Ji Ning Shuang were here, she would definitely know that person, named Zhao Yun.

Under the gaze of all, Ye Chen and Ming Jue had already taken positions on the east and west sides of the starry sky.

After several rounds of battle, each had their wins and losses; Ming Jue took a punch, Ye Chen took a palm.

"It seems that in these hundreds of years, you haven't wasted time." Ye Chen laughed, healing the blood gully on his back and wiping out the killing intent within his body.

In that strike just now, he was truly caught off guard, not expecting Ming Jue to know Fei Lei Shen.

This surprise was for Ming Jue.

Ming Jue had comprehended a heaven-defying divine ability; in this star-filled era, in same-level battles, he already had few opponents. Moreover, Ye Chen didn't think Ming Jue only had this one trump card; there had to be more, like the terrifying power hidden in his body that hadn't been used yet. That mysterious force was what truly made him wary—extraordinarily fearsome.

"Same to you." Ming Jue smiled.

With that simple exchange, one could see halos spreading infinitely from both their bodies, and wherever they passed, the starry sky hummed, with too many void spaces collapsing in succession.

This move was a tacit understanding between them.

Both knew the Fei Lei Shen Jue, so they also knew its weakness; neither would leave a mark for the other to use. Ye Chen erased Ming Jue's mark, and Ming Jue did the same for Ye Chen's, so both of their Fei Lei Shen became useless.

Fight!

The two roared and attacked again, one from west to east, the other from east to west. In the same instant, they unleashed world-shaking immortal techniques, collapsing that stretch of starry sky.

The battle erupted, the commotion even greater than before.

The Zhun Di-level Sheng Ti, awe-inspiring across eight desolations, every strike an imperial Dao immortal technique fused with Dao principles, backed by a golden immortal domain, like a war god. His attacks were domineering and overbearing, overturning the universe and reversing yin and yang; the so-called laws had all become illusions.

Ming Di's disciple was no pushover, deeply inheriting the great emperor's true teachings. After hundreds of years on Ming Wang Star, his comprehension of the Dao far surpassed the past. He was like a demon god, awe-inspiring across nine heavens and ten earths, sweeping a vast immortal sea and swallowing inch by inch of starry sky, his battle intent burning like fire.

Boom! Bang! Boom!

The rumbling sounds rose, like eternal thunder, shaking the vast starry sky.

The Zhun Di-level battle was truly massive; one could see destructive visions, stars perishing and scorching suns collapsing. Every manifestation made the people's hearts skip with fear.

The spectators retreated again and again, afraid of the aftermath.

The people watched, and Ming Di watched too, standing with hands behind his back on the peak, across the human and Ming realms, as a loyal spectator, quite satisfied with his disciple.

Satisfied as he was, unfortunately, Ming Jue was still no match for Ye Chen; just in terms of battle mindset, he absolutely crushed Ming Jue. After all, Ye Chen had slain more than one emperor.