Chapter 2725: Chaotic Borrowing Technique

Chapter 2725: Hun Dun Jie Fa

In the early morning, the gentle sunlight bathed the world.

Ye Chen woke up early, tied on an apron, and stepped into the kitchen, truly embodying the ideal homemaker. His cultivation had been advancing steadily, and his cooking skills hadn't fallen behind, preparing one delicious dish after another.

Breakfast was still warm and cozy, though anyone trying to crash the meal was swiftly sent flying.

After the meal, Ye Chen left Yu Nü Peak. It was his first time venturing out since returning, and he headed to Tian Xuan Gate. He'd been in seclusion long enough; those old fellows must be missing him terribly.

"Look at that! His walking posture is so arrogant."

From afar, Tian Lao and Di Lao spotted Ye Chen. They stood with hands tucked in their sleeves, shaking their heads in amazement.

It was the same bamboo grove, where Shen Jiang, Huang Zhe, Jian Shen, and the others were all gathered.

Chi Mei Xie Shen arrived later, her beautiful eyes full of anticipation. She visited Heng Yue Sect every few days, waiting for Ye Chen to refine the Huan Hun Dan. All the materials were ready, but he still hadn't made a move.

Under everyone's watchful gaze, Ye Chen approached slowly, dressed in plain robes with a serene demeanor.

However, some of his actions didn't quite match his composed air. Wherever he passed, something always went missing—like spirit flowers or rare herbs.

"Old habits die hard."

Fu Ya stroked his beard, speaking with profound gravity.

The other quasi-emperors agreed. Da Chu's Tenth Emperor couldn't change his mischievous ways no matter where he went. Even if he reached quasi-emperor perfection, he'd still be up to his old tricks of petty theft.

"Good morning."

Ye Chen said, then found a seat and sat down as if nothing had happened.

"Finally stepped out of your doorstep?"

Dong Huang Tai Xin smiled, once again sizing up Ye Chen properly. At first glance, he looked respectable, but he handled shameless deeds with such ease, as if it were all in a day's work.

Though she said that, she was quite pleased with his current achievements.

Back when Da Chu's reincarnation was still active, she had witnessed Ye Chen's rise firsthand. In just a few centuries, he had surpassed her. Even with the changes in the emperor's path, his talent was terrifyingly impressive.

Ye Chen tucked his hands away. If not for some business, he wouldn't bother coming here.

"The Zhou Tian lineage got beaten up—who's going to avenge them?"

Across from him, Ren Wang looked dejected. Among the old folks present, he stood out the most, with a bruised and swollen face, messy hair, and clearly having taken a severe beating.

From some point on, he had replaced Ye Chen as the unlucky one, getting pummeled every few days. He could be walking along and suddenly get hit with a sneak attack, without even knowing who did it.

Ye Chen's eyes darted around, scanning everyone present one by one.

At that glance, everyone felt a chill run through them, including his father-in-law Xuan Huang. There was a chance he'd get a thrashing from his son-in-law—once Ye Chen went mad, he wouldn't even recognize his own mother.

If even the father-in-law felt that way, the others were even more on edge. The mighty Sheng Zun and the elegant Di Ji both tensed up instinctively. A half-step great achievement Sheng Ti was incredibly formidable in a fight.

Achoo!

Ye Chen suddenly sneezed, making the group of rogues jump in unison. Someone like Di Lao nearly bolted— that sneeze was impressively overbearing.

The scene was so amusing that Ming Di almost laughed.

How many years, how many ages had passed? They were used to seeing Young Master Ye get beaten black and blue, but now he was holding his head high. His sneeze might not mean much, but it had the others flinching in surprise.

In reality, Ye Chen had just sneezed and made no other moves. He had no intention of avenging Ren Wang. The remnant soul of the Ren Huang was tough as nails; getting group-beaten was par for the course.

Ren Wang's face darkened completely. What a waste of sympathy.

"When will you refine the pills?"

Xie Mo couldn't hold back any longer, breaking the awkward atmosphere. He had no time for idle chat—they were waiting for the Huan Hun Dan to save someone. If it weren't your husband involved, none of you would be in such a hurry.

"Wait."

Ye Chen glanced at Piaomiao and uttered a single word. Xie Mo had visited Heng Yue Sect more than once lately, and Ye Chen's answer was always the same. Refining a nine-pattern immortal pill wasn't like making ordinary medicine; it required perfect timing, favorable conditions, and harmony with heaven, earth, and people—or more precisely, a destined moment in the void.

Xie Mo looked disappointed but suppressed his impatience.

He wasn't the only one with hopeful eyes; the other Shen Jiangs were also waiting for the First Shen Jiang.

Meanwhile, Tian Lao waved his hand.

A massive water screen materialized, displaying scenes of the starry sky. It could switch to any star domain, though not all were accessible— the vastness of the heavens was to blame.

This was one of the reasons Ye Chen had come here; he still wanted to deal with Hong Huang.

Unfortunately, ever since the war flames died out, Hong Huang had vanished like smoke, leaving no trace or flaw. Open attacks were easy to dodge, but hidden threats were hard to defend against. If not completely eradicated, it would remain a root of disaster.

"In the years to come, they probably won't dare show themselves again."

Chen Huang said casually, not forgetting to glance at Ye Chen. At least while Ye Chen was around, Hong Huang wouldn't emerge. Without anyone to match him, they wouldn't come out seeking trouble.

Ye Chen withdrew his gaze and summoned a great cauldron with a wave.

Then, the Hun Dun Ding spat out a small fragment from the Zhu Xian Jian, stained with faint rainbow light. It hovered in the air, sealed by Ye Chen's magic, buzzing incessantly as if trying to escape.

The Zhu Xian Jian was terrifying, and even this small fragment was extremely resilient. Over so many days, Ye Chen had tried to refine it but had underestimated its power; a single piece harbored dreadful divine energy.

All the quasi-emperors stood up, narrowing their eyes sharply. Their keen vision recognized the fragment's origin, and they were shocked that Ye Chen could tear a piece from the Zhu Xian Jian.

"Don't just stare—step back."

Ren Wang gestured, standing shoulder to shoulder with Ye Chen. Using the fragment as a base, they performed the Zhou Tian evolution to trace the Zhu Xian Jian's location. If they could find it, that would be ideal.

After the quasi-emperors retreated, only Zao Hua Shen Wang stepped forward. He placed one hand on Ye Chen's shoulder and the other on Ren Wang's, channeling the power of creation to enhance the Zhou Tian evolution.

Ye Chen and Ren Wang looked solemn as their two Zhou Tian forces combined, piercing through layers of void mist to trace the fragment's source. Finding the source would lead them to the Zhu Xian Jian.

The quasi-emperors watched with piercing, icy gazes, their eyes gleaming with hope.

After a long while, Ye Chen and Ren Wang finally stopped, both shaking their heads.

Zao Hua Shen Wang sighed helplessly. It wasn't that their divination wasn't profound enough; it was the era of emperor path changes that blocked it with unseen forces. Nothing was fixed; everything was in flux.

"Every divination ends with backlash."

Ren Wang wiped the blood from his mouth and slumped down, his face pale.

Ye Chen wasn't in much better shape. The domain of Zhou Tian evolution didn't care about your strength; the backlash was inevitable, even for a Ren Huang.

"Perhaps we could send the fragment to the Tian Ming realms and let the two emperors divine it."

Wei Mian Zhi Zi suggested thoughtfully. After all, they were emperors; even if not skilled in divination, they'd do better than Ye Chen and the others.

"It's no use."

Ye Chen shook his head lightly. As the only one among them who had been to the Tian Ming realms, he knew that even supreme beings couldn't see through the illusions of the human world. That unseen barrier still obstructed them— they couldn't even find where the Hong Huang clan hid, let alone the Zhu Xian Jian. The result would be the same.

Unless the two emperors were in the human world.

"It's here."

Ye Chen suddenly spoke, looking toward Piaomiao, with the quasi-emperors following his gaze.

As they watched, beams of immortal light descended from the sky, straight and boundless, like a shower of immortal rain that astonished everyone. It was an immense borrowing method; while they'd seen such things before, nothing on this scale. To summon so many at once—whoever was doing it must be extraordinarily powerful.

"It's the Hun Dun Ti."

The Sixth Shen Jiang turned his gaze toward the Da Chu heavens.

Indeed, the one performing the borrowing was the Hun Dun Ti.

His method was slightly different from Ye Chen's and Ren Wang's; it wasn't passed down from Ren Huang Fu Xi but from Dao Zu Hong Jun, and it incorporated the ancestor's origin. The people he summoned from the heavenly realm could stay permanently in the heavens. He was the only one who could transport troops from there.

"Dao Zu is truly bold."

Chu Jiang Wang marveled; the numbers were astonishing.

"Back then, did I wipe out too many?"

Ye Chen muttered quietly. During the great chaos in the heavenly palace, he had nearly exterminated the peak experts of the heavenly court. If they were still alive, the forces brought here would be even greater.

"With this, our heavens' combat strength has increased once more."

Chu Huang laughed. As expected, the Tian Ming emperors still cared for the heavens. First, the emperor paths connected to the netherworld, and now, the Hun Dun borrowing method, bringing such a formidable army.

Boom! Bang! Boom!

Under everyone's gaze, the beams of borrowing light struck the ground one after another, making the earth rumble and shake, each one etching a human form. They could see Tai Shang Lao Jun, Yuan Shi Tian Zun, Tong Tian Jiao Zhu, Jiang Tai Gong; also Niu Mo Wang, Jiao Long Wang, Man Xiang Wang, and other great demons and spirits from the scattered immortal realms, along with the remaining old immortal lords and venerables from the heavenly court.

Besides them, there were the leaders of Wu Yue, the leaders of Kun Lun, Kun Lun Lao Dao, Dan Zong, and more.

Naturally, Da Chu's reincarnated people, like Long Ye and Xing Wang, were among them.

The most unusual one was Xiu Luo Tian Zun. Not belonging to this universe, he was still brought to the human world. His borrowing light was the most dazzling, exuding an aura of wild arrogance that made the heavens thunder. His path was as domineering as his name, shaking hearts and minds.

Looking down from above, the figures filled the sky like a dark cloud, blotting out heaven and earth. Over eighty percent were quasi-emperors, with many at the peak of ultimate strength—an incredibly vast force.

Gulp!

The cultivators of Da Chu swallowed hard; the Dao Zu of the heavenly realm was incredibly generous.

"We're back."

The First Shen Jiang's voice was hoarse, a cycle of tribulations upon tribulations, a dream through one reincarnation after another.

"We're back."

The reincarnated people of Da Chu teared up, their faces wet with emotion, sobbing uncontrollably.

"We're back."

Figures like Lao Jun and Tai Gong also sighed with a sense of age, once part of the heavens. Though Dao Zu had gone to the netherworld, in this coming and going, how many seas and mountains had changed? Even their memories had grown hazy.

"You there—who's the toughest? Let's spar."

The emotional scene was interrupted by untimely words.

It was Xiu Luo Tian Zun, ever the troublemaker, shouting loudly from the void.

Before he finished, the old fellows from Tian Xuan Gate charged out.

In the end, that guy named Kuang got beaten by the group.

It was the heavens' usual style: if a group fight was possible, they'd never go one-on-one.