Chapter 2768: The Holy War

Chapter 2768: Holy War

Boom! Bang! Boom!

The great war was blazing, fiercer than ever.

More Heavenly Demons poured out of the Qing Tian Demon Pillar, activating domain gates and surging towards various starfields. They invaded ancient stars like assassins from the Netherworld, each one cold and merciless, harvesting lives one after another.

Vast mountains and rivers were turned into a hellish abyss, with battlefields everywhere and death at every turn. Corpses piled up into mountains, and blood flowed like rivers.

"Ye Chen."

In the Eastern Star Domain, calls echoed from Sheng Zun and his allies. A large group surrounded Qian Kun Demon Emperor, but they were all battered and bruised from the fight.

Mid-tier great emperors were too powerful; their emperor bodies indestructible and immune to all laws. Even with the suppression from the heavens, they couldn't be defeated by this group. To kill an emperor, they needed to destroy the Qing Tian Demon Pillar—or have Ye Chen arrive to join the battle.

Yet, from the start of the war against the Heavenly Demons, there was no sign of Ye Chen, nor of Dong Shen Yao Chi.

The Chaos Body and Shura Heavenly Venerable were also absent—the four young emperors of the heavens had all dropped the ball at this critical moment. They didn't expect them to come and fight, but destroying the Qing Tian Demon Pillar would have been enough. Without a supreme expert leading the charge, it was nearly impossible for the heavens' cultivators to reach Tian Huang, let alone demolish the demon pillar.

"Ye Chen."

In the Western Starfield, similar calls rang out.

It came from Shen Jiang and his companions, who were being beaten mercilessly. Hei Lian Demon Emperor might be a woman, but she was fiercely savage, a mid-tier great emperor no weaker than Qian Kun Demon Emperor. Dozens of supreme experts surrounded her, only to be repeatedly defeated, unable to harm her emperor body.

"Ye Chen."

Countless battlefields echoed with such cries.

The heavens' cultivators assaulting the demon pillar hadn't even caught sight of the Qing Tian Demon Pillar before being wiped out. They charged forward relentlessly but couldn't break through—the Heavenly Demons were too numerous, a vast black swarm in every direction. Forget advancing; even self-defense was a struggle.

Their calls were destined to go unheard by Ye Chen.

Boom! Bang! Boom!

While the heavens' war burned fiercely, the dark extradimensional space was equally chaotic and intense.

Without the bloodline limit, both the First Saint Body and the Zhuxian Sword were at a disadvantage—one was being hammered by Ye Chen, the other chased relentlessly by Yao Chi.

Roar! Roar! Roar!

Swarms of Evil Demons filled the sky, but they were useless. Ye Chen and Ji Ningshuang ignored them entirely, focusing solely on the First Saint Body and the Zhuxian Sword.

"Hit them, beat them to death."

In the artifact copper furnace, Tian Zun jumped three feet high, swallowing pills while cursing excitedly.

Beside him, the Chaos Body was more restrained, sitting cross-legged in mid-air, meticulously clearing the killing intent from his body. He popped pills nonstop, desperately replenishing his depleted mana and restoring his exhausted energy. Occasionally, he glanced at the outside world, sighing inwardly.

Ye Chen was overwhelmingly dominant, and Dong Shen was fiercely aggressive. At this rate, the First Saint Body was sure to be destroyed, while the Zhuxian Sword would likely flee in disgrace again.

Pfft!

As he watched, the First Saint Body spat blood, slammed down from the sky by Ye Chen's palm, crashing into a deep pit and crushing countless Evil Demons beneath.

"I don't believe it."

The First Saint Body roared, charging back into the heavens in an instant, punching through the void with a single fist.

"Then I'll beat you until you do."

Ye Chen snorted coldly, his battle intent soaring. He didn't dodge or evade, meeting the attack head-on. His fist shattered the eight directions, fused with thousands of divine abilities and engraved with Chaos laws, dominating heaven and earth.

Boom!

Pfft!

Their fists collided, and the sky collapsed. Golden sacred blood and black sacred blood sprayed like radiant rain.

Glancing at them, the First Saint Body staggered back, each step cracking the space beneath his feet. He barely stopped before vomiting old blood, nearly plummeting from the void.

In contrast, Ye Chen's sacred body was unyielding, standing firm without budging.

Ah!

The First Saint Body howled, sweeping up a torrent of demonic aura that formed a vast blood sea.

"I'll handle it."

The Chaos Fire volunteered, bursting from the Dan Hai in a step. A single golden flame transformed into a golden ocean, colliding head-on with the blood sea and burning it away piece by piece, its momentum unstoppable.

Buzz! Buzz! Buzz!

The First Saint Body's sacred body trembled slightly, shooting beams of divine light from within. Each beam was a weapon—immortal swords, divine blades, copper furnaces, treasure towers, ancient seals—filling the sky. Every one was a genuine quasi-emperor artifact, radiating brilliant light like stars, entwined with silent divine glory, and converging to suppress Ye Chen.

"I'll handle it."

The Chaos Ding roared, flying out of Ye Chen's small world. Finally, it had its chance to show off. Its body expanded rapidly until it loomed like a mountain, surrounded by Escaping Armor Heavenly Characters and draped in Chaos qi. It charged straight ahead.

Bang! Crack! Clang! Clang!

What followed needed no visual—the sounds said it all. The Chaos Ding was ferocious, shattering a weapon with every impact. None could withstand its assault.

It was a spectacular sight, with fragments of artifacts raining down, each stained with dim immortal light like scattered raindrops of various colors. Before they even hit the ground, they were swallowed by the Chaos Ding.

Pfft! Pfft! Pfft!

The First Saint Body coughed up blood repeatedly, retreating step by step, unsteady on his feet. Each shattered artifact triggered a backlash against him.

Destroy!

Ye Chen struck like a ghost, condensing thousands of immortal laws into one finger, thrusting straight at the First Saint Body's brow. He ignored the sacred body, targeting the primordial spirit directly.

Bang!

A metallic clash rang out, and Ye Chen's finger exploded. He realized the First Saint Body's divine sea held a Sheng Dao Divine Dragon Shield and an ancient small shield. His finger had struck the small shield dead-on—remarkably tough.

"Die!"

The First Saint Body gritted his teeth, slashing like a blade and splitting Ye Chen's chest, nearly tearing his sacred body apart.

"Return the favor with a punch."

Ye Chen was even more domineering, blasting half of the First Saint Body's sacred body with one fist. Black sacred bones, stained with black blood, were exposed, looking terrifyingly gruesome.

"Stop him for me."

Severely wounded, the First Saint Body fled into the sky, needing to reshape his sacred body. If it were destroyed, his primordial spirit would lose its anchor, making a comeback impossible—especially in a primordial spirit state against Ye Chen.

"Where do you think you're going?"

Ye Chen shot upward like divine light, trying to use Flying Thunder God, but the reincarnation mark on the First Saint Body had been erased. He attempted Eternal Thought, but it was ineffective against the First Saint Body. Many emperor-level immortal laws could be forcefully countered by him—except for his profound understanding of the Dao, he was unmatched in everything else.

Roar! Roar! Roar!

Hordes of Evil Demons flew up to block him, their single eyes blasting thunder and their mouths spewing flames. They even combined immortal laws to form a dark demon sea.

Ye Chen, caught off guard, was struck by a thunderbolt, stumbling back. Before he could steady himself, he was engulfed by the demon sea. The sea was strange, capable of dissolving his essence and exerting sealing power.

Break!

Ye Chen snorted coldly, transforming into a divine dragon and leaping out.

Zing! Zing! Zing!

Countless Evil Demons unleashed divine abilities, summoning a storm of sword light from above, so numerous it made one's scalp tingle, each one formidable.

"Great Reincarnation Heavenly Gang, activate."

Ye Chen's eyes flashed with cold light as he activated his Hegemonic Body's external form, enhanced with armor. He charged through the sword storm into the heavens.

Roar! Roar!

Dragon roars followed as the Eight Divisions Heavenly Dragons appeared, sending the charging Evil Demons flying in all directions, with the weaker ones exploding on the spot.

Seal!

The First Saint Body, having reshaped his flesh, pressed down from the sky with one palm, array patterns swirling in his hand to form a great sealing array. Order chains slithered like serpents, clattering loudly.

"Seal me?"

Ye Chen sneered. Trapped in the previous instant, he escaped the next with Emperor Dao Phantom Step. He flipped the First Saint Body with a palm, then layered on Emperor Dao Fu Xi and the Twelve Heavenly Characters Great Dark Array. The two arrays merged perfectly, more dominant than the sealing array.

"Break, break for me."

The First Saint Body was stubborn, bursting through the seal with brute force.

Buzz!

Ye Chen closed in, swinging a palm from the heavens.

But before his palm fully landed, a black light shot from the side—a dark war spear thrown by an Evil Demon, nailing him in the void as golden blood sprayed.

Ye Chen had suffered such losses multiple times. This extradimensional realm wasn't just home to the First Saint Body and Zhuxian Sword; it was teeming with Evil Demons. A few outstanding ones always struck when least expected, inflicting heavy wounds repeatedly.

In a way, Ye Chen hadn't yet slain the First Saint Body thanks to those Evil Demons—they were mostly weak in combat but experts at disruption.

Buzz!

Ye Chen instantly pulled out the war spear and hurled it back, impaling that Evil Demon. Then he soared into the sky, dodging other Evil Demon attacks, and struck at the First Saint Body with another palm.

Boom!

The First Saint Body was equally stubborn, punching through the palm print and shaking Ye Chen back. As soon as Ye Chen steadied, he was swarmed by Evil Demons again.

Roar! Roar!

More Eight Divisions Heavenly Dragons emerged, flinging off countless Evil Demons, with foul blood and black bones scattering across the sky.

Yet, more Evil Demons kept coming, wave after wave, as if fearless and indifferent to death, intent on wearing Ye Chen down.

Get lost!

Ye Chen gripped his Dao Sword, slashing through wave after wave.

The Evil Demons might look terrifying, but they weren't foolish. They were buying time for the First Saint Body, who could reactivate the bloodline limit at a certain point, becoming unkillable.

All they needed to do was hold Ye Chen back.

Ye Chen understood their intent, so he avoided prolonged fights, focusing solely on the First Saint Body.

"Kill, kill for me."

The First Saint Body's hair was disheveled, his eyes blood-red and dripping, his face twisted into a grotesque mask—more frightening than the Evil Demons in a way.

He howled loudly as he fled, prioritizing recovery and waiting for that moment to reactivate his bloodline.

Roar! Roar!

Ye Chen was entangled, blocked every time he tried to break free.

In another part of the void, Ji Ningshuang faced a similar situation, surrounded by swarms of Evil Demons disrupting and attempting to destroy her.

"You're forcing my hand."

Ye Chen's expression turned manic, golden light erupting from his body—one artifact after another, all quasi-emperor level, forged from divine iron, each with considerable power.

Boom! Bang! Boom!

Explosions erupted as the artifacts self-destructed one by one, blasting the incoming Evil Demons into the air, limbs and fragments everywhere.

He blasted open a bloody path.

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