Chapter 2807: Controlled

Boom! Bang! Boom!

Chaotic warfare swept across the universe.

With heaven and earth overturned, the myriad heavens had become a battlefield. The ancient wilderness clans cursed, the heavenly demons and calamity demons cursed, all having been shaken out of their hiding places without cause.

Naturally, the cultivators of the myriad heavens cursed as well, mainly because the starry sky was a complete mess. It wasn't just filled with the ancient wilderness clans, heavenly demons, and calamity demons; there were also lightning strikes, seas of raging flames, spatial rifts, black hole fissures, and hazy mists. Too many people vanished in the midst of battle, not necessarily from being killed, but from being struck by lightning, swallowed by fire, or pulled into spatial black holes—countless such cases, with no way to tally them.

"You damn fool, where is that guy?"

"This is the eighth time I've been struck by lightning, for heaven's sake."

"Just got out of a rift."

Amid the thunderous clashes of battle, curses echoed everywhere. After enduring so many wars, this one was the most absurd, requiring constant vigilance against both enemies and hidden dangers. The starry skies of the myriad heavens were full of pitfalls now—if you weren't careful, you'd meet a terrible end.

"Everything's gone to chaos, all of it."

Ren Wang stood before the water curtain, muttering to himself. He could still make out a bit earlier, but now he couldn't see anything clearly. With heaven and earth overturned and laws in disarray, even he, the legendary know-it-all, had become blind.

"At this rate, the myriad heavens might collapse."

Fu Ya spoke gravely, his face etched with worry.

Ren Wang said nothing, just took a deep breath. He didn't know if they would collapse, but if the chaos in heaven and earth continued, the secrets of the myriad heavens would surely leak out. If the heavenly demon realm caught wind of it, demons would invade. Once they locked onto the myriad heavens' location, great emperors would descend, and their forces would be no smaller than last time. Even if the myriad heavens didn't fall, they would likely be trampled flat by the demons. The tricky part was, he still hadn't found the source of the heaven-and-earth reversal.

Seal!

High above the virtual heavens of Da Chu, over a hundred elderly quasi-emperors activated their emperor artifacts in unison. The myriad heavens were in chaos, and so was Da Chu. Unlike the starry skies, they couldn't afford any mistakes here—they needed to suppress heaven and earth to guard against the heavenly demon realm.

However, heaven and earth were too chaotic; even the emperor artifacts couldn't hold them down, buzzing and trembling as their ultimate laws grew unstable. Every time they forcibly stabilized the starry skies, they were quickly shaken apart again.

"Mother?"

On Jade Maiden Peak, Ye Ling's call rang out clear and bright, directed at Chu Xuan and Chu Ling. The two had stopped dancing and stood on the grass, one on each side, silent and unmoving, like ice sculptures. Their stunningly beautiful faces looked somewhat stiff and wooden.

"Have they been controlled?"

Yue Huang was there too, her delicate brows furrowing more than once. She'd been watching for a while and had noticed something off. Why had these two suddenly become dazed? And their earlier dancing was strangely unnatural, clearly not their own intention.

It was fortunate she was present; otherwise, trouble would have arisen. The trouble in question was the Zhuxian Sword, which was stirring again. If it were just Ye Ling alone, it might have already struck to kill Chu Xuan and Chu Ling. But after five years, it still hadn't fully recovered and remained in a weakened state. If it acted rashly, even controlling Ye Ling wouldn't help it stand against Yue Huang.

"Dad, come back quickly. Mom is sick."

Ye Ling pressed her hands together in silent prayer. Only now did she realize that the so-called dancing wasn't as simple as it seemed—something must have gone wrong with her two mothers.

In the black hole, Ye Chen suddenly opened his eyes.

In the previous instant, it was as if he heard a call—it was Ye Ling's voice. Bound by blood, such things could be strangely connected. One was in the black hole, the other in Da Chu, separated by vast distances, yet he could hear it.

Buzz! Buzz!

Still in the black hole, the Lingxiao Hall trembled twice, then enveloped Ruoxi and entered his small world, landing on the ground with a boom.

"Be gentle with it."

Ye Chen's face darkened again; the jolt was quite uncomfortable. His small world was already damaged, and if the Lingxiao Hall shook it further, the injury would be more than just unpleasant.

Buzz! Buzz!

The Lingxiao Hall continued to tremble, and soon a thread of halo flew out from within, heading straight into Ye Chen's pupils.

Ye Chen raised an eyebrow, examining the thread of halo. From it, he sensed an ancient power, mysterious and terrifying, which even he couldn't fully comprehend.

Without thinking too much, he immediately mobilized his origin. The Lingxiao Hall's intent was clear—it wanted him to refine this thread. As for its divine power, he didn't know yet.

As his origin enveloped it, the thread dissolved.

In an instant, Ye Chen felt his eye power revive, though only slightly. It would normally take him ten days or half a month to gather that amount, a real stroke of luck.

"Any more? Keep them coming."

Ye Chen's eyes gleamed brightly. He hadn't realized the Lingxiao Hall held such power. Just one thread of halo had restored so much of his reincarnation eye power.

The Lingxiao Hall didn't disappoint, sending out another thread.

Ye Chen wasted no time, forcibly refining it.

His eye power was replenished again, stacking with the previous amount.

"Again."

"Not enough, keep going."

"Hurry up."

Ye Chen's words came one after another—not out of greed, but because the gathered eye power wasn't enough for one use of the Heavenly Dao. He needed to get out first.

The Lingxiao Hall was quite perceptive, continuously sending out threads.

After an unknown number of moments, he slightly closed his eyes, and in the next instant, opened them wide. His dim reincarnation immortal eyes suddenly burst with dazzling immortal light. Though his eye power hadn't fully recovered, it was enough to support the Heavenly Dao.

"Going home."

Ye Chen unleashed the Heavenly Dao and instantly exited the black hole.

When he reappeared, he was in the chaotic starry skies.

"Quickly send her back to Da Chu."

From the distant void, a ethereal voice echoed, vague and ancient, its source unknown, its speaker unidentified, but carrying an undeniable authority.

Ye Chen frowned, confirming he hadn't misheard.

Since he hadn't, he knew exactly who "her" referred to—it had to be Ruoxi. She must not be allowed to leave Da Chu casually, or it would bring calamity to the myriad heavens.

His suspicion was now confirmed.

Buzz!

With a wave of his hand, he summoned the emperor dao domain gate.

Kill!

Fight!

Through the gate, he could clearly see the outside world, filled with the smoke of battle. His forces from the myriad heavens still held the high ground, chasing the heavenly demons and calamity demons across the starry skies, and even taking on the ancient wilderness clans along the way. Their morale was high.

But defeating the ancient wilderness, heavenly demons, and calamity demons was only a temporary victory. As long as heaven and earth remained unsettled, the myriad heavens would face great calamities, with more demon invasions to come.

Ye Chen withdrew his gaze and shot a brilliant divine light toward the domain gate's exit. He needed to hurry back and return Ruoxi to her original position in Da Chu.

Once back in Da Chu, he headed straight for Tianxuan Gate.

"You little brat, you finally decided to come back."

Ren Wang spotted him first, from far away.

Ye Chen ignored him, standing in the misty heavens and surveying the lands below, looking here and there as if searching for something. What was he looking for? An open space to place the Lingxiao Hall, which was larger than a mountain.

Soon, he found the spot.

Buzz!

Accompanied by a buzz, the Lingxiao Hall materialized in the air.

Gulp!

At Tianxuan Gate, over eighty percent of the cultivators swallowed hard. Good heavens, was that massive thing a palace? It was unbelievably huge—not just in size, but in sheer presence, making the entire world hum and shake.

"Lingxiao Hall?"

Ren Wang was stunned, his eyes shining brightly. He could see the plaque on the hall—that was the legendary first hall of the Heavenly Court. He'd only heard of it before; today was his first time seeing it. It was indeed extraordinary, massive, and powerful. Its aura alone made it hard for him to breathe. Ye Chen had actually brought it back—it was a priceless treasure. Just looking at the white jade dragon throne and the Lingxiao iron staff, you could tell this was no ordinary hall; it was the pinnacle of the Heavenly Court.