Chapter 2876: From the Primordial Antiquity

The starry sea shimmered brightly, its waves surging wildly.

Ye Chen stood there, quietly gazing up at the vast sky.

Many passing cultivators, baffled by his actions, followed his gaze but saw nothing at all.

Just because they couldn't see it didn't mean Ye Chen couldn't.

He could peer through fragments of past spacetime and vaguely discern the chaotic flows of spacetime in the void. In certain moments, he could even spot people within those flows, though to bring them out, he would need to open a channel—a pathway connecting to the chaotic spacetime.

In the blink of an eye, another half month passed before he silently turned away.

Along the way, he kept walking and stopping, always looking up at the vast sky. Sometimes he could see the chaotic flows, sometimes not; sometimes clearly, sometimes not.

"Old Seven, can my dad come back?"

As he walked, a sudden call rang out—it was from Xiao Yuan Huang.

After many days of recovery, that guy was full of energy again, swinging his iron staff as he strolled through the starry sea.

"He can."

Ye Chen's single word was spoken with firm conviction.

Boom! Rumble!

No sooner had he spoken than a tremendous boom erupted, perhaps from such intense fluctuations that it shook the heavens. Xiao Yuan Huang, who had just arrived, nearly stumbled and fell. Once steady, he narrowed his fiery golden eyes into slits, staring intently at the vast sky with a sense of heart-pounding unease.

Ye Chen was looking too, his gaze even deeper than Xiao Yuan Huang's. He knew exactly where the rumble originated—it had to be from the Primeval Honghuang, likely another war breaking out there.

His guess was spot on; there was indeed a great battle on the Primeval Road.

The unlucky trio from the heavens were, as expected, blocked once more and were fighting fiercely in a bath of blood.

By now, the three of them were used to it—ambushes every few days, group beatings every so often. Not only had they grown accustomed, but they'd also been beaten to the point of losing all spirit.

They might have lost their spirit, but the Tian Mo, E Mo, and the First Vein Da Cheng Sheng Ti were equally furious.

Counting it out, every ambush involved a sizable force, absolutely overwhelming Di Huang and his companions. Yet, every time, they failed to kill them.

To say they couldn't kill them wasn't entirely accurate—it was because, midway through the fights, the universe would turn chaotic. Chaos itself wasn't the issue, but in the midst of it, people would vanish without a trace. So many attempted kills, and the universe's chaos was a constant factor. That kind of power was beyond even a great emperor's resistance; no one involved could escape, and no one knew where they ended up.

So, sometimes, having more people wasn't necessarily an advantage—too much commotion would disturb the universe, and the universe would inevitably fall into chaos.

Just like this time, with dozens of emperors and Da Cheng Sheng Ti participating, they hadn't even finished the fight before everyone disappeared.

Precisely because of this chaos in the universe, Di Huang and his group had escaped total annihilation time and again. Without it, they would have been wiped out countless times over.

"Where's that rumble coming from? A black hole?"

Xiao Yuan Huang was the first to look away, glancing at Ye Chen. Some secrets Ye Chen knew, and his father Sheng Yuan Huang knew, but he himself had no right to know.

Ye Chen gave a soft hum in response and continued walking, his expression not looking great. He wondered if Di Huang and Hong Yan could hold out—the enemy's forces were just too massive.

For the rest of the journey, he remained silent, making Xiao Yuan Huang feel quite awkward. In his memory, his family's Old Seven was a real chatterbox, talking about everything under the sun, with unmatched eloquence.

Finding it dull, when they passed by a star river, Xiao Yuan Huang wandered off elsewhere—to the ancient star where the Xuan Gu Di Zi was. He figured he should advise the Di Zi not to do anything rash.

Ye Chen closed his eyes again, walking with them shut.

The spacetime power granted by the Hong Chen Liu Dao hadn't fully merged yet; he needed to absorb it bit by bit, requiring considerable time to truly control and make it his own.

No one disturbed him in his enlightenment—they all knew he was comprehending spacetime and that the heavens' quasi-emperors were trapped in the chaotic flows. Di Ji had lost her lover and had no interest in worldly affairs, so she was unreliable. Their only hope was Da Chu's Tenth Emperor.

The heavens' people didn't disturb him, but that didn't mean others wouldn't.

Accompanied by a boom, the serenity of the starry sea was shattered.

"Tian Mo invasion!"

This cry followed, infused with divine soul power, spreading across the four directions of the starry sea.

Hearing it, Ye Chen abruptly opened his eyes and, following the boom, headed straight for that section of the starry sea.

"Damn it."

The war drums had already sounded, and the heavens' cultivators were assembling, feeling more confident than last time. They might not beat a great emperor, but they could certainly practice on these Tian Mo soldiers and generals.

Buzz!

Ye Chen was the fastest, like a divine ray streaking across the universe.

From afar, he saw the Tianyuan Star Domain engulfed in demonic aura, with hordes of Tian Mo surging forth, their grotesque faces clear and visible—ferocious and sinister. Their numbers weren't overwhelming, around a million, each covered in blood and gore, as if they'd just survived a massive battle.

Ye Chen halted, furrowing his brow as he scanned the surroundings. He saw no Qian Tian Mo Zhu and detected no aura of a Tian Mo emperor. As for this Tian Mo race, it was his first encounter; their bloodline was even more dominant than that of the Hei Lian clan.

"Where did they come from?"

This was the question in his mind. Without a Qian Tian Mo Zhu, where had these million Tian Mo emerged from? It was as if they'd appeared out of thin air.

After observing closely, he noticed the clue—these Tian Mo all carried a trace of an unusual aura, the aura of the Primeval Honghuang.

"From the Primeval Honghuang."

Ye Chen murmured softly, his eyes narrowing slightly. He was basically certain that this million Tian Mo hadn't come from the Tian Mo Domain; they'd come from the Primeval Honghuang. Moreover, without a Qian Tian Mo Zhu to sustain them, they could still survive, which was somewhat similar to the Hei Lian clan Tian Mo.

"Hey? Where's the Qian Tian Mo Zhu?"

"Probably crawled out from a black hole."

"The Tian Mo aren't stupid; they'd hide if they could. Why come strolling through the starry sea?"

"That's true, but a million Tian Mo daring to leave the black hole? Unless they're out of their minds."

Quite a few heavens' cultivators had arrived, blocking the star domain from all sides, their voices full of doubt. They couldn't figure out where these million Tian Mo got their confidence from—no troops, no emperors, no Qian Tian Mo Zhu, yet they were all acting so arrogantly, as if they were unbeatable.

Ye Chen didn't look at the Tian Mo anymore; instead, he scanned the void. Their arrival here might mean there was some kind of channel in this starry sea connecting to the Primeval Honghuang.

Unfortunately, he found nothing.

He couldn't see it clearly, but the Tian Ming and Liang Di could see it perfectly. There was no channel, just a rift that had appeared and vanished in a few instants. Not even they could find it now. All they knew was that the million Tian Mo had fallen out from that rift, and they all came from the Primeval Road. If the rift had been any larger, the number dropping into the heavens would have been far more than a million.

"Retreat! Retreat quickly!"

Roars erupted from the million Tian Mo. They had been rampaging freely, planning where to devour living beings, but as they marched, they suddenly faced a vast ocean—a sea of people. Compared to that ocean, their million were merely a small lake.

"Run? Where do you think you're running?"

The heavens' cultivators shouted resoundingly, with seas of people not just in front but on all sides, completely surrounding the Tian Mo.

Boom! Bang! Boom!

The battle erupted instantly, and the Tian Mo were overwhelmed on the spot. From being surrounded to being wiped out, it took only about a dozen instants.

During it, Ye Chen made a move, casually capturing a Tian Mo general.

"Where did you come from?"

Ye Chen asked flatly.

The Tian Mo general just grinned maliciously and said nothing.

Ye Chen didn't bother with small talk and directly searched his soul, but the Tian Mo's memories were sealed. Until his divine soul shattered, Ye Chen got nothing useful.

Boom!

No sooner had the Tian Mo general been destroyed than another rumble sounded.

"Tian Mo invasion!"

It was the same cry, this time from Xiao Yuan Huang.

Ye Chen shattered the starry sea with a step and rushed toward that direction. Not only did he hear the rumble and Xiao Yuan Huang's shout, but he also sensed the aura of an emperor path. No need to look—he knew a Tian Mo emperor had arrived.

"Another great emperor?"

The heavens' forces charging over included many with pale faces. What was going on these days? It hadn't been long since the last invasion, and now another emperor had shown up.

Still, most remained relatively calm—this time, they had the Sheng Ti Ye Chen holding the fort.

Boom! Bang! Boom!

Deep in the starry sea, the battle fluctuations were already raging.

It was indeed an emperor, an early-stage great emperor, even stronger than the previous five Tian Mo emperors.

No need to guess—he'd also fallen out from the Primeval Road. At first, he looked shocked, but once he confirmed where he was, his emperor eyes turned fiercely savage.

Facing him in battle were a man and a woman: Di Ji and Tian Shuo.

Both fought like madmen, attacking recklessly without regard for cost, seeking to avenge their loved ones' blood debt.

As for Xiao Yuan Huang, he was already on his knees, half his ape body blown apart, clutching his iron staff and swaying unsteadily.

He was the first to spot the Tian Mo emperor. As he walked along, he saw a massive hole tear open in the vast sky, and from it fell a dark, shadowy figure.

Taking a closer look—oh? A Tian Mo emperor.

And just like that, he was struck into this sorry state by the emperor's palm. If not for his emperor weapon, his speed, and the timely arrival of Di Ji and Tian Shuo, he'd already be on his way to the underworld.

"Mere ants daring to attack an emperor?"

The Tian Mo emperor sneered coldly, his body crackling with lightning as his ultimate emperor might destroyed heaven and earth. He nearly obliterated Xuan Gu Di Zi and left Di Ji's immortal body drenched in blood.

"Blood debt paid in blood!"

Xuan Gu Di Zi roared like a madman, boosting his combat power and sacrificing his origin without hesitation, determined to tear a chunk of flesh from the emperor. If not for the outer domain invasion, Bai Zhi wouldn't have died.

Di Ji said nothing, a complete madwoman. Her once clear eyes were now threaded with blood vessels, turned a deep crimson. She didn't know how many forbidden techniques she'd activated, and from the looks of it, she had no intention of returning alive.

Their madness made the Tian Mo emperor not only sneer but also feel a bit stunned. Were the people of the heavens all unafraid of death? Knowing it was an emperor and they couldn't win, they still charged fearlessly. The way those two ants looked at him, it was as if he had a personal vendetta against them.

On heaven's conscience, this was his first time in the heavens.

As he spoke, Tian Shuo and Di Ji attacked again, one from the left and one from the right, unleashing their strongest strikes in life.

The emperor gazed down arrogantly and swept out with a palm.

Pfft! Pfft!

Both spat blood. Even someone as powerful as Di Ji had her immortal body explode, her immortal bones stained with fresh blood scattering across the starry sea. Tian Shuo fared worse—his physical form completely disintegrated.

"How boring."

The Tian Mo emperor reached out a massive hand to grab them.

Boom!

At that moment, a golden fist blasted in from the distant starry sea, forcing him to stagger back.

Ye Chen had arrived, his every step heavy, making the universe tremble with each one.

The Tian Mo emperor steadied himself, his face twisting ferociously as his destructive emperor might surged, even stronger and more terrifying. The demonic light of the emperor path was wild and icy. A dignified great emperor had been forced back by a single punch—he needed to reclaim his dignity.

However, when he saw Ye Chen's true appearance, he instinctively retreated a step. He could see his emperor body trembling involuntarily—it was a shudder from the depths of his soul.

He had seen a face identical to Ye Chen's on the Primeval Road before—that of an emperor, an incredibly powerful one. Dozens of great emperors had ganged up on him and still couldn't take him down; instead, he had slain a Mo Tian emperor.

That ancient scene still lingered in his divine sea—it wasn't a memory, but a nightmare.

He feared that emperor, feared him to the point of shadows, feared him so much that seeing that face made him retreat uncontrollably.

"A one-on-one fight."

Ye Chen said calmly, his entire body radiating golden light.