Chapter 2890: Is the Fate Exhausted?

Boom! Rumble!

The emperor tribulation's thunder roared like the toll of hell's bells, shaking the universe and resounding through the eight wastelands. The destructive emperor path lightning enveloped Tianhuang, each wisp and bolt representing annihilation, intent on destroying that person who defied the heavens.

Pfft! Pfft! Pfft!

In the sea of emperor tribulation lightning, Ji Ningshuang coughed up blood repeatedly, her graceful immortal form ravaged by the emperor path thunder, covered in wounds. Every deep blood gash was entwined with a ghostly glow—that was the lingering breath of the tribulation, eroding her vital energy and shattering her unbreakable resolve.

The heart does not die, so the body does not perish.

Her resolve was also her belief, submerged by the lightning sea time and again, only to emerge each time. She knew not when the emperor tribulation would end; she only knew she could not fall.

The emperor tribulation was too terrifying, so fearsome that even she had no time to glance at her husband and child. Even a single moment of distraction could lead to her complete destruction.

Boom! Bang! Boom!

Though she did not look, it did not mean the chaos had ceased.

The Honghuang forces were still attacking relentlessly, refusing to stop until one side was destroyed.

Ye Chen and Ye Fan continued to fight, guarding with all their might. The Desolate Ancient Holy Body was drenched in blood and bones, and the Heavenly Punishment Body was covered in wounds. He staggered and stumbled.

Their defense was purely reactive, the battle far too brutal.

"She will expose Zhutian."

"You truly wish to become the eternal sinner?"

In the blood-red starlit expanse of Tianhuang, the Honghuang clan emperors roared ferociously, their voices not only savage but also filled with profound grief and indignation.

Indeed, it was grief and indignation, a righteous hatred of evil.

In that moment, they had become the embodiments of justice, representing the common people of the myriad realms, accusing Da Chu's Tenth Emperor with righteous fury.

Ye Chen remained silent, still silent, gripping his blood-dripping dao sword and blocking the path to Tianhuang, ignoring the Honghuang clan.

His silence was his anger; the calmer he appeared, the more terrifying he became, like a slumbering lion on the verge of awakening. Once Yao Chi achieved her dao, even if he did not slay the Tianmo or E Mo, he would make the entire Honghuang pay a heavy price.

"Very well, very well."

"Kill! Kill for me!"

The Honghuang clan emperor stood on his jade chariot, roaring wildly and maniacally, jumping about in frenzy, not once but repeatedly swinging his sword toward Tianhuang, pointing at Ye Chen and Ye Fan.

With his command, the Honghuang assault grew even fiercer, waves of figures flooding the cosmos.

This battle was not without spectators.

The Tianming Emperors were watching, and the Zhuxian Sword was watching too.

Buzz! Buzz! Buzz!

In the black hole, the Zhuxian Sword trembled incessantly.

Its trembling stemmed from worry, fearing that Ji Ningshuang must not die in the emperor tribulation. She should wait until the Tianmo and E Mo found Zhutian's location before perishing.

For now, Ji Ningshuang held value for them.

She could not die; if she did, the emperor tribulation would dissipate.

Boom!

Suddenly, a thunderous boom echoed through the starry sky.

At the edge of the universe, a massive demonic pillar descended from the heavens, a pitch-black pillar piercing the stars, etched with demonic patterns. Demonic aura raged forth, trembling as it emitted sounds like demonic music, carrying supreme demonic power.

That was the Qingtian Demonic Pillar.

In that instant, the hearts of all living beings turned ice-cold.

In that instant, the hearts of the Tianming Emperors also chilled. That Qingtian Demonic Pillar was no ordinary pillar; its level was the highest in the emperor domain.

Perhaps it would not be long before a Tianmo Emperor emerged from within, one at the peak realm.

The arrival of the Qingtian Demonic Pillar was a sign, proving that Zhutian had been exposed and that the Tianmo had traced it through the aura of the ultimate dao emperor tribulation.

And this was merely the first.

More would surely follow, with more emperors descending upon Zhutian, adding another layer of catastrophe to this great calamity.

Boom! Rumble!

The demonic pillar quaked, surging waves of demonic aura pouring out, carrying swarms of Tianmo. Though shrouded in mist, one could still see those pairs of blood-red eyes, savage and sinister, each licking their crimson tongues, emerging from the pillar like fiends from hell's emperor realm, coming to wreak havoc on the mortal world.

"Kill!"

The Tianmo poured out of the demonic pillar and joined the battle. Except for those guarding the pillar, the rest opened domain gates, rushing toward various star fields to slaughter the living.

"Quick, destroy the demonic pillar at once!"

The elder generation of Zhutian went mad, pulling forces from various battlefields and charging frantically toward the universe's edge.

They had all become lunatics—those who could fight would fight, and those who could not would detonate themselves without hesitation, blasting a bloody path for those behind.

The demonic pillar had to be destroyed. If another Tianmo Emperor arrived, Zhutian would truly be finished.

"Not afraid of death? Charge with me!"

Xiao Yuan Huang roared, and Kui Niu bellowed. The two brothers charged side by side, one wielding an iron staff and the other a battle axe, one transforming into a massive ape and the other into a colossal ox, rampaging straight ahead.

Accompanying them were Chen Yi, Di Jiuxian, Yao Xin, Long Jie, Dongzhou Wuwang, Riyue Shenzi, Zhonghuang, Xizun, Nandi, and more.

Countless others rushed forward, sacrificing their origins, burning their primordial spirits, their figures tinged with the color of death. This charge meant none intended to return alive.

Buzz! Buzz! Buzz!

The Zhuxian Sword hidden in the black hole trembled again.

This time, it trembled with excitement.

Their purpose had been achieved: forcing Yao Chi to undergo the tribulation, disrupting the cosmos, and exposing Zhutian's location.

Thus, its trembling held no more worry.

The demonic pillar had arrived, and more would follow—it was only a matter of time.

Ji Ningshuang, in the midst of her tribulation, had lost all value. The sooner she died, the better.

"You have no value left."

In the eastern star field, the First E Mo Emperor sneered, gazing toward Tianhuang and the tribulation-undergoing Ji Ningshuang. She had lost her utility.

The emperor's laugh was grotesque.

The emperor's form was wretched, with disheveled hair and a body full of blood gashes. Since falling into Zhutian, he had been besieged by the nine emperors of Da Chu, suffering heavy blows repeatedly.

Compared to the others, the nine emperors of Da Chu were even more miserable; someone like Tianzang Huang was on the brink of bodily collapse, and the other emperors were all covered in blood and bones.

"After I destroy her, I will settle accounts with you all."

The First E Mo Emperor snorted coldly and abruptly withdrew, heading straight for Tianhuang to eliminate the one undergoing the tribulation and eliminate future threats, lest she truly achieve emperor status.

It did not matter if she became an emperor; Zhutian would face emperor path suppression, affecting not only Zhutian's people but also emperors like them.

This would greatly diminish their emperor path combat strength.

"Where do you think you're going?"

Zhan Wang's voice rang out resoundingly as he stepped across the cosmos, flipping his hand to strike with a halberd, sending the First E Mo Emperor flying back. Before he could steady himself, Tai Wang's attack arrived, a divine ray piercing the emperor's chest. Yue Huang unfolded his vision, forcing the emperor to stagger, while Dong Huang's palm strike dominated, blasting the emperor's body with scattering blood and bones. The most overbearing assault came from Chu Huang, a sword slash that cleaved heaven and earth, ignoring the physical form and severely damaging the emperor's primordial spirit.

"Damn you all, you deserve to die!"

The First E Mo Emperor snorted in fury, fully enraged, sacrificing his emperor path divine power and sending the nine emperors of Da Chu flying through the air, determined not to stop until they were annihilated.

Yet, the nine emperors of Da Chu truly held him back.

"You cannot escape."

In the western star dome, the nine great divine generals fought like madmen, blocking the Second E Mo Emperor as he tried to head to Tianhuang to slay Ji Ningshuang, trapping him firmly in the star dome. They absolutely could not let him pass; if an emperor went, it would spell disaster.

"You cannot escape."

From the southern vastness came the angry shouts of the Ten Halls of Yanluo. The Yanluo of the underworld were unyielding, fighting the emperor to the brink of self-destruction and death, still dragging their blood-soaked bodies to block the Third E Mo Emperor.

"You cannot escape."

In the northern void, Taishang Laojun, Jiang Taigong, Yuan Shi Tianzun, Tongtian Jiaozhu, Jiangang Chen, and Long Cang Jie engaged in a desperate blood battle, blocking the Fourth E Mo Emperor.

The four peak sword cultivators, Donghuang Tai Xin, Yao Chi Xian Mu, and others, bathed in fresh blood, held the Fourth E Mo Emperor in the Ziwei Star Domain.

Sheng Zun, Sheng Huang, Di Ji, Zaohua Shenwang, Nan Yongsheng Ti, Long Ye, and their group blocked the Sixth E Mo Emperor in the blood-colored Tianyuan Star Domain.

Tun Tian Mozun, Hao Mie Shenwang, Jiang Taixu, Chi Mei Xie Shen, Yu Hua Xianwang, Jiutian Xuannv, Feng Huang, and others unleashed their lifelong skills, blocking the Seventh E Mo Emperor in the desolate Yinming Star Domain.

Xuan Yuan Di Zi, Xuan Gu Di Zi, and the other imperial sons blocked the Eighth E Mo Emperor on the far side of the star river.

Boom! Bang! Boom!

In the Xuanhuang Zhongzhou, the five great heavenly kings of the forbidden zone, Tianzhu, Dimie, and the old quasi-emperors of the forbidden zone, had sacrificed their primordial spirits and origins, blocking the Ninth E Mo Emperor in the vastness.

The Xian Clan blocked the First Tianmo Emperor.

Wulei City blocked the Second Tianmo Emperor.

Eleven emperor path battlefields raged, collapsing the heavens and extinguishing the earth, with waves of annihilation spreading infinitely, not only shaking Zhutian's cultivators but also obliterating countless Tianmo and E Mo.

"Kill!"

Tianhuang seemed to become a target for the Tianmo and E Mo. Domain gates opened one after another, with countless Tianmo and E Mo surging toward it. Even without the emperors, they could still eliminate the one undergoing the emperor tribulation—after all, they had the numbers.

"Fight!"

Zhutian's cultivators pressed forward wave after wave.

The supreme peaks held the emperors at bay.

They, in turn, built blood-red walls on the path to Tianhuang, erecting Changcheng after Changcheng for Dongshen Yao Chi.

May she defy the heavens and seal her emperor path.

May she turn the tide.

"Kill! Kill for me!"

The Honghuang army's battle intent still soared.

But their targets were not the Tianmo or E Mo; they assaulted Ye Chen and Ye Fan, each one brave and fearless, fighting to the death.

"Demonic pillar! A Qingtian Demonic Pillar!"

In the midst of the slaughter, some Honghuang clan emperor howled, sending a shiver through the entire Honghuang army, as if the demonic pillar were a nightmare.

In that instant, the Honghuang assault halted.

In that instant, the Honghuang experts all turned their gazes, their expressions pale. Their looks toward Ye Chen, once filled with anger and savagery, now turned to fear. Compared to Ye Chen, they feared the Tianmo more.

This was the epitome of bullying the weak and fearing the strong.

Ye Chen staggered a step, his once indifferent expression now instantly grave.

Another Qingtian Demonic Pillar had descended, proving Zhutian was exposed and the Tianmo had found it. More pillars and emperors would follow.

He knew it, and so did Honghuang.

Precisely because they knew, Honghuang was furious.

After attacking for so long, they had failed to slay Ji Ningshuang before Zhutian was exposed.

Boom!

In the midst of the lull, another boom echoed through the vastness.

There, a rift tore open, and a humanoid monster stumbled out, drenched in emperor blood and radiating emperor might, smashing a swath of stars.

Indeed, it was an E Mo Emperor.

The Tenth E Mo Emperor had arrived.

He did not come from the E Mo Domain; he had fallen into Zhutian from the Ancient Road.

"How could this be?"

The faces of the Tianming Emperors paled further.

Why did all three realms—heaven, earth, and human—fall solely into the human realm? Besides the three Tianmo Emperors already slain by Ye Chen, this great calamity of Zhutian now involved fifteen emperors.

And that was not all; there was still one Qingtian Demonic Pillar.

And perhaps one peak Tianmo Emperor on the way.

More pillars and emperors would follow. How could the storm-tossed Zhutian human realm withstand so many emperors?

"Has Zhutian's qi number truly run out?"

The two emperors murmured, their expressions ashen.

"This is... Zhutian?"

The Tenth E Mo Emperor steadied himself, his expression shocked, recognizing it as Zhutian. All he saw were figures and blood-red battles—Tianmo, E Mo, Zhutian cultivators. Was this the great war of Zhutian?

"Destroy the one undergoing the tribulation."

From the eastern star field came the roar of the First E Mo Emperor, still entangled by the nine emperors of Da Chu and unable to come himself, so he transmitted his words to the Tenth E Mo Emperor.

From his tone, it seemed he knew the Tenth E Mo Emperor well.

Of course; they were all from the E Mo Domain and had fallen into Zhutian from the Ancient Road.

"How interesting."

The Tenth E Mo Emperor chuckled eerily, as if he could see through the entire star field—so many emperors, so many Tianmo and E Mo, with a Qingtian Demonic Pillar and someone undergoing tribulation.

The Ancient Road was lively.

But Zhutian was even more so!

There was someone undergoing tribulation there, and here as well.

Truly fascinating.

Chuckling, he stepped forward, each stride crossing a cosmos, heading straight for Tianhuang. The Qingtian Demonic Pillar had already appeared, so the one undergoing tribulation had lost her value.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

His emperor steps were heavy, making the starry sky tremble with each one, every boom rumbling. Along his path, countless Zhutian cultivators were shaken to their souls' destruction; the emperor might was too overpowering.

"Retreat."

"Retreat at once."

The Honghuang clan in Tianhuang seemed to sense an emperor's approach and immediately ordered a withdrawal.

Honghuang retreated, no longer attacking Ye Chen and Ye Fan, discarding their armor and fleeing in panic, their earlier righteous fury and willingness to die gone. From the clan emperors down to the lowliest soldiers, each fled faster than the last.

This was Honghuang.

The first batch of beings in the heavens and earth, who held themselves superior, ferocious against Zhutian cultivators, but utterly cowardly against Tianmo and E Mo.

"Ye Chen, you will be the sinner of Zhutian."

As the various Honghuang clan emperors, quasi-emperors, great saints, and saints vanished into the void, they all glanced back, their expressions grotesque and grief-stricken toward Ye Chen, a stark contrast to their fleeing forms.

That scene was all too ironic.

"Kill!"

With Honghuang's retreat, the Tianmo and E Mo armies advanced, domain gates opening one after another in the starry sky, hordes pouring out like a dark ocean, swallowing inch by inch of the cosmos, intent on reaching Tianhuang and exterminating the one undergoing tribulation.

Buzz!

Ye Chen said nothing, focusing entirely on reshaping his sacred body.

During this, he glanced at Ye Fan.

"Father, fight the emperor without worry."

The unsteady Ye Fan gripped the Xuanyuan Emperor Sword tightly.

With an emperor coming to kill, Ye Chen needed to face him.

As for the Tianmo and E Mo below the emperor level, Ye Fan would handle them.

Since arriving in Tianhuang, he had a certain resolve: he would block the path here, fight alongside his father, and for his mother, battle until his body and dao were destroyed.