Chapter 2891: Nine Roots

Boom! Bang! Boom!

With the banging sounds, the Tenth E Mo Di arrived, his supreme emperor's might surging like a tidal wave, rampaging through the heavens. From across the vast and ethereal expanse, he gazed mockingly and sadistically at Ye Chen, never imagining that the heavens still harbored a Huang Gu Sheng Ti.

The emperor's laughter was wild and cruel.

On the Tai Gu Road, he couldn't defeat the Sheng Ti Di Huang, but now in the heavens, he had to torment this quasi-emperor level little Sheng Ti. As a great emperor, there was no reason he couldn't overpower it.

Bang!

Ye Chen shattered the starlit void with a single step, emerging from Tian Huang and charging straight at the E Mo Great Emperor. He merged his nine paths and eight wastelands into one, delivering a punch that dominated the heavens and earth, shattering the eternal immortal dome.

"Half-step Dacheng, you overestimate yourself."

The Tenth E Mo Di snorted coldly, striking with a palm from afar.

Boom!

Their fist and palm collided, causing the universe to collapse.

Pfft!

The dark blood sprayed forth, strikingly vivid.

In the previous moment, the Tenth E Mo Di had been smirking sinisterly, but in an instant, his expression turned to utter shock. He staggered back three or five steps, unable to laugh anymore—one of his arms had been blasted to pieces by Ye Chen's punch. His face was full of bewilderment. Was that really a half-step Dacheng quasi-emperor? How could it possess such formidable combat power?

He should count himself lucky that the little Sheng Ti had already used up his moment of Dacheng earlier. If that punch had been at full Dacheng strength, it wouldn't have just destroyed one arm—it would have turned half of his imperial body into a puddle of bloody pulp. As an initial-stage great emperor without the support of the Mo Zhu, he was suppressed in the heavens, and even as an emperor's supreme being, he was no match for Ye Chen.

"I don't believe it."

The Tenth E Mo Di roared this line smoothly, instantly regenerating his arm. He ascended to the peak in a single step and pressed down with a palm, his handprint shrouding the starry sky.

"Break!"

Ye Chen shouted resoundingly, punching through the emperor's seal and sending the emperor's body stumbling. Before it could steady itself, he struck like a ghost, slamming a Ni Shi Lun Hui Seal onto the E Mo Di, annihilating the emperor's Dao origins.

"You actually know Lun Hui."

The E Mo Di gritted his teeth, channeling his emperor's divine power. He too had some understanding of Lun Hui principles, infusing them into his divine power to instantly dispel the heavenly-defying Lun Hui.

Zing! Zing! Zing!

Piercing sword cries suddenly rang out as Ye Chen advanced again, slashing down with a sword from the heavens. In the moment it fell, it split into three: the first fused with the power of time, the second with the power of space, and the third with the power of time and space—one sword severed the Dao roots, one severed the origins, and one severed the Yuan Shen.

Pfft! Pfft! Pfft!

The Tenth E Mo Di was gravely wounded, spitting out three mouthfuls of blood. His Dao roots, origins, and Yuan Shen were all nearly split apart by Ye Chen's sword. His imperial body exploded, and blood streamed from his seven orifices.

"Damn it."

The great emperor raged, dispelling all the backlash and instantly healing his imperial body. He reforged his Yuan Shen and etched an ancient Mo Wen on his forehead, causing his supreme emperor's might to surge explosively. This seemed to be some kind of emperor's forbidden technique, allowing a short-term boost to his emperor's divine power, though the cost was severe. Forcing the emperor to activate such a technique right away, Ye Chen was truly unparalleled across the heavens.

Boom! Bang! Boom!

The booming sounds resumed as one emperor and one Sheng Ti clashed once more, battling from the vast starry expanse all the way into the Da Dao Tai Shang Tian. Emperor's blood stained the Sheng Ti bones like falling rain, while Sheng Ti blood dyed the emperor's bones, exploding across the stars. Both blood and bones were weighty, collapsing the blood-red universe.

Ye Chen's assaults were unmatched, burning like fierce flames as he mobilized his combat power and origins without regard for the cost, aiming to annihilate the Tenth E Mo Di in the shortest time possible.

"Kill!"

Below, the Tian Mo and E Mo armies arrived like a vast ocean surging across the stars, sweeping in overwhelmingly. They ignored Ye Fan, focusing instead on Ji Ningshuang, who was undergoing her tribulation. The supreme emperor's tribulation was terrifying, capable of destroying heaven and earth, allowing no distractions—if they could just disrupt her tribulation, that would suffice.

Buzz!

Ye Fan gripped the Xuan Yuan Sword tightly, burning his origins and enhancing his emperor's might. In his Great Saint realm, his aura soared, astonishing even the Tian Mo and E Mo.

"Battle!"

His roar shook the starry dome.

The Tian Qian Zhi Ti was resilient, holding firm at Tian Huang. Before his mother achieved the Dao, he absolutely could not fall.

At the very least, he had to hold out until his father returned.

Pfft! Pfft! Pfft!

The battle was extraordinarily brutal. Ye Fan was repeatedly engulfed by the tide of Tian Mo and E Mo, only to fight his way out each time, carving out a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood.

There was a moment when Ji Ningshuang glanced sideways.

What she saw pierced her heart: her husband was battling an emperor, her child was fighting the Tian Mo in a bloodbath, the entire heavens were at war, and all the cultivators of the heavens were fighting. Across countless voids, she seemed to glimpse that towering Mo Zhu and the surging tide of Tian Mo pouring out. It wouldn't be long before a Tian Mo Di emerged from the Mo Zhu—perhaps at the initial stage, perhaps at the peak, perhaps one, or perhaps two.

She hesitated, her hand gripping the sword trembling.

Had she been wrong? She should have ended her life the moment she awoke. Then the heavens wouldn't have been exposed, the Mo Zhu wouldn't have descended, the human realm wouldn't be fighting so desperately, and Ye Chen wouldn't be held back at Tian Huang.

"Mother, the entire heavens are protecting your Dao."

Ye Fan's words suddenly echoed in her ear.

That foolish child still stood guard beyond Tian Huang, clutching his blood-dripping Xuan Yuan Sword, swaying unsteadily against the vast ocean of enemies rolling with terrifying waves, which could swallow him at any moment.

Ji Ningshuang's eyes blurred with mist once more.

Ah!

Her scream carried an extra layer of sorrow as she was struck down by thunder into the void, only to drag her blood-soaked immortal body back into the heavens. She had to live, to prove the Dao and become an emperor, to avenge the fallen heroes.

Boom! Bang! Boom!

The bloodshed continued, the rumbling unending.

He was fighting the emperor.

He was battling the Tian Mo and E Mo.

She was confronting the heavens.

Boom! Bang! Boom!

In the midst of the bloody smoke, a sound emerged that was more despairing than the roars of all living beings. Still at the edge of the universe, accompanied by eight thunderous booms, eight pitch-black Mo Zhu descended from the sky, piercing through the starry expanse.

That's right—more towering Mo Zhu had arrived, not just one, but eight, aligning perfectly with the first Mo Zhu to form nine in a row at the universe's edge. Their rumbling vibrations shook the souls of all living beings and pierced the minds of the two emperors of Tian and Ming.

Though they had anticipated it, the Tian Mo Domain had come far too quickly, and all were at the peak realm. Without a doubt, nine peak emperors would emerge.

Buzz! Buzz! Buzz!

The Ming Di trembled, ancient and weathered imperial armor forming inch by inch on his body, his emperor's killing intent surging like a flood.

The Dao Zu remained silent, his imperial body also trembling.

Yet, an ancient mission bound them, preventing any action. Even if the human realm collapsed and all living beings perished, they had to guard the Tian and Ming realms to the death.

Buzz! Buzz! Buzz!

The nine Mo Zhu vibrated in unison, demonic aura rampaging as the Mo Wen carved upon them came alive one by one. Soon after, eerie ghost wails echoed, and dark masses of Tian Mo soldiers surged forth. Each Mo Zhu spewed out countless Tian Mo, like fiends from hell, grotesque and terrifying, savage and ominous, intent on devouring all mortal life.

The black ocean formed by the Tian Mo was the largest invasion from the outer domains yet. It would sweep from the universe's edge all the way to its far shore, devouring the entire heavens inch by inch.

"The heavens, tremble!"

The Tian Mo laughed ferociously as they advanced across the edge.