Chapter 2907: Paving the Primordial Wilderness (1)

Chapter 2907: Tadping Honghuang (Part One)

The night at Yunü Peak was peaceful and tranquil.

"Mother, the myriad domains have unified."

Under the moonlight, Ye Ling murmured to herself, guarding more than a dozen everlasting lamps and scattering wisps of primordial spirit power.

Looking at their primordial spirit flames, they had grown much stronger, for Ji Ningshuang had once bestowed upon them the power of the Emperor's Dao primordial spirit. Their soul forces were extraordinarily vast, but to return to the mortal world, they would still need an extremely long period of time.

A gentle breeze blew, carrying a faint feminine fragrance.

Scenting it, Ye Ling instinctively glanced toward the mountain entrance.

Bathed in moonlight, a graceful figure approached.

It was Yan Fei, sleepwalking once again.

Ye Ling was already accustomed to this. The empress of Chen Huang would wander to Yunü Peak every few days, and in recent times, she had come more than a dozen times.

For some reason, every time she saw Yan Fei, Ye Ling had a strange illusion, as if she could always glimpse the shadow of her father in Yan Fei.

As always, Yan Fei arrived lightly and departed silently.

This time, Ye Ling did not call out to her. Yan Fei was sleepwalking, but it seemed more like enlightenment, comprehending the Dao of Dreams. In the mastery of dreams, the empress of Chen Huang even surpassed her Ninth Mother.

After all, one was dedicated to it, while the other practiced it alongside other paths.

For someone like her, it was best not to disturb her during sleepwalking, as it could lead to backlash, and the backlash of the dream Dao involved the murky chaos.

After a long while, Ye Ling withdrew her hand and sat down under the old tree, picking up her carving knife. Stroke by stroke, she carved figures of Ye Chen and also Ye Fan.

At the mountain entrance, more people arrived.

They were the Liehuo Zhanti, the Child of the Earth, the Taiyin and Sun bodies, the Zifu Xian Ti, Zhang Zifan, the Xiantian Dao Ti, and the Jiuyou Mo Ti—a group of the new generation's top prodigies.

They had all participated in the great calamity of the heavens, and though they survived, they sustained severe injuries. It had taken over half a year of recovery before they emerged from seclusion.

Visiting late at night, they came to pay respects to Ye Fan.

"May you find solace in your grief."

From afar, they spoke, their eyes filled with unconcealable sorrow.

Among the five young emperors of the heavens, one had sacrificed himself, one had attained the Dao, two had fallen in battle, leaving only Ye Ling.

As for them, they were merely supporting figures.

Ye Ling forced a smile and continued carving with her head down.

The others said no more and went to the small bamboo grove. While paying respects to Ye Fan, they also honored Ye Chen—one father and one son, both heroic spirits who protected all living beings.

Boom! Rumbling!

The rumbling in the starry sky continued.

The chaotic universe remained unstable, with stars collapsing from time to time. Whenever such scenes occurred, the Eastern Wilderness Empress would intervene, realigning the formations.

It was not until the sixth month that the halo of light from Ruoxi finally dissipated.

By the seventh month, Ji Ningshuang truly stabilized her form.

The myriad domains had unified.

The universe of the heavens was completely stabilized.

Due to the unification of the myriad domains, many suspended continents appeared in the heavens, each from various domain realms, quietly floating in the starry sky like brilliant pearls embedded in the vast expanse.

Gradually, more figures appeared in the starry sky.

Not everyone had visited the domain realms, and not everyone had the ability to do so.

Now, with the domains returning, countless people banded together and traveled to these continental domains, treating it as a journey.

"The spiritual energy of heaven and earth has become much denser."

Xi Zun walked through the void, observing along the way. Not only in Xuanhuang, Da Chu, the Netherworld, and the various domain continents, but the spiritual energy was extraordinarily abundant—several times greater than before—bringing a vibrant spring to the heavens.

And this was just the beginning; the spiritual energy grew denser by the day.

At his side was the Little Ape Emperor, carrying the Kui Niu battle axe and walking alongside Xi Zun. His golden fur now had streaks of silver, for the previous calamity had consumed much of his lifespan through blood sacrifice.

He had lost his former sharpness and, once a chatterbox, had become silent and reticent.

"Nine Immortals, the myriad domains have unified."

Chen Yi had also arrived, carrying a plain zither on his back.

Not far away was Yao Xin, wearing the red hairpin given to her by Xuanyuan Dizi.

One had a full beard, the other a haggard face.

"Vermilion Bird, the myriad domains have unified."

There was also the Southern Emperor, his gaze dim and lacking vitality.

The group came from different directions, walking side by side for the first time in months. They were observing the various domain realms and the starry sky, bathed in the light of a new era. Yet, this former battlefield still held memories of blood.

Their figures were all desolate and forlorn.

Apart from Da Chu, where Dongzhou Wuwang, the Sun and Moon God Child, and Long Jie were still in the process of revival, only they remained among the emperor-level figures of Ye Chen's generation in the heavens.

A new era, a new journey.

Since the unification of the myriad domains, the spiritual energy of the heavens grew richer day by day, and the fusion of the myriad domains' origins made all living beings more prosperous.

Boom! Rumbling!

In the following months, booms echoed one after another.

Looking into the distance, one could see vast seas of thunder—it was the sea of heavenly tribulations. Countless people were breaking through, and many were advancing, mostly saints and saint kings.

The unification of the myriad domains and the fusion of origins were opportunities and fortunes for them. Perhaps due to the trials of war, they had each undergone rebirth.

This was only the first wave; more would follow.

Rising from the ruins, the weakened heavens would gradually rise with the passage of time, creating a new glory under the radiance of the new emperor.

Boom!

Three months later, a thunderous boom resounded through the heavens.

Then, a layer of Emperor's Dao halo swept across the starry sky like a gentle breeze.

The Eastern Wilderness Empress, who had been absent for some time, appeared once more.

On this day, the curtain of slaughter was drawn.

By the time people arrived, she had already located the ancestral land of one of the Honghuang clans.

It was an imperial lineage transmission, with towering mountains, winding rivers, and lush vegetation. The entire great realm was bathed in immortal light, with mist swirling and immortal energy lingering—it looked like a pure land from any angle.

The term "pure land" suited the Honghuang perfectly.

Compared to the scarred and ruined heavens, the Honghuang's ancestral land was like a paradise.

What a stark and piercing contrast!

The more this was so, the colder the killing intent in people's eyes became.

The great calamity of the human world had left the heavens in such devastation, yet the Honghuang had neither joined the battle nor contributed a single soldier.

To say they did not participate was not entirely accurate.

The Honghuang clans had indeed fought, but not against the heavenly demons or evil demons—they had restrained Ye Chen, the strongest general of the heavens, in the Tianhuang region, deploying their full foundations and top war gods.

Ironically, they saw themselves as embodiments of justice.

It was fortunate the heavens still stood; if they had fallen, the Honghuang would have been the greatest contributors to the outer domain invasion.

Boom! Rumbling!

The star domain trembled with a buzz, and the vast starry sky froze inch by inch, visible to the naked eye, with the universe itself encased in ice.

This was the killing intent of the Eastern Wilderness Empress.

She stood at the peak of the ethereal heights, her white hair fluttering, like a divine being, dreamlike and illusory, suppressing the river of time. She overlooked this Honghuang clan, with strands of Emperor's Dao principles descending, each one ice-cold. Even the profound Emperor's Dao heavenly sounds and the faintly appearing visions of all things were laden with killing intent.

Since the war's end, she had been searching for the Honghuang for a long time. Not finding them in the heavens, she discovered them in the various domain realms after the myriad domains unified. Under the scrutiny of the Emperor's Dao, all Honghuang clans were exposed.

"You are an emperor; you cannot do this."

Before Ji Ningshuang could strike, roars erupted from the Honghuang—it was a soul-shaking howl.

For the strands of principles she let fall had already crushed their protective heavenly barrier, descending like bolts of world-ending thunder into the ancestral land.

Such thunder could not be withstood even by the strongest peaks, let alone quasi-emperors; anyone touched by it would be obliterated.

Puff! Puff! Puff!

Vibrant blood flowers bloomed one after another, merging into a sea that covered the Honghuang ancestral land. Each bloom meant a life lost, whether quasi-emperor or great saint, none could resist the Emperor's principles and were destroyed body and soul.

"You are an emperor; you cannot do this."

The Honghuang clan emperor roared.