Chapter 2911: That's What It Is

"This."

Xi Chen was momentarily stunned, his face filled with surprise.

"Ruo Xi, have you awakened?"

Xi Chen suddenly turned around, glanced at Da Chu, then at Wulei City Lord, making this guess. In all of Zhu Tian today, aside from Ji Ning Shuang, the only one who could send a mid-tier emperor flying like that could only be Ruo Xi.

It wasn't just him; even Wulei thought the same.

But she knew better that Ruo Xi, at this moment, couldn't possibly possess such divine power in such a short time.

The two of them were puzzled, and so were the people of the world.

The immobilized E Mo Emperor was even more bewildered. He had swaggered into the Zhu Tian gate and, out of nowhere, received a palm strike. The force was considerable.

Even now, he still didn't know who had hit him; he only knew the palm was incredibly fierce, cracking his imperial body.

Was there still an emperor in Zhu Tian?

Or had she awakened?

E Mo Emperor slightly narrowed his eyes, tentatively considering this.

Boom! Bang! Boom!

Amidst his doubts, heavy thudding sounds suddenly echoed – the sound of footsteps, incredibly weighty. Each step made the starry sky and universe rumble.

Wulei, Xi Chen, and the cultivators of Zhu Tian all turned to look.

What they saw was a graceful figure stepping lightly, one step at a time, each stride spanning a star domain, bathed in dazzling starlight, like a person from a dream.

"Yan Fei?"

Xi Chen was taken aback, and so was Wulei.

The cultivators of Zhu Tian were even more astonished.

Clearly, the one who had sent E Mo Emperor flying was Yan Fei.

"How is that possible?"

Xi Chen murmured, his face full of disbelief.

He knew Yan Fei's combat prowess well. Although she was at the peak of strength, her level was on par with that of a sovereign.

In the past, the nine emperors of Da Chu had fought to their deaths and only managed to destroy a low-tier emperor together.

But Yan Fei had actually sent a mid-tier great emperor flying across more than a dozen star domains. Even with a god-level cheat, this seemed too overwhelming!

However, as they watched, including Xi Chen and Wulei, almost everyone instinctively rubbed their eyes.

The one approaching was indeed Yan Fei.

Yet, they could clearly see another figure on her – a figure already etched into their souls: Ye Chen.

That's right, it was Ye Chen.

One person might be mistaken, perhaps an illusion.

But if everyone saw it, it was no illusion.

Wulei and Xi Chen exchanged glances, then both looked up. Yan Fei, like the earlier E Mo Emperor, had already walked past them from the void above their heads.

Now, she had become extraordinarily strange.

One step was Yan Fei.

The next step was Ye Chen.

One step was at the peak of quasi-emperor.

The next was the great accomplishment of the sacred body.

It was like a magic trick, the two identities alternating. The person changed, and so did the cultivation level.

"This."

The two of them opened their mouths, and the people of the world stared in a daze. They had even forgotten about the great battle in Taishang Heaven and the E Mo Emperor in the distant star domains more than a dozen away.

All eyes were fixed on Yan Fei, on the Ye Chen that sometimes appeared on her. What on earth was going on?

Compared to the people of the world, the eyes of the Tianming and Ming emperors were even more brilliant. Their imperial vision was superior, and they saw it more clearly – they absolutely couldn't be wrong; that was Ye Chen.

"I knew it!"

The Ming Emperor laughed, the gloom on his face largely dispelled by a touch of joy. His imperial eyes shone brightly, as if he had spotted a rare treasure.

"The Dao of Dreams."

"Zhu Tian truly has talents emerging endlessly."

Dao Zu murmured, also showing joy. His imperial eyes were nearly narrowed into slits, and the gloom of many years was mostly scattered because of Yan Fei's abnormality.

Ye Chen had indeed died; there was no doubt about that.

But he lived on in Yan Fei's dreams.

Since Yan Fei could dream of Ye Chen, she could use the heaven-defying Dao of Dreams to summon him from the dream realm.

This was what shocked Dao Zu.

A mere quasi-emperor had reached such a high level in the domain of the Dao of Dreams – a forbidden path that even he, a peak great emperor, dared not easily tread. That young girl had comprehended it so deeply.

Precisely because she had comprehended it deeply, today's events were possible. Even if she couldn't fully summon Ye Chen back, she could let him appear in the world for certain moments.

One step as Yan Fei and one as Ye Chen was clear proof of that.

Hope – this was a hope.

In the future, Ye Chen might truly return to the human world through the Dao of Dreams.

Such examples existed in Zhu Tian's history. In the inheritance of the Dream Emperor, there was a prodigy who once summoned a person from a dream to reality, and that summoned person was the war god, Xing Tian.

Of course, such a dream path technique that violated taboos came with a tragic price.

Once this technique was activated and the dream person fully emerged, the caster would surely die.

In simple terms, it was a sacrifice, trading one life for another.

Moreover, the person summoned from the dream didn't mean they were truly revived. They could return to the human world, but only for a limited time; once the time was up, they would vanish again.

Unless that summoned person could also comprehend the Dao of Dreams and turn the dream into reality, transforming illusion into eternity, they could be revived anew.

Regardless, this was still a hope.

He believed in Yan Fei, that she would one day fully summon Ye Chen from the dream; he also believed in Ye Chen, that in the time he was out of the dream, he could comprehend the Dao of Dreams.

"What is that?"

E Mo Emperor narrowed his eyes again, staring intently at Yan Fei approaching from the opposite side. Clearly one person, but it looked like two – one form per step, one cultivation per step, sometimes illusory, sometimes solid, sometimes normal, sometimes distorted.

At this moment, he was certain that the palm that had sent him flying earlier came from this strange person.

The Dao of Dreams?

This guy's insight wasn't low; he had spotted some clues.

"What is that?"

The great accomplishment Sacred Demon, still battling the Dong Huang Female Emperor, also narrowed his eyes slightly for a moment.

Ji Ning Shuang's expression was one of stunned disbelief; the hand gripping her sword trembled involuntarily. As someone who also cultivated the Dao of Dreams, she knew exactly what that form was.

In an instant, Yan Fei turned her gaze toward the Great Dao Taishang Heaven.

It was her looking, and it was also Ye Chen looking.

Because the two of them were constantly changing. Yan Fei smiled gently, and Ye Chen smiled tenderly.

The Female Emperor cried, tears streaming down her face.

Ye Chen had died, yet he lived in Yan Fei's dreams, manifesting in the world for brief moments. This was a hope – her Ye Chen had a chance to return to the human world.

"Stay calm. Face the enemy."

Yan Fei smiled, and that was also Ye Chen smiling. Those four simple words – the first two were from Yan Fei, but by the last two, it was Ye Chen's voice.

"Wait for me."

The Female Emperor choked back a sob, immediately averting her eyes. Her imperial divine power instantly climbed to its peak, suppressing her surging emotions. She wanted to quickly slay this great accomplishment Sacred Demon and go down to see Ye Chen as soon as possible.

Pfft!

A splash of dark blood light appeared. The great accomplishment Sacred Demon, who had just averted his eyes, was flipped over by the Female Emperor's sword.

This sword was more domineering than any before; even a Sacred Demon was split in half with one strike.

"You want to die so badly? I'll grant it."

The Sacred Demon instantly healed his sacred body and unleashed his hegemonic outer form, covering a myriad of zhang in the starry sky with one palm.

Boom!

Ji Ning Shuang also activated her outer dao form, no smaller than the hegemonic outer form. One emperor and one Sacred Demon became two giants, their attacks growing in both power and scale.