Chapter 2935: Discussing the Old Monster

Boom! Rumbling!

With Di Zun's reappearance in the mortal world, the entire sky over Da Chu was filled with thunderous roars. The imperial dao pressure was so intense it shook the heavens and the earth.

"What on earth is that that can't be seen?"

The cultivators who arrived later strained their eyes to the limit, causing blood to trickle from the corners of their eyes, yet they still couldn't make out Di Zun's figure. It was obscured by chaotic mists and clouds, revealing only a vague human silhouette.

Beyond that, the imperial dao visions painted the heavens with dazzling colors, and the imperial dao heavenly sounds carried infinite magical power.

"This aura is way more impressive than Ye Chen's."

Ren Wang stood with his hands behind his back, clicking his tongue in amazement. Although he had seen it once before, witnessing it again still filled him with shock. Di Zun was incredibly powerful.

"In the era of imperial dao changes, we've seen it all."

Zao Hua Shen Wang stroked his beard, sighing and clicking his tongue. This age was more unpredictable than imagined.

"Brother."

Di Xuan was calling out, as were the Divine General and Jian Shen.

Unfortunately, Di Zun did not respond.

Yao Chi had already ascended to the mountain peak without speaking, following Di Zun to gaze at the most ethereal summit. There, she could see the imperial dao gate, which was illusory yet nearly perfect.

When she withdrew her gaze, she looked at Di Zun. The power of reincarnation was hard to conceal, and even as an emperor, she struggled to comprehend it, unable to see its true origin.

As she watched, Di Zun stiffly raised his hand, with reincarnation power swirling around his fingertip, engraving a mark on the imperial dao gate.

In that instant, both Tian Ming Emperors sat up straight.

Dong Huang Empress also lifted her gaze to look.

Under the three emperors' watchful eyes, Di Zun engraved mark after mark on the imperial dao gate, all etched with reincarnation power.

However, every mark Di Zun engraved vanished in the next moment. Though he could slay a heavenly emperor, he couldn't leave a single trace on the imperial dao gate. The reincarnation power was completely erased.

After a long while, he lowered his hand and made no further moves.

That was the imperial dao gate of the Saint Body, possessing a unique divine force that even emperors couldn't reverse. Besides Ye Chen, no one could engrave a mark on it.

Ming Di showed a hint of disappointment, having thought Di Zun could help Ye Chen forge the imperial dao gate. Now, it seemed he had been overly optimistic.

Dao Zu took a deep breath, his gaze growing even more profound.

Di Zun came quickly and left just as fast. Compared to his previous hundred-year manifestation, this time he only appeared for three days before vanishing again.

When Ye Chen returned, he stumbled and nearly fell, his face pale and blood trickling from the corner of his mouth. His aura was weak and subdued.

Yao Chi hurriedly stepped forward and used her imperial dao divine power to help him.

It was clear that Ye Chen had suffered backlash, specifically from reincarnation. Di Zun's manifestation this time seemed far from simple.

Ye Chen felt it most deeply.

It wasn't that he had actively exchanged reincarnation; it was passive. In other words, Di Zun had come on his own.

Because of this, Ye Chen was completely unprepared and suffered reincarnation backlash. Additionally, a mysterious and terrifying force in the midst of this exchange had consumed a significant portion of his lifespan—fully a hundred years.

In short, he now had only three hundred years left to live.

"You damn troublemaker!"

Ming Di clicked his tongue, cursing Di Zun. Coming out for a stroll was one thing, but wasting a hundred years of Ye Chen's lifespan was another.

This incident alone was bad enough—if it happened a few more times, Ye Chen wouldn't even have a chance to forge his imperial dao gate before dying out.

So, reincarnation was balanced against reincarnation.

Di Zun's comprehension of it was profound, while Ye Chen's was far inferior. Rashly exchanging reincarnation meant the one with insufficient understanding would pay the price—losing lifespan was minor, but losing his life would be disastrous.

Compared to Ming Di, Yao Chi's expression was even more grim.

For at that moment, Ye Chen's vital energy was extremely weak. As a Saint Body, his life force should have been vigorous, yet it was now entwined with traces of deathly aura, the kind that only appeared with extreme aging.

Ye Chen gave a weary smile and descended from the mountain peak together with the others.

This accident left him recuperating for a full ten years.

However, no matter how much he recovered, his lost lifespan couldn't be regained.

In the eleventh year, he arrived at Lingxiao Hall.

"The Saint Body's imperial dao gate is missing one thing."

Ye Chen stated his purpose directly, asking Ruoxi.

Buzz!

Lingxiao Hall trembled slightly, but there was no response from Ruoxi.

She could hear him, but she didn't know what was missing.

With no precedent for a Saint Body achieving emperorship, neither the Tian Ming Emperors nor she had seen it before. Precisely because of this uncertainty, she remained silent.

Ye Chen fell silent, standing there motionless for a long time.

It was as if he had reached the end of a broken path, unsure how to continue or even if it could be extended.

He left, and once he did, many years passed.

In those years, few in the world saw him. There were even a few days when even the Dong Huang Empress didn't know where he had gone.

The most recent sighting was nine days ago, when he sat by a stream in the starry river, wearing a raincoat and a bamboo hat, fishing.

He sat there for many years.

This century was calmer than he had imagined.

Now, he had only two hundred years of lifespan left.

When the world saw him again, he was dressed in white with white hair and a white beard. The once upright figure now appeared slightly hunched.

Yet, he remained the strongest and most dazzling of the Saint Body lineage.

In his twilight years with little lifespan remaining, his comprehension of the dao had far surpassed the shocking limits of Dao Zu and Ming Di.

But that was useless. Without forging the imperial dao gate, even the deepest enlightenment couldn't restore his lost lifespan.

That Saint Body, in the final years of his life, would be both the most glorious and the most dim. Creating a myth was too difficult.

"What a domineering formation."

On the other side of the starry river, he stopped again, murmuring to himself.

The sedimentation of time had elevated his vision to a terrifying level, allowing him to see through the three realms and uncover many secrets.

He could now see a grand formation.

It was likely a vast, hidden formation, so immense that even he couldn't fathom it. Tian Jie, Ming Jie, the human realm, the forbidden zones, Wu Lei City, the Immortal Clan ancestral land, You Ming, Xuan Huang, Da Chu, and the myriad domains—all were part of its foundations. Ruoxi was at its center, sustaining the essence of the heavens and restraining a certain existence.

In the past, he couldn't see it clearly, but today he saw it distinctly. As he traveled, he could glimpse the broken reincarnation of the heavens and the ever-shifting hidden formation, which concealed the opportunities of the three realms, covered the creations of the universe, and had operated through countless cycles of change.

"Now, do you understand?"

Dao Zu spoke leisurely, assuming Ye Chen could hear.

"I understand."

Ye Chen smiled, with a touch of guilt.

In his youthful ignorance, he had resented the five forbidden zones of Xuan Huang, resented Tian Ming and the two realms, and resented Wu Lei City. He had seen the suffering of all living beings and wondered why they only watched without acting, why they were so heartless. It wasn't that they wouldn't act—they didn't dare, and couldn't.

Disrupting the hidden formation would bring apocalyptic catastrophe.

"Won't you come to Ming Jie for a visit?"

Ming Di said with his hands behind his back. Ye Chen hadn't been there in many years.

"What, itching for a fight again?"

Ye Chen replied casually as he crossed the starry river.

This retort made Ming Di fume with anger.

Though angry, he had no good comeback. Nowadays, he truly couldn't beat Ye Chen. That guy wasn't an emperor, yet he was stronger than one—including Ming Di himself.

The Saint Body grew weaker with age, but this one only grew stronger. With reincarnation, time, space, the temporal void, and the dream dao—five taboo principles—he had comprehended them all dominantly.

When it came to old monsters, Ye Chen was absolutely one of a kind throughout eternity.

"No wonder they won't let you become an emperor. If you did, it would be unstoppable."

Ming Di muttered with his hands behind his back, though he still hoped for Ye Chen to achieve emperorship.

Boom!

Suddenly, a thunderous boom echoed through the starry sky.

"Heavenly Demon invasion!"

Shouts followed.

Looking toward that section of the starry sky, a massive, pitch-black Heavenly Demon pillar had already risen, belonging to the Heavenly Emperor level.

"You have to hand it to Tian Mo Yu—they're dedicated."

"After so many invasions, I've gotten used to it."

"You're not used to it; it's because someone's holding things down."

Many cultivators rushed over, gazing from afar at the towering Demon pillar. Seeing it again stirred no waves in their hearts. They had witnessed too many逆天 events to be shocked or afraid anymore. Even if a Heavenly Emperor came, they felt no fear.

Someone's holding things down.

That statement was spot on. With emperors and a Saint Body in the heavens, even a Heavenly Emperor wasn't enough to intimidate them—that was their sense of security.

Boom!

Under the world's gaze, a foot stepped out from the Demon pillar, followed by a majestic figure emerging, shaking the heavens and earth with its Heavenly Emperor might, capable of destroying all.

"Damn."

Even Dao Zu, who was usually reserved, couldn't help but curse.

"You're really something!"

Ming Di's words were bold.

Their reactions weren't without reason—this Heavenly Demon Emperor was from the heavens. More precisely, he was someone who had reincarnated: Long Ye.

That's right, still the remnant soul of Long Di.

Last time, he had reincarnated as a Heavenly Demon Emperor.

This time, he had outdone himself, directly becoming a Heavenly Emperor.

Not just the world was stunned; even the two supreme Tian Ming beings felt that emperorship was a joke. Tian Mo Yu was just too intriguing.

So, when it came to standing out, it had to be Long Di's remnant soul—first a great emperor, then a Heavenly Emperor, more shocking each time. If he reincarnated again, he might even become a Desolate Emperor.

Boom!

Ye Chen arrived, looking at his opponent and taking a deep breath.

There were some things he didn't want to say anymore, though he felt like cursing. I'm out here trying to prove my dao, and my hair and beard have turned white, but you're cycling through great emperors and Heavenly Emperors!

Even with his supreme state of mind, he wanted to visit Tian Mo Yu and see what made it so different.

It was a good thing Tai Xu Long Di was already destroyed; if he were still around, who knows what he'd think. A mere remnant soul of an emperor had surpassed the emperor's true self! There was a whole rank between a great emperor and a Heavenly Emperor.

This would give Tai Xu Long Di bragging rights for eternity.

Boom!

In another part of the starry sky, Dong Huang Empress also descended.

She had some knowledge of reincarnation, and with her emperor's vision, she could see through that Heavenly Demon Emperor's origins.

"With emperors and a Saint Body, this is interesting."

Reincarnated Long Ye chuckled sinisterly, glancing toward Tian Ming and the two realms, then toward Da Chu, and finally at Ye Chen and Yao Chi.

His gaze was one of contempt, as if looking down on ants, perfectly conveying six words: I am the supreme.

"Have you ever seen a palm technique that descends from the heavens?"

Ye Chen smiled slightly.

This question left Reincarnated Long Ye a bit baffled.

"Looks like you haven't."

Ye Chen soared upward and struck down with a palm.

That palm seemed ordinary, yet it made both Dao Zu and Ming Di's hearts tremble. It appeared simple but could annihilate eternity.