Chapter 2968: Nourishing the Body

Pfft!

The emperor's blood was blindingly bright. Ye Chen's sword decapitated E Mo Tian Di's head, which exploded into ash upon falling.

"Dammit."

E Mo Tian Di roared in rage. Though his head was gone, his yuan shen remained, and his roar carried immense yuan shen power, shattering the sky. The foreign realm great emperors guarding the four directions all spat blood from the shock.

Looking at E Mo Tian Di, he truly had a strong will to survive. He had already fled into the heavens, fully regenerating his head. Spatial laws surrounded his body, creating a vast distance despite being only about ten thousand zhang away—visible but unreachable.

"Come back."

Ye Chen snorted coldly, also employing spatial laws to forcibly reverse heaven and earth. E Mo Tian Di, who had escaped beyond the sky, was pulled back to this void, nearly split in two by a sword strike.

E Mo Tian Di was furious, forming a blade from spatial laws and slashing into Ye Chen's sacred body. It was a strike aimed directly at the dao roots. If Ye Chen's foundation hadn't been strong enough, this blow would have destroyed his dao roots. An innate emperor with laws was no joke.

Unfortunately, he was facing Ye Chen.

Zing!

Ye Chen's immortal sword hummed as he switched to the reincarnation of time and space. While taking the hit, he returned the favor with a sword strike at E Mo Tian Di.

This strike drew no blood, and E Mo Tian Di felt no pain. But after it landed, E Mo Tian Di's single eye instantly clouded over, filled with signs of old age.

Indeed, Ye Chen had severed his lifespan, nearly sending this prime-aged E Mo Tian Di to his grave.

For the first time, fear appeared in E Mo Tian Di's eyes. The lifespan he lost couldn't be recovered—it simply vanished into thin air. With so much lifespan gone, his emperor's dao might and emperor's divine power plummeted, suffering terrifying backlash that was utterly destructive.

Seal!

Ye Chen advanced again, overlaying the Twelve Heavenly Words Great Nether Array with emperor's dao Fu Xi. The two arrays merged perfectly and descended from the sky.

E Mo Tian Di went berserk, his form expanding to ten thousand zhang in an instant, forcefully breaking the array. But as soon as he escaped, he collided with the Hun Dun Ding. His ten-thousand-zhang form met the massive cauldron like a mountain, crushing his emperor's body and sending him plummeting from the sky.

"It's over."

Ye Chen struck like a ghost, beheading E Mo Tian Di a second time before he hit the ground. His supposedly indestructible emperor's body was smashed into bloody pulp by a domineering palm strike.

Ah!

E Mo Tian Di wailed, his illusory yuan shen fleeing his flesh. He dared not fight anymore—he couldn't win. His lifespan was almost completely severed, his emperor's body reduced to blood mist. What was the point of battling?

"Save me, save me."

E Mo Tian Di's cries for help were piercing.

"Save me, save me."

His howls echoed, but it wasn't an echo—it was Tian Mo Tian Di, in no better shape. He had been beaten nearly to destruction by Hong Yan and was fleeing desperately through the sky, dragging his blood-soaked emperor's body.

Behind him, Ye Chen didn't pursue. Instead, he drew his bow and notched an arrow, using the emperor's dao as the bow and time and space as the arrow. The shot was devastating.

Pfft!

The fleeing E Mo Tian Di was pierced on the spot. Even his emperor's dao yuan shen couldn't withstand the destructive force, disintegrating inch by inch in a way that couldn't be reformed, until his soul scattered completely.

After exterminating E Mo Tian Di, Ye Chen turned to attack the E Mo Great Emperor, Tian Mo Great Emperors, and the Great Accomplishment Saint Demons. Compared to the heavenly emperors, they were mere minions. They had scattered and fled the moment before E Mo Tian Di fell, their sinister eyes filled with undisguised fear. If even the heavenly emperor was destroyed, what chance did they have?

"Where do you think you're going?"

Ye Chen reversed space, pulling the two fleeing Great Accomplishment Saint Demons back. With a punch and a palm strike, he crippled them on the spot but didn't kill them, sealing them into the Hun Dun Ding instead.

Pfft! Pfft! Pfft!

The remaining E Mo Great Emperor and five Tian Mo Great Emperors couldn't escape their fate, shot down one by one with Ye Chen's arrows. The blood flowers of the emperor's dao were as splendid as ever.

"You're next."

Ye Chen turned, the Hun Dun Ding hovering above his head and the time and space sword in his hand, charging toward another realm. From afar, he saw the fleeing Tian Mo Tian Di, a picture of misery with half his emperor's body blown apart, blood and bones exposed, and blood flowing nonstop.

Hong Yan, who was chasing him, was disheveled but not fundamentally injured. If not for her weakened state, she would have turned this heavenly emperor to ash long ago. A proven female sacred body was no trifling matter.

In the western void, Tian Mo Tian Di stopped, his form swaying. It wasn't that he didn't want to flee—he was blocked by Ye Chen. Hong Yan arrived from behind, trapping him front and back.

"Run. Why aren't you running?"

Ye Chen said indifferently, his humming immortal sword piercing the soul.

"Come with me on the road to death."

Tian Mo Tian Di howled, his blood-red eyes wild with madness. His blood-drenched emperor's body swelled rapidly, his emperor's dao power rampaging fiercely. It was clear he intended to self-destruct.

Ye Chen sneered and cast a time immortal technique, forcibly reversing time. Tian Mo Tian Di's swollen body deflated.

The heavenly emperor was horrified, his eyes full of disbelief. He knew Ye Chen was formidable but never imagined his mastery of time laws ran so deep. Even as a heavenly emperor, he had no right to self-destruct.

Zing!

Hong Yan arrived, her sword striking with utter destruction, piercing from Tian Mo Tian Di's back to his chest—a killing blow aimed at the yuan shen. Even a heavenly emperor's yuan shen couldn't withstand it, and it was obliterated in one strike.

"No."

Tian Mo Tian Di's final wail was more harrowing than a vengeful ghost's, but it was futile. Hong Yan's sword left no room for survival. His shattered emperor's body crumbled inch by inch, and his emperor's dao yuan shen turned to ash, dissipating into the heavens and earth.

Impressive!

In the ding, the various heavenly gods and generals watched in awe. Two heavenly emperors, five Tian Mo Emperors, one E Mo Emperor—they were all wiped out. The foreign realm's supreme beings seemed like pathetic weaklings before Ye Chen and Hong Yan.

Pfft!

Hong Yan spat blood, staggering unsteadily. Slaying the heavenly emperor had inflicted hidden injuries on her. In her weakened state, forcing such combat naturally brought backlash, and it was severe.

Pfft!

Ye Chen was in the same boat. He had been even weaker than Hong Yan earlier, his emperor's divine power depleted. He burned his emperor's blood to gain power and killed a heavenly emperor, but it left him with hidden wounds.

"Come on, let's supplement your body."

Ye Chen approached, gripping Hong Yan's chin with one hand and stuffing a pill into her mouth. His movements were brutally rough—enough to choke anyone with a weak stomach.

Hong Yan's beautiful eyes blazed with fire. Those who knew would say he was giving her a pill; those who didn't might think he was feeding a pig.

"You can't beat me."

Ye Chen grinned smugly, then turned away.

After a few steps, he glanced back at Hong Yan's... well, her steamed buns. Now that she had proven her dao and become an emperor, they hadn't grown at all. Not much up top, and not much going on upstairs either.

"Need to find time to study some pills."

Ye Chen took a deep breath, his expression serious. As a Dan Saint, he refused to believe it. Feed her some pills, and surely they'd grow.

With that, he quickened his pace because Hong Yan's kick was already coming. Who asked his gaze to be so lecherous?

Returning to the end of the Taigu Road, Di Huang's face was deathly pale. Xing Tian could barely stand, still burning his emperor's blood.

Ye Chen stepped forward, taking his place.

Hong Yan also advanced, replacing Di Huang.

Though both had hidden injuries in this battle, their emperor's divine power had recovered considerably, especially Ye Chen's. Before coming, he had already devoured two Great Accomplishment Saint Demons, his vital energy far more abundant than Hong Yan's.

Glancing at the Tian Ting Nu Di, Ye Chen's heart ached fiercely.

Her hair had turned completely white, likely from expending vast amounts of lifespan. Her ancient silhouette exuded a touch of sorrowful beauty.

"How much farther?"

Ye Chen couldn't help but ask, blood trickling from his mouth.

"Very far."

The female emperor didn't turn around, her words cold yet like heavenly music.

This wasn't good news. If even she said it was very far, it must be an immense distance. Given their conditions, it was uncertain if they could hold out—they were only great emperors, after all.

At some point, Di Huang stepped up again, replacing Hong Yan.

As for Ye Chen, he was exceptionally resilient. When Xing Tian took over for Di Huang, he was still standing strong. Those two saint demons he swallowed earlier weren't for nothing.

Eventually, even he couldn't hold on.

Hong Yan stepped up to take his place. Before leaving, she didn't forget to kick him—quite a solid one. Seeing Hong Yan's smug smile, she had finally gotten her chance.

Ye Chen shrugged it off and focused on recovering his divine power.

He stood at the end, his gaze sharp as a torch, piercing through layers of illusion. Though he couldn't see the opposite Taigu Road through the void, he could faintly hear rumbling sounds.

His eyes lit up, and so did the God of War's. They recognized it as the fluctuations of a great battle. Perhaps on that segment of the Taigu Road, there were great emperors or gods from their heavens.

Boom! Boom!

As the distance closed, the faint rumbles became clearer, and the faint outline of the Taigu Road emerged. It was only a matter of time before they connected.

The four emperors were now at their limits, needing to be replaced as soon as their divine power waned. There was no extra time. Apart from the Tian Ting Nu Di, Ye Chen and the others couldn't sustain the consumption.

"There will be a fierce battle."

The Tian Ting Nu Di, silent for so long, murmured softly. It meant that once the Taigu Road connected, they should prepare for war. If divine power was depleted, don't force it—run as fast as you can. The slow ones might get wiped out.

"No problem."

Ye Chen shook his head, just having been relieved. Not only was his divine power drained, but his head was also spinning from burning too much emperor's blood. He felt a bit of anemia, with stars in his vision. In this state, fighting wasn't suitable.

"I see it."

In the ding, the little spirit child exclaimed, eyes shining brightly. The Taigu Road was visible now—it was very close.

No need for him to say it; the five supreme beings had also seen it. Not just the road, but the figures standing at its end—neatly lined up, solemn and straight. There were Tian Mo, E Mo, and Saint Demons: great accomplishments, great emperors, and even heavenly emperors, and not a few of them. They had likely come to the end sensing the changes in the Taigu Road.

Unfortunately, due to the Tian Ting Nu Di's eternal power concealing them, those on the other side couldn't see the figures—only that a segment of the Taigu Road was hurtling toward them at incredible speed.

"This will truly be a fierce battle."

Ye Chen murmured softly. Just from what he could see, the lineup was overwhelmingly vast. And that didn't count those who hadn't arrived. Who knew how many foreign realm supreme beings were on that segment of the Taigu Road?