Chapter 2978: I Don't Easily Swear at People

Ye Chen sat cross-legged, his eyes closed.

As he comprehended the eternal path, the backlash was immense. Half of his holy body had been destroyed, and mystical light lingered at the wounds, continuously eroding his vital energy. This made the injuries incredibly difficult to heal and the recovery agonizingly slow.

"Idiots, all from the outer domains are idiots."

"Hurry up, bring the ransom to redeem them, or it'll be too late."

"My patience is limited."

Inside the dust space, it was quiet, but the outside world was in chaos. The restrictions Ye Chen had set were filled with his taunts. As soon as one side finished speaking, another began, continuing non-stop for an entire day. His howls echoed throughout the entire Tai Gu Road.

Ah!

The supreme beings of the outer domains roared in fury, their anger overwhelming. They had been dragged back and forth dozens of times without even catching a glimpse of Ye Chen, only hearing that guy cursing endlessly. Aren't you demanding ransom? Where the hell are you?

"Having a junior like this brings me great comfort."

The Zhan Shen spoke deeply, and Hou Yi sighed with emotion. The two emperors had a poetic air about them, each holding an old pipe as they sat cross-legged, puffing smoke. Amidst the swirling mist, they seemed almost like immortals in cultivation.

For a moment, the Nu Di opened her eyes, glanced sideways at Xing Tian, then at Hou Yi, secretly thinking about tossing the two of them out for a spin. They did nothing but chat all day long.

Meanwhile, Di Huang was making progress, sitting in meditation to comprehend the Dao.

He had seen Ye Da Di's operations like this many times and was no longer surprised.

As for the beauties, they remained serene, still assimilating their bloodlines.

Among them all, apart from Ye Chen, the Nu Di had the highest expectations for her—or rather, for the child she and Ye Chen would have. She was eager to know just how dominant the bloodline born from two holy bodies would be.

Three days later, Ye Chen emerged from seclusion again.

His luck held; there were always some Tian Mo Da Di, E Mo Da Di, or Da Cheng Sheng Mo who wandered carelessly, walking straight into his line of fire. One after another, they were captured.

The mindsets of the great emperors and Da Cheng experts were filled with melancholy.

It had happened too many times—while walking along, a person would suddenly vanish, either falling into a pit or being pulled into one. Once they entered Ye Da Di's dust space, not even Tian Di could escape.

For the following months, such incidents occurred frequently.

The supreme beings of the outer domains on this Tai Gu Road were clearly fewer than before. Now, it was mostly Emperor Dao Sheng Mo and Tian Di supreme beings, while great emperors and Da Cheng Sheng Mo were rarely seen—they had basically all been captured by Ye Chen.

Over time, the supreme beings of the outer domains grew wiser.

The brain is a good thing, and the supreme beings no longer charged around recklessly. They divided the Tai Gu Road into territories, with two or three guarding each section, methodically searching inch by inch for Ye Chen.

Even his provocative curses no longer had any effect.

"Two Tian Mo Tian Di and one Emperor Dao Sheng Mo."

In the dust space, Ye Chen gripped the Lun Hui Jian, staring for half an hour at the outer domain supreme beings guarding this territory. The lineup wasn't small; he might not be able to take them on alone.

Moreover, that Emperor Dao Sheng Mo was still in a bloodline limit state.

As they spoke, the three supreme beings landed in this stretch of heaven and earth. Their emperor eyes flickered with demonic light as they scrutinized every inch of the universe. When they swept over Ye Chen's dust space, the three paused for a fraction of a second but failed to detect anything. They then regrouped and headed elsewhere to continue their search.

After they left, Ye Chen also departed. After thinking it over, he decided to give up.

Five days later, he formed another isolated space and set it down over a vast sea, resuming his surveillance. This territory also had outer domain supreme beings: two Emperor Dao Sheng Mo and one E Mo Tian Di.

This lineup was even harder to deal with than the previous one.

It seemed the supreme beings of the outer domains had truly learned their lesson. Except for a few, none traveled alone anymore. Being isolated made them vulnerable to that little holy body's schemes—his combat power was absolutely terrifying.

After watching for a long time, Ye Chen quietly slipped away.

In the following months, he moved like a ghost, elusive and searching for targets. But it frustrated him to find that while there were some stragglers, in his current state, he couldn't take them down quickly and might attract a swarm of pursuers. As always, he wasn't afraid of one-on-one fights, just group attacks.

In the dust space, he stayed put, completely obedient.

"If you ask me, one Nian Yong Heng and one Da Meng Wu Ji should solve everything."

Ren Wang and Zao Hua Shen Wang were perched on the cauldron's rim, chattering away endlessly.

Ye Chen glanced at the two with a wine flask in hand. It was easy for them to talk—did they think the outer domain supreme beings were pushovers? Emperor Dao immortal techniques depended on the opponent; sometimes they worked well, sometimes they were useless. Even Meng Hui Qian Gu could keep up, so these guys weren't just wine-sack fools.

The two coughed and fell silent.

Ye Chen casually tossed the wine flask and examined his holy body internally. The Da Cheng realm Sheng Mo on this Tai Gu Road had basically been wiped out by him. After devouring so many, his bloodline power had strengthened considerably.

The only regret was that it still wasn't enough to support a single bloodline limit.

He wouldn't use the immortal power unless absolutely necessary; it was best saved for continuing along the Tai Gu Road. Calculating carefully, he had already been trapped here for a full year.

"Have you not resolved your issue yet?"

Ye Chen gazed into the void and, through the curse mark on his brow as a medium, sent a message to the Tian Ting Nu Di.

The Nu Di didn't respond.

From her appearance, the eternal immortal light wasn't just unstable—it was growing turbulent. Clearly, the problem hadn't been solved and seemed on the verge of separation, teetering on the edge for several months.

Ye Chen didn't ask further; he had no time to.

Looking at her brow, besides the original curse mark, another had appeared.

Indeed, it was another curse, with curse power rampaging.

"Think you're some great Sheng Mo?"

Ye Chen sneered, knowing exactly who was cursing him—it was an Emperor Dao Sheng Mo, and the curse was extremely overbearing.

Ye Chen closed his eyes and invoked Ni Shi Lun Hui.

As expected, the opponent wasn't a true great Sheng Mo; his curse was well within Ye Chen's tolerance. The Lun Hui eradication was overwhelmingly powerful, completely wiping out the curse force and destroying that curse mark along with it.

"I'll give you a taste of excitement."

Ye Chen muttered darkly, with no intention of stopping. The other was skilled in curses, and so was he. Using his Hun Lun Lun Hui eyes to trace back to the source, he delivered a swift and precise Tian Zu.

Uh!

The Emperor Dao Sheng Mo, nine million li away, let out a muffled groan, blood overflowing from his mouth.

"Very good."

The Emperor Dao Sheng Mo chuckled eerily and cast another curse, even more overbearing than the first.

"Think I'm made of paper?"

Ye Chen didn't back down, his curse equally dominant and perfectly aimed.

Boom! Boom!

In the unseen void, thunder rumbled. One Emperor Dao holy body and one Emperor Dao Sheng Mo clashed through curses—formless forces that were no weaker than Emperor Dao immortal techniques, battling fiercely.

In the end, the Emperor Dao Sheng Mo fell short.

After their exchange, Ye Chen was lively and energetic, while the other was covered in blood. He had no choice but to activate his bloodline limit to forcefully heal his Sheng Mo body. Ye Chen's curse power was stronger than he had imagined.

"Come on."

The Sheng Mo's eyes turned blood-red, grinding his teeth. His cultivation was even higher than Ye Chen's, yet he couldn't overpower him.

"Come on, my ass."

Ye Chen cursed and immediately sealed off the connection. He couldn't keep fighting; it would expose him.

As always, someone had to add insult to injury.

The Tian Ting Nu Di made her move, using some secret technique to dissolve Ye Chen's carefully formed dust space. In an instant, Ye Da Di, who had been hidden so securely, was exposed to the world.

"I don't easily curse people, unless I can't help it."

Ye Chen's face darkened completely; this caught him completely off guard.

Boom!

In a split second, the Zi Fa Tian Mo Tian Di arrived, striding across the void and stamping down, shattering the space. His palm descended like a sky-covering shroud; before it even landed, yin and yang were already collapsing.

Ye Chen didn't engage directly; he turned and fled, invoking Meng Hui Qian Gu.

"You think you can escape?"

The Hei Mou E Mo Di followed closely, still able to match the path of dreams. With a spear, he forced Ye Chen out.

In the same instant, the San Yan Emperor Dao Sheng Mo attacked.

Accompanied by a boom, an Emperor Dao prison formed instantly, trapping Ye Chen.

"Break!"

Ye Chen shouted resoundingly, slashing a gap with his sword and escaping in a flash.

"Where do you think you're going?"

The Zi Fa Tian Mo Tian Di shadowed him like a ghost, wielding a Shi Kong Xian Jian, his sword destroying heaven and earth.

Pfft!

Splendid golden blood sprayed; Ye Chen narrowly avoided being split in two by the sword. That strike left more than just wounds—it severed ten thousand years of his lifespan and nearly shattered his Dao roots.

Ye Chen spat blood and used Shi Kong Ni Zhuan to restore his lost lifespan.

He activated Fei Lei Shen, fleeing into the sky. The Hei Mou E Mo Di couldn't keep up, but the San Yan Emperor Dao Sheng Mo could. The third eye on his brow suddenly opened, causing Ye Chen's body to freeze.

Buzz!

The Hei Mou E Mo Di was relentless, hurling his war spear from across the void.

Ye Chen gritted his teeth and forcefully broke the restraints.

In that moment, the Hei Mou E Mo Di's spear arrived, wrapped in forbidden power and locking onto him. Before it even hit, the killing intent and emperor malice on the spear had already pierced his holy body.

In a crisis, he attempted Nian Yong Heng and Emperor Dao Piao Miao to resolve it.

Unfortunately, the technique failed—or rather, all the prohibitions he cast were countered by the Zi Fa Tian Mo Tian Di with similar secret methods. That peak Tian Di was incredibly capable.

Pfft!

Brilliant blood light flashed; Ye Chen was nailed into the void by the spear.

Zheng!

The Zi Fa Tian Mo Tian Di's face twisted savagely as he struck with his sword—a strike of absolute destruction.

But he had underestimated Ye Chen.

In a flash of lightning, Ye Chen yanked out the spear and used Fei Lei Shen to escape into the nine heavens.

Even so, he was still hit by the sword's residual force.

A peak Tian Di's sword was no joke; though it didn't split him in half, it severed one of his arms. The terrifying killing intent surged into his body, wreaking havoc and causing his holy body to explode again. Pieces of his splendid holy bones, stained with splendid emperor blood, scattered through the void, making onlookers' hearts race.

"Today, no one can save you."

The Emperor Dao Sheng Mo spoke in a desolate tone, like a heavenly decree, carrying an aura of unyielding authority.

"Go to hell."

The Hun Luan Ding cursed loudly, bursting from his divine sea to protect him and slamming into the Emperor Dao Sheng Mo.

"Die!"

The Hei Mou E Mo Di grinned wickedly, using some forbidden technique to appear behind Ye Chen.

Roar!

Ye Chen summoned the Ba Bu Tian Long before the Hei Mou E Mo Di's palm could land, flinging him away.

"It's over."

The Zi Fa Tian Mo Tian Di said flatly, condensing thousands of emperor techniques into one finger. Though plain, it was world-shattering, ignoring the Ba Bu Tian Long and Ye Chen's Huang Gu Di body, locking onto his Emperor Dao primordial spirit.

Pfft! Pfft!

Two bursts of blood light shot out simultaneously.

Ye Chen suffered a heavy blow, a bloody hole punched through his skull. The Emperor Dao Sheng Mo also took a hit because, in that instant, Ye Chen had used Ni Tian Huan Di to swap positions with him.

Alas, the Zi Fa Tian Di's finger was too powerful; even with the position swap, Ye Chen was still struck.

As for the San Yan Emperor Dao Sheng Mo, he only caught the aftermath, a bloody hole appearing on his skull. Thankfully, his foundation was strong enough; otherwise, a Tian Di's finger would have been devastating.

"Suppress!"

The Hei Mou E Mo Di struck again, unfolding his Emperor Dao vision—a vast realm of delusion and demons.

"Open!"

Ye Chen snorted coldly, manifesting the Hun Luan Great Realm. The two visions collided, shattering the heavens and earth.

Boom! Bang!

The Zi Fa Tian Mo Tian Di and San Yan Sheng Mo's visions also arrived—one a mountain of corpses, the other a sea of blood. Combined with the realm of delusion and demons, they crushed Ye Chen's Hun Luan Realm inch by inch, splintering its mountains and rivers.

Pfft!

With the realm's destruction, Ye Chen endured a horrific backlash, flipping through the air as his unhealed holy body exploded once more. The flying pieces of holy bones turned to ash before they could fall, and strands of golden emperor blood were ground to dust by the lingering killing intent.

And then, someone else stirred up trouble.

It was the earlier Emperor Dao Sheng Mo; though he hadn't arrived, he seized the opportunity to attack with a curse.

Ye Chen had no time for him; he endured the assault head-on and fled into the nine heavens.

Head-on, he collided with two incoming E Mo Tian Di, both unleashing Emperor Dao attacks. They didn't expect to kill Ye Chen, just to hold him—leaving the rest to the Zi Fa Tian Mo Tian Di and others.

Arriving with them were three Tian Mo Tian Di, using Emperor Dao seals.

Naturally, Emperor Dao Sheng Mo weren't far behind, with over a dozen jumping out at once.

"Truly persistent pests."

Ye Chen gritted his teeth and forcibly invoked Meng Hui Qian Gu to evade the onslaught of kills.

"Emperor Dao: Hei Mo Tian."

It was the Hei Mou E Mo Di again, the quickest to react, catching up to Ye Chen and casting an Emperor Dao illusion.

"Let's see you stay black."

Ye Chen cursed; having suffered from this before, he wouldn't fall for it twice. He used Tian Huan to break Hei Mo Tian and, in turn, dragged the Hei Mou E Mo Di into an illusion. Though it lasted only a fraction of a second, it was enough for Ye Chen to escape with another Meng Hui Qian Gu, plus Fei Lei Shen, fleeing over nine million li.

Perhaps misjudging the direction, he ended up at the end of the Tai Gu Road.

Luckily, he stopped in time; otherwise, he would have plunged over the edge—that wasn't something to toy with.

"A holy body like you truly impresses me."

A eerie laugh echoed as the Zi Fa Tian Mo Tian Di manifested. He was the real tenacious one, keeping up with Meng Hui Qian Gu and Fei Lei Shen, even ignoring Ye Chen's Emperor Dao Piao Miao, Emperor Dao Hei An, Lun Hui eradication, and Nian Yong Heng. It was as if he had thoroughly studied Ye Chen, countering the holy body perfectly. Even the ancient Tian Ting Nu Di regarded him with surprise.

"Safe travels."

Before Ye Chen could react, he swung a Da Shui Bei Shou.

"Dammit."

Ye Chen's expression changed; escape was impossible. He threw a punch of Ba Huang.

Pfft!

Fist and palm clashed, blood sprayed everywhere, and a wave of destructive light spread. It not only repelled the Zi Fa Tian Mo Tian Di but also Ye Chen himself, sending them both tumbling from the end of the Tai Gu Road into the realm of illusion and void.