Chapter 2987: Emperor's Shard of the Day

"This."

Seeing the scene unfold in the void, not only the gods and generals of the heavens but also Di Huang and his companions instantly changed their expressions.

The two war spears arrived without any warning.

Given Ye Chen and Nu Di's cultivation levels, they should have been able to evade, yet both were struck without exception. This indicated one thing: the attacker was astonishingly powerful, having locked onto Ye Chen and Nu Di. In fact, the two had no time to evade, or perhaps, they couldn't evade at all.

Pfft!

Ye Chen pulled out the war spear, staggering back a step and nearly falling from the sky. The bloody hole in his chest spurted imperial blood, entwined with a dark, ominous light—a terrifying killing intent that was rapidly eroding his vital energy. Even though Ye Chen had comprehended eternity, he struggled to heal the wound quickly; it even seemed to be expanding.

Pfft!

The Heavenly Court Nu Di also pulled out the war spear, swaying unsteadily. Whether from the extreme depletion on the ancient road or the injury from the spear, she could barely stand. The wound on her body was equally difficult to heal, surrounded by wisps of dreadful demonic energy—blood fiend and killing intent that couldn't be wiped away.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Suddenly, a series of booming sounds echoed, slow and rhythmic. Listening closely, it was the sound of footsteps. Perhaps due to their immense weight or terrifying pressure, each step caused the universe to rumble. A halo of light spread from the horizon, forcing even Di Huang to step back unsteadily.

No one spoke; all eyes turned in that direction.

Before the figures appeared, dark demonic fiend energy arrived first, surging and rolling, devouring the heavens and earth.

Amid the rampant demonic fiend, the outlines of two figures could be seen.

They were supreme beings from the outer domains, striding across the sky side by side. Both had blood-red hair fluttering, surrounded by destructive visions, like two legendary demonic gods from myths. With each step, rivers of blood flowed; with each step, mountains of corpses piled up—all manifestations of their dao, having slaughtered countless lives.

The path beneath their feet was paved with the blood and bones of the common people.

"Heavenly Emperor Saint Demons."

The gods and generals of the heavens trembled in their hearts, and Di Huang and his group instinctively retreated a step.

"Can Zhou, Di Sha."

Ye Chen murmured, his expression becoming extremely grave. He recognized these two saint demons; he had encountered them when he advanced to great accomplishment, and their memory was still fresh. Back then, he knew they were no ordinary saint demons. Now, seeing them again, they were far beyond ordinary—terrifyingly strong. That earlier spear had nearly killed him outright.

"I can't win against them."

His eyes were filled with wariness and self-awareness. If it were a one-on-one fight, let alone in his current weakened state, even at his peak, he wouldn't stand a chance. He was at the peak of the great emperor level, while they were at the peak of the heavenly emperor level—a whole realm's difference, absolute suppression in combat power.

Nu Di remained silent.

Her expression was indifferent, but her condition was extremely poor. Her cheeks were pale and bloodless, and blood kept overflowing from her lips. The already dim eternal immortal light around her became even more unstable, on the verge of dispersing.

Ye Chen recognized those two saint demons, and so did she.

In the great war of the ancient Heavenly Court, that Heavenly Emperor Saint Demon had played a pivotal role, slaughtering countless lives and annihilating many great emperors of the ancient Heavenly Court. Even she had once suffered a near-fatal sneak attack from it.

Hong Yan also recognized them.

The moment she saw the honored forms of Can Zhou and Di Sha, she couldn't help but tremble.

It was a shudder from the depths of her soul.

She feared the first-generation saint demon and equally feared Can Zhou and Di Sha. In her memories of that ancient and brutal war, the two were among the greatest generals, slaughtering the Heavenly Court forces into disarray. Too many Heavenly Court supremes had fallen to their hands. It was a nightmare etched into her soul.

Who would have thought that after the vast changes of the seas and mulberry fields, she would encounter them on the ancient road?

Honestly, she would rather run into heavenly demons or calamity demons at the quasi-wild emperor level than these heavenly emperor-level saint demons—especially Can Zhou and Di Sha. They were no ordinary heavenly emperor saint demons.

Apart from the first-generation saint demon, the monstrous and terrifying levels of Can Zhou and Di Sha were comparable to Ye Chen's status in the sacred body lineage. Ye Chen was the supreme of the sacred bodies, while they were infinitely close to the supreme of the saint demon lineage. Most importantly, their cultivation and realm absolutely suppressed Ye Chen.

"Long time no see."

Di Sha smirked slightly, ignoring Ye Chen and smiling at the Heavenly Court Nu Di. Though his words were light, they boomed like thunder from ancient times, capable of shaking the immortal firmament. Yet, they carried an irresistible demonic power. Even Di Huang felt his mind falter upon hearing them, and most of the gods and generals in the cauldron had already fainted.

He was truly powerful, his saint demon body majestic like an indestructible monument, suppressing eternity. His pair of black-hole-like eyes demonstrated to the world what destruction meant. Not to mention the gods and generals, even the War God dared not meet his gaze.

"Long time no see."

The Heavenly Court Nu Di parted her lips slightly, her tone indifferent and emotionless. Finally, she erased the remaining demonic fiend and killing intent in her body, healing the bloody gashes on herself. Though weakened, she alone withstood the pressure of the two saint demons.

"I've been waiting for you for a long time."

Can Zhou also spoke, his eyes slightly closed as he casually stretched his neck and absorbed the blood energy. His words were demonic, his body shrouded in demonic light like an eight-thousand-zhang mountain, suppressing the river of time. Time could not erase his traces, and the great dao could not suppress his world-shaking fiend energy.

"You are still as annoying as ever."

Nu Di said flatly, her clear and cold eyes hiding immense hatred and resentment.

"After so many vicissitudes, why hold such a grudge?"

Can Zhou gave an eerie smile, his expression sinister and demonic. He glanced casually at Di Huang, lingering a second longer on Hong Yan before shifting his gaze to Ye Chen. Among the three imperial sacred bodies, he was most interested in Ye Chen's smaller sacred body. It must have pioneered the path of sacred body enlightenment and even comprehended some eternity. No wonder it survived his spear.

As he watched, Di Sha watched too, with a playful and amused expression.

Ye Chen steadied himself, his face pale. Being stared at by these two heavenly emperor saint demons, he felt a chill throughout his body, cold enough to sting his primordial spirit. It was as if all his hidden secrets were laid bare.

"Chaos, time, reincarnation, eternity—truly interesting."

Di Sha couldn't help but sigh, finding Ye Chen even more intriguing than he had imagined.

"Pulling off a sneak attack like that, you two seniors don't seem to have much face!"

Ye Chen said slowly. While he admitted he couldn't win in a fight against the saint demons, he had never backed down from a verbal battle. Even if a first-generation saint demon showed up, he'd still retort without hesitation.

How to put it? Nu Di might be too proud to curse, but he had long forgotten what shame was.

The two saint demons showed no anger. At their level, they rarely got angry. They were out in the world—what did they need face for? Go ahead and curse; the more you curse, the harder we'll beat you later.

Nu Di waved her hand, drawing Ye Chen into her small world.

Then, Di Huang, Hong Yan, and the others were also brought in. The upcoming battle was beyond their ability to participate in. Although Ye Chen had the qualifications to fight, he was in a weakened state right now.

This predicament had come at the worst possible time.

To continue the ancient road, including herself, not only had their divine power been depleted, but they were also mentally and physically exhausted. Yet, two heavenly emperor saint demons had appeared—few in number, but high in level and unimaginably terrifying.

"So, you're still going to resist stubbornly?"

Can Zhou smiled playfully.

Nu Di did not answer. An immortal pattern etched itself on her brow, and the dim, dissipating eternity reignited with brilliance. Ancient visions intertwined and outlined, even the heavenly sounds of the great dao taking on eternal hues. Around her, a realm of eternity appeared, manifesting all things within—every mountain, river, plant, and tree enveloped in eternal light. Standing among it, she was like a divine being from myth, her graceful form and peerless elegance freezing a moment of eternity.

"You're far inferior to her."

Di Sha sneered, his already surging demonic fiend energy billowing to the skies. The "her" he referred to was the true ancient Heavenly Court Nu Di, not this impostor before him. She was not only incomplete but also in an extremely weakened state. Such a Nu Di was even more frail than they had imagined.

"No way to heaven, no door to earth."

Can Zhou said indifferently, done with small talk. He immediately unleashed a destructive attack, slapping out a vast expanse of delusional demonic land, piled with mountains of corpses and rivers of blood, silent and desolate.

Zheng!

Nu Di's eternal immortal sword rang out, slicing through the delusional demonic land and shattering the corpse mountains and blood seas.

"Exterminate."

Di Sha stepped through the skies, pointing casually, yet it carried devastating destructive power.

Nu Di dodged in an instant, ascending and vanishing into the formless.

"Where are you going?"

Can Zhou was faster, positioning himself in the nine heavens and covering ten thousand li of the universe with a single palm.

Nu Di steadied herself, raising her crystalline jade hand to strike back against the heavens.

Their palms collided, sending black halos expanding infinitely across the seas and lands, shattering space inch by inch.

Looking again, Can Zhou stood firm without moving.

As for Nu Di, she staggered back, her jade hand exploding and her immortal body stained with blood. If she were at her peak, she wouldn't fear this, but her divine power was depleted, and her eternity was falling—she was already at her limit.

"You can't turn the tide."

Di Sha arrived again, sweeping in a demonic blood sea that swallowed the heavens and earth, instantly submerging Nu Di. This was no ordinary demonic sea; it had buried billions of lives, with unextinguishable resentment, malice, evil, and killing intent, refined by the saint demon. It could devour flesh and extinguish primordial spirits, even at the heavenly emperor level.

Nu Di spat blood, her figure unsteady.

In the midst of the demonic blood sea, she could barely stand amid the onslaught. In just a moment, the eternal light throughout her body was extinguished by the demonic fiend, her flesh dissolved by mysterious forces, and her primordial spirit struck by delusion.

The gods and generals in the cauldron watched with trembling bodies, their hearts filled with dread.

Xing Tian and the others were the same. The demonic blood sea was too powerful; if it had submerged them, they would have been crushed on the spot. Heavenly emperor-level saint demons were too strong; they didn't even qualify to look up.

"Hold on."

Ye Chen gritted his teeth, his eyes bloodshot and on the verge of bleeding, desperately restoring his divine power.

As his words fell, Nu Di steadied her form.

Then, her three thousand strands of black hair turned snow white one by one, and another immortal pattern appeared on her brow—it seemed she had activated a forbidden imperial technique. The extinguished eternal light reignited on her immortal body.

Break!

With a light shout, she drew a river of eternity with her sword, breaking through the demonic blood sea.

"I underestimated you."

Can Zhou and Di Sha both gave eerie smiles, attacking from left and right, shaking the nine heavens and ten earths.

Boom! Bang! Boom!

The heavenly emperor-level battle fully unfolded, with Nu Di fighting one against two, retreating into the vast void.

Looking up, the battle was extremely fierce.

Nu Di was completely at a disadvantage, no match for the two saint demons. Bloody gashes marked her immortal body one after another, blood rain falling like light rain and staining the universe red. Even the flickering eternal immortal light had turned bloody.

In contrast, the two saint demons showed no wounds on their demonic bodies.

They were both in a bloodline limit state, indestructible and unkillable, far surpassing the bloodline of imperial saint demons. At least, it was stronger than Nu Di's incomplete eternity—truly undying and indestructible.

"Why fight so hard? Why not escape into the void?"

The little spirit child looked up, full of confusion, knowing she was weak yet still battling on.

His doubt was also the doubt of the gods and generals.

However, the emperors had no such doubts. If the gods and generals could think of it, how could Nu Di not?

But it wasn't that Nu Di didn't want to go; she couldn't. From the moment Ye Chen and Nu Di were nailed by the spear in the void, this heaven and earth had become an invisible prison. There was a restriction that even quasi-emperors couldn't see, but great emperors could discern clearly. The two heavenly emperor saint demons must have prepared in advance; this prison was set specifically for Nu Di.

And the facts proved it.

The two heavenly emperor saint demons had spent over eight thousand years forging this prison, studying Nu Di thoroughly and targeting her eternity. Escaping from this prison was almost impossible.

So, in this siege, unless unexpected, Nu Di would die.

After all, she wasn't the true Nu Di; her eternity was incomplete. In a one-on-one fight, she might have a chance, but against two, hope was virtually zero—especially since she was already weakened.

"Hold on."

Ye Chen's eyes had turned completely blood red, blood overflowing from his mouth as he restored his divine power regardless of the cost.

He must regret it—regret using up his bloodline limit too early.

If he had known these two heavenly emperor saint demons would appear, he would have saved it. At least, it could have held off one of them for Nu Di. He had underestimated the ancient road and the outer domain supremes on it; their lineup was too vast.

"Calm your mind and focus your energy."

Di Huang and the War God transmitted their voices, as did Jian Shen and Jian Zun. Strands of their origin essence entered Ye Chen's body, refined from their lifespans—imperial dao essence to help restore his divine power.

This consumption was a last resort.

Among the emperors present, only Ye Chen was qualified to battle the heavenly emperor saint demons. Since the others were weakened, it was better to concentrate their power on Ye Chen to break through and assist. As long as he could hold off one saint demon, there might be a turnaround, though the hope was slim.

"Dammit, no more holding back."

The gods and generals of the heavens went mad, unsealing themselves and awakening, all sitting cross-legged.

Then, strands of light flew from their bodies.

It was the gods and generals' life sources, each carrying a bit of the heavens' foundation, all converging on Ye Chen. For him, this power was negligible, but accumulated, it was better than nothing. More importantly, there wasn't much time to recover, and the battling Nu Di might not hold out that long.

In this special time, special measures were needed.

Buzz! Buzz!

With so much power infusing him, Ye Chen's imperial sacred body trembled like a resounding bell. His weak blood energy surged again; his depleted divine power was replenished; and his dim eternity reignited. Bathed in glorious light, his eternity-reforged sacred body shone like a sun.

However, this was still far from enough; he needed more power.