Chapter 3028: Eternal Contract

In the vastness of the Xu Wang, thunderous rumbles echoed everywhere.

It was a standoff, with Nü Di and Ye Chen standing side by side, both covered in fresh blood. Yongheng light intertwined around them, and yongheng laws outlined their forms, creating a dazzling immortal realm.

Facing them stood Zhun Huang Di, imposing and unyielding.

Compared to Nü Di and Ye Chen, his demonic power was even more overwhelming, like a demon god planted in the river of time. His rolling demonic aura formed a vast ocean, with every strand as heavy as a mountain, capable of crushing the eternal immortal vault.

His laughter was as demonic as ever, his eyes filled with scenes of destruction, and every vision was shrouded in apocalyptic glory.

"You can actually survive in the Xu Wang."

Ye Chen murmured, once again underestimating Zhun Huang Di.

Glancing at Nü Di, her expression remained unchanged.

It seemed as though she had long foreseen this scene. It wasn't only yongheng that could survive in the Xu Wang; if laws were transformed into something immortal, they could also become the ultimate truth.

Suddenly, a strand of yongheng light flew out from Nü Di's body, appearing vivid and alive as it circled around her. From Ye Chen's body, another strand of yongheng was drawn out as well.

The two strands of yongheng intertwined and merged into one.

In that instant, a yongheng immortal mark appeared on the foreheads of both Ye Chen and Nü Di, shining with immortal light.

"Contract."

Ye Chen whispered lightly.

He had guessed right—it was indeed a contract, one that only two people bearing yongheng could form.

This was known as the yongheng contract.

With the contract formed, their yongheng powers complemented each other, connecting their divine strength, dao principles, origins, and recovery abilities. They radiated brilliant light.

Zhun Huang Di let out a sinister laugh and charged through the Xu Wang, launching a devastating palm strike that pushed everything aside with destructive force.

Ye Chen and Nü Di both moved, attacking from left and right.

Nü Di drew her sword, slicing through the palm print. Ye Chen instantly appeared, transforming yongheng into a vast realm filled with mountains, rivers, grass, and trees, all infused with immortal spirituality. Dao principles were etched within, and visions manifested, its power dominating as it pressed down on Zhun Huang Di from the air.

"Such minor divine abilities, and you dare to show them off."

Zhun Huang Di sneered, his demonic body trembling and shattering the vast realm, sending Ye Chen flying along with it.

Zheng!

Nü Di's yongheng sword stabbed forward, ignoring the Xu Wang and its laws, piercing straight through Zhun Huang Di's demonic body.

"You are far inferior to her."

Zhun Huang Di snorted coldly, enduring Nü Di's sword strike and retaliating with a palm that left her immortal body stained with blood.

Zheng!

The shaken Ye Chen returned in an instant, wielding his yongheng sword to strike. It wasn't a spacetime-crossing attack, but with one swing, he severed a thousand years of Zhun Huang Di's lifespan. He had aimed for ten thousand years, but Zhun Huang Di's various protective laws deflected the full power.

"How interesting."

Zhun Huang Di laughed instead of growing angry, truly exceptional. Though his lifespan was cut, he forcibly reversed it, pulling those lost thousand years back into his life wheel.

Seal!

Nü Di descended from the heavens, using yongheng to manifest a treasure tower that enveloped Zhun Huang Di. Inside, lightning flashed, thunder roared, and law chains crisscrossed—it was both a seal and a force of annihilation.

Unfortunately, she couldn't hold him. Zhun Huang Di broke through with one strike and flipped his palm, nearly stripping her of her Tian Di position.

Buzz!

Ye Chen arrived again, transforming the great dao into a divine cauldron engraved with law patterns. Chaotic qi hung from it, and yongheng light bloomed, like an eight-thousand-zhang mountain.

Zhun Huang Di staggered back a step, underestimating Ye Chen's dao and his laws. This alternative path of yongheng was indeed powerful.

However, in his eyes, such power was merely a facade. Absolute suppression of combat strength made everything else illusory.

Pfft!

Ye Chen spat blood, struck by a finger that exploded his chest on the spot. His emperor bones, stained with sacred blood, scattered across the Xu Wang. Before he could steady himself, a sea of demonic blood surged and swallowed him in an instant.

Break!

Ye Chen forcibly stabilized his form, leaping out like a divine dragon, his body a bloody mess of bones and flesh. It was thanks to his profound foundation that he wasn't completely obliterated by the demonic aura.

Nü Di had also been swallowed, faring slightly better than him, though not by much. Her blood-stained figure was heart-wrenching.

"Ants, tremble!"

Zhun Huang Di laughed demonically and attacked again, his body radiating demonic light, exuding an aura of supremacy. He had every right to feel that way now.

In contrast, Nü Di and Ye Chen were covered in wounds and in a weakened state. Facing a peak Zhun Huang Di, it was no surprise they were struggling—not because they were weak, but because he was terrifying enough to take on both.

Boom! Bang! Boom!

Accompanied by thunderous roars, the supreme battle erupted.

In the east, Ye Chen and Nü Di joined forces, supporting yongheng together. Their laws resonated, and visions intertwined, pushing a yongheng realm to its limits. Within it, one stood like a war god forged from gold, as if from the eight wastelands; the other had an immortal body radiating colorful light, like a deity from the world, standing at the end of time, untouchable and distant.

In the west, Zhun Huang Di had opened a demonic land, piled high with mountains of corpses and rivers of blood. Resentful spirits wailed and struggled within, along with demonic stars evolving—black scorching suns and half-damaged full moons, all cycling through destruction. He stood among it like a demon god, his rolling demonic aura spanning the eight wastelands.

Boom! Bang!

The two realms collided repeatedly, each impact sending halos rippling out and making the Taigu Road tremble.

It was clear that Nü Di and Ye Chen were at a complete disadvantage, unable to withstand Zhun Huang Di's assaults. They were beaten unsteady, spitting blood frequently and flipping through the Xu Wang time and again.

Fortunately, their coordination was flawless, and with yongheng drawing them together, their momentum continued to rise despite their injuries.

It was their battle intent and their convictions.

Whether for the myriad heavens or for themselves, they couldn't fall. Losing this battle would mean losing the fate of all realms.

"All living beings are mere ants."

Zhun Huang Di's roar was like a heavenly decree, laden with authority and demonic power. He was truly fearsome, his form slightly disheveled but his foundation untouched, every strike brimming with destruction.

Boom! Bang! Boom!

The battle's commotion was immense, leaving not only the gods and generals but even the great emperors watching in heart-pounding awe.

"So strong."

Ren Wang murmured, his face pale. It was his first time seeing Zhun Huang Di, whose divine might was terrifyingly heaven-defying.

"At this rate, defeat is inevitable."

Zao Hua Shen Wang said gravely. Nü Di and Ye Chen were being beaten so badly they could barely stand, let alone slay Zhun Huang Di.

"We great emperors are just a joke."

The Fourth Shen Jiang said with self-mockery. Looking at that world-shattering battle, forget fighting—they might not even withstand the aftermath. In the myriad heavens, they were supreme, but on the Taigu Road, in the Xu Wang, they were insignificant.

Most onlookers fell silent.

Every external boom made their hearts tremble, like funeral bells tolling for them.

Roar! Roar! Roar!

Under everyone's gaze, the three supreme beings transformed.

Ye Chen turned into a dragon, ten thousand zhang long, every scale gleaming with golden light and flickering with immortal divine radiance.

Nü Di became a phoenix, born from flames, its wings vast enough to cover the sky, every inch of its body infused with immortality.

Zhun Huang Di morphed into a black demonic tiger, surpassing both in presence and size. Every hair was wrapped in demonic aura, and its massive body caused the heavens to shatter with every move.

A divine dragon, a phoenix, and a demonic tiger battled fiercely, slashing and attacking as they plunged deeper into the Xu Wang.

Unfortunately, Ye Chen and Nü Di remained on the defensive. The dragon's body exploded repeatedly, and the phoenix's form shattered multiple times, their emperor blood and sacred blood intertwining to stain the void.

The demonic tiger that was Zhun Huang Di was the most formidable, its eyes filled with savage fury and a hint of unmasked rage. As a peak Zhun Huang Di, he had fought for so long without defeating two Tian Di, which infuriated him. Those two were exceptionally resilient.

"Take it easy—there's a vortex over there."

Hun Dun Ding transmitted a message.

The emperors also spotted it and warned them one after another. Deep in the Xu Wang, a massive vortex had come into view, spinning rapidly with terrifying suction. If they got closer, they might be pulled in.

Nü Di said nothing.

Ye Chen didn't respond either. With a thought, he sent Hun Dun Ding out of his body, wrapping it in yongheng and sending it flying across the vast void back to the Taigu Road.

"This is bad."

Hun Dun Ding buzzed loudly. Having followed Ye Chen for so long, it knew exactly what he intended—this was like settling affairs, afraid of involving them, so he sent it away early.

"Damn it."

As soon as it reached the end of the Taigu Road, the emperors and Shen Jiangs emerged from Hun Dun Ding, wanting to return to the Xu Wang.

But the yongheng light Ye Chen had wrapped around it had already faded. Without yongheng protection, no one could enter the Xu Wang.

"This is trouble."

Long Ye's expression was grim. He knew Ye Chen's nature all too well, and so did everyone else present. That's why a shadow of gloom hung over them.

Boom! Boom!

In the Xu Wang, the supreme battle raged on. Though the emperors and Shen Jiangs couldn't see it, they could hear the earth-shaking booms.

Ye Chen and Nü Di continued to spit blood.

They could see the vortex, but they remained unfazed—or rather, their target was that demonic entity in the Xu Wang.

In their current state, they couldn't kill Zhun Huang Di. Since they couldn't, they would borrow the vortex's power to destroy him. It was the best option; no matter how strong Zhun Huang Di was, if he was dragged in, he would be utterly annihilated.

Pfft! Pfft!

With two sprays of blood, Ye Chen and Nü Di fell from the Xu Wang, reverting to human form, their bodies a bloody ruin.

Following them was Zhun Huang Di, descending in human form from the sky, his palm covering the Xu Wang as he tried to obliterate them both.

Nü Di swung her sword, breaking the palm print. Even Zhun Huang Di grunted and staggered back half a step from the shock.

Before he could steady himself, Ye Chen flashed in, sending nine order chains flying from his body into Zhun Huang Di's demonic form, locking his emperor bones and primordial spirit.

"Senior, let's go to the underworld together!"

Ye Chen's hair was disheveled, his eyes wild with madness. He sacrificed his divine power and blood-sacrificed his origin to gain a momentary peak state. He didn't expect to trap Zhun Huang Di forever—he just wanted to drag him into the Xu Wang vortex.

"With you?"

Zhun Huang Di snorted coldly, transforming demonic aura into a demonic blade to sever the order chains, refusing to be pulled in.

Forbidden!

Nü Di shouted softly, casting yongheng forbidden seal. In that instant, Zhun Huang Di, who had just raised his demonic blade, was frozen in place.

Seizing that moment, Ye Chen pulled him toward the vortex. The devastating suction had already taken hold; he couldn't resist it, and neither could Zhun Huang Di.

This was a mutual destruction strategy. From the moment Ye Chen sent away Hun Dun Ding, the supreme of the Sheng Ti lineage had no intention of returning alive. He would take this Zhun Huang Di straight to the nine underworlds.

"Break! Break for me!"

Zhun Huang Di howled, fear flickering in his eyes for the first time. He dreaded the vortex—it meant certain death.

But Nü Di's yongheng forbidden seal came again, buying another instant. She was assisting Ye Chen.

"Farewell."

For a moment, Ye Chen looked back, giving Nü Di a warm smile. It was for Chu Xuan, Chu Ling, and also for Wu Lei Ru Xi.

"Farewell."

Nü Di said the same words, smiling gently, with a touch of a woman's tenderness in her eyes. Her watery gaze was misty, tears from Chu Xuan, Chu Ling, and Wu Lei Ru Xi.

In that instant, Nü Di formed a seal with one hand.

Then, yongheng light bloomed from both of them, especially the yongheng contract on their foreheads, which became truly vivid and radiated its brightest glow.

Subsequently, Ye Chen, who was falling toward the vortex, was swapped with Nü Di. She inherited the order chains locking Zhun Huang Di and pulled him toward the vortex.

Ye Chen, meanwhile, was out of the vortex's range, appearing where Nü Di had stood.

In essence, she had forcibly exchanged positions with him.

This was one ability of the yongheng contract.

Earlier, she had assisted Ye Chen in dragging away Zhun Huang Di, not to push Ye Chen into the vortex, but for this very moment.

As she had thought before, one of them might die in this battle, but it wouldn't be Ye Chen. The commander of the previous era's beings was willing to shatter herself for him in this era.

Anyone could die—except him.

"No."

Zhun Huang Di howled, forcibly breaking free from the order chains and fleeing madly, trying to escape the Xu Wang.

Regrettably, he was already within the vortex's range. The terrifying suction dragged him back and pulled him into the dreadful swirl.

Nü Di was pulled in with him.

"No."

Ye Chen roared, a soul-deep wail, tragic and hoarse. He had planned everything but overlooked the yongheng contract. He had been prepared to die, yet Nü Di had switched places with him.

Only now did he understand the meaning of her farewell—it was an eternal goodbye.

The mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind.

This ancient scheme might carry a negative connotation, but Nü Di's calculation was a righteous sacrifice. By saving Ye Chen, she extended hope.

"The fate of all beings endures forever."

"After hundreds of years, will you remember two women named Chu Xuan and Chu Ling?"

"Ye Chen, you must win."

In the moment of Nü Di's destruction, it was an eternal instant. Four women spoke three sets of words—one from Ru Xi, one from Wu Lei, and one from Chu Xuan and Chu Ling.

They were all addressed to Ye Chen.

Their tears became part of the destruction, turning to ashes in the Xu Wang vortex.

"Come back."

Ye Chen's face was streaked with bloody tears, his mind clouded by grief. Stumbling, he charged toward the vortex again.

Buzz!

The vortex trembled, sending out a layer of yongheng halo that spread from it, originating from Nü Di and the yongheng contract—likely her final effort before death.

Pfft!

Ye Chen spat blood, his shattered, blood-drenched emperor body sent flying by the halo. Combined with the vortex's destructive aftermath, he was crushed inch by inch, leaving only a faint primordial spirit flame flying toward the distant Xu Wang.

Ah!

In the vortex, a shrill wail echoed.

It was from Zhun Huang Di, his indestructible will lingering. But no matter how strong his cultivation or fearsome his laws, they were useless here, eradicated to dust by the demons of the Xu Wang.

His death must have been full of regret. As a peak Zhun Huang Di, not only had he failed to destroy two minor Tian Di, but he had been dragged into the vortex. A generation of supreme beings, his soul scattered to nothing.