Chapter 3243: Reclaiming Time and Space

Boom! Bang!

Xu Wang Mo and Xu Wu Mo both plummeted, their physical forms dissolving.

“How can he be this strong?”

Both demons clenched their teeth in frustration. Losing to the true commander of humanity was one thing, but being defeated like this, by someone who wasn't even that, was humiliating.

Boom!

Ye Chen’s foot landed, and the Yong Heng Xian Hai swallowed the two demons.

“Break free for me!”

Xu Wang Mo roared, raising his hands to the sky and tearing a gap in the Yong Heng. Like a demonic dragon, he burst out, unleashing waves of demonic energy and countless vengeful spirits.

“Where do you think you're going?”

Ye Chen’s sharp cry rang out, and a palm descended, covering the heavens. The Xu Wang demon, who had just escaped, was struck back into the Xian Hai, his reformed demonic body exploding once more.

Kill!

Xu Wu Mo refused to yield, charging upward against the sky.

Boom!

Ye Chen flipped his hand and struck with a palm, turning the Yong Heng into something unbreakable and its essence into an endless force. It devastated the heavens and earth, leaving Xu Wu Mo drenched in blood, without a moment to recover, before he plunged back into the Xian Hai.

What followed was a peculiar sight.

It was a pathetic display for Xu Wang Mo and Xu Wu Mo; they were truly miserable. Every time they tried to break free from the Xian Hai, Ye Chen would slap them back down. Their towering demonic forms were repeatedly shattered, their demonic bones stained with blood as they fell back into the Xian Hai, being annihilated piece by piece by the Yong Heng. It drove the two demons to the verge of madness.

“They just won't die.”

Ye Chen murmured softly. After all, he wasn't the genuine child figure; he couldn't obliterate those who surpassed Huang Di. This seemed to be an unspoken rule from the unseen forces.

“Refine them! Refine them to death.”

Seeing Ye Chen’s overwhelming power, the person inside the Qing Tong Gu Guan became extremely excited, jumping up and down.

Buzz!

There was no need for him to say it; Ye Chen was already doing it. The surging Xian Hai transformed, forming a colossal cauldron resembling the Hun Dun Ding. Even the Dao patterns upon it were vividly replicated, trapping the two demons inside for refinement. Eternal flames burned within the cauldron, lightning raged, and it emanated a deeply destructive force.

Boom! Bang! Boom!

The two demons wouldn’t surrender easily. Like mad beasts, they raged within the cauldron, unleashing a torrent of destructive divine abilities. Each strike carried an apocalyptic glow.

“Perish.”

Ye Chen snorted coldly, and the cauldron trembled violently. In addition to the flames and lightning, it now filled with Yong Heng sword energy. Streaks of it spanned eight thousand li, all carrying destructive power, slicing the two demons until their blood and bones were in tatters. Every wound on them was impossible to heal.

The more this happened, the more frantic they became.

These two demons, who surpassed Huang Di, were no joke. Although Ye Chen’s cauldron was dominant, it began to crack under their repeated assaults.

It was partly because Ye Chen couldn't fully unleash the true power of the child figure.

From the start, he was only borrowing the child's aura and the Xing Zi, which had been suppressed but was constantly poised to counterattack. The Dao Zi couldn't suppress it indefinitely.

Buzz!

The Qing Tong Gu Guan moved, traversing the void and hovering above the cauldron. Silver waterfalls cascaded down, composed of Dao principles and divine essence, empowering the cauldron to aid in refining the two demons.

But as it arrived, Ye Chen weakened.

It was the Xing Zi seal fiercely counterattacking, trying to reclaim control.

“Hold on!”

The person in the coffin shouted loudly.

“I can’t hold on!”

Ye Chen clenched his teeth tightly. He was merely a quasi-Huang, how could he gain the upper hand? His words proved true; the Xing Zi had counterattacked, clashing with the Dao Zi at his brow. Sometimes it was Xing, sometimes Dao.

Because of this, Ye Chen’s aura became unstable.

When the Xing Zi took control, his pressure plummeted; when the Dao Zi dominated, his aura soared again. This oscillation gave the two demons a chance to breathe. Whenever the Xing Zi seized control, they attacked ferociously, almost breaking out of the cauldron several times.

“It won’t take much longer.”

Ye Chen’s eyes were filled with bloodshot veins, turning completely red.

Indeed, it wouldn't take much longer.

But unfortunately, the Xing Zi wouldn't give him that chance, causing chaos repeatedly.

Whoosh!

The Xu Wang Hua joined the battle, its brilliant light illuminating the unknown expanse.

“Why? We are both of the Xu Wang lineage, so why?”

Xu Wang Mo howled in rage, his anger directed at the Xu Wang Hua. It seemed he knew it was aiding the fight. Because of its help, Ye Chen stabilized his footing, and the Yong Heng refinement intensified.

“Yong Heng has no god.”

Xu Wang Hua said faintly, its meaning lost on Ye Chen.

But the two demons understood it.

The person in the coffin, also part of this circle and aligned with the Xu Wang Hua, grasped it too. The phrase “Yong Heng has no god” carried implications that were ancient and sorrowful, laden with blood and tears.

“They are from the same lineage.”

Ye Chen murmured softly.

By “same lineage,” he meant that Xu Wang Mo and Xu Wang Hua both bore the “Xu Wang” in their names, likely not by coincidence. He hadn't noticed it before, perhaps due to his limited perspective. Now, with the Xu Wang Hua joining the battle, certain fundamental essences connected to Xu Wang Mo, suggesting they were branches of the same origin.

His guess was correct.

However, the relationship between the two Xu Wang entities was far more complex than imagined.

Buzz!

His mind trembled as a force of erasure struck again.

It was the Xing Zi.

In that instant, it seized control, nearly wiping out Ye Chen’s consciousness.

Buzz!

Then came the Dao Zi’s counterattack, carrying the roar of all living beings, pulling Ye Chen’s lost consciousness back and suppressing the Xing Zi.

The situation was precisely this.

Ye Chen’s consciousness blurred, his head on the verge of exploding. The two heavenly characters clashed, and he, a mere quasi-Huang Di, couldn't withstand the aftermath.

In his daze, he seemed to glimpse a segment of time and space.

That's right—it was the lost Shi Kong of the Zhutian, manifesting in the void.

“Resist it!”

Ye Chen roared, and the Dao Zi followed his command, holding back the Xing Zi.

“Come!”

Ye Chen’s eyes blazed like torches. In that instant, he seized control of the child figure and reclaimed the Shi Kong. The scenes and marks from that era were all imprinted into his body. The long-lost segment of Shi Kong fully returned in that eternal moment.

The Zhutian universe had its flaws, but he was now complete.

This was because that segment of Shi Kong had merged into him.

In other words, aside from him, no one in the Zhutian could become a Huang Di.

At this moment, if he wished, he could ascend to Huang on the spot.

The premise was that he could escape from the child figure’s body.

This life-or-death battle would be his final step, yet also the most difficult one. Fusing with the child figure was easy, but separating was hard. Even after reclaiming the Shi Kong, he remained trapped within the Xing’s body, like being in a cage.

These details weren't important for now.

What mattered was how to refine the two demons—they were still fiercely resistant.

“This is the time—why wait any longer?”

The two demons howled, their cries echoing through the Xu Wang as if summoning allies.

Boom!

Their call worked.

From the depths of the Xu Wang, demonic energy surged wildly, accompanied by the wails of fierce ghosts, like an ancient curse that made even Ye Chen’s mind unsteady. It had to be another demon, one that transcended Huang Di, and aligned with the two.

Boom!

As their side had a demon, so did his—apparently.

From the depths of the Xu Wang, besides the demonic energy, a brilliant Xian Hai also appeared.

“You’re still alive, you bastard?”

The person in the Qing Tong Gu Guan roared, as if knowing exactly who it was. Because of that knowledge, he was especially excited—it was definitely a being that transcended Huang Di and a major general from the human path.

Boom! Bang! Boom!

A great battle erupted on that side, igniting war in the borderlands of the Xu Wang.

The third demon tried to come but was intercepted.

“Just how many are there?” Ye Chen sighed inwardly, exerting all his effort to hold on. He hadn't even reached Huang Di yet, and so many beings that transcended it had already appeared. Did that mean, even if he became a Huang Di, he’d still be a small fry beyond the universe?