Chapter 767: Alliance in Pill City

"Yan Huang Holy Master, your head will be mine one day." As this ethereal, icy, and authoritative voice echoed endlessly through the heavens and earth, the battle truly came to an end.

"Was that the Demon King of Mo Yu?" Ye Chen staggered, blood continuously spilling from his mouth, his head buzzing so much that his vision blurred.

Today, he had activated the Xian Lun Tian Dao multiple times, including once when he took Xuan Nu into a spatial black hole, which consumed even more of his pupil power. The final Tian Zhao was unleashed at the cost of a powerful backlash, leaving his condition severely weakened.

He didn't know if Tian Zhao could kill Dan Mo, but he knew he had been targeted by a supreme Demon King.

He had personally experienced how formidable the Demon King's outer path dharma form was that Dan Mo possessed. Even that was so powerful; one could only imagine the might of the Demon King in Mo Yu. Being targeted by such a king was undoubtedly a disaster.

"Senior." As he frowned, Ouyang Wang fell from the void sky, supported by the gentle forces summoned by Dan Chen and the others.

Seeing this, Ye Chen hurried over. If not for that old senior blocking Dan Mo, they might have all been wiped out.

"Kid, you've given me hope for the reunification of Da Chu." Looking at Ye Chen as he approached, Ouyang Wang smiled warmly, his already murky old eyes growing even more turbid.

"You're overpraising me, Senior." Ye Chen chuckled and placed a hand on Ouyang Wang, channeling his rolling Saint Body essence into him.

Soon, his brows furrowed, as he realized the old man before him had little life left. His aged body was beginning to decay, surrounded by deathly aura—he wouldn't live more than a few years.

"Don't waste your essence; I'll be fine after some rest." Ouyang Wang smiled wearily, his turbid old eyes trembling slightly before he closed them and fell back into a deep sleep.

Ye Chen took a deep breath and placed Ouyang Wang back into the Hun Dun Shen Ding.

"What a pity; we don't even know this old senior's name." Dan Yi sighed.

"We'll have to wait until he wakes up next time to ask."

"Clear the battlefield and return to Dan Cheng." Dan Chen scanned the surroundings and issued the order.

This was a pitch-black land, with a dark sky and scorched earth everywhere. Skeletons lay half-buried in the soil, and a blood-red river cut through the ground, faintly echoing with the wails of vengeful ghosts.

Here was Mo Yu.

Thud!

In the depths of Mo Yu, within a dark and gloomy palace, a burst of blood light flashed, and half of Dan Mo's head, still burning with black flames, was severed. That severed half soon burned away into nothingness by the Tian Zhao flames.

"Thank you for saving me, Your Highness." Dan Mo staggered to his feet and knelt before a figure clad in cold armor. This was undoubtedly the Demon King of Mo Yu, Kui Yu Jiang.

"Rise." Kui Yu Jiang said indifferently.

"It was my incompetence."

"It's not your fault." Kui Yu Jiang gazed into the distant void. "The plan was meticulous, but there were too many variables. No one anticipated that Yan Huang Holy Master would get involved."

"Your Highness, what exactly is the origin of Ye Chen's eye?"

"The Six Dao Xian Lun Eye."

"The Six Dao Xian Lun Eye?"

"It's a heaven-defying eye pupil. You've already experienced some of its abilities. In the future, if you encounter Ye Chen, be cautious."

"I understand." Dan Mo nodded hastily, then after a pause, he asked quietly, "Your Highness, what about Ouyang Shi Zun?"

"He's still alive, which surprises me." Kui Yu Jiang's voice was ethereal, his eyes like vast starfields flashing with astonishment. "It's a shame that such a once-in-a-millennium prodigy can't be used by us."

"I've fought him, and he doesn't seem as heaven-defying as you say."

"What do you know?" Kui Yu Jiang retorted sharply. "His life soul is damaged, and his fate is nearing its end—he can't even exert thirty percent of his power. Otherwise, do you think you'd have made it back alive? Do you believe that single-handedly resisting an entire army of the Ghost Clan was just a legend?"

"I was foolish." Dan Mo lowered his head quickly.

"Leave the matters of Dan Cheng alone for now." Kui Yu Jiang continued. "Also, avoid any major actions in the coming days. This era is different from any before; I sense that many supreme enemies have already broken their seals."

"Supreme enemies?"

"Da Chu Huang Xuan, Mo Yuan, Shen Wang, You Ming Yan Luo, Feng Wang, Hun Wang..."

Huff!

In the Dan Cheng underground palace, Ye Chen, who had rested for the night, slowly exhaled, fully expelling the strange forces from his body. However, recovering his Xian Lun pupil power would still take some time.

"Kid, I heard you were quite the show-off last night! But I also heard you got beat up several times!" Soon, the voice of Tai Xu Gu Long echoed in his divine sea, tinged with a hint of schadenfreude.

"Damn, I just woke up and have to hear your annoying voice. How wonderful." Ye Chen scowled and cursed.

"Tch!" Tai Xu Gu Long said dismissively. "Don't you feel like your strength is just child's play?"

"I can't deny that." Ye Chen coughed dryly. Thinking back to last night, he really had been beaten several times, just as Tai Xu Gu Long said.

"Quasi-Tian realm cultivators vary in strength." Tai Xu Gu Long remarked leisurely. "Especially those who regressed from Quasi-Huang realm to Quasi-Tian realm—they may be suppressed to Quasi-Tian level, but their comprehension of the Dao remains."

"I get it, I get it. There's always a bigger mountain, a stronger fighter—that's what you mean!" Ye Chen replied while continuously adding spiritual liquid to the Hun Dun Shen Ding to nourish Ouyang Wang's body.

He was very selective with the spiritual liquid, choosing ones that extended life. Though he knew these herbs wouldn't help Ouyang Wang much anymore, something was better than nothing.

More importantly, he held a deep respect for Ouyang Wang in the ding. For such a supreme expert whose fate was ending to die too soon would be a great loss to the cultivation world.

"Ye Chen." As he was busy, Dan Chen and Dan Yi entered the underground palace. After a night of recovery, they all looked radiant.

Seeing Ye Chen nourishing Ouyang Wang's body, they stopped in front of the Hun Dun Shen Ding and bowed respectfully. Just because Ouyang Wang was from the same era as Dan Wang, he deserved their respect.

However, thinking about last night, they all felt a bit awkward. The nine of them at Quasi-Tian realm weren't as effective as one Kong Ming realm Ye Chen. Without Ye Chen and the old senior in the ding, they probably would have been wiped out.

"Elders, about what I mentioned last night, can you give me a clear answer?" Ye Chen smiled at them.

"Alliance." Dan Chen and the others took a deep breath. After last night's events, they understood clearly that Dan Cheng was like a piece of prime meat in the eyes of other forces. What happened was just a signal; more terrifying powers would target them soon.

To survive in this chaotic world, they needed a strong ally, and that ally was undoubtedly Ye Chen, who commanded a massive army of cultivators.

"Excellent." Their decisiveness made Ye Chen grin with joy. With Dan Cheng as an ally, their combat strength would surge, and upon returning, he could declare war on Zheng Yang Sect. In other words, unifying Nan Chu was just days away.

"Don't rush; we have one condition." Dan Chen smiled warmly.

"Not just one—even a hundred would be fine. Go ahead and say it."

"Take on the identity of Dan Sheng and become the next city master of Dan Cheng."

"Uh, well..." Ye Chen coughed. "Senior, honestly, I don't like feeling tied down."

"It won't tie you down." Dan Chen smiled again. "As long as you agree to be the next city master, you can do as you please. We just hope you'll protect the legacy that Dan Cheng's predecessors built."

"That's a given." Ye Chen thumped his chest and flashed a set of pearly whites.