Chapter 800: Harmony with Heaven and Earth

Seeing Ye Chen immobilized and unable to move, the experts of the Yao Zu all revealed mocking smiles. “They say Ye Chen’s combat strength is unparalleled, but today we’ve seen it—you’re not as formidable as the legends make you out to be.”

Ye Chen ignored their taunts completely. His expression was grave as he glanced at Ji Ning Shuang in the distant void and her nearby Dao body, both of them suppressed and unable to come to his aid.

Everything depended on him!

Ye Chen took a deep breath, his thoughts racing as he became even calmer in this critical moment.

“What wonderful essence this is!” While Ye Chen remained silent, the Yao Zu experts all showed expressions of contentment, greedily absorbing his Saint Body essence through the chains, each one reveling in the sensation.

In an instant, Ye Chen’s face turned deathly pale, and his aura rapidly weakened. At this rate, it wouldn’t take more than a quarter of an hour before he was drained into a dried corpse.

“Today’s quite the haul.” The Yao Zu experts bared their white teeth, their eyes gleaming with greed as they devoured his essence even more frantically.

However, just as they were lost in their enjoyment, Ye Chen’s body trembled slightly. The void around him suddenly rumbled, and the empty space shattered.

Hmm?

The Yao Zu experts frowned, narrowing their eyes at Ye Chen, realizing they could no longer absorb his essence.

“You’ve taken so much from me—now you have to give it all back.” Ye Chen spoke, still with his eyes closed, his voice cold, ethereal, and authoritative, echoing endlessly through the heavens and earth.

As he finished, a vortex formed around him, centered on his body. It spun rapidly, growing larger and carrying a powerful devouring force.

Soon, the Yao Zu experts’ expressions changed in shock, as they discovered that not only could they no longer draw essence from Ye Chen, but their own essence was being pulled out and devoured by him.

“It’s Tun Tian Mo Gong!” one of the Yao Zu experts shouted suddenly, immediately severing the chain in his hand and retreating swiftly, fearing he might be caught in the vortex.

“Where do you think you’re going?” Ye Chen snorted coldly, raising his hand and pointing at the expert. A peerless divine light, carrying devastating piercing power, shot straight toward him.

Thud!

Blood splattered as the Yao Zu expert’s chest was pierced through.

“Watch out—he’s harmonized with heaven and earth!” The expert staggered, his face twisted in ferocity as he glared at Ye Chen.

“No wonder he’s suddenly like a different person.” The other Yao Zu experts snorted coldly, positioning themselves around him from different directions, encircling Ye Chen in the center.

Ye Chen stood like a statue, completely still, but his aura fluctuated unpredictably—sometimes powerful, sometimes weak, sometimes visible, sometimes fading.

As the expert had said, at this crucial moment, he had achieved Qi He Tian Di, drawing on the power of heaven and earth in his extreme weakness. Otherwise, he couldn’t have repelled that expert with a single strike.

“This is my first time harmonizing with heaven and earth—feels truly wonderful!” Ye Chen stretched his neck contentedly. Although his physical condition was still poor, he could now manipulate the forces of heaven and earth.

“Seal him!”

The Yao Zu experts from all sides shouted, forming identical hand seals.

But Ye Chen was faster. He clasped his hands together and quickly formed seals.

“Tian Di Qiu Long!”

With his light shout, the heavens and earth within a thousand zhang radius froze—the air stopped flowing, the breeze halted, and falling leaves hung suspended in midair. Everything seemed to be instantly imprisoned.

The Yao Zu experts were all frozen in their sealing postures, unable to move.

Hmm?

The Yao Long, locked in battle with Ji Ning Shuang, caught sight of this from afar and furrowed his brow. “The power of heaven and earth.”

He moved to charge over and free the Yao Zu experts from the Tian Di Qiu Long.

“Your opponent is me.” Ji Ning Shuang, though disheveled, blocked his path instantly, summoning the Jiu Tian Xuan Ling Jing and transforming into the mirror’s figure to unleash the single-target ultimate move, Tian Jian Shen Fa.

Meanwhile, the Yao Zu’s quasi-heaven realm expert was similarly held back by Ji Ning Shuang’s Dao body in another part of the void.

Thud! Thud! Thud!

Ye Chen had already begun his slaughter. Empowered by the forces of heaven and earth, his movements became eerily swift. Each time he vanished and reappeared, another Yao Zu expert fell.

“Dammit!”

The Yao Zu’s quasi-heaven realm expert roared in fury, shaking off Ji Ning Shuang’s Dao body with a palm strike before sending a massive seal crashing down toward Ye Chen.

Ye Chen snorted coldly and advanced instead of retreating, channeling the Tian Di secret techniques into his hand for a heaven-defying punch that shattered the descending seal. Even the quasi-heaven realm expert was forced back several steps.

However, Ye Chen paid a heavy price for this. Though he had harmonized with heaven and earth, his body was in terrible shape. The power he used was external, and any strong impact would trigger severe backlash.

In contrast, the Yao Zu’s quasi-heaven realm expert, though pushed back, still had surging vitality and an aura that grew even stronger. If it came down to a direct clash, Ye Chen would likely be the one to lose.

Fortunately, Ji Ning Shuang’s Dao body could coordinate with him. Together, their victory was uncertain.

“Go get reinforcements.” Ye Chen summoned a wisp of immortal fire and sent it into the void.

“Where do you think you’re going?” The Yao Zu quasi-heaven realm expert snorted coldly, reaching out with a massive hand to grab the immortal fire.

But Ji Ning Shuang’s Dao body struck first, severing the illusory hand. Without pause, she used a forbidden secret technique, forcing the quasi-heaven realm expert back on the spot.

“A mere Dao body—courting death.” The Yao Zu expert’s face twisted savagely as he spat out a killing sword wreathed in demonic energy, charging straight at Ji Ning Shuang’s Dao body.

“Don’t take it head-on.” Seeing Ji Ning Shuang’s Dao body about to counter with a powerful technique, Ye Chen quickly transmitted a message. “Use a flanking strategy—look for an opening to imprison him. Leave the rest to me.”

Ji Ning Shuang’s Dao body dodged sideways, avoiding the killing sword, and swiftly retreated.

The Yao Zu quasi-heaven realm expert’s expression was ferocious as he pursued instantly.

But at that moment, the heavens rumbled, and a massive cauldron descended from above, slamming into the quasi-heaven realm expert and making him stagger. Before he could steady himself, the Jiu Zhou Xuan Tian Tu pressed down, causing another stumble.

“Feng Shen Jue!”

Ji Ning Shuang’s Dao body moved like a gale, her single-target ultimate move piercing the Yao Zu quasi-heaven realm expert’s chest with a sword.

“Wan Jian Gui Yi!”

Ye Chen didn’t hesitate either, merging thousands of sword lights into one that stabbed through the expert’s back.

“Ah!”

The Yao Zu quasi-heaven realm expert’s roar shook the heavens and earth as he forcibly resisted the suppression of the Hun Dun Shen Ding and Jiu Zhou Xuan Tian Tu, sweeping his killing sword in a wide arc to knock back both Ye Chen and Ji Ning Shuang’s Dao body.

“Yi Nian Hua Kai!”

The retreating Ji Ning Shuang’s Dao body immediately activated her illusion technique, catching the expert off guard and dragging him into the illusion realm.

Now’s the time!

Ye Chen summoned immortal fire and heavenly thunder, shaping the fire into a divine bow and the thunder into a lightning arrow. He drew the bow to full moon and released an arrow into the void. The dark thunder god arrow, entwined with immortal fire, shone brilliantly in the night.

“Break for me!”

The Yao Zu quasi-heaven realm expert forcefully shattered the illusion, but before he could react, he collided head-on with the thunder god arrow. His expression changed drastically, and in a flash, he tried to retreat.

“Jiu Tian Xuan Ling, seal!”

Ji Ning Shuang’s Dao body, suffering backlash from Yi Nian Hua Kai, used her last bit of strength to perform a sealing secret technique. The quasi-heaven realm expert’s body froze mid-retreat.

“No… no… no!” The expert’s eyes bulged, his pupils shrinking to pinpoints, filled with terror.

Thud!

Blood sprayed as the quasi-heaven realm expert’s head was pierced, his entire body exploding into nothingness.

Thud!

At the same time, Ji Ning Shuang’s Dao body dissipated, its time limit reached. Fortunately, in its final moments, it had helped Ye Chen eliminate the Yao Zu’s quasi-heaven realm expert.