123: Emperor Yan's edict

Just as the phoenix carriage had traveled less than ten thousand miles from the Ancestral Land, ripples suddenly appeared in the void ahead.

"Buzz."

The space undulated, and two figures appeared out of thin air, steadily blocking the bridal procession.

They were Ye Gucheng and Xuanyuan Che.

The bridal and welcoming processions came to a halt, and the nine phoenixes let out uneasy cries.

Shen Yao frowned and stepped out from the crowd, shouting coldly, "Who are you to dare block this Young Lord's wedding procession?"

His voice, infused with the power of the Dao, caused the surrounding space to tremble slightly.

Xuanyuan Che's gaze was calm as he looked past Shen Yao, glancing at the luxurious phoenix carriage with its swaying beaded curtains, and then unfurled the imperial edict in his hand.

His clear voice, infused with immortal power, instantly spread throughout the surrounding void: "By the imperial edict of His Majesty Emperor Yan..."

"Presumptuous!"

From behind Shen Yao, a Golden Immortal Elder with white hair and beard stepped forward.

He was surrounded by lightning, and with every step he took, electric sparks flickered in the void.

"Ignorant junior, to dare obstruct our Young Lord's grand wedding, this old man shall make both your body and soul perish today!"

As he spoke, the lightning around him roared, and he was about to strike.

"Ninth Elder, no need to rush," Shen Yao raised his hand to stop him.

Seeing this, the Ninth Elder stopped in his tracks.

Shen Yao stepped forward a few paces, looking Xuanyuan Che and Ye Gucheng up and down, his gaze lingering for a moment on the imperial edict in Xuanyuan Che's hand.

The purple-gold Luck emanating from that imperial edict made him instinctively feel uncomfortable.

"Emperor Yan? Never heard of him." A mocking sneer curled at the corner of Shen Yao's mouth. "In this Myriad Laws Star Realm, it's not some unknown Emperor's place to dictate terms, let alone interfere in the matters of my God Race."

His gaze locked onto Xuanyuan Che, his Battle Intent rising. "However, this Young Lord is in a good mood today, so I'll give you a chance."

Shen Yao flipped his wrist, and a silver-white spear appeared in his hand.

The shaft was covered in ancient divine scripts, and the cold gleam at the tip seemed capable of piercing through the void.

"Read your nonsensical imperial edict? Fine." He sneered, pointing the spear directly at Xuanyuan Che. "But first, you must ask if this Star-Crushing Divine Spear in my hand agrees!"

"Defeat me, and only then will you have the right to speak. If you lose..." A cold light flashed in Shen Yao's eyes. "Then both of your lives will be the price for intruding upon this Young Lord's grand wedding!"

As his voice fell, the divine light around him surged, and the pressure of the Early Stage Profound Immortal Realm was released without reservation.

The power of the Divine Dao poured out, condensing into a blurry deity phantom behind him, churning the surrounding void.

Inside the phoenix carriage, Long Kui quietly lifted a corner of the beaded curtain, her eyebrows slightly furrowed.

She truly did not recognize these two people.

Could they be admirers of hers who had come specifically to obstruct her wedding today?

She watched the two men confronting each other in the field, her brow smoothing out.

She knew Shen Yao's strength all too well; he rarely had rivals among his peers and had once defeated veteran experts at the Late Stage Profound Immortal Realm.

Although the man in the python robe before her was also at the Early Stage Profound Immortal Realm, she believed in Shen Yao; the battle would surely end within ten Moves.

Xuanyuan Che's expression remained unchanged as he handed the imperial edict to Ye Gucheng beside him.

Ye Gucheng took it, stepped back half a pace, and held his longsword in his arms, his aura faintly enveloping the entire field.

"In that case," Xuanyuan Che slowly drew the sword at his waist.

The sword's body was simple and ancient, with faint dragon patterns and a dark gold luster that matched his robes.

The moment the sword left its scabbard, a majestic and vast imperial pressure filled the air.

"Then, please enlighten me."

Without further nonsense, a fierce glint flashed in Shen Yao's eyes, and his figure suddenly vanished from the spot.

"Divine Step — Void Breaker!"

In the next instant, he appeared ten zhang above Xuanyuan Che's head. The Star-Crushing Divine Spear turned into a bolt of silver lightning, carrying the power to collapse stars as it pierced directly toward Xuanyuan Che's crown!

Even before the spear arrived, the sharp killing intent already made one's Divine Soul sting.

This thrust was incredibly fast; an ordinary Profound Immortal would have no time to react.

Xuanyuan Che's feet didn't Move as he slashed the Human Emperor Sword upward at an angle.

"Clang—!!!"

The sound of clashing metal resounded in all directions, and a violent airwave exploded in a ring, shattering the nearby mountains and rivers within a thousand miles into dust. Even the protective barrier of the wedding procession in the distance fluctuated slightly.

Both of their figures shook simultaneously.

Shen Yao used the counter-force to flip in mid-air. His spear technique was like a dragon, instantly shaking out ten thousand spear shadows!

Every spear shadow was real, sealing off all the space around Xuanyuan Che.

"Divine Punishment — Downpour!"

This was a supreme technique of the God Race; a generation's Immortal King had once used this Move to pierce through eight Major Thousand Worlds simultaneously!

Inside the phoenix carriage, Long Kui held her breath.

She knew the terror of this Move. Shen Yao had once used it to defeat a Demon Race general at the Late Stage Profound Immortal Realm within a hundred Moves.

Facing this downpour of spear shadows that shrouded heaven and earth, Xuanyuan Che's expression remained calm.

The Human Emperor Sword in his hand let out a low dragon roar, its dark gold luster flourishing as a phantom of a Five-Clawed Golden Dragon faintly emerged and coiled around it.

Without any complex Moves, he simply performed a horizontal slash.

"Imperial Zenith — Heaven Splitter."

The sword light was not dazzling; instead, it was extremely restrained, condensing into a dark gold thread as thin as a cicada's wing.

The thin line silently sliced through the void.

The sky full of silver spear shadows, which were enough to pierce through stars, collapsed upon contact and were annihilated one after another!

They couldn't even last for a single breath.

Shen Yao's pupils constricted. He only felt a majestic and vast force travel up the spear shaft, numbing his arm and causing the Divine Dao power within him to churn. He couldn't help but fly back ten miles before barely stabilizing himself.

His hand holding the spear trembled slightly, and his palm had already split open, seeping golden divine blood.

"How is this possible?!"

Waves of shock surged in Shen Yao's heart.

This Move of his had once heavily injured an opponent at the Late Stage Profound Immortal Realm, yet now, before this person, it was actually so vulnerable.

Even the counter-force alone had caused him to suffer a minor injury!

Just what was this person's background?

So terrifying!

He hadn't let the Ninth Elder strike just now precisely because he had sensed that Xuanyuan Che was extraordinary.

That was why he had the idea of a battle.

After all, in the entire younger generation of the Myriad Laws Star Realm, there were fewer than three people who could stir his Battle Intent.

But now, he had actually fallen into a disadvantage.

He even had a feeling that the person opposite him was still hiding his strength.

Not only Shen Yao, but the Ninth Elder's expression changed drastically as well.

"Imperial Sword Intent?! The technique this boy practices is definitely no ordinary imperial Cultivation Technique!"

The Ninth Elder's gaze suddenly turned toward Ye Gucheng, who had remained silent and was holding his sword to the side.

Earlier, his attention had mostly been on Xuanyuan Che and the imperial edict. Now that he sensed carefully, alarm bells rang in his heart.

Ye Gucheng stood still, his aura flickering as if he were merging with the surrounding void.

But that un-scabbarded longsword in his arms gave him a feeling of extreme danger.

That was not a danger brought by cultivation Realm, but a threat from the Dao of the sword.

It was as if this person was not a Cultivator, but a peerless divine sword capable of shattering all laws.

"Just what is the background of these two?"

A shadow fell over the Ninth Elder's heart as he secretly circulated his Divine Dao power, ready to strike at any moment.

Inside the phoenix carriage, Long Kui had already lowered the beaded curtain, but her Divine Sense remained firmly locked on the battlefield.

At this moment, her beautiful face was filled with unbelievable shock.

"To be able to injure Shen Yao... when did such a young Prodigy appear in the Human Race?"

Shen Yao was already an Unrivaled Prodigy who could fight across two Realms.

Could this person be an even higher Peerless Generation Prodigy?

One who could fight across three minor Realms.

Long Kui clenched her fists, a strong sense of unease rising in her heart.

However, thinking of the Ancestral Land of the Demon Clan behind her, the unease in her heart weakened slightly.

At the same time.

In the direction of the Ancestral Land of the Demon Clan, ten thousand miles away.

Long Yin, who was seeing his daughter off with his wife, seemed to sense something and suddenly turned his head.

His gaze pierced through the endless void, instantly crossing ten thousand miles and accurately casting toward the battlefield where the wedding procession had encountered an obstacle.

Long Yin's breathing completely stopped at this moment.

On the battlefield ten thousand miles away, that youth in the python robe's posture while swinging his sword, the awe-inspiring air between his brows, and even the true meaning of the imperial way hidden in that sword Move...

"No, impossible."

Long Yin muttered to himself, his majestic face showing disbelief for the first time.

Long Qinger, beside him, noticed the anomaly and asked softly, "Husband, what's wrong?"

Long Yin did not answer.

The scene before his eyes began to blur, and time and space seemed to reverse at this moment, returning to that long-sealed snowy night.