158: The Mysterious Theory of the Great Emperor

Facing Han Yueyi's threat, an undisguised sneer rang out from the dragon head warship.

The Sixth Ancestor appeared once again.

He picked at his ear, lazily eyeing the furious Empress opposite him, his tone as casual as if he were picking out cabbage at a vegetable market.

"I say, Empress, have you gone senile? Return her to you? Once something enters my Jiang Family's doors, it belongs to my Jiang Family.

Your Yueying is currently a guest on our Jiang Family warship, eating and living well; she is having a great time, so how could she possibly go back with you to suffer?"

He paused, as if possessed by a Nine Nether Lion, and shouted at the top of his lungs:

"Besides, even if we were to return her, we would have to wait until my Yuaner... ahem, finishes talking with her. You are an outsider, why are you in such a rush?"

"You are courting death!"

The emotions she had suppressed for so long, having had her supreme treasure stolen by the Sixth Ancestor, were completely ignited.

The silver-white imperial robe around her moved without wind.

A terrifying, cold Emperor's Might, even more intense than before, mixed with the Origin power of the entire Cangwu Great World, erupted with a boom.

"Rumble—"

At this moment, the entire Void Realm battlefield seemed to transform into her personal Domain.

Countless ice-blue Law chains, as thick as mountains, emerged from the void, weaving into a net that enveloped the Jiang Family Fleet.

Each chain was engraved with the unique cold Dao Laws of the Cangwu World, exuding a terrifying aura that could freeze Divine Souls and obliterate all things.

At the same time, she pushed the power of the Nine Heavens Cold Moon Grand Array to its limit.

A massive, ice-blue cold moon condensed above the array, and the moonlight it emitted was no longer gentle.

Instead, it turned into billions of sharp, peerless Law blades, slashing down alongside the Law chains.

As the master of a Great World, this was a strike launched in anger, utilizing the power of the entire world.

Its power was sufficient to threaten a Late Stage Great Emperor!

"Hmph, the light of a firefly dares to compete with the bright moon."

Second Ancestor Jiang Wuya snorted coldly.

In those cold, unchanging eyes of his, a trace of Battle Intent finally ignited.

He stepped forward, his black robe billowing.

A pure, extremely condensed aura of annihilation and slaughter soared into the sky.

Facing the overwhelming Law chains and moonlight blades, Second Ancestor Jiang Wuya did not dodge or evade; he simply raised his right hand slowly, pointing his fingers like a sword, and made a light slash at the void in front of him.

The next moment, the net woven by the Law chains, the instant it touched that black rift, was silently sliced in two, as if by an invisible pair of scissors!

The cut was smooth and flat, with no energy leaking out.

【World-Slicing Edge】!

The first Mysterious Power mastered by the Second Ancestor of the Jiang Family: ignores defense, guaranteed to sever!

"Is this the Mysterious Power of a Great Emperor?"

On the dragon head warship, Jiang Yuan watched this scene, his eyes flickering.

Beside him, Liu Shenyin, who was not participating in the battle, had the duty of guarding Jiang Yuan.

At this moment, seeming to sense Jiang Yuan's question, she knelt on the golden lotus and explained softly:

"Husband is absolutely correct. While Quasi-Emperors and Great Emperors may seem only a step apart, in reality, they are worlds apart. The root of this lies in the difference in Mysterious Power."

"Mysterious Power is a unique authority born when a Great Emperor reaches the peak of comprehension of their own Dao and resonates with the Laws of heaven and earth.

One Mysterious Power represents absolute control over a fundamental Law of heaven and earth. For an ordinary Great Emperor, mastering one is already a stroke of luck; mastering two allows one to be called a Mid-stage Great Emperor, and three makes one a Late Stage Great Emperor."

As she spoke, her eyes dimmed slightly.

Pseudo-Emperors who achieve the Dao through Alternative Dao Attainment struggle their whole lives to master even one. At least, she hadn't mastered any yet.

Seeing her angry strike so easily neutralized, Han Yueyi's pupils constricted sharply.

She stared fixedly at Second Ancestor Jiang Wuya; that unreasonable, sharp power made alarm bells ring in her heart.

"Cease Conflict!"

Without a moment's hesitation, her red lips parted, and she spat out two cold syllables.

【Cease Conflict Order】!

An invisible power of Law instantly spread out, enveloping the entire battlefield.

Under the influence of this power, the unstoppable aura of slaughter around Second Ancestor Jiang Wuya stagnated.

It was as if he had been forcibly shackled, making his movements extremely sluggish.

"Interesting."

The Second Ancestor raised an eyebrow; far from retreating, his Battle Intent grew even stronger.

He stomped forward violently, actually charging toward Han Yueyi on his own initiative!

"Fight!"

With a violent shout, the Qi and blood around him erupted like a volcano.

The aura of slaughter and Dao Laws that had been suppressed by the 【Cease Conflict Order】 actually rebounded with an even more violent posture.

【Blood Battle God】!

Growing stronger with every battle, nourishing the fight through the fight!

"Dong!"

Just then, a dull drum sound like thunder exploded in everyone's Soul without warning.

【Soul-Startling Drum】!

Ignoring physical defenses, ignoring Divine Soul barriers, striking directly at the Origin of the Soul.

On the Jiang Family Fleet side, countless Cultivators below the Quasi-Emperor level instantly turned deathly pale, their Divine Souls in agonizing pain. Those with weaker cultivation even coughed up blood directly.

Even those powerful Quasi-Emperors felt palpitations, their Qi and blood churning.

However, a sky-covering Law soon appeared above the warship, forcibly blocking this wave of Soul impact.

"Hmph!"

On the New Moon tower ship, Yaochi Empress Ye Lingxian opened her eyes lazily; she just flicked her finger.

A clear ray of immortal light flew out, turning into a giant lotus leaf that enveloped the entire Jiang Family Fleet.

The Soul-stirring drum sound, upon contacting the lotus leaf, vanished without a trace, like a clay ox entering the sea.

【Purifying World Lotus】!

The Mysterious Power mastered by Ye Lingxian: purifies all Laws, isolates all Daos.

"Husband, how are you feeling?"

Liu Shenyin was anxious, her Great Emperor Dao Laws flickering. But upon closer inspection, she realized that her husband was full of vigor; it seemed that the Soul impact capable of threatening Quasi-Emperors hadn't hurt him at all.

Jiang Yuan waved his hand.

He had the emperor immortal seal given by the First Ancestor, as well as the blessings of several Old Ancestors.

A mere Soul impact naturally couldn't hurt him in the slightest.

"Heh, playing dirty, are we!"

The Sixth Ancestor let out a strange laugh, his figure instantly becoming illusory.

An invisible shadow separated from his body, merged into the void, and silently circled behind Han Yueyi.

【Ghost Shadow Escape】!

His Mysterious Power: transforming into a ghost shadow, ignoring the obstructions of space and Law.

Three Great Emperor-level combatants, attacking simultaneously!

Second Ancestor Jiang Wuya fought head-on, abandoning all defense and pushing his Asura Annihilation Dao to its limit.

Every strike carried the killing intent of the 【World-Slicing Edge】, forcing Han Yueyi to defend with all her might.

Ye Lingxian's 【Purifying World Lotus】 perfectly countered Han Yueyi's 【Soul-Startling Drum】, rendering her most proud area-of-effect method completely ineffective, forcing her to concentrate her Law-command power on one person.

The Sixth Ancestor's 【Ghost Shadow Escape】 was even more elusive, stabbing with a sword from some tricky angle every now and then.

Although it couldn't cause fatal damage to Han Yueyi, it made her extremely annoyed and unable to concentrate on dealing with the Second Ancestor.

For a time, the Mysterious Powers of the four Great Emperors collided fiercely in the Void Realm.

The other experts on the Jiang Family side were not idle either.

"Saint Demon Sect, listen to my order! Form the Ten Thousand Demon God-Slaying Array and bombard that turtle shell for me!"

With an order from Mo Qingcheng, Devilish Qi towered over the Saint Demon Sect's warships, and a terrifying array composed of ten thousand demonic Cultivators slowly began to operate.

"Xiao Family Sword Cultivators, draw your swords with me!"

Xiao Zhishui personally led the Quasi-Emperors of her clan, and thousands of sword lights converged into a river of Sword Qi, scouring the Nine Heavens Cold Moon Grand Array.

The Gu Family, the Great Yan Divine Dynasty, the Heavenly Demon Palace... all allied forces poured out at this moment, launching the most violent attacks against the already precarious Cangwu Great World.

The battle situation instantly presented a one-sided crushing trend.

The more Han Yueyi fought, the more alarmed she became, and the more stifled she felt.

She, the dignified master of a Great World, a presence comparable to a Late Stage Great Emperor with the help of the Nine Heavens Cold Moon Grand Array and the power of the world.

In her own home field, she was actually being suppressed and beaten by three people!

That black-robed man fighting her head-on was simply a madman, fearless of death, growing stronger the more he fought.

That lazy Empress, who seemed not to be using much strength, could always neutralize her killing moves at just the right moment.

Most hateful of all was that elusive thief, who was like a fly, disgusting to the extreme!

After thousands of moves.

"Pfft!"

Han Yueyi was careless and was struck on the shoulder by the Second Ancestor's finger. The Annihilation Dao Laws erupted, instantly leaving a blood hole deep enough to see bone on her shoulder.

"Is that all you've got? It seems I overestimated you."

The Sixth Ancestor shook his head from the side, his tone full of disappointment.

"Second brother, let me handle it. Within three moves, I'll strip off that obstructive clothing of hers and throw her onto Yuaner's bed to see if the inside is as cold as the outside."

"Bastard!"

She cursed inwardly. How could she have the heart to argue with the trash-talking Sixth Ancestor? She retreated in a disheveled state back into the Nine Heavens Cold Moon Grand Array.

She had to retreat temporarily.

"Hahaha! She ran! That woman ran!" The Sixth Ancestor's arrogant laughter resounded through the Void Realm.

"But it's a real pity I didn't knock her out, otherwise I could have brought a live one back for Yuaner."