197: Goodbye Ye Honglian

【Year 40,000.】

【You once again condensed a Fatal Strike.】

【You now feel completely secure.】

【However, in these years, the Cultivator named Zhou Ji has never come to the Great Calamity Demon Realm, which makes you a bit anxious.】

【You finally decide to wait another thousand years; if he still hasn't arrived by then, you will leave the Great Calamity Demon Realm.】

【Year 40,200.】

【Su Mingyue requests your help.】

【The object of help is the person of Luck whom the Eternal Immortal Domain's World Consciousness asked her to protect.】

【You flatly refuse.】

【And state that with your strength, you are no match for those powerful foreign races; your previous claims were merely boasting.】

【Su Mingyue offers you many benefits and states that you only need to help her repel a Clone of a powerful foreign race once.】

【After this, she would have fulfilled her promise to the Eternal Immortal Domain's World Will and would have a clear conscience.】

【After much deliberation, you finally agree to her request.】

【You accompany her to the core of the Eternal Immortal Domain's underground, where you meet a young man in red robes.】

【This person has sword-like eyebrows and star-like eyes, and there is a faint red lotus mark on his forehead.】

【His name immediately appears in your mind—Ye Honglian!】

【“I didn’t expect this to be the greatest reliance of the Eternal Immortal Domain…”】

【You murmur to yourself.】

【You had once deduced Ye Honglian's future path.】

【He would most likely be assimilated by Jiang Wanjie, with only a small chance of retaining his own consciousness.】

【So, who exactly is he now?】

【As if sensing your confusion.】

【Ye Honglian first bows to you, then speaks: “Senior, thank you for being willing to help!”】

【“If I, Ye Honglian, can survive and achieve a Breakthrough to Immortal Emperor, I will surely repay you handsomely in the future!”】

【“If I fail and die, I am willing to offer this Red Lotus Spirit Body to Senior. It can help you condense a True Flame Dao fruit when you Breakthrough to True Immortal Emperor, gaining extremely powerful fire-attribute strength!”】

【Hearing this, you nod slightly.】

【After careful consideration, you decide to protect Ye Honglian.】

【Thus, time passed little by little.】

【Twenty years later.】

【Ye Honglian, with everything ready, begins to attempt a Breakthrough to the Immortal Emperor Realm.】

【The phenomena he creates are completely different from yours.】

【The moment he successfully achieved a Breakthrough, the entire world seemed to tremble silently.】

【Immediately after, a red light shot up into the sky, piercing through the firmament!】

【The red light was dazzling and brilliant!】

【Sweeping across hundreds of millions of miles of sky!】

【And all the space it passed through collapsed, revealing the pitch-black Void Realm within.】

【At this moment, Ye Honglian was like a young Supreme, full of youthful vigor.】

【But at the same time, the world grew dim.】

【A phantom slowly emerged from the depths of the firmament!】

【He had two wings on his back and a ferocious expression on his face.】

【Every move he made exuded a terrifying aura.】

【An ordinary Cultivator would be so intimidated by a single glance at him that they would be unable to move!】

【“Crisis Awareness did not send a reminder…”】

【You murmur to yourself.】

【This time, you are much calmer than the first time.】

【Because if Crisis Awareness didn't send a reminder, it means that the cultivation of this phantom has not reached the fourth layer of True Immortal Emperor, and the difference between it and you is within one major Realm.】

【With the help of Overcoming to Subdue, he cannot harm you in the slightest!】

【You also have no need to waste a Fatal Strike for this phantom.】

【Thinking this, your heart stirred, and you immediately soared into the sky, confronting the ferocious phantom.】

【“Hmm?! Human Race ant, are you so eager to die?!”】

【The phantom was first startled, then Devilish Qi, like a rolling river, surged directly towards you, instantly engulfing you!】

【However…】

【This couldn't harm you in the slightest!】

【The terrifying Devilish Qi disappeared instantly upon contact with you!】

【As if it had been absorbed by you.】

【“Indeed.”】

【Seeing that you easily blocked this attack, a slight smile appeared on your face.】

【“Hmph, playing tricks.”】

【“This Clone of mine is also an existence that has condensed a True Dao fruit. How can you, a mere Sub-Immortal Emperor, block my attack? True Demon Descent!”】

【As soon as he finished speaking, the phantom let out an earth-shattering roar, and black Devilish Qi continuously overflowed, even shattering the clouds in the sky!】

【At the same time, the world fell silent again!】

【Thousands of terrifying Devilish Qi exploded instantly, immediately sweeping across more than half of the Eternal Immortal Domain!】

【“Buzz buzz buzz!!!”】

【The powerful Devilish Qi seemed to be substantial, transforming into lines in the Void Realm and spreading out.】

【You feel immense pressure.】

【An indescribable sense of suffocation wells up in your heart.】

【This is a suppression, a suppression at the level of life itself!】

【The phantom's strength has greatly increased, but no matter how terrifying he becomes, Crisis Awareness still hasn't sent you a reminder.】

【You know that the phantom's own Realm has still not reached the fourth layer of True Immortal Emperor!】

【Even if he now possesses the strength to kill a True Immortal Emperor at the Peak, he still cannot cause you any harm.】

【You sneer and immediately clash head-on with the phantom!】

【Powerful roars sweep across the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths, causing the entire Eternal Immortal Domain to tremble incessantly!】

【“Hehehehehe, Human Race ant! This Clone of mine has already borrowed the power of its main body. I want to see how long you can hold on!”】

【“Again!!!”】

【The phantom roars to the sky, as if everything is under his control.】

【His aura continuously climbs, quickly reaching something close to the Peak of a True Immortal Emperor!】

【But this is ultimately just an aura.】

【His own Realm remains unchanged.】

【You two continuously fight in the sky, and in just one hour, you have already caused the firmament to collapse.】

【Endless spatial storms pour in, causing considerable trouble for both of you.】

【One day later.】

【You two are still engaged in high-intensity combat.】

【But the phantom's aura is clearly not as strong as it was at the beginning.】

【Two days later, the phantom's strength dropped to a level comparable to its initial state.】

【But he showed no fear, instead accelerating his attack frequency.】

【Because in his heart, your consumption must be even greater than his.】

【Three days later.】

【The phantom forms a hand seal and roars to the sky: “Human Race ant, truly excellent methods!”】

【“Unfortunately, all of this should end now!”】

【As soon as he finished speaking, the phantom's aura surged again.】

【In an instant, he borrowed all the power of his main body, stepping into the Heavenly Emperor Realm instantly!】