515: Chapter 515 The Heavenly Emperor (80)

The starry sky was vast, and the flying boat traveled through the silent remains of stars.

Ye Yun, Jiang Zhiyu, Great Emperor Chiyan, and Emperor Xuanshui stood at the bow with solemn expressions.

Returning to the Three Thousand Dao Provinces, everywhere they looked was filled with devastation.

The flames of war burned in every Dao Prefecture, once-prosperous Star Domains were turned to ruins, and countless living beings were displaced in the crushing conflict between Imperial Clans and Sects.

The infiltration of Fallen Beings was more hidden and thorough than it had been five thousand years ago.

They no longer invaded blatantly but instead became the most insidious catalysts, stirring up internal conflicts within the Three Thousand Dao Provinces, leading this ancient world toward self-destruction through internal strife.

Ye Yun withdrew his gaze from the starry sky.

He knew very well that although he had reached Major Achievement in his Dual Sacred Bodies and attained the Great Emperor Third Heaven, and his combat power was enough to sweep aside Giants or even battle a Peak Great Emperor,

facing the catastrophe sweeping the entire Three Thousand Dao Provinces, the power of one person was ultimately insufficient.

There was only one way to break the deadlock.

"Go to the Land of Expedition."

Ye Yun's voice was calm, yet it carried an unquestionable decisiveness.

Jiang Zhiyu and the others looked at him simultaneously.

"The Great Ancient Ancestor of my Ye Family is trapped there, and the East and West Heavenly Emperors are also lost within."

Ye Yun looked at the group.

"If we can find them and guide them out, we can use their power to undo the Seal on the Northern and Southern Heavenly Courts. Only by gathering the foundations of the four Great Heavenly Courts can we completely clear away this catastrophe."

This was the only path.

It was also the most difficult path.

"Good!"

Great Emperor Chiyan was the first to respond. "Instead of wasting time here with those small fry, we might as well do something big!"

Emperor Xuanshui and Jiang Zhiyu also nodded heavily.

With the goal set, the flying boat turned around, tore through the Void Realm, and headed toward the entrance of the Land of Expedition at full speed.

...

Months later, the flying boat passed through a Star Domain shrouded in the thick aura of war.

At the far end of the starry sky, the light of a massive Sect-protecting Formation flickered unsteadily, currently enduring a frantic siege from dozens of forces from all directions.

"It is the Wugou Emperor Sect, one of the Twenty-Four Emperor Sects."

Emperor Xuanshui recognized the Origin of that Formation.

"Why would they be under siege? The Wugou Emperor Sect has always been indifferent to worldly affairs and rarely participates in external disputes."

Ye Yun's Heavenly Eye swept over, and his brow furrowed slightly.

Among the besieging forces, at least a third of the experts were tainted with a more or less thick, eerie aura.

It was the Fallen Beings making trouble behind the scenes again.

Ye Yun bore the heavy responsibility of guiding the Heavenly Emperors, and time was tight; he didn't want to cause unnecessary trouble.

"Bypass it."

He gave the order.

However, just as the flying boat was about to change course.

Buzz!

Deep within Ye Yun's divine sea, that Heart Sword, which had been silent for a long time, suddenly vibrated violently.

That wasn't excitement.

It was a warning.

It was the strongest crisis warning originating from instinct.

Ye Yun's expression changed instantly.

He turned his head sharply, his gaze penetrating the endless Void Realm to lock onto the deepest part of the Wugou Emperor Sect's ancestral land.

There, he perceived an aura.

An aura from the same source as the Abyss Lord, yet older and purer.

This aura appeared extremely weak and unstable at the moment, like a candle in the wind that could be extinguished at any time.

But beneath that weak core, a terrifying Origin of destruction was hidden.

Sacred Race!

The term Giant Gongshu had uttered before his death instantly exploded in Ye Yun's mind.

The 'Sacred Race Royalty Lord' who needed a top-tier vessel to recover!

Ye Yun instantly concluded that the weak aura deep within the Wugou Emperor Sect must be another Sacred Race member no weaker than the Abyss Lord!

Once it was allowed to recover successfully, the Three Thousand Dao Provinces would have no chance of turning the tables.

"What's wrong?"

Jiang Zhiyu noticed Ye Yun's abnormality.

Ye Yun didn't explain.

His figure disappeared from the spot.

"Hide here and wait for my news. No one is to approach without my order."

A transmission of Divine Thought fell into the trio's Sea of Consciousness.

Ye Yun's figure had already turned into a streak of light invisible to the naked eye, silently slipping into that chaotic battlefield.

Using the power of his Major Achievement Desolate Ancient Sacred Body to mask all traces of his aura, he perfectly bypassed all detection and entered the Wugou Emperor Sect like a ghost.

The interior of the Sect was already a mess, but Ye Yun ignored all of it; following the guidance of the Heart Sword, he delved all the way into the depths of the Forbidden Ground.

Soon, he arrived at an underground ancient palace shrouded by countless ancient Formations.

The palace doors were tightly shut, but they couldn't stop Ye Yun's infiltration.

When he passed through the final layer of the Restriction and saw the scene inside the hall, his expression shifted.

In the very center of the ancient palace, upon a massive altar, a young Cultivator was bound by countless Law chains, suspended in mid-air.

The Cultivator had a handsome face and eyes tightly closed, but his body emitted a layer of pure, flawless Holy Light.

Wugou Sacred Body.

One of the ten strongest Sacred Bodies, naturally capable of purifying all Laws and isolating filth.

It was the most perfect nemesis of the eerie power and the 'vessel' they desired most.

And above that Cultivator's head, a fist-sized, constantly squirming dark Origin was emitting an eerie green light.

Countless black threads extended from the Origin, piercing into the brow and limbs of that Wugou Sacred Body Prodigy.

Possession.

Recovery.

That Sacred Race Origin was frantically invading this perfect vessel; the ritual had reached its most critical stage.

It was too weak.

So weak that it hadn't even noticed Ye Yun's arrival.

Ye Yun didn't say a single word.

Nor did he use any flashy Divine Ability.

Standing in the shadows, a crack opened in his brow.

Heart Sword.

The invisible Sword Intent crossed space and even ignored the passage of time, accurately striking the Sacred Race Origin's core before it could react.

"Screech—!"

A wail exploded throughout the ancient palace.

The mass of dark Origin twitched violently, and more than half of the black threads piercing the Wugou Sacred Body Prodigy's body instantly snapped.

The recovery process was interrupted.

The Sacred Race Origin suffered a heavy blow, and an unhealable sword scar appeared on its already fragmented core.

This meant that its Fusion with this vessel would forever be 'incomplete.'

"Who is it!"

A wave of Divine Thought filled with resentment and fear swept through the entire ancient palace.

The Sacred Race Origin finally 'saw' Ye Yun.

It also 'saw' that dissipating invisible Sword Intent.

"Heart Sword..."

"It's you!"

The fear in that Divine Thought wave was instantly replaced by endless Killing Intent.

It recognized this sword.

It wished it could tear Ye Yun into ten thousand pieces immediately.

But it couldn't.

The heavy blow from the Heart Sword had brought its Origin to the brink of collapse; the urgent priority was to forcibly stabilize its recovery, or it would completely dissipate.

It could only watch that sneak attacker with its own eyes.

It could not spare a Clone.

The Sacred Race made its only choice.

Through that omnipresent eerie power, it issued a highest-level death order to all the Fallen Beings and Puppet forces under its control outside.

"At all costs!"

"Surround and kill him!"

Ye Yun's single strike had succeeded, and he didn't even look at the result.

An instant before the Divine Thought wave swept over, he had already turned around.

His speed was pushed to the limit.

Like a ghost that comes and goes without a trace, he retreated decisively.

When he rushed out of the Wugou Emperor Sect and returned to the hidden spot where the flying boat was parked, Jiang Zhiyu and the others were startled by the Killing Intent on him and took a step back.

"Go!"

Ye Yun said only one word.

He directly tore through the Void Realm and rushed in with the three of them.

They didn't know what world-shaking event Ye Yun had just performed inside.

But out of absolute trust, the three of them followed Ye Yun at top speed without a word.

And at the moment they left.

Behind them.

The army of hundreds of thousands that had been frantically besieging the Wugou Emperor Sect suddenly stopped all their movements.

All the Fallen Beings and all the Puppet experts abandoned their imminent victory at the same time.

They turned their spears.

Turning into a black torrent that blotted out the sky, they frantically chased in the direction Ye Yun and the others had fled.

Endless eerie black clouds covered the starry sky.

Behind the black clouds, several terrifying auras erupted, locking onto the escape route of Ye Yun's group of four.

Among them were auras that had even surpassed the level of a Giant.

Peak Great Emperors.

The top-tier Fallen Ones, the pursuit had arrived.