Eternal Holy Emperor

However, the other high-level members of the Emperor Clan who had followed along—such as the five Emperor Clan’s Heavenly Kings and more powerhouses beneath the Heavenly King level—were swept by this void Sword Radiance, and in an instant they all collapsed weakly to the ground, their eyes lifeless.

Their Divine Souls had been annihilated, and they were completely dead.

Even Great Powers could not withstand Ye Chen’s Divine Soul Attack, let alone these people beneath the Great Power Realm; merely being brushed by it meant certain death.

"So strong!"

The remaining Clan Leader and the two Emperor Clan’s Great Powers all turned pale with horror. Although the rumors said the Combat Saint King was very powerful, to sweep through everyone in the blink of an eye, with everyone beneath the Great Power Realm being directly exterminated, was terrifying to an utterly outrageous degree.

Boom——

Ye Chen didn’t pay them the slightest heed. At this moment he stepped forward, immediately imprisoning all time and space within this hall, preventing the three Great Powers from leaving. Even though they were Great Powers, they could not break the confinement and escape.

Moreover, this confinement involved the power of time and space, and also contained Chaotic Power, as if the space of this hall had been completely severed from this Ancient Universe. The three of them were unable to successfully call for reinforcements, nor could they communicate.

Puff, puff——

With two light slaps, the two Emperor Clan’s Great Powers were directly smashed to pieces, bodies blown to dust; Ye Chen didn’t even bother to enslave them.

Because these Emperor Clan’s Great Powers carried the Emperor Bloodline, and had cultivated to the Great Power Realm, this Bloodline Power had recovered to a shocking level, bearing a trace of Emperor’s Might; wanting to successfully enslave them was obviously almost impossible.

At least for now, it was not very possible, so Ye Chen chose to kill them directly!

In the end, only the Clan Leader was left. Because he had the Mysterious Silver Bell protecting his Divine Soul Miniature, he hadn’t been killed in the first instant, though he was coughing up great mouthfuls of blood.

His expression ugly, he stared at the Combat Saint King and said, "Combat Saint King, you dare to kill people within my Jiuyan Emperor Clan, and even slay Great Powers. Now you even want to kill me—are you trying to completely stand on the opposite side of my Jiuyan Emperor Clan?"

Even at this point, he did not forget to use the Jiuyan Emperor Clan as a threat. After all, this was an Overlord Emperor Clan flourishing over the entire Ancient Universe, its strength beyond measure, possessing Ancient Monarchs, Supreme Emperor Weapons, and the Infinite Foundation left behind by the former Supreme Emperors. Even Ancient Monarchs would have to carefully consider whether to become enemies with the entire Jiuyan Emperor Clan.

"Heh, and right now we’re not already on opposite sides?" Ye Chen let out a cold laugh, making the Jiuyan Clan Leader freeze.

Indeed, the Combat Saint King had killed several Great Powers of the Jiuyan Emperor Clan, had even slain a Super Killing Level Great Power, and the Jiuyan Emperor Clan had hunted him down in turn, even the Jiuyan Monarch as well—had they not already long since become mortal enemies?

For a moment, the Jiuyan Clan Leader was left speechless, not knowing how to respond.

But Ye Chen would never foolishly allow the Jiuyan Clan Leader to stall for time. Striding forward to kill, he directly blasted out a Chaos Seal. The Chaos Runes that condensed the Immortal Seal turned into countless miniature stars, converging into one. At this moment, as the Immortal Seal struck out, it was unimaginably terrifying.

With a thunderous boom, the Jiuyan Clan Leader’s Physical Body was completely shattered, Divine Body destroyed, leaving only the Mysterious Silver Bell protecting his Divine Soul Miniature, allowing it to escape this calamity.

Even though Ye Chen’s combat power was Wushuang, he still found it difficult to kill him in a short time.

Boom——

During this period, Ye Chen tried unleashing the Combat Saint Technique, Spirit Rhinoceros Sword Finger, and other battle power–amplifying Divine Skills to bombard him, but still could not break through the Mysterious Silver Bell’s defense. The Jiuyan Clan Leader’s Divine Soul Miniature sat cross-legged inside, unwilling to come out.

"What a tortoise shell indeed!"

Ye Chen sighed softly. If they were in a safe place outside, he would really consider unfolding the Heavenly Creation Universe to try blasting apart the Silver Bell’s defense. But now that was impossible. Instead, he used the Chaos Tripod to collect it, suppressing the Mysterious Silver Bell within; Chaos Dao Fire roared as it burned, conducting refinement while also imposing another form of confinement.

At the same time, Ye Chen lifted the confinement on this hall and walked out, executing the Stealing Heaven and Changing Earth Technique, imitating the Jiuyan Clan Leader’s Original Aura, transforming into his likeness and striding across the Jiuyan Emperor Star.

This majestic Emperor Star’s territories were almost entirely owned by the Jiuyan Emperor Clan, unlike the Pill Emperor Star.

Wherever Ye Chen passed, the Jiuyan Emperor Clan’s clansmen all bowed fervently with blazing reverence, never imagining that this man was not the real Clan Leader, but the Combat Saint King—the great enemy of the entire Emperor Clan.

Ye Chen’s face was cold and solemn. He passed straight through layer upon layer of perilous checkpoints, and even had an Emperor Clan’s Heavenly King open the way for him, leading him into the true core domain of the Jiuyan Emperor Clan, the most important place in charge of suppressing the clan’s supreme foundation—the Jiuyan Emperor Palace!

The Jiuyan Emperor Palace was the imperial palace of old, the ancient seat from which the Supreme Emperor Jiuyan of the Jiuyan Emperor Clan had ruled the heavens. It also suppressed the greatest foundation of the entire Jiuyan Emperor Clan, incomparably important; even the current Clan Leader could not casually set foot within this Emperor Palace.

Rumor had it that the Great Emperor of the Jiuyan Emperor Clan had not mysteriously vanished back then, but had instead passed away in seated meditation. He had been secretly sent into the Jiuyan Emperor Palace by the Jiuyan Emperor Clan, with the Emperor’s Robe, a Supreme Emperor Weapon, covering his Great Emperor aura so that the world would not know.

Naturally, how much truth there was to this rumor was impossible to verify; only the absolute upper echelon of the Jiuyan Emperor Clan could know.

Ye Chen gazed at the Jiuyan Emperor Palace hidden within another Inner World Heaven and Earth on the Jiuyan Emperor Star. It was so magnificent, its grandeur surpassing mountain ranges, its vastness outstripping even the starry sky, its aura more boundless than that of any Ancient Monarch, an immeasurable Qi Mechanism diffusing without dispersing, making even someone as forceful and domineering as Ye Chen maintain a few degrees of awe.

Having that Emperor Clan’s Heavenly King retreat, Ye Chen was very cautious. He did not kill the man here, fearing that it would provoke a colossal disaster. He stepped within, and the Heavenly Eye emerged, seeing through everything. Numerous Dao Trace trajectories kept appearing before his eyes, allowing him to more calmly avoid one terrifying Great Formation after another.

In the end, after spending a full half-day, Ye Chen successfully entered the Jiuyan Emperor Palace. Yet it was an infinitely vast empty hall, with nothing inside except an Emperor’s Throne situated in the very center.

However, although that Emperor’s Throne was clearly empty, it made Ye Chen feel a supreme, unparalleled aura circulating there, as if in that very instant, on that Emperor’s Throne, the Jiuyan Great Emperor who once ruled all heavens had never left, but still sat there, looking down from on high at him, making even his heart give rise to reverence.

Ye Chen forcibly steadied his mind. He did not attempt to probe with his Divine Sense, because this was the Emperor Clan’s hall that suppressed their foundation; it absolutely could not be so easily searched.

Boom——

All of a sudden, an infinite, immeasurable pressure erupted, originating from that Emperor’s Throne. On that throne, which had originally been empty, at some unknown moment a terrifying Supreme Emperor Shadow had appeared.

He was so towering and unrivaled, so much a Supreme Overlord, like the mightiest existence between Heaven and Earth. Merely sitting casually on that Emperor’s Throne, the unintentional Emperor’s Might he released was enough to cause heaven and earth to collapse and shatter all things.

Within the Emperor Palace, Ye Chen clearly felt this most terrifying Emperor’s Might surging over, as if the entire Great Universe was pressing down upon his shoulders.

Crack, crack—his whole body’s bones rang out with crisp, resounding pops as he stared fixedly at that peerless Emperor’s Shadow upon the Emperor’s Throne.