Eternal Holy Emperor

Ye Chen opened his eyes. In their depths was remoteness and ruthlessness, making everyone’s hearts tremble.

The Combat Saint King had awakened.

At the same time, facing the strongest Tenth Slash of the God King Spear, Ye Chen also moved, equally fast to the extreme. The Heaven and Earth Creation Fist blasted straight out, Chaos Light blazing as it collided with the Tenth Slash.

Rumble—

The entire Cosmic Edge shook, trembling across billions of miles of territory. One dim star after another in the distant void completely exploded, turning into gorgeous fireworks, and thus vanished from the mortal world for eternity.

Several Life Ancient Stars within this vast territory could sense the terrifying fluctuations here, and countless living beings stared in horror beyond the Star Domain.

Both Aben and the seven Great Powers briefly stopped fighting.

When everything was over, the Chaos Tripod had already been torn apart, turned into several segments, submerged by Chaos Ancient Energy, floating above Ye Chen’s head.

Blood continuously overflowed from the corner of Ye Chen’s mouth, yet he rose from the Reincarnation Six-layer Coffin, his body stained with fresh blood.

"Combat Saint King, I didn’t expect you to actually wake up at this critical moment. That surprised me."

Jialuo God King’s expression instantly became extremely ugly. He had originally come to interfere precisely at the key moment of the Combat Saint King’s seclusion, so he could not awaken, and to kill him in his most fundamental state.

He had never imagined that he would actually wake up at this crucial moment.

Ye Chen stood tall, looking at him coldly, and said, "Jialuo God King, I know you. To dare launch a sneak attack while I was in seclusion, your courage is truly not small."

Jialuo God King was also a Super Great Power. How could he tolerate being berated like this in public by Ye Chen? He said coldly, "Combat Saint King, don’t try to be strong. Although you’ve awakened, having taken my Tenth Slash, even you must suffer severe injury. In your current state, how much confidence do you still have to speak to me like this?"

"Is that so?"

Ye Chen said calmly, "Three years ago, when I was hunted down and severely wounded, forced into the Endless Space Turbulence, I was also pursued by three Super Great Powers who spared no cost. Yet in the end, I survived, and those three were all slain by me. I even refined two of them to improve my cultivation."

"Back then, I could already kill three Super Great Powers alone. Now my injuries have recovered and my cultivation has improved. To kill a mere Super Great Power like you will likely be much easier than it was then."

He spoke lightly, making all those past events sound as though they were nothing, yet Jialuo God King on the opposite side felt stormy waves surging in his heart as he listened.

The Combat Saint King, heavily injured back then, had already been so powerful he could independently slay three Super Great Powers. Would he not be even stronger now?

Although his own combat strength, in a sense, could match that of a Super Great Power of the Eighth Layer Heaven, when facing the Combat Saint King now he still felt his scalp go numb.

Acting decisively, he immediately gave rise to the thought of retreat.

Ye Chen also seemed to have no intention of pursuing the matter. After sweeping him with a cold glance, he actually sat cross-legged on the Reincarnation Six-layer Coffin, opened his mouth, and spat out a mouthful of Chaos Fire, containing blazing might. Right in front of everyone, he began re-refining the shattered segments of the Chaos Tripod.

Such an action was somewhat strange. The Combat Saint King was always rumored to be forceful and domineering, fearing nothing, and should have pressed the attack to pursue. Yet now he did not bother.

Could the rumors be wrong?

But whatever the case, it still allowed Jialuo God King and the seven Great Powers to breathe a sigh of relief; otherwise, once this Combat Saint King pursued the matter, it would truly be a fight to the death.

And with the Desolate Great Halberd, such a Supreme Emperor Weapon, in his hand, killing them would indeed be very easy.

"Hmph, I’ll let you off this once. In the future, you won’t be so lucky."

Jialuo God King coldly snorted, left his declaration behind, and turned to leave unwillingly.

Behind him, the seven Great Powers who were wielding the Wusheng Banner against Aben quickly followed.

Boom—

The Space Gate opened, and the eight of them quickly broke the void and left, far from the Cosmic Edge.

From beginning to end, Ye Chen only watched coldly, seemingly truly having not the slightest intention of pursuing. Even Aben felt this was somewhat strange.

After quite some time passed, Ye Chen, who was sitting cross-legged refining the Chaos Tripod, suddenly shuddered, then violently spat out several mouthfuls of blood. His aura instantly withered, and he almost toppled off the Reincarnation Six-layer Coffin.

"My Lord—"

Aben rushed over in an instant, supporting Ye Chen, but Ye Chen waved his hand and said, "I am not the Lord!"

Aben was stunned, then "Ye Chen" explained, "The Lord has not yet awakened. He is in a deep-level seclusion. I am the Divine Land of the Chaos Tripod, temporarily taking control of the Lord’s physical body to wage battle in his stead. And only because the Lord left a strand of power in case of emergencies could I display the Heaven and Earth Creation Fist. Just now I was merely forced to speak words of intimidation to scare that Jialuo God King. If he had turned back at that moment, the consequences would have been unimaginable."

So that was it.

Aben understood. The Chaos Cauldron Divine Platform had acted out of helplessness. After all, if it had not entered the Lord’s physical body, Jialuo God King would not have let the matter rest, and the consequences would have been even more unimaginable.

Fortunately, Jialuo God King and the other seven Great Powers had been frightened away from this place, so for now Ye Chen could be said to be safe.

But this was only an expedient measure. If Jialuo God King and the others turned back, it would be a major disaster. As had been seen today, they could hardly hold off Jialuo God King and those seven other Ancient Great Powers.

If they came again, the Lord would likely be in great danger.

"We must leave this Cosmic Edge at once. There’s no time to lose!" Aben said.

Although the Chaos Tripod possessed Spirit Communication and had birthed its Divine Land, it had not truly matured to the point of the Heavenly Desolate Divine Land, able to remain awake for long periods. And the big cauldron had been shattered, so very soon it emerged from Ye Chen’s body and sank back into the cauldron.

Immediately, the Chaos Tripod entered Ye Chen’s empty and silent Mud Ball Palace and fell into slumber.

Aben sent Ye Chen into the Star Nest and had all the Insect Clan Warriors return to the nest as well. But before leaving, she manifested her true body and descended before the Divine Desolate Venerable, saying coldly, "Jialuo God King and the others came here because of you, didn’t they?"

The Divine Desolate Venerable did not deny it. With a guilty look he said, "I’m sorry. Previously I was worried that the Combat Saint King would bring disaster here, so I called Jialuo God King and the others over as a precaution. I just didn’t expect them to strike at the Combat Saint King."

The fact that the other party dared admit it made Aben a little surprised, yet she still gave no good expression. After all, this had almost led to an irreparable catastrophe.

"Since the Lord has chosen not to kill you or drive you away, he must have his reasons. But to prevent you from summoning those people again and putting the Lord in danger, we must take you away." Aben made a move; a streak of golden light swept out, and the Divine Desolate Venerable, without the slightest power to resist, was taken away and drawn into the Star Nest.

Rumble—

The Star Nest tore apart the starry sky and directly vanished from the Cosmic Edge.