"A fearsome person, he actually borrowed the might of the Heavenly Dao!"
Many people's expressions changed. The Heaven's Secret Master was indeed terrifying, guiding the vast and unfathomable power of the Heavenly Dao to descend.
Moreover, there was also the spatial rift that Wan Yan Seventeen had severed across half the universe here.
However, the various great powers charged forward, especially the Nine Colors Sovereign, who was clad in the Nine Colors Emperor Robe, radiating Emperor's Might as he began his advance. Even the might of the Heavenly Dao could not harm him.
Furthermore, the Emperor's Might was sufficient to disturb the Heavenly Secrets. Even the Heaven's Secret Master could not perfectly calculate everything.
On the pyramid ancestral altar, the Yuanchu Imperial Son coughed up a large mouthful of blood. He had been disturbed at the most critical moment, nearly succeeding. His entire being had separated from the Emperor Body, yet his pale and handsome face wore a maddened smile: "Heaven's Secret Master, you are indeed terrifying, calculating everything perfectly, striking at my most critical moment to prevent my fusion. But do you think it ends here?"
Suddenly, within the Fiftieth Trial Pass, everyone felt a sense of foreboding.
The Heaven's Secret Master's heart stirred, and he too felt a bad premonition. Immediately, a Heavenly Secrets Compass shot out from above his head, engraved with the Eight Trigrams and densely packed with countless tadpole-like ancient characters. It spun continuously, calculating the Heavenly Secrets.
This was the Heaven's Secret Master's Heavenly Secrets Compass. Relying on this compass, he could calculate almost all things in the world, tangible and intangible. It was also through this that he became the most dreaded member among the Nine Overlords of the Ultimate Ancient Path.
Whoosh whoosh whoosh—
The Heavenly Secrets Compass performed calculations at an astonishing speed. Countless Great Dao runes flew out, the Eight Trigrams intertwined, the Five Elements evolved, deducing the Great Dao of the All Heavens.
Previously, he had deduced much, able to know various major events in the world and deduce many secrets from ancient times to the present. But he always felt an obscure force hindering his deductions—an aura belonging to an Emperor, disturbing the Heavenly Secrets. Even he could not bypass it to deduce.
This feeling became clearer the closer it got to this moment, especially now, giving him a profound sense of mystery.
When he saw the Yuanchu Imperial Son's sinister smile, enlightenment dawned upon him. All obscurity suddenly became clear. Profound and unfathomable as he was, his expression changed, followed by a long sigh: "What a Yuanchu Imperial Son. I never expected his methods to have reached this step..."
"It's bad! Stop him! Kill him quickly!"
The various invincible beings changed color, preparing to act. But the Yuanchu Imperial Son grasped the Time Emperor Sword and let out a long roar: "Sacrificial Offering of the Imperial Star, aid me in becoming Emperor!"
Boom—
The Yuanchu Imperial City trembled violently, then resonated with the Time Emperor Sword. The most terrifying Emperor's Might rippled out. Simultaneously, on the Birth Emperor Star, the five massive continents shook fiercely, radiating brilliant light.
The five continents shone with golden, azure, blue, crimson, and yellow light respectively, as if representing Metal, Wood, Water, Fire, and Earth. Each continent was excessively vast. Now, they all trembled, shooting out five terrifyingly immense beams of light that soared into the sky from the Birth Emperor Star. They twisted together, forming a five-colored light pillar that pierced through the starry sky, struck the Yuanchu Imperial City, resonated with it, then blasted open the Sovereign Saint City, descending above the Fiftieth Trial Pass.
Within, from the Yuanchu Imperial City, a five-colored light of the utmost brilliance plunged into the Emperor Body below and also into the Yuanchu Imperial Son's body.
What was even more shocking was that on the five continents, the living beings originally inhabiting them suddenly exploded in large swathes. In an instant, tens of millions perished. Streaks of blood light shot into the sky, transforming into the purest blood essence, the purest life origin, flowing along the five-colored light pillar into the Emperor Body.
Hum—
The Yuanchu Imperial Son, who had just separated, now rapidly fused back into the Emperor Body, and much faster than before. In just a few breaths, he had fused over thirty percent, astonishingly quick.
Moreover, the Yuanchu Imperial Son's aura was rapidly rising, climbing steadily.
This scene was something even the Heaven's Secret Master had not anticipated. Although he had deduced much, the Yuanchu Imperial City possessed an Emperor's aura, which even he could not deduce. Forcibly deducing it would bring a backlash that could completely overwhelm him.
Clearly, this was the Yuanchu Imperial Son's contingency plan, not revealed earlier, a method he would not employ until the last moment.
"The Yuanchu Imperial Clan's scheme is too grand. They actually silently arranged such a Five Elements Sacrificial Offering Grand Array across the five continents. The scale is immense, and to set it up silently under the eyes of the world likely took many tens of thousands of years." Even the Ancient Sovereigns marveled, forced to sigh at the Yuanchu Imperial Son's peerless methods, their expressions also darkening.
The Yuanchu Imperial Clan must have schemed for many tens of thousands of years; otherwise, they could not have arranged such a world-shocking grand array.
"Hahaha, let's see who can stop me this time!"
The Yuanchu Imperial Son laughed heartily, filled with unparalleled arrogance and madness.
Once again, ninety percent of his physical body merged. His Emperor's Might was peerless, shaking the All Heavens. Above the Imperial City, countless clansmen of the imperial clan wept with joy.
The Imperial Son's success was imminent; attaining the Dao and becoming Emperor was within reach. Then, the Yuanchu Imperial Clan would once again become the most powerful ancient path in the entire great universe, achieving the position of overlord.
In the Fiftieth Trial Pass, Ye Chen stood aloof. Through his divine sense, he felt the countless living beings on the five continents screaming in terror before directly exploding, being slaughtered, being refined into the most precious life origin, continuously pouring into the Emperor Body through the five-colored divine light, pushing this Emperor Body toward its peak state.
It could be seen that on the five continents of the Birth Emperor Star, billions of living beings were terrified, filled with fear. Whether they were the lowliest mortals or the supreme powers or peerless experts who ruled over a region or even an entire continent, their life origins were forcibly seized.
"Why?"
On the five continents, countless indigenous people looked up at the starry sky, crying out in despair and agony.
"Yuanchu Imperial Clan, why do you treat us this way?"
These native beings of the Birth Emperor Star had willingly submitted to the Yuanchu Imperial Clan, were ruled by the imperial clan, and obeyed almost any order from the imperial clan.
The vast multitude of living beings in the world also revered the Yuanchu Imperial Clan from the bottom of their hearts, worshipping the Yuanchu Great Emperor as their sole deity.
But who could have expected that at this moment, they would be sacrificed by the Yuanchu Imperial Clan at all costs, using their lives as the offering.
Ye Chen also raised his head to look at the Yuanchu Imperial Son behind the Emperor Body and slowly spoke, devoid of any emotion: "Wan Yan Bupo, your Imperial Father protected the entire ancient universe, yet you are the complete opposite of your father, seeking to refine the entire Birth Emperor Star, using all living beings to achieve yourself. You have disappointed me!"
The Yuanchu Imperial Son looked down coldly at Ye Chen and said, "The victor becomes king, the loser a bandit. What does it matter if it's billions of living beings? They cannot escape birth, aging, sickness, and death. Wouldn't it be better to achieve me? If I become Emperor, the Birth Emperor Star will eternally dominate the All Heavens, suppressing the vast ancient universe. Moreover, the Birth Emperor Star is the ancient star of my Yuanchu Imperial Clan. All living beings are vassals of my imperial clan. Outsiders have no right to meddle."
"Battle Saint King, you are a Chaos Saint Body, possessing a Chaos origin. Later, I will also take action to refine your Chaos origin, surpassing eternity in your place."
"Is that so?"
Ye Chen's face was expressionless: "But I think you will not succeed."
"What do you mean?" The Yuanchu Imperial Son frowned.
"Break!"
Only Ye Chen lightly uttered a single word. Immediately, the Eastern Continent and the Western Desolation Continent among the five continents began to shake violently.