During his escape, Ye Chen nearly exploded. The aura of the Emperor Body was peerless; even with the Primordial Battle Body Great Halberd isolating it, it could not be completely contained. It caused his powerful Chaos Saint Body to feel as if it would split apart and caused large sections of the Star Sky to collapse. The Void God Platform almost shattered.
In the end, he had no choice but to take out the Six-Layered Reincarnation Coffin and place himself inside it. Only then did the situation improve somewhat.
"Battle Saint King, don't even think about escaping!"
During this time, projections of Ancient Monarchs pursued him from behind. It was terrifying, capable of shattering heaven and earth.
The Original Bodies of several Ancient Monarchs were busy contending for the other parts of the Emperor Body and had no time to spare. They could only send projections to pursue the Battle Saint King who had obtained a portion of the Emperor Body.
Boom—
The spatial channel constructed by the Void God Platform completely collapsed, heading towards annihilation.
Forced into a corner, Ye Chen exited the spatial channel.
It could be seen that one terrifying Monarch projection after another appeared, their terror boundless. Not only was there the Lord of the Soul-Sealing Hall, but also projections of the Donglin Monarch and the Hongxu Monarch. Instantly, the Star Sky trembled, and the stars shook.
However, Ye Chen feared not even facing such Monarchs head-on in battle, let alone their projections. Wielding the revived Primordial Battle Body Great Halberd, he directly blasted them apart, exploding several star domains and annihilating countless stars.
"Cough—"
At the same time, Ye Chen coughed up large mouthfuls of blood. He was already severely injured, and now blasting apart the Monarch projections had exacted a terrible price. If not for the trade of the Immortal's severed arm for the Heavenly Desolation Divine Spirit's power, once the Heavenly Desolation Divine Spirit's power withdrew, the damage he would suffer would be even greater.
He distanced himself from Emperor Birth Star, fleeing without rest, swiftly traversing one ancient star domain after another. Finally, he plunged deep into the Star Sky, submerging himself within a starry river. There he caught his breath and healed his wounds, swallowing the divine radiance of the myriad stars, which continuously poured into his body as he recuperated.
Without a doubt, the commotion was immense. Ye Chen was a Chaos Great Power, far surpassing ordinary Great Powers, with combat power even comparable to a seventh-layer super Great Power. Once he began to swallow energy, the spectacle was enough to shake the mortal world.
Visibly, Ye Chen sat cross-legged at the center of the starry river. Within this vast star domain, scattered with numerous stars, streams of pure stellar radiance now surged towards him, submerging him in a dazzling, blazing stellar brilliance.
All thirty-six thousand tiny pores on Ye Chen's body were now fully opened, like miniature black holes, fiercely devouring all the stellar radiance and converting it into vast divine energy to replenish the losses within his body.
During the battle at the Fiftieth Pass, the injuries he sustained were too severe. Although the Primordial Battle Body Great Halberd had blocked the vast majority of the attacks, the pressure from the Emperor Body and the assaults from several Ancient Monarchs were far from simple. They directly endangered his Chaos origin and wounded his Chaos Saint Soul, leaving Dao injuries.
He swallowed the stellar radiance of the great cosmos, striving with all his might to recover.
Boom—
Suddenly, Ye Chen's entire body fiercely shifted sideways, traversing a hundred thousand li in an instant, moving with extreme speed.
Yet even so, his spine still caved in, and he spat out a mouthful of blood. Chaos light flickered, and his complexion turned pale.
At the location he had just occupied, an Immortal Mountain appeared. Its entire body was covered with endless Dao runes, emanating an immeasurable aura capable of destroying the heavens. It was clearly a Monarch Immortal Weapon that had ambushed Ye Chen.
If not for Ye Chen's five senses and six perceptions being too keen, allowing him to detect it in time, the descent of this Monarch Divine Mountain would have absolutely annihilated even a super Great Power. Even if he didn't die, he would be left crippled.
Yet even so, a strand of its aura still affected the healing Ye Chen, wounding him.
Simultaneously, an excessively massive phantom figure appeared. It was none other than a Monarch projection—the Hongxu Monarch. Looking down from above, he gazed coldly at Ye Chen and said, "Battle Saint King, you'd best hand over the Emperor Body on your person. We might spare your life."
Ye Chen merely raised a sword-like eyebrow and sneered coldly, "Hongxu Monarch, do you think you can threaten me with a mere weak Monarch projection?"
Without a doubt, even three Monarch projections had been blasted apart by him earlier, let alone just one.
"Now that you no longer possess that special, powerful force, let this Monarch see how you, a junior, can resist this lord's projection!"
The Hongxu Monarch, piloting the Monarch Divine Mountain, smashed it over—crude and simple, yet terrifyingly shocking. Even if it wasn't the Original Body of an Ancient Monarch, with its Monarch Immortal Weapon fully revived, it was equivalent to half an Ancient Monarch arriving.
Ye Chen's expression changed slightly. That's right, he had long since ceased the trade of Dao power with the Heavenly Desolation Divine Spirit, reverting to the second-layer Great Power state. He was far inferior to before and could not contend with such a Monarch projection.
Yet he gritted his teeth, revived the Primordial Battle Body Great Halberd. Golden light surged to the heavens, threads of Emperor might emanating as it clashed with the Monarch Divine Mountain.
Boom—
This star domain immediately collapsed, many stars disintegrating, a vast area permanently dimmed.
Ye Chen's figure was sent flying hundreds of thousands of li, vomiting large mouthfuls of blood.
The Monarch projection was stronger than Ye Chen's Original Body. Moreover, under the revived Monarch Immortal Weapon, it was not inferior to his revived Primordial Battle Body Great Halberd. With one waning and the other waxing, Ye Chen was clearly no match.
However, he was well aware of this. He didn't choose to clash head-on at all. Instead, using the force of this collision, his entire body retreated like lightning. The Void God Platform appeared beneath his feet, quickly glowing before whooshing through the air as he departed.
"Damn it!"
The Hongxu Monarch had no recourse, for he was merely a projection, not his Original Body, and far inferior.
"But under this Monarch's pursuit, what can a Chaos young supreme do? A mere Great Power cannot hope to escape!"
The Monarch projection, carrying the Monarch Divine Mountain, tore through the air, pursuing along the direction of Ye Chen's escape.
During the escape, Ye Chen continuously coughed blood. His Chaos Saint Body, which had healed considerably, cracked open once more, covered in fissures. His injuries worsened again. Yet he dared not stop; on the contrary, he constantly shifted his location.
For an Ancient Monarch's thought could penetrate the cosmos, searching for Ye Chen's traces and tracking the aura of the partial Emperor Body on him.
This portion of the Emperor Body was too precious. It was the most perfect Emperor Body. Even though it was now split apart, it was enough to drive Ancient Monarchs mad.
Originally, Ye Chen could have used his Chaos Ancient Qi to erase all traces. However, his injuries were too severe, and the Monarchs were too powerful, able to track him immediately through the slightest clue.
Furthermore, the Heavenly Desolation Divine Spirit had withdrawn all its power. The Immortal's severed arm had completely become its possession. Ye Chen had returned to the second-layer Great Power level.
This was simply adding frost to snow.
After a day and a night, Ye Chen traversed over fifty star domains, entering an unfamiliar star domain.
He thought that fleeing here would allow him a moment's respite, for he was now unimaginably far from Emperor Birth Star.
Yet his eyelids kept twitching urgently, foreboding the emergence of danger.
Boom—
A vast, ancient hand suddenly stretched out, instantly covering the entire starry expanse. It was terrifyingly huge—an ultimate divine ability of an Ancient Monarch, a hand capable of blotting out the sky, grabbing towards Ye Chen.