The imperial capital of the Xialuo Empire was under attack, with more than half of the Divine Kings from the imperial clans and Immortal Clans making their move. It was a truly terrifying number—at least over fifty Divine King Realm supreme experts had taken action.
This number was absolutely horrifying. Perhaps there had never been a time when so many Divine King Realm supreme experts had jointly attacked a single empire.
Even the Xialuo imperial capital, under the protection of an Ancient Monarch, could not hold its defense. Continuous sections of the city walls collapsed, countless buildings were destroyed, and innumerable residents of the capital suffered heavy casualties.
The Ancient Monarch of the Xialuo Empire roared, shaking the All Heavens, directly wielding his Monarch Immortal Weapon to attack the Divine Kings of the various imperial clans and Immortal Clans from the All Heavens.
However, with so many Divine King Realm supreme experts combined, their power was immense. Even an Ancient Monarch could do nothing against them; on the contrary, he was being surrounded and hunted.
Today, the Divine Kings of the imperial clans and Immortal Clans from the Ten Heavenly Realms Ancient Domain were joining forces to suppress and kill the Monarch Progenitor of the Xialuo Empire, intending to intimidate the Mythical Emperor Domain.
"How dare you!"
The Ancient Monarch of the Xialuo Empire was both shocked and enraged. His Monarch dharma manifestation pierced through heaven and earth, vast and mighty across the All Heavens, drawing upon the infinite power of the thirty-three layers of the firmament. Even the starlight from the starry sky descended, transforming into a vast river of stars. Countless stars fell, clashing against the Divine Kings of the All Heavens.
This was an extremely terrifying battle, raging across tens of millions of li. The Xialuo imperial capital became the battleground, with the boundless earth torn asunder and billions of living beings suffering—a truly tragic scene.
The most terrifying Monarch laws and Divine King laws boiled and clashed, a horror far beyond the imagination of ordinary people.
"Today, you will finally fall here!"
A Divine King spoke, his voice shaking heaven and earth, causing countless living beings throughout the entire capital to panic and turn pale.
Would even the supreme Monarch Progenitor fall today?
Moreover, they had long discovered that this area of heaven and earth had been sealed off. It was the Divine Kings of these sinful beings from the Ten Heavenly Realms Ancient Domain who had jointly acted to block it, preventing the Ancient Monarchs of the other nine great empires from learning of today's events.
"You think a mere group of insignificant people like you can kill this Monarch? Fine! Since you dare to come, today this Monarch will also suppress and kill you all, annihilating every last sinful being!"
The Monarch Progenitor of the Xialuo Empire also spoke coldly, showing no fear whatsoever.
Far on the horizon, a group of figures appeared. It was precisely Ye Chen, Yu Qing, and the old Divine King Tongtian. No one else had come.
"With so many Divine Kings from the imperial clans and Immortal Clans making their move, even an Ancient Monarch would likely fall!"
The old Divine King Tongtian's heart raced with fear. Although Ancient Monarchs were far superior to Divine Kings, when numbers reached a certain level, they could still rebel against the heavens and slay an Ancient Monarch.
"They want to kill an Ancient Monarch, but that's also quite difficult. It can't be accomplished in a short time." Ye Chen said. Ancient Monarchs were simply too powerful, standing on another level entirely. Their Monarch majesty was unparalleled; with a single thought, they could project their power and slay Divine Kings. Even with half the Divine Kings from the imperial clans and Immortal Clans attacking, slaughtering an Ancient Monarch would be hard to achieve quickly.
Yu Qing said, "They all know it's difficult to truly slaughter an Ancient Monarch. Their purpose in attacking now is more to intimidate the Mythical Emperor Domain, to recover from the disadvantages they've suffered recently, and also to warn the Mythical Emperor Domain that the experts of the Ten Heavenly Realms Ancient Domain are not to be trifled with either."
Boom! Boom! Boom!—
At this moment, the battle at the Xialuo imperial capital had reached a white-hot stage. This vast expanse of heaven and earth had plunged into absolute destruction.
Within the capital, the Ancient Monarch propped up a Monarch heavenly curtain, blocking all attacks. Moreover, a magnificent Monarch grand formation also rose from the capital, holding up the sky.
As the imperial capital of a ten-thousand-year-old empire, it naturally had more than just one Monarch grand formation for protection.
From the imperial palace, the royal clan experts of the Xialuo Empire soared into the sky. Led by two Divine Kings, they were followed by many empire Great Powers, forming a lineup no weaker than that of the imperial clans and Immortal Clans.
The two empire Divine Kings said, "Progenitor, we will protect the capital. Please take action and annihilate all invaders."
"We beseech the Progenitor to display immeasurable might and annihilate all invaders!"
Behind them, numerous empire experts shouted loudly.
"Good!"
The Monarch Progenitor of the Xialuo Empire stood tall with an immeasurable Monarch dharma manifestation, as if capable of propping up the entire boundless firmament. In his hand appeared an ancient stele, inscribed with extraordinary runic patterns. It directly swelled with the wind, enlarging to a scale that could blot out the sky and sun.
Not to mention the entire Xialuo imperial capital, even the sky for a radius of a million li was covered. One could imagine how vast and enormous it was.
The giant ancient stele trembled, and immediately, countless Great Dao runes upon it forcefully pressed down—one after another, thousands upon thousands, even more. Each contained unimaginable Great Dao power, descending from the sky like endless falling stars, bombarding the Divine Kings of the All Heavens.
Boom! Boom! Boom!—
The Divine Kings of the All Heavens united their strength, all raising their hands to strike at the sky. A terrifying roar that shook the entire Xialuo Empire's vast territory of hundreds of millions of li echoed through the All Heavens. All the Great Dao runes were forcibly annihilated, and even that immortal ancient stele was directly struck by the Divine King laws of the All Heavens.
One or two strikes were nothing, but with thousands upon thousands striking together, even the immortal heavenly stele was blasted into the outer domains. Its stele body grew faint and dim, its radiance fading, as if it might completely shatter at any moment.
The Monarch Progenitor of the Xialuo Empire also suffered some backlash, blood trickling from the corner of his mouth.
Yet, the Divine Kings of the All Heavens each displayed terrifying Divine King dharma manifestations. Though far inferior to the Monarch dharma manifestation, they still appeared quite massive and majestic—exactly forty-nine in number, no more, no less.
The forty-nine Divine Kings each stood in different positions, subtly forming a special formation.
Ye Chen, who had always studied formations, saw this and was suddenly shocked. "The Great Dao numbers forty-nine. These Divine Kings from the imperial clans and Immortal Clans want to combine into an All Heavens grand formation, turning the Ancient Monarch of the Xialuo Empire into the 'one' that escaped, completely eradicating him from the mortal world."
In heaven and earth, the number of the Great Derivation had always been forty-nine. Originally, it was fifty, but the "one" had escaped.
The All Heavens grand formation employed this principle, making the Monarch Progenitor of the Xialuo Empire this "one," sealing him back to achieve true perfection. Yet, it also required combining the power of the forty-nine Divine Kings to unite and exterminate this "one."
Clearly, these Divine Kings from the imperial clans and Immortal Clans were not simply intimidating the Mythical Emperor Domain. They intended to slaughter an Ancient Monarch and wage all-out war.
Once it reached that step, without a doubt, the entire Mythical Emperor Domain would plunge completely into bloody chaos.
Although Ye Chen felt somewhat reluctant, he was ultimately not a rigid person. He could not stop this, and moreover, this was a great opportunity. An Ancient Monarch might fall. His Great Emperor reincarnation body was precisely lacking the life origin of an Ancient Monarch. Perhaps he could seize the chance to devour it, recover all injuries, and return to peak condition.
He hid in the shadows, also waiting for an opportunity to act, preparing to seize the life origin of the fallen Monarch's body.
At the same time, he was also on guard, watching to see if the Ancient Monarchs of the other nine great empires would notice this scene.
Although this vast expanse of heaven and earth had long been sealed off by the forty-nine Divine Kings, it was hard to guarantee it wouldn't be truly discovered.
Once it reached that point, he would directly consider turning and leaving, rather than competing for the life origin of the Ancient Monarch.