Boom—
Xialuo Monarch, who had been smashed to pieces, began to revive.
All the flesh, blood, and white bones scattered between heaven and earth reversed their course and returned, reassembling Xialuo Monarch's indestructible divine body in the void.
The vitality of an Ancient Monarch was incredibly powerful; otherwise, they would not be hailed as overlords of the universe.
Even a Great Power could reassemble their flesh and blood, so how could an Ancient Monarch fail to achieve this?
Xialuo Monarch was not truly of human form; his true body was a massive divine bird of flame, resembling a three-legged Golden Crow, yet possessing only two enormous violet-gold divine talons beneath. His entire body burned with violet-gold immortal fire, flowing like liquid, dazzling and brilliant, blazing with endless Dao runes.
The moment he spread his wings, it could be described as blotting out the sky and sun. An area of hundreds of thousands of miles was covered by the Violet Flame Divine Bird. Endless violet-gold divine flames rolled down from the sky, submerging the heavens and burning everything, as if intending to incinerate heaven and earth completely.
However, Xialuo Monarch soon transformed from his true form back into human shape, now clad in a suit of violet-gold battle armor interwoven with countless Dao patterns, extremely extraordinary.
Boom—
As the indestructible divine body reassembled between heaven and earth, his blood energy surged mightily. This was also Xialuo Monarch's deliberate act, using the explosion of his monarch divine body to shake the Myriad Heavens Grand Array.
It could be seen that the entire Myriad Heavens Grand Array trembled violently. All the Divine Kings from the imperial clans and Immortal Clans were attacked, their blood energy shaking one after another. The grand array was almost dismantled.
But the Forty-Nine God Kings were, after all, experienced and battle-hardened. They quickly stabilized the Myriad Heavens Grand Array.
Yet, in that brief moment, Xialuo Monarch had already found a gap. Seizing this sliver of opportunity, he broke into the Myriad Heavens Grand Array, brandished his Monarch Heavenly Sword, and instantly beheaded three Divine Kings.
This was the supreme combat power of an Ancient Monarch.
The Divine King Realm supreme experts, revered by the world as deities, were nothing more than this—not worth a single blow before their eyes.
The grand array originally consisted of forty-nine, and now, lacking three, it had a flaw.
However, in the distant sky, three more Divine Kings appeared, merging into the array and instantly completing the Myriad Heavens Grand Array.
Because the Divine Kings who came to attack were not limited to just forty-nine; there were more, merely hidden and not participating in the battle.
It was conceivable that Xialuo Monarch had fallen into an absolute predicament. Relying on the explosive power of being smashed to pieces, he had regained some disadvantage, but it could not last forever. Facing the complete Myriad Heavens Grand Array, even he felt a trace of despair, his expression behind the violet-gold armor grave.
"It's time to move and seize the spoils."
In the void, the hidden Ye Chen spoke to Jade Green and Tongtian Old Divine King beside him. Xialuo Monarch had reached a dead end; even an Ancient Monarch was no match. He also prepared to plunder the spoils from these imperial clans and Immortal Clans.
Sure enough, not long after, Xialuo Monarch's aura waned. Under the successive powerful assaults of the Forty-Nine God Kings leveraging the Myriad Heavens Grand Array, he exploded once more. Strange phenomena continuously manifested as he plummeted from the sky, vanishing into Xialuo Imperial Capital, his figure disappearing.
"We have already smashed him to pieces twice, inflicting severe injuries. His monarch's great power cannot manifest in a short time. Now, we must charge into the imperial capital to find him, or he will become a great trouble in the future."
The Forty-Nine God Kings descended from the sky. Other experts from the imperial clans and Immortal Clans had long been watching from afar, never expecting they could truly kill an Ancient Monarch. It seemed somewhat unbelievable, but it had become reality.
The Xialuo Empire, no less formidable than an imperial clan or Immortal Clan, had been conquered. It inevitably contained countless divine and immortal treasures. They naturally would not miss this rare, excellent opportunity.
Of course, if they could find the severely injured, dying Xialuo Monarch hidden within the imperial capital, successfully slay this supreme monarch, and seize his overlord-level monarch origin and imprint, that would also be a stroke of immortal fortune.
Swish, swish, swish—
Countless figures streaked across the sky, descending upon Xialuo Imperial Capital.
Lacking its most crucial power, how could Xialuo Imperial Capital withstand the descent of these imperial clan and Immortal Clan experts? All resistance seemed utterly weak.
Among them, the alien races took the lead. The fifteen Alien Emperor Clans alone had a full seventeen Divine King Realm supreme experts, accounting for one-third of the total. They swept through Xialuo Imperial Capital with full force, striking straight at the heart, charging into the imperial palace.
Naturally, although the imperial palace was heavily guarded and filled with experts, that was only relative to ordinary people. It was utterly incapable of dealing with Divine King Realm figures. They directly crushed many palace experts, delving into the deepest forbidden grounds of the imperial palace, discovering multiple secret treasure small worlds—the profound accumulated foundation of Xialuo Imperial Capital over endless ages.
During this, the current Sovereign of the Xialuo Empire, a peak Great Power of his generation, attempted to block them with the palace imperial guards. However, facing these Divine Kings from imperial clans and Immortal Clans, he had no power to fight back and was easily annihilated.
In the end, even the Sovereign's corpse was hung on the imperial capital's city wall, nailed to the wall with forty-nine spears, his death exceptionally brutal and gruesome, serving as a warning to the world.
Within the imperial capital, the Forty-Nine God Kings and about half of the imperial clan and Immortal Clan's talented elites also conducted a sweep. Anyone who resisted was directly slain without exception, staining this once prosperous and flourishing Xialuo Imperial Capital with blood.
Even the supreme and peerless Xialuo Monarch had fallen into a situation of unknown life or death, let alone others who were even less capable of resistance.
Xialuo Imperial Capital fell into collapse.
However, a portion of the Xialuo Empire's imperial family successfully escaped. Over endless ages, the Xialuo Empire had still specialized in researching the power of mortal faith, accumulating a boundless and vast amount of Faith Power. During the great battle, Xialuo Monarch had no time to use it before being severely injured and dying.
Yet, the Sovereign could not utilize the vast Faith Power accumulated throughout the ages either; he could only employ a small portion, which allowed him to rival the Divine King Realm. However, facing the assaults of numerous Divine Kings, it was still of no avail, leading to his tragic end of being nailed to the city wall.
The old Sovereigns from previous generations, who had not passed away, personally appeared. Leading part of the imperial family's direct bloodline, they used the vast empire's Faith Power to escape the pursuit of the various imperial clans and Immortal Clans of the heavens, fleeing to distant lands, their whereabouts unknown.
Ye Chen watched this scene unfold, his heart trembling slightly, but he did not intervene.
Because this was the world of cultivation—the law of the jungle, where the strong prey on the weak.
Moreover, with more than half of the imperial clan and Immortal Clan Divine Kings present, he could not openly oppose them; that would be seeking death.
Now appearing in Xialuo Imperial Capital, he could only do his best to help some innocent commoners escape the devastation of war.
Regardless of the era or place, war was what common people hated most.
Landing in Xialuo Imperial Capital, at this moment, numerous Divine Kings were unleashing powerful divine senses, searching for all treasure locations within the capital. All forces stationed in Xialuo Imperial Capital were destroyed and plundered clean. They were also searching for Xialuo Monarch, whose fate was unknown.
Soon, many imperial clans and Immortal Clans also discovered traces of Ye Chen and the others. Finding only three people, they were all slightly taken aback.
However, soon, streams of pitch-black light shot through the air—precisely the fifteen Alien Emperor Clans.
Especially the three Divine Kings of the Dark Heaven Emperor Clan were at the forefront. Seventeen supreme Divine Kings formed a circular encirclement, completely surrounding Ye Chen and the other two.
Behind them, many Alien Emperor Sons and Daughters also appeared, looking coldly at Ye Chen, also showing some surprise, as if they had not expected him to dare come alone, unaware that all the Alien Emperor Clans had appeared.