Hao Gongtian was suppressed. He had long been severely wounded, his true self thoroughly crippled by Yu Qing, his entire body and limbs shattered. Even with the Mie Ri Immortal Armor, he had little power to protect himself.
Ye Chen was completely taking advantage of his weakness to take his life. Seizing the moment when Hao Gongtian was grievously wounded and had yet to fully recover, Ye Chen struck like thunder, ascending to his peak, not hesitating to blast forth with his most powerful forbidden divine abilities.
The result was inevitable.
Hao Gongtian was utterly shattered. The Mie Ri Immortal Armor could not block much. Only his divine soul survived, and even that was thunderously suppressed by Ye Chen's strike, directly sealed within the Chaos Cauldron.
Though described as slow, all of this ended in the blink of an eye. Hao Gongtian, a scion of the Immortal Dao, who had earlier broken through and obtained the Mie Ri Immortal Armor left by his father, believed himself invincible beneath the level of Divine King-level Emperor Sons and Daughters and Immortal Dao Descendants. Yet, he never imagined he would end up in such a miserable state.
Others, even if they wanted to stop it, were too late.
It happened far too quickly, impossible to prevent.
At the same time, the attacks between Yu Qing and the Divine King of the Sheri Immortal Clan truly collided.
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!
A series of terrifying explosions shook heaven and earth, echoing across this stretch of sky, annihilating time and space. It was the fluctuation of a great world's phantom being destroyed.
In their brief collision, neither could gain much of an upper hand.
However, this was no longer important. Seeing the Immortal Dao Descendant Hao Gongtian right before his eyes, watching as the Battle Saint King blasted his physical body and suppressed his divine soul, the Divine King of the Sheri Immortal Clan's eyes shot wide open, filled with madness. He roared, "Battle Saint junior, hand over the Young Ancestor to this Divine King, or I'll tear you to pieces!"
The Divine King of the Sheri Immortal Clan fell into a frenzy. His entire body erupted with brilliant immortal light as he shot toward Ye Chen like lightning, accompanied by terrifying Divine King laws that seemed to be burning. This could absolutely severely wound a Two-Tribulation Divine King upon contact, even having a certain chance of killing one. One could imagine just how frenzied Hao Nanshan was at this moment.
Ye Chen paid him no heed. He sat down cross-legged, intending to refine Hao Gongtian.
As for the Divine King of the Sheri Immortal Clan, as for those who would deal with him...
"What a fine Immortal Clan Divine King. You wish to harm Yue? It is you who shall be torn to pieces!" Yu Qing, holy as a celestial maiden, sacred and inviolable, formed a hand seal with her left hand, resembling a lotus seal. A Twelve-grade Lotus Throne flew out, descending from the heavens, exquisitely beautiful, its entire form crystalline and sparkling, shimmering with brilliant jade-green light as it continuously rotated.
Crystalline lotus petals also drifted down one after another, carrying a powerful Dao charm, like a rain of flowers falling, breathtakingly beautiful, descending with specks of sparkling radiance.
As the flower rain fell, a sanctuary world appeared, enveloping the Divine King of the Sheri Immortal Clan below.
"A Divine King Domain?"
Seeing this scene, the Divine King of the Sheri Immortal Clan sobered slightly from his frenzy, his expression changing.
He was a rather handsome man, appearing only about thirty years old, carrying a rich immortal aura, spotless, his immortal aura surpassing snow. Yet, within the Divine King Domain opened by Yu Qing, within this sanctuary world, he felt that compared to him, this Immortal Clan Divine King, she seemed even more like an immortal—so transcendent and aloof, untouched by worldly dust.
Moreover, within this ethereal sanctuary world of flower rain, he distinctly felt a tremendous sense of restraint, causing even a veteran Divine King like him, who had achieved the Dao for many years, to feel his strength somewhat suppressed.
His eyes looked toward Yu Qing descending from the sky—her ethereal, transcendent, peerless immortal grace, that cyan robe that could be admired from afar but not profaned, her spirit like autumn water, her bones like jade, her matchless elegance making his heart skip a beat.
Such a peerless immortal maiden—forget the younger generation, even a veteran Divine King like him couldn't help but feel moved.
However, he suppressed these thoughts. Since they were enemies, and the Young Ancestor, a scion of the Immortal Dao, had been suppressed, this was a sea of blood feud, a fight to the death. What pursuit could there be? He must kill her.
He glanced at Ye Chen in the distance, knowing that to rescue the Young Ancestor, he must first deal with the Yu Qing before him.
"A sanctuary domain? So what? You are, after all, merely a young junior who recently stepped into the Divine King realm. No matter how strong, there are limits."
The Divine King of the Sheri Immortal Clan was named Hao Nanshan. He had stepped into the Divine King realm tens of thousands of years ago, a truly powerful veteran Divine King. Without even needing to draw the replica of the She Ri Immortal Bow, his eyes shot forth sharp edges shaped like immortal arrows, tearing through the sky, whooshing as they shot out. Though not comparable to the various immortal arrows shot earlier, each was still terrifying. With ten thousand arrows firing at once, they drowned the sky, as if intending to completely shatter everything.
Without a doubt, this was Hao Nanshan's strength. Being able to serve as the accompanying Divine King of the Sheri Immortal Clan was naturally enough to prove his own formidable power, not something ordinary Divine Kings could compare to.
However, he had truly underestimated Yu Qing's strength. Yu Qing was a Divine King-level Emperor Daughter, having achieved Tenfold Great Perfection in every major realm. Even if she hadn't been in the Divine King realm as long as Hao Nanshan, her combat power was sufficient to challenge and slay immortals at a profound level.
The Divine King Sanctuary Domain she now unleashed contained extraordinary efficacy.
Yu Qing sat cross-legged upon the Twelve-grade Lotus Throne. Gentle holy light bloomed, enveloping her graceful figure, flickering in and out. She lightly flicked her fingers, and petals shot forth one after another. Though seemingly ordinary, they contained extraordinary power, colliding with those sharp edges shaped like immortal arrows, causing both to dissipate.
Thus, Hao Nanshan's immortal arts and divine abilities were completely intercepted, unable to achieve the anticipated extraordinary effect.
At the same time, Yu Qing let out a soft sigh, like a recitative. The flower petals dancing all over the sky slowly drifted down, then all floated toward Hao Nanshan.
Hao Nanshan sensed a tremendous sense of crisis and dared not be careless in the slightest. He immediately acted, unleashing immortal arts and divine abilities. With a soft shout, ten heavenly suns actually manifested upon his body.
The ten heavenly suns all transformed into terrifying Golden Crows, just like the ten Golden Crow suns shot down by the She Ri Immortal Venerable in the distant past. They were manifested as immortal arts and divine abilities, carrying blazing Yang power. Rolling Sun Holy Flame filled the sky, descending to burn the heavens and also to burn this Divine King Sanctuary, blocking all the petals.
Yu Qing, upon the Twelve-grade Lotus Throne, showed a trace of solemnity. To become a Divine King, this Hao Nanshan indeed had some skill.
The petals and the Sun Holy Flame collided, annihilating each other.
At this moment, Yu Qing made her move. With just a soft cry, her full head of hair shone with dazzling cyan light. At this moment, she truly stood in the world like an Immortal King, her immortal aura ethereal. However, a jasper-green willow branch lightly pointed. No sweet dew fell, but even more intense Divine King laws surged forth, vast and mighty across the heavens.
That section of willow branch swept out, sweeping forth cyan light, sweeping away the endless, sweeping away all things, as if it were the most terrifying weapon in the world.
Every sweep caused the rolling Sun Holy Flame to shatter apart, transforming into specks of starlight scattering between heaven and earth.