A Heavenly King had fallen!
Blood radiance shattered the heavens, submerging the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths. All ten directions of mountains were collapsing.
Countless demonic beasts dwelling within were swept away, their bodies shattered to pieces. Even Saint-ranked beast kings among them were no exception, annihilated all the same—an utterly terrifying, world-shaking event.
This was the Great Dao Blood of a Heavenly King, exploding along with divine soul fluctuations. Everything below the Heavenly King level would decay and perish.
The fearsome dao fluctuations from here could be heard across a radius of a hundred thousand li. Mountains and valleys shook violently, as if heaven was collapsing and earth splitting, with ghostly wails and divine howls.
Moreover, the originally clear night sky, bright with moon and sparse stars, was instantly covered by boundless, endless blood clouds. Torrential blood rain poured down, accompanied by thick crimson thunderbolts that shook the land for tens of thousands of li, affecting a vast area.
Vaguely, it seemed there were still mournful cries of ghosts and deities.
That was a celestial phenomenon, a terrifying scene that appeared after a Heavenly King fell.
Heavenly Kings were difficult to be born; each one's emergence was extraordinary. Especially within the Ancient Emperor Realm, they could become overlords of a continent, born under the protection of the heavens—sons of the heavens.
Now that one had died, the heavens themselves would descend with phenomena, mourning the fall and passing of the Heavenly King.
"Third Brother!"
The three Heavenly King Xuan Elders cried out in sorrow, their aged eyes filled with tears, brimming with grief and rage.
On the Great Power-level ancient ship, all the heroes watched that scene in shock. Facing the pursuit of so many Heavenly Kings, the Battle Saint King had still managed to blast the Third Heavenly King apart.
And it was a complete kill, with the divine soul dispersing between heaven and earth, never to revive again.
Even as enemies, they couldn't help but respect his peerless strength.
Rebelling against the heavens to slay an immortal—the Battle Saint King had already reached this step, a myth throughout the ages.
The blood radiance receded, golden light boiling. In the void, Ye Chen quickly reassembled his physical body, the supreme profundity of the Saint Body Regeneration Art displayed in full. It was said that as long as a single drop of blood remained, the body could be reassembled, indestructible and eternal.
The Battle Saint Art left behind by the Battle Saint Ancestor was Ye Chen's invincible capital.
But Ye Chen's complexion was pale. Each such reassembly of his body consumed a portion of his origin.
Moreover, Ye Chen didn't hesitate in the slightest. Grabbing the Human Sovereign Pagoda and the Primordial Battle Body, he immediately continued his escape, transforming into a streak of the most dazzling golden light that shot into the sky.
"Trying to leave? Not allowed! Today, no matter the cost, we must annihilate you!"
On the Great Power-level ancient ship, the three Heavenly Kings of the Ancient Divine Palace roared, filled with world-shaking fury.
They could not allow Ye Chen, the culprit who had killed the Third Heavenly King Xuan Elder, to escape just like that.
The Great Power-level divine ship was pushed to its limits, faster than before. Moreover, pieces of Great Power-level array patterns emerged, interweaving with the void, merging into one, continuously increasing speed.
Ye Chen also kept accelerating. Whether it was the Realm-Treading Secret Technique or the Heavenly Roc Body Technique, even fused with the Divine Phoenix Wings, his entire being flashed like thunderbolts, reaching an extreme speed. Along the way, terrifying sonic booms exploded layer upon layer, shaking the mountains and valleys—a manifestation of his astonishing velocity.
The First Heavenly King Xuan Elder roared, "Battle Saint King, you are despicable, shameless! You used underhanded means to kill Third Brother, making one feel ashamed. Stop right now! I will tear you to pieces!"
"Idiot!"
Ye Chen's voice came from ahead, along with a disdainful snort. "I've seen shameless people, but never ones as shameless as your Ancient Divine Palace. So many Heavenly Kings ganging up on me is fine, but I'm not allowed to use some methods? Go to hell!"
Ye Chen's temper flared—rarely had he been this furious in his life—and killing intent stirred in his heart. One day, he would definitely uproot the entire Ancient Divine Palace!
After a perilous escape of three hundred thousand li, he was caught up. But Ye Chen had finally recovered. Once again, he unleashed the Chaos Secret Technique, combining it with the power of faith. Using the Human Sovereign Pagoda for defense and the Primordial Battle Body for offense, he summoned his Supreme Dao Body, confronting the twelve Heavenly Kings at all costs.
Naturally, Ye Chen was still being suppressed in battle, far from being a match.
During this, he even considered summoning the Great Power-level phantom to descend, but each time he felt an inexplicable sense of dread. Several times, he glanced at that Great Power-level ancient ship, having a premonition that it must also conceal sufficiently terrifying Great Power-level methods.
He couldn't use his trump card immediately, having concerns. But fortunately, he had many techniques at his disposal. He also evolved the Chaos Cauldron, entering it to take refuge. At critical moments of crisis, he even borrowed the power of the various Heavenly Kings to refine chaos, deducing even more profound Chaos profundities.
The cauldron was shattered five times. However, precisely because of the Chaos Cauldron's obstruction and the resonance of the Human Sovereign Pagoda, Ye Chen mostly suffered heavy injuries. His body was never shattered even once, resisting with incredible tenacity.
But in the end, Ye Chen's body was still shattered. Golden light submerged that stretch of heaven and earth. The various Heavenly Kings surged with killing intent, aiming to exterminate the Primordial Spirit within the blood radiance and completely kill Ye Chen.
However, under the protection of the Human Sovereign Pagoda, Ye Chen survived the danger, reassembling with great difficulty. It could be said that since entering the Ancient Emperor Realm, this was the first time he had encountered such a severe group assault.
If not for the Human Sovereign Pagoda, if not for the Primordial Battle Body, if not for the Saint Body Regeneration Art, if not for the Chaos Cauldron... otherwise, Ye Chen would have been killed over ten times already.
No matter how strong he was, he could not possibly be a match for these Heavenly Kings, because he was not yet a true Heavenly King, and the number of opposing Heavenly Kings was too great.
This was an extremely arduous battle. Ye Chen confronted them with great difficulty, under the threat of the Great Power-level ancient ship and the twelve Heavenly Kings.
The three Heavenly King Xuan Elders of the Ancient Divine Palace attacked with full force. The nine Heavenly Kings from the imperial dynasties clearly held back; otherwise, Ye Chen would have been in even greater peril.
Finally, when Ye Chen reassembled, golden light submerged everything, blocking everyone's detection.
He was making a desperate gamble. He threw out the Void God Platform, setting the most distant target—tens of millions of li away in an instant.
Boom—
Within the dazzling golden light, a pitch-black spatial channel appeared. Ye Chen charged forward, riding the Void God Platform as it transformed into a blazing golden thunderbolt and shot into it.
"Not good! This kid is trying to escape!"
The First Heavenly King Xuan Elder was the first to notice, being the strongest Heavenly King, sensing the abnormal situation. The other Heavenly Kings also discovered it one after another. They all attacked simultaneously, and the Great Power-level ancient ship unleashed its most terrifying strike, blasting into the spatial channel just as it was about to close.
That strike would shatter any Heavenly King to pieces, unavoidable!
The result was unknown. Only scattered golden blood mixed with several pieces of shattered flesh and golden bones drifted out. And a cold, killing intent-filled voice transmitted forth: "Ancient Divine Palace, if I, Ye, do not die today, I will surely ascend upon you in the future and overthrow the entire eternal faction!"
The complexions of the three Heavenly King Xuan Elders of the Ancient Divine Palace instantly turned extremely ugly!