One holy spirit after another appeared, all of them incredibly powerful, as if true mythical holy spirits had been resurrected, shattering the starry sky, crushing the stars of the heavens, and submerging the past.
The Devouring Heaven Cauldron erupted with supreme power capable of annihilating the heavens. From its unfathomably deep cauldron mouth, great worlds rapidly surged forth, continuously pressing down upon Ye Chen.
"Well met!"
Ye Chen roared. His eyes suddenly shot forth the most brilliant light. Within his slender golden body, one dazzling radiance after another shone, the laws of the heavens flickering in and out of existence. Moreover, three thousand divine flames manifested within his body, as if piercing through three thousand great worlds.
The Great Dao laws within his body manifested. Even though shackles bound his very being, they surged tumultuously, striving to break through the restraints.
Furthermore, his left arm trembled, his five fingers forming a fist that abruptly shot skyward, striking the Devouring Heaven Cauldron, erupting with the most brilliant golden light.
Boom—
The Devouring Heaven Cauldron was sent flying. Its weight of billions of jun was insufficient; it could not withstand Ye Chen's peerless fist force. One illusory world after another rapidly collapsed, nearly causing even the imperial cauldron itself to explode.
From the crown of his head, another vast surge of golden blood energy erupted, flooding this starry region like a sun exploding, shattering everything.
Behind him, boundless golden blood energy coalesced, then forcibly opened a golden, glittering passageway, as if piercing through a great golden world.
The Five Elements Golden Realm!
Boom! Boom! Boom!—
One golden Dao weapon after another rushed out: golden swords, golden cauldrons, sky-piercing pagodas, drums that summoned wind and rain, horns that called forth soldiers...
Each golden Dao weapon transformed into a dazzling ball of light, streaking toward the eight directions like an endless meteor shower, attacking the myriad living beings, initiating a great collision.
"What? Isn't Qian shackled by laws? Why can he still use divine abilities and dao techniques now?"
Through the previous battles, the various Saints had understood Qian's physical problem: countless law remnants intertwined, shackling his very being, preventing him from utilizing the Great Dao divine power within his body. Logically, he shouldn't be able to use divine abilities and dao techniques. But wasn't this currently a fearsome divine ability?
The Imperial Sovereign of the Xiang Kingdom spoke with authority: "Wrong. Qian is not using divine abilities and dao techniques. Strictly speaking, he is using his own blood energy to interweave and evolve a kind of body technique profundity similar to a divine ability!"
This shocked the various Saints. Qian's methods surpassed imagination.
Indeed, the Five Elements Golden Realm was condensed from the Saint Body blood energy within Ye Chen's body. Since he could not use the restrained Great Dao divine power within, then he would use blood energy to manifest it instead.
Moreover, each golden Dao weapon was not merely condensed from his Saint Body blood energy; it also contained wisps of law remnants, making it even more terrifying and immeasurable.
The Five Elements Golden Realm had been elevated to its extreme by Ye Chen.
The True Dragon roared, but it was concentrated upon by the golden Dao weapons and exploded. Law remnants swept out, penetrating the True Dragon's body, blasting its skin open and flesh torn, causing a great amount of blood to splatter, dyeing the starry sky—a very real scene.
The Undying Immortal Phoenix, Qiongqi, Golden Crows, Chaos, and other holy spirits were similarly completely blocked outside by Ye Chen's forceful and domineering attacks.
However, Ye Chen could not truly harm Imperial Wuming, because on his imperial robes, divine beasts of the heavens continuously evolved, each one unique and containing inconceivable power, blocking the assault of Ye Chen's Five Elements Golden Realm.
Naturally, Ye Chen would not passively defend; that had never been his style.
Compared to defense, he preferred to take the initiative and attack.
Swish—
A blazing golden light flashed. Ye Chen displayed astonishing immortal speed. On one hand, he manifested the Five Elements Golden Realm to resist the holy spirit divine beasts surging toward him. On the other, he advanced bare-handed, displaying world-shaking divine power, forcibly tearing several holy spirit divine beasts directly in half, their blood staining the stars.
Simultaneously, he also resisted the ancient great worlds erupting from the Devouring Heaven Cauldron. Naturally, these could not be real great worlds; they were evolved, illusory ancient great worlds. Yet they were also terrifying and realistic; once trapped within, it would be difficult to struggle free.
Ye Chen grew solemn. That was clearly just an evolved Devouring Heaven Cauldron, so why was it terrifying to this extent? Even with his level of combat power, he actually found it difficult to truly shatter the divine cauldron.
His Immortal Saint Fist struck it, merely exploding into clusters of brilliant sparks, the clanging sounds unceasing.
At this moment, Imperial Wuming's four ancient recluse servants sneered coldly: "That is an ancient cauldron refined for the Young Ancestor by the supreme Great Emperor. Although not a true imperial cauldron, it is imprinted with Supreme Emperor marks. How could he possibly break it?"
The crowd was shocked. They hadn't expected this Devouring Heaven Cauldron to have such a heaven-shaking origin. No wonder even the invincible Qian found it difficult to shatter.
Ye Chen's perception was sharp; he similarly gleaned much information. However, activating the supreme emperor marks within the cauldron was extremely difficult, just like activating an ancient immortal weapon—it required a vast amount of divine power support and could not be fully activated.
Ye Chen even speculated that this Devouring Heaven Cauldron might be a future Supreme Emperor weapon left for Imperial Wuming by the Great Saint Emperor.
But so what if it was an emperor-marked divine cauldron? It wasn't a true imperial cauldron.
Ye Chen's hand seals changed. From the Five Elements Golden Realm opened behind him, a special Dao weapon rushed out—a pagoda, thirty-three stories tall, containing the most powerful and abundant golden blood energy, also inscribed with countless law remnants interwoven upon its body, how extraordinary.
However, what caused Imperial Wuming's expression to change was not that this ancient pagoda closely resembled, was identical to, the Human Sovereign Pagoda atop the Fallen Peak. Rather, it was because from the ancient pagoda, not only did golden blood energy flow, but true primordial Chaos Qi also trickled down.
Although only wisps and strands, it was enough to shock the world.
How was this possible!?
Ye Chen activated his own blood energy and the Human Sovereign Pagoda condensed from the drop of Chaos blood within his body. Endless law remnants radiated majestic divine might, carrying strands of primordial Chaos Qi as they charged forth, colliding with the Devouring Heaven Cauldron in the most terrifying impact.
Boom—
In the starry sky, great worlds and primordial Chaos Qi exploded, extremely terrifying, affecting a vast area. Several stars were even blasted apart during the collision, reduced to ashes.
Having blocked that fearsome Devouring Heaven Cauldron, Ye Chen could finally engage Imperial Wuming in a true, close-quarters battle.
His fighting spirit was boiling, terrifying, courageously dominating the vast sky, like a dragon or tiger, horizontally severing the thirty-three layers of heaven as he struck forward.
Imperial Wuming also unleashed supreme divine abilities for a close-quarters great collision.
Boom—
Another astonishing collision, destroying heaven and earth. Yet this time, the fist Ye Chen threw out suddenly twisted at the elbow in an eerie angle, tearing through Imperial Wuming's defense and striking horizontally upon his body.
Imperial Wuming was instantly sent flying backward, spitting out a mouthful of blood, brilliant and radiant, containing powerful blood light.
Joint technique!