Boom... boom...
The World Fusion Realm experts were each unleashing moves with all their strength, continuously blasting their opponents away as they vied to seize that precious bead.
However, for the moment, none of them were succeeding.
All these experts were major powers within the Tianxiong Domain, and now, unleashing their aura and pressure en masse, the resulting spectacle was utterly terrifying. Every inch of space within the area was saturated with monstrously terrifying energy.
As these experts fought over it, this expanse of space was being jolted continuously, fracturing apart and producing inky-black spatial fissures that spiderwebbed across the area.
Faced with the joint seizure attempt of so many World Fusion Realm experts, Ye Yunfei was also unable to immediately snatch the bead.
"There seems to be a layer of restrictive enchantment on the surface of this bead!
And I happen to understand precisely this type of restriction. If I undo this layer, perhaps I can directly refine the bead, turning it into my own magical treasure. That way, I won't need to fight over it; I could simply take it and leave."
Suddenly, Ye Yunfei discovered a layer of restriction inside the pearl. Stirred, a plan formed in his mind.
Ye Yunfei immediately released his Soul Power, enveloping the pearl directly and beginning to undo the restrictive enchantment.
The World Fusion Realm experts were still fighting madly, desperately unleashing moves to push back those around them while charging toward the pearl. The scene was chaotic.
Ye Yunfei participated in the struggle while simultaneously channeling his Soul Power to penetrate the pearl and unravel the restriction within.
To extend his spiritual perception into the pearl right under the noses of so many experts was extremely difficult. Ye Yunfei directly utilized the remnants of his Heavenly Emperor's soul, stealthily channeling his Soul Power into the pearl across space. None of the experts around detected it.
After a short while.
"The restriction in the pearl has finally been undone!"
Ye Yunfei was inwardly overjoyed.
However, just as Ye Yunfei's Soul Power attempted to penetrate into the pearl's interior to see what lay within...
"To think someone would know how to undo the restriction I personally set."
A heavy sigh, brimming with the vicissitudes of history, emanated from inside the pearl.
Bang!
A terrifying surge of energy blasted Ye Yunfei's Soul Power out from within the pearl. This fearsome force sent Ye Yunfei stumbling backward repeatedly; even his Soul Body swayed unsteadily, nearly collapsing.
"Not good!
There's something incredibly terrifying hiding inside this pearl! Get away now!"
Hun Lao also sensed something amiss, shouting at Ye Yunfei.
With a flicker of his figure, Ye Yunfei employed a Spatial Teleportation technique, instantly appearing far away.
Boom...
Just as Ye Yunfei distanced himself from the pearl, a figure slowly materialized from within the bead.
This figure was colossal, its head reaching for the sky, its feet planted on the earth. The sheer pressure of energy radiating from that massive form was frightfully extreme, suppressing everything in its vicinity.
The World Fusion Realm experts surrounding the bead all felt as though an invisible divine mountain had descended upon their bodies. Both flesh and Soul Body were utterly suppressed; they couldn't even utter a single word, only stare in terror at that vast, heaven- and earth-spanning figure.
It was a middle-aged man with an unwavering gaze.
As this middle-aged man appeared, every living being within the Tianxiong Domain felt a primal sense of dread and a compulsion to submit emanating from the depths of their very souls. Heaven and earth shook with rumbling booms. Then, all of Sheng Province, and eventually the entire Feixian Continent, began to tremble.
Panic-stricken, the living beings of the continent began.
"By the heavens!
What's happening? Why is the entire continent shaking?"
Across Feixian Continent, countless experts soared into the air, trying to discern what was occurring.
"The source of the vibrational energy originates from Sheng Province!"
Soon, experts with powerful perception fixed their gazes on Sheng Province.
"Let's go to Sheng Province and see what's happened!"
Many experts immediately charged toward Sheng Province.
"Heavens!
This aura... it belongs to a Heavenly Emperor!
Has a Heavenly Emperor descended in Sheng Province?
Which of the Three Great Heavenly Emperors — Tianluo, Jinwu, or Youyue — could it be?"
Some ancient ancestors trembled as they felt the terrifying energy emanating from Sheng Province.
"Palace Lord, an aura akin to a Heavenly Emperor seems to be coming from Sheng Province. Could it be one of the Three Emperors?
Strange, though. The Three Great Heavenly Emperors have not shown themselves for many years. Why would they suddenly appear in Sheng Province of our Feixian Continent?"
Within an ancient hall, an aged elder spoke up.
"I shall go and investigate," said a burly middle-aged man seated on the hall's highest throne, wreathed in faint chaos mist.
"No.
Let me go.
In the past, I had the honor to encounter the Three Great Heavenly Emperors once. My words might carry weight with them."
The aged elder rose, made his declaration, then took a single step forward and vanished.
At the same moment, an unknown number of top-tier experts across Feixian Continent began moving toward Sheng Province.
For a time, Sheng Province became the focal point of the entire Feixian Continent.
"It's actually a Heavenly Emperor's Clone!"
At that moment, Ye Yunfei stared at the middle-aged man, feeling a tremor of awe.
Who could have imagined that sealed within the Flame Emperor Bead was a Heavenly Emperor's Clone.
As Ye Yunfei stared at the man, the middle-aged man's gaze also settled on Ye Yunfei.
"So it's you, young man. No wonder you could undo the restriction I placed.
Your background is anything but ordinary.
Tsk, tsk... Marvelous. The Dao of Samsara truly is wondrous!"
Examining Ye Yunfei, the middle-aged man displayed a surprised expression.
Hearing this, Ye Yunfei's expression shifted slightly. He understood that the other had glimpsed something about him.
"Set your mind at ease.
I bear you no malice.
I will not probe your secrets further."
Noticing Ye Yunfei's change in expression, the middle-aged man spoke.
Hearing his words, Ye Yunfei relaxed somewhat.
Although this middle-aged man before him was merely a Heavenly Emperor's Clone, the power it possessed was still incredibly formidable. As he was now, Ye Yunfei was simply no match for him.
"You are... Heavenly Emperor Yandi?" Ye Yunfei asked curiously, suddenly recalling the Flame Emperor Bead's origin.
"That is correct. I am Yandi."
The middle-aged man nodded slowly.
"He's actually Yandi!
A Heavenly Emperor!
By the heavens! A Heavenly Emperor stands right before us!"
Upon hearing Yandi's words, the World Fusion Realm experts around them, frozen and suppressed, were struck with incomparable awe.
After all, within the Three Thousand Worlds, Heavenly Emperors stood as truly terrifying entities at the pinnacle of the power pyramid.
For one of them to stand before them now was simply too overwhelming!