"A Heavenly Emperor is personally making a move against me? Since my rebirth, I don't believe I've ever provoked any Heavenly Emperor. How could I have offended one? Could it be...?"
Ye Yunfei was inwardly shocked as well, his mind racing. He quickly landed on a possibility.
"It could possibly be those three Heavenly Emperors—Tianluo, Jinwu, and You Yue! If it really is them, then they most likely already know my identity.
But, I was reborn from a thousand years in the future. In this life, I've had no contact with them whatsoever. Even if they are Heavenly Emperors, how could they divine events that happened a thousand years later?
Unless... there is a divination master with terrifying divinatory power working for them, divining information about me."
Ye Yunfei pondered this internally. His mind was extremely sharp; he soon realized this matter likely involved his three main enemies from his past life.
"Which divination master within the Three Thousand Major and Minor Worlds possesses such profound ability? To be able to divine events of a thousand years in the future, and even deduce that I have been reborn back into this era!"
Ye Yunfei speculated inwardly.
"Kid, we need to figure out a way to escape. That Heavenly Emperor's hand will be here in no time. If we don't leave now, it'll be too late. No matter how strong you are, right now you absolutely have no way to contend against a Heavenly Emperor. But trying to flee from a Heavenly Emperor with our current strength is a bit difficult. We're in trouble now."
Hun Lao said anxiously.
"Young Master Ye, the situation is not looking good. That Great Emperor's great hand seems to have arrived above the Tianxiong Domain, not far from us. I wonder who this Heavenly Emperor's hand is targeting. We'd better get further away to avoid getting caught in it."
At that moment, the five elders of the Celestial Gold Race also sensed the aura of that Heavenly Emperor's hand getting closer and closer. They were all extremely anxious. The Great Elder spoke to Ye Yunfei.
These five elders didn't know that Ye Yunfei had already been locked onto by that Heavenly Emperor's hand. Escaping would be extremely difficult.
"There's only one way."
Ye Yunfei thought for a moment and said to Hun Lao.
"What way?"
Hun Lao was pleasantly surprised and quickly asked.
"I will abandon this physical body and employ a Soul Body secret art to pilot the Heavenly Dao Tower to escape. However, you need to cooperate with me. Activate the Heavenly Dao Tower, then hand over its control to me."
Ye Yunfei replied.
In truth, Ye Yunfei hadn't told Hun Lao that apart from needing to abandon his physical body, he also needed to burn the Remnant Soul of his heavenly emperor soul residing in his soul sea to withstand that Heavenly Emperor's hand. Only then would they have a chance to escape.
"Abandon this body? You cultivated this body to its current state with great difficulty. To abandon it now... can you bear to part with it?"
Hearing Ye Yunfei's words, Hun Lao was somewhat shocked.
"There's no choice. Even if I can't bear it, I must abandon it. Otherwise, we won't be able to escape successfully. No more talk. Let's start. Any later, and it will be too late."
Ye Yunfei sighed.
Ye Yunfei understood all too well the strength and methods of a Heavenly Emperor.
Even a Great Emperor projecting a hand from across vast stretches of time and space possessed terrifying might.
"I cultivated this body with such difficulty to this level. I never thought I'd have to abandon it now. What a pity. Tianluo, Jinwu, You Yue... in my previous life, you three ambushed me, nearly obliterating my body and spirit. In this life, before I have even cultivated to become an Emperor, you still attempted to strangle me in the cradle! This blood debt stained across heavens, sooner or later I will settle accounts with you!"
Ye Yunfei gritted his teeth and said fiercely.
"Five elders, please enter my spatial treasure immediately. I will take you away."
Having made his decision, Ye Yunfei wasted no time and immediately addressed the five Celestial Gold Race elders.
"Young Master Ye, you will take us away? That Heavenly Emperor's great hand has already suppressed this entire stretch of heaven and earth. If we want to leave, I'm afraid all of us will need to combine our strength. For you to try and take us away by yourself... I'm afraid it will be somewhat difficult."
The Great Elder was stunned for a moment before speaking.
"Five elders, please trust me. I have a way to take you away safely. There's no time to waste. Please enter my spatial treasure immediately."
Ye Yunfei urged.
"Young Master Ye, your methods leave us feeling ashamed of our inadequacy."
The five elders all sighed in admiration. Then, the five elders immediately entered the Phantom Tower.
"Hun Lao, let's begin."
Ye Yunfei had also prepared himself and spoke to Hun Lao.
Hun Lao immediately activated the Heavenly Dao Tower. Ye Yunfei's Soul Power perceived the large hand slowly pressing down from high in the sky and prepared to act.
"Look! That Heavenly Emperor's great hand has indeed descended over the Tianxiong Domain. It's pressing down towards a specific location.
Strange. The Tianxiong Domain doesn't seem to have any major forces of great power, nor have we heard of any particularly powerful experts there. Why would Great Emperor Jinwu's great hand be moving towards the Tianxiong Domain?
Could it be that some creature provoked Great Emperor Jinwu and is hiding within the Tianxiong Domain, and Great Emperor Jinwu discovered it and is now seeking them out?"
At this moment, Half-Emperors across the Feixian Continent were focusing on that Heavenly Emperor's great hand, making various conjectures.
As for other living beings, they simply didn't dare pay attention to Great Emperor Jinwu's hand. Because ordinary beings were utterly incapable of withstanding the energy aura emanating from the great hand of a Heavenly Emperor!
Rumble...
Finally, Great Emperor Jinwu's great hand arrived above Ye Yunfei, aimed directly at him, and grabbed down.
A torrential deluge of spacetime energy cascaded down, suppressing the entire Tianxiong Domain.
Every living being within the Tianxiong Domain was immobilized, feeling a profound sense of terror and the urge to submit emanating from the depths of their souls.
"Spare me, Great Emperor! Spare me, Great Emperor!..."
Many creatures prostrated themselves completely, crouching on the ground, trembling all over, constantly praying.
Ye Yunfei gritted his teeth, preparing to self-detonate his body. Then, he planned to utilize the energy released from the self-destruction of his physical form and the burning of that Remnant Soul to shatter the spatial seal of this stretch of heaven and earth. Afterward, together with Hun Lao, they would pilot the Heavenly Dao Tower to break through the void and escape.
This was a temporary self-preservation secret technique that could release terrifying energy in an instant, allowing the Soul Body to flee—it was like severing a limb to survive!
However, right at this moment...
"A dignified Heavenly Emperor, actually lowering your status to personally attack a mere ordinary being. It's a disgrace to the very words 'Heavenly Emperor'! Be gone!"
A dignified and stern shout suddenly resounded in the high sky above the Feixian Continent. Then, a withered, emaciated palm appeared and blasted towards Great Emperor Jinwu's great hand.
This withered palm was immensely forceful and unbelievably fast. It seemed to require no temporal process at all; in an instant, it struck Great Emperor Jinwu's hand, directly knocking it flying away.
"Who dares strike at me?!"
Caught off guard and suffering a loss, Great Emperor Jinwu's hand let out an angry roar.