Chapter 1111: Arrived Quickly, Left Even Faster!
Many Quasi-Immortals had been drawn out by the commotion caused by He Tianshan. They believed the Heavenly Evolution Holy Land was truly finished this time. However, when they saw the man who had changed into different clothes—still incredibly handsome and radiating unmatched dominance—they widened their eyes in shock.
Who else could it be but the Heavenly Emperor's heir?
The real question was why he was still in this world. Last time, countless people had watched him enter the Heavenly Gate. Was this another trap? If so, it was far too cunning.
A wave of uproar swept through the crowd.
He Tianshan, who had been charging forward with the intent to destroy half of the Heavenly Evolution Holy Land, suddenly stopped when he saw Ye Chen. He halted in mid-air like a meteor frozen in place. Countless smaller meteors collapsed, the void shattered inch by inch, black holes emerged, and violent shockwaves rolled across the sky, affecting more than half of the Great Yan Continent.
Everyone grew even more horrified. Just how powerful was this descending cultivator? The mere act of stopping his descent had created such terrifying force. Could the Heavenly Emperor's heir, who had stayed behind to fish, possibly be a match for him?
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He Tianshan had already viewed the recording stone of Ye Chen killing He Duguang. Recognizing him now, a flash of delight appeared in his eyes. "So you are the Heavenly Emperor's heir, Ye Chen? You actually managed to remain in this lower realm for so long after ascending. It seems you possess a treasure no less valuable than the Jianmu Tree Heart or the World Tree itself. The heavens have truly treated me well!"
He Tianshan smiled broadly. Learning about the Jianmu Tree Heart and the World Tree had already filled him with ecstasy. Once he returned to the Immortal Realm and asked his elders for help, he would become one of the top prodigies. Now, not only had he encountered the Heavenly Emperor's heir who had not left, but the man also seemed to carry even greater treasures. His excitement grew stronger.
"You were lucky to obtain so many treasures in a mere lower realm. But you are also very unlucky, because you ran into me. I won't waste words. You are a top genius after all. If we were at the same realm, I might not even be your opponent. Naturally, you won't surrender without a fight. But once I suppress you, everything I want will be mine."
He Tianshan stood high in the sky, looking down at Ye Chen with calm joy.
Ye Chen smiled. He wondered who was truly unlucky here. However, he had never liked exchanging verbal barbs. Sensing the other party's aura and appearance, which clearly belonged to the He lineage, he asked, "You are from the He Family? Did you descend this time to avenge He Duguang and the Exiled Immortal? Your He Family really holds grudges. Even those who died in the lower realm must be avenged."
Given the He Family's vengeful nature, Ye Chen felt he should strike first in the future and attack their clan directly.
He Tianshan laughed. "Revenge is only secondary. I came mainly for opportunities. This descent has brought me far more pleasant surprises than expected."
Ye Chen no longer felt like talking. He was worried that if he delayed too long, he would have to reapply the sap later. He prepared to make a move.
Unexpectedly, He Tianshan attacked first.
Although he appeared calm and indifferent on the surface, He Tianshan was inwardly shocked by Ye Chen's past battle records. Those achievements were probably not inferior to what the legendary Peerless Ancestor had accomplished in his youth. Most importantly, how long had it been since Ye Chen ascended? He had already reached the peak of the True Immortal realm. Had it even been a full year? His cultivation speed was simply ridiculous.
All of this raised He Tianshan's wariness to the extreme.
He narrowed his eyes at Ye Chen. Endless star charts revolved within his pupils. The next moment, the entire world began to shake violently. Countless great rivers cracked, and sacred mountains collapsed. All the cultivators in the cultivation world looked up in terror.
In their sight, a massive portion of the boundless starry sky seemed to have been forcibly torn out. Such a grand and terrifying scene was almost unprecedented. The torn-out section contained countless real stars that glowed with spiritual light, as if refined, and came crashing down like a galaxy falling from the ninth heaven.
Everyone felt a chill in their hearts. This was no ordinary battle. It was clearly an attempt to destroy the world. So many stars were enough to smash across the entire cultivation world, sinking all the continents and turning seas into fields. The method was truly horrifying.
He Tianshan smiled coldly. Born cautious, he had sensed something unusual about this world and used supreme great power along with the laws to refine an entire stretch of starry sky. Now it had proven useful.
Endless stars continued to fall.
If Ye Chen died, that would be perfect. If he ended up half-dead and crippled, that would also be acceptable. Although He Tianshan wanted the treasures, he understood one thing clearly: everything depended on killing his enemy and winning. If he lost, nothing else mattered.
He watched with satisfaction as his grand move of bringing down a galaxy unfolded.
Yet, facing this world-destroying scene, Ye Chen's expression remained calm. Although the attack carried locking power, dodging it would have been effortless for him. However, while he could avoid it, the Heavenly Evolution Holy Land and the entire Great Yan Continent could not. They would be razed to the ground and submerged by endless seas.
But against a mere Celestial Immortal, he had no need to dodge.
Ye Chen gazed indifferently at the galaxy that had already turned a vast stretch of the void into ruins. He calmly raised his hand.
He Tianshan watched with interest. He already knew Ye Chen possessed the Heavenly Emperor Fist and wanted to see how powerful it had become and how many stars it could destroy.
In his sight, Ye Chen threw a silent punch.
The next moment, He Tianshan's face was illuminated by golden light, turning completely golden. His eyes widened to their limits, nearly popping out of their sockets.
When Ye Chen threw that punch, it was no longer a matter of how many stars disappeared. Everything vanished. Not only did the entire galaxy formed from the star domain he had refined disappear, but the starry sky behind it was also pierced through, leaving a desolate path. A massive chunk of the starry sky seemed to have been forcibly erased.
He Tianshan, who had still felt some confidence earlier, swallowed hard. Was this really a True Immortal?
Without saying a word, he turned and fled. An immortal gate opened in the sky above. He Tianshan transformed into a celestial crane and shot toward the gate at an unimaginable speed. Every feather on his body trembled.
He had never felt such fear before. Now he understood why all the previous He Family members who had descended had died. Against such a monster who was even more ridiculous than the Heavenly Emperor, how could they possibly survive?
At this moment, the World Tree, the Jianmu Tree Heart, and any other precious treasures no longer mattered. All He Tianshan wanted was to return home.
After transforming into his original form, his speed increased dramatically. In an instant, he reached the immortal gate. Just before entering, he turned back to look at Ye Chen. Relief at having survived flooded his mind, followed by surging killing intent.
Once he returned, he would report this to the ancestors. Even if it meant an Immortal King taking action and using a sledgehammer on a nut, they had to eliminate this person. He could not be allowed to live. Otherwise, he would become the next Heavenly Emperor—or even surpass him.
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Watching He Tianshan try to escape, Ye Chen smiled. In his hand was a meteorite he had deliberately saved from the galaxy-destroying punch earlier. He raised his arm, chaos qi surging in his eyes, and hurled the meteorite toward He Tianshan and the immortal gate.
Chapter 1112: Moist and Ready!
Watching Ye Chen hurl a seemingly ordinary meteorite at him, He Tianshan felt a world of difference compared to the grand spectacle he had created earlier. Yet he did not dare underestimate it. He had no intention of meeting it head-on.
He shot Ye Chen one last cold glance and turned to flee. This person carried too many secrets, but as long as his family's ancestors learned of them, Ye Chen's death was certain. No amount of secrets or talent would save him then.
However, the next moment, He Tianshan's eyes widened in shock. The immortal gate that had just opened in front of him suddenly slammed shut.
How was that possible?
He frantically channeled his Celestial Immortal laws to reopen the gate, but it was useless. This world, which had been rejecting him and practically eager to send him away, now showed no reaction at all.
The meteorite smashed into him.
This was the last sight He Tianshan ever saw.
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Looking at He Tianshan's exploding body, Ye Chen smiled. His mastery of the power of reincarnation had reached perfection. Even an ordinary meteorite infused with reincarnation force could easily kill a Celestial Immortal.
With a casual wave of his hand, he collected He Tianshan's origin essence. However, after sensing its quantity, he frowned. It was barely enough for one use. Truly disappointing.
Ye Chen glanced at the powerful cultivators of this world who were secretly watching from afar and gave them a faint smile. They immediately shivered.
The Heavenly Emperor's heir was simply too monstrous. Not only had he not gone to the Immortal Realm, but he had grown even stronger while staying hidden in this world.
At this moment, besides shock, they could only mourn in silence for those who had once tried to settle scores with the Heavenly Evolution Holy Land. Provoking the Heavenly Emperor's heir was truly courting death.
Ye Chen paid them no further attention. In the next instant, he vanished from the spot.
When he returned to the cave residence and checked the situation, a satisfied smile appeared on his face. Good, it was still moist.
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He stayed with Senior An for several days, then brought An Miaoli, An Yuyi, Elder Lin, the little phoenix, and the five generations of the Heavenly Desire Sect into his small world. He sent them to the Jade Pool Immortal Sect in batches.
After that, Ye Chen made a trip to the Heavenly Intention Holy Land and picked up his fiancée. Yi Qingwu did not refuse to follow him to the Immortal Realm. In the past, she had been unwilling because she felt there were no worthy rivals among the women around Ye Chen. But after seeing An Yuyi in person and sensing her grace and presence, Yi Qingwu had developed a competitive spirit—not for favor, but for the future of their child.
Yi Qingwu actually had little obsession with battle or tempering herself. Her past efforts had all been aimed at gaining enough strength to kill Ying Tiansheng. Now, Ying Tiansheng had simply become part of their private amusement and no longer mattered.
She had no objections to staying by Ye Chen's side as a pampered canary. She also understood that if she wanted the Chaos Immortal Body and to give birth to Ye Chen's strongest offspring, she would need his constant nourishment.
Although Ye Chen rarely provoked enemies on his own, his habit of loving every beautiful woman he met would surely make many people resent him. After all, beautiful women often brought disaster. And those who hated Ye Chen would become origin essence for her.
Yi Qingwu had originally planned to follow Ye Chen to the Immortal Realm directly. However, after learning that he had spent seven days with An Miaoli during this descent, she used both her demonic body and main body to entangle him for a full half month. Only then did she rise with satisfaction and enter his small world.
At this point, nearly all of Ye Chen's female Dao companions had followed him.
Only his master and a few others remained in this world. But Ye Chen was not worried. As his control over the Primordial Chaos Myriad Worlds Tree grew stronger, combined with the effects of the Jianmu Tree sapling, he could instantly sense any disturbance in this realm and return at any time. Coming back to the cultivation world was now as simple as returning home. Under these circumstances, there was truly nothing to worry about.
"Senior Sister! Senior Sister, this is bad! Ancestor has returned!"
Nangong Wan was cultivating inside her cave residence when she was suddenly interrupted. She opened the door to find her junior sister—the same one who had accompanied her to Transcendence Peak last time—standing outside in a panic.
Nangong Wan felt somewhat helpless. "Fourth Ancestor's return is a good thing. What's so bad about it? Don't make such a fuss."
After refining the top-grade True Origin Return One Pill, the laws she had comprehended on the very first day surpassed what she had gained in several previous years. The mysterious devouring force inside her body had only consumed a tenth of them. This had filled her with wild joy.
The following days continued in the same manner with excellent results. Her cultivation advanced steadily, and in the blink of an eye, she had reached the late stage of the True Immortal realm. At this rate, reaching the peak was only a matter of time.
She had planned to visit Fourth Ancestor immediately to express her gratitude. She was finally saved. With the help of these pills, she might even break through to the Celestial Immortal realm directly. She would no longer have to endure torment or receive pitying looks from others.
Her junior sister, who had also received a pill, wanted to come along to thank him as well. However, when they arrived at Transcendence Peak, they found it empty. There was no response from the cave residence at all.
This left them bewildered. They had not heard that Ye Chen had left the Jade Pool Immortal Sect. They visited again later, but still found no one. While Nangong Wan remained relatively calm, her junior sister grew especially disappointed. She had genuinely wanted to meet Ancestor Ye and thank him in person.
Nangong Wan focused on her cultivation instead, hoping to use the pill's remaining power to break through. Unfortunately, the effects of the top-grade True Origin Return One Pill gradually weakened, leaving her stuck at the late stage of the True Immortal realm. Yet the devouring force inside her body continued every day.
This filled her with panic. If things continued like this, she would fall back to the early stage of the True Immortal realm just as before. A wave of despair washed over her, which was why she had not paid much attention to her junior sister's anxious expression.
Her junior sister spoke urgently, "Ancestor really did return today. He even brought back a group of female disciples from outside and added them to Transcendence Peak!"
Nangong Wan snapped back to attention, though she was not particularly surprised. "Transcendence Peak was empty. It's perfectly normal for Fourth Ancestor to recruit people with his authority."
Her junior sister looked helpless. "You have no idea how outstanding the female cultivators Ancestor brought back are. When the elders were handling the paperwork, I went to take a look. Goodness gracious…"
"Every single one of them has peerless beauty and extraordinary talent. One woman in particular had an arrogant bearing and breathtaking, flawless beauty. She looked like a moon goddess, radiating a drifting aura of chaos."
"There was another woman whose appearance was stunning and whose presence was grand and majestic. She seemed to glow with a dreamy, hazy light."
"And there was one whose waist was simply perfect. I've never seen any woman with a more beautiful waist than hers."
"There were also red-haired ones and ones with ice-cold temperaments…"
"And there were five others who were so seductive that just standing there doing nothing made even me, a woman, feel restless."
"They covered every possible style you could imagine!"