Chapter 1673: The Great Momentum of Yan Kang
In the sky, the stars were in chaos. This was the phenomenon caused by the Western Emperor summoning his ancestral land, dragging it from the Western Extreme Heaven!
If the Western Emperor descended together with his ancestral land, his combat power would likely be comparable to a Heavenly Sovereign!
Suddenly, a sacred artifact flew out from the Spirit Energy Transfer Bridge. It was a dazzling golden horn of astonishing length. Before the Western Emperor had even descended, the sacred artifact of the Western Extreme Heaven had already appeared.
The horn sounded on its own. Suddenly, a long, deep blast echoed. Yue Tingge and the soldiers of the Western Lands immediately felt their blood and energy surge, their vitality suddenly increasing more than tenfold. The power of both their divine abilities and divine weapons soared linearly!
The sound of the horn stirred the fighting spirit in their hearts, driving them to engage the enemy in a decisive battle, filling them with an unshakable belief in invincibility and inevitable victory!
White Emperor’s heart trembled. The sound of the horn from the sacred artifact of the Western Extreme Heaven caused the blood and energy of the Heavenly Court army he led to wither rapidly, and a thought arose in his heart that the enemy was unbeatable!
The Western Emperor, White Tiger, was the ancient war god of the primordial era, governing war itself!
The Western Emperor had not yet emerged, but the horn had arrived first, seizing the initiative. Coupled with the surging army of the Western Extreme Heaven, his chances of victory in this battle were slim!
“I must seize that divine weapon!”
White Emperor activated the *Scripture of the Bloodstained Rusted Banner*. Instantly, the rusted banner enveloped his army. He shouted loudly, “Raise the Heavenly Gate!”
Boom!
The Western Heavenly Gate of the Ancestral Court slowly rose, radiating golden light in all directions. White Emperor urged the Rusted Banner Scripture, and between the two great mountains of the Western Heavenly Gate, streaks of golden light shot out in every direction, sweeping toward the soldiers of the Western Lands like countless golden swords!
Yue Tingge immediately adjusted the formation, placing divine mountains and giants at the front to block the Dao might of the Western Heavenly Gate.
At that moment, a bloodstained iron banner flew out from the Golden Gate, carrying the surging golden aura of the Ancestral Court’s Western Heavenly Gate, and rolled toward the Western Emperor’s horn. White Emperor stood on the bloodstained iron banner, his robes fluttering, intending to seize this treasure.
Yue Tingge immediately rose into the air, landing on the golden horn a step ahead of him. The slovenly Daoist’s aura was overwhelming, his divine abilities erupting as he met White Emperor!
The two clashed once. White Emperor’s momentum waned, and he landed on the long tip of the horn. He unfurled his banner, and a heavenly palace leaped out from its surface. He said coldly, “Heavenly Master Yue! I never expected that you, a Daoist, would betray the Heavenly Court!”
Yue Tingge laughed heartily, his Daoist robe tattered and torn. He said leisurely, “Our Daoist sect has never submitted to the Heavenly Court. How can you speak of betrayal? We Daoists only seek to study numerology and insight into the mysteries of the universe. We have no concept of right or wrong, good or evil in our hearts.”
White Emperor’s expression darkened. He knew Yue Tingge’s capabilities. The strategy that had once broken the Opening Emperor’s Heavenly Court was devised by Yue Tingge himself.
At that time, the Opening Emperor’s Heavenly Court had the support of the ancient gods Heavenly Duke, Earth Judge, and the Four Emperors. The Opening Emperor Qin Ye was at his peak, and the Opening Emperor era was flourishing, with reforms in full swing.
Yue Tingge, then the number one Heavenly Master of the Heavenly Court, personally orchestrated the dismantling of the Opening Emperor’s Heavenly Court, directly destroying the reformist Opening Emperor era. He forced the Opening Emperor Qin Ye to flee to the Land of No Worries. The Four Heavenly Kings were either defeated or fled, and the Four Heavenly Masters lost all their fighting spirit!
Not only that, but Yue Tingge was also a prodigy in cultivation. Among the Four Heavenly Masters of the Heavenly Court, his cultivation was the highest, surpassing even Shang Pingyin, Bai Yuqiong, and Zhu Shaoping!
In terms of combat power, the Four Emperors ranked above the Four Heavenly Masters, but facing an existence like Yue Tingge, White Emperor had no certainty of victory.
“But fortunately, I have the Western Heavenly Gate!”
Whoosh—
The Western Heavenly Gate of the Ancestral Court flew over, standing behind White Emperor. Its Dao resonance grew even more profound, and boundless golden aura shot out in all directions.
White Emperor’s aura surged. He strode forward, running along the curved golden horn. His hands transformed in a thousand ways, unleashing various divine abilities as he charged at Yue Tingge!
Yue Tingge shed his usual slovenly and unrestrained demeanor, his expression turning serious. His eyes locked onto White Emperor’s charging figure. His ten fingers danced, and countless runes around him evolved wildly, calculating frantically, deducing all of White Emperor’s divine ability changes, searching for weaknesses!
Boom!
The two collided in an instant. With the support of the Ancestral Court’s Western Heavenly Gate, White Emperor’s magical power was immense, his divine abilities boundless. He sent Yue Tingge flying heavily, the latter spitting blood in midair!
White Emperor achieved a decisive victory. Standing at the tail end of the horn, he was about to press his advantage and kill him.
Although he had been hit by a few of Yue Tingge’s divine abilities, they were not serious. Suddenly, the horn sounded at that very moment. White Emperor’s expression changed drastically. As the horn blared, he felt his own energy and blood go into chaos, his blood reversing and converging toward his heart, while his heavenly palace pressed down on his divine treasury!
Those seemingly insignificant divine abilities of Yue Tingge, combined with the sound of the horn, became a lethal killing move!
Snap!
His heart burst open, and his heavenly palace was about to crush his divine treasury!
White Emperor spat blood, retreating rapidly. He vanished into the Western Heavenly Gate and flew away, shouting harshly, “Retreat to the Upper Heavens! Yue Tingge, we will fight another day!”
Yue Tingge breathed a sigh of relief, steadied himself, and then spat out a few more mouthfuls of blood.
The number one Heavenly Master, after all, was not known for his combat prowess. His injuries were also extremely severe.
Northern Frontier, Shuofang City.
The gods and demons of the Black Tortoise Divine Clan had already filed out from the Spirit Energy Transfer Bridge. The Black Tortoise Divine Clan was divided into the Xuan Clan and the Wu Clan, mainly based on bloodline. Those with the Black Emperor’s bloodline as the main lineage were the Xuan Clan, while those with the Martial Emperor’s bloodline were the Wu Clan.
Interestingly, the Xuan Clan were all male, born with the body of a black tortoise, a dragon’s head, and a human form with a tortoise shell. The Wu Clan were all female, with winged serpents and a thousand wings.
The men and women of the Black Tortoise Divine Clan carried various items: some bore the Northern Emperor’s divine weapons, some carried bamboo tubes containing formation diagrams, and others carried sword cases, all in great numbers.
Wei Suifeng wept with joy. In this short time, he and the soldiers of Shuofang had been pushed to the brink of despair!
The Yan Kang army in Shuofang was besieged by the forty route marquises. Although Wei Suifeng and the Imperial Guard could resist—given the Imperial Guard’s high combat power—the Yan Kang soldiers in Shuofang had suffered heavy casualties.
Without the support of the Northern Extreme Heaven’s army, they would likely have faced total annihilation!
The Northern Heavenly Emperor, Nian Guanhe, looked up at the sky. The heavens were violently shaking, and the spiritual energy in the Transfer Bridge was growing more intense. This was a sign that the Black Tortoise Dual Emperors were about to descend!
Not only that, but he also saw chaotic star patterns in the sky, as if a massive object was shuttling through the void, speeding forward and pushing the stars aside. This celestial phenomenon was caused by the ancestral land of the Black Tortoise Dual Emperors racing through the void!
Wei Suifeng let out a series of long howls, leading his troops in battle, breaking through the enemy lines, and joining forces with the Black Tortoise army from the Northern Extreme Heaven!
As long as the Black Tortoise Dual Emperors descended, Shuofang would be safe!
Suddenly, Wei Suifeng’s heart leaped. He saw Nian Guanhe leading the leaders of the forty route marquises, charging straight toward him. They cut directly into the Imperial Guard and surrounded him!
“Cloud Luo Emperor, today you will become a fallen emperor!”
Nian Guanhe sneered, “I am the head of the Five Emperors’ Inner Throne. With the Northern Heaven’s Imperial Throne and Ascendant to the Clouds experts, I will send you on your way!”
The forty-one great experts formed a formation. As the formation activated, Wei Suifeng’s robes split open, his skin cracked inch by inch, and wounds appeared all over his body.
“Heh heh!”
Wei Suifeng suddenly burst into loud laughter, his black hair flying wildly. His legs and feet became incredibly thick. He twisted his waist, shook his shoulders, and his physical body expanded wildly. He laughed, “Nian Guanhe, I know you’ve always looked down on me! But do you know why White Emperor didn’t dare to capture me himself? Why did he have to ask Heavenly Master Bai Yuqiong to devise a plan to capture me? Have you never thought about the reason?”
Whoosh—
Wei Suifeng’s cultivation exploded. Countless star sands flew about. Stars appeared in the sky, and streaks of starlight descended from the heavens, causing the star sands to expand rapidly, forming a roaring, swirling river of stars.
“Because White Emperor knows how powerful I truly am!”
Boundless starlight surged violently into Wei Suifeng’s body. He was like an emperor commanding the starry sky, forcing Nian Guanhe and the other Ascendant to the Clouds and Imperial Throne experts to look up to him.
“Because he saw me in the early years of the Dragon Han Era! He knows that I led the Imperial Guard, trampled the Return to Ruins, annihilated the Dragon Bo Nation, and forced back Yuan Mu!”
Boom—
Wei Suifeng’s aura fully exploded. His black hair was dyed white by the starlight, making him look like a giant forged from starlight.
The soldiers of the Imperial Guard seemed to have expected all this. They did not come to help but instead charged at the demon army led by the Great Black Heaven!
They had once followed Wei Suifeng on an expedition to the Return to Ruins Abyss, sweeping through the Dragon Bo Nation. And during the battle where Lady Yuan Mu assassinated the Empress, Wei Suifeng had forced Yuan Mu back!
That battle was deeply etched into their hearts!
In their minds, their general was a symbol of invincibility!
At the same time, in the Southern Sea, the army under Red Emperor Qi Xiayu suddenly mobilized, attacking the armies of the Five Marquises, Heavenly Goblet, Strange Monster, Water Mansion, and Four Rivers from behind. Red Emperor Qi Xiayu’s Phoenix Ship was extremely fast, and the Phoenix Clan under her command was powerful. They charged through the myriad troops, slashing five marquises in succession, killing the main general of Heavenly Goblet, Yan Daofu, and executing the lord of the Strange Monster Palace, Geng Nuxuan!
The thirty-nine route marquises could not stop them!
Red Emperor Qi Xiayu had rebelled, and not a single soldier under her command questioned her orders. This was because the army under Qi Xiayu was all from the same clan—the Phoenix Clan—and a special breed at that: the Nine-Headed Phoenix!
She was the clan leader. The Nine-Headed Phoenix Clan’s combat power was extremely high. Qi Xiayu was born with powerful bloodline, cultivating nine different Imperial Throne techniques simultaneously, with unparalleled talent!
Among the Four Emperors, Red Emperor had the highest strength and the strongest combat power!
With the Phoenix Ship at the forefront, countless Nine-Headed Phoenixes charged, throwing the Heavenly Court army into chaos. The Red Emperor and the Bright Emperor saw an opportunity and decisively ordered a full charge. The two Heavenly Emperors of the Red Bright Era charged at the front, heading straight for the enemy’s main general.
At the same time, Yan’er and the Southern Emperor, Vermilion Bird, led the Yan Kang army in a charge. The Heavenly Court formation was in complete disarray. The outcome of the battle was already decided!
The victory at the Cliff of the Land of No Worries had a tremendous impact on the war situation in the Yuan Realm, as well as far-reaching consequences!
This battle, combined with Yan Kang’s deliberate propaganda, made the myriad realms realize that the Heavenly Court was not invincible!
The myriad realms had long suffered under the Heavenly Court, and in recent years, they had suffered even more. All realms were restless, but who dared to rebel?
Those who dared to rebel had all been exterminated by Void Heavenly Sovereign!
Everyone knew that the Heavenly Court’s campaign against the Yuan Realm was the best opportunity to rebel against the Heavenly Court, yet no one dared to act!
Now, with the victory at the Cliff of the Land of No Worries, the defeat of the Heavenly River Navy, and the elimination of the Five Chariot Army, the spark had finally been ignited!
Envoys from the myriad realms continuously arrived in Yan Kang through the Spirit Energy Transfer Bridge, seeking an audience with Yan Feng Emperor. Although Yan Feng Emperor was exhausted, he could not hide the excitement in his heart.
Yan Kang had finally gained the momentum to contend with the Heavenly Court!
—It was too difficult to write. Zhai Zhu deleted and rewrote over two thousand words, cutting out some unnecessary plot points. Finally, it’s done. Exhausted, tears!