# Chapter 1675: Yanmo Emperor
In the Yanmo Demon Domain, even the most peripheral gatekeepers possess terrifying strength.
The dark spear flying toward him carried the power of a Divine King, its sharp tearing sound as horrifying as the screech of an evil ghost.
Clearly, compared to the centers of other royal realms, the Yanmo Demon Domain was far more strict and forbidden.
Approaching the royal cities of Jiehun and Fenyue would first be met with oppressive force and warnings. But nearing this Yanmo Demon Domain... it directly struck to kill!
Yun Che's footsteps halted as the dark spear shadow rapidly enlarged in his pupils... then struck his forehead directly.
*BOOM!*
There was no piercing through the body, nor even the sound of darkness devouring and ravaging. The instant the dark spear struck Yun Che's brow, it shattered directly, scattering into drifting dark dust.
The air suddenly solidified, and the figures in the darkness abruptly choked. At that moment, Yun Che slowly extended his hand, his five fingers grasping the void.
A terrified scream rang out as a figure struggled and flew out from the darkness at great speed, then heavily collided with Yun Che's hand, being firmly absorbed into his palm.
He was a middle-aged man with a withered, thin frame. The black skull mark on his body proved his identity, which could be considered noble throughout the entire Northern Divine Region. But now, fallen into Yun Che's grasp, his face showed only terror. His dark profound energy seemed imprisoned within an invisible cage, unable to circulate even a trace.
Yun Che flipped his palm and struck the back of his hand against the man's chest... With a *crack*, the man's entire skeleton, along with his internal organs, shattered completely. He collapsed limply to the ground, making no further sound.
Yun Che continued his step forward, one foot landing on the man's right foot. Where his foot passed, the leg bones of this powerful Divine King shattered like rotten wood. As Yun Che's step moved past, the man's body had already broken into over a hundred fragments, yet not a trace of blood was seen.
The air grew heavy. The pressure weighing on Yun Che momentarily wavered in panic, then turned even more icy and cold.
This was the Yanmo Demon Domain. There had never been anything in the world capable of threatening this place.
"Hmph, it's been many years since anyone came here seeking death like this."
"Presumptuous enough to kill someone from the Yanmo Demon Domain—whoever you are, today you will become the most contemptible dry bones in the Eternal Dark Bone Sea!"
At the low voice, the air suddenly froze, and hundreds of bone-chilling killing intents focused on Yun Che. Yun Che looked ahead, his vision vaguely revealing a giant skull.
It was the skull of an ancient demon, several li in size. The wide-open demonic mouth was the main gate of this Yanmo Demon Domain.
His steps paused, and he said flatly, looking ahead: "Tell the Yan Emperor: Yun Che has come to visit."
As soon as the name "Yun Che" was spoken, the frozen air abruptly stiffened. All the auras locking onto Yun Che froze for an instant.
In the past few days, the name "Yun Che" had shaken the Northern Divine Region to its core.
Fenyue Divine Emperor had died, it was said at Yun Che's single sword strike, and the spatial tremor caused by that power at the time had been clearly sensed across the entire Yanmo Realm.
These could all be dismissed as mere rumors... but the vast Fenyue falling into the Demon Empress's grasp in a single day was a terrifying fact visible to the naked eye!
Yun Che bore the power of a Demon Emperor... Yun Che had used true divine power to kill the Fenyue Divine Emperor... the surviving Moon Devourers were scared out of their wits, not daring even the slightest resistance... Yun Che was about to be crowned emperor in Jiehun...
One rumor after another struck like thunderclaps across every corner of the Northern Divine Region. And as a fellow royal realm, Yanmo had undoubtedly received the news earliest and seen the most...
The Fenyue Divine Emperor was indeed dead. The Jiehun Realm had taken the Fenyue Realm without shedding a drop of blood... And in these days, the Yan Emperor had remained silent, but it was easy to imagine that his heart could not possibly be calm.
And now, Yun Che, the one who had personally slain the Fenyue Divine Emperor and was stirring up monstrous waves across the Northern Divine Region, putting Yanmo in a delicate atmosphere, had actually appeared at the very center of the Yanmo Realm.
And he seemed to be alone!
After a silence long enough to be suffocating, a voice finally sounded in panic: "Quick... send word to the Grand Commander!"
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Yan Tianxiao, the Yan Emperor among the Three Emperors of the Northern Region, was also recognized by the world as the First Divine Emperor of the Northern Region.
The surname "Yan" was not originally his family name. But ever since their ancestor obtained the Yama inheritance and occupied the Eternal Dark Bone Sea, he changed the surname to Yan and became the First Ancestor of Yan.
Because they occupied the Eternal Dark Bone Sea, the Yanmo Demon Domain was bathed year-round in the dark yin energy from ancient demon bones, giving them an advantage in cultivating dark profound force that surpassed all other star regions. This was also the greatest reason why the Yanmo Realm had always been the number one royal realm of the Northern Region.
As the Yan Emperor of this generation, Yan Tianxiao's strength was unfathomable. And what he was most proud of in his life, besides his power and his throne, were his son and daughter.
The Yanmo Crown Prince Yan Jie, and his eighty-seventh daughter, Yan Wu.
In the cold and silent Yanmo Great Hall, a tall figure slowly entered. He was dressed in black, his skin a deathly gray, and he knelt on one knee: "Your son pays respects to Father King."
Yan Tianxiao had stood still for several hours, not moving at all. The voice behind him made him open his eyes, but he did not turn around. He said flatly: "How goes it?"
Those two words, brief to the extreme, carried a terrifying imperial might that could shatter souls. And this naturally released imperial might was much heavier than usual.
Clearly, Yan Tianxiao was not as calm as he appeared on the surface regarding the rumors of the past few days and the upheaval in Fenyue.
The black-clad man replied respectfully: "Reporting to Father King, it has been confirmed that the spatial tremor four days ago affected nearly thirty percent of the star regions. The Fenyue Realm also cracked with countless fissures within just a few breaths."
This man was none other than the Yanmo Crown Prince Yan Jie, his other identity being one of the Ten Yanmo, with the demon title "Calamity Demon," ranking fourth among the Ten Yanmo in overall strength.
Ten thousand years ago, not long after he inherited the Yama's power, he was named Crown Prince of Yanmo, becoming the unquestioned successor to the Yan Emperor... But afterward, his position as crown prince faced increasingly heavy threats.
This had made him particularly active in the Northern Divine Region in recent years, striving to prove himself in all domains.
"After Fen Daojun and Fen Daocang died, none of the remaining eleven Moon Devourers resisted. And the first to submit was actually... Fen Daoqi."
"Him?" Yan Tianxiao's brow furrowed deeply.
Fen Daoqi was the Imperial Preceptor of Fenyue, the man Fen Daojun respected most... and also the one Yan Tianxiao was extremely wary of.
Fen Daoqi was known to the world as Fenyue's brain. He was extremely skilled in weighing options, always pursuing maximum benefit in everything.
And the most critical point: he was extremely loyal to Fenyue.
For such a man to be the first to choose submission before the Demon Empress?
Had what happened really shattered everyone's souls to that degree!?
"In just a few days, all the core areas of Fenyue have fallen under the control of the Jiehun Realm. One important reason for such speed and smoothness was Fen Daoqi. He not only submitted first, but has been working tirelessly to facilitate the assimilation of Fenyue and Jiehun, as if... overnight, his loyalty to Fenyue had completely transformed into loyalty to Jiehun."
"However, the most likely possibility is that he was 'Jiehun-ed' by the Demon Empress."
"No," Yan Tianxiao countered. "Fen Daoqi is the type of person least likely to be Jiehun-ed in this world. Because he is a man so rational that I have never found any flaw in him."
"For him to act like this, either he truly felt there wasn't even the slightest value in fighting back, or... the Jiehun side has something he desperately desires."
His brow sinking, he muttered to himself: "It seems I must personally visit Fenyue."
At that moment, another set of footsteps approached.
Compared to Yan Jie's respectful and solemn steps, these footsteps were much more casual.
And in the entire Yanmo Realm, only one person would—and dared—to act like this before the Yan Emperor:
The Yan Emperor's eighty-seventh daughter, Yan Wu.
She held another identity, far more exalted than that of a mere imperial princess—one of the Ten Yanmo, with the demon title "Yaksha."
And her strength ranked first among the Ten Yanmo!
She was also, beneath the Yan Emperor, the other—and only—tenth-rank Divine Lord in the Yanmo Realm.
Yan Wu was tall, with hair like a waterfall and a set of light armor as dark as night night, slightly tight, outlining her extraordinarily long legs. Because she carried the Yama art, her skin was also covered with a deathly gray-white pallor, but with her delicately chiseled, coldly gorgeous features, it instead added a few more degrees of eerie beauty.
"Father King, Brother King." She stood beside Yan Jie, giving a simple salute. Though a woman, she was a full half-head taller than Yan Jie.
Yan Tianxiao, who had been keeping his back to Yan Jie, turned around at this moment. The imperial might receded, and a smile appeared on his face: "Wu'er, you've come."
"It seems Little Wu must have brought good news," Yan Jie said with a smile.
The Yan Emperor had many children. As a common-born ordinary princess, Yan Wu had not been particularly noticeable, her status worlds apart from Yan Jie, who was already the crown prince.
But in her childhood, she had displayed incredibly high dark talent, and at the age of eleven, she had triggered a resonance with the Yama's power.
After inheriting the Yama's power, her cultivation continued to advance by leaps and bounds. In just three thousand years, she surpassed Crown Prince Yan Jie, who had carried the Yama's power for nearly ten thousand years. Then she took a step that shook Yanmo and the entire Northern Divine Region... becoming a tenth-rank Divine Lord.
If not for the terrifying existence of Chi Wuyue pressing down on her, she could have been called the "Divine Maiden" of the Northern Divine Region.
And her existence undoubtedly threatened Yan Jie's position as crown prince.
Although there had never been a female Yan Emperor in the history of Yanmo... before, there had never been someone like Yan Wu either.
"What did the Ancestor say?" Yan Tianxiao asked.
Yan Wu shook her head and replied: "The Ancestor is not concerned about this matter."
"Not concerned?" Yan Jie frowned heavily.
"I said everything I needed to say." Yan Wu furrowed her brows. "But the three ancestors reacted coldly and... seemed not to believe it."
"Especially, they absolutely refuse to believe that a power capable of instantly killing a Divine Emperor could appear in this world. Otherwise, having spent hundreds of thousands of years in the Eternal Dark Bone Sea, they could not have failed to touch that domain."
At this point, Yan Wu slightly raised her brows: "Father King, to be honest, I also don't believe it. Unless I see it with my own eyes."
Yan Tianxiao was silent for a moment, then said: "Believe it or not, Fen Daojun's death and Fenyue's fall are facts, and they happened in a single day! This matter, we must..."
Yan Tianxiao's words stopped abruptly, his brows sinking heavily.
"What is it?" Yan Wu quickly asked.
"A message from the main gate area... Yun Che has come." Yan Tianxiao spoke slowly, his eyes flickering rapidly.
For the first time in his life, he felt caught off guard.
He was still reeling from the death of the Fenyue Divine Emperor and the fall of the Fenyue Realm, still unable to fully understand what had happened, and hadn't even started to probe Yun Che's background... and now the man had come to his doorstep!
"What!?" Yan Jie and Yan Wu's faces changed simultaneously.
"Is the Demon Empress accompanying him?" Yan Wu asked.
"He is alone." Yan Tianxiao's brow sank again. "According to reports, before the upheaval in Fenyue, Yun Che also arrived alone."
"But that's fine." Yan Tianxiao's voice was low. "Since he's already here, let this king see with his own eyes what kind of figure this is!"
"No!" Yan Wu slowly raised her eyes, dark light overflowing from them. "Let me test him first... And Father King, why not first prepare a most exquisite tomb for him? We can't let him come all this way for nothing."
"Ha ha ha ha!" The Yan Emperor was momentarily stunned, then suddenly burst into loud laughter. "As expected of my daughter Yan Tianxiao's blood! You truly have the style of this king in his younger days."
"..." Yan Jie also laughed along, but the hand behind his back was silently tightening.