# Chapter 910: Deep Sea Battle (Part 1)
"Is Yun Che... is he dead?" a Phoenix elder asked in terror.
They had seen Yun Che's flame completely devoured by darkness earlier, and then had personally witnessed Yun Che being blasted by Xuan Yuan Wentian's No Return Sword into their line of sight before falling into the sea, spattering blood. Even if he wasn't dead, he was certainly grievously wounded.
But looking at the pursuing Xuan Yuan Wentian, aside from a bloodstain on his chest, there was no visible injury, and his aura was even more terrifying than before.
"Even if he isn't dead now, he will be soon. You should worry about yourselves first."
A sinister voice suddenly came, causing everyone to shudder.
After Yun Che and Xuan Yuan Wentian both plunged into the deep sea, the world finally calmed down, and even the sky-covering darkness began to dissipate rapidly. Ye Meixie and Xuan Yuanbo walked over slowly, followed by a crowd from the Sun Moon Divine Palace and Tian Wei Sword Domain. Their eyes and expressions clearly carried malevolence, mockery, and murderous intent.
"Ye Meixie, what are you doing?!" Zi Ji immediately sensed trouble, but with demon poison infusing his body, even speaking caused him unbearable pain, and he could barely stand.
"What are we doing? Can't the wise Mr. Zi really guess?" Ye Meixie stepped forward. A cold light flashed, and a jade-green longsword appeared in his hand, which he slowly pointed at Zi Ji.
"Ye Meixie, you... you dare..." the Sacred Domain's Nine-Sighs True Person rebuked, forcing himself to stand, but as soon as his profound energy surged, he knelt down in agony again.
"Heh, look at yourselves now. How pitiful and pathetic." Ye Meixie's face was somewhat twisted. Ever since he lost an arm to the Little Demon Empress and was defeated by Xuan Yuan Wentian, his personality seemed to have warped. Watching the miserable state of the Huangji Sacred Domain and Supreme Sea Palace under the demon poison, he felt intense pleasure churning in his heart—because compared to his own lost arm, these people were even more wretched!
"Pitiful is an understatement! Even if I were alone, I could easily slaughter the Sacred Emperor and the twelve True Persons of the Sacred Domain, hahahaha!" Xuan Yuanbo laughed loudly. "Although I don't know why that brat Yun Che suddenly became so strong, no matter how powerful his profound energy, how could it compare to the Heavenly Venerable who has already entered the divine path! You've all seen with your own eyes that his power is utterly fragile before the Heavenly Venerable. You fools were actually hoping Yun Che could defeat the Heavenly Venerable—what a joke!"
The atmosphere in the already devastated Sea Palace suddenly froze. The forces from the seven kingdoms immediately understood the intentions of the Sun Moon Divine Palace and Tian Wei Sword Domain and hurriedly fled far away, trembling, not daring to step forward.
"Ye Meixie! Xuan Yuanbo!" Huangji Wuyu struggled to stand, grievously injured and afflicted with demon poison, every part of his body twitching in pain. He grabbed the Primordial Heaven Ruler in his hand. "Do you think you're worthy of killing me, Huangji Wuyu!"
With a low roar from Huangji Wuyu, the Primordial Heaven Ruler flew from his hand. Almost instantly, his face contorted with agony, and he fell to his knees, trembling uncontrollably, unable to rise again.
In his current state, Huangji Wuyu couldn't even release one-tenth of his usual profound energy. Xuan Yuanbo stepped forward and struck the Primordial Heaven Ruler with his sword. With a loud clang, the ruler was sent flying far away. Xuan Yuanbo was only knocked back three steps and threw his head back with wild laughter: "Hahahaha! So this is all the Sacred Emperor of the Huangji Sacred Domain amounts to! Palace Master Ye, please step back and let me taste what it's like to personally end the life of the number one person on the Heavenly Xuan Path!"
As an elder of the Sword Domain, Xuan Yuanbo would never have dared to act recklessly before Huangji Wuyu or Ye Meixie in the past—even if not completely respectful. Now, not only was he arrogant before Huangji Wuyu, he even spoke to Ye Meixie in a commanding tone. With a vicious laugh, he thrust his sword straight toward Huangji Wuyu's heart.
A completely ruthless, life-taking strike.
"Stop!!"
Amid the shout, Feng Zukui pounced like an eagle, his right hand burning with Phoenix Flame colliding with Xuan Yuanbo's sword. Xuan Yuanbo's face changed color as he hastily retreated. Just as Feng Zukui was about to pursue, a cold light flashed before him—Ye Meixie appeared between them like a ghost.
Boom!!
"Ugh!" Feng Zukui grunted, sent flying backward with great force. After landing, he staggered back more than ten steps before Feng Tianwei steadied him, his body swaying violently and his face pale—clearly internally injured.
"Phoenix God Sect, no need to rush. Your turn will come soon enough," Ye Meixie said darkly.
"Go! Don't hold back! These people have no power to resist—kill them all!" Xuan Yuanbo, who had been knocked back by Feng Zukui, roared in fury. "Their corpses will be our tribute to the Heavenly Venerable for his deification!"
At Xuan Yuanbo's command, everyone from Tian Wei Sword Domain and Sun Moon Divine Palace charged forward, their profound energy and killing intent shaking the already crumbling Sea Palace. The eyes of the Sun Moon Divine Palace and Supreme Sea Palace people were bloodshot with rage—if it came to overall strength, Sun Moon Divine Palace plus Tian Wei Sword Domain could never match Huangji Sacred Domain plus Supreme Sea Palace. But now, they were all afflicted with demon poison, with one Sacred Lord severely wounded and the other on the verge of death.
They couldn't even put up a fight. They were nothing more than lambs to the slaughter, barely able to struggle.
As for the Phoenix God Sect, even if the demon poison were removed, they could never stop the two sacred grounds. Destruction was their only fate.
"Ye Meixie! Xuan Yuanbo! You will both die horribly!" the Pain True Person roared hoarsely, mustering every bit of profound energy he could use, preparing to make a final stand.
"I don't know how I'll die, but I know you'll die right now!" Xuan Yuanbo took the lead, thrusting his sword toward the Pain True Person. Behind him, the elders and disciples of Sun Moon Divine Palace and Tian Wei Sword Domain all surged forward.
Chirp!!
Just as everyone was about to fall into utter despair, a phoenix cry pierced the sky. The world suddenly turned red, and a giant phoenix shadow appeared in the sky like a descending deity, circling proudly.
In an instant, flames engulfed the world, as if all the fire energy in heaven and earth was being drawn to this giant phoenix shadow, soaring through the air with the might of world annihilation.
"Wh-wh-what is that?!" Everyone from Sun Moon Divine Palace and Tian Wei Sword Domain stopped, the terrifying pressure making their entire bodies tremble uncontrollably.
"Ahhh!" Even the people of the Phoenix God Sect looked up at the phoenix shadow in the sky, uttering cries of shock. That enormous phoenix figure made them feel as if they were witnessing the descent of the Phoenix God.
Returning, Feng Xue'er descended slowly from the air. Her beautiful eyes shimmered with a pressure and majesty that made even Feng Zukui hold his breath. "All of you, step back! Whoever takes another step forward will be turned to ashes forever!"
The pressure from the Phoenix Spirit in the sky was enough to make their souls tremble. But since they hadn't witnessed her fierce battle with Xuan Yuan Wentian a month ago, they would never believe that Feng Xue'er's strength had now completely surpassed the Sacred Lords. Although Xuan Yuanbo felt an involuntary fear in his heart, with the forces of two sacred grounds behind him, he wouldn't even put Feng Zukui in his eyes, let alone Feng Xue'er.
He let out a mocking laugh: "Poor little phoenix, your struggle is truly... pitiful. Come, let me see how you plan to burn us to ashes!"
"What are you all waiting for? Go! Kill them all! Leave no one! Their lives are your proof of loyalty to the Heavenly Venerable!"
"Go!" Ye Meixie said darkly as well.
The people of Tian Wei Sword Domain and Sun Moon Divine Palace chorused their assent, their momentarily halted steps surging forward again, a dense killing aura enveloping the Huangji Sacred Domain and Supreme Sea Palace.
Feng Xue'er bit her lip. After a brief struggle, she closed her eyes, and her snow-jade little hand, illuminated by the phoenix flame, slowly swung down.
Whoosh—!!
The Phoenix Flame Shadow let out a long roar, as if bursting from the center of a star, sweeping a tidal wave of flame as it plummeted. Wherever it passed, space shattered.
Ye Meixie snorted coldly, leaping up and reaching out with both hands to grab the Phoenix Flame Shadow. But the moment his hands extended, his expression drastically changed. His body convulsed as he frantically tried to retreat, but it was far too late—he was instantly engulfed by the flame shadow.
"Wwaaahhhh!!"
A miserable scream resounded across the Sea Palace.
The Phoenix Flame Shadow carried Ye Meixie, now completely a human torch, as it continued its descent, crashing onto the Sea Palace amid a chorus of terrified screams. The sea of flame exploded, ten-thousand-foot infernal light shooting into the sky, swallowing everyone from Sun Moon Divine Palace and Tian Wei Sword Domain who had charged forward.
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Ten thousand fathoms deep in the sea, Xuan Yuan Wentian and Yun Che stood facing each other.
"Finally resigned to your fate?" Xuan Yuan Wentian laughed darkly. "To have lasted this long under my demon god power, you certainly deserve my commendation."
"Resigned to fate? Hehehe." Yun Che was smiling. From the moment he stopped fleeing and actively faced Xuan Yuan Wentian, he had been smiling. "I've never known what it means to resign to fate."
"Oh?"
"Xuan Yuan Wentian," Yun Che said with a low laugh, "Don't you find my wounds strange?"
"I do find them strange," Xuan Yuan Wentian said indifferently. "I've wounded you with so many sword strikes. Any other person would have died a thousand times over, yet you haven't even weakened much in your aura. It seems your body is far more impressive than your profound energy. It might even rival my demon body. I am extremely interested in the secrets of this flesh-and-blood body of yours. Until I obtain those secrets, I almost can't bear to destroy it."
"No, no, no," Yun Che laughed even more eerily, raising his own arm as he said slowly, "Haven't you noticed that all the wounds on my body are sword wounds? Your so-called demon god power hasn't left even a single trace on me!"
"..." Xuan Yuan Wentian's eyes narrowed to slits, and the black light in his pupils trembled slightly.
Flame profound energy would cause burns, ice profound energy would cause frostbite, and dark profound energy was even more terrifying. Once injured by dark profound energy, flesh and blood would be corroded—at the very least charred black, and at worst, flesh and bone would dissolve into black liquid.
Back when he fought the Moon Devourer Demon Lord in the Slay Moon Demon Cave, Yun Che's entire body had been cruelly ravaged by dark profound energy.
But now, although Yun Che had many large and small wounds, they were all sword wounds of varying severity, with no signs of decay, and fresh red blood flowing from them.
Xuan Yuan Wentian's dark demonic aura and the dark profound energy that saturated every one of his sword strikes seemed never to have touched Yun Che's body.
"What are you trying to tell me?" Xuan Yuan Wentian's voice deepened.
"Hehehe." Yun Che's smile grew more bizarre. His eyes, his expression, all gradually became sinister, with a hint of ferocity. He slowly raised his eyes, and in his pupils, a mass of pitch-black light began to flash.
Xuan Yuan Wentian's gaze moved sharply: "Oh? This is..."
Whoosh!!!!
Like a demon that had been lurking in Yun Che's body for a long time suddenly awakening, a dense black aura erupted from Yun Che. His hair stood on end, wild and flowing in the black light. A grim pressure, icy cold, enveloped Xuan Yuan Wentian's entire body.
"Wh-what?!"
Xuan Yuan Wentian's pupils dilated to their maximum. The darkness of the ten-thousand-fathom deep sea could not block his vision. The black light on Yun Che's body and his abruptly changed aura were unmistakably...
Dark demonic aura!!
And it was an exceptionally pure and dense dark demonic aura!!
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Tomorrow, I will release some settings regarding the Divine Realm arc on WeChat, including character settings and rank settings. Will contain massive spoilers, so read cautiously!!