# Chapter 1089: Ancestral Return Ancient Emperor
"It's not necessarily Ye Fan. It could be someone creating an illusion... fabricating false impressions... to confuse the world." Not everyone believed that Ye Fan had returned.
Some even thought this person was a disciple of an ancient saint from beyond the star domain, merely cooperating with Ye Fan's former friends, making his identity suspicious.
Ye Fan engaged this super half-saint in a duel. Every move he made, every gesture, was filled with profound principles. At this level of cultivation, he moved freely without fixed patterns.
Li Wentian possessed extraordinary strength as a super half-saint. His cultivation was sublime, and as he displayed various divine techniques, each was executed with perfect mastery, leaving no trace of worldly influence. The power was overwhelming, yet the consequences contrasted sharply with his ethereal demeanor—every strike shattered rocks and scattered clouds!
"Chi!"
A mere residual wave leaked from between Li Wentian's fingers, landing in the distance. With a boom, that place was completely submerged in radiance, nothing visible.
When the smoke and dust cleared, the beautiful landscape had been leveled to flat ground!
This was a catastrophe—dozens of towering peaks turned to dust, two great rivers evaporated, vegetation became ash, and a vast desert appeared.
This scene chilled everyone from head to toe. A mere residual wave had erased an entire mountainous region, leaving nothing behind!
The destructive power of battles at this level was too astonishing, sending a chill through everyone's hearts. Such conflicts could bring devastation to countless lives, immeasurable by ordinary standards.
Ye Fan had encountered some half-saints before. During his last battle with the Eight Divine Generals, he alone had killed several. But compared to the Li Wentian before him, they fell short.
This half-saint was indeed a formidable opponent, even stronger than the Bitter Compassion half-saint he had encountered at Lantuo Temple in the Western Desert. No wonder he was the prized disciple of an ancient saint from beyond the star domain—rare in this world.
As the battle truly intensified, Li Wentian also furrowed his brow. His opponent was several minor realms lower than him, yet could fight on equal footing. In the past, such a thing would have been unthinkable.
"No wonder this is a place where the immortal path is about to open," he could only think. Ancient emperors and great emperors of antiquity had all come to this ancient star, and their descendants and inheritances were naturally terrifying beyond compare.
The two engaged in fierce battle, divine techniques clashing, cultivation bases competing. In an instant, radiant clouds danced, colorful mists rose, transforming into two masses of light. People could barely make out their figures.
As time passed, Li Wentian felt a sense of failure. Though he wasn't at a disadvantage, as a half-saint of a higher realm, he couldn't suppress someone of a lower realm.
In the distance, Wang Xu's face was ashen. His body was covered in wounds, with over a dozen bones broken by Ye Fan's heavenly sound. He was both angry and shocked—his senior brother couldn't suppress his opponent.
"This person is several minor realms lower than my senior brother, not even a saint... How can he contend with Senior Brother Li? The people of this ancient star are too terrifying." Wang Xu's expression grew increasingly grim.
Li Wentian had always been the one to cross realms (kua jingjie) fight other powerful figures, never encountering someone who could defy the hierarchy (ni fa) him. He finally understood how terrifying the Human Sacred Body was.
Li Wentian wielded a Moonlight Blade, clear as autumn water, slashing toward Ye Fan's head. It traced a rainbow arc, like a silver moon falling.
"Ha!"
Ye Fan horizontally blocked with his dark gold spear, deflecting the Moonlight Blade, then smoothly swept forward. The sharp spear tip turned into a shooting star, aiming at Li Wentian's throat, sending out ripples.
Li Wentian retreated, his body like moonlight, flickering and unstable, evading the strike. A black hole silently appeared in the void, pierced out by the sharp spear tip.
"Awaken the Dao bones... manifest my ancestral blood, endless golden divine power, bloodline resurgence." Li Wentian's voice was low. As his phoenix eyes opened and closed, essence radiated, and his aura became fierce.
His entire body emitted golden light, from inside out, turning him into a golden figure. He forcibly refined and activated the true ancient emperor blood sealed within his body!
As a half-saint, he used secret techniques to stimulate his potential, unlocking the treasures within his body. In this brief moment, he elevated his physique to its peak since time immemorial!
"Boom!"
A terrifying aura erupted, instantly causing thousands of mountains and valleys to tremble. All living creatures felt fear, generating endless dread.
Li Wentian's "ancestral return" used a harsh secret method to transform into an ancient emperor bloodline, nearly surpassing the saint realm. His entire body seemed forged from gold, dazzling to the extreme, even his hair turned golden.
"Surrender your life!"
He wielded the Moonlight Blade, slashing out a blade ray thousands of zhang long. Wherever it passed, mountains and earth turned to dust. He was like a war god descending.
Earlier, he dared not engage Ye Fan in close combat, only attacking with divine techniques in guerrilla warfare. But now, he suddenly became so domineering that it shocked everyone.
"Is this a preview of an ancient imperial prince reaching the half-saint realm?" Ye Fan's expression turned serious.
This enemy was far more terrifying than before. His entire body emitted astonishing blood energy, golden light shooting from his crown with a clanging sound. He stood between heaven and earth, overlooking the eight desolates.
"Dang"
Ye Fan used his dark gold spear to clash with him head-on. The sounds rang out continuously, sparks flying everywhere, Dao marks appearing one after another. This was a true life-and-death battle.
Every spark from their battle that fell to the ground could turn over a dozen great mountains into scorched earth, nothing remaining. The destructive power was astonishing!
"Dang"
With a loud sound, immortal light scattered. A nine-story divine pagoda appeared, suspended above Li Wentian's head, with strands of chaotic energy swirling around it.
This was a powerful weapon, capable of both offense and defense, integrating attack and defense. The divine radiance that cascaded down protected his body, weakening Ye Fan's attacks considerably.
At the same time, each level of the nine-story pagoda occasionally shot out chaotic sword energy, with astonishing killing power. Combined with the Moonlight Blade's attacks, it made Li Wentian even more terrifying.
"Senior brother is going all out. He rarely uses 'ancestral return' with true ancient emperor blood to fight. As a half-saint, his attack power has skyrocketed. Human Sacred Body, you're doomed!" Wang Xu gritted his teeth.
Everyone was silent, watching from afar, not knowing the outcome of this battle. Instant ancestral return—such a technique had never been heard of.
Ye Fan was indeed in a difficult battle. This half-saint far surpassed any he had faced before. His bloodline power was astonishing, each strike earth-shattering. His golden blood energy was like an ocean, putting even Ye Fan under pressure.
As for others, they felt suffocated, as if mountains were pressing down on them, unable to breathe. Their faces were pale. All kinds of birds and beasts in the great wilderness prostrated on the ground, trembling in fear toward this direction.
"Shua"
Relying on the extreme speed of the Stride Art, Ye Fan turned into a beam of light. Holding his dark gold spear, he struck out tens of thousands of sharp points, all aimed at Li Wentian's vital points.
"Is it really the Human Sacred Body... Why isn't he using the Primordial Qi Cauldron?" The watching crowd grew suspicious.
"Could it be that he still has strength in reserve, no need for ultimate defense?" Some hearts trembled.
"Dang, dang, dang..."
Ye Fan's body turned into a bolt of lightning, almost imprinting itself in the void. He used the dark gold spear like a long blade, slashing thousands of times in succession, all striking Li Wentian's back. The metallic clanging sounds were endless.
Li Wentian's Dao cultivation was profound. With his back to Ye Fan, he held the Moonlight Blade behind him, blocking the attacks continuously. At the same time, the divine pagoda above his head dropped sacred radiance, neutralizing the assaults.
"Kill!"
After thousands of clashes, Li Wentian's golden light grew even more intense. He seized the initiative, attacking fiercely. The Moonlight Blade was like a heavenly river, its blade light surging endlessly, pouring down.
"It carries the aura of my clan's ancient emperor!" Even the Golden Clan members were moved, all changing color. The Golden Princess watched closely—this blood energy was purer and denser than that of her own people.
The fierce collision continued. Li Wentian grew increasingly dominant, with an aura that could shatter the heavens. He entered a state of invincibility, fighting more valiantly as the battle progressed. Golden clouds surged, with him alone being undefeated.
Ye Fan let out a long roar. He unleashed the invincible fist intent of the Six Paths Reincarnation Fist, tearing open the space before him. Even the dominant Li Wentian had to retreat.
"Weng"
Various sounds rang out together. A blurry divine phenomenon appeared, interweaving into a terrifying combination, instantly freezing Li Wentian for a moment.
The Sacred Body's divine phenomenon, briefly combined, possessed extraordinary power, unmatched in strength. It seemed to freeze eternity, capable of attacking the future and killing the past!
"Bang"
Li Wentian was struck by the divine phenomenon. His entire body flew sideways, blood spraying from his mouth as he suffered severe injury.
In that instant, his spirit withered, and the golden sacred light on his body receded like a tidal wave, leaving him extremely exhausted.
"How can this be? Senior brother's ancestral return should last at least an hour. Today it hasn't even lasted half a quarter-hour!" Wang Xu was horrified, his scalp tingling.
Bloodline ancestral return made the physique super terrifying, but it had severe aftereffects. Once one exited this state, they became extremely weak.
Li Wentian was struck by Ye Fan's divine phenomenon, forcibly ejected from the ancestral return state. This was disastrous—not only did his powerful physique disappear, but his Dao cultivation and magical power also weakened significantly.
"Bullying the weak by the strong, injuring my disciple—you will face punishment," Ye Fan murmured.
Li Wentian, being so close, naturally heard clearly. His entire body turned cold. The bloodline power receded, golden light withdrew. He quickly retreated—this was his weak period, and continuing to fight would mean certain death.
"Where do you think you're going!" Ye Fan pursued closely.
"Stop him, save Li Wentian," the Golden Princess said.
Two half-saints appeared, leading eight or nine guards to charge forward, blocking Ye Fan, trying to rescue Li Wentian.
"Whoever blocks me, I'll make their blood spill five steps away!" Ye Fan said in a deep voice, his expression very cold.
He formed seals and pursued. Li Wentian struggled with all his might to resist, but his body was weakened. How could he withstand the vigorous blood energy of the Human Sacred Body? He was shaken until cracks appeared all over his body.
"Boom"
He opened his mouth and roared. The divine pagoda above his head flew out, reaching the height of the sky, then descended, covering Ye Fan within.
This was a half-saint's weapon! Made from Great Luo Silver Essence, it would surely become a legendary saint weapon in the future, rare in the world, enough to make even saints envious.
The divine pagoda enlarged, swallowing heaven and earth, taking Ye Fan inside. Like an ancient giant beast, it contained its own world within.
"What a terrifying weapon. It actually suppressed him. If we attack together, we might be able to refine him into a pool of blood," said a half-saint of the Golden Clan.
Others were tempted. They acted together, sending out Dao light forward, truly trying to refine this pagoda and dissolve Ye Fan.
"Crack"
However, the moment they acted, this nine-story divine pagoda emitted cracking sounds, with fine cracks appearing.
"Bang"
The next moment, the entire divine pagoda exploded. From within surged a vigorous, ocean-like vitality. Though the Sacred Body's blood energy didn't overflow, this aura stunned everyone.
Ye Fan's black hair flew wildly, his eyes sharp as knives. With a single Six Paths Reincarnation Fist, he shattered the divine pagoda and charged out, unable to be delayed even for a moment.
"This is the divine material Great Luo Silver Essence, hard even for saints to find. He... actually shattered it with his bare hands!"
Everyone was petrified.
"If... when he reaches the half-saint realm, he can probably catch saint weapons with his bare hands. He is definitely the Sacred Body!"
"Boom!"
Ye Fan's eyes flashed with cold lightning. The invincible fist intent beyond the six paths struck out. The entire heaven and earth seemed to be destroyed, sun, moon, and stars appearing to shake and fall, carrying an aura that could annihilate the mortal world.
"Ah..."
One of the half-saints bore the brunt, receiving Ye Fan's strongest blow!
This was undoubtedly terrifying. Though he tried desperately to dodge, half of his body instantly turned into blood mist, flying sideways, blood splattering hundreds of feet.
He was no Li Wentian. Even as a fellow half-saint, he was far inferior, incomparable.
"Pu"
Ye Fan turned into a bolt of lightning, moving forward. With a casual press, two more guards had their chests cave in, then turned into bloody rain, their spirits extinguished on the spot.
At the same time, Ye Fan delivered another strike. The half-saint who had flown sideways completely turned into a mass of minced meat, his soul also extinguished.
"Bang"
Even though Li Wentian retreated quickly and resisted continuously, he couldn't block Ye Fan's offensive. He was suppressed by a Heaven-Overturning Seal and caught in Ye Fan's grasp. (To be continued...)