Chapter 1422: Divine Bridge Reaching the Heavens
The Five-Colored Peacock was not weak; on the contrary, he had few rivals among the younger generation and was supremely powerful. He had dominated in foreign lands, slaughtering all competitors on an ancient path, walking over mountains of corpses and seas of bones, with a river of blood formed by fallen heroes behind him.
Before coming to the Mythical Ancient Path, he was a legend in his domain, hailed as invincible among the younger generation in his star region!
Yet now, he was torn in two by Ye Fan’s bare hands, blood dripping profusely, like a scene from a fantasy, making people feel unreal.
Ye Fan’s black hair was thick, draped over his chest and back. His eyes were deep, with threads of cold lightning shooting out. He cast aside the two halves of the corpse, standing in the center of the field like a fearsome god or demon, as if surveying the strongest beings from all ancient paths across the myriad heavens.
This was a deterrence, profoundly shaking everyone’s mind!
The Five-Colored Peacock was not weak; if he had fought cautiously and engaged in a serious battle, no one could have killed him in one move. His downfall here was due to two reasons: first, he was too careless; second, Ye Fan condensed a thousand killing techniques into a single strike, executing a fatal blow for a swift victory.
Just like the Old Madman back then—if he had fought a bloody battle against the Stone Man Sacred Spirit Ao Mang, it might have taken hundreds of moves, but instead, he charged forward without hesitation and blew him apart with three punches!
Today, Ye Fan was the same. He possessed a grand momentum that could swallow mountains and rivers, a sense of being the only one in the world. From the start, his golden blood boiled, pressing down on the clouds, causing the four seas to surge and heave because of him. Black waves crashed into the high heavens, nearly knocking down the sun, moon, and stars. He gathered his invincible will in an instant, unleashing his strongest strike to slay the Five-Colored Peacock!
Enlightening under the Bodhi tree, Ye Fan destroyed his own human universe, exploding great stars one by one, severing rivers of stars, and reorganizing his golden flesh and white bones, leaving only a single true body. How could he not be strong?
This was not simply a physical strike; it required the integration of body, scriptures, and secret arts, comprehensively elevating them to reach a peak intensity for a fatal blow.
Thus, with the strongest true body unleashed, he transformed into a dragon-shaped curve, splitting heaven and earth, tearing apart the invincible peacock, with blood rain scattering. This established the unparalleled reputation of the Human Clan’s Sacred Body.
This battle was merely the opening act, the prelude to Ye Fan’s great war against the young supremes of the era, affirming that only one person in the world could bear that title!
From today onward, the various ancient domains would begin to stir, and the title of the strongest would slowly change. This battle was the fuse for the coming great storm.
The Divine Fox’s eyes were filled with terror. The pagoda he had summoned was directly blocked and shattered by Ye Fan’s arm, which was naturally shocking. How powerful must one be to achieve this so easily? This was a god or demon!
Most critically, the Five-Colored Peacock, whose strength matched the Divine Fox’s, was killed on the spot, making his scalp tingle. It was only a single exchange!
Thinking back to their earlier words, they had believed this man was injured during his tribulation, merely bearing an empty reputation, and would be easy to defeat. Now, those words had come back to haunt them.
The Divine Fox’s eyes were cunning. With a flicker, he moved swiftly, retreating behind the Golden Serpent Four Lords. He did not want to become a sacrificial blade for the four golden bodies and charge forward as cannon fodder.
However, he underestimated Ye Fan’s speed, and even more so, Ye Fan’s determination to kill him, as well as his invincible boldness. Ye Fan charged straight in, heading for the Golden Serpent Four Lords.
“You…” The Divine Fox was horrified. Ye Fan moved later but arrived first, cutting off his path and blocking him between himself and the Golden Serpent Four Lords.
What immense courage this was, to strike like this, turning his back on the four strongest lords of the Golden Serpent Clan while blocking the Divine Fox, effectively being surrounded.
Ye Fan moved with the grace of a dragon and the stride of a tiger. With every gesture, the sun and moon revolved, and many great stars flickered, as if a Heavenly Venerable was on the move, deeply shocking the Divine Fox, who turned and fled.
Though there were four powerful allies nearby, he could not face Ye Fan’s invincible momentum. This aura made him tremble, shattering his will to compete.
This was the true majesty of invincibility, cultivating a great momentum. Before Ye Fan had even delivered a fatal blow, he had already subdued his enemy, causing their conviction to collapse.
In a sense, this kind of momentum was harder to cultivate than actual combat power. It required a high degree of integration of spirit, energy, and soul, elevating them to their peak, and releasing the essence of one’s origin to achieve it initially.
Ye Fan had a belief in certain victory and an invincible will. Facing multiple enemies, he charged in alone, unafraid of thousands of troops, looking down on all heroes.
It was this cultivated invincible momentum that caused the Divine Fox to collapse, fleeing for his life, losing his composure, and this was also the cause of his inevitable death.
Could he outrun Ye Fan? Leaving the Golden Serpent Four Lords only hastened his demise.
Behind him, the four Golden Serpents were furious. Ye Fan’s solo charge and arrogant invincible momentum did not intimidate them; instead, it made their blood boil with rage.
This was an insult to them—one man alone daring to treat them, four supremes, like this! No one in the world had ever dared such a thing!
“It’s not just you who underwent tribulation; half a month ago, we also did. Today, we take your life!” The Golden Serpent Second Lord was the first to give chase. He saw the trick: in a battle of the same rank, no one in the world could kill the Peacock King in one strike. That was Ye Fan’s ultimate fatal blow, usable once but not twice or thrice.
“No!” At that moment, the Divine Fox’s terrified scream came from ahead, because Ye Fan had caught up to him, leaving him with no escape above or below.
He also realized his mistake. How could he flee? The stronger the enemy, the more he should hold them back, letting the Golden Serpent Four Lords fight to the death. Otherwise, this would become an unsolvable disaster in the future.
But it was too late. Ye Fan’s body radiated precious light. This time, his divine form manifested, not just a simple dragon-shaped curve, but transforming into a golden Taiji immortal diagram, with all his visions fully displayed, as if three thousand gods and demons were chanting scriptures, all bombarding him.
The Divine Fox’s face turned pale with terror. With this kind of might, this combat power, this grand boldness, who could withstand it? Another strongest attack, aiming to take his life in one move.
The Divine Fox naturally did not want to fight, hoping to stall. The precedent before him filled him with fear, dreading that his blood would spill in the void and he would die on the spot.
Unfortunately, Ye Fan gave him no chance. The Stride Art was pushed to its extreme, sticking to him like glue. They were already a few zhang apart, but now they seemed fused together, inseparable.
Who could engage the Human Clan’s Sacred Body in close combat? There were some, like those with the Heaven-Dominating Bloodline flowing in their veins, but they were rare, and the Divine Fox was not among them.
“Ah…”
One of his arms was grabbed by Ye Fan. With a crack, crimson blood splattered everywhere, and it was torn off on the spot. The Divine Fox screamed, his divine soul suppressed, losing his composure.
One could say that one wrong step led to another. He had reached this point almost by walking the path of his own destruction. Fear in his heart, intimidated by Ye Fan, he could not truly fight.
In fact, for someone who had dominated an ancient path and become a supreme being, such a performance was rare.
It also showed from another angle how terrifying Ye Fan’s invincible momentum was, making enemies fear him to this extent. If told to others, they might not believe it.
“Spare me, and I will repay you with my life,” the Divine Fox cried, his eyes filled with terror.
“Can you truly keep your word?” Ye Fan let out a Dao Roar, striking directly at his primordial spirit. The thoughts in his mind were laid bare, all revealed.
“Ah… no!” The Divine Fox screamed in terror, knowing it was over. His innermost thoughts had been seen by others, leaving him no way out.
“Harboring malicious intent, planning to take my life in the future, cunning and vicious. You cannot be spared!” Ye Fan flipped his hand and struck down. The Divine Fox’s head shattered instantly, red blood and white brains splattering everywhere, his primordial spirit turning to ash.
“This…” In the distance, many people were stunned at the sight. That was a supreme being from an ancient path, yet before Ye Fan, he was like a little chick, directly crushed to death.
Boom!
In the distance, the sounds of tribulation continued. Several others were undergoing tribulation, drawing the power of heaven and earth to make the bitter sea surge and churn violently.
Thunder roared endlessly, lightning flashed, all very shocking. On this side, Ye Fan turned back to face the Golden Serpent Second Lord, about to engage.
“Long worm, don’t bully the few with the many. Lord Pang is here, come and die!” Pang Bo charged forward, his bronze skin glowing with precious light, intercepting the Golden Serpent Clan’s supreme.
“I am here, don’t you dare act recklessly!” The Dragon Horse looked arrogantly at the crowd, turned back with a roar, and the twelve saints swarmed around.
“Zheng!”
Not far away, the Golden Serpent Second Lord spat out a divine light, a serpent sword nurtured from a million corpses and bones, said to be capable of slaying immortals and gods.
This was a golden evil sword, refined from the blood, bones, and soul fires of a million living beings. It possessed boundless malice, a sword of slaughter. If it struck an enemy, even just a scratch, they would instantly turn into a pool of pus and blood.
This sword was utterly evil and malevolent. To perfect it, the Golden Serpent Second Lord had annihilated the entire lineage of the Divine Ape Clan on another ancient path, slaughtering them all cleanly, using them as the blood, bones, and soul fires for its refinement.
The Golden Serpent First Lord did not move. Even with Ye Fan’s aggressive display, he did not act hastily, only watching coldly. The Third Lord was blocked by Pang Bo, and the Fourth Lord was being “dueled” by the Dragon Horse leading a group.
“Boom!”
Heaven and earth split apart, ghosts wailed, and gods howled. The entire black ocean exploded, boiling up into the universe, directly knocking down some great stars, terrifying and boundless.
Everyone was shocked. Many strong beings were engulfed in the black waves, while some relied on secret treasures to escape, surviving a deadly calamity.
“What happened?” Everyone was stunned.
Waves surged to the sky, and stars fell like flying sand and rolling stones, or exploded in the void.
Beneath the black bitter sea, terrifying divine light appeared, shooting up into the sky, transforming into a divine bridge that rushed into the distance, reaching the other shore.
People were stunned. The divine bridge had appeared—this was the magnificent sight they had all hoped for but had never seen!
Heaven and earth underwent drastic changes. The bitter sea stretched endlessly, and the life springs gushed forth. Not just the nine spring eyes, but a much larger area turned into divine liquid, merging together to form a heaven-reaching divine bridge, leading into the divine other shore.
In recent days, many had been undergoing tribulation, and even great sages had struck at the bitter sea. Though they were insignificant compared to the sea, like a few mosquitoes flying around, they had ultimately awakened the giant.
“Cross the divine bridge, reach the divine other shore!” Ye Fan shouted, calling for Pang Bo, the Dragon Horse, and the twelve saints. They could not fall behind now; who knew how long the divine bridge would last?
Ye Fan used the Weapon Art to bring everyone over. Additionally, with his supreme power, he blocked the Golden Serpent Second Lord’s retreat, preventing him from leaving.
Boom!
Waves surged into the sky. The process of constructing the divine bridge was too terrifying, directly tossing everyone into the air. The heroes used all their strength to fly up, standing on the brilliant, boundless divine bridge.
The great waves were overwhelming. This did not feel like crossing a bridge but like being swept up by divine waves and directly hurled toward the other shore. This was an unknown void!
Standing on the radiant divine bridge, everyone did not need to move. It was as if they had transformed into rainbows, flying directly into the depths of a distant heavenly domain.
In an instant, the void gate opened wide. This was another world, not in the Bitter Sea Ancient Domain. They were approaching the true divine other shore!
Some tried to collect the life springs, but it was all in vain. The life springs had turned into light, which was precisely why they had formed the heaven-reaching bridge, shattering one domain to reach the other shore.
It pierced through the void, equivalent to crossing an ancient star domain, separated from the bitter sea by an unknown distance, no longer in the same domain.
Everyone suddenly understood, then was profoundly shocked. Crossing the bitter sea to reach the dwelling place of the gods was not about crossing the tangible black ocean but about reaching the heavenly court in this way.
“Weng!”
On this divine bridge, the Golden Serpent Second Lord was engaged in fierce battle with Ye Fan. He sensed something was wrong, because he had been separated from the other three Golden Serpent Clan supremes, leaving only himself.