# Chapter 1497: Imperial Artifacts
Clang!
Immortal radiance splashed everywhere as the Mother Qi Cauldron above Ye Fan's head was nearly knocked flying. His body shook violently as he intercepted with his killing sword, barely blocking that boundless mind power (nian li).
The Great Peacock Bright King was too powerful, almost beyond human capability. She fought Ye Fan barehanded, pressing forward step by step with overwhelming divine might.
With a rumble, she directly struck out with a palm—white as jade yet terrifyingly heaven-shaking, carrying the endless faith power of Mount Sumeru as she clashed head-on with the Imperial Artifact.
Ye Fan swung his sword horizontally, golden blood surging through his body as he elevated his combat power to the utmost. The dark red longsword in his hand turned crimson, strands of sword light trembling outward as they slashed forward.
Clanging sounds rang without cease. The Great Peacock Bright King's gaze was piercing, her jade-white palm condensed (ning jie) with faith power as she struck down, shattering even the crystalline sword energy.
Sword energy crisscrossed this place, killing intent sweeping across a hundred thousand li as battle reached a boiling point. The two figures danced like balls of light—one wrong step would mean blood spilled on the spot, both form and spirit annihilated.
Imperial aura permeated the air!
Ye Fan's mind shook. His enemy was too strong, nearly becoming a Quasi-Emperor, truly standing above the world.
The Great Peacock Bright King formed a seal with her right hand, sweeping upward toward Ye Fan's chest and abdomen with astonishing momentum. Ye Fan slashed several sword beams in succession, striking that precious seal before dispersing the mind power (nian li).
"Boom!"
Ye Fan let out a long cry. The longsword in his hand contained the true essence of the Heavenly Emperor Fist, erupting with incomparable radiance as he charged forward without hesitation. He swung and slashed continuously—eight full strikes—with brilliant light surging like thunder, causing sun, moon, and stars to dim.
This momentum shook heaven and earth, moving gods and ghosts. Countless meteors in the outer realm exploded into powder, while distant asteroids were split apart, turning to dust.
Yet even such a powerful offensive was blocked by the Great Peacock Bright King. Her bare hands were flawless white as she wielded Mount Sumeru's mind power (nian li), striking palm after palm, forcing Ye Fan backward.
The Great Peacock Bright King's pressure dominated the nine heavens. Her divine posture was awe-inspiring, supreme and mighty, soaring above the world. Her gaze clanged like sword light, growing braver as battle continued.
Ye Fan's expression was grave as he exhausted every means to resist.
The battlefield was far from Mount Sumeru, deep within the vast sky (cang qiong). The Great Peacock Bright King only borrowed part of the faith power, not all of Mount Sumeru's—otherwise Ye Fan would certainly be in danger.
Mount Sumeru's mind power (nian li) was overwhelming. If all of it were added to her body, it would be equivalent to wearing an Imperial robe. This was the accumulation and sedimentation (chen dian) of ten thousand years. It was said that if a Buddhist monk stood within the Great Thunderclap Monastery, they would be undefeatable from the start, invincible under heaven.
Mount Sumeru was incredibly tall, said to be eighty-four thousand yojanas. Though exaggerated, it wasn't without reason—it pierced into the vast heavens, reaching into the outer realm, surrounded by many asteroids.
The battle between the two grew increasingly fierce, but Ye Fan was retreating deeper into the starry sky, away from the main mountain, thereby weakening the influence of Mount Sumeru's mind power (nian li).
Without doubt, if the Great Peacock Bright King stood on Mount Sumeru, Ye Fan would have no chance. That would be like an existence about to become a Quasi-Emperor wielding a flawless Imperial Artifact to kill him.
On the other side, the Divine Silkworm Princess led her forces in a general assault on Mount Sumeru, even more intense. She possessed a flawless Imperial robe, nine-colored immortal radiance swirling around her body as she clashed head-on with Mount Sumeru!
At this moment, the Great Sage old monk Mahaka glowed all over, wielding Amitabha Buddha's weapon—the Demon-Subduing Pestle—unleashing the most fierce counterattack.
Killing cries shook the heavens. Mount Sumeru did not show weakness. Golden-bodied Arhats, Bodhisattvas, Ancient Buddhas, and others all struck together, actively attacking Ye Tong, Dongfang Ye, the Divine Knight, and others.
The Ji Family, Heavenly Demon Palace, and Great Xia Imperial Dynasty had all joined the battle. People from Divine Silkworm Ridge were also attacking. Heaven and earth shattered here, divine light rushed into the sky—it was truly terrifying.
For many years, Mount Sumeru had been peaceful, with at most internal disputes within Buddhism. But now countless powerful enemies had invaded with armies—a rare sight since ancient times.
Ye Fan glanced at the other battlefield without much worry. His own situation was the greater trouble. Buddhism wanted to finish him off first in this battle, then have the Great Peacock Bright King turn back to deal with the more troublesome Divine Silkworm Princess.
In all these years, few had dared to treat him as weak. Yet now he experienced it—the other side wanted to kill him first, treating him as prey.
A cold smile appeared at the corner of Ye Fan's mouth. He dared not be careless, but neither was he afraid. Stepping with the Stride Art, he shot straight into the heavens, appearing above the dark sky, putting even more distance from Mount Sumeru.
The Great Peacock Bright King let out a clear cry. Below, Mount Sumeru rumbled as endless mind power (nian li) rushed into the sky, following her into the outer realm, shaking many asteroids.
Though the mind power (nian li) had weakened, it still allowed her to be overwhelmingly powerful, murderous aura soaring as she intimidated the world.
"Hum!"
On the Great Peacock King's head, her golden crown emitted infinite Buddha light. Layers of chanting arose, as if three thousand Buddhas were reciting sutras, deafening and enlightening.
The golden crown bore carved images, lifelike—the Buddha's enlightenment diagrams, containing the principles of heaven and earth, with the secrets of becoming an Emperor.
This was a terrifying Dharma artifact, the Great Peacock Bright King's strongest weapon. Now it flew up, carrying Mount Sumeru's faith power to flood heaven and earth.
The Dao artifact was too terrifying. Vaguely, a Buddha walked out, one hand pointing to heaven, one hand pointing to earth, reciting true scriptures, unique and supreme, wanting to suppress Ye Fan.
Mount Sumeru's boundless Buddha power surged like an ocean at this moment, not diminishing too much due to distance. Especially with this artifact deployed, the Buddha power was even easier to use.
The Great Peacock Bright King's pressure dominated the nine heavens and ten lands. A cold smile appeared at the corner of her mouth as she fixed her gaze on Ye Fan, then glanced at the Divine Silkworm Princess.
Ye Fan retreated again, holding the dark red killing sword in defense.
The Great Peacock Bright King grew even more dominant. Buddha light shone everywhere around her. She was dignified and noble, her golden crown crushing ten thousand ages as she continuously approached, using Mount Sumeru's vast mind power (nian li) to suppress.
At the same time, she removed an armlet from her arm—translucent and shining, comparable to a Vajra Ring—shattering the high heavens, carrying faith power to destroy countless meteors, heading straight for Ye Fan.
The situation reached its most critical moment. The Great Peacock Bright King launched thunderous attacks, wanting to quickly finish Ye Fan, because she also didn't want to stray too far from Mount Sumeru—the mind power (nian li) would decrease with distance.
Suddenly, Ye Fan put away the Mother Qi Cauldron. A rust-covered green copper cauldron appeared, damaged and incomplete, above his head.
Boom! Under the immense pressure, as the mind power (nian li) containing Imperial aura surged in, the broken green copper cauldron revived. Its entire body glowed, green and crystalline, nearly translucent. Immortal radiance shot forth, blooming with undying light.
All the pressure Ye Fan bore was blocked. His eyes flashed with cold light as he held the dark red killing sword and charged forward, heading straight for the Great Peacock Bright King.
"Clang!"
Divine light suddenly appeared. Sword aura was like a rainbow. Ye Fan struck out with one sword stroke, cutting an armlet in two, causing the Great Peacock Bright King's body to shake as she couldn't help but let out a long cry.
This was a very important Dharma artifact to her. She never expected it to be destroyed like this.
On her arms were several more armlets, refined in pairs. Destroying one meant they were no longer perfect.
Worse still, the faith power was swallowed by the green copper cauldron. Even the golden crown was in danger—the Buddha enlightenment diagram it had displayed directly dimmed.
Ye Fan raised his sword and struck, heading straight for her most powerful Dharma artifact—the golden crown.
"Zheng, zheng..."
The Great Peacock Bright King threw out her remaining armlets, each crystalline and brilliant, colliding forward to block the sword energy.
But at this moment, Ye Fan not only held the immortal sword but also had the green copper cauldron reviving on its own. Both shone together, their aura magnified countless times. The whole thing was like a celestial immortal furnace, melting all power as it pressed forward.
"Crack!"
The faith power retreated. Several armlets were all cut through, turning to powder. The Great Peacock Bright King only barely managed to retrieve her golden enlightenment crown, riding five-colored divine light straight back into Mount Sumeru.
Ye Fan pursued closely from behind, pushing the Stride Art to its limit. Raising the Imperial sword in his hand, he struck from behind at the Great Peacock Bright King.
Boom!
In the end, they weren't too far from Mount Sumeru. As soon as the Great Peacock Bright King neared the mountain peak, she mobilized all the faith power, adding it all to her body—equivalent to wearing a true Imperial robe. Compared to before, she was countless times stronger.
Her white light garments had been torn by some fluctuations during her retreat, exposing both her forearms, making her expression extremely cold.
Everyone was shocked. The Great Peacock Bright King was invincible, yet she had been chased back by Ye Fan—this sent chills through people.
"Emperor Venerable's... Immortal Ascension Cauldron!"
"It's the green cauldron of the Ancient Heavenly Court!"
Many exclaimed, including distant saints from the outer realm and experts from various Big Dipper clans, all showing strange expressions.
"Bring the Demon-Subduing Pestle!" the Great Peacock Bright King said coldly, reaching out to borrow the Imperial Artifact from Mahaka.
She stood on Mount Sumeru, wrapped in boundless mind power (nian li). As long as she didn't leave this mountain, she was equivalent to having a flawless Imperial Artifact protecting her body. Yet she still wanted the Demon-Subduing Pestle—clearly intending to charge into the sky to kill Ye Fan.
Mahaka hesitated slightly before offering the Imperial Artifact with both hands. During this process, Mount Sumeru's faith power boiled, resisting the Divine Silkworm Princess's offensive.
With a swish, the Great Peacock Bright King transformed into a divine rainbow shooting into the sky, once again attacking Ye Fan. Behind her, faith power surged like an ocean.
"Without the Imperial Artifact, Mount Sumeru relies only on faith power for protection? You underestimate us too much!" the Divine Silkworm Princess sneered. As a Great Sage herself, plus her clan's immortal robe, her divine might dominated the world.
Boom! The aura on her body was terrifying. She was about to step directly onto the Pure Land of Mount Sumeru. The ripples she emitted surged like wild waves. Some golden-bodied Arhats who were too close were directly crushed into meat paste, blood mist scattering.
Facing the aggressive Great Peacock Bright King, Ye Fan retreated, avoiding her edge, buying time for the Divine Silkworm Princess and others.
But suddenly, he saw a cold smile at the corner of the Great Peacock Bright King's mouth and immediately sensed trouble. "Not good! Mount Sumeru has changed!"
He didn't need to say it—the Divine Silkworm Princess had already sensed it. Mount Sumeru was filled with infinite killing intent, a dragon pool and phoenix nest that could not be touched. There was a Great Emperor killing formation here.
Rumor had it that Mount Sumeru's killing formation, limited by its materials, had been worn away by time, leaving little remaining. But it turned out not to be the case.
Clearly, the Great Peacock King had done it deliberately earlier. It seemed her Dharma artifact was destroyed and she would stop at nothing, but that wasn't true. She and Mahaka had set a trap to lure her in.
"Boom!"
The Divine Silkworm Princess attacked, but was not afraid, as they were also well prepared. She directly stepped back, wanting to withdraw from Mount Sumeru, having only taken a few steps inside.
"You can't leave!" Mahaka the Great Sage said coldly, fully activating the formation and mobilizing faith power to suppress the Divine Silkworm Princess.
"Clang!"
Nine-colored divine radiance danced around the Divine Silkworm Princess, brilliant light shining ten thousand feet. She stepped on Imperial patterns while retreating, but felt enormous pressure. The killing formation revived and directly struck at her.
"Where do you think you're going?"
"Swish!"
Suddenly, a blazing immortal light flew from the void, shining on Mount Sumeru. It interwove with the nine-colored radiance on the Divine Silkworm Princess's Imperial robe. The two merged, forcibly opening a passage.
The Divine Silkworm Princess stepped out in one stride, not at all surprised.
In the void, Ji Ziyue's robes fluttered. She held an ancient Imperial mirror, shining the most brilliant light in the world. It was she who had acted, bringing out the Ji Family's supreme artifact.
The original plan was for Imperial Artifacts and Ancient Emperor Artifacts to come out together, directly charging into Mount Sumeru with lightning speed to rescue Huahua. But Mount Sumeru was far more terrifying than imagined.
Legend said that most of the great formation left by Amitabha Buddha had been destroyed, with little remaining. But recent events overturned people's understanding.
"Kill this peacock first, cut off her path back—the effect will be the same!" the Divine Silkworm Princess said coldly, charging directly into the high sky.