# Chapter 1752: Free and Unfettered Heavenly Venerable
Yun Gu emitted light, space twisted, and a strange force appeared around him, terrifying aura flooding the heavens.
"Chi"
An unimaginable wave broke through, surpassing the ultimate speed of the world. With a "pu" sound, Ye Fan exploded, torn into four or five pieces, flesh and blood flying everywhere.
It was actually Yun Gu's true body, divine speed without equal. He had broken through the common principles of the universe, unmatched in the world, affecting the stability of space and time.
His speed just now was so strong it was difficult for others to understand. The supreme beings in several forbidden zones all drew in cold breaths. He was the Heavenly Venerable who had created the Stride Secret, and he was still alive.
Beams of light shot up from the forbidden zones. Two people recognized him, bearing great grudges against him. Back when they had crossed tribulations to become emperors, they had been ambushed by him. This person wanted to seize their dao fruits.
Free and Unfettered Heavenly Venerable, an ancient existence who roamed the Mythical Era, invincible wherever he went, claiming to break through time to seek immortality and prove eternal life.
Such a figure should have long since passed away, yet today he revealed his true body again, shocking everyone, incomprehensible. Hadn't there been rumors that he had already sat in meditation and passed away?
The two imperial-level experts in the forbidden zones were furious but did not emerge. They watched, hoping Ye Fan and this person would destroy each other.
Free and Unfettered Heavenly Venerable created the Stride Secret, unmatched in the world, claiming to step into the domain of time, able to change the years, return to youth, and increase boundless lifespan.
"In the end, it has been proven. One can influence time, but still cannot change oneself."
Ye Fan reorganized his true body. As a Great Accomplishment Saint Body, half his body had stepped into the dao attainment realm, so his recovery power was naturally astonishing. Coupled with mastering the Presence Secret, he could recover as before almost with a single thought.
"Useless. Encountering my Stride Secret, everything will become ineffective. The All Secret and the Presence Secret are also useless. Forcing me to reveal my true body, you can only walk a path of no return," Yun Gu said.
He was extremely confident in his own laws, even looking down on Emperor Venerable's divine techniques, surveying the world with contempt, displaying the arrogance and dominance befitting a Heavenly Venerable.
"Boom!"
Yun Gu struck again, surpassing light speed, time in chaos. His figure could not be seen at all as he attacked fiercely.
"Pu"
Ye Fan's body exploded, half his body shattered by the blow. He simply could not defend against it. That speed was shocking.
"So strong!" Ye Fan sighed, truly admiring the profound meaning of the other's divine ability. In this domain, the other was absolutely first throughout the ages, incomparable to anyone.
Ye Fan's entire body glowed, and the Stride Secret also began to operate, using the other's technique to counter, while under the enhancement of the All Secret, it suddenly became ten times faster.
Moving like this, the universe collapsed, no longer stable, because the power of time was truly surging, severely affected.
"Hum!"
A fierce great collision. Ye Fan was sent flying again, a terrifying bloody hole appearing on his right shoulder, while his left half of his body became minced meat, unrecognizable.
"In my domain, you want to contend with me? Even with the All Secret, it's useless. My dao has reached a certain realm, no need for any enhancement!" Yun Gu said coldly.
This was his method of becoming an emperor. He had the right to say this. No one was faster than him, first throughout the ages. His research on the Stride Art had long reached the heavens.
Ye Fan did not respond. Several secret techniques operated together, all injuries on his body disappearing. His face was extremely solemn as he stepped forward step by step to confront the other.
However, in the dozens of subsequent clashes, blood splashed high from Ye Fan's body. He suffered repeated heavy injuries, simply unable to avoid the other's attacks.
That speed was unparalleled. No one in this world could evade it.
"If it doesn't work, it doesn't work. In this domain, all great emperors and heavenly venerables throughout the ages must bow their heads to me," Yun Gu said.
His hair was thick, his silver pupils flowing with divine radiance, his robes fluttering, indescribably transcendent. In the past, he was called Free and Unfettered Heavenly Venerable, naturally for good reason. Because his speed was divine fast, others could not harm him, and he rarely had embarrassing moments.
"Hum"
Primordial Mother Qi appeared. Ye Fan used the cauldron to protect his body, strands of mother qi hanging down. Furthermore, ten thousand spirits manifested—Kunpeng, Vermilion Bird, Heavenly Dragon, and others—circling around him, filling the universe, guarding him at the center.
"This cauldron is not bad. If it were combined with my vase, it would become even more perfect, becoming an immortal artifact would not be a problem," Yun Gu said, fixing his gaze on the weapon above Ye Fan's head.
"It depends on whether you have the life to take it," Ye Fan said.
Yun Gu smiled, saying, "The cauldron is mine. Even your physical body and primordial spirit are mine!"
When he reached the end, his face was very cold. He had already undergone ultimate sublimation. After this battle, it would be difficult to survive the long years. Only by forcibly seizing Ye Fan's fortune could he extend his life.
"Boom!"
The great battle continued. Free and Unfettered Heavenly Venerable moved like a dragon rising and a phoenix descending, walking proudly through the world. Each time he struck, it was very graceful, but at critical moments, he was always vanishing and reappearing, too fast.
Every strike of his was destructive. Speed reached the limit, divine power delivered, might unmatched in the world. Indeed, he had the momentum of being invincible under heaven. Such methods, such techniques, made even the ancient supreme beings in the forbidden zones extremely wary.
"Dang!"
He struck the cauldron several times, leaving fingerprints on it, almost piercing through it. If it were not the Primordial Qi Cauldron, it would surely have turned to dust.
Relying on his unparalleled divine speed, he actually broke through the defense of the Primordial Mother Qi, delivering his attack methods right before Ye Fan, causing him to nearly meet disaster several times.
Ye Fan increased his speed again, several secrets operating simultaneously. He used the Weapon Secret to restrain Free and Unfettered Heavenly Venerable, the Battle Character Art to attack, the Stride Art to increase speed, fully driving himself to battle Yun Gu.
This was a fierce great collision, rare throughout the ages. Yun Gu had sublimated, equivalent to a great emperor striking. Ye Fan fighting him for so long without dying was enough to demonstrate his strength.
Pu!
Ye Fan bled again, sent flying. This time, he was struck by the other's Green Gold Treasure Vase, then pressed with a palm, his body splitting into four, sacred blood scattering like rain.
"Do you think the more divine techniques you know, the better? Miscellaneous and impure, you will never touch the highest domain." Yun Gu sneered. "Every dao attainers sublimates in one ultimate domain, reaching the highest realm. It's not that learning more is good. It only disperses your energy, and in the end, you never learn anything to the end!"
Free and Unfettered Heavenly Venerable attacked while speaking, looking down on Ye Fan with a hint of mockery. In this world, probably only he dared to comment on Ye Fan's gains and losses like teaching a junior.
"You also said that everyone's dao is different. How do you know that cultivating like this won't work for me?" Ye Fan was unmoved, his gaze even more determined.
"Boom!"
Ye Fan suddenly unfolded his divine phenomenon, engaging in a great confrontation with Free and Unfettered Heavenly Venerable, wanting to incorporate the other into his own chaotic small world, neutralizing the other's speed attack.
It indeed had an effect. The divine phenomenon expanded, trapping Yun Gu inside, making him feel as if he had fallen into a quagmire, his ultimate speed restricted.
"Kill!"
Ye Fan's eyes burst with divine light. The Heavenly Emperor Fist struck forward. He did not doubt his own combat power. The only thing he feared was the other's speed, which he could never catch up to.
Now that the opportunity had come, he naturally had to use his ultimate methods, fighting with all his might!
"Dong!"
Then, a terrifying sound came. Yun Gu disappeared from his spot, and a strange light flew toward Ye Fan's head.
Without a doubt, it was again ultimate divine speed, and this time more terrifying than before. Ye Fan immediately sank the cauldron, covering himself, then his entire body glowed, erupting with supreme aura to block.
"Dang!"
The great cauldron shook, cracks densely covering it.
Ye Fan struck with the Heavenly Emperor Fist, hitting a stream of light. Although he scattered it, his own fist suddenly developed many wrinkles, as if it had aged considerably.
This made him draw in cold air. This was the power of time. The other had pushed the Stride Secret to its limit, truly stepping into the domain of time, using this to attack him.
Ye Fan felt a headache, realizing that what the other said was not without reason. When a secret technique reached its ultimate, it truly was invincible, needing nothing else.
With a rumble, Free and Unfettered Heavenly Venerable spread his arms like an immortal phoenix spreading its wings, like a divine ape leaping, unleashing vast dao waves, all the power of time.
This was his true killing move. Ye Fan understood that the other did not want to wait any longer. Now he was launching his most terrifying attack. If Ye Fan could not block it, he might truly end in tragedy.
The Stride Secret was this terrifying. This was an ultimate that no outsider could reach. Throughout the ages, only Free and Unfettered Heavenly Venerable himself could reach the divine transformation, traveling like an immortal.
"Boom!"
Ye Fan shook the cauldron out. Ten thousand spirits danced—dragons, phoenixes, Kunpeng, White Tigers, and others—covering the sky and earth, flooding the universe. Many great stars directly shattered.
However, at this moment, a horrifying thing happened. When the ten thousand spirits encountered those dao waves, they all silently aged, then their flesh withered, turning into dry bones, dying there.
In the universe, the hair of all the great clans stood on end. How heaven-defying was this method? He could truly control time. Free and Unfettered Heavenly Venerable was indeed terrifying, no wonder he was so arrogant!
"Sever!"
Ye Fan shouted. He did not interrupt the several Nine Secrets, still executing them. At the same time, his right hand suddenly guided, executing the Beginningless Secret Technique, striking everything back to the origin point, forcibly interrupting the other's method.
"Boom!"
Free and Unfettered Heavenly Venerable staggered. Although the power of time did not completely disperse, it stalled, almost interrupted.
Ye Fan roared, unleashing an unparalleled devastating attack, striking forward. Moreover, he reached out, grabbing endless star rivers, countless great stars raining down like hailstones.
Boom!
The power of time was dispersed, rushing in all directions. Many great stars exploded.
"You know quite a few secret techniques, but they still cannot stop this Heavenly Venerable!" Yun Gu shouted coldly, but in his heart, a warning arose. Ye Fan's secret techniques were numerous and all very astonishing. If he continued to evolve them, they could definitely threaten him.
He stood in eternity, pushing the Stride Art to its ultimate, striking again. This time, the power of time was even more vast. He wanted to finish Ye Fan early.
And Ye Fan executed even more secret techniques. But this time, the dominant secret technique changed again, imitating Ruthless Person's Ten Thousand Transformations Divine Art!
Transforming all wonders into decay, it effectively blocked time, causing Free and Unfettered Heavenly Venerable's power of time to be interfered with, not so smooth.
"I want to see what other methods you have!" Yun Gu shouted.
The two fought fiercely, continuing for another half hour. Ye Fan was hit several times, his body exploding. Time caused him great harm. If not for his sacred blood being world-shaking, quickly cleansing that strange power, he might have fallen.
Fierce battle. In the end, Ye Fan's entire body burned. All secret techniques emerged, this universe boiling.
Within his body, scripture sounds were unceasing. Various profound meanings were fully displayed, becoming an ocean of laws and secret techniques. Even divine phenomena reflected in the sky.
Free and Unfettered Heavenly Venerable changed color. He sensed something abnormal. As Ye Fan fought desperately like this, although he occasionally splattered blood across the starry sky, even his body exploding, the other still did not weaken, and a terrifying transformation was occurring.
Around Ye Fan, laws interwove, scriptures transformed into dense runes, plus divine phenomena supporting the sky. He seemed to be wrapped inside a cauldron furnace, like a divine fetus undergoing transformation.
"The Furnace Nurtures All Scriptures. You want to use me to transform? Bold!" Yun Gu shouted angrily.
He finally understood the other's dao. This young enemy was too bold. He had been shattered many times, narrowly escaping death, at risk of falling at any moment, yet he still thought of comprehending the dao and breaking through under such circumstances.
The Furnace Nurtures All Scriptures. Ten thousand methods burst forth. Various immortal lights fused. Ye Fan's place became a chaotic land. He became the "One" about to break free.
This was the path he wanted to create. At this moment, endless chaotic immortal light danced, wrapping him.
"Evolving to the end, could it be to become a Chaotic Body?" Yun Gu was shocked, shouting as he charged forward to kill.
Recently, some people said that Ye Fan, before becoming an emperor, could already battle ancient emperors and heavenly venerables, his power-up too fierce. Others said Ye Fan was too weak, already this powerful yet still unable to sweep the forbidden zones. I want to ask brothers holding these two different views to debate each other. I've been bombarded by both views and feel quite innocent. You two should first decide who wins and who loses.