Heaven-Dominating Martial Emperor

His demeanor was calm and unhurried, like a sinister, cunning predator toying with its trapped prey.

“Desperate?”

“Not necessarily.”

Ye Chen’s expression remained unchanged. He stood before the bronze pillar, his unwavering eyes calmly fixed on Tan Jingyu in the distance.

“Oh?”

“So, you think you still have a way to turn this around?”

Tan Jingyu raised an eyebrow, somewhat surprised that Ye Chen still refused to back down at a time like this. “With me driving the Xuanwu Array, I can completely seal off the surrounding space.”

“If you’re still thinking of escaping with that Void Level Spiritual Treasure, I’d advise you to give up on that idea.”

He was extremely confident, as if Ye Chen was already in his grasp.

“Escape?”

“No, you’re mistaken.”

Ye Chen slowly turned around. A chaotic light gleamed in his calm, profound eyes, which were like two boundless, all-encompassing black holes emitting a mystical aura.

“Since I’ve already come to the Xuanwu Tribe, how could I possibly leave empty-handed?”

“Naturally, I have to properly settle this score with you.”

Hearing this, Tan Jingyu couldn’t help but frown slightly.

He felt that something was off about Ye Chen at this moment; his state seemed very strange.

“Settle scores with me? You’d need the ability to do so first.”

He narrowed his eyes, in no hurry to move and suppress Ye Chen.

He wanted to see just what kind of change had occurred in Ye Chen.

“Why don’t you try me?”

Ye Chen smiled.

The next moment, a vast, phantom Spiritual Sea suddenly materialized behind him.

Within the churning Spiritual Sea, streams of Chaotic Qi Flow surged forth!

“Spiritual Sea?”

“Your cultivation… it’s recovered?”

Tan Jingyu was startled. His expression finally changed!

For him, this was not good news at all.

Once Ye Chen’s cultivation returned to its Peak, he would be facing the number one person in the Dongxuan Province’s Cultivation Realm!

BOOM!

An overwhelming chaotic aura spread out from behind Ye Chen.

As the Chaotic Qi dissipated, three orbs of light appeared within the vast phantom of the Spiritual Sea.

One orb of light was shrouded in blazing divine flames. Inside, the Vermilion Bird spread its wings that blotted out the sky, its crimson feathers shimmering with a fiery red luster, as dazzling as gemstones.

In another orb, the agile form of the Cyan Dragon was revealed. A brilliant cyan light flowed like water, roiling the surrounding space.

The last orb of light was filled with an aura of slaughter. A White Tiger trod upon the void, its sharp gaze like a blade that threatened to sunder heaven and earth.

The three great divine beasts appeared behind Ye Chen simultaneously. An unfathomably profound aura enveloped his body, which glowed with various colors and emanated a vast, soul-stirring presence.

“What is going on?”

Tan Jingyu’s eyes flickered. This vision before him was completely beyond his expectations.

He couldn’t figure out how this transformation had happened to Ye Chen.

But he was certain that no matter how profound Ye Chen’s methods were, with only three Divine Beast Fire Seeds in hand, he could never be his opponent!

A majestic aura enveloped the void. Led by Xiang Wei, all the Xuanwu Guards were covered by the terrifying pressure, trembling so violently they could barely move. Their gazes toward Ye Chen were filled with sheer horror.

They had to desperately channel the power of the Xuanwu Array just to barely resist the pressure emanating from Ye Chen.

“This is…”

The Realm Spirit stood at Ye Chen’s side. As she observed the changes in him, she seemed to realize something. A great ripple of emotion suddenly crossed her eternally cold and unchanging face.

The young man’s body was shrouded in multicolored light. He stared up at Tan Jingyu in the sky above, his expression the very epitome of calm.

“Did you think that in my current state, I don’t have the power to take you down?”

“I’m afraid you’re going to be disappointed.”

Ye Chen suddenly smiled. “In fact, I don’t need this last fire seed at all.”

“What did you say?” Tan Jingyu’s expression shifted, and a terrible feeling welled up inside him.

“Legend has it that by gathering the power of the four Divine Beast Fire Seeds, one can refine one of the most powerful divine fires in all of creation: the Creation Sacred Fire!”

“But that is, after all, just a legend. No one has ever seen it with their own eyes, myself included.”

“It was only just now, when I exhausted all my effort trying to break the seal covering the Xuanwu Totem, that I suddenly discovered…”

“I have already obtained the Creation Sacred Fire!”

The young man’s indifferent words echoed in everyone’s ears.

The others were still confused, but Tan Jingyu’s face contorted in shock.

He could no longer remain calm, looking as if he had just seen a ghost.

“No… This is impossible!!!”

“The Creation Sacred Fire absolutely requires the power of all four fire seeds to be formed!”

“You’re just bluffing! You don’t have the Xuanwu Fire Seed, so how could you possibly have obtained the Creation Sacred Fire!!!”

He roared, his heart in turmoil, as if a colossal wave had crashed within him!

“Is that so?”

“But you’ve already gathered all four fire seeds. Why haven’t I seen you refine the Creation Sacred Fire?”

Ye Chen asked coolly.

“I…”

Ye Chen’s question hit the nail on the head, leaving Tan Jingyu speechless.

“Today, I will let you witness the power of the Creation Sacred Fire!”

Ye Chen slowly raised his hand. In an instant, the three divine beast projections behind him transformed into phantoms, gathering in his palm and merging into an iridescent orb of light.

The next moment, the bronze pillar that seemed to pierce the clouds began to tremble violently. The Xuanwu Totem lit up with a brilliant radiance as the Xuanwu Fire Seed inside rammed against it desperately, trying to break free from the seal.

But in the end, patterns like shackles appeared on the bronze pillar, and the Xuanwu Fire Seed’s attempt to break the seal ended in failure.

Seeing this, Tan Jingyu, who had been on edge, finally relaxed a bit.

But his expression was still filled with shock and suspicion, unable to grasp what kind of change had come over Ye Chen.

Ye Chen glanced at the ceaselessly trembling bronze pillar, his expression calm and without the slightest ripple.

“Creation Sacred Fire, form!!!”

He spoke calmly, and the orb of light in his hand suddenly began to surge violently.

Phantom images of the three great divine beasts rapidly appeared within the orb, constantly shifting.

The orb erupted with a blazing divine light. It was as if the young man held a brilliant, blazing sun in his hand, impossible to look at directly. Its aura roiled heaven and earth, shattering the surrounding space.

Under everyone’s watchful eyes, the brilliant divine light in Ye Chen’s palm slowly converged, finally transforming into a tiny flame.

The flame was a brilliant gold, suffused with a supreme divine might. As the light and shadows swirled within it, one could almost glimpse the phantom images of the Vermilion Bird, the White Tiger, and the Cyan Dragon reflected within.