Chapter 1677: The Emperor of Enma

In the Yama Emperor Realm, even the outermost gatekeepers possess truly terrifying strength.

The dark spear flying towards them carried the power of a Divine Master, and its sharp whistling sound was as terrifying as a devil's shriek.

It was clear that the Yama Emperor Realm was far more severe and taboo compared to the centers of other King Realms.

Approaching the king cities of the Soul Stealing and Burning Moon realms would first result in oppressive aura and warnings. But nearing the Yama Emperor Realm... meant a direct fatal attack!

Yun Che's steps halted. The shadow of the dark spear rapidly expanded in his pupils... then struck directly between his eyebrows.

It didn't pierce through him, nor was there the sound of darkness raging and consuming. The instant the dark spear struck Yun Che's brow, it disintegrated, turning into a cloud of drifting dark dust.

The air suddenly solidified, and the figure in the darkness abruptly suffocated. At this moment, Yun Che slowly extended his hand, grasping at the void with five fingers.

Amidst a terrified scream, a figure struggled out of the darkness at an incredibly high speed, then heavily collided with Yun Che's hand, where it was firmly held within his grasp.

This was a gaunt, small-framed middle-aged man. The black skull mark on his body indicated his noble status throughout the Northern Divine Region. However, trapped in Yun Che's palm, his face showed only fear, and his dark profound energy seemed confined within an invisible cage, unable to circulate even slightly.

Yun Che flipped his palm, striking the man's chest heavily with the back of his hand... With a crack, all of the man's bones, along with his internal organs, shattered. He crumpled to the ground, utterly silent.

Yun Che continued forward, stepping on the man's right foot. As his foot passed, the powerful Divine Master's leg bone fractured like rotten wood. With Yun Che's continued movement, the entire body was broken into hundreds of pieces, yet not a single drop of blood was seen.

The air grew heavy. The oppressive auras weighing down on Yun Che briefly faltered in alarm, but then turned even colder.

This was the Yama Emperor Realm; nothing in the world had ever been able to threaten it.

“Hmph, it’s been many years since anyone came here to court death like this.”

“Anyone who dares to kill a person from the Yama Emperor Realm, no matter who you are, will become the lowliest bleached bone in the sea of bones today!”

Amidst the low voices, the air suddenly grew cold, and hundreds of icy killing intents focused on Yun Che. Yun Che looked ahead, a colossal skull vaguely appearing in his vision.

It was the skull of an ancient devil, miles in size. Its gaping devilish maw served as the main gate of the Yama Emperor Realm.

His steps halted. He looked ahead and said calmly, “Tell the Yama Emperor that Yun Che has arrived.”

As the name “Yun Che” was uttered, the frigid air abruptly stiffened. All auras locked onto Yun Che froze for an instant.

In recent days, the Northern Divine Region had been utterly shaken by the name “Yun Che.”

The Burning Moon Divine Emperor had died, supposedly slain by Yun Che with a single sword stroke. The spatial tremors caused by that power were clearly felt throughout the entire Yama Realm.

While these could still be dismissed as mere rumors... the vast Burning Moon Realm falling into the Devil Queen’s hands overnight was a horrifying, undeniable fact!

Yun Che wields the power of the Devil Emperor... Yun Che used the power of a True God to kill the Burning Moon Divine Emperor... All surviving Moon Eaters were terrified, not daring to offer even the slightest resistance... Yun Che will be crowned Emperor in the Soul Stealing Realm...

Rumor after rumor, like bolts of thunder, shook every corner of the Northern Divine Region. As a fellow King Realm, the Yama Realm undoubtedly received the news earliest and witnessed the most.

The Burning Moon Divine Emperor was indeed dead, and the Soul Stealing Realm had indeed taken control of the Burning Moon Realm without a fight... In the past few days, the Yama Emperor had remained silent, but it was unimaginable that his heart was truly at peace.

And now, Yun Che, who had personally slain the Burning Moon Divine Emperor, was stirring up monstrous waves across the Northern Divine Region, and was causing a delicate atmosphere within the Yama Realm, had actually appeared at the very heart of the Yama Realm.

And he seemed to be alone!

After a suffocatingly long silence, a voice frantically exclaimed, “Quick... quickly send a message to the Grand Commander!”

Yan Tianxiao, the Yama Emperor among the Three Emperors of the Northern Region, was also universally acknowledged as the Northern Region’s foremost Divine Emperor.

The surname Yan was not their original family name. However, after their ancestor inherited the Yama Devil legacy and occupied the Eternal Darkness Bone Sea, they changed their surname to Yan, thus becoming the Great Ancestor Yan.

Due to their occupation of the Eternal Darkness Bone Sea, the Yama Emperor Realm was perpetually bathed in the dark yin energy emanating from ancient devil bones. This granted them an unparalleled advantage in cultivating dark profound energy over all other star realms. This was also the primary reason why the Yama Realm consistently remained the foremost King Realm in the Northern Region.

As the current Yama Emperor, Yan Tianxiao's power was unfathomable. What he was most proud of in his life, besides his own strength and imperial position, were his two children.

The Yama Devil Crown Prince, Yan Jie, and his eighty-seventh daughter, Yan Wu.

In the cold, silent Yama Devil Grand Hall, a tall figure slowly walked in. Dressed in black, with ashen skin, he knelt on one knee and said, “Your son greets Father King.”

Yan Tianxiao had been standing motionless for several hours. The voice from behind him made his eyes open, but he did not turn around, simply asking, “How goes it?”

Those incredibly brief words, however, contained a terrifying imperial might capable of shattering souls. Moreover, this naturally emanating imperial might was far heavier than usual.

Clearly, regarding the rumors of the past few days and the drastic changes in Burning Moon, Yan Tianxiao was not as calm as he appeared.

The black-clad man respectfully replied, “To Father King, it has been confirmed that the spatial tremor four days ago affected nearly thirty percent of the star realms, and the Burning Moon Realm likewise developed countless cracks within mere moments.”

This person was none other than the Yama Devil Crown Prince, Yan Jie, whose other identity was one of the Ten Yama Devils, with the devil title “Calamity Devil,” ranking fourth in overall strength among the Ten Yama Devils.

Ten thousand years ago, shortly after inheriting the Yama Devil’s power, he was designated the Yama Devil Crown Prince, becoming the undisputed successor to the Yama Emperor... However, his position as Crown Prince faced increasingly severe threats thereafter.

This also made him exceptionally active in the Northern Divine Region in recent years, striving to prove himself in various fields.

“After Fen Daojun and Fen Daozang died, none of the remaining eleven Moon Eaters resisted. Furthermore, the first to surrender was... Fen Daoqi.”

“Him?” Yan Tianxiao’s brow furrowed slightly.

Fen Daoqi was the Burning Moon’s Imperial Tutor, Fen Daojun’s most respected... and also a person Yan Tianxiao greatly feared.

Fen Daoqi was known as Burning Moon’s strategist. He was extremely adept at deliberation, always striving to maximize benefits in any situation.

And the most crucial point: he was extremely loyal to Burning Moon.

Such a person, yet he was the first to choose to surrender before the Devil Queen?

What transpired then must have truly shattered souls to such an extent!?

“In just a few days, all of Burning Moon’s core areas have fallen under the control of the Soul Stealing Realm. A significant reason for this swift and smooth process was Fen Daoqi. Not only was he the first to surrender, but he also fully facilitated Burning Moon’s assimilation with Soul Stealing, almost as if... overnight, his loyalty to Burning Moon completely shifted to loyalty to Soul Stealing.”

“However, the greatest possibility is that he was ‘soul-stolen’ by the Devil Queen.”

“No,” Yan Tianxiao countered, “Fen Daoqi is the type of person least likely to be soul-stolen in this world. Because he is so rational that I have never found any flaw in him.”

“For him to act this way, either there was truly no value in fighting back, not even a sliver; or... the Soul Stealing Realm possessed something he desperately craved.”

His brows furrowed, and he murmured, “It seems I must personally make a trip to Burning Moon.”

At this moment, another set of footsteps approached.

Compared to Yan Jie’s respectful and solemn entry, these footsteps were far more casual.

And in the entire Yama Realm, only one person would... and dared to be so casual before the Yama Emperor:

The Yama Emperor’s eighty-seventh daughter — Yan Wu.

Moreover, she held another status far more esteemed than that of an imperial daughter: one of the Ten Yama Devils, with the devil title “Yasha.”

And her power ranked first among the Ten Yama Devils!

She was also the Yama Realm’s only other Divine Master at the tenth level, besides the Yama Emperor himself!

Yan Wu was tall, with hair like a cascading waterfall. Her light armor, dark as night, was slightly form-fitting, outlining her exceptionally long legs.

Due to inheriting the Yama Devil Art, her skin also had a dull, ashen pallor. However, her exquisite and cold features paradoxically enhanced her alluring and otherworldly beauty.

“Father King, Royal Brother.” She stood beside Yan Jie, offering a simple bow. Though a woman, she was a full half-head taller than Yan Jie.

Yan Tianxiao, who had been facing away from Yan Jie, now turned around. His imperial might vanished, replaced by a faint smile. “Wu’er, you’ve arrived.”

“It seems Xiao Wu must have brought good news,” Yan Jie said with a smile.

The Yama Emperor had many children. Yan Wu, as an ordinary princess born of a concubine, was initially unremarkable. Her status, compared to Yan Jie who was already the Crown Prince, was vastly different.

However, in her early childhood, she displayed extraordinarily high dark profound talent, and at the age of eleven, she awakened the Yama Devil’s power.

After inheriting the Yama Devil’s power, her cultivation continued to advance by leaps and bounds. In just three thousand years, she surpassed Crown Prince Yan Jie, who had borne the Yama Devil’s power for nearly ten thousand years. She then took a step that shook the Yama Realm and trembled the Northern Divine Region... achieving the tenth level of Divine Master.

Had it not been for the formidable existence of Chi Wuyao constantly suppressing her, she could have been called the “Divine Maiden” of the Northern Divine Region.

Her very existence, without a doubt, threatened Yan Jie’s position as Crown Prince.

Although there had never been a female Yama Emperor in the history of the Yama Realm, previously... there had also never been an existence like Yan Wu.

“What did the Old Ancestors say?” Yan Tianxiao asked.

Yan Wu shook her head and replied, “The Old Ancestors are not concerned about this matter.”

“Not concerned?” Yan Jie frowned deeply.

“I told them everything that needed to be said,” Yan Wu said, her brows furrowed. “But the three Old Ancestors reacted indifferently, and... they don’t seem to believe it.”

“Especially, they absolutely refuse to believe that a power capable of instantly killing a Divine Emperor could exist in this world. Otherwise, after hundreds of thousands of years in the Eternal Darkness Bone Sea, they would surely have touched upon that realm.”

At this point, Yan Wu’s brow slightly arched. “Father King, frankly, I don’t believe it either. Not unless I see it with my own eyes.”

Yan Tianxiao was silent for a moment, then said, “Whether we believe it or not, Fen Daojun’s death and Burning Moon’s collapse are facts, and they happened overnight! This matter must...”

Yan Tianxiao abruptly stopped speaking, his brow suddenly deepening.

“What is it?” Yan Wu quickly asked.

“A message from the main gate area... Yun Che has arrived,” Yan Tianxiao said slowly, his eyes flickering rapidly.

For the first time in his life, he felt caught off guard.

He was still reeling from the death of the Burning Moon Divine Emperor and the fall of the Burning Moon Realm, still unable to fully grasp what had happened, and had not even begun to probe Yun Che’s true background... yet Yun Che had already proactively come to them!

“What!?” Yan Jie and Yan Wu’s expressions changed simultaneously.

“Is the Devil Queen with him?” Yan Wu asked.

“He is alone,” Yan Tianxiao’s brow deepened further. “According to reports, Yun Che also arrived alone before the drastic change in Burning Moon.”

“However, that’s fine,” Yan Tianxiao said in a low voice. “Since he’s already here, I’ll see for myself just who this person is!”

“No!” Yan Wu slowly raised her eyes, which glinted with dark light. “Let me meet him first... And Father King, you might as well prepare the finest tomb for him! We can’t let him come for nothing.”

“Hahahahaha.” The Yama Emperor paused for a moment, then suddenly burst into laughter. “As expected of my daughter, Yan Tianxiao, you truly possess your father’s demeanor from back in the day.”

“...” Yan Jie also laughed, but his hands, clasped behind his back, silently clenched.