Chapter 1428: Divine Emergence

The Devouring Beast was a formidable opponent, far beyond what ordinary people could match. Its body couldn't even be shattered, only deformed at most.

It possessed immense combat power, reigning supreme in its domain with few rivals. Now, it blocked Ye Fan's path, prompting Pang Bo and the others to feel a strong urge to kill. However, there was no time for an intense battle, as a group of pursuers was closing in from behind. If they were trapped, the consequences would be unimaginable.

"Let's go!" Ye Fan whispered.

It was a fierce battle. Though Ye Fan and his companions were fleeing, they did not panic. They engaged in several intense clashes, carving a bloody path as they surged into the distance.

Ultimately, they broke through the encirclement.

The news of this event spread widely, greatly impacting everyone. Both the natives and powerful figures from beyond the domain became acutely aware of Ye Fan's bravery. Even the combined forces of experts from the Divine Realm and numerous young supreme beings could not detain him.

"The Great Demonic King Ye Fan is truly difficult to deal with; even the Divine Army was deployed, and he still escaped. It's incredible.""Have you heard who came from the Divine Realm? It was Yan Chongtian, the Heavenly Sage King who had been in seclusion for many years, hailed as the second most powerful under the starry sky! Even he couldn't hold that man.""This... could this outer-domain devil truly claim to be number one in the world?"

After this battle, Ye Fan's reputation as a demon grew even stronger. The Other Shore regarded him as the foremost devil, finding it incredible that a blasphemer could have survived this long.

However, the consequences of this battle were also dire. Besides Yan Chongtian, the Heavenly Sage King acclaimed as the second most powerful under the starry sky, even more terrifying figures emerged.

A Divine Elder, who had reached the Great Saint realm, emerged from the Divine Realm, intending to personally slay demons and eliminate great evils like Ye Fan and the Golden Snake Lord.

Furthermore, powerful beings who had descended from beyond the domain also showed unusual movements. For instance, the Stone Man Saint Spirit was searching for Ye Fan, wielding the Immortal Tear Green Gold Ruler, and similarly, the Great Saints of ancient clans also sought to eliminate him in this world.

Deep within the Great Wilderness, mountains rose layer upon layer, with towering cliffs and sheer precipices thousands of feet high. Apes cried out and tigers roared.

Sensing the killing intent in this world, Ye Fan and his companions concealed themselves, entering the deepest part of a mountain range to quietly cultivate their Dao arts. They intended to comprehend ancient methods and temporarily withdraw from the mortal world.

This was an exceptionally quiet valley, with hardly any sound. In the valley was a cold pond with clear water, but looking down, it was pitch black and unfathomably deep.

The Dragon Horse was quite mischievous. It extended a hoof into the pond, immediately grimacing as if pricked by needles. It quickly withdrew its hoof, which was covered in a thick layer of profound ice, chilling it to the bone.

Only it could withstand such cold; an ordinary person would have been instantly frozen and shattered. Clearly, the cold pond was extraordinary.

The strange thing was that in an adjacent valley, there was a magma spring, not a volcano, but level with the ground, gurgling with hot liquid.

The Golden Lion once tried it, and the fire was so intensely hot it could almost incinerate Dao-Slayers. Clearly, this was no ordinary land.

"This place is truly extraordinary. Look, doesn't the ridge separating the two valleys resemble a coiled dragon?" Pang Bo said, pointing downwards from mid-air.

"Indeed, this is a naturally formed Yin-Yang diagram. If I arrange it here, I can maximize the power of the Heaven-Origin Divine Formation," Ye Fan murmured, "allowing us to cultivate in peace."

He took out several formation platforms, placing them between the two valleys. He meticulously arranged them, inscribing one golden formation after another until this place became their dwelling.

Afterward, he deployed the Great Emperor Wushi's Heaven-Deceiving Formation patterns, making the place completely disappear from the world, returning it to void.

"Cultivate here with peace of mind, endure for a period of time, and in the future, you will be able to go anywhere in the world," Ye Fan said. He then took out a Bodhi Tree and planted it in the valley.

Thanks to the Divine Liquid from an ancient Heavenly Venerable's Life Spring, this divine tree flourished, its branches lush and emerald, glistening as if dripping with dew. When its leaves rustled, they emitted resounding Dao hums, as if someone were chanting scriptures.

"Won't you be staying here? Where are you going?" Pang Bo frowned.

"I want to go out and travel. I possess Source Techniques, which allow me to change my appearance and aura, making it difficult for others to recognize me," Ye Fan replied. His cultivation wasn't as simple as just going into seclusion; perfecting his scriptures required a gradual process and couldn't be achieved overnight.

"Your Dao injuries..." Pang Bo said, concerned.

"My Dao injuries arose from cultivating the Four Extremities Secret Realm. As long as my scriptures are complete and I cultivate to the peak, they will heal. It's not a problem," Ye Fan answered.

*Rumble!*That very day, the Divine Realm shook violently. An ancient, vast divine sense swept across the eight directions, surging towards every corner of the Other Shore!

This aura was majestic and boundless, like falling suns and moons, or sparkling constellations, illuminating the world in brilliant splendor. A supremely sacred and divine presence flowed, filling everyone with awe.

"A miracle!""The God has manifested in the world!"

The supreme ruler of the Divine Realm descended upon the world. All races prostrated themselves, filled with awe and trembling with fear.

This was an immense power of faith, originating from the Divine Realm, resonating with the divine statues of all races in the world, rumbling loudly. Thus, it swept across the cosmos, engulfing rivers and mountains.

Transforming into billions, the power of faith he had accumulated disintegrated at this moment, surging towards every corner of the world. The God had personally taken action, searching for Ye Fan to slay the outer-domain demon.

The moment Ye Fan stepped out of the valley, he sensed the vibrant, flowing light between heaven and earth, feeling deeply shaken. He had witnessed such immense power of faith before, on Mount Sumeru!

He hadn't expected this world to possess it too. From ancient times until now, the Divine Realm had absorbed the faith of all beings day after day, year after year, accumulating a vast ocean of sacred spiritual power.

Now, the God of this era had merely utilized a fraction of the power it possessed, yet it was enough to engulf mountains and rivers and stir all directions. One could only imagine how terrifying its full power was.

Ye Fan was glad he had made ample preparations, having already inscribed the Heaven-Deceiving Formation patterns to conceal his aura, thus avoiding detection by this pure spiritual energy. He immediately returned along his original path, rushing into the Yin-Yang Valley and sealing off the passage to the outside.

"What? The God has emerged, and it might far surpass a Great Saint?" Pang Bo and the others were stunned.

In their view, the ruler of the Divine Realm was likely just an invincible being at the peak of the Great Saint realm, wielding an Emperor's artifact, which allowed them to command the world and slay Great Saints. Now, it seemed to transcend that scope.

"I wouldn't dare say it's definitely a Quasi-Emperor, but it has most likely stepped one foot into that realm. Truly peerlessly powerful," Ye Fan said with a grave expression.

Outside, the world was turned upside down. The God had emerged from the Divine Realm, spreading the power of faith it had accumulated over years across the land, communicating with every citizen in search of the blasphemer.

"Something is wrong. What does the blasphemer possess that makes the God unable to remain in the Divine Realm, descending upon the world? It shouldn't be as simple as a wisp of a clone being killed!" Many old masters in the ancestral lands of various races harbored doubts.

People did not believe that the God, with its supreme dignity, would make such a grand move just for a Saint King. There had to be an unknown secret.

"The Cauldron of All Creations' Mother Qi... that person possesses a prototype of a supreme artifact, which could become a divine artifact if it falls into the God's hands in the future!""Not only that, but that person also knows how to collect the power of faith. He is a demon god, and it was precisely the spiritual power within his cauldron that destroyed a wisp of the God's clone. Such a person absolutely cannot be allowed to grow stronger."

Such news spread from the Divine Realm, causing a huge uproar. More people from the Other Shore began searching for Ye Fan, hoping to offer him as a gift to the God.

However, for several consecutive days, the First Demonic King Ye Fan remained elusive, as if he had vanished into thin air, nowhere to be seen.

This shocked the world. The God had emerged from the Divine Realm and used the power of faith, yet it failed to find the outer-domain demon. This defied all common sense.

*Boom!*The heavens collapsed and the earth shattered, divine light blazing. In a vast wilderness, a monstrous mist of blood surged forth. The Heavenly Dog Great Saint was killed, utterly obliterated by the God.

He was a Great Saint, on par with the Gray Flood Dragon and the Golden Toad, all three being Beast Venerables. His strength was beyond doubt, but he could not withstand the divine might and was utterly slain.

This shocked everyone who had come from beyond the domain. This was not the first Great Saint to be killed; could this God truly be invincible under the starry sky?!

For a time, the world fell silent. All the mighty figures who had descended from beyond the domain became as quiet as cicadas in winter, falling silent. The God was irresistible.

Eight days later, a mass grave erupted in a huge explosion. Another Great Saint, who had been hiding there, was killed, his blood splattering and staining the area. This one also hailed from beyond the domain.

The Other Shore experienced a great earthquake. The world boiled over, everyone inexplicably shocked. The God's followers prostrated themselves in worship, and all corners of the world were astonished, marveling at the supreme power of the God.

However, half a month passed, and a certain fact became undeniable: the God had emerged, yet still failed to find the blasphemer.

"What's going on? The God is omnipotent and connected to all beings. Its divine might sweeps across the world, so how could it not find that blasphemer?"

A month passed, and Ye Fan still remained unfound, with no trace of him whatsoever. This left the people of the Other Shore even more perplexed.

"What's happening? Why can't he be slain? The God is supreme, able to move the world with a single thought. How can it not find even one outer-domain demon?"

Everyone was filled with doubt, various suspicions arising in their hearts.

Two months later, the demon remained unseen, and the God returned to the Divine Realm, leaving an unusual atmosphere throughout the world.

"Could it be that the God is in its twilight years? I once heard that once a God's perception begins to wane, it signifies the time for a new God to replace the old."

A rumor spread throughout the land, causing great commotion and widespread panic.

The God, enraged, once again stepped out of the Divine Realm, displaying immeasurable divine power. It completely annihilated the clan that had spread the rumors, making all ten directions tremble with immense fear.

At the same time, it traveled outside for over ten days, searching for the blasphemer, but still yielded no results.

When the God returned to the Divine Realm, rumors resurfaced. Some secretly claimed that the God was truly old and might pass away within the next few years. All races should make early preparations to pay homage to a new God.

Moreover, at this very moment, "Ye Fan," the world's foremost demonic king, appeared once again, running rampant across the land, proving to the people that he was still alive and well, and the God could not stop him.

The world was in an uproar. The God emerged upon hearing the news, causing mountains and rivers in all ten directions to tremble, yet it still came up empty-handed, gaining nothing.

This time, there was no need for others to spread rumors; the various races were already wavering, believing that the God's days might truly be numbered, having lost its former divine perception, and its life nearing its end.

"A new God will be born; the old God has become a thing of the past."

As soon as these messages emerged, the Other Shore of the God trembled violently. The entire world was in great turmoil, the power of faith became unstable, and the light points being transmitted to the Divine Realm sharply decreased, showing the most direct change.

Sensing something, the God emerged from the Divine Realm, carrying a divine artifact. It exerted its might over heaven and earth, visiting one race after another, hoping to suppress the general trend and safeguard its own destiny.

However, while the God traveled the world, the outer-domain demon, Ye Fan, reappeared. He was less than ten thousand li away from the God, appearing and vanishing in a flash. Many witnessed this, and the news spread throughout the land.

"The God is failing, truly nearing its end; it has no perception within ten thousand li. I believe the true Supreme God is about to be born to replace him.""The old God will perish; this is a change and a cycle. His life is nearing its end, and we should consider erecting new divine statues for worship."

Rumors proliferated, shaking the world.

Not only the outside world, but even the Divine Realm itself was filled with an eerie atmosphere. Many individuals were operating in secret, creating a suffocating pressure.

Over the next ten years, the God's radiance grew increasingly dim, as blasphemers repeatedly appeared. It wasn't just Ye Fan; multiple individuals emerged one after another, though he remained the most prominent. He lived freely for ten years outside, still perfectly fine.

In truth, Ye Fan had not gone out to provoke. He had remained hidden in the valley, sensing the scent of a conspiracy. Someone was targeting the God, and it was undoubtedly a major upheaval and a world-shaking terror.

Ten years could change many things. Half the world now believed that the God was failing, on the verge of passing away, and had entered a dreadful twilight period.

Over those ten years, the power of faith the God received dwindled to its lowest point and became chaotic, filled with numerous impure thoughts, as if a dynasty were on the verge of ending and collapsing.