Chapter 1594: Saintly Body

Ye Fan opened his Origin Heaven Eye and saw a hazy light. Yuhua Tian had not left; he was waiting outside, clearly intending to hunt him down.

"People must have a bottom line. I am like a moth to a flame, rushing into a cosmic battle, and though my strength is minuscule, I am doing my part. Yet, you ignore the dark turmoil and choose to intercept and kill me here. What a Divine Court Yuhua Tian!"

Ye Fan was truly enraged. Although this man was a Quasi-Emperor, Ye Fan despised him. Even with an Emperor's aura rising from him, Ye Fan found him loathsome, contemptible, and beneath him.

"What did you take from Saint Cliff?" Yuhua Tian's eyes flickered. He disregarded everything else, focusing solely on this. In the depths of his eyes was a strong desire for something that would compel Ye Fan to come here even with the dark apocalypse approaching—it had to be world-shaking.

"I took out a supreme treasure capable of battling a Sovereign. Do you want it?" Ye Fan asked indifferently.

"Are you trying to scare me? Why wouldn't I want it? I'm waiting here to send you on your way. Leave everything behind!" Yuhua Tian said grimly. Even though the little girl was terrifying and had an incredibly powerful background, he still intended to strike, avoiding her and swiftly dealing with Ye Fan.

"Very well, I'll give it to you!" Ye Fan roared.

His hair stood on end, each strand pointing skyward. Golden blood energy, accompanied by streaks of crimson light, surged upwards, and a massive beam of light from his crown shattered the firmament.

This was the power of his bloodline, the very foundation of his invincible physical body.

A corpse appeared, falling from the bronze cauldron. Its entire body was covered in green fur, and it looked terrifying. It stood majestically, its aura overwhelming the mortal world.

This was the Great Accomplishment Saint Body from ancient times, who once battled Mount Undying, carving out a section of black ancient peaks that became Saint Cliff. He fought a lifetime of bloody battles, his prestige shaking the ages.

Unfortunately, he eventually aged and weakened, his blood energy diminished. His peak was gone, and in his later years, he was killed by the Undying Daoist, staining Saint Cliff red, after which an ominous event occurred.

This was a hero of the past, but his fate was tragic. Reduced to this state, he who should have been divinely powerful and looked down upon the world, now could only be covered in green fur, horrifying humanity.

Ye Fan did not enter with his primordial spirit; rather, his entire body merged into it. The blood in this body was cold, its Sea of Bitterness had dried up, and its Celestial Platform no longer existed.

However, as Ye Fan merged, the entire body began to glow, then rumbled, the sound of blood flowing like thunder. A peerless hero was reawakening, as if stirring from a deep slumber.

This corpse was glowing, just like when Ye Fan entered the shell of the Minor Accomplishment Saint Body in the Azure Dragon King's treasure vault, making the dried-up Cycle of Rebirth surge like an ocean once more!

Their Saint Body bloodlines were connected; Ye Fan felt as though he and this body were inherently one, as if they had never been separated.

Boom!

Piercing straight through the nine heavens and stirring an ancient killing tribulation, this body shone with dazzling light. The sound of blood surging within it was like the roaring of a furious ocean, deafening.

As Ye Fan merged with this body, the Azure Lotus in his Wheel Sea directly rooted itself within the Great Accomplishment Saint Body, causing an ocean of brilliant light to surge there, dazzling the eyes.

The vitality of this body seemed to be reviving, though only its Celestial Platform remained dim, without any luster. That was because its soul was already dead, vanished into thin air.

All of this happened in a flash, giving people almost no time to react. Ye Fan charged out, feeling the overwhelming power of this body, which, by itself, could destroy an entire starfield.

The green bronze cauldron also accompanied him, hovering above his head, protecting his forehead. Immortal mist shimmered above him, cascading downwards, safeguarding his Celestial Platform from attack.

Yuhua Tian was very powerful, a Quasi-Emperor. Although he hadn't been in this realm for long, he had truly stabilized his cultivation. He also postured as if ready to pounce and kill.

Unexpectedly, thunder roared ahead, and Ye Fan, merged with a body, emitted dazzling light as he actively charged forward.

In an instant, the opponent was upon him. He swiftly threw a punch, unleashing true Quasi-Emperor magical power that shattered the heavens and cracked the earth. Had it not been for Saint Cliff behind him, protected by a Great Emperor formation, the fluctuations would have utterly destroyed everything.

However, this world-shattering punch had no effect; the charging figure simply ignored it, raising a large green hand and directly grabbing at him.

"Not good!"

Yuhua Tian was startled and swiftly dodged. That was a Great Accomplishment Saint Body. Although he had never seen one with his own eyes, he could definitely guess that this was an ancient being capable of challenging a Great Emperor, its body overwhelmingly powerful.

To compare physical bodies with a Great Accomplishment Saint Body was absolutely courting death, even for a Quasi-Emperor!

He retreated like lightning, but Ye Fan's speed was equally astonishing. The Secret of the All-Out Attack represented the pinnacle of this domain, almost touching the realm of time. Now, Ye Fan was performing it with the Great Accomplishment Saint Body, a terrifying speed that shattered the universe, making time itself seem to flow backward.

Ye Fan followed like a shadow, pursuing the Quasi-Emperor, and struck out with a palm.

He could not compare his primordial spirit to his opponent's, not having reached that realm. Only his physical body was currently invincible, having cultivated to the absolute peak, allowing him to shatter all things in close combat.

Yuhua Tian clearly perceived Ye Fan's weakness. His entire body erupted with light beams, and countless divine chains of order shot out, rushing towards Ye Fan's skull, aiming to pierce his Celestial Platform.

However, it was clearly futile. The green bronze cauldron hovered there, and immortal light cascaded down, blocking everything.

But the little girl, Xiaonannuan, behind him didn't understand. Her intuition told her that the Quasi-Emperor was far stronger than Ye Fan's original body, so she cried out in alarm, "Don't hurt big brother!"

Her childish cry, carrying a mysterious power, caused a large portion of the light emitted by Yuhua Tian's primordial spirit to instantly dim. His primordial spirit experienced intense pain, as if it were about to explode.

At this moment, he was scared out of his wits. He was a Quasi-Emperor; who else could injure him like this? There was only one answer!

Thinking of this outcome, his whole body convulsed. He turned to leave, but his primordial spirit was unstable and incredibly painful; it had actually been injured by that crying sound.

Behind them, the Black Emperor clearly saw it. Being close to Xiaonannuan, its keen spiritual sense detected a wisp of rosy light flying out from Xiaonannuan's brow and, with her crying, piercing into Yuhua Tian's body.

Smack!

At this moment, Ye Fan's large hand swung down, like an Earth-Overturning Seal, massive and unparalleled. Invincible, it squarely struck the Quasi-Emperor's back.

Blood splattered, bones fractured, and tendons snapped. Without any suspense, Ye Fan's palm strike was too heavy. It went through the Quasi-Emperor, piercing his spine and emerging from the front.

Yuhua Tian's sternum was shattered, and blood splattered everywhere; he looked miserable. The power of this single blow horrified the human realm.

He cried out, feeling immense disaster imminent. His primordial spirit recovered from its daze and was about to surge up, escaping his physical body, because being held down at close range by the Great Accomplishment Saint Body was virtually no different from death. He had to get away.

Unfortunately, what awaited him was the green bronze cauldron, which directly smashed down. Although it was incomplete, it was no weaker than an Emperor's Weapon!

"Ah..."

Yuhua Tian screamed, his soul about to disperse. He voluntarily shattered the small green figure, attempting to scatter and escape. But it was futile; under the shroud of green light, his primordial spirit melted rapidly, like snow meeting fire.

Finally, Ye Fan kept a fragment of it, scooping it into his hand. He desperately wanted to know where the Emperor Lord was, but found nothing.

Puff!

With a tremor of rosy light, the last remnant of the primordial spirit turned to ash. Ye Fan withdrew his hand and dropped the corpse to the ground.

The Vice-Sect Master of the Divine Court, a Quasi-Emperor, was thus killed—it was like a dream!

If word got out, it would be hard for people to believe.

Blood flowed, and the corpse still had residual warmth. The bloody reality was before him, yet even Ye Fan himself was a little stunned.

"You deserve to die!" Finally, he uttered only these three words.

"If not for Xiaonannuan, he might have escaped," the Black Emperor said, walking over and seriously analyzing the combat power of the Great Accomplishment Saint Body's shell with Ye Fan.

While the physical body's power was one aspect, the lack of preserved fragments of corresponding Sovereign laws was a major weakness. If Ye Fan were to fight using this, it would only end in tragedy.

"Furthermore, this body lost too much essence blood, staining Saint Cliff, and is weaker than it was in its prime."

This was true; otherwise, even Ye Fan, being a Saint Body, wouldn't have been able to approach this bizarre and powerful body and would have been blasted away by its Emperor-level aura.

"Let's go!" Ye Fan said. There was no other choice; he would do as much as he possibly could.

They arrived at Purple Mountain, a place that had long since crumbled, but sadly, they found nothing there.

"Then it can only be that place. Disrespect to the Great Emperor, so be it. Let's go immediately, you've already seen those two bodies firsthand anyway," the Black Emperor said.

Ye Fan, Xiaonannuan, and the Black Emperor went straight to the former site of the Jade Lake, venturing deep into the Immortal Pool, down nine layers of heaven, and once again saw the Western Empress!

Beside her, there was also a majestic body covered entirely in golden fur, emanating an immortal Emperor-level aura within that special area.

Last time, Ye Fan couldn't approach, but this time, having entered the Great Accomplishment Saint Body's shell, he could draw near and see the two extraordinary beings buried together.

The Western Empress was shrouded in chaos, hazy and still unclear, while the supreme heroic posture of the Great Accomplishment Saint Body was covered by golden fur, making it impossible to discern its true appearance.

Their divine postures were extraordinary, emanating an unparalleled majesty that inspired awe.

"These are the Great Emperor's parents, but we can't worry about that now. Kid, you should temporarily merge with this body too!" the Black Emperor said, hardening its resolve.

In this world, it respected the Great Emperor Wushi the most and would never allow outsiders to desecrate anything related to him. Yet, this was its attitude now, a truly unique instance.

It knew that even if Ye Fan merged with this complete Great Accomplishment Saint Body, his physical body would only be powerful to the extreme, capable of contending with a Sovereign in close combat. However, once imperial laws were involved, he would still be inevitably killed, without any suspense.

"I've never hoped to slaughter a Sovereign, nor do I have such thoughts. I just need a chance to get close and make a Sovereign shed a handful of blood..."

"You want to kill a Sovereign!" the Black Emperor exclaimed.

"Brother, don't die," Xiaonannuan cried then and there.

"Don't cry. Brother won't die. I still need to watch you grow up," Ye Fan said, patting her head and gently comforting her. He then walked forward, moved the Great Accomplishment Saint Body aside, and prepared to merge with it.

Only a fellow Saint Body could do this; anyone else would be utterly useless. Furthermore, it was only because he had first merged with the wounded Great Accomplishment Saint Body from Saint Cliff that he could withstand such pressure, approach, and lift this complete Great Accomplishment Saint Body.

"Brother, there's something here," Xiaonannuan said, her eyes brimming with tears. She could also approach, fearless of the Western Empress and Great Accomplishment Saint Body's pressure, walking right up to them.

Even the Black Emperor couldn't do it; it simply couldn't get close. It urgently shouted, "Bring it over and let me see!"

Xiaonannuan laboriously dragged out a stone box, and Ye Fan quickly stepped forward and lifted it out.

"That's it, that's it! The item is inside!" the Black Emperor exclaimed, trembling with excitement.

"Has it truly come to this era? Suppressing the Immortal Ascension Road, unable to attend to anything else, only this remains..."

A man's voice, devoid of joy or sorrow, without a ripple, echoed here.

"The Great Emperor!" The Black Emperor's black fur stood on end. It was instantly shocked, jumping high into the air.