Chapter 680: Strangeness

In this era, very few people could match Ye Fan in close combat. Inside the cauldron, with the Ji family's Eighth Patriarch trampled under his feet, the outcome was inevitable.

Although the Ji family's Eighth Patriarch was a great expert, at such close range and in Ye Fan's grasp, his formidable divine abilities were useless; he could only be suppressed.

The moment he tried to activate his spiritual energy, a large foot descended, making its third intimate contact with his face.

"You brat..." The Ji family's Eighth Patriarch was so enraged his chest felt like it would explode and his stomach felt like it was bleeding. It was the first time in his life someone had used the sole of their foot to measure the width of his face.

"Old geezer, you're still arrogant," Ye Fan declared. "I'll beat you until your face is so swollen even your grandmother wouldn't recognize you!"

The Ji family's Eighth Patriarch was seething with anger, his temples throbbing. At his advanced age, not only had his grandmother passed away, but even his uncles were almost all gone. To be ridiculed and trampled by a junior like this was unbearable.

"Ye Fan, you little scoundrel, you dare to run wild in my Ji family! You will regret ever being born into this world!"

"Damn it, I do regret it," Ye Fan retorted, "I regret that those last few kicks were too light. Now, let me help you measure how thick your skin is!"

Ye Fan's foot began its fourth, fifth... and subsequent intimate contacts with that old face. Like a stamp, it left rows upon rows of sole prints.

Moreover, the force was immense. With each blow, the sound of bones breaking could be heard. It no longer resembled a face but a flatbread, losing all human shape.

"I'll kill you!" The Ji family's Eighth Patriarch coughed up blood, almost fainting. For someone like him, no torture might be effective, but such a humiliation was worse than death.

"Kill your old man!" Ye Fan lifted his foot and kicked him in the throat, nearly breaking his neck.

"I'll kill you, you little demon!" The Ji family's Eighth Patriarch went completely mad, opening his mouth and spitting out a breath of innate primordial essence, which transformed into an external avatar, attempting to escape.

"Where do you think you're going? Get back here!" Ye Fan snapped.

"Thump!" Ye Fan's foot instantly stomped him back into his main body. With his unmatched physical body, at such close range, the sounds of blood and spiritual energy flowing within the Patriarch's body were clearly audible. Everything was under control.

"Old geezer, you've been colluding with the Wang family all along, trying to kill me multiple times," Ye Fan said. "Now, by bad luck, you've fallen into my cauldron. What should I do with you?"

"Ye Fan, you little demon, if you harm even a single hair on my head, the Ji family will sever one of your legs!" the Ji family's Eighth Patriarch snarled.

"You old geezer are still stubborn," Ye Fan scoffed. "Someone like you should be suppressed in an outhouse for ten thousand years. Killing you would be too easy."

Ye Fan pressed down with his foot, and the sounds of bones breaking continuously emerged. The Ji family's Eighth Patriarch was so trampled he was almost shapeless, like a lump of clay that could be molded however one wished.

The brutal beating of the Ji family's Eighth Patriarch continued inside the world of the cauldron. His screams were no longer human.

At this moment, chaos reigned outside. The Void Ancient Mirror was gradually reviving. The divine power within it showed a slight fluctuation, as if it were about to awaken.

Two elders were shouting, trying to control the ancient mirror to move away from the bronze coffin, as they were now quite apprehensive. They had just seen the Great Void Emperor, which had terrified them.

However, the Emperor Armament was gradually reviving, and the two elders could no longer control it. The terrifying fluctuations here were growing stronger. From within the ancient mirror, an ancient star field flew out, breathing in and out starlight.

This sight was terrifying. A real world appeared. How powerful was this ancient mirror?

Had it been born by itself, or had the Great Void Emperor extracted the essence of the vast universe and refined it into the mirror? Everyone was astonished, for either possibility indicated it possessed supreme divine power.

And all of this was not yet the Emperor Armament's fully revived state. Its revival was still ongoing; it had not fully awakened.

Endless rivers of stars and surging chaos could not destroy the bronze coffin. The shimmering treasure light within it absorbed everything. No matter how immense the divine energy that surged into it, it would be absorbed.

"An Emperor's corpse!""Could there really be the corpse of an ancient Great Emperor?"

People in the distance were terrified. Until now, no one had ever obtained a perfectly intact corpse of a human Great Emperor; it was a supreme treasure.

Not to mention anything else, their physical bodies could be used to forge ultimate Emperor Armaments. Its preciousness was immeasurable!

Was it the Great Void Emperor, the Demon Emperor, or the Old Fighting Saint Emperor? People couldn't help but wonder. Different people saw different phenomena, making it impossible to ascertain.

"Did you hear what they said? What we just saw might have been an illusion, not the corpse of our clan's Great Emperor," a Ji family elder realized.

"Then let's go for it!" Another Ji family elder activated the Void Ancient Mirror, accelerating its revival. Then, he slowly pressed it down, letting it sink into the ancient coffin.

"Stop!" A startled and angry shout came from afar. Seven or eight figures rushed over, led by the Ji family's Holy Lord.

As the ancient mirror revived, it absorbed heaven and earth, and its fluctuations were extremely intense. However, the Ji family's vital area was sealed by Great Emperor divine patterns, so they couldn't perceive it immediately. It wasn't until Ji Ziyue called for them that they quickly rushed over.

"Where's the Eighth Patriarch? What have you done!" The Ji family's Holy Lord was furious; they had even dared to deceive him and divert him away, which had crossed his bottom line.

"The Eighth Patriarch is in danger! He fell into the Sacred Body's cauldron, please rescue him first," one of the two elders said.

"What is happening?" The Ji family's Holy Lord and the other elders stared at the Void Ancient Mirror and the bronze coffin, almost unable to believe their eyes.

Ji Ziyue's large eyes widened, and her small mouth formed an "O" shape. She had used every means to break into the Ji family's vital area and finally brought the Holy Lord and others. She thought she was too late, but it turned out things weren't as bad as she imagined.

"Contending with the Extreme Dao?!""Does the Sacred Body possess the power to contend with the Extreme Dao?!"

The Ji family elders' eyes almost popped out. They stared at the bronze coffin again and again. Then, some of them took action, controlling the ancient mirror to make it fall dormant and stop awakening.

Otherwise, if these two armaments collided, the consequences would be unimaginable. It might even flatten the Ji family.

In the air, the ancient mirror became hazy, and the boundless star field flew into it, like an entire universe condensing into a single point, then disappearing. However, the terrifying fluctuations it had just emitted were too powerful. Many of the Ji family's divine islands almost fell and developed cracks.

"Sixth Elder, Ninth Elder, what have you done!" the Ji family's Holy Lord shouted angrily.

"Buzz!" He stretched out a large hand and instantly grabbed both of them, trapping them in the void, unable to move, completely suppressed.

"Hmm?" The Ji family members keenly noticed something was wrong. The bronze coffin was still emitting terrifying power, surging towards the Void Mirror.

"Is this... a confrontation!?"

They were greatly surprised. Things were exceeding their imagination. It would be difficult to stop it, and an Extreme Dao battle might truly break out.

"In the past, Extreme Dao battles occurred beyond the domains," someone exclaimed. "But now, there's no one who can fly out of this star field. What should we do!?"

Many people felt a chill down their spines. If an Extreme Dao confrontation truly occurred, the Ji family would be affected, and even the Great Emperor formation patterns might not be able to withstand it.

These few people had keen insight. They could tell at a glance that the object in the ancient coffin was comparable to an Emperor Armament, possessing power to destroy heaven and earth, perhaps even greater!

"Little Ye, quickly stop the bronze coffin!" Ji Ziyue called out.

Inside the Myriad Things Mother Qi Cauldron, Ye Fan stopped tormenting the Eighth Patriarch. He activated the "Soldier" character secret art, pushing the coffin lid back with all his might, which made him sweat profusely.

"Boom!" Finally, after a loud bang, the ancient coffin closed tightly. All the shimmering treasure light disappeared, the divine sound of the Great Dao ceased, and silence settled.

Only then did the pressure weighing on everyone's hearts dissipate. Both the Ji family members and the many distinguished guests felt a wave of fear. This coffin was too mysterious.

Ye Fan walked out of the cauldron, but he kept the Eighth Patriarch, who was like a dead dog, suppressed inside. He did not release him.

"Patriarch, this ancient coffin must be kept," an elder transmitted a message.

"Indeed, this bronze coffin is terrifying," another person agreed. "It must hold a great secret; whatever is buried inside can contend with Emperor Armaments. It's worth studying!"

"Stop talking so much. From now on, do not target the Sacred Body," the Ji family's Holy Lord said solemnly. "Let Ziyue and Haoyue interact with him!"

The Ji family arranged a more magnificent palace and invited the many guests inside. As Ye Fan carried the bronze coffin on his back, everyone instinctively cleared a path for him.

"Holy Lord..." A few radical elders of the Ji family were very unwilling.

"If anyone dares to act recklessly, don't blame me for being impolite; I will enforce the clan rules." The Ji family's Holy Lord's voice turned cold. Then, with a flick of his hand, he threw the two elders he had just suppressed into a void sky prison, saying, "You two, go reflect on your mistakes properly!"

Soon after, the Divine King Body, Ji Haoyue, was released and no longer imprisoned.

At this banquet, Ye Fan undoubtedly became the focus of attention. The coffin was too striking and terrifying; everyone was wary of it.

Possessing an Emperor Armament was enough to establish an immortal divine dynasty!

Moreover, the wielder was a Sacred Body with boundless potential, making its significance even more extraordinary. Once he cultivated to Great Accomplishment, it would be unimaginable!

Ultimately, Ye Fan handed over the Ji family's Eighth Patriarch. Killing this person here would certainly not end well. After all, this was the Ji family, and holy lands valued their reputation the most.

Immediately, the Ji family's Holy Lord personally took action, suppressing the Eighth Patriarch. He threw him into the void sky prison to reflect on his mistakes.

Someone from the Ji family offered an apology and carried out such a punishment. At the very least, others found it acceptable and that justice was served. Ye Fan, naturally, had nothing more to say.

All members of the Northern Plains Wang family departed; not a single one remained. Using the Ji family's ancient formation, they traversed the void to return to the Northern Plains. They didn't want to stay for another moment.

"My son was carried away by an immortal crane before he was two years old, inheriting the legacy of the Chaotic Ancient Great Emperor," Wang Teng's father said, filled with grief and indignation. "Yet now he has met this fate. I wonder if that immortal crane knows..."

At the banquet, Ye Fan was the center of attention but remained vigilant. He knew that people feared the bronze coffin, and this treasure must not be lost.

Zitiandu's sister, peerlessly graceful and charming, with a slender figure, approached with graceful steps. She toasted him several times, conversed with him, and even invited him to be a guest at the Divine Spirit Valley.

Ye Fan knew that the Primordial Royal Family was difficult to deal with. If one wasn't careful, they could be devoured alive, so it was best not to get too close.

"Dong..."Suddenly, a deafening bell rang, almost enlightening everyone as if they had been initiated, giving them an instant realization.

"Dong..."The second bell rang, like surging waves crashing against the shore, vastly different from the first. It tore at everyone's minds, as if angry waves were striking their souls.

"Dong..."The third bell rang, like the roar of the cosmos, the collision of star fields, countless stars falling, and the boundless starry sky collapsing. Everyone was terrified, almost collapsing to the ground.

Among the cultivators present, many were no strangers to this bell sound. They had been terrified by it in the past, and countless people had died because of it.

"The Wushi Bell!"The Ji family's Holy Lord was the first to stand up, almost unable to believe his ears. Even someone as calm and powerful as him almost leaped up.

"Heavens, it really is the sound of the Great Emperor Wushi's ancient bell!"

All the Holy Lords of the Eastern Wasteland had experienced the past catastrophe. Back then, they collectively wielded several Emperor Armaments to attack Purple Mountain, but they returned without success, and many powerful individuals died.

"At the end of the immortal path, who stands supreme? A mere glimpse of Wushi renders all Dao empty," someone recited. "How did his bell get to the Southern Domain?"

"Gods, what is happening?!"

Everyone was terrified, simply unable to believe all of this.

"How is this possible? How can the Wushi Bell be ringing in the Southern Domain?"

"Could it be that the Wushi Bell has been taken out and brought to the Southern Domain, to attack the Ji family?!"

Many people's hearts pounded violently. If it truly was the Wushi Bell, this would be a terrifying event, enough to shake all five great domains. The Wushi Bell had actually appeared!

"Could it be that bronze coffin that attracted it? Among all the events today, that one is the most bizarre," a living fossil muttered.

"What? Are you saying that the corpse of the Great Emperor Wushi might be inside the bronze coffin?" another old expert exclaimed.