Heaven-Dominating Martial Emperor

A vast heavenly might seemed to descend from the sky.

A tremendous boom echoed through every corner of Luoyun City, startling its countless inhabitants.

The Yan family's Ancestor took a single step, and the world behind him seemed to transform. Wind and clouds churned, and a torrential downpour began to fall from the sky!

His fury altered the very heavens and earth!

This was the terrifying power of a Primordial Mansion Realm expert!

"The Yan family's Ancestor is about to strike!"

"Quick, get back!"

Liu Kunlun's face was a mask of terror. He grabbed his children and retreated in a hurry.

As the Patriarch of the Liu family, he was worldly and experienced. He knew all too well the terrifying might of a Primordial Mansion Realm expert.

He had once witnessed it himself when the Dragon Prison Cave opened. Before the participants could even set off, a fight had already broken out right outside the entrance.

Primordial Mansion Realm experts were clashing! The aftershocks alone had devastated the entire area outside the Dragon Prison Cave, making it nearly impossible to even keep one's footing!

If his father hadn't been there to protect them, he feared they would have never escaped.

Now, however, his father lay on his deathbed, a pale shadow of his former, majestic self.

'Could Ye Chen really save Father?'

Liu Kunlun clenched his fists. This was an Alchemist so skilled that even his own son, Liu Yuchan, admired him with utter reverence.

Although he was loath to admit it, dwelling on that now was pointless.

There was no time left to ask Ye Chen about the art of healing.

With a Primordial Mansion Realm expert taking action, Ye Chen's doom today was all but certain.

"Sect Leader!"

As the terrifying pressure bore down from the heavens, the Nine-Fingered Demon Slaughter could barely remain on his feet. He yelled himself hoarse, trying to tell Ye Chen to fall back.

Ye Chen, however, merely stared coolly at the aged figure floating in the air, his expression indifferent.

'A Primordial Mansion Realm expert?'

"Today, I will slay a Primordial Mansion cultivator and establish the might of my Demonic Sect!"

As the words left his lips, the golden Spiritual Sea behind Ye Chen surged to the heavens, fearlessly crashing against the pressure emanating from the Yan family's Ancestor!

BOOM!

The massive boom shook the surroundings. Instead of diminishing under the Yan family's Ancestor's pressure, Ye Chen's aura grew even more turbulent and powerful!

"Hm?"

A flicker of surprise crossed the faces of the three Primordial Mansion Realm masters—the Li family's Ancestor, the Great Battle Buddha, and Lei Kuang.

'What's going on? Elder Yan can't actually suppress this kid?'

Seeing that his oppressive aura had failed to force Ye Chen into submission, the Yan family's Ancestor grew even more furious. He felt he had utterly lost face.

"Kneel!"

He thrust out a palm, and lightning flashed and thunder roared behind him!

A terrifying power gathered the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi from all directions, coalescing into a colossal Palm Seal. It plummeted from the sky like a meteor from beyond the heavens!

The Palm Seal was so immense that its shadow covered nearly the entire Yan family estate!

Although Ye Chen had already destroyed more than half of the estate, many parts of it remained untouched.

This one strike threatened to annihilate the entire Yan family!

"Ancestor, stay your hand!"

The members of the Yan family turned pale with fright. Casting all else aside, they scrambled desperately to escape.

The massive Palm Seal loomed larger and larger in Ye Chen's vision, reaching him in the blink of an eye.

The Nine-Fingered Demon Slaughter's face was ashen. Under the terrifying pressure, he staggered, on the verge of collapsing.

Only Ye Chen seemed to pay it no mind. Bathed in a descending wash of golden light, he threw a punch in return!

BAM!

A terrifying power erupted from him like a volcano!

Under his fist, the Palm Seal shattered into countless pieces!

Even the bizarre weather, with its roiling, dark clouds, seemed to be blasted away by the force of that single punch, parting to reveal the sun!

Ye Chen had blocked the Yan family's Ancestor's strike!

"What?"

"How is this possible?!"

The scene unfolded right before their eyes, yet no one could believe what they were seeing.

A young man, barely in his late teens, had actually withstood an attack from a Primordial Mansion Realm expert!

'Could it be that the Yan family's Ancestor was holding back?'

"Elder Yan, what are you doing?" the Li family's Ancestor asked, his brow furrowing in displeasure. "This boy's crimes are severe. Why are you dragging this out? Just take him down!"

"Don't you order me around!" the Yan family's Ancestor retorted, his expression a little awkward. "I was just trying not to destroy my own estate, so I held back! That's all!"

"I'll take him down with my next strike!"

He prepared to strike again. The surrounding Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi began to roil and boil as he gathered a terrifying, world-shaking power.

'In truth, a sliver of unease had already crept into the Yan family's Ancestor's heart.'

'He hadn't held back in the slightest, yet he had still failed to defeat Ye Chen!'

'Clearly, either Ye Chen's power was far greater than it seemed, or the boy was hiding some kind of secret!'

"Tiger Roar Heaven-Shocking Seal!"

His hands moved in a blur as boundless Spiritual Qi converged on him!

Within the terrifying vortex of Spiritual Qi, a radiant Light Seal materialized from nothing, as brilliant as a sun in the sky!

At the center of the Light Seal, the phantom of a roaring tiger took shape. The sheer force of its sound wave sent a chill through the crowd, turning countless faces pale.

"Such terrifying power!"

"Isn't that the signature technique that made the Yan family's Ancestor famous decades ago?"

Many of the city's older generation looked up in astonishment, their gazes fixed on the terrifying Light Seal hanging in the sky.

As one of the most prominent figures of their generation, the Yan family's Ancestor had made a resounding name for himself decades ago. His signature technique remained deeply impressive.

"This strike will surely turn the entire Yan family estate to dust!"

"That Ye Chen fellow is in for it now!"

Amid their trembling shock, the crowd couldn't help but feel a flicker of doubt.

'Is it really necessary for the Yan family's Ancestor to go to such lengths just to deal with a teenager?'

"Boy, this is my signature technique!"

"You should be proud to die by this technique! In all these years, no one has been worthy of me making such a move!"

With a cold and ruthless expression, the Yan family's Ancestor thrust his palm forward.

The radiant Light Seal, shimmering with terrifying power, transformed into a streak of light and shot toward Ye Chen!

"Sect Leader! Get out of the way!"

The Nine-Fingered Demon Slaughter trembled violently, his face a deathly white.

Yet Ye Chen's expression remained as placid as an ancient well, without the slightest ripple of emotion.

His robes whipped about him in the gale, but a surging battlelust now blazed in his eyes!

'A signature technique, is it?'

'In that case, I suppose I should get a little serious myself.'

A violent wave of Spiritual Power erupted from Ye Chen!

Behind him, an ancient deity seemed to stride forth from the river of time itself. A primeval aura washed over the area, making everyone's blood run cold.

"Cangming Nether Emperor Hand!"

The phantom deity swept its hand, and everything in its path—including what was left of the Yan family's estate—was reduced to nothingness.

The radiant streak of light, as brilliant as the midday sun, vanished without a sound, disappearing as if it had never existed.

"What? This is impossible?!"

The Yan family's Ancestor only had time for a single, shocked cry before he coughed up a mouthful of blood and collapsed, grievously wounded.

"..."

Absolute silence fell over the scene.