Urban Undying Lord
Chapter 659 - 659 678 Ye Xuan Returns

659: Chapter 678: Ye Xuan Returns 659: Chapter 678: Ye Xuan Returns Emperor Ziwei trembled with uncertainty, not knowing how to respond.

The color of despair in his eyes grew even denser.

If even Immortal Zhen Yuan was unwilling to intervene, who else could save the Heavenly Court?

Surely they wouldn’t resort to asking Shen Gongbao to plead with the Heavenly Sect Master to descend from the higher realm?

“To undo the bell, one must be the ringer.

The Heavenly Court won’t be destroyed so easily.

This cosmic tribulation has just begun.

You may go.”

Immortal Zhen Yuan closed his eyes once more, as though entering into his cultivation.

This left Emperor Ziwei with nothing more to do but to pay his respects with a shudder and depart from Wuzhuang Temple in dejection.

What Emperor Ziwei did not know was that as he left Wuzhuang Temple, Immortal Zhen Yuan slowly opened his eyes, watching his retreating figure with a look of profound thought, his own thoughts unknown to anyone.

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Eastern Continent.

Above a towering peak that pierced the sky, Ye Xuan sat cross-legged in the midst of the sea of clouds, cultivating while the rolling clouds followed the flow of his breath, with Chaotic Divine Light encircling his body.

Shhh!

Several streaks of light flew across the high sky, and a clamor of voices reached Ye Xuan’s ears.

“Daoist friend, are you serious?

Did that legendary Yi actually attack the Heavenly Court?”

“How could that be false?

Yi has already slain countless immortals of the Heavenly Court and is openly demanding Heavenly Emperor Ye to show himself.”

“Has Yi lost his mind?

Is not Heavenly Emperor Ye someone easy to provoke?”

“That’s where you’re mistaken.

Yi, from the Witch Clan, was a fearsome figure in the Primordial Period and a Quasi-Saint of the Witch Clan.

Heavenly Emperor Ye, although a Daluo, how can he stand against Yi?”

“Younger brother, you’re not familiar with Yi’s legend since your cultivation is still shallow.

Although Heavenly Emperor Ye has great renown, he’s no match.”

“I think Heavenly Emperor Ye probably got the news long ago but has been hiding because a Quasi-Saint of the Witch Clan is an unparalleled figure.”

Although these discussing voices were millions of miles away, Ye Xuan’s cultivation was terribly frightening.

How could he not hear these words?

This made him slowly open his eyes—a shadow of bleak light flitted across his gaze.

Boom!

Heaven and Earth turned upside down, reality altered before the eyes of the cultivators millions of miles away.

When they opened their eyes again, they found themselves in an unfamiliar place with a man in black looking intently at them.

“Tell this emperor, what has happened in the Heavenly Court?”

Ye Xuan spoke calmly, but as his voice fell, the cultivators shuddered, their gazes becoming extremely sluggish as they slowly recounted the events that had transpired within the Heavenly Court to Ye Xuan.

After what seemed like dozens of breaths, Ye Xuan’s eyes grew gradually colder, his figure rising slowly from his seated position amidst the clouds.

The few cultivators suddenly came back to their senses.

“You…

who are you…

what have you done to us?”

Unfortunately, Ye Xuan offered no response to the trembling inquiry of the cultivators.

It was at that moment that Ye Xuan’s lips barely moved, watching as Nezha and Ye Yaoyue were rapidly advancing toward him from a distant mountain peak.

“Brother, who are they?”

Ye Yaoyue asked, clearly perplexed, taking a suspicious look at the cultivators, while Nezha, sensing that something was off in Ye Xuan’s aura, trembled slightly in his spirit, recognizing that something significant must have happened.

“Back to the Heavenly Court.”

Ye Xuan spoke softly, and as he stepped forward, he headed back toward the Thirty-Three Layered Heaven.

This prompted Nezha, who was pulling Ye Yaoyue along, to hurriedly follow Ye Xuan, leaving only a few cultivators stunned in place, unable to regain their senses for a long time.

Crossing ten thousand miles of fierce wind, thunder, and fire, one would reach the Thirty-Three Layered Heaven.

Yet, when Ye Xuan stood before the South Heavenly Gate, his expression turned increasingly grim, for the South Heavenly Gate no longer existed—nothing remained but ruins, completely devastated to the extreme.

“You really have lived long enough, huh?”

Ye Xuan laughed, his smile exceedingly warm and bearing the sense of a spring breeze bringing rain, but when his smile met the eyes of Nezha and Ye Yaoyue, it involuntarily sent shivers down their spines, a sense of extreme terror arising in their hearts.

Strolling forward, leaving footprints with each step, Ye Xuan passed through the South Heavenly Gate and headed toward the location of Dou Niu Palace.

However, along the way, what he saw were countless drifting corpses of immortals, many of whom had died tragically within the Heavenly Court.

Inside the Dou Niu Palace!

Da Yi sat on the Heavenly Emperor’s throne, with Binding Immortal Ropes tying up the group of immortals from the Heavenly Court.

Even the Saint disciple, Nine Heaven Mysterious Maiden, was not spared.

The Dou Niu Palace was vast and boundless, yet the ground was soaked with blood and littered with floating corpses.

Hundreds of immortals lay among them, clearly a great number of immortals had died at Da Yi’s hands during the past year.

Just as he said, if Ye Xuan did not return for one day, then he would kill one person, until the entire Heavenly Court was destroyed.

The Four Directions Dragon Seal, the symbol of the Heavenly Emperor, was currently being toyed with in Da Yi’s hands—and with a ‘clang,’ Da Yi casually tossed the Four Directions Dragon Seal to the ground.

“The hour of Chen has passed, it’s time to execute another.”

Suddenly, Da Yi smiled faintly, his gaze sweeping over the group of immortals in the Heavenly Court.

When his eyes landed on Shen Gongbao, a fierce glint flashed across them.

“Da Yi, you dare to kill a disciple of the Heavenly Sect Master?” Nine Heaven Mysterious Maiden’s face changed drastically as she loudly rebuked Da Yi.

Killing other immortals was one thing, but Shen Gongbao was Jie Sect’s representative in the Heavenly Court and also Ye Xuan’s trusted minister.

If Da Yi killed Shen Gongbao, how could she explain it to Ye Xuan?

“A mere disciple of the Jie Sect, how could I not dare to strike him down?”

As a Quasi-Saint of the Witch Clan with the Ancient Twelve Ancestor Witches behind him, perhaps others feared the Heavenly Sect Master, but Da Yi harbored no fear.

Anyone close to Ye Xuan had to be thoroughly exterminated without exception.

“Da Yi, if you want to kill, then kill.

Even if Daoist turns into a vengeful ghost, he will curse you for all eternity,” Shen Gongbao roared angrily.

“You won’t have the chance to turn into a vengeful ghost, for you will perish with your soul scattered,” Da Yi said coldly, laughing as his palm emitted light, seemingly about to obliterate Shen Gongbao on the spot.

“Killing so many of my Heavenly Court’s immortal beings—you really have some nerve, don’t you?”

Suddenly, at this critical moment, a calm voice emanated from outside Dou Niu Palace, accompanied by faint footsteps—and this made Da Yi’s expression tense, with the glow in his palm fading as he looked up at the newcomer.

Step—step—step.

Ye Xuan walked into Dou Niu Palace.

With each step he took, the sound echoed within the palace.

Although he displayed no aura of might, the moment he appeared in Dou Niu Palace, he seemed to transform into the brightest star in heaven and earth.

“The Heavenly Emperor!”

“Ye Xuan?”

Shen Gongbao cried out in excitement, Nine Heaven Mysterious Maiden bit her lip tightly, tears welling up in her eyes, while the other immortals in the group also cried out the name of the Heavenly Emperor, breaking the oppressive atmosphere that weighed on the entire Dou Niu Palace.

Upon the Heavenly Emperor’s throne, Da Yi smiled wryly, examining Ye Xuan up and down.

He then nodded slowly and said, “I thought you wouldn’t dare to show up, as I was about to annihilate your Heavenly Court.

It seems you have some courage after all, showing up before me for the sake of your Heavenly Court’s immortal beings.”