Chapter 2644: The Heavenly Kings of the Heaven Realm
The Heavenly Emperor Realm, also known as the Heaven Realm, ruled over the forces of the Heaven Court. They were once very powerful, and the Heavenly Emperor was also once considered the strongest person in the world.
However, this all ended following the death of the Heavenly Emperor.
After the Heavenly Emperor perished, the Heaven Realm collapsed. Rumor said that the realm was currently a desolate wasteland. It was gradually forgotten by the people of the world and was even overlooked by the lands of the Six Realms. They seemed not to give it enough attention.
The people of the world had especially forgotten about the existence of the Heaven Realm. Only the members of the top forces still had their eyes on the Heaven Realm and knew of its existence.
Aside from that, after the fall of the Heavenly Emperor, the members of the Heaven Realm rarely made an appearance outside of their realm. Even the current leader of the Heaven Realm was shrouded in mystery.
In the cultivation world, there were rumors of the Heaven Realm. Some said that after the Heavenly Emperor perished, a new Emperor was born in the Heaven Realm. He did not use the title of Heavenly Emperor. He never showed himself and cultivated alone in seclusion. It was as though he did not exist. Some voices claimed that there was no Emperor in the Heaven Realm.
However, Ye Futian recalled what the Devil Emperor said to him. Regardless of whether there existed a Great Emperor in the Heaven Realm, he seemed to be ignored. Or rather, it should be said that the ones who controlled the world now were the six Great Emperors.
Hence, the people of the world only recognized these six Great Emperor figures.
In terms of Emperors, Master should also be considered an existence at the Imperial Realm.
In the Ancient God Clans, the Great Emperors also existed in different forms. However, they all seemed to be overlooked by the world.
In the world today, the ones who stood at the peak were these six Great Emperors.
Of course, Ye Futian did not know the overall situation. He knew very little about the Heaven Realm. He had only met the youth before him once at the geo center of the Shadow Realm. This was the only reason why he knew of the existence of the latter.
"Sir, it doesn't seem appropriate for you to infiltrate a base of Ziwei Imperial Palace," Ye Futian said as he looked at the other party.
Only when they heard Ye Futian speaking did the men on both sides of the youth turn around slowly. They cast a glance at Ye Futian. The youth was still facing away from Ye Futian and did not look at the latter. However, his voice could be heard.
"Wasn't this previously the base of the Haotian Clan?" he asked plainly. "Since your Ziwei Imperial Palace has forcefully made it their base, what's so inappropriate about me appearing here?"
Ye Futian had no comeback to this. The reality was indeed such. Everything in the Original Realm did not have an owner and was seized by all the forces from one another. This place was also claimed by him from the hands of the Haotian Clan. Since the other party could infiltrate this place, what was stopping him?
"You have a point," replied Ye Futian as he nodded his head. He stepped forward and walked towards the three cultivators from the Heaven Realm.
The two men beside the youth turned around. Both of them walked over towards Ye Futian, one from the left and one from the right. Their auras were extremely terrifying. When they unleashed their might, Ye Futian realized that they were actually existences at the second Divine Tribulation of the Great Path.
Only Emperor-level forces had such lineups.
Even though the Heaven Realm had deteriorated, the ancient Heaven Court was one of the most powerful forces in the world. It was once glorious without equal. Even now, Ye Futian was not surprised that several cultivators of this level had appeared here.
He glanced at the youth who had not moved. The other party was still standing there and had not even turned around to look at him. The former was constantly staring at the divine wall.
With two Protectors who were so terrifying, one could imagine the status the other party had in the Heaven Realm. He was most likely the successor of the realm.
In the chaotic era of the Original Realm, the Six Realms waged war against each other. Even the Heaven Realm had emerged to join the fight.
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The two cultivators who stepped forward also had extraordinary temperaments. The person on the left had his hair tied up. Golden divine halos flowed over his body. The frightening golden divine halos were like a pagoda. At the same time, a powerful destructive light of catastrophe flowed over him.
The person to the right had hair up to his shoulders, unrestrained. He had a deep gaze, and Ye Futian could sense a chill emanating from him.
Ye Futian waved his hand, and the people behind him immediately retreated backward away from this region. Even if people at Ye Futian's level controlled their strength in battle, the shockwaves from their bouts were still very powerful. Lord Chen gathered the various cultivators together and protected them behind him to prevent them from being harmed by the aftershocks of the battle.
The cultivators of Ziwei Imperial Palace were all looking ahead. Was their Palace Lord about to fight both figures at the same time?
Nevertheless, they had absolute faith in Ye Futian's ability. Ye Futian was their faith and their totem.
Rumble.
A terrifying scene suddenly appeared in the space. With a mere thought, the space appeared as though doomsday had arrived. A bone-chilling aura enveloped the vast space. Ice, frost, and a chilly will gathered in the heavens and the earth, causing people to tremble from head to toe. In the distance, cultivators were shivering from the cold. The divine light of the Great Path appeared on Lord Chen's figure and formed a Star Light Screen. It enveloped everyone and made them feel better.
Such terrifying power of cold and ice. Even their spiritual souls were about to be frozen! various people secretly thought to themselves. They looked up ahead. Aside from the extreme chill, there was a menacing light of catastrophe that flashed like lightning in the frost-covered space. A rumbling sound could be heard coming from the sky.
Buzz.
Golden divine halos rained down. In the destructive storm, extremely dazzling divine light shot out.
Ye Futian felt the might of these two figures. He frowned slightly. These two were far more powerful than the Master of Celestial Worthy Mountain. They were not much weaker than the Lord of Tianyan City, the leader of one of the Ancient God Clans.
They had not only survived the second Divine Tribulation of the Great Path. At this level, they were considered among the top.
The space seemed to be frozen solid. Even spiritual souls were frozen. Everything slowed down. However, the destructive golden lightning that contained terrifying and threatening power did not stop flashing.
Right then, a guqin of ice appeared in the hands of the powerful existence on the right. Even the strings of the guqin had a cold shine to them and seemed to be covered with white frost. It gave off an extremely cold vibe. This person was proficient in the Way of Rhythm.
The strings of his guqin vibrated, and the sound of the guqin immediately reverberated in the space. Ye Futian felt a chill down his spine. The sound of guqin was already in harmony with the heavens and the earth. It was extremely cold. It was as though they were dropped into an ice cellar and submerged into the chill.
Ye Futian felt his flesh and his spiritual soul freeze. He was severely affected. This ability was terrifying.
What was even more frightening was that there was still another powerful figure. Unparalleled golden divine light shone down. A pagoda of divine light appeared above Ye Futian's head. It was a gigantic divine pagoda with 99 stories. As it spun, destructive divine light pressed down and eradicated everything. In an instant, it shot towards Ye Futian.
Buzz. Ye Futian's figure flickered, and he attempted to leave this place. However, he saw the gigantic illusion of the divine pagoda appear in the vast space and envelope this part of the sky.
Ye Futian was already inside the pagoda. He could not get out.
"A Dominion!" exclaimed Ye Futian.
He looked towards the two cultivators standing across from him. These two were no ordinary figures.
If there were cultivators from Emperor-level forces here, they would know that the two men that Ye Futian was facing in battle were two of the Four Heavenly Kings of the Heaven Realm. One could imagine how powerful they were.
In the Heaven Court, the Four Heavenly Kings were under the direct command of the Heavenly Emperor. Only he could order them around.
When the members of Ziwei Imperial Palace witnessed such a horrifying scene of destruction, they felt somewhat worried for their Palace Lord. How could these two cultivators be so powerful?
What was the identity of that youth?
Buzz!
The destructive light of catastrophe charged down towards Ye Futian and struck his body. However, he was protected by flowing divine light. His Divine Body of the Great Path was domineering, and the light of catastrophe did not affect him.
Moreover, the divine light contained the Divine Fire of the Sun, which helped to expel the cold aura in Ye Futian's body. Ye Futian's gaze was piercing as he looked forward. Ancient buddhas appeared in his mind. Since the other party intended to shake his will with the melody, their attacks would probably not stop here.
Divine light poured down on Ye Futian as more terrifying attacks descended. The 99-story pagoda spun downwards. Contained within it was a golden halo that seemed capable of eradicating all existences. The pagoda engulfed Ye Futian in an instant. Then, it began to shrink as the light of destruction swept towards him frenziedly.
This menacing power intended to destroy both the flesh and the spiritual soul of Ye Futian. It was overbearing.
"Humph," the cultivator who unleashed the pagoda coldly snorted.
Immediately, the pagoda overwhelmed this part of the sky. Ye Futian's body was trapped within it as well.
Right at this moment, intense rumbling sounds could be heard coming from the pagoda. The sound caused the 99-story pagoda to shake continuously. Shocking sounds of wheezing could be heard coming from the pagoda, as though there was a terrifying power attacking it from the inside.
This caused the Heavenly King from the Heaven Realm to frown. He was well-aware of how powerful the pagoda, which stemmed from his Divine Wheel, was. Even if a cultivator on the same plane as him were trapped in it, they would face the fate of being crushed to death. Both their flesh and their spiritual souls would be turned to pulp. He had encountered countless opponents, yet very few could survive this pagoda.
Bang. Bang. Bang!
Vigorous rumbling sounds continued as the pagoda shook violently. One could imagine how intense the collisions in the pagoda were.
In the pagoda, ancient buddhas appeared all around Ye Futian. They sent out gigantic palm strikes frenziedly. The palm strikes struck the inner walls of the pagoda. Even though the destructive power that rampaged in it could not destroy Ye Futian's flesh and spiritual soul, it still threatened him. Nevertheless, the power of this attack was far from being able to kill Ye Futian.
It was almost time. As Ye Futian thought to himself, he shifted his will, and a divine sword appeared. He pointed his finger in one direction, and the sword charged straight towards it. With a loud bang, cracks appeared on the pagoda.
"Shatter!"
Ye Futian sent out yet another sword. As more and more swords stabbed into the walls, cracks propagated in the pagoda, and the slits grew larger. The spinning pagoda continued to unleash destructive light towards Ye Futian, but it could no longer hold its shape.
With a loud boom, the pagoda disintegrated into pieces. Ye Futian's figure appeared in the sky as his gaze was fixed on the two Heavenly Kings.
"Your abilities are remarkable," Ye Futian commented calmly. No wonder the three of them were so at ease while invading the Ziwei Segmentum's territory. They did so openly and had no intention of retreating.
The Heaven Realm had fallen, but the surviving members of the realm were most likely stronger than even the Ancient God Clans. The abilities of these two cultivators were akin to that of the top-tier cultivators in the Ancient God Clans. Besides that, the youth had yet to show his ability up until now.
Ye Futian had a vague feeling that this successor of the Heaven Realm was surely very powerful. Otherwise, the two top figures would not be under his command!