The ground beneath Ye Chuan’s feet split apart in an instant, yet his body did not retreat even half a step. Instead, the dark-gold beast claw trembled violently, with black-gold cracks appearing across its surface.
The Heavenly Beast King’s pupils contracted slightly. It had already overestimated Ye Chuan as much as possible, yet it still had not expected its opponent to block that palm head-on.
The next moment, the Primal Chaos palm suddenly thrust forward. The dark-gold beast claw could no longer hold together and exploded in midair!
The Heavenly Beast King grunted. Its body involuntarily staggered back one step, and when its foot landed, the entire Heavenly Beast Plains shook along with it.
The outside world fell silent for a moment.
“He retreated?”
An Immortal Sect elder abruptly rose to his feet, his face filled with undisguised shock. “The Heavenly Beast King attacked first, yet it was the one forced back a step?!”
Everyone nearby stared fixedly at the projection of the Ancient Realm, even wondering whether they had mistaken what they had just seen.
The Heavenly Beast King was at the peak of the Immortal Venerable Realm, and it was connected to the entire Heavenly Beast Plains. The power it could unleash far surpassed that of an ordinary peak-stage Immortal Venerable!
Ye Chuan was only at the peak of the Great Firmament Golden Immortal Realm.
Yet after their head-on collision, Ye Chuan was the one who remained standing exactly where he was. The Heavenly Beast King, on the other hand, had been forced back a step!
“The Desolate Beast King was at least suppressed by the Ancient Realm’s restrictions, but this Heavenly Beast King possesses the full power of a peak-stage Immortal Venerable!”
“He can even cross realms like this?”
“This… An ordinary early-stage Immortal Venerable probably wouldn’t be able to withstand even one move from the Heavenly Beast King!”
Everyone had seen prodigies fight across realms. They had also seen some monstrous geniuses defeat enemies an entire realm above them by relying on immortal artifacts.
But there was no trace of an immortal artifact on Ye Chuan.
He had merely raised one hand, yet through his own strength, he had forced back the peak-stage Immortal Venerable Heavenly Beast King head-on!
Lu Taixu gazed at the projection of the Ancient Realm, barely able to contain the smile on his face. Even so, he deliberately coughed lightly and pretended to remain calm.
The Grand Elder beside him glanced at him. “Sect Master, if you want to laugh, then laugh. The corners of your mouth are practically flying into the heavens.”
Lu Taixu immediately restrained his expression. “Nonsense. This Sect Master is merely looking forward to seeing how far the Holy Son can go.”
The Grand Elder fell silent for a moment and did not expose him further.
After all, if he were in Lu Taixu’s place, he would probably already be laughing out loud.
On the Heavenly Beast Plains, the Heavenly Beast King steadied itself once more and lowered its head to look at its palm, which was still trembling faintly.
The black-gold Primal Chaos power had seeped into its body through the point of impact. Even with its peak-stage Immortal Venerable physique, it still needed to mobilize a tremendous amount of blood energy to suppress it with difficulty.
“Primal Chaos power…”
The Heavenly Beast King looked at Ye Chuan again. The scrutiny in its eyes had finally transformed into genuine solemnity.
“The first move is over.”
Ye Chuan shook his hand and asked casually, “Two more?”
The corner of the Heavenly Beast King’s eye twitched slightly when it heard this.
That palm had appeared simple, but in reality, it had already used nearly seventy percent of the strength in its physical body. Yet Ye Chuan looked as though nothing had happened.
He was even urging it to continue.
“You are very strong.”
The Heavenly Beast King did not deny this. At that moment, the nine golden tails behind it unfurled simultaneously. “However, that was merely physical strength. Now you will see the true methods of the Heavenly Beast race!”
Boom!
The nine golden tails extended without limit, transforming in the blink of an eye into nine dazzling star rivers that pierced across the entire Heavenly Beast Plains!
The first star river burned with dark-red divine flames. The second was covered in ancient ice. The third surged with lightning. The fourth was filled with the aura of death!
The remaining five star rivers contained the powers of space, life, destruction, devouring, and the stars respectively. The nine forces intertwined in the sky without creating the slightest conflict!
Every heavenly beast lowered its body.
The reverence in their eyes as they gazed at the nine star rivers made it seem as though they were witnessing the supreme divine ability passed down through the Heavenly Beast race since ancient times.
The white-haired elder’s expression also grew solemn. “That is the Heavenly Beast King’s true bloodline divine ability.”
“The nine star rivers represent nine different powers. Once fully unleashed, they can form an independent beast domain, trapping the target within and continuously refining them.”
An elder nearby could not help asking, “Would a peak-stage Immortal Venerable have any chance of coming out alive?”
The white-haired elder was silent for a moment. “That depends on whether the Heavenly Beast King is willing to let him out.”
Those words made everyone nearby draw in a sharp breath.
In other words, once an ordinary peak-stage Immortal Venerable fell into the Nine Extremes Beast Emperor Realm, life and death would be almost entirely in the Heavenly Beast King’s hands!
A peak-stage Immortal Venerable—such a realm was already held by the sect masters of many Immortal Sects in the Eastern Wasteland!
To test Ye Chuan, the Heavenly Beast King had actually unleashed even this trump card.
The nine star rivers had already arrived around Ye Chuan. Flames and ice descended first, while the Great Dao of Space sealed off every avenue of retreat at the same time.
The Primal Chaos power within Ye Chuan was stimulated. Black-gold light began surging around him without end.
These powers were incredibly formidable.
If an ordinary Great Firmament Golden Immortal had been in Ye Chuan’s place, both body and soul would probably have collapsed the moment the nine star rivers appeared.
But for Ye Chuan, with his magic immunity, they truly made no difference.
Ye Chuan stood at the center of the nine star rivers and gently clenched his hand before him.
“Come here.”
The power of his Word Spirit spread with his voice. The star rivers, which had originally been closing in to kill Ye Chuan, all trembled at once, and their descent slowed as well!
The Heavenly Beast King’s expression changed slightly. It rapidly formed hand seals, attempting to regain control of the nine star rivers.
But the Primal Chaos power within Ye Chuan had already erupted completely!
An endless black-gold abyss of Primal Chaos appeared behind him. Its terrifying suction covered the entire Nine Extremes Beast Emperor Realm, forcibly dragging the nine star rivers off course!
“How is this possible?!”
The Heavenly Beast King lost control for the first time.
The nine star rivers were not ordinary immortal arts. They had been formed from its own bloodline and the Great Dao of the Heavenly Beast Plains. Unless it was completely defeated, no one else should have been able to forcibly control them!
Yet Ye Chuan had merely said, “Come here.”
The Great Dao of the Heavenly Beast Plains seemed to have truly understood his command and began actively sending the nine star rivers toward the Primal Chaos abyss behind Ye Chuan!
Every star river that entered the Primal Chaos abyss was compressed back into the most primordial Great Dao energy, then absorbed into Ye Chuan’s body.
Ye Chuan’s aura began rising continuously.
His realm remained at the peak of the Great Firmament Golden Immortal Realm, but his foundation seemed to have no limit, growing more and more terrifying.
To be precise, Ye Chuan could advance to the next realm with a single thought.
But he did not do so.
Leveling up in the middle of a fight was rather inappropriate. Besides, after becoming an immortal, there were no longer any tribulations. It was no longer like before, when he could bring a lightning tribulation along to strike his enemies.
The Heavenly Beast King frantically circulated the bloodline power within its body, but its connection with the nine star rivers continued to break, one after another.
The sixth.
The seventh.
The eighth.
When even the final star river was swallowed by the Primal Chaos abyss, the entire Nine Extremes Beast Emperor Realm collapsed in an instant!
The sky returned to its original color.
Ye Chuan was still standing exactly where he had been.
Not only had he failed to retreat even a single step, the spot beneath his feet had not shifted in the slightest.
The Heavenly Beast King’s face, however, had turned noticeably pale, and its aura was considerably weaker than before.
It had taken countless years to accumulate those nine great Dao galaxies.
Ye Chuan had devoured them all.
Lan Xiaoke stood in the distance, holding the enormous white egg. The moment she saw the battle end, she happily waved her hand. “Ye Chuan is amazing!”
The enormous white egg also bobbed excitedly in her arms, as if it shared her enthusiasm.
Seeing the Young Master so happy, the Heavenly Beast King suddenly felt rather dejected.
It had been testing the Young Master’s future Dao protector, yet the Young Master not only showed no concern for it, but was actually cheering Ye Chuan on.
The egg had not even hatched yet, and it was already siding with an outsider.
No, wait—the egg liquid was already spilling out.
“Second move.”
Ye Chuan looked up at the Heavenly Beast King. “There’s only one move left.”
The Heavenly Beast King fell silent.
It had originally only wanted to see whether Ye Chuan was qualified to protect the Young Master.
But now, it seemed there was no need to continue proving that qualification.
The Nine Extremes Beast Emperor Realm just now, even if it could not kill a peak Immortal Venerable, would at least have forced its opponent into a bitter struggle.
Yet Ye Chuan had emerged completely unharmed—and had even swallowed all nine galaxies in return.
What kind of qualification to protect the Young Master was this?
Once the Young Master hatched, perhaps the one they needed to worry about was not whether anyone would dare hurt it, but whether Ye Chuan would take it along to rob other people.
Seeing that the Heavenly Beast King still had not made a move, the people outside began to wear strange expressions.
“Could it be that it doesn’t dare to use a third move?”
“A peak Immortal Venerable Heavenly Beast King was beaten into not daring to continue by a peak Great Principle Golden Immortal?”
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