After receiving the Nirvana Immortal Eyes and the Kirin Arm, Ye Chen had suffered more than his share of hardship.
Now he had finally pulled through. He had become a Quasi-Emperor and could fully control both the Nirvana Immortal Eyes and the Kirin Arm.
Yue Fan, whom he had once regarded as a formidable rival, had yet to become a Quasi-Emperor. Even Yue Fan's master, the Chaos Holy Lord, had not made the breakthrough.
Now that Ye Chen was a Quasi-Emperor, he no longer thought much of Yue Fan. He even felt Yue Canglan was nothing special.
What Ye Chen wanted most from this trip to the Southern Wastes was a battle with Fang Chen. Unfortunately, Fang Chen had been struck by three Nine Nether Soul Devouring Nails years ago. The nails were treasures left to the Ye Family by their Ancestor, the Xuanhuang Great Emperor. Their power was immense: anyone below the rank of Great Emperor who was struck by them would die.
Eleven years had passed since Fang Chen's battle with Li Changsheng. Fang Chen was probably long dead.
Though Ye Chen was powerful, Ye Mian had instructed him before he came to the Glazed Sword Sect not to get caught up in a prolonged fight. He was to seize his chance and use the Nine Nether Soul Devouring Nails to kill the sect's other Quasi-Emperor. Ye Mian knew that even with Ye Chen's strength, killing a Quasi-Emperor without the nails would be difficult.
If the Glazed Sword Sect's Quasi-Emperor escaped, the consequences would be endless.
Ye Chen disdained the idea, but he had used the Nine Nether Soul Devouring Nails anyway. To him, nothing mattered more than his Lineage's interests. Once they killed this Quasi-Emperor, they could sweep aside the Glazed Sword Sect and claim the whole