Facing the others without the Heavenly Emperor Cauldron present, Ma Chao came in a hurry and left just as quickly.
Soon, he entered the small world used to cultivate rare treasures of heaven and earth.
Looking at the countless rare treasures of heaven and earth, Ma Chao started drooling.
"So this is the Ye Lineage. They really aren't just ordinarily rich. Everything in this secret realm belongs to me now."
"These are Sun Flowers, essentials for cultivating the Solar Holy Body. And this-it's actually Purpleheart Bamboo, a rare treasure of heaven and earth that blooms once every ten thousand years! Haha!"
Ma Chao harvested with tremendous excitement.
At the same time, the Ye Lineage's Great Emperor naturally sensed something.
His expression turned utterly icy.
"Primordial Forbidden Zone, you've gone too far! Too far!"
As he spoke, he threw caution to the wind and prepared to burn his Heavenly Emperor Bloodline.
Just then.
A powerful, eerie presence began spreading from the Heavenly Emperor Cauldron.
Ma Chao had just finished collecting everything when he felt a presence that made his hair stand on end.
He couldn't help retreating from the secret realm.
"What's going on?"
"Who cares? Just attack with everything we've got."
Dugu Jian dared not be careless.
He unleashed Sword Twenty-Two directly. At that moment, it seemed that only a single longsword remained between heaven and earth.
A longsword that pierced heaven and earth, a longsword terrifying to the extreme.
It seemed capable of tearing apart the firmament and cleaving through space and time.
At that moment, living beings were so feeble before it.
"This, this..."
The Ye Lineage's Great Emperor was instantly dumbfounded.
"Great Emperor, save us! We don't want to die yet! We don't want to die!"
"Is the Ye Lineage really finished? Is it really finished?"
Countless people within the Ye Lineage roared.
They hadn't been killed earlier, but Ma Chao had given them a savage beating, teaching them just how cruel society could be.
"Fuck your mother and her tomato scrambled eggs!"
Watching this, Ma Chao was also utterly astonished.
But the very next moment, the Heavenly Emperor Cauldron suddenly shook.
A powerful presence instantly soared into the sky.
An illusory figure appeared before them.
Its terrifying pressure suppressed the ages.
"So strong! Is this some Ye Lineage expert who's swallowed a load of badassery? These tricks are way too fancy."
"No, could this be...?"
The two exchanged a glance and drew close together.
Without encountering any obstruction, Dugu Jian's peerless sword strike finally descended.
Clang!
That peerless sword strike was actually blocked by the Heavenly Emperor Cauldron. It made only a clang before all movement ceased.
"Heavenly Emperor, please avenge our Ye Lineage..."
The Ye Lineage's patriarch roared through streaming tears and snot.
He gave a rough account of what had happened.
The phantom that had appeared instantly became considerably more solid.
This was a white-robed man with flowing hair, sword-like brows, and star-bright eyes. Merely standing there, he was like a mountain, pressing down on everyone until they could barely breathe.
His gaze fixed firmly on Dugu Jian.
Dugu Jian showed no fear whatsoever.
"Heavenly Emperor Ye, I never imagined you'd left a soul imprint in the Heavenly Emperor Cauldron. But so what? This soul imprint of yours is only a little stronger than me at most. If we really fight, we won't necessarily be afraid of you."
Dugu Jian was supremely confident.
Such were the summoned ones.
They possessed terrifying talent, and fighting across cultivation realms was no problem.
Even facing true powerhouses, they remained unafraid.
"Dugu, what's there to fear? Isn't it just a Heavenly Emperor's soul imprint? Even if the Heavenly Emperor himself came today, I, Ma Chao, would still fight him for three hundred rounds."
As he spoke, the Peerless Immortal Scripture erupted.
His Suanni Treasure Body erupted.
With his cultivation technique and treasure body combined, Ma Chao's presence instantly reached the level of a peak late-stage Great Emperor, terrifying to the extreme.
"There's actually a faint trace of something immortal. Could he have cultivated an immortal-grade technique?"
Heavenly Emperor Ye looked at Ma Chao. At that moment,
Only then did he truly feel how terrifying this was. A mere peak early-stage Great Emperor could actually unleash the imposing presence of a peak late-stage Great Emperor. He was absurdly strong.
"My Ye Lineage is a Heavenly Emperor lineage. No one may bully it, or they will be killed without mercy."
"Since you're so confident, I'll strike only once. If you can survive, that will be your own ability."
As Heavenly Emperor Ye spoke, his presence reached a terrifying level.
Dugu Jian's and Ma Chao's eyelids twitched wildly.
That dangerous presence seemed to have already locked onto them.
Neither dared be careless. They immediately tore open space and fled.
"Trying to escape? Have you asked my permission?"
Heavenly Emperor Ye naturally saw that Dugu Jian and his companion were trying to flee.
Not daring to be careless, he pressed down with a palm strike across the distance.
The Heavenly Emperor Cauldron erupted with terrifying might and followed closely behind.
At this critical moment, the two controlled the heavy sword and the great cauldron with all their strength, sending them to meet the Heavenly Emperor Cauldron.
That collision finally stopped the Heavenly Emperor Cauldron.
Both were sent flying by the impact.
Pfft!
When they appeared again, both spat out a mouthful of blood.
"As expected of Heavenly Emperor Ye. He's too strong."
Dugu Jian's and Ma Chao's faces were filled with shock.
Such was the might of a peak Great Emperor, let alone Heavenly Emperor Ye. With this Heavenly Emperor striking, his power naturally wasn't something an ordinary Great Emperor could match.
The two retrieved the heavy sword and the great cauldron, then returned to the Primordial Forbidden Zone.
Seeing this, Heavenly Emperor Ye of the Ye Lineage also knitted his brows tightly.
"Great Emperors from the Primordial Forbidden Zone. Damn them."
Heavenly Emperor Ye snorted coldly, and the robbery of the Ye Lineage came to an end.
Surprisingly, Heavenly Emperor Ye didn't pursue them.
This left Ye Changge slightly surprised.
"I really didn't expect the Heavenly Emperor Cauldron to contain a contingency left by Heavenly Emperor Ye. I never intended to destroy them. I was just collecting resources."
Ye Changge chuckled.
Yet Wang Xue's and Shangguan Wan'er's peaks pressed against his body, leaving him pleasantly numb.
"Wan'er, you little temptress. Watch your young master's ultimate move."
"Hehe."
The women were teased into bashful laughter.
Naturally, he didn't indulge them. He rolled over and embraced Shangguan Wan'er. Once his ultimate move came out, everyone surrendered.
Elsewhere, within the Asura Race, an earth-shaking battle was erupting.
Zhao Zilong's Dragon Courage Bright Silver Spear seemed capable of poking a hole through the heavens.
Duan Lang likewise unleashed World-Destroying Dragon Claw, beating the Asura Race's Great Emperor back again and again.
"Asura Race, this is the price for looking down on our Primordial Forbidden Zone."
As he spoke, terrifying attacks poured out madly.
For a moment, the Asura Race's Great Emperor spat and flew backward.
"Damned Human Race! Since you're seeking death, I'll grant your wish."
As he spoke, the Shura Sword appeared in his hand.
A terrifying presence spread outward.
"You've only just revived. How many times do you have the resources to awaken a peak Extreme Dao Emperor Weapon?"
As Zhao Zilong spoke, his spear swept out like a dragon.
Seizing this opportunity, Duan Lang swiftly charged out.
He entered the Asura Race's territory to plunder resources.
"No, this is too slow. Soul-searching will be faster."
Duan Lang was extremely seasoned at this sort of thing.
Before long, he appeared before the Asura Race's treasury.
"Human Race, this is the Asura Race's treasury. What are you trying to do?"
The two Quasi-Emperors had barely finished speaking when Duan Lang gave them a savage beating in a few swift moves. After soul-searching them, he emptied the treasury in an instant.
Next came several secret realms.
When he was more or less finished, Duan Lang stripped all the elders and Asura clansmen of their spatial rings, clothes, and trousers, then went to regroup with Zhao Zilong.
"I've looted everything too. Zilong, let's go."
The two exchanged a smile.
They tore open space and departed.
"Haha!"
"Asura Race, thank you for your generous donations. Remember to prepare more next time."
Duan Lang's voice rang out between heaven and earth, disdaining everything.
It enraged the Asura Race's Great Emperor until he lost all composure and spat out a mouthful of blood.
His presence began to fade away.
"Human Race, my Asura Race cannot live under the same sky as you!"
"Aaaah!"
No one paid any attention to the Asura Race's impotent fury.