Chapter 1800: The Purple Star Falls

Although White Robe Demon Master, Sea Herder and more were some of the strongest champions in the current era, they were as feeble as ants before Ziwei Emperor. Their attacks struck the ancient deity like throwing rocks into the sea. It did absolutely nothing whatsoever.

On the other hand, every attack Ziwei Emperor threw at them contained enough power to destroy heaven and earth. Wherever the starlight went, all were reduced to dust.

Just moments later, some people faltered and were struck by the starlight. Some took severe injuries from the attack, and some perished outright.

In just the blink of an eye, Sea Herder, Divine Dragon Old Man, and Night King had perished under Ziwei Emperor’s assault. Their blood drenched the void, and their corpses floated aimlessly through space. It was horrible.

Even Ye Qing and Feng Qingyou were just barely holding their ground. Ziwei Emperor’s power simply surpassed theirs too much. Even their combined power was barely enough to keep themselves alive, much less mount a counterattack.

“This isn’t going to work. We’re no match for Ziwei Emperor at all!”

Ye Qing was desperate. He knew that they were all going to die here if this situation continued.

He must find a way to kill Ziwei Emperor!

Running away... simply wasn’t an option.

The Nine Glory Purple Star Heaven was Ziwei Emperor’s Dao domain. Everything in the Dao Domain was under Ziwei Emperor’s control. Unless they could leave the Nine Glory Purple Star Heaven, there was nowhere in the Heaven they could run or hide.

However, the only way they could leave the Heaven was to through the teleportation platform located in the Purple Star Imperial Palace. That wasn’t going to happen unless Ziwei Emperor was dead.

In the end, the one and only way out of this was to kill Ziwei Emperor!

But how could they kill Ziwei Emperor?

The current Ziwei Emperor was on par with a third level Sage, a Wayknower, and at this stage the difference between every cultivation level was like heaven and earth. Although they outnumbered Ziwei Emperor, it wasn’t enough to make up for the gap between their cultivation level.

“What should I do?”

“That... might be the only way.”

Ye Qing muttered to himself with a hint of desperation and helplessness.

The next second, Ye Qing produced the immortal peach.

The peach looked translucent and limpid. It smelled beyond delicious as well. However, tendrils of black qi clung to its surface like bone-eating maggots.

“What are you doing?” Feng Qingyou noticed Ye Qing’s odd expression and asked.

Ye Qing did not answer her. After giving her a long look, he stopped hesitating and swallowed the immortal peach in one gulp.

BOOM—!

A deafening boom erupted from Ye Qing’s body like a volcanic eruption. The shockwave was such that the surrounding starlight was completely dispelled. Dazzling light gushed out of his pores and orifices as every inch of his flesh, blood and bone began undergoing a dramatic transformation.

Ye Qing felt as if he was about to explode. He was filled with such overwhelming power that he felt the delusional sensation that he could punch through this very galaxy in one punch.

At the same time, the tainted qi began rapidly eroding his mind and willpower like irremovable maggots.

Already, Ye Qing felt like he was standing at the edge of a cliff. One misstep, and he would slip into a bottomless abyss.

Clinging to his sanity with all his might, Ye Qing channeled the Profound Yellow Heaven of Freedom to refine this rampaging power and suppress the corruption. Profound Yellow Qi trapped the rampaging power inside his body like a dam and prevented it from spiraling out of control.

His aura was rapidly climbing. In just the blink of an eye, he had broken through the wall and ascended to the third level of the Sage-stage, Know The Way!

Ye Qing slowly opened his eyes. Dazzling light blasted out of his eyes like a pair of intimidating stars.

𝐟𝕣𝗲𝕖𝕨𝗲𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝗲𝚕.𝗰𝚘𝐦

When he lifted a hand and clenched lightly, space groaned as if it could not stand such a simple, harmless gesture.

“Is this... the power of the third level of the Sage-stage?” Ye Qing whispered quietly. However, his voice was also filled with unprecedented confidence and power.

He felt as if he had undergone a complete transformation. He felt as if the small gesture could destroy the world if he so wished.

At his throne, Ziwei Emperor’s cold eyes finally melted a little. He could sense that the ant-like human had undergone a dramatic transformation. He could sense that he had become... dangerous.

“I did not expect you to possess such a trump card.”

Ziwei Emperor slowly stepped forward. The starlight surrounding his body grew brighter, and his pressure became as heavy as the sea. It was such a pressure that space was visibly strained by it. “Still, do you think you can defeat me now? In your dreams!”

He unleashed a palm strike and conjured a gigantic palm made from starlight.

BOOM—!

The palm hadn’t yet arrived, and already its pressure was breaking the void Ye Qing was standing on inch by inch.

Eyes as cold as ice, Ye Qing stared fearlessly at the incoming palm and expanded the Profound Yellow Heaven of Freedom. It rapidly spread out into a boundless realm that painted him as the ruler of the world and sovereign of all.

“Suppression Hammer!” Ye Qing yelled and threw out a punch.

Buzz—!

The punch flew out like a hammer, and invisible energies exploded. It locked down space, froze time, and slowed down the gigantic palm dramatically. It looked like it was caught in a quagmire.

“Break Hammer!”

Next, Ye Qing threw out another punch. Overwhelming and domineering, Break Hammer was a power that broke all Magia and dismantled all arts.

Wherever the punch traveled, starlight extinguished, laws crumbled into dust, and a massive crack appeared in the gigantic palm.

“Annihilation Hammer!”

Not about to let go of his advantage, Ye Qing immediately followed up with a third punch.

BANG—!

No fist intent killed harder than Annihilation Hammer. It was a punch that ended all life and severed all hope. At the same time, his fist finally made contact with the gigantic palm and elicited an earthshaking boom.

Crack...

Finally, the gigantic palm disintegrated completely into worthless stardust.

Like lightning, Ye Qing appeared in front of Ziwei Emperor in an instant. At the same time, the Earthly Sovereign Bell vibrated with golden light and merged into his fist.

When Ye Qing threw out a punch, his fist shimmered with golden light and chimed like a bell. The energies of the Earthly Sovereign Bell and the fist intent of Annihilation Hammer merged perfectly into one and unleashed an unprecedented amount of power.

Caught completely off guard, Ziwei Emperor could do nothing as Ye Qing’s punch landed squarely on his chest.

The sound of break bones resounded throughout the space. Ziwei Emperor was thrown back like a broken kite before he slammed furiously against his throne.

CRACK—!

The throne immediately broke into multiple pieces and spilled stardust everywhere.

When Ziwei Emperor slowly climbed back to his feet and looked down on his chest, when his icy pupils settled on the fist imprint clearly marked on his chest, a hint of shock and disbelief finally entered his expression.

“You... how...” Ziwei Emperor said raspily with a hint of tremor. He could not believe that an ant-like human could injure him, much less threaten him. And yet, that was the reality he was facing.

Standing in the sky, the Profound Yellow Heaven of Freedom slowly rotated around Ye Qing and painted him like an all-powerful, inviolable god.