No one can escape heavenly thunder—it strikes all, including cultivators.
The power of lightning suppresses those who defy heaven. The stronger one's energy, the more they fear the wrath of the skies. The Yomi Emperor couldn't last half a second before being blasted back into his true form by the heavenly lightning.
He returned to his elderly appearance, his body trembling slightly as a thin line of blood trickled from his mouth.
"Brilliant kid! Truly worthy of the Third Civilization. Even without advanced technology, you pulled off such an attack!"
"Thank you for the compliment."
Ye Liang bowed slightly.
By now, all the lightning had fallen, and the Sword of the Thunder God had been destroyed during its activation—it probably wouldn't be usable again.
The Yomi Emperor felt terrible.
He had already been weakened while trapped inside the seal. Now, after Ye Liang's heavenly thunder blast obliterated his strongest incarnation, he retained less than a tenth of his former strength.
There was no way he could keep fighting.
"Cursed brat! This ends today. We'll settle this another time!" The Yomi Emperor turned to flee, breaking through the shattered Eighteen Scarletsun Formation as he sped away.
"Think you can run? In your dreams!"
After coming this far, how could Ye Liang let him go? If the enemy recovered, he would surely be the one to die. Chasing each other fiercely, the two raced forward—far behind them, Izanagi no Mikoto was falling further and further back.
Ye Liang moved fast. He cast aside all limits, continuously using the Shifting Body Technique until he forced the Yomi Emperor into a canyon.
His pupils shifted slightly!
This was the origin of fate—the hidden canyon where the ancient Yomi Palace lay.
"If you've got the guts, come down then! I'll wait for you below!" The Yomi Emperor dove straight in.
"You think you can escape!"
Ye Liang gave chase, both diving into the canyon. Clearly more familiar with the terrain, the Yomi Emperor slipped into a thick grove and vanished without a trace.
"Damn it! He actually got away!" Ye Liang frowned deeply. With a single Spiraling Shuriken, he tore through an obstructing Yehuo Beast in his path. Though Ye Liang clearly knew his way around here, there was still a problem—the Yomi Emperor kept running toward areas swarming with monsters!
His death aura could block monster attacks, but Ye Liang couldn't do the same.
The surging waves of Sage Chakra were like a feast for the Yomi creatures.
"No good! There are too many creatures increasing in numbers! At this rate, the Yomi Emperor will definitely restore his strength!" Without the Thunder God Sword and having exhausted preparations for the Eighteen Scarletsun Formation, facing a fully recovered Yomi Emperor was simply impossible!
At this moment, Izanagi no Mikoto finally caught up.
"Take my sword—it will clear obstacles for you."
Ye Liang accepted the blade. A righteous and awe-inspiring sword intent surged into his heart—the essence of the wielder's will infused into the blade. Just then, the Onikiri Demon Blade, stored inside Ye Liang's spatial dimension, suddenly trembled violently.
"What's going on?" He furrowed his brows. Then, the Onikiri — the Demon Blade — spun midair and reappeared.
Izanagi no Mikoto also looked stunned.
"This is the Onikiri Demon Blade! It belongs to the same system as the Yasaka Magatama Sword. How did it end up in your hands?"
Before Ye Liang could even respond, he saw the broken Onikiri merge with Izanagi no Mikoto's Yasaka Magatama Sword! Like twin currents of molten metal, they twisted tightly around each other.
Before long, they fused into a black-and-white chaotic cursed blade!
No time for shock!
Clutching the cursed blade, Ye Liang dashed deep into the canyon.
The surrounding Yomi creatures recoiled as if facing their natural predator—just like encountering their own nemesis—and hurriedly retreated. Ye Liang advanced westward unimpeded and quickly arrived at the Yomi Emperor's stronghold!
It looked just like before—dark aura swirling through the air, white bones scattered everywhere.
"Who goes there!" A squad of soldiers blocked Ye Liang at the entrance. They appeared to be the same bone soldiers seen previously, yet surprisingly, after the recent awakening of the Yomi Emperor, these creatures had transformed into humanoid forms.
Ye Liang noticed faint traces of death qi on them.
They were all undead beings created from corpses!
With a single swing of the chaotic cursed blade, the sword aura pulverized all the blocking soldiers into dust before they could even raise a hand in defense.
He continued advancing.
Stepping across the path of white bones, he reached the ancient Yomi Palace.
"Strange, why does this place look different from before?" Ye Liang glanced around. The palace remained the same, but compared to earlier, it seemed much newer.
Not a trace of dust remained, and even previously damaged sections had been restored.
"Did the Yomi Emperor decide to give this place a thorough clean-up?" Wondering, he pushed open the door.
As soon as he stepped inside, the massive doors closed behind him automatically. Then, the Yomi Palace that had originally stood silently in the corner suddenly began trembling. Before his eyes, it rapidly transformed into a human form.
White-haired, sharp-eyed.
It was undeniably the Yomi Emperor.
Ye Liang had actually been swallowed by the Yomi Emperor!
He patted his stomach with a grin. "You can stay in there nice and quiet."
Meanwhile.
The moment Ye Liang entered the palace interior, he felt a sudden dizziness. As he rubbed his temples, the scenery around him began to shift.
It was no longer the palace hall, but an empty void-like spatial dimension.
Ghostly figures resembling wandering souls drifted aimlessly through the space!
"Where am I? I thought I stepped into the Yomi Palace." Ye Liang stared bewildered at everything around him. Inside this space, he once again encountered several familiar figures.
Mikamitsu Shirabe!
Minato Namikaze!
And even the slightly familiar Old Man Shizhi!
"How did you end up here?" Ye Liang asked in astonishment.
Upon hearing his voice, Mikamitsu and the others slowly floated closer.
"This is inside the Yomi Emperor's stomach. We fought him before and got swallowed whole. How did you get here too? Weren't you supposed to have escaped from the Yomi World already?" Mikamitsu Shirabe responded first.
Among them, she was the strongest, though not by much.
Minato Namikaze stepped forward. "Hmph! Young friend, do you remember me? We met briefly at the rear mountains."
"Yeah." Ye Liang nodded. Back when his head had been cut off, he'd only shared a fleeting glance with Minato. It hadn't seemed particularly important at the time.
Ye Liang fell into deep thought.
So this really was inside the Yomi Emperor's belly?
He looked around. There were no organs, no blood — not even the slightest thing. How could such an environment possibly be inside someone's stomach?
That's not scientific!
"This might be a spatial dimension!"
It's like the "sleeve containing a world" technique. He appeared to have swallowed everyone whole, but in reality, he'd placed them into an empty spatial dimension.
This place definitely put Ye Liang in a tough spot.
Unless you had the strength to rip through space itself, escaping fast was almost impossible!
But obviously, that wasn't feasible.
[Flying Thunder God]?
Ye Liang shook his head.
Not realistic!
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