Chapter 1621: Battling Fengdu

Chapter 1621: Battling Fengdu

“It’s you.” The Great Emperor of Fengdu spoke in an emotionless yet powerful voice after the darkness disappeared. “You do not have the Earthly Sovereign Bell right now, and you dare to stop me? Aren’t you afraid to die?”

“Hahaha... if I died fighting the Great Emperor of Fengdu, then I would be able to depart for the afterlife without regrets!” Ye Qing laughed heartily and excitedly.

Back in the day, he could only hide like a dog while the bigshots fought above his head until the world itself was warped in their image. He had to be careful not to be caught in the crossfire as well. But now, he was strong enough to challenge them and fight them head on. Naturally, he was quite excited.

Of course, he was aware that he was no match for the Great Emperor of Fengdu. But so what?

A young man should be courageous and full of mettle!

“That said, not even you would be able to kill me easily, senior.”

His goal wasn’t to kill the Great Emperor of Fengdu. It was to hold him back long enough for the Chief Libationist to finish his work.

Therefore, he might be no match for the Great Emperor of Fengdu, but he was more than capable of protecting himself.

Not even if he was missing the Earthly Sovereign Bell right now.

Where was the Earthly Sovereign Bell? He had lent it to Yue Hanhai, of course.

While laughing, ye Qing leaped into the air and threw nine punches in a row. All of them were Annihilation Hammers.

Each punch was only greater than the last in terms of strength and intent.

The heavens have nine firmaments, and I have nine punches. That is all I need to shake the nine firmaments, shatter sun and moon, and butcher gods and demons.

“If you wish to die so badly, then I will fulfill your wish.”

The Great Emperor of Fengdu’s response toward the world destroying punch was to flick a finger.

One finger flick was enough to summon eighteen hells to the human world.

Another finger flick was enough to hang the Yellow Spring in the sky.

A third flick was enough to summon the Six Paths and invert time.

Three finger flicks later, the skyful of fist force and intent all disappeared into nothing. Then, a fingertip that seemed to carry the weight of hell the Yellow Spring hit Ye Qing in the forehead regardless of the laws of time and space.

Bang!

The next moment, the profound light surrounding Ye Qing dimmed all at once, and he crashed onto the Heavens’ Eye Tower.

The tallest tower of the imperial capital instantly crumbled into powder before Ye Qing hit the ground hard enough to crack the ground within hundreds of meters of him.

After sending Ye Qing flying with a finger flick, the Great Emperor of Fengdu ignored Ye Qing and tried to attack the Chief Libationist once more.

“Hahaha... I thought you’re trying to kill me, senior? I’m not dead yet!”

There was a boom, and Ye Qing blocked in front of the Great Emperor of Fengdu once more. He punched out with both fists. One fist was vast, blazing, and forceful like the sun. The other fist was soft, gentle, and weightless like the moon.

“Sun Moon Impetus”

Yin and yang, sun and moon. It was enough to block all of the Great Emperor of Fengdu’s attacks.

“Suicidal cur! You’re a master of the fist, are you? Then I shall send you to hell with my fists!” Enraged, the Great Emperor of Fengdu bent his arm like a bow before throwing out a punch.

The Six Paths manifested, and all things entered the cycle of rebirth when the fist appeared.

In the blink of an eye, Ye Qing was consumed by the Six Paths.

“Perish in my Six Paths!” The Great Emperor of Fengdu sneered. He seemed very confident in his punch, which he was.

It was a punch that wasn’t quite a punch, an art that wasn’t quite an art. He called it the Six Paths Fist of Rebirth.

The Six Paths Fist of Rebirth was a fist of mind and spirit, not strength and force. It contained the power of the Six Paths and the intent of reincarnation. Those struck by it would find their minds plunging into the Six Paths and their will entering the cycle of rebirth for eternity.

If the person’s mind was weak, and their willpower was feeble, then the punch would instantly ground away their cultivation and memories and turn them as ignorant and innocent as a baby.

Even if the person’s mind was strong, and their willpower was firm, if they could not escape the Six Paths, then it was only a matter of time before they lost themselves. The fist would endlessly eat away at their cultivation and memories.

In conclusion, those struck by the Six Paths Fist of Rebirth would lose either some of their cultivation and memories, or all of it. Naturally, it was quite terrifying.

“The True Spirit is eternal, I now know that I am me!”

However, the Great Emperor of Fengdu’s glee didn’t last. The strange phenomenon surrounding Ye Qing abruptly faded, and the young man was revealed once more. His back was straight, and his eyes were shining like sun and moon.

“Phew...that is quite the technique, senior. You almost killed me there!” Ye Qing remarked with lingering trepidation.

𝚏𝕣𝕖𝚎𝚠𝚎𝚋𝚗𝐨𝐯𝕖𝕝.𝕔𝐨𝕞

It was the truth. At first glance, it looked like the punch had more bark than bite. It looked like it had failed to stop him for even an instant.

In reality, he had lived through several lives during that punch. He had lived as a human, an animal, a ghost, a divine being, and more. Hundreds of years had passed during this time, and every time he completed a cycle of rebirth, a portion of his cultivation and memory would disappear. By the end of it, he had become stupid and confused.

If he hadn’t preserved his cultivation and a bit of his True Spirit with the Innate Yin Yang Qi, if he hadn’t seen through the weakness of the punch using the Yin Yang Spell Eyes and broken his way out by force, he might have lost all of his cultivation and memories to the Six Paths Fist of Rebirth.

Even so, his cultivation had diminished by a lot. It would take him a long time before he could get back to his previous level.

As expected of the Great Emperor of Fengdu. To underestimate him even a little was akin to commit suicide.

“How could you defeat my Six Paths Fist of Rebirth?” The Great Emperor of Fengdu himself seemed lost. He could not seem to believe that Ye Qing had actually overcome his fist.

“I just got lucky,” Ye Qing answered honestly. Seriously, if he didn’t have the Innate Yin Yang Qi or the Yin Yang Spell Eyes, then he would be in serious trouble even if he somehow survived.

“Are you mocking me?” The Great Emperor of Fengdu grew even more furious. The world was already dark because of his presence, and now it was growing darker because of his emotions. “You will wish that you were dead!”

Ye Qing: “...”

Is it a sin to tell the truth these days?

The Great Emperor of Fengdu let out an angry roar, and what looked like the light of a fire suddenly appeared from the dim sky.

The fire was illusory and ephemeral. It was colorful and shapely like the many colors of humanity, but also colorless and formless like air and water.

As the fire spread, it looked like the sky was being cracked open.

In reality, the sky hadn’t cracked open. A god demon had simply opened his eyes.

When a god demon opened his eyes, all things turned into eternal hell.

The next moment, the entire world was engulfed by invisible fire.

The fire had no temperature, but it could inflict the worst pain in the world upon someone.

The fire looked feeble, but it was unstoppable by fire or water.

In the olden days, there existed a hell called the Endless Hell in the old Fengdu. Only the most sinful of creatures were thrown into the Endless Hell to suffer for eternity.

The transparent fire in the sky was the Endless Fire. It was the origin power of the Endless Hell and could inflict a pain worse than death just like the Endless Hell.

“Argh! It hurts... it hurts...”

“Help... it hurts so much... kill me, kill me!”

“Mama... it hurts... uu...”

Ye Qing could endure this pain, but the entire imperial capital was caught by the Endless Fire. At least hundreds of thousands of people were living here.

For a time, the entire imperial capital was filled with unholy screams. It was like a living purgatory.

The worst part was that the Endless Fire could not be stopped or extinguished, not even when Ye Qing tried using his Innate Yin Yang Qi or Profound Yellow Mother Qi.