Chapter 12666 Awakening the Crimson Moon
Chapter 12666 Awakening the Crimson Moon
Ye Chen sensed something was wrong; it seemed there was some taboo preventing the corpse from coming back to life.
"what happened?"
Ye Chen frowned and pondered, only to see that the corpse had absorbed enough chaotic energy, and its body had become completely robust, no different from an ordinary person, but its head was still a withered state of skin and bones.
After the corpse's body became robust, it stopped absorbing chaotic energy, and the whistling sound of airflow ceased, but intermittent "hoarse" breathing sounds continued to emanate from the corpse's throat.
It seemed to be trying to wake up, but its head was withered and it could not become fully awake.
Looking at the corpse's empty eye sockets, Ye Chen somehow felt a sense of sorrow and desolation.
In a fleeting moment, a flash of inspiration struck Ye Chen, and a burly figure appeared in his mind, exuding a magnificent and imposing aura, as if it were about to annihilate all darkness in the world.
It's the Ancestor Zhantian!
"The Ancestor Who Slays Heaven?"
Ye Chen stared in utter horror at the corpse in the stone coffin, having had a strong premonition just moments before.
The true identity of this corpse is actually the Ancestor Zhan Tian!
The creator of the "Slaying Technique," the Ancestor Slaying Heaven!
Ye Chen remembered that Jing Liyue had said that Zhan Tian Ancestor was one of the three ancestors of the Wild Hunt Path and was a powerful figure in the Chaos Era.
His "Slaying" technique is even more powerful and domineering than Ye Chen's "Burial" technique.
"Could this corpse actually be the Ancestor Zhan Tian?"
Ye Chen was utterly shocked.
He never imagined that the identity of this corpse would be so terrifying.
Although only the body of the corpse had been restored and the head was still withered, he believed his divine intuition and knew that this was indeed the Ancestor Zhan Tian!
"Go to the mountaintop and, with the help of the Great Heavenly Emperor's remaining light, perhaps we can revive this corpse."
In the Reincarnation Graveyard, Haotian Lanshen saw the corpse of Zhantian Ancestor. Only the body and flesh had been restored, but the head was still dry, which was a strange situation.
This may be because the Ancestor Zhantian still retains a vast and righteous will and is unwilling to accept the filling of chaotic evil energy.
But if we let him bask in the light, perhaps we can awaken him!
Ye Chen's eyes lit up as he looked up at the snow-capped mountain peak, where the dazzling golden light seemed to convey a sense of destiny and redemption.
This remnant light of the Heavenly Emperor, besides being able to awaken the Crimson Moon Goddess, might also be able to awaken the Ancestor Who Slays Heaven!
"Ok!"
Ye Chen saw an opportunity and wanted to put the stone coffin into the Reincarnation Graveyard, but he found that the stone coffin and the Reincarnation Graveyard were filled with a kind of repulsion between them.
He tried to use space-saving methods to organize it, but he couldn't.
This stone coffin has a very strange aura, seemingly rejecting all containment.
Ye Chen frowned, then saw two black dots flying rapidly upwards from the foot of the mountain.
"They are the shepherd and the Emperor!"
Upon seeing this from afar, Ye Chen immediately became alert.
Those two black dots are the shepherd and the Emperor!
Judging from their appearance, their clothes were torn and they had many wounds on their bodies, clearly indicating that the terrifying thunder explosion had also caused them considerable damage.
However, judging from their agile movements, they clearly still maintain formidable fighting power!
Haotian Lanshen is currently recuperating and can no longer help Ye Chen. It would be a pipe dream for Ye Chen to fight against the Shepherd and the Heavenly Emperor on his own.
"They're here, Ye Chen! Quickly reach the summit of the snow mountain! Awaken the Crimson Moon Goddess!"
Haotianlan Shinto.
He was no longer capable of fighting, and only by awakening the Crimson Moon Goddess could the crisis be resolved.
Ye Chen nodded, and without further hesitation, he glanced at the corpse of the Ancestor Zhan Tian, closed the stone coffin, hoisted it onto his shoulder, and strode towards the mountaintop.
Within the Graveyard of Reincarnation, Nightmare Demon Mountain curled up, chuckling:
"Great Demon Lord, you can summon me for help."
"Hehe, but I've forgotten many of my supernatural abilities and secret techniques. Let me think about how I'm supposed to fight again?"
It closed its eyes and fell into deep thought, seemingly recalling the supernatural techniques it had used in the battle.
Ye Chen didn't expect anything from it. He carried the stone coffin and climbed quickly. The higher he went, the colder it became. It wasn't the cold of ice and snow, but a more eerie and indescribable chill.
It may be true, as Nightmare Mountain said, that this is the chilling aura emanating from the corpses of countless ancient and evil gods, penetrating straight into the pores of the human body.
Ye Chen activated the Yang God Heavenly Pearl to protect his body and continued to climb, while the Shepherd and the Heavenly Emperor chased after him from below.
"Lord of Reincarnation, stop right there!"
The Emperor had already spotted Ye Chen, and roared loudly, his face full of anger.
He had just survived the tribulation of ascending to godhood and had the opportunity to break through the limitations of the other side of the starry sky and return to the peak of the Heavenly Pillar Realm. Who would have thought that Ye Chen would sacrifice a Thunder Source Crystal, which would detonate his tribulation at the same time.
The power of the tribulation lightning that triggered the ascension to godhood destroyed billions of miles of territory, turning the world into a chaotic and pitch-black void. The Heavenly Emperor and the Shepherd also suffered severe impacts. If it weren't for the two Eternal Walls protecting them, they would probably have been seriously injured even if they didn't die.
The Emperor's injuries are not serious, but the tribulation of ascending to godhood has dissipated, and he has no hope of undergoing another tribulation. His current strength is limited to the peak of the Heavenly Dao Realm, and he has no chance to ascend to godhood again. He is furious and only wants to kill Ye Chen.
The shepherd, leaning on his cane, glided lightly up the snow-capped mountain like a ghost. He now wanted to kill Ye Chen to prevent future troubles.
Ye Chen is the prophesied last king, and he cannot accept that the last king must be born in the Temple of the End.
He also knew that Ye Chen had profound luck and was not easy to kill, but with the help of the Heavenly Emperor, perhaps he could give it a try.
Even if they can't kill Ye Chen, being able to strip him of his ultimate authority would be a tremendous good thing.
"Lord of Reincarnation, you have fallen into a misguided path, stop now!"
The shepherd let out a desolate sound, which spread like a demonic chant.
Suddenly, a huge blizzard appeared before Ye Chen's eyes, howling loudly.
The white blizzard obscured his vision, making it impossible for him to discern directions, and he actually became lost.
"Ye Chen, this way."
The moment Ye Chen lost his way, the Goddess of Dawn pointed him in the right direction within the Reincarnation Graveyard.
The goddess of dawn represents hope; even when lost, she can immediately see the direction of hope.
Ye Chen immediately followed the direction indicated by the Goddess of Dawn and strode forward. Sure enough, he soon broke through the blizzard, his vision suddenly cleared, and he continued to climb upwards.
"You broke my spell so quickly."
The shepherd was also shocked when he saw this, finding it unbelievable.
The Emperor chuckled and said, "Master, this kid has a lot of tricks up his sleeve. Fancy spells are useless. Let's rush up the snow mountain and fight him fair and square!"
The Emperor clenched his fist, his heart brimming with boiling fighting spirit. He could tell that Ye Chen seemed eager to reach the summit of the snow mountain, probably hoping to receive the blessing of the Emperor's lingering light.
Then let's fight to the death on the mountaintop!
The shepherd had no choice but to continue the chase.
Ye Chen carried the stone coffin up the mountain, but he felt a sense of unease, as if a venomous snake was staring at his back.
"Someone."
Ye Chen looked out over the snow-capped mountains and into the vast, dark void beyond.
At this moment, he had a dangerous premonition that an enemy was coming!
It wasn't the shepherd and the Emperor, it was a third party!
There are still enemies lurking!
"what happened?"
Haotian Lanshen asked.
"It seems like someone is watching from the dark."
Ye Chen tightened his grip on the stone coffin on his shoulder, vaguely sensing that someone was watching the stone coffin in the darkness!
"When soldiers come, we'll block them; when water comes, we'll dam it. First, we'll reach the summit and awaken the Crimson Moon Goddess."
Haotian Lanshen still considers awakening the Crimson Moon Goddess to be the most important thing.
"Ah."
Ye Chen remained cautious and continued climbing the mountain. He soon approached the summit and, looking at the golden light on the top, he had a vague sense of familiarity.
That golden light was the remnant light of the Great Heavenly Emperor, projected down from the unknown void.
The closer Ye Chen got to the past, the more familiar he felt.
"Have I seen this light before?"
Ye Chen was in a daze, certain that he had never been exposed to the light of the Great Heavenly Emperor before, but at this moment he felt a sense of familiarity that transcended time and space and all cause and effect.
He even had a strange illusion that he had fought alongside the Great Heavenly Emperor in the chaotic era, and that no living being could withstand his and the Great Heavenly Emperor's power.
In the end, the two were suppressed by a great force that descended from the sky.
It is the power of heaven and earth.
He swept across the heavens, crushed all living beings, and was invincible in the chaotic era, but in the end he was defeated by the heavens!
This intense illusion plunged Ye Chen into a hazy dream.
The Great Heavenly Emperor and I perished, not because of any fault in battle, but because Heaven intended to destroy us.
Wow.
In a hazy, dreamlike state, Ye Chen had already reached the summit of the snow-capped mountain. The wind and snow had subsided, and there was no longer any chill in the air.
A vast expanse of golden light shone down from the high heavens, from the unknown void.
He was bathed in golden light, feeling as if he were a crystal, his body penetrated by the golden light, warm and cozy, as if he had returned to his parents' embrace, a sense of peace and tranquility enveloping his entire body.
He was stunned. His figure, carrying the stone coffin, stood like a sculpture on the snow-capped mountain, facing the golden light.
Bathed in this golden light, his illusion intensified, as if he had truly returned to the chaotic era and was fighting alongside the Great Heavenly Emperor.
"Yin and Yang, the Eight Trigrams, all laws are trapped and exhausted. Great Demon Lord, today you are trapped here. This is Heaven's will to destroy you and me. It is not the fault of our battle. In the end, we are no match for Heaven."
Ye Chen seemed to hear the sigh of the "Great Heavenly Emperor," and the myriad rays of light surrounding the Great Heavenly Emperor quickly dimmed.
Ye Chen saw his body riddled with wounds and covered in blood; he had been severely injured in countless battles, yet he still stood tall.
The Great Heavenly Emperor slowly turned his head, and Ye Chen was about to see his face clearly.
Rumbling--
But at this moment, a violent tremor came from the Reincarnation Graveyard. The tombstone of the Crimson Moon Goddess, bathed in the afterglow of the Great Heavenly Emperor, was also nourished by enough energy.
The tombstone shook, and a figure slowly emerged from the grave.
She was a cool and aloof woman, dressed in a long, flowing crimson dress, her black hair cascading down to her waist and tied up with a red jade hairpin. Her appearance was exquisite and otherworldly, and she was surrounded by a hazy, crimson moonlight.
It is the Crimson Moon Goddess!
She has finally recovered!
It was not a remnant soul, but possessed real flesh and blood. Although it was not the complete body of the Crimson Moon, it still exuded a powerful and chilling aura of killing intent.
Upon seeing the Crimson Moon Goddess revive, Ye Chen also regained consciousness.
The illusion of fighting alongside the Great Heavenly Emperor receded quickly like the receding tide and dissipated like smoke. He soon could hardly remember that dreamlike feeling of transcending time and space, only saying that his mind had been in a daze for a moment.
"Goddess of the Crimson Moon, you've awakened!"
Ye Chen's eyes were only on the Crimson Moon Goddess, and he was immediately overjoyed.
At the same time, he also heard a hissing sound coming from inside the stone coffin.
Ye Chen put down the stone coffin, slightly opened the lid, and saw the corpse of the Heaven-Slaying Ancestor inside. His withered head, after being bathed in the remnant light of the Great Heavenly Emperor and nourished by the light, was slowly regaining flesh and blood.
The once withered head gradually filled out, and soon recognizable facial features appeared. It was a gaunt old man, indeed the Ancestor Zhan Tian!
Ye Chen was overjoyed to see that the Ancestor Zhan Tian was about to recover. He opened the coffin lid completely, allowing the Ancestor Zhan Tian to absorb as much of the Great Heavenly Emperor's residual light as possible.
Under the absorption of the Crimson Moon Goddess and the Ancestor of Heaven Slaying, the originally brilliant remnant light of the Heavenly Emperor quickly dimmed, as if the essence of its energy had been completely absorbed by the two of them.
Ye Chen also absorbed a lot of the residual light, feeling warm all over. This light felt very familiar to him, as if it were the remnant of an old friend.
Wow!
Nourished by the remnant light of the Heavenly Emperor, Ye Chen's cultivation level broke through quickly, and he successfully advanced to the high level of the ninth level of the Divine Illumination Realm!
"I've broken through! The energy in this remnant of the Heavenly Emperor's light is indeed profound."
Ye Chen looked at the fading light of the Heavenly Emperor and sighed.
At the same time, a new radiance rose atop the snow-capped mountain.
It was a crimson glow that quickly gathered in the high sky and finally transformed into a huge red moon.
The Crimson Moon Goddess emerged from the Reincarnation Graveyard and stood beside Ye Chen. Her gaze was icy, and a katana was slung across her waist.
"The moon should rise now."
She murmured to herself, and the red moon in the sky swelled to a much larger size, almost filling half of the sky. The huge moon looked like some kind of ancient, primordial beast, and its blood-red moonlight poured down, illuminating the snow-capped mountains in an eerie red. The vast, dark, and chaotic void was also illuminated, all shrouded in a hazy red glow.
"Who is this person?"
The Emperor saw a woman suddenly appear beside Ye Chen on the snow-capped mountain.
The woman's stern and cold aura instantly put him on alert.
The woman was not a pillar god, but her appearance triggered an astonishing phenomenon: a blood moon hung in the sky, illuminating billions of miles, and a dense killing intent swirled between heaven and earth, causing the hair on his body to stand on end.
"The Crimson Moon Goddess? She's an ancient, powerful being from beyond the heavens. How could she have descended here?"
The Emperor quickly calculated that the woman's causal traces were not complicated, and he soon figured them out.
Crimson Moon Goddess, an ancient extraterrestrial powerhouse, one of the Three Moon Goddesses!
At his peak, the Heavenly Emperor would naturally not be afraid, but at this moment, he only possessed the power of the peak of the Heavenly Dao Realm, and he was also injured.
He might not be a match for the newly resurrected Crimson Moon Goddess.
"How many trump cards does the Lord of Reincarnation still have?"
The shepherd's expression was also very grim; the sight of the blood moon in the sky made him feel deeply threatened.
Even from a great distance, he could clearly see the Crimson Moon Goddess's eyes.
Those eyes held only a cold, indifferent, world-weary murderous intent, devoid of any emotional fluctuation, and showing no attachment to the world whatsoever.
He was certain that this Crimson Moon Goddess was absolutely unafraid of death. That look in her eyes was the result of numbness from experiencing too much pain; she no longer knew what death was. Perhaps death was a relief for this woman.
"The tomb owner, thank you for waking me up."
The Crimson Moon Goddess glanced at Ye Chen. Although she said thank you, her tone was indifferent, revealing no gratitude, only endless numbness.
She then noticed the shepherd and the Emperor rapidly approaching below, and slowly drew the long sword from her waist with her slender hand: "Leave those two to me."
Having said that, the Crimson Moon Goddess flashed, transforming into a streak of red light, and in an instant, she appeared before the Shepherd and the Heavenly Emperor.
laugh!
As the blade slashed out, the crimson moonlight shone like blood.
"Crimson Moon in Chaos!"
The Crimson Moon Goddess flashed, weaving between the shepherd and the Emperor, and swiftly unleashed two slashes, the blades cutting through the air with a sharp whistling sound.
The Emperor dodged quickly, but was still a little too slow, and a cut appeared on his cheek.
The shepherd couldn't dodge and his body was cleaved in two, but no blood flowed out. With a bang, a white smoke flashed, and his body turned into two pieces of wood, while his true form emerged on the other side.
"What a quick knife!"
The shepherd trembled, his pupils flickering with ghostly fire, filled with malevolent intent, and he felt another pang of pain.
He had actually just been killed by the Crimson Moon Goddess, but at the moment of life and death, he used a "scapegoat spell" to have a piece of wood die in place of his real body.
This "scapegoat spell" is troublesome to cast, requiring the "scapegoat" to be prepared in advance, and each cast consumes the essence of one's own being, resulting in a huge cost.
