Immortality Starts With Investment

Celestial Prince was furious. He possessed the Undying Immortal Body and the Sacred Spirit Root. He had also cultivated the ancient immortal scripture that his father had obtained from the immortal realm.

After sleeping for a million years, he should have emerged at his peak, sweeping through everything, suppressing the universe, and ascending through the heavenly gate to the immortal realm under the awed gazes of countless people, becoming the last true immortal of this world.

But what had happened instead?

From the very day he emerged, nothing had gone smoothly. His clansmen did not trust him. The outside world ranked him only third. He even had to bring in a helper to suppress Ye Chen. And in Ye Chen's eyes, there was only the other party. From beginning to end, Ye Chen had completely ignored him.

This was a frustration Celestial Prince had never experienced before. Thus, the enraged Celestial Prince could no longer hold back. His immortal artifact awakened at that moment, raining down endless immortal light to protect him.

The three rotating divine radiances behind his head rose up and instantly transformed into three divine mountains. Each mountain nearly occupied an entire stretch of heaven and earth, brimming with boundless power as they crashed down toward Ye Chen.

"One suppresses the flesh, the second suppresses the soul, and the third suppresses the world!"

Accompanied by the Celestial Prince's cold laugh, the infinite sealing power locked down and suppressed every part of Ye Chen.

At the same time, Lotus Emperor made his move. "The struggle for immortality has nothing to do with right or wrong. Fellow Daoist Ye, forgive me!"

Boundless killing intent surged forth. Chaotic qi transformed into blooming azure lotuses that drifted down gently. Amid their breathtaking beauty, murderous intent soared.

In an instant, they filled every inch of space around Ye Chen. Although this was the first time the two had joined forces, both were top-tier existences, and their coordination was flawless.

One sealed, the other attacked. They gave Ye Chen no chance to catch his breath.

The divine mountains descended in the blink of an eye, sealing off everything and leaving no room for escape.

The endless azure lotuses exploded at the same moment.

Every single lotus contained terrifying power capable of heavily injuring an ordinary quasi-immortal. Now, countless lotuses detonated one after another, as if the entire world were about to be destroyed.

For a time, terrifying divine light flooded the heavens and earth. The horrifying fluctuations caused the usually calm Endless Sea to boil over, sending massive waves crashing into the sky. Endless voids collapsed, and black holes emerged.

It was a scene of apocalyptic destruction. Any ordinary quasi-immortal would have fallen instantly under the combined assault of the two.

Yet both Lotus Emperor and Celestial Prince remained solemn. Because when the divine light receded, Ye Chen's figure reappeared completely unharmed. He held up the divine mountain—whose weight was almost unimaginable—with one hand, showing no sign of strain.

Under the endless explosion of azure lotuses, not only had his body suffered not the slightest injury, but even the immortal robe on his body remained perfectly intact.

The corners of Ye Chen's mouth curved upward as he looked at Lotus Emperor. "The struggle for immortality indeed has nothing to do with right or wrong. There is no need for apologies!"

In the next instant, the hand that had been supporting the divine mountain turned into a fist and punched out fiercely.

Endless power of reincarnation surged. With just one punch, the divine mountain was smashed back into its original state of three-colored divine radiance.

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Celestial Prince's eyes narrowed tightly, filled with shock and humiliation. It was not only because Ye Chen continued to ignore him.

More importantly, Ye Chen's Heavenly Emperor Fist had grown far more powerful than he had imagined. After his previous clone had been destroyed, he had watched Ye Chen's Heavenly Emperor Fist for seven full days, constantly thinking of countermeasures.

But seeing it again now, it was completely different from before.

Previously, the reincarnation intent within Ye Chen's Heavenly Emperor Fist had been superficial in form only. Now, it had undergone a heaven-shaking transformation.

One punch had actually reverted his divine technique back to its initial state. Even when the Heavenly Emperor had become an immortal back then, he might not have grasped the true meaning of reincarnation to such a degree.

This youth's talent was truly astonishing. Every time they met, his strength had improved dramatically. He must die!

In an instant, the three streams of divine radiance flew back and merged into the Celestial Prince's body.

Celestial Prince's killing intent surged even stronger, and his aura rose sharply once more. The immortal tower above his head shook violently. Countless divine patterns flashed with starlight, drawing in the power of the heavenly stars.

An unimaginably vast stellar force was pulled down like a galaxy descending from the ninth heaven. After being transformed by the immortal tower and his own body, it turned into heavenly fire capable of melting everything. The flames poured toward Ye Chen endlessly, as if they intended to burn the entire world to ashes.

Ye Chen gazed at the nearly infinite divine fire with a calm expression. Black holes opened around him, continuously devouring the divine fire. The suction force of the black holes was extremely powerful. The endless divine fire could not approach Ye Chen at all before it was completely swallowed up.

Celestial Prince was not surprised. He simply raised both hands, causing the starlight drawn by the immortal tower to grow even more immense, as though he had mobilized an entire galaxy.

Countless stars revolved along with the immortal tower, illuminating the heavens. The transformed heavenly fire grew increasingly fierce, dyeing the entire sky above the Great Yan Continent a blazing red.

"Ye Chen, you are ultimately only a Great Emperor. Your world and black holes have not fused. Although the black holes can devour enemy attacks, they cannot truly refine them. The heavenly fire will keep pouring in and burn your inner world. Once your inner world reaches its capacity limit, it will explode violently. Your fate is sealed!"

"Lotus Emperor, please keep this brat occupied and don't give him any chance to interrupt me!"

Celestial Prince was very confident. The gap in realms was not only about combat power but also related to the function of rules.

At the Great Emperor realm, one only possessed black holes. While they could devour the opponent's energy, they could not truly refine it. Temporarily storing it inside the inner world still had its limits.

At the quasi-immortal realm, however, the black holes fused completely with the inner world. They could devour, refine, and even convert the energy for counterattacks.

The difference was enormous.

Celestial Prince had decided to use the endless power of the stars to convert into heavenly fire and blow up Ye Chen's inner world.

Without the support of his inner world, Ye Chen would become water without a source and would find it difficult to reach his peak again.

Ye Chen was momentarily stunned by those words. He glanced inwardly at his own inner world, and the corners of his mouth immediately curved upward.

Blow up his inner world? Wasn't this fellow being a bit too confident?

Ye Chen could not be bothered to respond to the Celestial Prince and instead turned his gaze toward the Lotus Emperor.

Although Lotus Emperor had not spoken, he had already reached up, plucked the quasi-immortal artifact azure lotus from above his head, and smashed it toward Ye Chen with terrifying force.

Lotus Emperor had been nurtured by an immortal root and did not possess a hard body like those of the immortal metal holy spirits. However, as a holy spirit, his physical body was even more terrifying than theirs.

He raised the quasi-immortal artifact and slammed it down at Ye Chen.

The power of this strike was boundless, far more terrifying than the Exiled Immortal's attack when he had activated his immortal artifact against Ye Chen earlier.

Refined and wrapped in endless chaotic qi, it could annihilate any attack into nothingness and dissolve any defense into formlessness.

Chaotic qi was just that overbearing.

On Ye Chen's side, he maintained the black holes to devour the heavenly fire while raising his fist to clash directly with the Lotus Emperor.

With just one collision, Lotus Emperor's expression changed slightly.

Ye Chen's physical strength far exceeded his imagination. The force of their clash alone had caused cracks to appear on the quasi-immortal artifact in his hand, with countless lotus petals falling away. His own body had also suffered endless hidden injuries, nearly collapsing internally.

One had to know that when he wielded the azure lotus, its power was in no way inferior to any immortal artifact driven by a quasi-immortal. In fact, because it originated from the same source, it could unleash even greater might.

Yet Ye Chen had still blocked it. This showed that Ye Chen's combat strength had truly reached a level unprecedented in history and unlikely to be surpassed in the future. Even the Heavenly Emperor of the past, if he saw this, would surely sigh in admiration and admit his own inferiority.