Battle Through the Heavens: Harmony of Flame and Shadow

As his sharp cry echoed, numerous Blood Evil clan experts emerged from around the Blood Abyss. Then, as if controlled by some unseen force, they jumped off the abyss edge, and with a splash, fell into the Blood Abyss.

The moment their bodies touched the blood within the abyss, they began to melt, transforming into scorching blood, merging into the abyss.

Outside, the Blood Demon clan, who were fighting with everyone, seemed to receive a command as well. Synchronously, they threw aside their opponents and surged toward the depths of the Blood Demon Mountain like an unstoppable tide.

Splash! Splash!

For a moment, blood splashed everywhere in the abyss as countless Blood Evil clan experts leapt into it one after another.

As more and more Blood Evil clan experts dissolved into the abyss, the patterns on the evil blood egg became even brighter. At one point, faint cracks silently appeared on its surface.

Outside Blood Demon Mountain.

Under the gaze of countless onlookers, the Blood Evil clan retreated into Blood Demon Mountain, causing the crowd to erupt in wild cheers.

"The Blood Evil clan has retreated; we won!"

"All thanks to the Heavenly God! Long live the Heavenly God!"

The native powerful figures, bloodied from battle, looked at Zi Yan, who had just slain three blood demon kings, and at the retreating Blood Evil clan. They couldn't help but shout in excitement, with looks of joy plastered on their faces.

The strong cultivators at the forefront, however, frowned as they watched the retreating Blood Evil clan, feeling a sense of unease.

"Your Majesty, what's going on? Why are the Blood Evil clan retreating?" someone asked as they approached Bai Suxue.

"I'm not sure," Bai Suxue shook her head, looking up at Zi Yan in the sky, her heart filled with a sense of foreboding. "Something feels off about this!"

"So there are still more powerful beings around," Zi Yan murmured to herself as she heard the cheering below. She didn't care and continued to stare into the depths of Blood Demon Mountain, her eyes flashing with a sharp light.

At this moment, deep within Blood Demon Mountain, as more Blood Evil clan members leapt into the abyss, the cracks on the blood egg increased. A terrifying force seemed to be gestating inside.

Boom!

Finally, the blood egg stopped absorbing. An unsettling power exploded from the Blood Abyss, accompanied by a loud noise as the entire abyss was sent flying, collapsing in the process.

Simultaneously, as the Blood Abyss collapsed, a blood egg flew into the sky, quietly hovering at the peak of Blood Demon Mountain.

Seeing the eerie blood egg, countless people's pupils contracted sharply, and the dangerous aura emanating from it made their hair stand on end, as if they could be decapitated any moment.

"Finally here, a Demon Emperor?" Zi Yan mumbled to herself, licking her rosy lips with her petite tongue, her face showing intense battle intent.

Meanwhile, at a distance, Jiang Yun was the first to notice the blood egg. Sensing the Demon Emperor's aura within it, he immediately felt the change in the heavens and earth. The Demon Emperor's terrifying power had already awakened the Plane's embryo, putting it in a conflicted state.

However, faced with the Demon Emperor's threat, it instinctively focused more on Zi Yan.

Crack!

With a faint sound, the eggshell finally shattered, and a pale hand emerged, slowly clenching into a fist. The surrounding space shattered instantly.

Seeing the space easily break under that hand, and the wild space storm unable to harm it, the terrifying power caused the entire sky to fall silent.

As the eggshell shattered, an alarming wave of force gathered.

Boom!

At that moment, a gigantic blood-red pillar of light shot up from within the eggshell, turning everything it touched into nothingness.

Under everyone's watchful eyes, the pale hand removed the entire eggshell, revealing a naked young man stepping out from within.

The youth, with a slender figure and blood-red eyes that seemed to contain seas of blood, had white hair fluttering in the wind. He looked extremely handsome, yet the destructive and violent aura emanating from him made the entire Blood Demon Mountain tremble beneath his feet.

With no trace of emotion on his handsome face, his blood-red eyes coldly swept around, indifferent and merciless.

At the same time, countless blood-red gales howled around him, an indescribable pressure spreading everywhere. In the sky, blood clouds gathered, finally transforming into a blood-red storm that enveloped the land.

The formidable figures of the White Dragon Plane, seeing the white-haired youth, trembled uncontrollably. The oppressive force nearly made them lose control, their shaking legs almost causing them to kneel.

Even Bai Suxue was no exception. Though she didn't understand the youth's power, her intuition told her that his strength was unimaginable, far exceeding even the Blood Demon King.

"Hehe, a Demon Emperor. Xiao Yun has slain so many Demon Emperors and now ranks as a Demon Exterminator King. I can't fall too far behind. If Xiao Yun is a Demon Exterminator King, I must become one too. Let's start with you!" 

Sensing the ancient and supreme aura on the opponent, faintly matching the heaven supreme aura, Zi Yan was not overly tense. Instead, she smiled, thinking of becoming a Demon Exterminator King alongside Jiang Yun, forming a legendary couple admired throughout the realm.

The white-haired youth at the peak of Blood Demon Mountain ignored his unclothed state. His mouth moved, and the blood-red eggshell turned into a stream of blood, swallowed by him.

After this, his blood-red eyes fell on Zi Yan, flashing with dense blood light as he spoke coldly, "Today, thanks to you, I have emerged sooner. To repay you, I will let you die swiftly. Even among the thirty-two great clans, few have tasted the flesh and blood of the Dragon Clan."

The Blood Demon Emperor's voice, albeit youthful and hoarse, carried infinite coldness, lacking any emotion.

Though freshly emerged, he had absorbed the blood essence of numerous clansmen and even the ultimate sacrifice of the Great Blood Demon King, gaining fragments of his memory.

"A Demon Emperor, let's see your methods!"

Zi Yan's beautiful eyes flashed with a cold light upon hearing his words. However, she simply smiled indifferently, confident in battling even a Demon Emperor.

"Dragon blood is rare in this world. It would be a shame to kill you outright. I will refine you into an unparalleled blood slave, serving my clan eternally," the Blood Demon Emperor remarked with a sinister grin, evoking a chilling fear in onlookers.

A dignified voice echoed from the void. Zi Yan's figure, previously standing in the sky, dissolved into a phantom. The space before the Blood Demon Emperor twisted eerily.

Boom!

A streak of purple-golden light pierced the space like a shooting star, aiming straight for the Blood Demon Emperor's forehead.

"Hah!"

"Tricks of a small fry!"

The terrifying speed made the Blood Demon Emperor slightly alarmed, but he maintained a calm demeanor, expression oozing confidence.

"Great Demon Palm!"

As the purple-golden beam approached his forehead, the Blood Demon Emperor quickly countered with a backhand palm strike. His hand turned blood-red, resembling blood jade. The palm wind howled, spreading a massive blood aura through the heavens.

Boom!

Their clashes in the sky caused the heavens to crumble, the ground to quake, and blood light to intertwine with purple-golden light, splitting the sky. Both powerful forces erupted, causing Zi Yan and the Blood Demon Emperor to retreat dozens of steps.

During her retreat, Zi Yan's figure flickered. In the next second, she reappeared before the Blood Demon Emperor, clad in a purple-golden robe, tightly clinching her fists, launching a punch. A dragon's roar seemed to echo as a dragon shadow spiraled up her arm. With the dragon's might, her punch carried monumental force.

"Wretched!"

The Blood Demon Emperor, stabilizing his figure, felt the fist's wind. Unexpectedly, he was being suppressed. Enraged, he roared, striking out with his blood-imbued hand, meeting Zi Yan's fist head-on.

Boom! Waves of violent winds raged, as if it were doomsday. Darkness descended where the winds passed.

Next, a streak of blood light shot into the horizon, collapsing nearby peaks.

"Eroding Spirit Blood River!"

A roar filled with fury echoed from the abyss, sending a blood river surging into the air. The blood river was crimson, filled with terrifying blood aura, resembling the world's most vile substance. Anything ensnared by it would dissolve into blood.

The blood river surged towards Zi Yan in the sky.

Zi Yan's eyes narrowed at the incoming blood river, emitting a deadly eroding force. Even she would suffer severe injuries if caught.

Though her Dragon Phoenix bloodline allowed her to rival heaven supremes, she couldn't suppress them entirely. The initial suppression resulted from the opponent's disdain and her ancestral spatial dominance. Now, as the opponent adapted, even she felt the challenge.

However, Zi Yan was undeterred. Hands quickly forming a seal, terrifying energy waves spread in the air.

"Dragon Phoenix Bell!"

With a wave, Zi Yan summoned a massive purple-golden bell, shaking the void, slowly descending before her. Eyes blazing, she roared, punching the bell, causing it to clash with the blood river.

Clang!

The collision trembled the world, the Blood Demon Mountain showing signs of collapsing. A mighty sound wave spread, tearing the skies.

Within a thousand miles' radius, all boulders turned to dust, layers of the ground collapsing.

In the stunned gazes of onlookers, the blood river dissipated with the sound wave, turning into white mist.

"Underestimated, Zi Yan!" Far away, Jiang Yun looked at the sky. The blood mist now dispersed, revealing a blood cloud gathering, enveloping several thousand miles.

"However, this is timely enough for Zi Yan to complete her final step!" Retracting his gaze, sensing Zi Yan's all-out effort, Jiang Yun turned to Bai Suxue and others, speaking softly.

Boom!

Heavy blood clouds clashed, faint eerie thunder reverberating, the earth trembling under it. Noticing the anomaly, Zi Yan grimly eyed the heavens.

"Kekeke, just noticing now? Too late!" A sinister laugh emerged from the abyss. The Blood Demon Emperor flew out, eyes maliciously locked onto Zi Yan, holding a blood-red symbol in his hand.

"Blood Fiend Dark Thunder!"

The Blood Demon Emperor's cold, deity-like voice echoed across the world.

Boom!

From within the blood clouds, thunderous roars exploded as countless blood-red lightning bolts descended, targeting Zi Yan.

Each blood bolt carried a destructive force, causing the earth to tremble.

Zi Yan's eyes contracted but showed no panic. Within her supreme sea, a mystical mirror floated, emitting a strange light.

Unnoticed, Jiang Yun approached Bai Suxue and others, softly saying, "Zi Yan needs your help. Bai Suxue, guide everyone in performing the Heaven Worship Rite."

Though startled by Jiang Yun's sudden appearance, seeing the purple-golden bell defending against the blood thunder, Bai Suxue and others nodded seriously.

Next, countless native beings of the White Dragon Plane joined the worship rite under Bai Suxue's guidance. A massive invisible force began converging towards Zi Yan.

(The chapter ends here.)