Chapter 820: Crushing Ji Kun!

With a single punch, the Celestial Palace was shattered, and the vast mountains abruptly collapsed. Terrifying power ravaged the void. The dark purple fist materialized into a tangible force, piercing through Ji Kun and shooting toward the deeper void.

SPURT!

The void shuddered as if its very barriers had been punctured. The Fist Intent pierced into the void barrier and froze, completely solidified. Yet, the phantom fist continued to vibrate and tremble incessantly.

Ji Kun, impaled upon this solidified Fist Intent, trembled just as violently. Blood flowed endlessly as his azure wings exploded completely, blasted off his back and erupting into a flash of azure lightning in the void. Blood morphed into threads, seeping from Ji Kun’s chest as his Life Force dissipated bit by bit.

Although his glabella hadn’t been pierced, the tangible punch had blown straight through his body, dealing an utterly fatal blow to every aspect of his being.

In the distance, the figures of numerous Cultivators appeared, watching from afar. The massive commotion here had naturally drawn the attention of the Cultivators in the region. However, upon witnessing such a terrifying scene, every spectating Cultivator was visibly moved.

This battle had taken place in the blink of an eye, with almost no suspense. The peerless Saint Ji Kun had actually been crushed so thoroughly—beaten to death alive and nailed to the void barrier! This scene was simply too terrifying.

After a brief moment of uproar, the many Cultivators observing from a distance deeply engraved the name "Yanyue Heng" into their memories, recognizing him as an incredibly terrifying existence. The Ji family’s Ji Kun was a truly significant figure, exceptionally renowned with scarcely anyone in the world unaware of him. Yet, such a peerless existence had now been suppressed and literally blown apart by the Fist Intent!

Ye Tianling withdrew his Fist Intent. Ji Kun stared dead at him, his eyes revealing extreme hatred and venom.

"You... just wait!" Ji Kun enunciated each word, speaking with incomparable malice. His words carried far too much unwillingness and hatred.

"Oh, I’ll be waiting. It’s a pity you didn’t come with your main body this time. Otherwise, I would have slaughtered your true form and forced you into Silent Extinction right here in reality!" Ye Tianling said indifferently. His voice was freezing cold, filled with mockery and disdain.

This tone, this look, and this attitude drove Ji Kun mad with fury. Even in this state, he refused to rest in peace! The Dao Body—even if it was just a Dao Body—was still a peerless Void Body and a core foundation! Now that such a foundation had been suppressed so forcefully, the repercussions he would suffer in reality would be incredibly severe. In fact, the massive overarching plan orchestrated by the Ji family, which was on the verge of its final transformation, was halted right at this very step!

At the very least, even if Ji Kun’s strength remained extraordinary in the future, a massive gap would widen between him and others at the same Realm and level! And all of this was entirely thanks to the Yanyue Heng standing before him!

"Yanyue Heng..." Ji Kun called out Ye Tianling’s alias one last time, the hatred in his eyes practically materializing into substance.

Ye Tianling snorted coldly as the Manifestation of the Heaven-Slaying Axe appeared in his hand once more.

SWOOSH!

Aiming at Ji Kun in the distance, he swung the Heaven-Slaying Axe with brutal force.

Heaven and Earth Creation!

*Panhuang Life and Death Killing Dao*!

Ye Tianling struck with a ruthless Absolute Kill, unleashing nearly the entirety of Yanyan’s Battle Power. A single axe strike cleaved through Heaven and Earth.

RIP!

A terrifying pitch-black hole was hacked into the void. A black rift tore forward, instantly bisecting Ji Kun’s body, splitting him right down the middle. Ji Kun let out a miserable shriek before he was killed on the spot, exploding into a mist of blood and pulverized flesh.

The Devouring Law circulated. In an instant, Ji Kun’s Essence, Qi, and Soul completely disappeared. The bloody mist of pulverized flesh quickly turned into ash as if from a tribulation, dissipating into the void of Heaven and Earth.

Ji Kun was dead.

Even a peerless Saint could not withstand such an attack. Meanwhile, the many Cultivators spectating from afar gasped in shock. No longer daring to watch, they bowed respectfully before quietly and cautiously slipping away.

Ye Tianling retracted the Heaven-Slaying Axe. With a swipe of his hand, he snatched Ji Kun’s Qiankun Ring, along with the Qiankun Rings belonging to Ji Yun and the others. After gathering the loot, Ye Tianling harvested over a hundred Time Law Fragments and nearly a thousand Space Law Fragments.

Once he had collected everything, Ye Tianling’s figure shifted, canceling his Integration with Yanyan’s bodily shell. The moment he detached, his body grew extremely weak, on the verge of reverting to its original form.

"Get lost!" Ye Tianling swept a cold glare in all directions.

RUMBLE!

A terrifying Dao Sound echoed through Heaven and Earth. The remaining Cultivators who hadn’t left yet scattered like frightened birds and beasts, no longer daring to approach this area.

Ye Tianling breathed a sigh of relief. With a shift of his figure, he activated a Saint Level Guardian Array Disc. Only after locking down the surrounding area did he feel a bit more at ease. This Saint Level Guardian Array Disc came from Ji Kun. Having seized his Qiankun Ring, Ye Tianling, who was currently in his Daoist Ancestor state, could activate it through the Demon Spirit Emperor Pattern without any issues.

Once all this was done, he finally coughed up a mouthful of blood, his entire body trembling violently.

HUM!

A massive amount of Holy Dao Origin Energy flowed into him, helping to restore his condition. Clearly, Yanyan’s shell hadn’t completely absorbed these powers. Yet even so, the toll on Ye Tianling’s body was extremely severe.

COUGH!

After coughing up another mouthful of blood, Ye Tianling disengaged from his Yanyue Heng form, reverting to his true appearance. The numerous reserves of Origin Energy he had stored began to deplete at a massive rate. His body was mended and restored time and time again, only to be drained completely by an inexplicable Power of Laws over and over.

The Form and Intent Transformation, combined with the depleting backlash of his Integration with Yanyan, was now kicking in. Even if Yanyan hadn’t absorbed the Holy Dao Origin of the numerous prodigious talents she had previously slain or that of Ji Kun, the backlash right now was still overwhelmingly terrifying.

In the end, Ye Tianling took out every Elixir from the Qiankun Rings of Ji Kun and the others. However, even after complete Refinement, he still couldn’t stop the backlash that continued to drain him. Left with no other choice, Ye Tianling used his Purple Flame to refine all the resources, including the Saint Level Qiankun Rings, turning them into food for the Devouring Law. Only then did he barely manage to recover a little.

As the Heaven and Earth Laws underwent their Law Transformation, Ye Tianling attempted to absorb the Time Law and Space Law Fragments. He ended up consuming over a thousand fragments of each before he finally stabilized the backlash.

Ultimately, aside from retaining some Time Law and Space Law Fragments, Ye Tianling was left with only one piece of Holy Artifact Battle Armor, the Heaven-Slaying Axe, and the Xuanyuan Celestial Evil Sword. Almost every other resource had been completely exhausted.

The Origin Energy stored within the Space-Time Soul-locking Tower had also been utterly drained. Furthermore, under the effects of the Heaven and Earth Laws’ Law Transformation and his own physical backlash, Ye Tianling’s Realm plummeted to the Sword Tribulation Second Refining Great Perfection Realm. Freed from the influence of the Sword Tribulation Third Refining, his Bloodline Power also felt somewhat feeble.

However, after recovering, Ye Tianling wasn’t disappointed. On the contrary, he felt quite emotional. He had forcibly slain Ji Kun, paying an extremely heavy price in the process. If it weren’t for his immense accumulation of resources, utilizing Yanyan’s body in such a manner truly would have resulted in disaster.