Chapter 156: Way of Balance

No, impossible, you are clearly just a Great Vehicle stage cultivator, why do you have such formidable strength!

Gu Sun Feng's cognition is being brutally washed away, not only him, but also those who came to the Gu Sun Family as guests, their worldview is also being brutally washed away by Ye Chen.

Even now, they still haven't figured out why Ye Chen possesses such terrifying combat power.

You, the ancestor of the Gu Sun Family, come over and die!

As soon as Ye Chen said this, everyone's hearts were shaken; although their condition is poor now, it does not hinder the impact they feel inside.

If an ordinary cultivator said this, they would surely be killed on the spot, but now they think Ye Chen might really be able to do it.

After all, being able to repel Gu Sun Feng, a Quasi-Emperor, his strength must be at the pinnacle of perfection.

After hearing Ye Chen's words, Gu Sun Feng's face turned grim to the extreme.

First, the Esteemed Founder was killed before him, then Ye Chen provoked him; the dignity of Gu Sun Feng has long been crushed to dust by Ye Chen.

Ye! Chen! Today! You will surely die!

Gu Sun Feng roared, after speaking, the aura unique to a Quasi-Emperor exploded with a boom.

In an instant, the wind raged in all directions, but Ye Chen remained standing in place, unmoved.

A Quasi-Emperor... is nothing more than this.

Ye Chen spoke lightly, you know, until now, his strongest trump card has not yet been used.

But Gu Sun Feng is already struggling to withstand.

He knows that the Gu Sun Family's ten-thousand-year lineage cannot possibly have only this much foundation; a Quasi-Emperor is clearly insufficient to support the Gu Sun Family's power.

However, he feels no fear, a sense of invincibility fills his chest.

In the next instant, Ye Chen and Gu Sun Feng collided.

And at the moment they collided, two more extremely terrifying auras appeared, which were actually also the aura of a Quasi-Emperor!

Ye Chen sensed it, but he paid no attention.

He has enough confidence to overthrow the Gu Sun Family!

At this moment, Ye Chen and Gu Sun Feng have fought their way to the Heavenly Firmament.

Above the Heavenly Firmament, Gu Sun Feng's Three Imperial Rings hang like a halo in the void, the Quasi-Emperor's pressure crushes and causes mountains thousands of miles away to collapse with a boom.

His fingertips are entwined with black chains of law, each chain inscribed with runes capable of devouring stars!

He coldly stares at Ye Chen, his eyes full of contempt, seemingly having completely forgotten the sorry sight of being repelled by Ye Chen's palm earlier.

Even a Great Vehicle ant dares to peek at heaven?

Gu Sun Feng sneered, his aura now fully unleashed, like a true spirit of the world!

His Three Imperial Rings suddenly contracted, space wailed, collapsing into a black hole, Ye Chen's surrounding spiritual energy instantly vanished.

And the moment his Quasi-Emperor domain unfolded, the starry sky shattered, countless stars were drawn down and fell.

At this moment, Ye Chen's black clothes fluttered, and beneath his feet, supreme golden lotuses blossomed one after another; as the petals unfolded, ripples spread in the void, actually propping open the imperial ring domain by three feet of clarity.

If you only have this much strength, then you can go die.

Having said that, his pupils flowed with yin and yang qi; at this moment, the Taiji Creation Diagram actually flowed within his eyes, rather than appearing outside his body!

Gu Sun Feng's pupils contracted sharply! Because he sensed an aura on Ye Chen capable of causing his downfall.

He quickly mobilized his own power, the Three Imperial Rings burst forth with blinding light; at this moment, the deep, boundless dark void was illuminated by Gu Sun Feng's Three Imperial Rings.

Ye Chen, stop being arrogant! You are merely a Great Vehicle cultivator, while I am a Quasi-Emperor!

Gu Sun Feng roared loudly, his aura continually strengthening, but Ye Chen did not stop him, because he wanted to test the limits of the Dao he had newly comprehended.

The Great Dao is fifty, the Heavenly Derivation is forty-nine, remove one, he has confidence that he himself is the 'one'.

At this moment, Ye Chen touched the center of the golden lotus with his fingertip; the lotus platform revealed countless golden threads, and Gu Sun Feng's violent energy, upon contacting the golden threads of the lotus platform, instantly annihilated.

Even his power, before Ye Chen's golden lotus, did not even have a chance to struggle.

"Way of Balance, lies in checks and balances."

The golden lotus suddenly surged to a height of a thousand zhang, each petal reflecting the illusory image of a different world, as if a single golden lotus were a world unto itself.

The power emanating from the golden lotus directly shattered Gu Sun Feng's strength; in an instant, Gu Sun Feng suffered a backlash and was severely wounded!

And the power evolved from this golden lotus is Ye Chen's new strength!

This is the new strength he comprehended after absorbing the imprints of three thousand strong individuals; it is a power unique to himself, not belonging to this heaven and earth!

He is called——the Way of Balance!

Balancing all things, only I am supreme!

"Impossible! Even if I die, I will drag you down with me!" Gu Sun Feng bled from his seven orifices, and the Three Imperial Rings reappeared behind him.

"Nine Springs Yellow Springs, hear my command!"

Gu Sun Feng's voice was eerily ghostly, and at the moment his voice fell, a river resembling the Yellow Springs appeared in the void.

Seeing this, Ye Chen stepped upon the golden lotus and ascended step by step; with each step, a Dao golden lotus blossomed in the void.

When that river completely engulfed him, the golden lotus withered, and hundreds of millions of petals turned into a golden rainstorm.

In the Gu Sun Family, Yun Yun witnessed this scene, her heart filled with tension, her fists unconsciously clenched.

"Ye Chen......"

The guests also witnessed this scene; some felt regret, regretting that such a heavenly pride of a generation would fall just like that.

Others laughed, mocking Ye Chen for overestimating himself.

Yun Zhan and Gu Lan saw Ye Chen being swallowed by the river and almost couldn't help shouting out.

"He...... died just like that?"

Yun Zhan asked.

Gu Lan beside him said nothing, only furrowing his brows even deeper.

At this moment, Gu Sun Feng in the void couldn't stop laughing, "Hahaha, Ye Chen, who do you think you are? A Great Vehicle cultivator, how could you possibly rival the bright moon!"

But suddenly, Gu Sun Feng's laughter stopped abruptly, as if he had sensed something unbelievable.

"Balancing all things, this world, I am the supreme."

An ethereal voice sounded, myriad lotus golden petals fell like rain, Ye Chen reached out and caught a golden petal, his fingertip ignited with transparent flame: "My Dao is a Dao that transcends the Great Dao."

Boom—

Terrifying thunder poured out at this moment; this is not the violence of power, this is the Heavenly Dao… feeling fear!

Chaotic power, utterly unlike what Heavenly Dao should normally possess, too chaotic, too violent.

At this moment, Yun Yun, Yun Zhan, Gu Lan, and the guests who had come to the Gu Sun family as visitors all felt the abnormality of the Heavenly Dao.

"Even the Heavenly Dao can feel fear?"

Who spoke these words is unknown, but at the moment they were spoken, a strange emotion continually surfaced in their hearts.

However, among these people, Yun Yun, Yun Zhan, and Gu Lan were all delighted for Ye Chen.

The stronger Ye Chen becomes, the stronger our Yun Family becomes, after all, Ye Chen has always been Yun Yun's, Guardian of the Dao!

Seeing this scene, Gu Sun Feng's fear instantly filled his dark pupils.

At the moment the golden petal burned out, the Yellow Spring Long River evolved by Gu Sun Feng dissipated instantly.

He shockingly discovered that his Quasi-Emperor origin was collapsing, the Threefold Imperial Rings showed spider-web-like cracks.

"I… this is impossible!"

"If one does not walk their own path, they will ultimately be a plaything of the Heavenly Dao."

Ye Chen said, this truth he had understood long ago.

That is why he has always wanted to forge a brand-new path, a path belonging to his own Dao.

At this moment, the golden lotus blossomed anew above his head; this time, each lotus petal displayed the arising and passing away of stars.

When the golden lotus fully bloomed, Gu Sun Feng's Threefold Imperial Rings simultaneously exploded, and Gu Sun Feng suffered a severe backlash.

"No!"

Gu Sun Feng roared, and in the darkness, those two terrifying auras also stirred at this moment, but they were a step too late; at this time, Gu Sun Feng had already been completely enveloped by Ye Chen's golden lotus, the power of balance permeated his body.

At this moment, Gu Sun Feng's cultivation regressed at a terrifying speed; soon he became a mortal.

And Ye Chen, with a light snap of his fingers, the once-unrivaled Gu Sun Feng fell completely.

Boom—

The void rang with the Heavenly Punishment Thunder Sound, yet Ye Chen raised his hand to catch the falling Purple Firmament Divine Thunder.

The lightning condensed in his palm into the shape of a weight: "Today I will use the Quasi-Emperor Dao Fruit to open the blade of my Way of Balance."

The ten-thousand-li dark clouds dispersed, sunlight shone on Ye Chen's paper-white face.

Suddenly, Ye Chen spat a mouthful of fresh blood, the blood splattered onto the dissipating Balance Golden Lotus, dyeing the dissipating Balance Golden Lotus red.

"Using my body as a bridge to bear the laws… indeed it is still too strained."

But as he gazed at the slowly rotating Balance pattern on his palm, the corner of his mouth rose in an arc of relief.

In the depths of the azure heavens, a faint Heavenly Dao bell chime echoed back and forth, like a sigh, like a warning.