Chapter 204: Emperor Fiend Turmoil

Dead Silence!

The entire Star River Beast Arena fell into a near‑solid, suffocating Dead Silence!

All the spectators, whether the extraordinary‑blooded descendants of ferocious beasts or the well‑versed Human Dark Cultivators from various factions, at this moment were as if struck by a stasis spell—frozen in place, pupils dilated, breath halted, staring in disbelief at the nine‑colored figure hovering over the battlefield's center.

A moment earlier, the still‑formidable, victory‑certain Chaos Pegasus, bearing a terrifying strike that fused three supreme powers, seemed to have already sealed the outcome.

In the next instant, the situation flipped: the Rift Star Emperor Butterfly, which should have been gravely wounded and near death, suddenly emitted a mind‑shattering terrifying aura, completing an inconceivable metamorphosis.

Then… with merely a casual, formless mental ripple, it crushed the Chaos Pegasus as if grinding a lone ant, leaving its fate unknown!

This massive contrast, this power tier far beyond comprehension, caused everyone's mind to go momentarily blank.

"Goo‑dong…" someone swallowed hard, the sound standing out sharply in the needle‑sharp silence.

"Phantom… Phantom Nightmare Emperor Butterfly…" a knowledgeable onlooker trembled, repeating the forbidden name the young hero had just uttered, as if in a dream.

Each syllable seemed to bear a thousand‑ton weight, hammering against everyone's hearts.

Ten Great Emperor Fiends!

That is a legendary being that stands atop the peaks of countless races across the Zhutian Wanjie!

It is the ultimate symbol of bloodline and power!

The growth of each Emperor Fiend is accompanied by endless legends and Corpse Mountain Blood Sea!

Who could have imagined that in Taiyi City's Star River Beast Arena, amid what seemed a routine finale beast‑fight, a not‑yet‑fully‑grown… Emperor Fiend Pureblood Descendant was hidden?!

Simultaneously, the extreme divine‑spirit pressure emanating from the young Phantom Nightmare Emperor Butterfly—unique to the Emperor Fiend bloodline—was like a massive stone cast into a tranquil lake; its ripples had already surpassed Taiyi City, crossed the Taiyi Day Realm, instantly roused Wanghuang Heaven, and even the countless ancient monsters that have slumbered for untold ages across the Nine Heavens Ten Earths!

In the far‑north of Wanghuang Heaven, beneath an eternal frozen tundra, within the core of countless miles of mysterious ice.

A pair of eyes that seemed frozen for ten thousand ages slowly opened, reflecting the scene of the Taiyi Day Realm, emitting a low, creaking murmur like glaciers grinding together:

"Eh… this aura… is the divine‑spirit fluctuation of that clan… Phantom Nightmare Emperor Butterfly…"

"Weren't they already withdrawn from the world, hidden within the Dark Time Fold, never having emerged for countless ages?"

"How could a pure‑blood descendant be stranded outside, awakening in the Beast Arena?"

……

In the depths of the endless star sea.

Inside a bizarre palace built entirely from massive skeletons.

Upon the throne, a huge silhouette shrouded in shadow shifted slightly, two crimson glints ignited, bearing a hint of amusement:

"Jie jie jie… the Absolute Peak bloodline of the divine‑spirit path, the ultimate elite!"

"To think they were born at this moment… the Grand Beast Assembly approaches, and it seems this water is even murkier than imagined…"

"Interesting, truly interesting!"

Similar whispers and peeks occurred simultaneously deep within the major top‑tier strong clans and ancient Forbidden Lands.

Countless boundless Divine Sense currents crossed the endless starry sky, brushing the Taiyi Day Realm with a faint presence, bearing curiosity, scrutiny, caution, and a barely perceptible greed.

Even in its juvenile stage, the Emperor Fiend Bloodline's value and symbolic meaning are enough to stir the hearts of these ancient monsters that have lived for countless years.

Meanwhile, in a deeply hidden, almost completely isolated bizarre dimension somewhere within Wanghuang Heaven.

There are no sun, moon, or stars here, only endless nine‑colored aurorae flowing and shifting in the Void like the northern lights, forming a dream‑like world.

Several majestic, peerless, supremely elegant figures floated silently within the aurora.

Their forms resembled the Phantom Nightmare Emperor Butterfly in the Beast Arena, yet their aura was deeper and older, as if a casual thought could sway the dreams of the Zhutian Wanjie, and a single breath could suppress the Eternal Time and Space!

The Dao Rule that enveloped them was intimately linked to divine‑spirit, phantom dreams, and the essence of consciousness.

At this moment, those seemingly eternal figures trembled their bodies ever so slightly, almost in unison!

Their eyes, closed for an unfathomable span, suddenly opened!

Within their eyes there were no pupils, only a continuously swirling, ever‑changing nine‑colored vortex, as if containing all the world's dreams and realities!

"This aura… is a being of our own kind!"

A cool, dignified female voice rang out, tinged with an unmistakable tremor.

"No! The source of this bloodline fluctuation… feels so familiar! Is… is that the Sky Butterfly child?!"

Another slightly aged yet powerful voice followed, filled with disbelief, "What? You're saying Mu Yutiandie's child, she… she isn't dead?! How could that be?!"

"Sky Butterfly… my daughter…" the third figure, a male Phantom Nightmare Emperor Butterfly appearing middle‑aged, trembled the most.

In those nine‑colored vortex eyes, an unprecedented surge of excitement, ecstasy, and endless buried pain erupted.

"That cataclysm that swept the Zhutian… I… I saw it with my own eyes; she was drawn into the Time‑Space Turbulence, her divine form annihilated… even the True Spirit Mark could not be sensed…"

"I thought I had lost her forever… but this aura… cannot be mistaken! The resonance deep within the bloodline!"

"It's really you! Sky Butterfly!!"

"My child!!"

The middle‑aged Phantom Nightmare Emperor Butterfly could no longer remain calm.

A scream, laden with countless years of longing and pain, erupted.

Nine‑colored aurora burst explosively around it, instantly tearing the dimensional barrier, and the figure blurred out of existence.

Ignoring everything, it raced wildly toward the Taiyi Day Realm!

He will go to escort his regained daughter back to the Hui!

……

Taiyi Day Realm, Taiyi City, Star River Beast Arena.

The Dead Silence atmosphere was finally shattered by an unstoppable, fear‑laden murmur of discussion.

"Phantom Nightmare Emperor Butterfly… my god, I actually saw the legendary Emperor Fiend with my own eyes!"

"It… what did it just do? A single glance and…"

"Chaos Pegasus… that's a Chaos Pegasus! Just like that…"

The host at this moment barely reclaimed a thread of professionalism from the extreme horror.

His face turned pale, cold sweat soaked his robe, and he trembled as he rose, looking at the nine‑colored Dark Shadow in the arena and then at the fallen Chaos Pegasus, his lips quivering as he tried to salvage the situation:

"The victor is…"

He wanted to announce the victory of the Phantom Nightmare Emperor Butterfly, even though this triumph arrived so bizarrely and terrifyingly.

However, the instant he had just uttered those words—

"Hmph!"

A cold snort, ice‑cold and without warning, rang out across this Star Domain!

The snort was not loud, yet it seemed to reverberate directly in the deepest part of every living being's soul!

Carrying an unparalleled chill that freezes the spirit and erases consciousness, along with a murderous intent that swells like a tide!

"Puff—!"

The host who had just stood up could not even let out a scream; his eyes instantly lost their luster, blood gushed wildly from the Seven Orifices, his body collapsed to the ground like rotten mud, and his breath was gone!

He was shattered in spirit by that remote cold snort, his soul instantly crushed, and he died on the spot!