Chapter 51: Nine Turns Yin‑Yang Reincarnation Pill

Hmph! Stop being reckless!

Ye Wuque let out a cold shout; instead of retreating, he charged straight at the Altar!

He curled his five fingers into a fist, his golden Qi and blood boiling, and the True Dragon Fist roared out, hammering fiercely at those rampaging demonic pattern tentacles!

Boom! Boom! Boom!

The tentacles coiling around the Great Axe youth and the Ethereal Saintess quivered violently under the sheer force of the punch, momentarily loosening!

Both, proud and haughty, seized the fleeting chance, roaring and shouting as they unleashed all their trump cards!

War God Rending Heaven Axe!

Ethereal Pure World Lotus!

The Great Axe split the Chaos, the lotus purified the evil spirits, and at last they barely broke free from the tentacle's grip, stumbling back in disarray, their gaze at Ye Wuque filled with mixed fear and a hint of gratitude.

The War God of the Heavenly Domain, the Great Axe youth, gave Ye Wuque a slight bow.

"Thank you for stepping in to rescue us; this favor, I, Bian Haoyu, will surely keep etched in my heart!"

The Ethereal Saintess of the Heavenly Domain, her beautiful eyes flashing with colors, gave Ye Wuque a graceful bow, her voice ethereal and melodious as she expressed her thanks.

Ye Wuque, however, had no time to spare; his attack seemed to have enraged that Dark Shadow!

"Ant! How dare you ruin my good deeds! I will devour you!"

The Dark Shadow roared, more tentacles like wildly dancing demonic snakes surged from all directions toward Ye Wuque, their devouring demonic intent enough to easily erase even the late‑stage masters of the Immortal Staircase!

And this power kept soaring ever higher as Time passed!

Ye Wuque pushed his footwork to the limit, Divine King Steps on Nine Heavens whirring madly, darting through the mass of tentacles, fists and palms striking in tandem, shattering one tentacle after another, yet more kept sprouting endlessly!

The Dark Shadow's power seemed boundless!

For a moment, even he found it hard to parry!

"Useless! Ant! Your power will only become a supplement for me!"

The Dark Shadow sneered.

Ye Wuque furrowed his brows; he could feel that the Dark Shadow's essence was of a lofty nature, its power attribute bizarrely strange, seemingly—not mere demonic Qi—but constantly shifting between the holy and the evil, at times wholly wicked, at other times revealing a suppressed, balanced, ancient Divinity!

"Could it be... that Shenzun's consciousness shows signs of awakening?" a thought flashed through Ye Wuque's mind, and he sensed a glimmer of hope.

Seeing the Dark Shadow devour part of the Heavenly Pride, its aura grew ever more terrifying, its devouring range expanding; this could not continue!

Ye Wuque's gaze hardened; a thought sprang in his mind, and he reached a decision!

He struck the Primordial Sun Ring with a sudden blow!

A pill the size of a dragon eye, emerald and dripping, radiating boundless, mighty Life Essence appeared in his palm—indeed the first of the three Heaven-Defying Divine Pills obtained from the Ancient Emperor Tomb, containing the supreme Life Essence of the Primordial!

This pill might suppress that devouring demonic intent, at least cause interference, or perhaps awaken the sleeping Shenzun consciousness!

"Go!"

Ye Wuque snapped his fingers; the Life Essence Pill transformed into a streak of emerald light, not aimed at the Dark Shadow but at the very core of the black Dao Fruit!

However, just as the Life Essence Pill was about to touch the Dao Fruit, a new anomaly erupted!

The black Dao Fruit shuddered violently; the Dark Shadow upon it let out a roar of intertwined pain and fury, its snarling visage twisting, at times becoming a ferocious Demon Lord, at others faintly revealing a dignified, anguished divine countenance!

And it erupted with an incredulous, angry roar!

"Impossible! Nine Turns Yin‑Yang Reincarnation Pill!"

"How could such an ancient divine pill appear here! What relationship do you have with Dan Tian Di?!"

Then, the Dark Shadow's intent abruptly halted!

"Demonic Thought! Cease... the havoc!"

A strained yet dignified voice crackled intermittently from the Dao Fruit!

It was the suppressed Shenzun consciousness!

The Life Essence Pill's pure, massive Life Essence, like a potent tonic, unexpectedly stimulated and awakened his dormant Divinity!

Divinity and Demonic Nature clashed madly within the Dao Fruit, vying for dominance!

The black radiance and holy brilliance flickered alternately, the entire Dao Fruit quaking violently, the devouring tentacles descending into chaos!

"Now's the moment!"

Ye Wuque's eyes blazed; seizing this once‑in‑a‑millennium chance, his soul‑force erupted fully, forming an invisible sharp sword that thrust mercilessly at the Demonic Nature consciousness!

"Roar! How hateful!!"

The Demonic Nature consciousness let out a resentful roar, temporarily suppressed by Shenzun's counterattack and Ye Wuque's soul strike!

The black demonic light atop the Dao Fruit gradually faded, revealing again its crystal‑clear body, though its size had shrunk by more than half and its glow dimmed considerably; its aura became balanced and peaceful, yet exceedingly weak.

The faint shadow of Shenzun flickered briefly, casting a grateful glance at Ye Wuque, then, as if having exhausted all its power, the shadow and the Dao Fruit together slowly sank into the Altar, seemingly entering a deep slumber and refinement state, refining the potency of that Life Essence Pill.

The crisis... seems temporarily resolved?

In the starry sky, a scene of desolation.

The surviving Heavenly Pride numbered fewer than ten, each wounded, faces pallid, gazing at the now‑calm Altar with lingering dread, as if they had just walked through the Ghost Gate.

Their eyes toward Ye Wuque were filled with gratitude and awe.

Had it not been Ye Wuque today, they would likely have been completely annihilated.

Yet, at the very moment everyone exhaled in relief—

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

Three ghost‑like silhouettes, like venomous snakes that had long lain hidden in the shadows, suddenly surged!

Their target zeroed in on the just‑landed, slightly fatigued Ye Wuque!

Their assault was ruthless and cunning, imbued with cold murderous intent and… greed!

It was the ever‑silent Cloak‑Man of the Boundless Heavenly Domain!

"Despicable!"

"What are you trying to do?!"

Duan Xiuluo roared in anger, trying to block them, but one of them brushed him aside with a casual palm!

Ye Wuque seemed to have foreseen it; his figure flickered deftly, evading two lethal attacks, and a reverse punch collided hard with the third Palm Seal!

Boom!

The surge of energy exploded, Ye Wuque's form flickered slightly, and the cloaked figure who struck stepped back half a pace.

"Finally couldn't hold back?" Ye Wuque's eyes turned icy as they swept over the three cloaked figures, "It seems you came for Ye Wuque himself."

The leading cloaked figure let out a hoarse laugh:

"Hehe… Ye Wuque, you possess a precious treasure and have just endured a great battle; if you don't act now, when will you? Hand over your other pills and all the treasures on your body, and perhaps we can leave you a whole corpse!"