Rebirth of the Supreme Immortal Emperor-Chapter 1419 - 1416: Yangg Ce Defects to the Enemy!
The Demon King Bobodong was dismembered into thousands of pieces by Li Chen’s chaotic blades, which was utterly appalling.
Due to Bobodong’s tragic death, his Outer Realm Demon Army, leaderless like a dragon without a head, immediately collapsed like a mountain landslide.
As for these minions, Li Chen couldn’t be bothered to chase them down, so he let them scatter and flee.
After this battle, more than half of the disciples of Divine Sword Mountain were dead or wounded. In addition, at Greedy Wolf Canyon, the elite troops under Ximen Yijian were completely annihilated.
The once vast Divine Sword Mountain, which boasted hundreds of thousands of disciples, now had fewer than three thousand struggling to survive, essentially reduced to nothing more than a name.
After a brief discussion among several elders, Shen Mengxi was pushed onto the position of Sect Leader, to take charge of the devastated Divine Sword Mountain. To restore the old territory and start anew.
This sudden and heavy blow caught Shen Mengxi off guard, and she found it difficult to adjust for a while.
She often sat alone in the grand hall, staring blankly at the Sect Leader’s seat.
In a trance, she seemed to see her father again, seated there in dignity.
And she stood quietly by his side, listening attentively.
When she awoke from her dream, she found the vast hall empty with only herself, making her unable to hold back tears, feeling abandoned by the world.
Fortunately, Li Chen was still there.
Li Chen’s presence provided Shen Mengxi with a warm shoulder, giving her a new reliance.
In the empty hall, the two locked eyes.
After a silence, heavy as death, Li Chen was the first to speak: "Mengxi, I’m here to bid you farewell!"
Hearing that Li Chen wanted to leave, Shen Mengxi felt as if her soul had been extracted, staring at him dumbfounded.
She wanted very much to persuade him to stay, but as the words reached her mouth, she swallowed them back.
She only opened her mouth but did not utter a single word.
After all, the situation at the frontline was extremely critical now.
She needed Li Chen, true, but others needed him too, one might even say, the entire Greedy Wolf Star Domain needed Li Chen to save its billions of lives.
One cannot be so selfish!
Shen Mengxi had always been sensible and understanding, and was naturally not a selfish person.
After a long time, she barely managed to muster a smile and bid him to take care.
Now, with Divine Sword Mountain in ruins and people’s hearts in turmoil, it needed a leader to stabilize things. 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝓮𝒘𝙚𝙗𝒏𝙤𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝒐𝙢
As the daughter of Sword God Shen Lang, the current Sect Leader of Divine Sword Mountain, Shen Mengxi bore the responsibility of revitalizing her sect, unable to act willfully like before.
After saying take care to each other, Li Chen left Divine Sword Mountain alone.
After leaving Divine Sword Mountain, he headed straight towards Tianyin Temple.
The Outer Realm Demons had three legions in total, which were conducting sweeps on the old bases of various forces in the rear.
Now, two of those legions had already been destroyed, leaving only the last one.
The leader of this last Outer Realm Demon Army was the Bomb Dragon Demon King.
As his name suggests, Bomb Dragon Demon King had an extremely explosive personality.
Thus, he also had the nickname Little Cannon.
As Little Cannon of the Outer Realm Demons, he naturally chose tough bones to gnaw.
On this route, the toughest bone to chew was undoubtedly Tianyin Temple.
Hence, Little Cannon led his hundred thousand troops in a mighty march to Tianyin Temple.
Unfortunately, he was badly beaten here, embodying the word "miserable" to its fullest.
Aside from Star Pavilion, which under Li Chen’s leadership showed a trend of counter-growth, other major forces were severely weakened.
The one weakened the most undoubtedly had to be Divine Sword Mountain.
After two great battles, the elite disciples were nearly wiped out, and two pinnacle experts, Sword God Shen Lang and Great Elder Ximen Yijian, also perished; saying it barely existed wouldn’t be an exaggeration.
But when it came to the most fully preserved overall strength, among the previous nine great sacred sects, Tianyin Temple wouldn’t let anyone else take the second chair.
Tianyin Temple originally had similar strength to Divine Sword Mountain, with a Taoist heritage spanning thousands of years, its disciples were masters as numerous as clouds.
Moreover, there was another very important point.
Tianyin Temple was located in a remote place, relatively less affected by the Outer Realm Demons, and naturally had the least casualties.
Facts proved that choosing to gnaw this hard bone was not a wise move for Little Cannon.
After all, if the bone is too hard, it’s easy to chip a tooth, or worse, even break it!
Little Cannon ended up chipping his teeth on this hard bone of Tianyin Temple, returning in disgrace.
Just as he planned to switch targets, a figure suddenly came to visit.
The visitor was Elder Yangg Ce from Azure Sky Pavilion!
Yangg Ce had a blood feud against Li Chen for killing his son!
But Pavilion Master Xie Chen not only refused to assist in his revenge but also sidelined him, not allowing him to handle any major or minor affairs in the sect. His position as an elder was now nothing more than a title.
Worst of all, Li Chen became the Alliance Hierarch, causing him even greater unease.
Given Li Chen’s current status, he wouldn’t even need to lift a finger to kill him; just a few words would suffice.
The reason Li Chen hadn’t acted against him yet was not due to magnanimity but because the Outer Realm Demons rampant kept him too busy to deal with it.
If the Outer Realm Demons were pacified, not only would the chance for revenge vanish, but he might even lose his life.
For all these reasons, upon learning that the Outer Realm Demon Army was nearby, Yangg Ce came immediately to offer allegiance, willing to act as an internal agent to assist the Outer Realm Demons in conquering Azure Sky Pavilion.
For Little Cannon, who returned battered from Tianyin Temple, Yangg Ce’s defection was a godsend.
He immediately decided that if Azure Sky Pavilion was captured, the new Pavilion Master’s seat would be given to Yangg Ce.
Hearing Little Cannon’s promise, Yangg Ce was overjoyed and even more determined to be a traitor.
The appearance of the Outer Realm Demons caused great panic within Azure Sky Pavilion.
However, Azure Sky Pavilion’s strength was relatively intact.
Although the old Pavilion Master Xie Chen was absent, his son Xie Batian, Inner Sect Grand Elder Zhao Yijian, and Outer Elder Lim Baihu were all top-tier masters.
Coupled with the home-ground advantage, merely repelling the Outer Realm Demons’ attacks would be not too difficult.
Indeed, it was just as they expected.
The Outer Realm Demons launched several fierce attacks consecutively, but to no avail.
Until the third night when the once-indestructible Mountain Protection Array suddenly suffered catastrophic damage.
Without the Mountain Protection Array as a barrier, the disciples of Azure Sky Pavilion had to face the sharp fangs and claws of the Outer Realm Demons with their bare bodies.
Instantly, panic spread, and their defenses fell into disarray.
The Outer Realm Demon Army took advantage, advancing almost effortlessly, capturing the Outer Mountain of Azure Sky Pavilion, and then charging towards the Inner Mountain.
Helplessly, the disciples of Azure Sky Pavilion had to retreat, shrinking their surrounding defenses, with everyone falling back into the Inner Mountain, using the terrain advantage to resist progressively.
However, due to Yangg Ce’s betrayal, Outer Realm Demons unfamiliar with the terrain seemed to have a navigator, always finding the weak points and launching fierce assaults.
After a fierce battle that lasted half the night, more than half of Azure Sky Pavilion’s disciples were dead or wounded, with a majority of the Inner Mountain also fallen. It was thanks to top-tier masters like Zhao Yijian, Lim Baihu, and Xie Batian stubbornly holding the dangerous Heavenly Pass at mid-mountain that they avoided total annihilation.
Yet even so, Azure Sky Pavilion’s crisis was not over; it remained in a precarious state of life and death as though it could be swallowed whole by the raging storm any moment, vanishing without a trace.
Death God opened its eyes, casting shadows that hung over each disciple of Azure Sky Pavilion, making it hard for them to breathe...
