Ye Ling's appearance offered Meng Po and the Black and White Impermanence a glimmer of hope for survival. They quickly moved to Ye Ling's side, seeking his protection.
Black Impermanence sidled up to Ye Ling and quickly said, "Your Majesty, the Ten Thousand Nether Mountains are in complete chaos. We shouldn't get involved in this mess. Let's slip away!"
"It is indeed quite chaotic..." Ye Ling agreed, his gaze still fixed on Chu Yuan in the sky. "However, this battle has a hidden manipulator, and everyone has fallen into a trap. I can't just leave like this."
Hearing Ye Ling's words, Black Impermanence's heart skipped a beat, and he quickly asked, "Your Majesty, you don't mean to participate in the battle above, do you?"
White Impermanence chimed in, "Your Majesty! One side in the sky is the Allied Immortal Forces, and the other is a great demon capable of cutting through their ranks. If we rashly intervene, we might not fare well!"
Black and White Impermanence had suffered enough here. They no longer wished to be entangled in such trouble and only wanted to escape this vortex as quickly as possible!
How could there be a good outcome in opposing the entire Immortal Realm?
Moreover, they were officials within the Heavenly Court's system and dared not defy the Allied Immortal Forces at this moment!
However, upon hearing Ye Ling's intention to intervene, Meng Po immediately knelt before Ye Ling, her voice filled with emotion, "Your Majesty, I beg you to save my benefactor!"
"I am willing to pay any price!"
Previously, she had been powerless to help Chu Yuan and had even found it difficult to protect herself, only able to consider fleeing.
But now, it was different. Ye Ling's cultivation surpassed that of a Saint, and his strength might not be inferior to Chu Yuan's. With Ye Ling's help, the Allied Immortal Forces would definitely not be able to capture Chu Yuan!
"Benefactor?" Ye Ling looked at Meng Po with surprise. "Chu Yuan has been kind to you?"
Chu Yuan had been trapped in the Ten Thousand Nether Mountains all along. Due to the influence of nether energy, it was impossible for him to leave. How could Meng Po have met Chu Yuan?
Meng Po was unaware that Ye Ling and Chu Yuan had known each other for a long time. She nodded repeatedly, "Yes... the senior fighting in the sky right now is the same immortal who saved me and bestowed upon me my immortal position!"
"The Soul-Wandering Branch I use to refine the Water of Forgetfulness was also obtained from that senior."
"That senior has given me a debt of gratitude that is like a second life. It is a pity that my cultivation is too low to help that senior. I only implore Your Majesty to save him. With Your Majesty's strength, it should be effortless!"
Hearing Meng Po's words, Ye Ling lowered his eyelids, his expression shifting. "So it was Chu Yuan who helped. This is getting interesting..."
Meng Po didn't provide much information, but from her words, Ye Ling at least knew that Chu Yuan had lied.
Previously, Chu Yuan had always said that his disciple was the one helping him in the Three Realms. But from the current situation, it seemed that the so-called disciple Chu Yuan spoke of had always been himself!
The Ten Thousand Nether Mountains had never been able to restrain Chu Yuan!
It made sense. Chu Yuan was an ancient primordial god. During the Great Desolation era, he was jointly hunted by many Saints. Given Chu Yuan's hatred for the gods at that time, after defeating him, how could the gods have not eradicated him completely?
Chu Yuan's disciple being able to move freely in the Three Realms and hold a high position in the Heavenly Court was a joke across nine lifetimes!
And since Chu Yuan had lied about this matter, it was worth questioning which of his words were true and which were lies...
While Ye Ling was contemplating how to deal with Chu Yuan, the six-winged angel, who had been ignored, had an extremely grim expression!
His spiritual energy surged within him, ready to erupt at any moment.
Ye Ling's disregard made him feel greatly insulted!
Unable to bear it any longer, the six-winged angel roared at Ye Ling, "Hey! You few! There's a war going on, can you be more serious?"
His train of thought disrupted by the six-winged angel, Ye Ling frowned and looked at him. "I spared your lives earlier, giving you a chance to escape. Do you really want to die so badly?"
Hearing Ye Ling's words, the six-winged angel was amused and scoffed, "You really talk nonsense. It's clearly us who have surrounded you, and you should be kneeling and begging for mercy, yet you want us to escape?"
"You fool..."
*Chii!*
Before the six-winged angel could finish speaking, Ye Ling was already behind him, grabbing his head with one hand, and said calmly, "You are too noisy. You should die."
"Th-this..." The six-winged angel stared blankly at his headless body slowly collapsing to the ground, his eyes filled with increasing fear.
Such incredible speed!
The surrounding angels were also terrified. None of them had seen how Ye Ling had removed the six-winged angel's head!
Such terrifying power was far beyond what they could contend with!
For a moment, the surrounding angels showed fear and began to scatter and flee!
However, they hadn't flown far before the demonic energy swirling around Ye Ling caught up to them and completely devoured them!
The six-winged angel, whose head was held by Ye Ling, saw his companions instantly killed by Ye Ling and realized that Ye Ling was far more powerful than him. His mind panicked, and he trembled, "Sir, spare my life..."
"It's too late," Ye Ling replied dismissively. Demonic energy surged from his palm and drilled into the six-winged angel's seven orifices, destroying his brain!
"Ahhhhhh!"
The six-winged angel let out a shrill scream.
With the help of Ye Ling's spiritual power, the six-winged angel's screams soared to the heavens, even drowning out the sounds of battle from the armies, attracting the attention of the Allied Immortal Forces engaged in a bloody battle in the sky!
For a moment, countless immortals and gods turned their gaze towards Ye Ling, who was holding the six-winged angel's head.
Li Jing, who was commanding the army of one hundred thousand from the clouds, heard the screams from the Ten Thousand Nether Mountains and assumed another demon had appeared. He quickly parted the clouds to look down and saw Ye Ling holding a head!
"Is that Your Majesty Ye Ling?" Li Jing's eyes changed slightly upon seeing Ye Ling appear, and his brow furrowed. "Why is he here?"
Discovering Ye Ling in the Ten Thousand Nether Mountains, and even killing someone from their Allied Immortal Forces, Li Jing suddenly felt that something was amiss.
The disappearance of the nether energy in the Ten Thousand Nether Mountains was already extremely strange. Logically, the Heavenly Court should have first dispatched immortals and gods to investigate the situation before taking action.
But after hearing about the disappearance of the nether energy in the Ten Thousand Nether Mountains, the Heavenly Emperor ordered Li Jing to lead one hundred thousand heavenly soldiers and generals, along with the armies of the major divine kingdoms, to the Ten Thousand Nether Mountains to capture demons, with barely any thought.
Since no one entered or exited the Ten Thousand Nether Mountains, how could the Heavenly Emperor be so certain that there were demons within?
And the most crucial order was to capture them alive!
At that time, Li Jing still found the situation peculiar, but the military orders were urgent, and he could not inquire further. He could only hastily lead his troops to the Nether Realm, merge with the armies of the major divine kingdoms, and jointly suppress the demons.
Li Jing muttered to himself, "This is the first time I've seen the Heavenly Emperor so anxious. Before, the Heavenly Emperor also ordered the army to advance towards the High Heavens Plain... After the appearance of the Heavenly Annihilation Evil Array, the Heavenly Emperor seemed to have become somewhat abnormal... as if he had developed personal desires..."
Nezha, standing beside him, also noticed something amiss and said, "Father... something is wrong. Let's consolidate our formation and observe the situation first..."
"Mm..." Li Jing nodded and began to order the heavenly soldiers to consolidate their formation and switch to a defensive posture.
Ye Ling was a Saint who had destroyed the mortal High Heavens Plain built by Izanagi and the Heavenly Annihilation Evil Array. He had benefited the Three Realms. Furthermore, Li Jing had interacted with Ye Ling many times and knew his temperament.
If the beings in the Ten Thousand Nether Mountains were truly great demons that threatened the Three Realms, Ye Ling would not stand idly by; instead, he would attack the Allied Immortal Forces.
Among the armies of other divine kingdoms, there were also gods who had heard of Ye Ling's deeds.
The commanders leading the armies of the major divine kingdoms were not fools. Upon seeing Ye Ling appear and the Heavenly Court's ten thousand heavenly soldiers consolidate their formation, their thoughts became active, and they all ordered their armies to switch to a defensive posture and form defensive arrays.
Regardless of whether the beings in the Ten Thousand Nether Mountains were great demons or not, the Allied Immortal Forces had already suffered heavy losses just dealing with Chu Yuan alone. They were on the verge of being unable to capture him, and now Ye Ling, the Emperor, had appeared, clearly not on the side of the Allied Immortal Forces.
If they continued to fight, the Immortal Realm side would be the one to suffer.
Rather than continuing the offensive and suffering unnecessary casualties, it was better to consolidate defenses and stop losses in time.
In this battle, too many immortals and gods had already fallen. The commanders were unwilling to see the casualties continue to increase.
However, although the gods began to withdraw and defend, Chu Yuan was in a blood frenzy. He showed no signs of stopping. A massive amount of nether energy erupted from his body, impacting the formations of the major divine kingdoms' armies.
Chu Yuan had only recently gained control of the nether energy and was not yet proficient in its use. Moreover, nether energy was inherently an evil force. As Chu Yuan overused the nether energy, it began to erode his mind.
At this moment, Chu Yuan's reason was completely obscured by hatred. Endless rage filled his chest. He wanted nothing but to kill!
"Kill! Kill! Kill you all!" Chu Yuan roared, his battle cries shaking the heavens and chilling the gods to the bone.
The gods struggled to maintain their defensive formations, resisting Chu Yuan's onslaught, their spiritual energy consumption being terrifyingly high!
It was likely that after this battle, the major divine kingdoms would have depleted hundreds of years of military reserves!
To be honest, the immortals and gods present would not have wanted to provoke such a monster as Chu Yuan if it weren't for the orders from above!
To fight against the entire Immortal Realm's allied forces single-handedly, this performance alone surpassed that of ordinary Saints.
Ye Ling, holding the six-winged angel's head, watched Chu Yuan still rampaging in the sky and couldn't help but sigh, "Oh dear... the Allied Immortal Forces have started to consolidate their formations, and you're still going crazy over there. This is not a good impression..."
"The gods who owed you debts back then were not the ones present now."
With that said, Ye Ling vanished from his spot and instantly appeared before Chu Yuan. He swung the six-winged angel's head in his hand and smashed it fiercely at Chu Yuan, "Calm down!"
*Bang!*
The six-winged angel's head collided violently with Chu Yuan's head. The six-winged angel's head exploded directly, while Chu Yuan was sent crashing into the ground like a cannonball, creating a crater in the Ten Thousand Nether Mountains and kicking up a cloud of dust.
The sky above the Ten Thousand Nether Mountains instantly became deathly quiet.
Hundreds of thousands of Allied Immortal Forces stared blankly at Ye Ling, who stood in the sky, all stunned!
Chu Yuan was a peerless demon capable of fighting their hundreds of thousands of troops alone without falling behind!
The gods had now deeply experienced Chu Yuan's terrifying strength, and Ye Ling, upon his arrival, had just smashed Chu Yuan down with the head of a True Martial realm cultivator...
This visual impact continuously shocked the nerves of the gods.
Li Jing looked at Ye Ling's back, his mouth twitching. "As expected of Your Majesty. Fortunately, we did not make an enemy of him... I wonder how many rounds our heavenly soldiers and generals could last against him..."
Nezha, standing beside Li Jing, nodded in agreement, "He's a monster!"
Not only Li Jing's side, but the commanders of the major divine kingdoms were also dumbfounded, their impression of Ye Ling being refreshed!
At this moment, gods who had held different philosophies for hundreds of thousands of years reached a consensus.
Such terrifying power must never be offended!
After smashing Chu Yuan down, Ye Ling washed the blood from his hands with demonic energy, glanced at the surrounding Allied Immortal Forces, and smiled, "Everyone, give me, Ye Ling, some face. Shall we call it a day?"
As Ye Ling's voice faded, the gods fell into a deathly silence!