The Legendary Son-in-law of the Emperor Chapter 2026 - 2023: Life and Death Realm

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The Liu Family elder agrees to help track Ye Xuan after much persuasion. Ye Xuan and his daughter travel to Hong State, aware they are being watched but unconcerned. They visit Hong Mountain, where the elder awaits. As dark clouds gather, a peculiar fisherman converses with a curious boy and his father before Ye Xuan and his daughter arrive at the summit.

"Your patience is quite commendable."

The black-robed youth smiled faintly.

"Eh?!"

The youth was a bit surprised to see the black-robed youth and the white-clad girl and instinctively said, "That’s not a fish either?"

As the youth’s father, the middle-aged man changed his expression slightly, pulling the youth back to the edge.

The old man looked at the black-robed youth and smiled faintly, saying, "As one ages, one becomes less hasty in their actions."

"Actually, I’d prefer to sit down and have a talk."

The old man said this.

The black-robed youth, known as Ye Xuan.

Upon hearing this, Ye Xuan chuckled, "Your Liu Family is really narcissistic. I didn’t seek you out, yet you came to find me."

The old man smiled and said, "It’s unavoidable. After all, you’re the first to walk out the Emperor Road in this era, and you’ve been recognized by the Heavenly Stele of the Emperor Road. Such potential truly makes my Liu Family panic."

Ye Xuan restrained his smile, his gaze deep and steady, speaking calmly, "Knowing fear is actually a good thing."

"But knowing fear and still charging forward is exceedingly foolish."

"You, too, have lived for quite some years; it looks as though you’ve lived to the dog’s body."

Upon hearing this, the old man, who always had a smiling face, finally had a hint of gloom.

This kid hasn’t lived long, but his tone is extraordinarily grand.

The gloom in the old man’s eyes vanished as he sighed and said, "Are all young people so arrogant nowadays..."

With that said.

The old man reached up to take off the bamboo hat from his head.

And with the old man’s movement.

Beyond Hong Mountain, the heavens and earth spun.

Stars shifted!

In an instant.

Hong Mountain seemed to enter a new world.

The youth in the distance remained unaware of all this.

But the middle-aged man’s expression was shocked, finding it hard to believe.

At this moment, the middle-aged man was sure that this old man was indeed an unrivaled powerhouse.

Swish!

The old man took off the bamboo hat and casually tossed it.

The hat spun in the air, flying towards Ye Xuan.

The speed seemed not fast at all.

But the moment it descended before Ye Xuan, the space around the hat suddenly collapsed.

Dimensional reversal!

This is something only a Reverse Origin Great Saint of the Fifth Layer can achieve.

This old man is at least a Great Saint of the Fifth Layer!

Buzz————

Without any visible movement from Ye Xuan, the hat exploded into pieces just before it touched him, turning into nothingness.

The surrounding void, at this moment, returned to normal.

"You’re quite weak, aren’t you?"

Ye Xuan looked at the old man and suddenly started laughing.

The old man watched the hat shatter and disappear, and his gaze gradually turned grave.

This Ye Xuan.

Truly terrifying.

Yet for some reason.

The old man felt Ye Xuan’s cultivation was somewhat unreal.

Invincible Great Sage...

This indeed is strong.

But how could someone at this realm walk out the Emperor Road? And be the first to do so?

Could something else have happened on the Emperor Road?

Moreover, how did this realm block the strike just now?

The old man was perplexed.

Between an Invincible Great Sage and a Great Saint, there’s but one step of difference, yet it’s a vast gulf.

It’s known to all.

In later stages, the difference between each minor realm is exceedingly massive.

Not to mention an entire great realm.

The hat he just threw seemed calm and ordinary, yet it secretly harbored lethal intent.

Below the Fifth Layer Great Saint, you’d be heavily wounded.

But Ye Xuan, without doing anything, blocked that strike.

Exaggerated.

The old man ignored Ye Xuan’s words and simply raised his hand lightly.

In the next moment, a shocking scene appeared that amazed the youth and the middle-aged man.

Beyond Hong Mountain, endless mountains and rivers, storms, lightning from beyond, all gathered and surged towards Ye Xuan!

With just a lift of his hand.

All things became at his disposal!

What a heaven-defying technique!

"Dad, I want to apprentice under that senior!"

The youth was overjoyed and exclaimed loudly.

The middle-aged man, however, couldn’t contain his shock at this moment, unable to recover for a long time.

Who could withstand such a strike?

Perhaps only the legendary Immortals could withstand it.

The middle-aged man had such thoughts.

If the old man knew, he would surely laugh heartily, calling such a thought frog in the well.

Boom!

The boundless power of all things descended upon Ye Xuan.

The heavy pressure of heaven and earth.

Instantly engulfed Ye Xuan.

After a brief silence.

One then heard a soft sound.

All that had happened suddenly disappeared without a trace.

As though nothing had occurred.

This made the middle-aged man rub his eyes hard, finding it unreal.

Could it be that what he just saw was an illusion?

No.

It was indeed real.

Just erased by an even more terrifying technique of Ye Xuan.

"The Reverse Element Power of the Fifth Layer couldn’t do it; don’t embarrass yourself with the Third Layer’s Power of All Things."

Ye Xuan spoke casually.

The old man frowned.

How did Ye Xuan block it?

He couldn’t see how at all.

Very mysterious.

Seemingly a creation from thin air?

What does this count as?

"Enough..."

The old man squinted his eyes and brought his hands together.

Then...

Boom!

An aura of terror suddenly erupted from the old man.

The old man’s hair and beard trembled, muscles on his arms knotted.

Like a War God descending, where was the frail appearance of an elderly nearing twilight?

Within ten miles around the old man, a vast mana visible to the naked eye continuously surged.

Forming a scene of destruction.

The old man fixed his eyes on Ye Xuan, speaking coldly, "Has Ye Xiaoyou ever witnessed the Life and Death Realm?"

The Life and Death Realm.

This is the perilous catastrophe faced by a Great Saint of the Sixth Realm.

And this old man was a Life and Death Great Saint.

Only not yet at the peak, having not achieved the Great Saint Body.

Otherwise, the aura would be even more terrifying after the old man erupted.

"Are you even qualified to discuss the Life and Death Realm with me?"

Ye Xuan chuckled.

In the next moment.

On Ye Xuan’s left, a Death Domain formed out of thin air.

Within that domain were endless souls and despair.

While on Ye Xuan’s right, a Life Domain also formed.

Endless life continuously birthed.

As one possessing the Evergreen Immortal Body and the Silent Annihilation Immortal Body, having lived through eternal ages.

Who is qualified to discuss the Life and Death Realm before Ye Xuan?

A Qingyuan ancestor of the Liu Family?

Is he qualified?

Maybe not.

At this moment, even the old man’s own pupils contracted violently, feeling shocked.

Suddenly, the old man let out a bitter laugh.

He somewhat understood.

The so-called willing to take the bait.

It did not refer to Ye Xuan.

But himself.

The old man looked at the always composed Ye Xuan, his face pale, and said, "Could you spare a line of vitality for the Liu Family?"

Ye Xuan remained silent.

The old man fell silent.

In the next moment, the aura on the old man surged again.

No need for words now.

A battle to determine life and death!

"Red Sun Emperor Technique — Burning Sky."

The old man murmured silently in his heart.

In the next moment, the old man was like a magnificent sun rising.

Boundless fiery divine rays continually burst from the old man’s body.

Sweeping across all directions!

At this moment, the old man carried the mindset of certain death, intending to battle Ye Xuan!

Let go of everything.

War!