Upon hearing Ye Chen’s words, Zixiang in the control room showed a slight surprise, then a flash of purple light crossed her eyes. She turned her head to look outside the hatch. Under her control, the hatch slowly opened, and a red figure flickered out, about to vanish.

“Trying to leave?” Ye Chen raised an eyebrow, immediately deploying his Law Domain. The surrounding sky rippled like waves, surging outward rapidly. The red figure outside the hatch was instantly pulled back with a startled cry and tossed onto the floor in front of Ye Chen.

It was a red-haired woman, tall and slender, with a delicate face. Her waterfall-like red hair reached her waist, and her wine-red eyes held a captivatingly clear brilliance.

“It really is you.” A smile flickered across Zixiang’s small face, which immediately turned serious. Her sharp eyes fixed on the red-haired woman, and she spoke coldly, “How did you escape!”

Ye Chen gazed at the curvaceous, peerlessly beautiful woman before him. Although she had grown into a graceful young lady, the trace of youthful naivety on her cheeks was hard to conceal. This woman was naturally the little brat who had once chased him into the Great Dark World back then. A century had passed, and given her constitution, her growth rate was slow, revealing only the appearance of a young woman. Moreover, anyone at this level could transform into a person of any age they desired.

The red-haired woman’s complexion was somewhat pale. She looked up at Ye Chen, who was looking down at her from the sofa, her mind racing too fast to process how the insignificant person she once hunted could now capture her effortlessly. She had only one thought: scrambling toward Ye Chen’s side, she anxiously asked, “Is everything that person just said true?” Her fair, jade-like slender fingers instinctively gripped Ye Chen’s arm tightly.

Ye Chen frowned, glanced at her, and delivered a ruthless blow with his indifferent voice: “It’s true.”

The red-haired woman shuddered, her entire face and lips instantly draining of color. She slumped onto the floor, staring blankly at the metal floor before her, unable to utter a word. Two lines of clear tears streamed down from her eye sockets, gliding over her beautiful, ice-crystal-like chin and soaking her collar.

“Fa—Father Emperor…” The girl trembled painfully, sitting on the cold floor. She felt the chill penetrate straight to her bones, her whole body shaking uncontrollably. She felt as if the entire world was shattering before her eyes, her mind filled only with the tall, mighty figure, the gentle smile, and the broad palm from her childhood memories… Father!

Ye Chen ignored her. He waved his hand toward Zixiang and commanded, “To the Light Empire. The passage is open; charge straight through.”

“No problem, Master.” Zixiang chirped with a smile, returning to the pilot seat. She pressed the cursor, and the entire Demon God Palace shot forward instantly, skimming across the wilderness and reaching light speed, rushing directly toward a nearby city.

There were no military positions or even a single battleship over this city; the Demon God Palace pierced through unimpeded and sped away into the distance.

Inside the Demon God Palace, the Seventh Princess suddenly seemed to awaken. With tear-filled eyes, she looked pleadingly at Ye Chen, begging, “I beg you, save my Father Emperor! I will give you anything you want. Save him, and I will give you the territories of five hundred feudal lords, half the empire!”

Ye Chen glanced at her and scoffed, “Little brat, has your mind gone bad?”

The Seventh Princess was momentarily stunned, left speechless.

Ye Chen’s expression was impassive. “The one who imprisoned your father—do you think I can resist him?”

The Seventh Princess finally caught on. Grief had momentarily clouded her judgment. Now, she flushed, and having grown up in royalty, her inherent calmness allowed her to settle quickly. She knitted her delicate brows, thinking slowly. After a moment, she looked up at Ye Chen, her eyes flashing with deep light. “You were merely a demigod back then, and you still are now, but you have grasped the Law Domain. If you are given more time, you will certainly surpass my Father Emperor.”

“Stop,” Ye Chen said, taking a sip of fine wine. “I don't have that much potential; you overestimate me.”

The Seventh Princess frowned slightly. “Have you never considered surpassing someone like my Father Emperor? With your talent, you absolutely could!”

Ye Chen lazily replied, “I don't have such great ambition.” In his heart, however, he added, Surpassing your Father Emperor? What’s that?

The Seventh Princess immediately felt troubled. She hadn't expected this man to be so unreasonable. Across the entire realm, which genius didn't possess a core of pride, harboring the desire to surpass the strongest?

As the saying goes, a soldier who doesn't wish to be a general is not a good soldier.

She couldn't help but cry out in anger, “Are you truly that unambitious? How can you progress with that attitude?”

Ye Chen cast a sidelong glance at her. “Even if I don’t progress, I can still beat you.”

The Seventh Princess choked slightly, remembering the days she was imprisoned here by this man. Her face instantly flushed red, veins bulging slightly on her forehead, making her look like a provoked lion cub.

Ye Chen raised an eyebrow. “Not convinced?”

The Seventh Princess immediately wilted. In her heart, she viciously thought, A wise man avoids immediate confrontation. When this lady surpasses you in the future, I’ll have you whipped for sport, hung up and played with...

Ye Chen seemed to read her mind instantly. He raised an eyebrow and asked in an undeniable tone, “How did you escape?”

Hearing this, the corner of the Seventh Princess’s mouth twitched slightly. She then glared at him angrily. “How dare you ask! This lady sacrificed a peak Divine Artifact, self-destructing my Crimson Silk Divine Sword just to blast a small crack in that prison! Luckily, I managed to deceive the intelligent system. Hmph!”

Ye Chen commented casually, “I didn't realize an imperial princess was so proficient at jailbreaking.”

“You’re the one who jailbreaks, your whole family jailbreaks!” The Seventh Princess leaped up like a cat whose tail had been stepped on and roared.

“Little brat, keep yelling and you can prepare to stay there forever,” Ye Chen warned, glancing at her.

The Seventh Princess instantly retracted her energy, looking at him cautiously. Suspiciously, she asked, “Does that mean you plan to let me go?”

Ye Chen rolled his eyes with annoyance. “Go to hell!”

The Seventh Princess was aghast, never expecting this man to be so boorish, speaking such vulgar words to such a beautiful girl...

Ye Chen paid her no further mind. Using his Law Domain, he tossed her aside, musing inwardly, Save your Father Emperor? Master Tianwu King is still in there. If he could be saved, why would I wait for your nonsense!

At this point, the Demon God Palace traveled unimpeded, leaving the Blazing God Empire behind. Following the ancient continent’s aerial map, it soared toward the Light Empire’s Heaven-Light State. Along the way, Ye Chen ordered Zixiang to execute seven or eight cosmic jumps. Finally, after two days, they arrived at the Heaven-Light State.

This was the territory of the Bai family. Ye Chen switched to a Rune Spaceship and activated its camouflage, altering its appearance to resemble a vessel of mechanical civilization. It slowly cruised to the center of the Heaven-Light State and halted near the perimeter of the Heaven-Crossing River.

Ye Chen stowed the Rune Spaceship and exited through the security channel, instantly killing the few automatons who came to scan his iris for identification. Then, his figure streaked away like the wind, vanishing in a blink of an eye.

An alarm immediately sounded at the security station, and large numbers of troops surged over, searching everywhere for Ye Chen. At this moment, Ye Chen re-entered the Demon God Palace. With its anti-detection system, it could easily conceal itself from the army. Although the Demon God Palace’s raw power was only that of a Mid-tier Dao Artifact, its major systems were at the level of Peak Dao Artifacts. Its classification as Mid-tier was due to the core universe being damaged, lacking certain power supplies, which prevented some systems from operating at maximum capacity.

Evading the search, Ye Chen lay low outside the Heaven-Crossing River, observing closely. After about two days, he spotted several young disciples emerging from the river, laughing and chatting as they crossed the Ancient Sky Bridge and headed east.

Ye Chen narrowed his eyes, his body moving like a nimble viper. He instantly unleashed his Law Domain, seizing control of these young disciples and bringing them into the Demon God Palace.

These disciples reacted quickly, but Ye Chen’s Law Domain was overwhelmingly powerful. Even though they were Peak Deity-level experts, their minds had reached the Origin Realm, making the intensity of this domain world far superior to that of other Peak Deities!

The group stared in terror at Ye Chen, who appeared like a demon, and quickly pleaded, “Don’t kill us! I’ll give you whatever you want!”

Ye Chen glanced at them. “I don’t need you to give me anything.” Saying this, he reached out a large hand, gripping one person’s head. A surging electrical wave washed over, instantly crushing the entire consciousness and absorbing the information stored in the man’s brain.

“So that’s how it is…” Ye Chen murmured thoughtfully. Then, he looked at the remaining individuals, whose legs were trembling violently and bodies shaking uncontrollably. With a wave of his hand, these people instantly turned to ash, vanishing in the breeze, leaving only a scattering of rings and weapons on the ground.

The Seventh Princess, witnessing Ye Chen’s brutal display, turned deathly pale, her heart hammering against her ribs, almost leaping out of her mouth. She hadn't expected this man to be so cruel, a ruthless killer—simply a great demon!

Ye Chen ignored the little lamb cowering in the corner. He immediately turned back to the main control room and commanded, “To the Asura Sea!”

Zixiang paused. “Asura Sea?” She recognized the location; according to the ancient continent map, it was supposed to be near the center of the continent. As she spoke, her fingers never stopped moving, quickly tapping a few times. The Demon God Palace instantly changed direction and entered a cosmic jump, traversing into subspace.

Ye Chen gazed into the distance thoughtfully. “According to these people’s thoughts, she went to the Asura Sea, the location where the Ten Palaces and Ten Kingdoms hold their Genius Trials. I wonder if she went to participate in the trials? But…”

“It’s wonderful that she survived!”

His expression grew invigorated, and he clenched his fist, his blood surging. As long as she lived, he could find her!

From the memories of these young disciples, Bai Yijun had awakened eighty years ago and had become even more mysterious. It was rumored she even had a major argument with Bai Tian once, after which she left White Spirit Mountain and wandered through various places in the ancient world, spawning billions of clones to search everywhere. This matter caused a massive stir, known to everyone in the Bai family: she was looking for that man…