Heaven-Surpassing Divine Emperor

Fu Shan struck out with both fists.

This time, he unleashed both the Autumn Fist and the Winter Fist at once.

After suspecting Jiang Chen was a peerless prodigy ranked in the top thousand of the Human Venerable List, the killing intent in Fu Shan’s heart grew even stronger.

’A true peerless genius!’

’At the Sixth Stage of the Union Palace Realm, yet he can already fight a Human King Realm Powerhouse.’

’If I let him go now, I’m afraid it won’t be long before even I am no longer his match.’

Under these circumstances...

Fu Shan’s choice was obvious: eradicate the problem at its root!

And leave no chance for future trouble!

SWISH!

RUSTLE!

A sea of fiery red instantly appeared to Jiang Chen’s left—an entire forest of maple leaves.

It spread across the mountains and rivers, filling the heavens and earth!

As the dense forest closed in on Jiang Chen, it began to tremble. Countless red maple leaves detached from their branches and shot toward him.

Each leaf was a fist, powerful enough to shatter mountains and crush stone!

With a grim expression, Jiang Chen brandished his Spirit-Slaying Sword and unleashed a torrent of strikes. "Divine Wind Celestial Fury!"

"Celestial Flame Cross Slash!"

"Celestial Flame Hundred Extremes Slash!"

Sword Qi flooded the sky, coalescing into one Sword Curtain after another, like brilliant bolts of silk unfurled in the air.

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

The two disparate powers clashed and collided, erupting with a terrifying roar of energy.

The two fought as they moved.

Wherever they passed...

Mountains crumbled, the earth gave way, and glaciers were cleaved in two.

"Celestial Flame Sun-Devouring Slash!"

Jiang Chen’s expression turned grim, his features cold. A blinding light erupted from his eyes as he gripped the sword hilt with both hands and slashed.

SHIIING—

A wave of Sword Qi, as scorching as a Blazing Sun, hurtled toward the fiery red maple forest!

RUMBLE—

As the Fiery Flame Sword Qi burned through it, the vast maple forest was torn asunder. At the same time, however, a series of ugly, fist-shaped wounds appeared on Jiang Chen’s body.

The right side of his chest caved in.

Several ribs were broken, and a startling trickle of fresh blood escaped the corner of his mouth.

Fu Shan sneered, "Little bastard, if your cultivation was at the Union Palace Realm Seventh Stage, I might not have been able to defeat you. But as you are now, you’re nothing more than a slightly tougher ant before me. Now, you can die!"

Then came the Winter Fist!

WHOOSH! WHOOSH...

A blizzard instantly raged across the land. A wind, whipping up flurries of snow, rose from his feet.

The swirling wind and snow spun around his body, then coiled up from his shoulder, winding around his arm until it reached his Iron Fist. Fu Shan’s sharp brows furrowed as he let out a low roar, "Winter Fist—"

The sound of his cry shook the heavens and the earth.

The punch shot forth, incredibly condensed, transforming into a rainbow-hued bolt of energy that streaked across the sky.

At this moment...

Both of them were standing on the ground.

As the fist attack shot forward, skimming across the earth toward Jiang Chen, the ground trembled in its wake, and a violent Ice and Snow Storm erupted.

It froze an Icebound Corridor a hundred meters wide and a thousand meters long into the very earth!

’So this is the Winter Fist? It’s so cold...’

Jiang Chen gasped. The air was so frigid that even breathing made his lungs go numb. The blizzard intensified, coating his body in a layer of white frost.

’It seems that unless I can raise my Cultivation Realm to the Union Palace Realm Seventh Stage, or even the Eighth Stage, the most I can do against a Human King Realm Powerhouse is hold my own. If I want to actually defeat a Human King, I’ll have to use my God-Devouring Talent...’ Jiang Chen took a deep breath.

He had no confidence he could withstand this punch.

He chose to evade the brunt of the attack!

SWISH!

With a flash, Jiang Chen’s figure vanished, burrowing deep into the ground.

The instant Jiang Chen went underground, the phantom fist exploded. A tornado of icy wind and snow materialized where he had just been standing.

CRACK! CRACK! CRACK...

A series of piercing cracks echoed from within the swirling vortex.

When the storm dissipated,

a mountain of ice hundreds of meters high had appeared from nowhere, its surface covered in inverted, thorn-like Ice Cones.

The ice had even penetrated deep underground!

A hundred meters deep, everything was frozen solid!

’Good thing I got away fast,’ Jiang Chen thought, glancing at the chilling layer of ice behind him. ’Otherwise, I would’ve been turned into an ice sculpture. Fu Shan is a Human King Realm Powerhouse, all right...’

BOOM!

Just then, the entire earth began to shake violently.

With each tremor, sharp Ice Cones were driven down from the surface, plunging deep into the earth.

THUD! THUD! THUD!

The Ice Cones were incredibly sharp. Caught off guard, Jiang Chen was struck by one. The impact tore a gash in his flesh, despite his body being as tough as a Celestial-tier Profound Weapon. A biting chill instantly invaded him through the wound, making him gasp. The wound on his back was already turning a bruised purple, a layer of frost forming over it.

’Damn, he’s really trying to hunt me to extinction!’

Jiang Chen felt his back, a savage glint in his eyes. ’So what if you’re a Human King? Fu Shan, you just wait! If I don’t kill you today, then I’m not Jiang Chen!’

Being constantly on the defensive had finally ignited Jiang Chen’s fury.

"Devouring God—Domain!"

The God-slaying Sword inside him began to vibrate violently. Beams of black light shot skyward, enveloping a vast area around him.

HUMMMMM....

On the surface, ice began to melt. Corpses on the battlefield shriveled as all their energy was devoured by Jiang Chen.

His own aura grew stronger and stronger!

Reaching the level of the Union Palace Realm Seventh Stage!

Eighth Stage...

By the time he had boosted himself all the way to the Union Palace Realm Ninth Stage, Jiang Chen had already burned a full forty percent of his Divine Thought!

Bathed in black light, Jiang Chen suddenly retracted his God-Devouring Realm. His clenched fists boomed, radiating explosive power. He snapped his head up. "Fu Shan, your death is at hand!"

"Little bastard, get the hell out here!"

Fu Shan’s roar echoed once more.

The ground shook violently as a massive Ice Cone plunged down from the surface, ripping through the soil straight toward Jiang Chen.

Jiang Chen snorted coldly.

He clenched his fist and smashed it toward the incoming Ice Cone.

BOOM...

Now incredibly hard and powerful, Jiang Chen’s fist shattered the Ice Cone. He shot upward through the tunnel it had created, heading for the surface. In his wake, the remainder of the Ice Cone exploded, tearing a massive fissure in the earth. Amidst a cloud of dust and ice shards, Jiang Chen’s figure burst into the Celestial Vault.

The instant he broke the surface, Jiang Chen locked onto Fu Shan’s stunned face. A vicious light flashed in his eyes. "Fu Shan, die!"

SWISH!

Jiang Chen gripped the Spirit-Slaying Sword with both hands, pouring an endless stream of Profound Yellow True Essence into the blade. Simultaneously, he activated his Divine Thought, forming the nascent Thunder Punishment!

Guided by his Divine Thought, arcs of lightning crackled and clung to the blade of the Spirit-Slaying Sword!

"Celestial Flame—Sun-Devouring Slash!"

Jiang Chen let out a rumbling roar. Crimson Sword Aura surged from his blade, wreathed in arcs of purple lightning. The Sword Aura, now hundreds of meters long, slashed down toward Fu Shan!

"How dare a firefly’s glow compete with the bright moon? Die, little bastard!"

Fu Shan roared coldly, once again unleashing his Four Seasons Divine Fist.

He conjured images of the four seasons, sending them rushing toward the peerless Sword Aura.

However...

Fu Shan’s expression quickly changed!

His pride and joy, the Four Seasons Divine Fist, proved as fragile as tofu before the peerless Sword Aura. With four resounding booms, the seasonal manifestations were obliterated by the unstoppable attack.

The supreme, lightning-infused sword light continued onward, its momentum unchecked.

As Fu Shan stared in disbelief, the sword fell.

PFFT!

A spray of blood shot into the sky.

Flames rose.

And just like that, Fu Shan, a mighty First Stage Human King Realm Powerhouse, was cleaved in two by Jiang Chen’s peerless strike, then incinerated by fierce flames until not even a bone remained!

Everyone was stunned.

All were left shaken by the peerless strike.

In his fury, Jiang Chen had slain a Human King!

Gazing at the young man standing with his sword, everyone couldn’t help but gasp, their hearts and minds reeling with an indescribable shock...