Heaven-Surpassing Divine Emperor

The Fire Emperor, a grand master of the Emperor Realm!

The moment he struck, a world-shattering might enveloped the entire region.

If the clash of Human Emperor Realm experts could annihilate nations and devastate all life...

Then...

a strike from an Emperor Realm master could affect the entire Eastern Continent!

The Fire Emperor charged forward, his body erupting with a fiery light. Plumes of crimson flame blazed across the Celestial Vault, and the scorching heat began to melt the very earth!

The trees and plants in the forest instantly burst into a raging inferno.

The Blazing Fire spread like a wildfire, consuming everything in all directions.

In an instant, the land for a hundred miles around transformed into a sea of flames, and within it, all life was incinerated into nothingness. Towering peaks started to liquefy, turning into molten lava that flowed across the land. Nothing survived in its wake. It devoured all, like the end of the world.

"Celestial Fire World Destruction!"

The Fire Emperor threw a punch, the void trembling behind him.

The fist’s shadow, wrapped in Blazing Fire, hurtled toward Jiang Chen like a burning meteorite falling from the starry sky.

Jiang Chen stood suspended in mid-air.

His gaze was ice-cold, devoid of any emotion or ripple. He simply raised his hands, palms facing the Fire Emperor, as a faint, almost ethereal voice escaped his lips, "Those who blaspheme the might of a Divine Spirit—die!"

SWISH! SWISH! SWISH!

One by one, Blood Pearls emerged from Jiang Chen’s body, flying out to converge before his palms into two fist-sized spheres of blood.

The spheres pulsed with a sanguine glow.

Normally, the color of blood would suggest something sinister and evil, but the two spheres in Jiang Chen’s hands radiated a sacred aura.

WHOOSH!

The two spheres trembled slightly, their forms shifting until they became two sharp, crimson swords.

The crimson swords pierced the air, shooting toward the Fire Emperor.

BANG! BANG! BANG—

The crimson swords and the fiery fist-shadows clashed relentlessly in the air, their impacts creating a continuous, deafening series of terrifying energy explosions.

Amid a blinding flash of light,

Jiang Chen’s figure shot straight into Yun Xiao, while the Fire Emperor plummeted from the sky.

Before the Fire Emperor’s hundred-zhang-tall body, Jiang Chen seemed minuscule, like a mayfly trying to shake a great tree.

And yet, it was this tiny Jiang Chen who exuded a far grander and more majestic presence.

BOOM!

He threw a punch, his fist enveloped in a sanguine glow. As it flew further from his body, it grew larger and larger, becoming like a blood-red mountain crashing violently toward the Fire Emperor.

The Fire Emperor snorted and pointed a finger. "Celestial Fire Dragon Slaying Finger!"

This was a Saint-Tier High-Level Martial Skill!

A dragon’s roar echoed from his fingertip as a plume of Blazing Fire billowed out, coalescing into a ferocious, thousand-zhang-long Fire Dragon.

The Fire Dragon seemed sentient as it coiled around Jiang Chen’s fist, its scorching flames threatening to incinerate him.

Jiang Chen was fearless. With a deadpan expression, he let out a cold snort. "Shatter!"

His fist jolted violently.

BANG—

The Fire Dragon actually exploded into pieces.

A swath of Celestial Fire hung in the sky, burning furiously and turning the Celestial Vault above into a sea of flames.

The Fire Emperor stood amidst the sea of fire, his gaze cold and grave. He stared at Jiang Chen, his expression turning grim as he growled in a low voice, "You’re not Jiang Chen. Who are you?"

"Those who blaspheme the might of a Divine Spirit—will be slain!"

Jiang Chen remained expressionless, cold words spilling from his lips. In a flash, he vanished and reappeared directly in front of the Fire Emperor.

The Fire Emperor’s expression changed.

He clearly hadn’t expected Jiang Chen to be so fast. He snorted, and his hundred-zhang-tall body raised a hand like a city gate, swatting fiercely at Jiang Chen.

But Jiang Chen was a step faster!

SWISH!

Jiang Chen tapped his toes on the incoming fiery palm, his body already dodging away. He appeared on the Fire Emperor’s other side and spun in mid-air.

He unleashed a vicious roundhouse kick!

With a whooshing sound of displaced air, a red leg-shadow slammed viciously into the Fire Emperor’s face.

Half his face twisted out of shape!

BOOM—

With a muffled explosion, the Fire Emperor’s cheek burst apart, sending fragments of flame shooting in all directions.

The Fire Emperor’s hundred-zhang-tall body was sent flying for several kilometers. After landing face-first, he tumbled dozens of times, flattening the ground in his path and leaving only a trail of raging flames.

THUD! THUD!

The Fire Emperor shot back to his feet, his face filled with rage and killing intent. A huge hole had been torn open in the side of his face where Jiang Chen had kicked him. But there was no flesh and blood—only roiling flames. This wasn’t the Fire Emperor’s true body, but a clone formed from Mystical Power!

It was similar to the Spirit Body Lan Haichen had once sent to Yandu City!

However...

that Spirit Body was merely a strand of Spiritual Thought, whereas this clone was formed entirely from Mystical Power and possessed one percent of the main body’s combat strength!

A frigid light pulsed in the Fire Emperor’s eyes as he glared at Jiang Chen, grinding his teeth. "You actually managed to injure my Mysterious Dharma Body? Good. Very good, Jiang Chen. You’ve done well. Today, I don’t care who or what you are, or how you suddenly became so strong. I will take your head. One year from today will be the anniversary of your death!"

"Celestial Fire Saber—return!"

the Fire Emperor roared.

The void trembled. As if from some infinitely distant space, a Battle Blade wrapped in scorching flames suddenly tore through the void and appeared in his hand.

This was a Divine Soldier!

Wielding the Divine Soldier, the Fire Emperor’s eyes glinted with cold killing intent as he slashed at Jiang Chen.

The bloody light around Jiang Chen surged even more violently. All the blood in his body had ignited, and within the crimson glow, a trace of gold slowly began to appear...

Like an invincible War God, he charged toward the Fire Emperor.

The battle was incredibly fierce.

But the Fire Emperor was an Emperor Realm master, after all. His power was immense, and with the boost from his Divine Soldier, the Celestial Fire Saber, he steadily suppressed Jiang Chen. He struck Jiang Chen again and again, each slash dimming the bloody light around him and depleting the blood within his body.

The battle reached a fever pitch.

But if this continued, Jiang Chen’s defeat seemed inevitable.

While this terrifying battle raged across the Eastern Continent, an unknown event was unfolding far away in Zhongzhou, atop the central, Heaven-Reaching Divine Peak.

「Inside a majestic palace.」

A child riding a cyan ox lay sound asleep on its back. Suddenly, the Cyan Ox Child opened his eyes and saw a white-robed figure emerge from the main hall, his hands clasped behind his back.

The Cyan Ox Child said respectfully, "Master!"

"Mm."

The white-robed figure ruffled the Cyan Ox Child’s hair and smiled faintly. "Child, take this with you to the Eastern Continent. After you rescue that little fellow, give this to him."

The Cyan Ox Child took the brocade box, a look of confusion on his face. "Master, who exactly is this Jiang Chen? Why have you helped him time and time again?"

The white-robed figure smiled faintly. "You’ll find out in due time. Go now."

"Yes, Master!"

The Cyan Ox Child immediately mounted the Cyan Ox and tore through the sky, departing.

The white-robed figure gazed into the distant sky in the direction of the Eastern Continent. He then turned back toward the grand hall and murmured to himself, his expression tinged with reverence, ’Your bloodline has finally awakened. I have followed your instructions and had the Child take the item to him. You may rest peacefully now.’

VMMMM!

A faint ripple seemed to emanate from within the hall before vanishing.

The white-robed figure let out a long breath, then opened the hall’s doors and walked inside. Just for an instant as the doors closed, one could seemingly glimpse, suspended in the very center of the hall, a...

Bronze! Ancient! Coffin!