Heaven-Surpassing Divine Emperor

After becoming a Spirit King.

Jiang Chen’s Divine Thought transformed into a Spirit Infant, sitting cross-legged atop the Divine Sea.

The Divine Sea was vast and boundless. Within it was a majestic, ocean-like expanse of Divine Thought, its waves rising and falling, surging and churning.

"Five Thunder Secret Technique—Thunder Realm!"

Jiang Chen’s Divine Thought flared.

Between heaven and earth, the sky darkened. Thunder boomed, and even the sun and moon seemed to retreat.

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

Streaks of purple-gold lightning descended from the heavens, vast and torrential. They converged around Jiang Chen, forming an ocean of thunder. This immense lightning wielded a terrifying Destruction Power, and each bolt, as thick as a barrel, exploded in the empty air.

Within the Thunder Realm, Jiang Chen was like the supreme Thunder God himself.

He pointed a finger.

Instantly, the boundless thunder converged into a colossal pillar of purple-gold lightning, hurtling toward the crimson dragon shadow of Divine Thought conjured by the Black Dragon King.

The thunder and Dragon Aura collided.

Like the collision of two blocks of hard ice, they disintegrated inch by inch.

This Divine Thought, infused with Dragon Aura, was truly formidable. Under the Black Dragon King’s control, it let out a series of resonant draconic roars.

Amidst the draconic roars, sound waves began to form.

Under the constant barrage of impacts and tremors, the colossal pillar of thunder shattered, dispersed by the Dragon Aura-infused Divine Thought.

The manifestation of Dragon Aura twisted its draconic body, reaching Jiang Chen in an instant.

Jiang Chen’s expression shifted. His hands flew into a Seal Technique as he let out a cold snort. "Thunder Punishment!"

SWISH!

Dark clouds instantly filled the sky, and within them, strands of purple-gold lightning rumbled and crackled. They converged into a great Thunder Punishment Blade that slashed down upon the Dragon Aura manifestation.

A blade of Divine Thought, capable of sundering anything!

It left a trail of golden light, as brilliant and dazzling as a comet’s tail streaking across the highest point of the heavens.

ROAR—

The Dragon Aura manifestation roared.

It opened its cavernous mouth and bit down on the Thunder Punishment Blade.

A fiery light erupted into the sky. The colliding Divine Thought Power exploded outward in all directions like shards of starlight.

"Ah!"

"My head, my head hurts so much..."

"Get back! Don’t let the light of Divine Thought hit you..."

This scattered Divine Thought Power was the aftermath of a clash between two experts at the Spirit King Level. Even though its potency was diminished from its peak, it was still a fatal threat to anyone below the Union Palace Realm. Some cultivators failed to dodge in time and were struck by the psychic assault.

They barely even shuddered before their souls shattered, and they died on the spot.

Others were struck by the aftershocks, and their heads exploded, leaving behind headless corpses.

Such was a clash between experts of the Spirit King Level!

"S-so strong!"

"It’s one thing for the Black Dragon King to unleash such power with the boost from his Ancient Demon Dragon Blood’s Dragon Aura, but I never expected Jiang Chen’s Divine Thought Power to be this formidable."

Watching from a distance, the Cold Moon King’s eyes flickered, and she secretly sighed in relief. ’It’s a good thing I didn’t rush to act earlier. Otherwise, facing a blast of Divine Thought Power like that, I would be no match for Jiang Chen at all. But from the looks of it, the Black Dragon King seems to have the upper hand. We should be the ones laughing at the end of this battle!’

BOOM—

An earth-shattering boom suddenly erupted in the void.

Both of their Divine Thought Powers had reached the Spirit King level!

The sheer destructive force of their clashing Divine Thought made the void itself tremble violently, sending out waves of ripples.

Their Divine Thought Power was shaking space itself.

The ripples in the void spread out in all directions. Wherever they passed, clouds were pulverized, mountain peaks cracked, leaving onlookers dumbfounded.

And this was just a battle between Spirit Kings!

If a Human Emperor or an expert at the Spirit Emperor Level were to fight, they would shatter the void and rend the heavens—a true apocalypse!

The Black Dragon King gasped for breath. The thousand-zhang Martial Soul Dragon Shadow behind him had dimmed somewhat. His eyes flickered, revealing a look of grim determination. ’This kid’s Divine Thought is far stronger than I imagined. I can’t drag this on. I have to end this quickly!’

’My Divine Thought is only at the Fourth-Grade Divine Thought Grandmaster level. I only have the might of a Spirit King thanks to the Dragon Aura granted by my Demon Dragon Blood.’

’After all, it’s not my own power!’

’The drain is immense!’

’I can’t keep this up for long...’

The Black Dragon King raised an eyebrow, a cold smirk playing on his lips. "I never imagined a junior like you could push me this far. But this battle ends now. I forgot to mention... the most terrifying part of my Demon Dragon Blood isn’t the Dragon Aura. It’s that I command a sliver of the power of time!"

"Time?"

Jiang Chen was stunned.

The Dragon Race was a powerful clan, favored by the heavens.

Within the Dragon Race, there were Fire Dragons born with Flame Power, Sea Dragons who mastered the Water Dao, Cyan Dragons who commanded plant life, Void Ancient Dragons born with the ability to traverse the void, and Five-Colored Divine Dragons born with all five elements, among many others.

The Demon Dragon!

According to legend, they were a branch of the Dragon Race that commanded Darkness and time!

It was said that in the Ancient Era, Demon Dragons could use Time Freeze and make Darkness eternal.

Jiang Chen never would have imagined that the Demon Dragon Blood the Black Dragon King possessed would also carry a trace of the power to control time!

"Jiang Chen, there is absolutely no way you can withstand this next attack!" the Black Dragon King roared with laughter, a cold light bursting from his eyes.

ROAR!

The thousand-zhang dragon shadow above his head began to shrink rapidly.

It ultimately condensed until it resembled a Long Spear.

Black Dragon Scales flaked off the Black Dragon King’s body like black snowflakes, flying toward the Long Spear formed from the dragon shadow. The scales fused to its surface, turning the weapon pitch-black and covering it in a ferocious, eye-piercing layer of armor. The spear point was incomparably sharp.

The Black Dragon King’s gaze was incredibly sharp and filled with a savage, blood-red light. He poured every last bit of Divine Thought Power from his body into the Long Spear.

HUMMMMM!

The Dragon Scales on the Long Spear rippled, emitting a grating, metallic shriek.

"Silent! Extinction! Demon! Dragon! Kill!"

A clanging sound like striking metal came from the Black Dragon King’s throat, vast and deafening.

The ceaseless booming made the very void tremble.

He thrust the spear.

A vast and mighty wave of black light shot out from the spear.

Wherever the beam of black light passed, the wind stopped blowing, the rolling clouds froze in place, and even the flapping of clothes and the flicker of light in people’s eyes were locked in that single instant.

It was as if this entire corner of the world had fallen completely still.

Even though it was only for an instant.

After the black spear light passed, everything immediately returned to normal.

But the power of this spear thrust was still terrifying.

An incredulous look appeared in Jiang Chen’s eyes. ’Time Freeze? It actually froze time...’

He shot backward.

He felt the threat of death from that spear.

In a battle between masters, the line between life and death is decided in a single thought!

If he were frozen at a critical moment, even for a fraction of an instant, it would be fatal!

The Black Dragon King laughed loudly, "Jiang Chen, you can’t escape! Silent Extinction Demon Dragon Kill..."