Heaven-Surpassing Divine Emperor

Jiang Chen was seething with rage.

He never imagined that the Six Mountains Sword Venerable would be so tyrannical, so disdainful of even negotiating that he would attack directly and try to kill him.

In the face of Jiang Chen’s furious roar, the Six Mountains Sword Venerable gave a cold smile, his lips twisting in a frigid sneer. "What gives you the right to negotiate with me? No one in this world can threaten me—not even someone in the Emperor Realm, let alone a wet-behind-the-ears brat like you."

The Six Mountains Sword Venerable wore an indifferent expression.

In reality...

Although the Six Mountains Sword Venerable wanted to save Huang Xianyi, he never intended to pay any price for it.

Furthermore, Jiang Chen’s demands were substantial, and for the utterly stingy Six Mountains Sword Venerable, they were simply unbearable.

Therefore...

He chose the most direct solution: kill Jiang Chen and eliminate the problem for good.

Unfortunately for him, the Six Mountains Sword Venerable had miscalculated. He never imagined Jiang Chen’s perception would be so keen that he could dodge his sneak attack.

Instead, Huang Xianyi was caught in the crossfire and met a violent end.

"Six Mountains Sword Venerable, you were cruel, so I will be unjust! You forced my hand!" Jiang Chen roared from within the Celestial Demon Ancient Castle.

’If I hadn’t escaped so quickly, I would have met the same fate as Huang Xianyi.’

The Six Mountains Sword Venerable said coldly, "I forced your hand? Hahaha! Junior, what do you think you are that I would need to ’force’ you? Do you think hiding in that strange fortress means I can’t do anything to you? Open your eyes and watch closely! The so-called protection you’re relying on is pathetically fragile before me!"

The moment his voice fell, the Heavy Sword hovering behind the Six Mountains Sword Venerable shot abruptly into the sky.

It was a pitch-black Heavy Sword!

Its edge was unsharpened, its weight immense but not clumsy.

The Six Mountains Sword Venerable gripped the hilt with both hands, and the entire pitch-black Heavy Sword erupted with a series of violent, deafening roars that rumbled through the air.

"Mountain River Slash!"

Hoisting the black Heavy Sword high above his head with both hands, the Six Mountains Sword Venerable sent a black Sword Aura soaring into the clouds.

It was as thick as a True Dragon, as mighty as a mountain.

As the Sword Qi pulsed, it seemed as if countless mountains and rivers materialized upon the blade’s edge!

WHOOSH—

The sword fell. A vast torrent of Sword Qi descended from the sky. Within it, one could faintly discern towering peaks, winding rivers, and lush plains... all mixed within the Sword Qi, forming a Small World of mountains and rivers that crashed down upon the Celestial Demon Ancient Castle.

BOOM!

RUMBLE!

The collision between the sword’s edge and the Celestial Demon Ancient Castle caused the mountains to shatter and the rivers to collapse.

An unparalleled Energy Storm swept across the land!

The entire world was plunged into a terrifying spatial storm. A void vortex spun relentlessly, like the gaping, bloody maw of a primordial beast about to devour the Celestial Demon Ancient Castle.

"S-Such terrifying power! Is this the true strength of the Six Mountains Sword Venerable? It’s simply horrifying!"

"With a strike like that, I fear even another expert at the Human Emperor Realm Ninth Stage would struggle to block it."

"Jiang Chen is dead for sure!"

However, when all the energy subsided and silence returned, the expressions on everyone’s faces changed!

The Six Mountains Sword Venerable’s expression, in particular, became incredibly ugly, as dark as ink. "How is this possible? My strike can shatter even a Saint-tier Profound Weapon, yet it did nothing to this dark fortress? Could it be..." His eyes widened abruptly, filled with disbelief. "Could this dark fortress be a Divine-tier Profound Weapon?"

At this thought, a fiery, intensely greedy light flooded the Six Mountains Sword Venerable’s eyes.

’A Divine-tier Profound Weapon!’

Across the entire Eastern Continent, you could count the number of Divine-tier Profound Weapons on one hand, and all of them were in the hands of Emperor Realm patriarchs.

But now...

A Divine-tier Profound Weapon had appeared right before his eyes.

Greed filled the Six Mountains Sword Venerable’s eyes. He licked his lips and said in a low voice, "Junior, I accept all of your previous conditions. However, you must hand over this fortress to me. What do you say?"

"Hahahaha..."

Jiang Chen’s derisive laughter echoed from within the Celestial Demon Ancient Castle. "Six Mountains Sword Venerable, don’t you find yourself ridiculous? You want my Celestial Demon Ancient Castle? In your dreams... I told you, today, I will raze the Six Mountains Dynasty Imperial Capital to the ground and destroy the foundation you’ve painstakingly built over hundreds of years in a single blow!"

"Damn you!"

"You brat, do you really think I’m afraid of you? I will activate the Imperial Capital Array right now and break open this fortress! Once I capture you, you little bastard, I swear I’ll rip out your tendons, peel your skin, slice your flesh, and grind your bones!"

The Six Mountains Sword Venerable was furious.

A brilliant glow erupted around him as he began to activate the entire Imperial Capital—the lair he had spent hundreds of years fortifying.

Its power was comparable to a Saint Tier Advanced Profound Weapon!

RUMBLE...

Above the Imperial Capital, a mass of destructive energy gathered and, under the Six Mountains Sword Venerable’s control, began relentlessly attacking the Celestial Demon Ancient Castle.

The Celestial Demon Ancient Castle shook violently.

Inside the fortress, Jiang Chen sat cross-legged, his eyes like ice.

In front of Jiang Chen...

Piled before him were more than ten million Lower-Grade Spirit Crystals. This was all the wealth he had plundered from the nobles while sweeping through more than eighty large cities after arriving in the Six Mountains Dynasty.

At this moment...

Jiang Chen was recklessly operating the Heaven-Swallowing Secret Technique at full speed, continuously devouring the Spirit Crystals.

Madness and a love for battle were etched into Jiang Chen’s very bones.

His original plan had been to capture Huang Xianyi and use him as leverage, forcing the Six Mountains Sword Venerable to hesitate and thus buying time for himself and the Cloud Domain. He was confident that in ten years, he would possess the strength to fight the Sword Venerable on equal terms.

However...

Jiang Chen never expected the Six Mountains Sword Venerable to attack directly, intending to kill him.

This had thoroughly enraged Jiang Chen!

A man must be willing to kill, and he must repay every slight with death!

"Six Mountains Sword Venerable, you forced my hand!"

A crazed light shone in Jiang Chen’s eyes. As the Spirit Crystals were continuously devoured, his completely depleted True Essence was rapidly replenished. It grew more and more abundant, more and more turbulent, until it condensed into a liquid-like substance around his body, forming a ten-zhang-tall True Essence Dharma Aspect.

Cracks began to appear on the surface of Jiang Chen’s skin—a sign that his physical body could no longer contain the immense volume of True Essence!

’It’s not enough! This energy still isn’t enough to power a single attack from the Celestial Demon Ancient Castle!’ Jiang Chen’s eyes were bloodshot as he gritted his teeth and continued to devour.

Only a little over three million of the Spirit Crystals before him remained!

「At the same time.」

The Six Mountains Sword Venerable manipulated the Imperial Capital Array, striking the Celestial Demon Ancient Castle again and again, driving it ten thousand meters into the ground!

He continued to bombard it relentlessly.

The Six Mountains Sword Venerable’s face was incomparably grim. "Damn it, I still can’t break through? Damn it all..."

’It seems I have no choice but to go all out... for the sake of a Divine-tier Profound Weapon...’ The Six Mountains Sword Venerable’s eyes were blood-red, the greed within them burning even hotter.

He bit through the tip of his tongue.

A jet of blood shot out, turning into a bloody mist in mid-air that fused with the Six Mountains Sword Venerable’s Heavy Sword.

WHOOSH...

A vast and turbulent power from the heavens and earth converged into the Six Mountains Sword Venerable’s body. The fluctuations of his aura soared, continuously rising until he reached the level of the Half-step Emperor Realm.

Standing to the side, Yang Qiong’s eyes filled with horror. "Half-step Emperor Realm? That guy... he actually buried a Spirit Vein under the Imperial Capital! He’s now recklessly drawing on its power to break open the Divine-tier Profound Weapon? This is bad. The Divine-tier Profound Weapon can’t fall into his hands. I have to notify the Patriarch!"

Yang Qiong immediately sent a message to the Emperor Realm patriarch backing him.

「At the same time...」

The Six Mountains Sword Venerable, having temporarily mastered the power of the Half-step Emperor Realm by relying on the Spirit Vein, gave a confident smile. He manipulated his Giant Sword, transforming it into a ten-thousand-zhang Sword Aura that slashed down toward the Celestial Demon Ancient Castle.

RUMBLE...

The Sword Aura blotted out the sky, carrying with it the power to destroy heaven and earth.

Just as it was about to strike the Celestial Demon Ancient Castle, Jiang Chen’s long cry suddenly echoed from within. "Hahaha, I finally succeeded... Now die, Six Mountains Sword Venerable!"