Martial Cultivator

The sky was filled with countless burning meteors, and upon those countless burning meteors stood one indifferent deity after another.

The deities radiated powerful and indifferent auras. That terrifying pressure was enough to make many people incapable of even entertaining the thought of resistance.

When faced with deities, lowering one's head and prostrating oneself before them did not seem particularly shameful.

Chen Chao raised his head and felt those pressures, silently comparing them to the so-called Thunder Gods he had seen within the lightning pool above Rainfront County.

It was now known that those so-called Thunder Gods had merely been the method of a cultivator.

Then were these so-called deities who controlled heavenly fire filling the sky truly deities, or were they merely cultivator methods as well?

Chen Chao silently watched. He did not believe that true deities existed in this world.

Perhaps in the legends of ordinary commoners, and even within some so-called cultivator sects, there were stories of ancient deities, each governing different duties and bearing different titles.

But legends were merely legends after all, Chen Chao did not believe that genuine gods existed in this world. If they truly existed, then why had no one ever witnessed an unquestionable divine miracle throughout these thousand years? Since the founding of the Great Liang Dynasty more than two hundred years ago, it had never believed in ghosts or gods. Such conduct would surely be a genuine act of blasphemy in the eyes of so-called deities, yet why had they done nothing and instead allowed the Great Liang Dynasty to grow stronger with each passing day?

If deities truly existed and possessed such might, then a single one of them would probably be enough to change the ruling dynasty of the world.

Chen Chao's thoughts wandered, and he thought of many things. In the end, he shook his head, gathered his thoughts, and cast all those speculations aside. In truth, determining what exactly stood upon those countless burning meteors was very simple.

One only needed to see whether they could die.

If they could die, then they were not deities.

And even if they were deities, there would be nothing scary about them.

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The sky above the Rongshan Sect had already become a sea of fire.

That sea of fire resembled a vast expanse of burning molten lava, flowing above the Rongshan Sect at this moment, and no one knew when it would descend upon the mortal world.

But it was obvious that once that sea of molten lava fell upon the mountain gates of the Rongshan Sect, the Rongshan Sect would completely become history.

The Sect Master of the Rongshan Sect was already standing within the sea of fire. This great cultivator who had cultivated for several hundred years had long since reached the Fuyun Realm. The depth of his cultivation was not something ordinary cultivators could compare to. His towering body hung suspended in the air, and the blazing flames around him retreated one after another upon encountering the vast Dao qi flowing around his body.

One of the deities looked toward the Sect Master of the Rongshan Sect. A burning trident appeared in its hand, and it hurled it directly toward the Sect Master of the Rongshan Sect from afar!

The trident cut through the sea of fire, and countless burning flames surged toward it. In the blink of an eye, a strange beast appeared within the sea of fire, its entire body covered in flames. It resembled a qilin, but was countless times larger than one, with a body several hundred feet long!

The fire qilin ran through the sea of fire and crashed toward the Sect Master of the Rongshan Sect.

The Sect Master of the Rongshan Sect remained expressionless. He merely formed a dao seal with his hands, and countless golden threads instantly appeared before him. As those threads crisscrossed and intertwined, they gradually formed a eight trigram disc. As the eight trigram disc revolved, a sword hilt slowly appeared at its center.

A peachwood sword emerged from within the eight trigram disc.

The Sect Master of the Rongshan Sect grasped the peachwood sword, extended two fingers, and drew them across the blade. Immediately, a layer of golden radiance spread across the sword's body.

"Go!"

With a soft shout from the Sect Master of the Rongshan Sect, the peachwood sword shot forward. Along its path, the sea of fire parted to either side, while the vast daoist qi opened the way ahead of it.

When it collided with the fire qilin, the peachwood sword did not slow in the slightest. In a single instant, it split the fire qilin in two. The sword continued onward in a single stroke, while the fire qilin dispersed into nothingness.

But the might of the Sect Master of the Rongshan Sect's sword did not end there. The peachwood sword first pierced through the deity that had thrown the trident. After severing its head, it began roaming through the sea of fire, continuously slaughtering the deities standing upon the meteors.

As the peachwood sword continued its path, countless deities were split apart by the sword. Yet at the same time, countless new deities emerged from the sea of fire and once again took their places upon those now-empty meteors.

The Sect Master of the Rongshan Sect's expression changed slightly. After narrowing his eyes, the Sect Master formed another seal with both hands. Streams of vast daoist qi surged forth from behind him and crashed toward the heavens.

In that instant alone, behind the Sect Master of the Rongshan Sect, a vast expanse of blueish-purple color spread across the sky, resembling mist and haze.

As the color became increasingly dense, the sound of ocean waves rang out between heaven and earth.

Since this host of deities were so-called Fire Gods, then he would summon a sky full of floodwaters and drown them!

The sound of the waves grew louder and louder.

Everyone could see that behind the Sect Master of the Rongshan Sect, that vast bluish-violet tidal wave had gradually risen several thousand feet high, and afterward it seemed it would pour down in an unstoppable torrent!

"You dare profane the might of Heaven?"

An indifferent voice arose from within the sea of fire.

At the same time, within the sea of fire, a gigantic burning dharma idol slowly appeared, clad in armor and carrying a war spear, radiating endless pressure.

If the legendary righteous deity of the Fire Pantheon truly had a physical form, it would probably look exactly like this.

"The might of Heaven? What might of Heaven? Do you really think you're a god?"

The Sect Master of the Rongshan Sect looked indifferently at that gigantic dharma idol and said calmly, "If you truly are a god, then today I will slaughter you, this so-called deity!"

As the Sect Master of the Rongshan Sect spoke, the enormous waves behind him no longer remained suspended, but in an instant crashed down, all surging into that sea of fire!

When water and fire meet, a great battle is inevitable!

The two mutually promoted and restrained each other. At this level, it was already impossible to say clearly which would prevail and which would lose. The key depended on the people controlling the water and fire behind them.

"Stubborn and incorrigible. You deserve death!"

The gigantic Fire God dharma idol raised the war spear in its hand and viciously thrust it toward the Sect Master of the Rongshan Sect. The war spear pierced through the air carrying incomparable might. Aside from the Sect Master of the Rongshan Sect himself, probably no one could clearly understand the terror contained within this spear strike.

Looking at that gigantic war spear, the Sect Master of the Rongshan Sect frowned slightly. Countless strands of bluish-violet daoist qi surged before him, forming layer after layer of barriers.

At the same time, the Sect Master of the Rongshan Sect recalled the peachwood sword. Only after grasping it in his palm did his brows relax slightly.

But in the next moment, as the gigantic war spear descended carrying endless flames, the waters that had only just poured into the sea of fire instantly began to boil.

Strands of violet mist rose upward, enough to cover half the sky.

And within that mist, the spear descended with unstoppable force. The layers of barriers that the Sect Master of the Rongshan Sect had created before himself shattered instantly. Streams of vast daoist qi erupted from his body and crashed into that spear.

The rumbling sounds were endless.

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