Nine Heavens Martial Emperor

Lin Hao’s gaze shifted.

A formless might surged forth, resisting the eight Divine Chains.

This was the power of the Six Paths of Reincarnation.

But the Divine Chains were indestructible, closing in on Lin Hao inch by inch.

"You are still far too weak, but your Dao is impressive," the Devil Emperor remarked.

His words were uncharacteristically plain, as if he disdained to launch a second attack.

Lin Hao did not respond. However, the God-Painting Brush, which had been drifting within one of the minor worlds, stirred at that moment.

Then, a shocking scene unfolded.

The God-Painting Brush was writing a character.

A stroke, a dot, a line... The brush moved like a dancing dragon.

If Si Haoming were to witness this, his eyes would surely pop from their sockets.

For not only he, but all the Martial Artists of the Si clan, were unaware that the God-Painting Brush could be wielded in such a manner.

A brilliant light shone in Lin Hao’s eyes. The power of the Six Paths of Reincarnation battled the ever-nearing Divine Chains, while the character from the God-Painting Brush took shape.

It was the character for "kill."

The instant the "kill" character formed, it flew out from the minor world, broke apart, and assaulted the eight Divine Chains.

CLANG! CLANG! CLANG!

As they collided, divine light erupted, piercing through the void.

One by one, the Divine Chains were annihilated along with the fragments of the "kill" character.

In the end, only two of the eight Divine Chains remained.

Then, with a shift of his gaze, Lin Hao unleashed the power of the Six Paths of Reincarnation, instantly grinding the final two Divine Chains into nothingness.

Though it took some effort, Lin Hao had annihilated the Devil Emperor’s eight Divine Chains without taking a single step back.

"You are a bit stronger than I imagined."

His Divine Chains destroyed, the Devil Emperor did not attack again. Instead, he offered Lin Hao this assessment.

But Lin Hao shook his head. "You’re just too weak."

There was no reply.

Instead, Lin Hao let out a sudden roar. The Six Paths of Reincarnation manifested and began to spin behind him. The six minor worlds radiated with brilliant divine light as they manifested the Reincarnation Dao.

What was once the Nine Yang Void Realm had become the Boundless River Domain, formed from the convergence of the Jiujiang River.

As Lin Hao manifested the Reincarnation Dao, the river water below surged a thousand meters into the sky, drawn directly toward him.

Lin Hao’s Reincarnation Dao flexed its power, attempting to pull the Devil Emperor in and cast him into the Reincarnation Dao.

"You couldn’t trap me just now, and you still can’t."

The Devil Emperor stood proudly in the void, unshaken by Lin Hao’s Six Paths of Reincarnation.

It wasn’t that the Six Paths of Reincarnation lacked power, but that Lin Hao’s own cultivation was insufficient.

He had cultivated to the Dragon Transformation Dao Realm and could kill a Martial Artist at the Sealed Martial Realm First Layer. But this Devil Emperor’s cultivation was mysterious and unfathomable, unbelievably profound.

Lin Hao estimated he was at least at the Sealed Martial Realm Second Layer.

What was more terrifying, Lin Hao had the unsettling feeling that this was not the Devil Emperor’s main body.

’This is merely an incarnation of the Devil Emperor!’

But Lin Hao was neither afraid nor discouraged.

Although his Six Paths of Reincarnation had opened the Reincarnation Dao, he knew it still had a long way to develop.

The six minor worlds were currently balanced only because his Dao Sound was incomplete.

Combined with the fact that his own realm was not yet at the Sealed Martial Realm, being at a disadvantage did nothing to dampen his spirit. On the contrary, it fueled his resolve.

Suddenly, Lin Hao’s gaze shifted. Deep within his eyes, the six minor worlds seemed to become one.

No, they hadn’t become one. Rather, one minor world shone with such brilliance that it completely overshadowed the others!

That was the minor world Lin Hao had last manifested using the Dao Sound.

𝗳𝐫𝚎𝗲𝚠𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝘃𝚎𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝗺

This one minor world was all that could be seen, not just in Lin Hao’s eyes, but in the void itself.

The sixth minor world shone with resplendent divine light, becoming the master of the void.

It extended outward, its divine light erupting to envelop the body of the Bifang.

From behind, the other five minor worlds also shot out beams of divine light, all of which flowed into the sixth.

They were feeding it their energy.

Enveloped, the Bifang’s body erupted with endless runes. Its entire form burst into flame as it struggled against the brilliant divine light.

But the six minor worlds had now truly manifested a single, complete world. The divine might of the Dao radiated before it, and a sacred chant filled the air, stunning all life within its reach.

Behind it, a passage manifested from endless Chaos Qi, connecting directly to another realm.

At this moment, the minor world gave off the terrifying impression of the Great Dao’s wrath.

An aura of utter annihilation radiated from it, threatening to turn everything to dust.

This was the same feeling Lin Hao had when he first encountered the Dao Sound, now perfectly recreated by the sixth minor world.

More and more runes appeared on the Bifang’s body, and its Innate Essence Flame grew ever more majestic, but it still could not resist.

In the next instant, the Bifang’s body was devoured and reduced to dust.

However, just at the edge of the divine light’s reach, a figure appeared.

The figure was shrouded in an Endless Divine Ring, wreathed in interwoven mysterious runes and Chaos Qi, like a deity reborn.

"Let me show you what the Dao truly is!"

The figure spoke, its voice laced with fury.

It was the voice of the Devil Emperor.

He had been hidden within the Bifang’s body, but he had just failed to save it.

As he spoke, the Endless Divine Ring, mysterious runes, and Chaos Qi all fused together, manifesting a great cauldron.

The cauldron was not physical, yet a simple, ancient aura billowed from it, vast enough to cover the heavens and the earth.

Even as Lin Hao manifested his Six Paths of Reincarnation, he could feel an aura of primordial chaos.

On the cauldron’s surface, images of the sun, moon, stars, earth, mountains, and rivers were so vivid they seemed to come alive.

The great cauldron surged toward the minor world Lin Hao had manifested.

Lin Hao felt as if all the heavens and the Ten Thousand Realms were collapsing down upon him.

The cauldron contained a supreme Dao. Before its power, Lin Hao was like a mere child!

A terrifying vision appeared in Lin Hao’s mind.

He felt as if he were in the Endless Primordial Chaos, the very earth and sky collapsing in on him.

Faced with such power, Lin Hao felt utterly insignificant.

Doubt flickered in Lin Hao’s heart.

But at that very moment, the Creation Jade Butterfly trembled slightly.

In the next instant, Lin Hao’s mind snapped back to reality. A brilliant divine light shot from his eyes—it was a flash of purple qi!

Almost simultaneously, a world-shattering collision occurred.

It was as if the heavens, enraged, sought to remake the world. The area was drowned in endless divine light.

Terrifying shockwaves swept across the land for ten thousand miles!

From this one blow, Lin Hao suffered grievous injuries, his body beginning to crack.

Across from him, the Devil Emperor’s body swayed, having clearly taken a considerable blow as well.

"To think I would be injured in the lower realms by a youth who has yet to enter the Sealed Martial Realm. You have much to be proud of."

The Devil Emperor’s voice wavered for the first time, as if this was a situation he had never before encountered.

"Is that all you have? For someone at your level, you dare descend to the lower realms as a mere incarnation? Who gave you the nerve?"

Lin Hao retorted forcefully, fearless before the Devil Emperor.

"An incarnation, so what? It is more than enough to destroy you."

The Devil Emperor spoke, taking the initiative to attack for the first time.

Clearly, Lin Hao had shocked him too deeply. He intended to snuff out Lin Hao here and now, while he was still in the Spirit Transformation Realm.

’To think that he, a being of stunning and brilliant talent, who in the Divine Demon Destruction Domain wouldn’t even glance at those in the Sealed Martial Realm, let alone the Spirit Transformation Realm... And yet, Lin Hao had stirred within him a genuine will to kill.’