Nine Heavens Martial Emperor

Lin Hao had been retreating, but a sudden restrictive force froze him in place in the void.

Si Haoyang took a step, seemingly shrinking the world beneath his feet, and appeared before Lin Hao in the blink of an eye.

He reached out, his hand clawing toward Lin Hao’s Dantian.

He intended to forcibly seize Lin Hao’s Origin bloodline.

Every hair on Lin Hao’s body stood on end.

"You dare!"

Not far away, Huangfu Yao cried out. Her hands danced, weaving a Martial Dao domain.

Two beams of light—one black, one red—shot from her hands.

𝐟𝕣𝕖𝐞𝐰𝕖𝚋𝐧𝗼𝚟𝐞𝕝.𝗰𝐨𝐦

The black beam pulsed with a powerful aura of death, while the red one contained immense life essence.

The former shot toward Si Haoyang, while the latter rushed toward Lin Hao.

She was trying to stop Si Haoyang while simultaneously providing Lin Hao with a surge of powerful energy.

Both forces were incredibly powerful, enough to make even Si Haoyang pause for an instant.

In that instant, Lin Hao used the influx of power to break free from his restraints.

Lin Hao shot backward, a searing pain flaring in his abdomen.

Si Haoyang’s claws had left long, bloody gashes across his abdomen. Blood sprayed out, flying through the air and into Si Haoyang’s palm a hundred meters away.

Lin Hao’s pupils constricted violently.

’If Huangfu Yao hadn’t intervened, it wouldn’t just be blood from the wound that had flown into Si Haoyang’s palm, but my entire Origin bloodline.’

’The Martial Dao Cultivation of a Martial Artist at the Spirit Transformation Realm Peak... it’s unimaginable.’

Lin Hao retreated explosively again, activating every Secret Skill at his disposal. Even the True Self Divine Soul in his Upper Dantian was feeding power back into his body.

Finally, he severed the connection between himself and Si Haoyang’s palm. The wound on his abdomen began to heal at an astonishing rate.

At that moment, the entire Nine Yang Void Realm grew dark, and the sky became blanketed with stars.

Beside Nine Yang Hall, a Tai Chi Array Map materialized behind Lin Hao.

This Tai Chi Array Map was anything but ordinary. It was half-white and half-red, with a streak of purple right in the center.

It was a fusion of the imperial techniques from his Blood Coagulation Realm and Soul Gathering Realm, combined with his Lifebound True Blood.

At this moment, Lin Hao gave off an ethereal aura. He seemed to be right before their eyes, yet as distant as the horizon.

This phenomenon manifested across the entire Nine Yang Void Realm, leaving many who witnessed it utterly dumbfounded.

It was as if an Immortal King had crossed time and space, arriving from primordial antiquity to descend upon the Nine Yang Void Realm.

BOOM!

Suddenly, the entire area began to tremble violently.

Onlookers noticed that the Tai Chi Array Map behind the "Immortal King" was now shining even more brightly.

"Incredible! For Lin Hao to actually break through at a time like this!"

In the crowd, a look of horror flashed in the eyes of Leng Chenfeng, who held a Dragon Scale Spear.

That strange tremor just now had clearly been the result of a cultivation breakthrough.

Beside Nine Yang Hall, even Si Haoyang’s eyes narrowed, and a murderous intent began to surge within him.

Lin Hao had broken through to the next realm right before his very eyes. It was, without a doubt, a silent slap in the face.

The man was only at the Fifth Layer of Spirit Transformation Realm, yet he had managed to achieve such a feat. It was enough to make even Si Haoyang burn with jealousy.

Yes, that’s what it was: jealousy.

’If I possessed such talent, I would already be standing at the apex of my generation in the Divine Demon Destruction Domain, qualified to contend with the heirs of the God and Demon races—perhaps even with an Emperor’s Son.’

"Someone from the lower realms is unworthy of such a noble bloodline. In your hands, it is an utter waste of a divine gift."

Si Haoyang stared at Lin Hao’s abdomen, a blazing fire once again igniting in his eyes.

Then, he let out a thunderous roar.

With that single roar, nine great rivers in the void began to churn and thunder.

The nine great rivers shattered instantly!

Throughout the Nine Yang Void Realm, the bodies of many Martial Artists exploded on the spot.

Lin Hao swayed and coughed up another mouthful of blood. The celestial phenomena surrounding him vanished completely.

Clearly, Si Haoyang was now unleashing the full might of his cultivation, intent on killing Lin Hao.

With another great shout, Si Haoyang struck again, his hand clawing directly for Lin Hao’s abdomen.

Runes materialized in the void, binding Lin Hao and rendering him immobile.

Not far away, Huangfu Yao’s face paled.

Domain power manifested from her body once more. This time, a pitch-black longsword tore through the void, slashing directly at Si Haoyang.

Runes flickered across the blade of the black sword.

Faced with this attack, Si Haoyang remained completely unfazed, not even pausing for a second.

He was willing to sustain an injury if it meant he could obtain Lin Hao’s Lifebound True Blood.

"Don’t!"

Huangfu Yao hadn’t expected Si Haoyang to be this frenzied, and she screamed in terror.

However, her cry only seemed to make Si Haoyang’s gaze turn even colder.

Staring at Lin Hao’s abdomen, a terrifying flame raged deep within Si Haoyang’s icy eyes, a fire that seemed capable of incinerating the endless void.

"Lin Hao, no one can save you today. The Overlord Body’s bloodline will be mine."

Si Haoyang’s voice was like thunder, making the very void tremble.

But at that very moment, he felt a sudden chill.

It was followed by a terrifying aura that bore down on him from Lin Hao’s position.

Slightly startled, Si Haoyang looked up and met Lin Hao’s gaze.

Deep within Lin Hao’s eyes, he saw six miniature worlds spinning.

"Six Paths of Reincarnation!"

Si Haoyang uttered four words, his body erupting in light as the terrifying sound of the Great Dao resonated.

At the same time, the hand clawing toward Lin Hao flicked outward.

A terrifying aura spread through the void, rushing toward Lin Hao at an unimaginable speed.

Lin Hao roared, his entire body glowing as he shifted sideways by a mere inch.

Pfft!

A bloody hole appeared in Lin Hao’s abdomen. With a single flick of his finger, Si Haoyang had pierced clean through his body.

The hole was just outside his Dantian, missing it by a mere fraction of an inch.

This was undoubtedly a terrifying Secret Skill. After all, Lin Hao’s physical body had reached a saintly level; the power of the Spirit Transformation Realm Peak shouldn’t have been able to harm him.

Despite the bloody hole in his torso, Lin Hao ignored the pain and frantically tried to activate the power of the Six Paths of Reincarnation.

Meanwhile, Si Haoyang’s body began to hum, and then he dissolved entirely into a cyan stream of energy.

The cyan current surged toward Lin Hao, blanketing everything.

The power of the Six Paths of Reincarnation was terrifying enough to make even Si Haoyang feel threatened. He would not allow Lin Hao to use such a technique.

Huangfu Yao, who had been fighting alongside Lin Hao, had now retreated to a safe distance. A complex mix of confusion and doubt flashed in her eyes.

Just a moment ago, Lin Hao had sent her a mental message, telling her not to intervene.

The message had carried a supreme divine authority, and upon hearing it, she found herself unable to even consider defying it, so she had simply obeyed.

By the time she snapped out of it, she realized she had already retreated from the battlefield.

’Sixth Layer of Spirit Transformation Realm against the Spirit Transformation Realm Peak... If you could unleash the power of the Six Paths of Reincarnation, you might have a sliver of a chance. But Si Haoyang will never let you activate it.’

Huangfu Yao murmured to herself, feeling a pang of regret for a Martial Artist with a lower cultivation base than her for the very first time.

In the distance, the cyan current moved with incredible speed. Lin Hao’s body was grievously wounded, and he was completely unable to summon the power of the Six Paths of Reincarnation.

But Si Haoyang didn’t stop his assault.

He remembered Lin Hao’s battle in the Divinity Realm. Although Si Haoyang had been in seclusion and hadn’t witnessed it firsthand, ancient families like his had astonishing methods. A mighty expert who had been present had later recreated the entire battle for the family to see.

He would never allow the Six Paths of Reincarnation to fully form.

The cyan current was eerie and intangible as it ravaged Lin Hao’s body.

Blood continuously rained down through the void.

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