Nine Heavens Martial Emperor

The divine might of the Six Dao permeated heaven and earth. The ferocious beast groveled, on the verge of being slain, but then, the unexpected happened.

The chains binding the ferocious beast began to glow. The once pitch-black links became dazzlingly brilliant, radiating a divine aura.

In that instant, the unremarkable chains transformed into a Divine Chain.

The Divine Chain possessed terrifying divine power, managing to resist Lin Hao’s Six Dao divine might.

Moreover, Lin Hao felt a vast and boundless power.

The power surged toward him, making him feel as if he were facing the boundless universe itself.

Thankfully, the power came as quickly as it retreated.

The moment Lin Hao took a step back, the power vanished.

Lin Hao’s eyes narrowed.

The chains had become a Divine Chain, now covered in exceptionally ancient characters. A primitive, desolate aura permeated the space between heaven and earth.

This was undoubtedly the work of a mighty expert. At the very least, only an existence at the Saint level could possess such heaven-defying divine might.

It could even be a Quasi-Emperor, or possibly the work of a Great Emperor.

Lin Hao’s eyes, after narrowing, suddenly blazed with light.

The Six Dao divine might manifested once more!

Only this time, it wasn’t directed at the ferocious beast. Lin Hao attacked the Divine Chain directly.

He was, without a doubt, challenging an ancient, mighty expert!

Lin Hao’s actions were utterly audacious.

Though the attack was not aimed at the ferocious beast, Lin Hao’s Six Dao divine might was so terrifying that immense fear showed in its blood-red, lantern-like eyes.

It was hard to tell if its fear stemmed from the Six Dao divine might or from what Lin Hao was doing.

BOOM!

The Divine Chain quivered lightly, and a ripple spread through the void.

As the ripple expanded, Lin Hao’s Six Dao divine might was instantly obliterated, vanishing without a trace.

In truth, Lin Hao could sense that the Divine Chain had not used its full strength.

The ripple contained terrifying energy, yet it wasn’t intended to harm.

"What is the meaning of this?!"

Lin Hao’s body swayed slightly as he spoke out, not caring whether the Divine Chain could hear him.

"The piles of bones on the ground are proof enough! This beast is a great menace! Why do you stop me from killing it?"

There was no telling who had refined this Divine Chain, but the divine will of an ancient expert was clearly preserved within it. Lin Hao didn’t care. A man should live to settle scores and right wrongs. This beast was a great menace, and he would argue his case even if a Great Emperor himself wanted to protect it.

The Divine Chain quivered again, and the ripples returned.

This time, scene after scene materialized in the void.

After watching these scenes, Lin Hao realized that most of the beings who had stumbled into this ancient formation were terrifying Devil Beasts and other ferocious beasts. The bones on the ground mostly belonged to them.

As for the Martial Artists who had wandered in, they had been killed by their own greed.

When those Martial Artists arrived, an illusion would manifest, filled with countless rare treasures and wondrous artifacts...

In the end, with the exception of his grandfather, no one had been able to resist the temptation.

At that point, a Cultivation Technique would appear. Cultivating these techniques to their apex led to only one end.

Realizing the truth after seeing the images, Lin Hao felt a bit awkward.

At that moment, a tremendous roar echoed from above, and massive boulders began to fall.

Lin Hao snapped back to reality and, without a second thought, began Refining the black True Essence in his grandfather’s body.

Lin Hao had rehearsed this in his mind before, so he was now proceeding with practiced ease.

The moment Lin Hao started, the chaos overhead intensified.

Boulders weighing tens of thousands of pounds plummeted down, carrying with them an immense pressure.

However, the moment these boulders came near Lin Hao, they disintegrated into dust.

Lin Hao’s externalized Gang Qi was incredibly potent.

A quarter of an hour later, all the black True Essence in his grandfather’s body had transformed into a somewhat murky Chaos True Essence.

Just as Lin Hao breathed a sigh of relief, the Divine Chain lit up, and a portal materialized in the void.

The portal immediately pulled Lin Hao inside before closing.

In the blink of an eye, Lin Hao emerged from the void outside the Nine Yang Hall.

The instant he appeared, Lin Hao was on high alert.

He struck without a moment’s hesitation.

PUFF!

A terrifying surge of energy struck, sending Lin Hao flying as he coughed up blood.

The blow felt like it had rearranged his internal organs and nearly shattered his heart meridians.

At the critical moment, his Lifebound True Blood stirred and the Zhe Character Skill activated simultaneously, managing to protect his heart meridians.

Lin Hao was horrified.

Though he had been caught off guard, the person who attacked him was overwhelmingly powerful. ’Even at my full strength, I probably wouldn’t be a match for them.’

Lin Hao’s body hurtled backward. He was using the Zhe Character Skill to heal and made no effort to stop his momentum. He flew for hundreds, even a thousand miles.

"Huangfu Yao, you’ve only been in this lower realm for a few days, and already someone is willing to die for you. A pity. You are my woman, after all," an impossibly arrogant voice rang out.

Lin Hao saw the back of a slender man. The words had clearly come from him.

As the man spoke, the very space around him began to distort.

Farther away, palaces that floated in the void began to shatter and explode.

Even with his back to Lin Hao and at such a great distance, the man’s presence alone made Lin Hao’s blood churn.

This was, without a doubt, a Martial Artist from the upper realm, whose cultivation had reached a terrifyingly high level.

"Si Haoyang, must you treat human life with such contempt?" Huangfu Yao’s voice rang out. She stood before the man, her robes fluttering, looking like a Celestial Immortal.

The intense shockwave just now had caused several distant palaces to explode. It was easy to imagine how many Martial Artists had been turned to dust in that instant.

"Hmph, the Martial Artists of this lower realm are nothing but ants. Even if I don’t kill them today, they won’t live much longer anyway," the man Huangfu Yao had called Si Haoyang said with cold indifference.

Just then, the man whirled around in shock, his gaze fixed on the distance.

A thousand miles away in the void, a figure stood proudly, watching him with a cold stare.

"Interesting. A mere Martial Artist at the Fifth Layer of the Spirit Transformation Realm actually survived one of my attacks."

Si Haoyang spoke, then made a casual grabbing motion toward the distant figure.

That figure was, of course, Lin Hao.

As Si Haoyang made his move, Lin Hao felt a terrifying pressure descend upon him.

It felt as if a tunnel had instantly materialized from a thousand miles away, trying to pull him in.

To construct a spatial tunnel with a mere wave of the hand—this was an advanced manifestation of the martial path.

Lin Hao let out a sharp cry. As his hands moved, the space before him warped in response.

Although his body slid several dozen meters in Si Haoyang’s direction, Lin Hao ultimately managed to resist the attack.

"Not bad. But it’s nothing more than a futile struggle."

A mocking smile played on Si Haoyang’s lips as he twisted his five fingers.

Lin Hao felt an immense pressure. His body slid forward relentlessly, beginning to tilt.

"Lin!"

In his sea of consciousness, Lin Hao roared, and the Lin Character Skill manifested.

At the same time, his True Self Divine Soul struck, traversing the void to appear before Si Haoyang and throwing a punch.

Lin Hao’s tilting body came to a halt. His True Self Divine Soul, merged with the void, was as fast as lightning.

Although Si Haoyang was a step behind, he was still incredibly dominant. He not only blocked the True Self Divine Soul’s punch but also managed to heavily wound it, forcing it to retreat back into Lin Hao’s Upper Dantian.