Strongest War Emperor

The moment Shen Lang entered the Grand Array sealing the rift, he was hit by a blast of Supreme Yin Qi.

He struggled, using his Emperor’s Will and Sword Intent to slash away the invading Supreme Yin Qi, then deployed his Star Moon Bodhi Prayer Beads to push back the encroaching energy and shield his entire body...

But upon further observation, he discovered something unimaginably strange!

Having endured the corrosion of the Supreme Yin Qi, felt the sheer power of this energy, and, with his mastery of arrays, understood the approximate strength of the seal, Shen Lang was certain of one thing...

The seal set up by the Emperor Martial Realm experts of the Imperial Dragon Sect couldn’t possibly be strong enough to suppress this Supreme Yin Qi!

Yet, the seal was currently unusually stable, looking as if it had power to spare!

This was practically impossible!

Something was completely wrong!

In short, the force truly sealing the Supreme Yin Qi within the rift was not the array set up by the experts from the Imperial Dragon Sect.

It was another, unseen power!

’How could this be... Could another expert have intervened? To avoid the experts from the Imperial Dragon Sect and act within the seal without being detected... one would probably need the formidable cultivation of the Quasi-Emperor Martial Realm or higher.’

As he thought this, Shen Lang activated his Silver Eyes of Truth.

The Silver Eyes of Truth could shatter all illusions and perceive the fundamental Origin and Rules of existence.

Under their gaze, all facades were stripped away, leaving only reality...

What he saw was so staggering that the shock in his heart was simply beyond words.

He had initially thought that a powerful expert like Xue Shiyin had secretly intervened.

But one look revealed that this was not the case at all!

Beneath the gaze of his Silver Eyes of Truth, right above the churning Supreme Yin Qi that resembled a black sea, a pure power of Supreme Yang and Firmness was spread out like a canopy.

A thousand rays of auspicious light and ten thousand divine rainbows streamed forth, presenting a spectacle of five colors and a seven-colored radiance!

The force that truly suppressed the Supreme Yin Qi, preventing it from breaking through the seal, was precisely this incredibly mysterious power!

It was this same supremely powerful force that had suppressed the Supreme Yin Qi within the rift right under the noses of Emperor Martial Realm experts, yet remained completely undetected!

How powerful, and how bizarre!

Shen Lang suppressed the shock in his heart and immediately focused his Silver Eyes of Truth, locking onto this mysterious power. He began to peel it back layer by layer, analyzing it with deductive reasoning.

Upon inspection, Shen Lang was astonished to discover that this power was not any kind of energy native to the Human Realm!

’Divine Demon Power... This power is Divine Demon Power from the Upper Realm!’

The War God Hall had numerous records concerning Divine Demon Power and the Upper Realm Divine Demons.

Divine Demon Power, often shortened to Divine Power.

It was a type of power completely different from that of the Human Realm—it was the power born after the energies of the Human Realm had been sublimated and fused with Rules.

Because this power had already touched upon the Natural Great Dao, it was inextricably linked to the Heaven and Earth Rules.

It was no longer as pure as Spiritual Power or Demon Power.

Spiritual Power, Demon Power, or the Magic Power of the Human Realm’s Demon Race could all be categorized simply as energy.

This energy was what living beings absorbed from the Power of the Stars and the Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi, converting it for their own use.

Divine Demon Power, however, was not merely energy. It was the product of energy fused with Rules.

Divine Demon Power contained the supreme Great Dao and countless Rules.

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According to legend, Human Realms like the Star Continent were endless, as numerous as the grains of sand in the Ganges.

The Star Continent was merely one tiny star in the vast cosmos.

Many powerful experts referred to the plane of existence containing the Star Continent as a "Little World."

Above these Little Worlds was a higher plane of existence called the "Three Thousand Great Worlds."

The "Three Thousand Great Worlds" was just a name representing this higher plane; it didn’t mean there were actually three thousand of them.

Beyond the Three Thousand Great Worlds lay the highest plane of existence, which consisted of the Six Realms.

They were: the Celestial Realm, the Demon Realm, the Demon Realm, the Buddha Realm, the Spirit Realm, and the Pangu Realm.

The Divine Demon Power Shen Lang had just discovered was a power that originated from these Six Realms.

It was a type of power that only a Divine Demon from one of the Six Realms could wield!

The essence of this power was the same as the Divine Power of the Witch Race, but there was one very significant difference.

There was, in fact, some basis for the Witch Race calling themselves the "Divine Race."

Although many from the Human Race, Demon Race, and others did not acknowledge it, outwardly calling them the "Witch Race," the experts of every race understood deep down that even if the Witch Race weren’t the Divine Race, they were at the very least a race with profound connections to the Upper Realm.

Previously, when Shen Lang had been struck by Xue Dangdang’s palm and was hiding inside the Heaven-Sealing Cauldron, Little Crystal had used the Witch Race’s "Divine Power" to help him heal.

He had taken that opportunity to carefully feel the might of this Divine Power and had even inspected it with his Silver Eyes of Truth.

He never expected that, after such a short time, he would once again encounter this unimaginably powerful "Divine Demon Power"!

Although the Divine Power Little Crystal used was nowhere near as potent as the one Shen Lang was currently investigating, their essence was indeed very similar.

However, despite their similar essence, there was still a major difference.

This difference wasn’t a matter of quantity, nor was it a matter of strength or weakness.

It was a matter of whether or not it had fused with the Power of Rules.

The Divine Power Little Crystal possessed had come into contact with the Rules of this world, but it hadn’t reached the point of mastering and fusing with them.

But the Divine Power suppressing the Supreme Yin Qi above the rift had already fused with one or even multiple types of the Power of Rules, making it powerful to an unimaginable degree!

From this, it seemed the mysterious Witch Race likely didn’t originate from the Upper Realm. Rather, they had probably accepted the rule of the Upper Realm Divine Demons and were thus able to practice an Upper Realm Divine Demon Technique.

That was how they cultivated their unfathomable Divine Power.

And this power of Supreme Yang and Firmness that Shen Lang was now investigating, the one suppressing the Supreme Yin Qi, came entirely from a true Divine Demon!

And an unimaginably powerful one at that!

’The Reverse Passage between the Upper Realm and the Lower Realm was sealed ten thousand years ago. Of the Divine Demons stranded in the Human Realm, some fled into slumber, some hid in the void, and the rest were sealed in the Nine Netherworld Prison by the allied experts of the Mortal World. So how could such a powerful Divine Demon appear and interfere with the matter of the Supreme Yin Qi?’

’According to the investigation by Xian’Er’s faction, "Night Soul," many rifts have appeared in the other Three Desolates and the Central Province, not just the Western Wilderness. Several have even appeared within the borders of the Purple Chu Country. If a Divine Demon wanted to interfere, surely they wouldn’t target only this one rift?’

’Suppressing a single rift, while impressive, is still within the realm of possibility...’

’But if it has sealed the rifts all over the world... that level of power is simply unprecedented and unimaginable!’

Shen Lang continued to speculate and reason while using his Silver Eyes of Truth to analyze the Seven-Colored Divine Power above the rift, peeling back its secrets layer by layer.

Under the Silver Eyes of Truth, the Divine Demon Power shone with a magnificent light, forming a net that suppressed the Supreme Yin Qi within the rift.

It was precisely this force’s suppression that prevented the Supreme Yin Power from surging out completely.

The Supreme Yin Qi within the seal where Shen Lang stood was, in fact, just a tiny fraction that had leaked out after being suppressed by the Divine Demon Power.

The truly vast energy was completely suppressed within the rift, unable to break free.

Looking up, even with his Silver Eyes of Truth, he could only make out a vague outline... He saw a slender thread of faint light rising from the center of the great net that sealed the Supreme Yin Qi, extending leisurely upward until it reached the heavens.

Shen Lang tilted his head back to look at the sky, his gaze tracing the thread ever upward. Sweat dripped from his face; the effort was immense.

Beside him, Yuan Bupu couldn’t understand what Shen Lang was looking at. Seeing his strained expression, he didn’t dare to interrupt and could only watch on with anxious worry.

Outside the seal, Zu Wei and the others followed Shen Lang’s gaze but saw only an empty sky, leaving them utterly baffled.

’Wentian, using the Silver Eyes of Truth is closely tied to one’s Divine Thought. My current Divine Sense is too weak. Lend me your Power of Divine Soul!’ Shen Lang said grimly in his mind.

Zuo Wentian’s voice immediately rang out in reply. "Master, has something happened?"

"Something very important. I’ll explain later," Shen Lang replied.

The Power of Divine Soul was not like ordinary Spiritual Power. For Zuo Wentian, who had already lost his physical body, it was exceptionally important.

Back when he’d saved Nalan Ziyun, he had consumed this Power of Divine Soul and the Power of Life within it, which had left him so weak that he fell into a deep, unresponsive slumber.

Whenever Zuo Wentian took action, he needed to consume this Power of Divine Soul.

For this reason, Shen Lang was usually reluctant to have him act.

However, Zuo Wentian understood that Shen Lang would never ask him to expend his Power of Divine Soul unless he had encountered something truly momentous.

So, without the slightest hesitation, he immediately sent his Power of Divine Soul surging into Shen Lang’s Sea of Consciousness.

The once-calm Sea of Consciousness was instantly whipped into a frenzy as if by a hurricane, sending monstrous waves surging to the heavens!

Reinvigorated by Zuo Wentian’s assistance, Shen Lang, who had been on the verge of giving up, felt his spirits soar. His Silver Eyes of Truth immediately followed the golden thread forward, tracing it back to the source of the Divine Demon Power.

And as he probed deeper, the shock in Shen Lang’s heart grew ever more profound!

His earlier suspicion had actually come true!

The Divine Demon Power hadn’t just sealed this one rift; it was suppressing every single rift across the entire world!

The closer he got to the origin point of the Divine Demon Power, the more threads of power identical to this one he saw!

It was as if some unknown point in space was releasing countless threads formed from this incredibly pure power. These threads then traversed space to reach every rift across the world, pinning down the Supreme Yin Qi!

’How is this possible!’

With the War Emperor’s memories, Shen Lang was intimately familiar with the power systems of the Human Realm.

He also had a rough understanding of the strength of its various experts.

Based on his understanding and judgment, not even the War Emperor at his peak could have possessed the power to suppress every rift across the world!

To put it bluntly, with the War Emperor’s strength at his peak, he could at most hold the center and suppress seven or eight such rifts.

Any more would be absolutely impossible!

To use such a supreme power to suppress the Supreme Yin Qi all over the world... the Five Directions Emperor couldn’t do it. Even the Six Ancestors couldn’t possibly do it!

And according to Shen Lang’s understanding of this world...

Even the Upper Realm Divine Demons stranded in the Human Realm lacked such an ability!

This kind of immense power shouldn’t even exist in this world!

Something utterly impossible was happening right before his eyes. Even with his incomparably resolute mind, the shock Shen Lang felt at this moment was beyond measure...