Strongest War Emperor

"I am the dominator of this space. What is there to fear?"

Shen Lang chided him with dissatisfaction, "Once I finish the Refinement of this Supreme Yin Qi, this space will naturally return to normal."

"Only Soul Bodies can enter this space, so you’re in luck... If you’re in a place like this, with an endless supply of pure Energy for you to absorb, and your Cultivation still stagnates..."

The Ghost King’s body shuddered, and he shouted, "Rest assured, Boss! I will put my life on the line for my Cultivation and not disappoint your high hopes... Oh my heavens, how can the Spiritual Qi here be so pure! It’s like the dawn of creation, simply unimaginable!"

"You say that as if you witnessed the dawn of creation... I’m the one who gave you this opportunity. Whether you can seize it is up to you. Don’t embarrass me." As Shen Lang spoke, he cast his gaze a short distance ahead.

Right there, a Vermilion Bird no bigger than a thumb, formed from flames, was constantly ramming against a Cage of thunder and lightning, creating loud BANGING sounds.

’To think that devouring just a tiny wisp of Vermilion Bird Divine Fire could possess such tyrannical and violent power! The Ten Great Divine Beasts truly cannot be underestimated...’

’Although gathering the Ten Great Divine Beasts’ Essence Blood is only the true awakening of the Chaos Divine Body, and far from the realm of Great Success, if I really manage to obtain it, the Chaos Divine Body will probably develop to an unimaginably terrifying state... I’m really looking forward to it!’

Shen Lang flicked his finger. Instantly, Thunderbolt Chains appeared within the Thunder Cage. They pierced through the tiny Vermilion Bird in a crisscrossing pattern, completely binding it.

Amid mournful cries, the small Vermilion Bird soon reverted to a flower-like flame.

Shen Lang closed his eyes, using the Thunderbolt Chains to sense the violent power within the flame, and began to analyze and deconstruct it.

The true power of the Tai Chi Diagram lay in this...

Deconstruction and creation!

In theory, any Soul Body or Energy that entered the Tai Chi Diagram could be deconstructed and then reassembled.

Back in the Ancient Array in the Sorrow Swamp, Nangong Jianqiu, the young miss of the Shadow Tower, had been possessed by an Evil Spirit from within the Grand Array. Shen Lang had directly dragged that Evil Spirit into this space.

In the end, Shen Lang even obtained the Evil Spirit’s Talent Ability and gave it to the Ghost King.

It was just that back then, Shen Lang hadn’t yet realized the Tai Chi Diagram possessed such a heaven-defying function.

And after absorbing the Elements Mansion of the Holy Light Sect’s Grand Elder, Shen Lang had deconstructed and reassembled it. Afterward, he could easily and freely open up all sorts of Elements Mansions with different Attributes inside the Tai Chi Diagram.

Shen Lang had killed several old-timers from the Holy Light Sect and the Beast Emperor Palace in the Dark Moon Abyss and had locked their Nascent Souls here. He hadn’t made any other moves yet, and the main reason was...

A Nascent Soul was condensed from a fusion of the Heaven and Earth Rules; it was the source of power for a King Martial Realm expert.

After leaving the physical body, it appeared fragile and easily injured, but the power it contained was still world-destroying and unimaginable.

Until the power of the Tai Chi Diagram reached a level where he felt confident in performing the Refinement of a Nascent Soul, Shen Lang would not rashly touch these Nascent Souls.

As far as he was concerned, he had plenty of time.

And when the time came, if the Tai Chi Diagram could truly and completely refine, deconstruct, and reshape the Nascent Souls, Shen Lang would become the true Dominator of this world!

At that time, not even the Five Emperors and Six Ancestors of this world would be able to compare to him!

Creation is the ultimate of the world’s Rules!

It is the endpoint of the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth!

And what Shen Lang was doing now, even if it couldn’t be called creation, was a step in that direction—a very, very long step...

The many supreme experts of this world had not even touched the edge of it!

Originally, Shen Lang had only intended to use the Tai Chi Diagram to devour the Vermilion Bird Divine Fire and the Spiritual Power Chains to break his restraints.

But after realizing the implications, he was overjoyed!

Given the power of Lan Mengling’s Vermilion Bird Divine Fire, the current strength of the Tai Chi Diagram was not enough to contend with it.

However, the Vermilion Bird Divine Fire on the Spiritual Power Chains was not deliberately placed there by Lan Mengling. It was because she herself was a Vermilion Bird, so her Fire Attribute Spiritual Power naturally carried varying amounts of Vermilion Bird Divine Fire!

With just this small amount of Vermilion Bird Divine Fire, Shen Lang was very confident he could deconstruct and refine it!

If he could analyze the energy properties of this Vermilion Bird Divine Fire, then break it down, master its composition, and finally reassemble it...

This meant Shen Lang could potentially use the Energy within the Tai Chi Diagram to transform it into the terrifying Vermilion Bird Divine Fire!

This was different from using the Energy in the Tai Chi Diagram to form thunder and lightning. Although both were energy conversions, the Vermilion Bird Divine Fire was, after all, the Talent Ability of the Divine Beast Vermilion Bird.

Legend had it that the Ten Divine Beasts already existed at the dawn of creation. Even without Cultivation, these Ten Great Divine Beasts were powerful enough to destroy the world on their own.

If he could completely analyze this Vermilion Bird Divine Fire, Shen Lang would gain another trump card!

With this idea in mind, Shen Lang was exceptionally careful and meticulous this time.

Everything within the Tai Chi Diagram was under his control.

The Thunderbolt Chains seemed like external objects, but here, they were like extensions of his own body.

Everything the Thunderbolt Chains touched was within Shen Lang’s perception.

One by one, the Thunderbolt Chains bound the Vermilion Bird Divine Fire while simultaneously analyzing and deconstructing this Innate Divine Fire.

Shen Lang was keenly aware of every single detail, every minute change!

In this state, using the Thunderbolt Chains, Shen Lang continuously dissected the energy properties and structural composition of the Vermilion Bird Divine Fire.

It was like disassembling an exquisite toy, recording its entire structure without missing a single detail.

Then, one of the Thunderbolt Chains, as if it had found the exit to a maze, finally located a flaw in the Vermilion Bird Divine Fire’s Origin. Like entering a bottomless pit, it plunged deeper and deeper!

As this chain delved deeper, a world made entirely of a sea of fire finally appeared in Shen Lang’s mind!

This was an ocean of fire; the entire world was composed of flames.

Boundless and vast...

Countless flames, like molecules, were linked together in a complex network of lines, forming an unimaginably intricate pattern.

And at the center of this pattern, there was a huge, circular black hole.

’The space within this Vermilion Bird Divine Fire is so vast and complex, far more so than the structure of an Elements Mansion...’

Shen Lang marveled inwardly, firmly committing the massive, complex pattern to memory.

For someone who held countless Spirit Array Maps in his mind, this pattern, while complex, was not yet enough to intimidate him.

The Thunderbolt Chain moved slowly, turning toward the massive circular black hole at the center of the pattern.

It was as if something had been forcibly gouged out from this spot, giving one an unsettling feeling just by looking at it.

The area around the black hole was an unimaginable sea of fire, but inside the black hole itself, there was only a void.

The Thunderbolt Chain swam slowly through the sea of fire, slithering like a python to the edge of the black hole.

At that moment, a mysterious and unfathomable aura poured into Shen Lang’s mind.

It was like the beginning of the world: a chaotic universe giving birth to all things, Divine Beasts soaring through the skies, the world turning upside down. Scene after scene flashed through Shen Lang’s mind.

’So this black hole was originally the Origin of the Vermilion Bird Divine Power. It’s a pity this is just an ordinary wisp of Vermilion Bird Divine Fire and doesn’t contain the Origin of the Vermilion Bird Divine Power.’

Shen Lang sighed as he looked at the massive black hole.

This wisp of flame had left Lan Mengling’s control and lost its Origin of Vermilion Bird Divine Power, causing its might to be greatly diminished.

Although Shen Lang wanted to deconstruct, refine, and reassemble it to obtain this heaven-defying skill...

...the power of the Vermilion Bird Divine Fire he could release would be far inferior to the one Lan Mengling controlled.

When Lan Mengling used the Vermilion Bird Divine Fire, there was no black hole deep within the Innate Divine Fire; there was only a wisp of the Origin of Vermilion Bird Divine Power.

Empowered by this Origin, the Vermilion Bird Divine Fire could incinerate all things, making it powerful to the extreme.

But when Shen Lang used the Vermilion Bird Divine Fire, it would lack the empowerment of this wisp of Origin, resulting in a huge difference in power.

If one day Shen Lang could obtain the Vermilion Bird Essence Blood, perhaps he could completely make up for this shortcoming.

At that point, with a single thought, he could completely transform into a Vermilion Bird!

He could unleash the utterly terrifying Vermilion Bird Divine Fire at will!

’Oh well. Even though I plotted for a long time and didn’t get the Vermilion Bird Essence Blood, having this "pseudo" Vermilion Bird Divine Fire is some compensation!’

With a sigh, Shen Lang opened his eyes inside the Tai Chi Diagram.

Nearby, the Ghost Fire in the Ghost King’s eyes flickered restlessly as he stared, his heart surging, at this world that made him both ecstatic and terrified.

Seeing Shen Lang open his eyes, the Ghost King immediately retracted his gaze.

Shen Lang slowly extended his right hand...

"Boss, did you gain some new benefit?" Seeing this, the Ghost King assumed there was something good and quickly sidled up.

Shen Lang grinned. "Yes, a huge one!"

WHOOSH!

A jet of Vermilion Bird Divine Fire erupted from Shen Lang’s palm.

The Ghost King froze for a moment, then let out a strange shriek and scurried into the distance.

"The third form of the Nine Revolutions of Life and Death Mysterious Technique, Vermilion Bird Divine Fire, haha... Ugh, I should break the Seal first, then I’ll study this move properly."

With a flick of his sleeve, Shen Lang exited the Tai Chi Diagram.

The Tai Chi Diagram spun around, transforming into a small black-and-white dragon, and charged toward the layers of Spiritual Power Chains wrapped around his Pill Sea.

With the Tai Chi Diagram having grown to this extent and possessing a thorough understanding of the Vermilion Bird Divine Fire’s structure, it devoured its way through with nearly unstoppable momentum!

In just half an hour, the Spiritual Power Chains binding his Pill Sea layer by layer, along with the Vermilion Bird Divine Fire on them, were completely devoured!

Without a moment’s pause, Shen Lang immediately urged the Tai Chi Diagram to begin gnawing away at the chains on his meridians!

’From this day forward, no Restriction will have any effect on me!’

A little over three hours later, Shen Lang had completely broken all the Seals Lan Mengling had placed on him!

"Hahahaha!"

It had been a long time since Shen Lang was this happy; he sat in his room and burst into wild laughter.

Although the Vermilion Bird Divine Fire lacked its Origin and was far from being as terrifying as the one Lan Mengling could produce...

...its strength lay in the possibility it brought...

The possibility was that Shen Lang was confident he could attach this flame to the attacks of his various existing Cultivation Techniques!

When he threw the Five Emperors Dragon Fist and its phantom was coated in a layer of this Vermilion Bird Divine Fire...

When the Immortal Celestial Saber was wreathed in a layer of this Vermilion Bird Divine Fire...

Just how powerful would the resulting might be?

How terrifying?

It definitely wasn’t as simple as one plus one!

Shen Lang was a man of action. He immediately sat down cross-legged and began to ponder how to integrate the Vermilion Bird Divine Fire with the various Cultivation Techniques he had already learned.

As long as he could ensure the Vermilion Bird Divine Fire didn’t clash with the corresponding Energy, the power produced would increase exponentially!

Just as Shen Lang closed his eyes, a series of urgent footsteps sounded from outside.

"My Lord, something terrible has happened!"

Evil Song’s urgent voice came from outside the room.

"What has you in such a panic?" Shen Lang frowned slightly and opened his eyes.

For Evil Song, one of the Five War Wolf Commanders, to be this flustered was quite unusual...