Strongest War Emperor

The Immortal Celestial Saber was the Imperial Artifact that had made Shark’s Kiss famous. In his hands, how could its power be ordinary?

Shark’s Kiss gripped the Immortal Celestial Saber without a moment’s hesitation and slashed at the approaching hand!

A chilling Sword Intent swept through the area as an unparalleled saber light tore through heaven and earth!

The supremely powerful saber light, the roar of a furious tide, the sharp edge of its blade, and the shrill screams from within the black hole all intertwined into one.

The scene was a chaotic and bizarre spectacle, impossible to describe in words.

The group had just been led out of the Twin Towers Hall by Nangong Yan and barely had time to steady themselves when they heard a massive BOOM. A shockwave, like a volcanic eruption, shot up from below...

"Who in the world is that strong?!"

Seeing his slash shattered by the opponent, Shark’s Kiss’s expression turned grim. The Immortal Celestial Saber in his hand shifted through a hundred different Sword Momentums in an instant. Its light flared as he brought it down in a powerful strike!

"Reincarnation Blade Dao, Attacking Extremity—Sky Splitting!"

Compared to the previous hasty, casual slash, this one was far sharper and several times more powerful.

A saber light, half-bright and half-dark, materialized and tore through the Azure Vault!

At almost the same moment, Shangguan Feiyue flicked his sleeve, his body surging with Imperial Qi. He let out a soft cry, "Purple Qi Celestial Net—Dragon Appearance!"

The torrential Imperial Qi instantly coalesced into a Golden Dragon, which roared as it charged down toward the ferocious shockwave.

The moment the Golden Dragon appeared, the heavens trembled and the earth shook. Ghosts wailed and gods howled as the dim sky lit up as bright as day!

"Tai Chi Profound Purity Technique—Wind Transformation, Cloud Transformation, Fierce Thunder Transformation!"

Nangong Yan, to Shangguan Feiyue’s right, was not idle either.

She shielded the group with her left hand while forming a Hand Seal with her right, then thrust her palm downward!

Amidst the surging wind and clouds, a massive Thunder Pillar that seemed to connect heaven and earth appeared last but arrived first. It caught up to the Golden Dragon, and together with the saber light, they slammed viciously into the shockwave below!

The powerful Cultivation Techniques the three of them were using were the very ones Shen Lang had given them back in Celestial Phoenix City.

Peerless Cultivation Techniques from the legendary Thirty-Six Great Cave Heavens.

BOOM!

Friends of many years naturally had combat synergy. The three of them attacked one after another, but their timing was impeccably precise.

The three attacks were separate yet united, their three streams of power merging into one as they collided heavily with the entity’s attack from below!

Amidst a tremendous roar, an unimaginably stormy blast of Powerful Qi swept out in all directions.

The incomparably ferocious storm from below was mostly dissipated by the impact.

However, the remaining portion continued to shoot skyward, barreling toward the group!

Struck by that force, the three—Shark’s Kiss, Shangguan Feiyue, and Nangong Yan—felt their blood roil. Their faces paled, and with a collective grunt, they moved the group horizontally more than five hundred meters away!

Even with the three of them joining forces and using unfathomably powerful Cultivation Techniques, they still suffered a major disadvantage in an instant and were put on the back foot!

Watching the storm of Energy that raged like a furious tidal wave, everyone felt as if they were suffocating...

’The powerhouse who had suddenly appeared below is actually this strong... Did he just repel three Emperor Martial Realm experts with a single move?’

The hope that had just been kindled now seemed to have become much more distant.

"Damn it, that’s the Sixth Layer of the Netherworld Corpse Qi Wave, the Furnace Burning Dao! It’s the Zombie Emperor of the Corpse Yin Sect, Duanmu Xie!"

Shark’s Kiss snarled, his expression utterly grim.

Shangguan Feiyue and Nangong Yan glanced at each other, their faces filled with horror...

Duanmu Xie, the Zombie Emperor of the Corpse Yin Sect, had roamed the world unopposed ten thousand years ago. His vicious reputation was well-known, and it was said his Cultivation had reached the Emperor Martial Realm Peak.

But as for Shark’s Kiss and the others, while they were considered masters in the Purple Chu Country, their actual Cultivation was only at the Emperor Martial Realm Second Heaven!

The gap between them was simply immeasurable!

If they really were to fight, let alone the three of them, even if all the Emperor Martial Realm experts from the three major Sects—the Imperial Dragon Sect, the Li Hen Sect, and the Flower Sect—were to attack together, they would still be no match for him!

What’s more, the Corpse Yin Sect was a major Demonic Dao Sect, a Legendary Level Sect. It was not an existence that a few mere Spirit Copper Level Sects could afford to offend!

But Shen Lang, standing behind Nangong Yan, had a slight change in expression as he fell into thought.

’If the guy below really is the Corpse Yin Sect’s Zombie Emperor Duanmu Xie, then this situation might not be as difficult as it seems.’

’According to the records in the War God Hall, even if Duanmu Xie isn’t dead, he’s probably only got half a life left.’

This was evident from his earlier exchange with Shark’s Kiss and the others.

’If Duanmu Xie had recovered his Primordial Qi over the past ten thousand years, or even improved his Cultivation, how could the three of them possibly have blocked a single strike from him in his fury?’

The strength Duanmu Xie was displaying now was, at best, just a notch above theirs.

It was a far cry from the power he wielded in his prime when he commanded the winds and clouds.

According to the records in the War God Hall...

Ten thousand years ago, the Corpse Yin Sect had clashed with the then-ascendant Celestial Purity Sect for some unknown reason.

The Celestial Purity Sect’s founder, the "Sword Emperor" Zuo Wentian, had personally taken action in a fit of rage. With his self-created Supreme Blade Technique, the "Heaven-Questioning Saber," he had slain the Corpse Yin Sect’s Emperor Martial Realm supreme ruler, the Corpse Emperor, in a single strike, shaking the world.

Once the "Corpse Emperor" was dead, the experts he led were beaten so badly by the powerhouses of the Celestial Purity Sect that their souls nearly scattered. Some died, some fled, and some went into hiding.

The matter should have ended there.

But in reality, it was far from over...

The Celestial Purity Sect was a Sect founded by Zuo Wentian, and compared to other Sects, they had very few disciples.

However, every single one of them was a prodigy of astonishing talent, all of them experts in the Sword Dao.

Moreover, the people of the Celestial Purity Sect had been spoiled by Zuo Wentian and had developed a host of bad habits. They were all domineering, arrogant, wild, and tyrannical.

It was one thing if you didn’t offend them, but if you did, they would hunt you to the ends of the earth and never give up!

The experts led by the "Corpse Emperor" at the time were also an unruly bunch, famous in the Demon Dao for being unreasonable.

They had heard about the Celestial Purity Sect’s reputation, but they never could have calculated... that these guys were even more tyrannical, more domineering, and even more unreasonable than they were!

’With our leader, the "Corpse Emperor," dead, according to the usual rules, the matter should be settled... You’ve already killed our boss, what more do you want?’

’After all, it’s not like there was some deep-seated hatred. You have to leave people... no, leave zombies a way out, right?’

But the people from the Celestial Purity Sect were different. They didn’t care if your boss was dead or not.

In their eyes, your boss dying was because he overestimated himself. He deserved it.

As for you underlings, you drowning dogs, you might as well go with him. You’ll have company on the road to hell.

What kind of place did you think the Celestial Purity Sect was?

Did you think you could just come and go as you please?

"Kill all these zombies and sell them for money! Whoever catches one, keeps it!"

And so, while Zuo Wentian leisurely went back to drinking after killing the "Corpse Emperor" with a single slash,

a group of Celestial Purity Sect disciples went into a frenzy, relentlessly hunting the "Corpse Emperor’s" subordinates until they had nowhere to run and nowhere to hide, crying out in misery.

Among those being hunted was none other than Duanmu Xie.

All of this was recorded in detail in the War God Hall.

The records were exceptionally thorough, down to the details of what kind of posturing words Duanmu Xie had uttered.

At that time, Duanmu Xie’s Cultivation was already at the Emperor Martial Realm Ninth Heaven Peak Realm, and he could be considered a formidable figure in his own right.

But even at the Emperor Martial Realm Ninth Heaven, he couldn’t withstand the Celestial Purity Sect’s Unparalleled Blade Technique.

Besides, on that occasion, an Emperor Martial Realm expert was nothing more than an underling. The boss had several Quasi-Emperor Martial Realm powerhouses under him, so it wasn’t even his turn to step forward.

But this scoundrel was eager to distinguish himself and thought that a Sect like Celestial Purity, which had only just become a Legendary Power, was nothing special. So he was the most aggressive in charging into battle, acting with extreme arrogance and insolence, which made the people of the Celestial Purity Sect remember him early on.

The boss was dead, and several of the Quasi-Emperor Martial Realm powerhouses were crying. Duanmu Xie was just about to say a few pompous words to make himself look good when the Celestial Purity Sect members, without a word, came at him with their sabers.

A whole group of them chased him, hacking away!

Duanmu Xie took seven or eight slashes, leaving him with only a single breath of life left. He was taken into hiding by a group of his subordinates, dodging and weaving from place to place.

Eventually, he probably found this place in the Purple Chu Country, a land rich in Supreme Yin Qi. He hastily built an Earth Palace and fell into a deep slumber, hoping to use the Supreme Yin Qi here to heal his wounds.

Ten thousand years passed. The world changed drastically; seas turned into mulberry fields. Earth Rifts appeared everywhere, and Supreme Yin Qi surged out, finally awakening these slumbering zombies.

To those of the Righteous Dao, this Supreme Yin Qi was like a flood or a ferocious beast, but to Demonic Dao Sects like the Corpse Yin Sect, it was the best thing in the world!

Awakened by the Supreme Yin Qi, Duanmu Xie had been plotting to break the Imperial Dragon Sect’s Seal in a while... but then disciples from various factions flooded into the Earth Palace.

This was equivalent to a pile of food being delivered right to his mouth.

Although Duanmu Xie wasn’t interested in this kind of food, his younger brother, Duanmu Feng, was insatiably greedy and wanted to devour it all in one bite. ’Such good food delivered right to your mouth—it would be a crime against heaven not to eat it.’

But then he encountered an unchewable character like Shen Lang. In a moment of carelessness, he was beaten to a pulp, and in the end, even his head was carried off by a small wolf-like dog.

For a Zombie whose Cultivation had already reached the Emperor Martial Realm, missing hands, feet, or even a head wasn’t fatal.

But that bastard Duanmu Feng hadn’t even recovered from his old injuries. Now, not only had he lost an arm, but his head was gone too... With his Primordial Qi severely damaged, he was now incredibly weak.

After all that, he didn’t even get to eat the food. He might as well have slept for ten thousand years for nothing.

At this moment, Duanmu Xie was floating inside the Twin Towers Hall, looking at the remains of Duanmu Feng in his hand, grinding his teeth in frustration.

A towering resentment surged once more, causing the expressions of the people outside to change again!

Shangguan Feiyue took a step forward and said to Shark’s Kiss with some hesitation, "Zombie Emperor Duanmu Xie? Are you sure that fellow is the Zombie Emperor Duanmu Xie? Legend says he reached the Emperor Martial Realm Peak Realm and hasn’t been seen for ten thousand years. But based on our earlier clash, he’s only a notch stronger than us, right?"

Shark’s Kiss nodded with certainty. "’The Netherworld Corpse Qi Wave’ is an Evil Technique created by Duanmu Xie himself. Besides him, no one has ever cultivated it to the Sixth Layer, the Furnace Burning Dao. And it’s even more impossible for anyone else to use the Sixth Layer of the Furnace Burning Dao in such a weakened state!"

"The founder of my Li Hen Sect had dealings with him and left records... I’m certain it’s him!"