Venerable Supreme of Myriad Dragons

"Your Highness! Third Prince!"

Shen Daoxing quickly reached out to help He Qian and He Yong up. "What’s wrong with you two?"

He Qian shook her head in pain. "I don’t know. It just feels like all the strength was suddenly drained from my body. I have no energy at all."

Just then, the Blood Dragon’s voice suddenly echoed in Shen Daoxing’s mind. ’Look at that Cyan Profound Pill you have on you.’

Shen Daoxing paused for a moment, then quickly swiped his hand over his Sumeru Ring, and a cyan-colored elixir appeared.

The Blood Dragon’s voice slowly continued, ’This elixir is indeed a fifth-grade Cyan Profound Pill, but it contains a trace of the power of the Dark Technique. Normally, such a tiny amount of this power is negligible and difficult to detect. But with long-term consumption, the user will fall under the control of the one who wields the Dark Technique.’

As it spoke, the Blood Dragon’s eyes flashed faintly.

A wisp of black smoke floated out from the Cyan Profound Pill in Shen Daoxing’s hand.

At this moment, Shen Daoxing sensed something and quickly swiped his hand over his Sumeru Ring again.

Bottle after bottle of elixirs appeared in his hands. These were the Earth Source Pills and Earth Spirit Pills he had obtained from the alchemy chamber underground.

Now, wisps of black smoke were rising from these elixirs as well.

"The elixirs refined by Xu Hong... they’re all tainted!"

Seeing this, He Qian immediately understood.

"That old bastard is truly despicable!"

The Eldest Prince, He Yu, suddenly stumbled over, snatched an elixir from Shen Daoxing’s hand, and crushed it. He then opened his mouth and spat out a huge mouthful of blood before collapsing to the ground with a thud, his face deathly pale. He had clearly consumed many of these elixirs.

"Heheheh!"

Xu Hong’s cold, indifferent laughter rang out. "He Wu, why do you think I went to such great lengths to refine so many elixirs for you and your Tianze?"

"You! Xu Hong, very good! Very good! So you’ve been plotting against my Tianze from the very beginning."

In an instant, the Tianze Emperor erupted in fury.

"BOOM!"

A sudden explosion, without any warning, ripped through the ground beneath the Tianze Emperor’s feet.

"Xu Hong! I will never forgive you!"

The Tianze Emperor roared in fury. He pushed himself up with both hands, his aura suddenly surging as he slowly, painstakingly, got to his feet.

Seeing this, Xu Hong quickly raised his hand and snapped his fingers.

Instantly, the Tianze Emperor’s surging aura faltered.

"TZZT... TZZT... TZZT!"

Wisps of black smoke began to rise from his body.

The Tianze Emperor froze in place.

But he only paused for a moment.

With a great shout, a brilliant light erupted from his Dantian.

His entire body suddenly began to expand.

Heaven and Earth!

A majestic, domineering Golden Dharma Aspect, so tall it touched the heavens, appeared between heaven and earth. Its entire body was golden, resembling an ancient War God looking down from on high.

With a simple movement, the Tianze Emperor’s Golden Body Dharma Aspect took a single, light step.

Instantly, the entire summit of Ancestor Mountain began to shake violently.

Even under Xu Hong’s control, the Tianze Emperor still had the power to fight back.

Shen Daoxing could feel the immense power radiating from him with just a glance—a power that Wei Zhi couldn’t even begin to compare with.

There was a world of difference in power between each of the nine layers of the Earth Profound Realm, not to mention the fact that the Tianze Emperor had been cultivating in this realm for many years.

Seeing this, the people of Tianze were instantly overjoyed.

In the next moment, however, they were suddenly stunned.

Because in front of the Tianze Emperor’s Golden Body Dharma Aspect, another colossal figure suddenly shot up from the ground.

Across the vast expanse, a grand and profound hymn seemed to emanate from between heaven and earth.

A dazzling beam of light shone down from the sky.

The world was vast, like a single grain in the ocean, but in the blink of an eye, a sacred, sky-propping Dharma Aspect was already standing firm between heaven and earth.

It wore a purple Daoist robe, a halo of light spinning behind its back. Brimming with a celestial aura, it seemed like an Exiled Immortal, its presence even more imposing than the Tianze Emperor’s.

In a daze, the crowd felt an inexplicable urge to kneel and worship it.

This Xu Hong was actually also at the Ninth Layer of the Earth Profound Realm! He had been hiding his true strength all along.

"Xu Hong! You schemed against my Tianze and seek to steal its foundations. This is unforgivable!"

A vast, resonant voice echoed from the heavens.

The Tianze Emperor moved.

The crowd felt the earth shake and the mountains tremble. The sky above instantly turned blood-red as the shadow of a colossal red fist streaked across it, obscuring everything.

"The Celestial Essence Ore Vein was created by heaven and earth. It is a treasure of the entire East Continent! How could your Tianze monopolize it!"

Xu Hong’s voice, as emotionless as that of the Immortal Gods, rang out from the sky.

"BOOM!"

A deafening explosion. White light blotted out the sky.

The crowd was blinded by the dazzling light.

The next moment, a colossal figure flew high over their heads—the Tianze Emperor’s massive form had been violently thrown back.

"BANG!"

With a heavy thud, the Tianze Emperor crashed into the ancestral statue at the center of the altar.

The ancestral statue instantly shattered.

The crowd was horrified.

Meanwhile, Xu Hong, like an Exiled Immortal looking down from on high, held a four-edged, square-shaped magical artifact—the Celestial Pig Ruler—which shone with a dazzling light.

"Die!"

With a sharp cry that sounded like a divine decree, Xu Hong brought the Celestial Pig Ruler in his hand crashing down, and blinding white light filled the entire sky.

"BANG!"

A deafening explosion. The crowd felt the very sky tremble and the ground shake violently, as if Ancestor Mountain itself was about to collapse.

The next moment, an incomparably bright streak of red shot toward the sky.

The crowd turned to look toward the altar, only to see that the Tianze Emperor’s colossal Golden Body Dharma Aspect had vanished. In its place was the emperor’s own tiny, blood-soaked body, looking as if he was on his last breath.

His Heaven and Earth technique had been shattered.

The Tianze Emperor was already deeply afflicted by the Dark Technique poison in the elixirs. Faced with an expert who was also at the Ninth Layer of the Earth Profound Realm, he was naturally no match.

The crowd was instantly dumbstruck.

"He Wu, your Tianze nation has monopolized the Celestial Essence Ore Vein for several hundred years. It’s time for this place to have a new master."

Xu Hong’s indifferent voice rang out from the sky as a massive Golden Body Dharma Aspect slowly descended, looking down upon the Tianze Emperor.

"Xu Hong... aren’t you afraid of my Tianze’s ancestor?"

The Tianze Emperor blurted out, "My Tianze’s ancestor is in secluded cultivation right here!"

Hearing this, Xu Hong just smiled indifferently. "The Tianze ancestor? If that’s the case, why don’t you ask him to come out right now? If I’m not mistaken, you haven’t been able to sense his presence for over a hundred years, have you? I’m afraid he left your Tianze long ago. No..."

As he spoke, Xu Hong gave a meaningful smile. "I’m afraid he’s no longer in this world at all."

As soon as he said this, the people of the Tianze nation burst into a shocked uproar.

Peng Yue asked in astonishment, looking toward the Tianze Emperor, "What! Your Majesty, our Tianze ancestor is long gone?"

The Tianze Emperor didn’t answer. He only hesitated, unable to meet Peng Yue’s gaze, and finally let out a heavy sigh.

Seeing this, the crowd erupted once more, for they already knew the answer.