The Great Ruler

“That’s you, Qin Tian!” The Saint Heaven Demon Emperor’s menacing voice reverberated in the heavens and the earth, and everyone was shocked. It was obvious that they did not understand the meaning behind his words.

The Great Thousand Palace was a powerful alliance, which had been formed to resist the Extraterritorial Race. Originally, the Great Thousand Palace did not have a master during its years of peace, but now that war was fast approaching, Qin Tian seemed to be a worthy new master for the palace.

With his status, he did have a part of the control of the Great Thousand Exterminate Demon Array. The people couldn’t help but wonder at this moment… What was the meaning behind the Saint Heaven Demon Emperor’s words?

Mu Chen was also puzzled by this, and he frowned. Although he was not clear about the meaning behind the words, he knew that there must be some reason for the Saint Heaven Demon Emperor to have said them.

Under everyone’s bewildered and suspicious gazes, Qin Tian’s brows knit together tightly. He then glared at the Saint Heaven Demon Emperor and asked, “What do you mean?”

A cryptic and malicious glint flashed in the Saint Heaven Demon Emperor’s eyes as he smiled at Qin Tian and said, “You broke into my Demon’s Domain and slaughtered many Demon Emperors, even one Heavenly Demon Emperor. You then escaped with your life back to the Great Thousand World, which is a remarkable achievement.”

He tilted his head slightly, and there was clear hint of sarcasm in his smirk as he added, “However, did you really think that, with your own efforts, you could get away with it in front of my eyes? At that time, you were not as powerful as you are now.”

Chills ran down Qin Tian’s spine, and he felt an ominous feeling enter his heart. Then, a demonic aura surged out and immediately transformed into a demonic shadow. The shadow had deathly white eyes, and at the moment, the shadow smiled meaningfully at Qin Tian.

As Qin Tian looked at the shadow, his pupils suddenly contracted. He was appalled to find that the demonic shadow was the Heavenly Demon Emperor that he had slaughtered in the Demon’s Domain!

“How can this be? He’s still alive?” Qin Tian’s exclaimed. His heart was in a state of extreme turmoil.

“This is the Chief of one of the 32 Extraterritorial Clans, the Heart Demon Clan. Even now, you only have a slight upper hand against him. Did you think that you were qualified to kill him in the past?” The Saint Heaven Demon Emperor mocked him sarcastically.

“The Heart Demon Clan?” When Qin Tian heard this sentence, his expression completely changed. He then looked at Green Shirt Sword Saint and Undying Lord, and commanded them, “Seal me!”

Such a change was quite unexpected, but Green Shirt Sword Saint and Undying Lord were no ordinary figures. So, in a flash, the two did not hesitate to do do as they had been ordered.

With a wave of Green Shirt Sword Saint’s sleeve, a green light tore through the space, charging at Qin Tian as quick as lightning. From Undying Lord’s body, a black rainbow of light swept across the space, instantly enveloping Qin Tian.

Although they were not very clear about the situation, they were very clear that something had happened with Qin Tian. The matter was obviously urgent, and for safety’s sake, they had to control Qin Tian.

Two spiritual lights surged, yet Qin Tian did not put up any resistance. Instead, he dissipated his heavy spiritual defense, allowing them to trap him.

“Oh Qin Tian, you are really hard on yourself. I can’t believe that you are actually willing to seal yourself.” Just as those two lights were about to fall, the Saint Heaven Demon Emperor’s strange cackle rang out again.

At the same time, black and white flames fell from the sky. They collided with the two lights, and with a flash, the black and white fire burned the two lights into nothingness.

Upon seeing this, a cold glint flashed in Green Shirt Sword Saint’s and Undying Lord’s eyes.

“Green Saint Sword!” With a cold roar, the green sword soared into the sky as the light glimmered.

It then transformed into a massive sword as it slashed across the sky before turning into a ray of light. It then pierced a hole through the heavens and earth, and with a flash, appeared before the Saint Heaven Demon Emperor.

After that, Undying Lord’s wizened hands conjured up several seals with lightning-speed as gray-black spiritual energy whistled out. The seals then condensed into a palm-sized gray-black spiritual bead.

Then, lightning and thunder flickered beside the Saint Heaven Demon Emperor.

“Nether Spiritual Thunder!” The two did not hold back, and with such an attack, if a top Heavenly Demon Emperor was careless, he would have been killed on the spot.

However, in the face of the two’s ferocious attacks, the Saint Heaven Demon Emperor was indifferent.

“Saint Demon Flame Armor!” As he roared coldly, the black and white flames rose from his body, then finally solidified on the surface of his body. The flames then turned into a ferocious black and white armor, which was surging with a ferocious power.

Boom!

As the black and white flame armor took form, the massive green sword shot out violently, while the gray and black spiritual bead exploded. At the same time, boundless gray-black thunder raged forth madly.

With the Saint Heaven Demon Emperor as the source, the power caused the space within tens of thousands of feet collapsed into darkness and countless space debris burst out into the sky.

As everyone looked at the scene, they could clearly see that this was a devastating battle, where two of the best in the world had met. Everyone wondered at this moment how the Saint Heaven Demon Emperor would fare after being hit.

Under the intense gaze of many sovereigns, the collapsed space gradually mended. Then, everyone was appalled to see that, at the exact location that it had mended, black and white flames arose.

Amid the flames, a shadow proudly stood in black and white flame armor. Although the armor was slightly more dull, the figure was completely unscathed by the flames!

In the Northern Wilderness Hill, many Heavenly Sovereigns gasped in disbelief. They were completely stunned.

No one had expected that the Saint Heaven Demon Emperor would be so powerful! Even a combined attack from Green Shirt Sword Saint and Undying Lord could not get him!

“Although you two are good, compared with the Flame Emperor and Martial Ancestor, there is still a big gap.” The Saint Heaven Demon Emperor glanced indifferently at the two, then said, “Now that the show is continuing, you two must stay quiet for a while.”

Suddenly, two black and white fire rings burst out from his eyes, and with a tremor, the rings shot directly through the space and appeared in front of Green Shirt Sword Saint and Undying Lord.

The black and white rings of fire revolved, while burning intensely. Like a pillar of fire, they enveloped the two of them.

“Heart Demon, it’s time to strike! Let Qin Tian witness the fruit of so many years of planning! We’ve waited so long for this day to come!” After temporarily trapping Green Shirt Sword Saint and Undying Lord, the Saint Heaven Demon Emperor smiled at the Chief of the Heart Demon Clan.

The Chief of the Heart Demon Clan nodded, then gave a strange smile to Qin Tian and said, “The demonic shadow you killed was the Seed of the Heart Demon. Although you slaughtered it and disrupted my cultivation, you didn’t know that the Seed of the Heart Demon lurks in your heart too! But, how could you, as after a long time, even if you step into the later stage of the Divine Grade, you would not be able to detect it.”

The Chief of the Heart Demon Clan then added, “At that time, you massacred many people in the Demon’s Domain, and you thought that you could escape unscathed. But, you didn’t know that this was all a plan of my Extraterritorial Race. It’s just that you really surprised me. I didn’t expect a chess piece like you to be the master of this Great Thousand Palace! Haha! But today, it’s time for you to shine…”

The Chief of the Heart Demon Clan’s deceitful cackle began to ring out through the air, and his hands suddenly conjured up several seals. At that moment, it looked as if hundreds of millions of black rays were shooting out of his body!

These lights then melted into the space, as if they were all connected to unknown places in other galaxies. Just as the light pierced into the space, Qin Tian’s body shook violently.

He was horrified to feel that a strange force was flowing from his heart! That force was beyond his limits to sustain, and even his inner spiritual energy was stifled by it.

Qin Tian bellowed, summoning his spiritual energy madly. However, the more he resisted, the more he felt that his body was gradually being taken over. He was losing all control!

“Haha! My Seed of the Heart Demon, open the Great Thousand Exterminate Demon Array!” As the chief shouted out the command, the Heart Demons outside the space let out numerous evil shrieks.

The appalled Heavenly Sovereigns then glanced over to see Qin Tian’s hands slowly rising as he conjured up some seals, while trembling. The light film at his feet rippled violently, then gradually began to fade.

Upon seeing this scene, Mu Chen, Qing Yanjing, and the others were horrified, and chills ran down their spines. They never would have thought that Qin Tian, as the current Great Thousand Palace Master, had been implanted with the Seed of the Heart Demon hundreds of years ago by the Extraterritorial Race!

Amid horrified gazes, the film of light that had been formed by the Great Thousand Exterminate Demon Array began to melt, layer by layer, starting with the outermost first. In just a few short moments, dozens of layers of the light film had already dissolved.

The Saint Heaven Demon Emperor and many Heavenly Demon Emperors looked at the thin film of light, anticipation burning in their eyes. They knew that as long as the last layer remained open, they would be able to invade the Northern Wilderness Hill.

Ah! Suddenly, Qin Tian’s face twisted, as he could obviously feel what he was doing. However, he could not control his body. A suffocating fury pervaded his heart, as he wanted desperately to be able to control his own body!

He looked at the melting protective film, despair in his eyes, and was filled with remorse. But, his hands were still slowly conjuring seals, which were opening the last layer of the light film.

However, just when his hands were about to complete the seals, Qin Tian’s body jolted suddenly. Immediately, beautiful and mysterious flames ignited and began to burn in his body.

The flames soon rose up and enveloped Qin Tian’s body entirely. The flames were extremely strange, as when they wrapped around Qin Tian’s body, rays of strange black light erupted and tore apart the space.

The Chief of the Heart Demon Clan suddenly shook, then spurted out a mouthful of blood frantically. His face became dark, as in that moment, he sensed that the Seed of the Heart Demon in Qin Tian’s body had been completely burned into ashes.

This sudden change also caused the Saint Heaven Demon Emperor’s face to twitch. He glared at the mysterious fire that was emanating from Qin Tian’s body, his eyes chilling and furious.

He then spat out the words viciously, “Emperor Flames? This da*ned Flame Emperor is ruining my race’s grand plans!”