God Emperor

One hundred thousand years ago, when Bloodlord Erjia was still young and only a Saint King, he had definitely been a benchmark for that era. As a result, Yueshen had thought highly of him.

That was how picky Yueshen was. She only had a good impression of five juniors, including Zhang Ruochen.

A favored man like Bloodlord Erjia, who had attained divinity and been cultivating for one hundred thousand years with superb combat ability, was definitely a terrifying figure.

“I just need to use a third of my strength to beat you,” said Yueshen.

“You are too bloody confident, Yueshen! Unlike one hundred thousand years ago, things have changed. The once all-powerful forces have fallen while the true gods of this new era have emerged, and I am one of them. Just one more battle, and I will be standing at the top of the Celestial Court.”

Bloodlord Erjia stood in the eye of the vortex and took a step forward. That single step brought him across a vast distance straight to the Shatuo Domain.

When Bloodlord Erjia said that he just needed another battle, he naturally meant a battle with Yueshen. As long as he could defeat Yueshen, he would shake off Jiatianxia’s influence, transcending to a key influencer of the Celestial Court.

He spun the whisk in his hand, and each of its silk strands possessed the ability to slice the heavens as well as the earth. The land under Yueshen’s feet instantly turned into a void.

Heavenly and earthly rules were severed in that void as thousands of powerful energy beams shot at Yueshen.

Extending one of her beautiful fingers, Yueshen pointed forward, and a ring of light spread from her fingertip.

Bloodlord Erjia sensed how powerful that light was and spun his whisk with all his might. The precepts that emanated from his body filled the space and converged at the whisk.

Boom!

The rules broke apart, and the whisk was shattered. Blood covered Bloodlord Erjia’s hand. He quickly retreated with a horrified expression in his eyes.

It was not until he had retreated several thousand miles that he used an ancient shield to neutralize the force of Yueshen’s finger.

“Whoa, that was powerful!”

Bloodlord Erjia’s expression changed as he turned around and saw the Sun-moon Crystal Coffin approaching from behind him. It looked both like a scorching sun and a divine moon.

“Bloody war in the Heavens!”

Bloodlord Erjia spun around and transformed into a blood spring. As the blood spring surged, the sky and earth quickly turned into an endless sea of blood. Countless giant hands clashed with the Sun-moon Crystal Coffin on the surface of the sea while the world around them trembled.

Boom!

After numerous clashes, the Sun-moon Crystal Coffin’s power split the sea of blood in half.

Yueshen stood on the Sun-moon Crystal Coffin in the middle of the fissure where the sea had split open. With Bloodlord Erjia’s true body under her subdual, they plummeted into the void below and disappeared from everyone’s sight.

The cultivators watched in astonishment from the sidelines as the dimensional fissure closed back up.

Right before she disappeared, Yueshen looked extremely heroic with Bloodlord Erjia under her feet.

Yanshen and Youshen still had their hearts in their mouths after they made it out of the Shatuo Domain. They knew better than everyone else how powerful Bloodlord Erjia was. Yet, he looked like a helpless lamb before Yueshen.

“Do not worry, Bloodlord Erjia did not come unprepared. Since he dared to challenge Yueshen, he must have brought that superweapon from the Fane of Bloody War. With that weapon in hand, it is not difficult to defeat Yueshen,” said Bloodlord Sijia.

Despite what he said, he would never dare to enter the Shatuo Domain again, lest Yueshen returned after triumphing over Bloodlord Erjia. Bloodlord Sijia could not imagine the consequences if that were to happen. Since Bloodlord Erjia, as well as Blackheart Demonlord, had made their move, the outcome was set, and they did not have to take the risk.

On Mount Yueshen, Blackheart Demonlord summoned his clones and formed demonic shadows. After thirty-over strikes, he finally tore through the divine ring pattern.

“No!”

Supreme Saint Manjian roared with indignation.

Boom!

A mighty divine power rushed into the ring and hit Supreme Saint Manjian.

The greatsword that Supreme Saint Manjian carried on his back automatically flew out to clash head-on with the divine power. The impact sent the greatsword and Supreme Saint Manjian flying back before they crash-landed into Guanghan Temple’s wall.

The demon guffawed. “It seems that I have underestimated the ability of the divine ring pattern and the ‘Blood Moon Swallowing the Heavens’ Grand Formation—they have been bogging me down for quite some time.”

As powerful divine energy rushed into the broken divine ring pattern, Zhang Ruochen’s face turned pale, and his joints swelled as if he was about to blow up.

Down below on the ground, Supreme Saint Manjian’s greatsword vibrated and flew up into the air as the demon’s shadow grabbed it by force.

Using its hand, the shadow rubbed a coat of divine light over the body of the sword and sealed the sword’s soul.

The greatsword shot out at once, striking Supreme Saint Manjian in the neck. The sword cut his head off and pinned it to Guanghan Temple’s wall. Meanwhile, his headless body dropped down next to Zhang Ruochen.

Only then did the demon’s shadow fix his attention on Zhang Ruochen, squinting and smiling at him. “I became curious when I sensed a familiar vibe from you. It turns out that it is the Empress of the Phoenix of a Thousand Bones. Hey, old friend. Why are you hiding?”

Blackie stepped out from under Zhang Ruochen’s clothes. “Old friend, my foot! The empress was generous to you. Little did she know that you were an ungrateful wolf. If I had not been sealed off for the past one hundred thousand years, I would be able to beat you with ease.”

“I have always admired and respected the empress the most. If it had not been for her, I could not have joined the Kunlun Realm’s prominent figures and listened to the Divine Sky-connecting Tree’s sermon. What a shame; no matter how hard I tried, I still could not match her in terms of cultivation. I was not even close,” said the demon’s shadow.

“She treated me like a friend the entire time, but she never wanted to further our relationship. I knew that deep inside, she looked down on me.” The demonic shadow became emotional, his face reddening and twisting at the mention of the Empress of a Thousand Bones.

“You should take a hard look in the mirror. How dare you covet the empress! You’re not even a match for her little finger. With her exceptional abilities, if the empress were still alive, she could kill an ungrateful, petty character like you a hundred times over using just her eyes.”

“Is she still alive?” asked the demonic shadow.

“Beg me, and I will tell you,” Blackie said in a ghastly manner.

“You must have a death wish, you bastard! Do you still think this is a hundred thousand years ago? I have ascended to godship with sovereignty all over the world. Who are you to talk to me like that? I will know everything I want after I suck your Saint Soul out of your body.”

The demon’s shadow stepped forward and reached out with his demonic claw to grab Blackie.

Before the demonic claw even came close, Blackie already felt its squeeze behind the force field. Blackie was only a sitting duck since there was a great disparity in their strength.

Blackie mumbled something as his eyes welled up and became filled with enmity.

Zhang Ruochen made out some of the words that Blackie had mumbled. He had mentioned the Divine Sky-connecting Tree and the Empress of a Thousand Bones.

Did the cutting of the Divine Sky-connecting Tree have something to do with the demon?

However, that was unlikely. At that time, even the Empress of a Thousand Bones had yet to attain her divinity. The demon could not have possessed the ability to chop off the Divine Sky-connecting Tree.

Seeing that Blackie was about to be taken away, Zhang Ruochen shifted his body and stood in front of him.

“I am pleased to send you to hell since you insist.” The demon’s shadow struck at Zhang Ruochen’s head with its hand.

Right when every cultivator thought that Zhang Ruochen would surely die, he raised his hand and took the demonic shadow’s attack head-on, keeping the seemingly unstoppable offense at bay.

Boom!

Mount Yueshen’s entire structure sank as a white and a black light turned into a ring and spread out thousands of miles in all directions.

“How-How is that possible?” Many cultivators were shocked.

“It is Yueshen’s power.”

One cultivator had figured out what happened when he saw the wooden staff in Zhang Ruochen’s hand. A bright light shone out of the wooden staff and shrouded Zhang Ruochen.

“Yueshen has appointed Zhang Ruochen as a Divine Envoy? I thought one had to be a Supreme Saint to be a Divine Envoy?”

“Can Zhang Ruochen hold up against the power of a god with his Saint-King body and Saint Soul?”

The Staff of the Divine Envoy would be activated by an attack from any force beyond the rank of a Supreme Saint. With the staff in his hands, Zhang Ruochen could summon a part of Yueshen’s power.

“I might have left the Kunlun Realm, but I hate traitors the most. I do not know what evil deed you committed one hundred thousand years ago, but since Blackie says that you are a traitor, you deserve death.”

Zhang Ruochen launched his attack and an endless stream of divine power zapped out of his hand. It hit the demon’s shadow in the chest, and the shadow ended up tumbling back through the air.

However, the move had also hurt Zhang Ruochen. There were streaks of blood on his arm, and he was in extreme pain. It could not be helped, as Yueshen’s power was too great for him to handle.

I need to finish this as quickly as I can.

Zhang Ruochen jumped up into the air and struck the demonic shadow with the Staff of the Divine Envoy, sending it flying again. A scroll landed on the demonic shadow’s body; it was where those Saint Kings had been sealed.

Lunging toward the scroll, Zhang Ruochen stuck his fist out.

If his punch hit its target, those Heavenly Realm Saint Kings in the scroll would be dead.

Boom!

Before his punch even hit the scroll, the divine power had already torn it into pieces. Those Saint Kings that flew out of the scroll exploded, turning into clouds of bloody fog in the air.

Soon after, silence filled the air. The cultivators of the entire Shatuo Domain were rooted to the spot. They must have been scared stiff.

The gods of the Heavenly Realm were there in the Shatuo Domain to save the Saint Kings, yet Zhang Ruochen had killed the Saint Kings in front of the gods.

It was a slap in the gods’ faces. Not only did they feel humiliated but also distressed.