Heaven-Surpassing Divine Emperor

"Little Black? Boss, who are you talking to?" Little White asked, eyes wide with confusion.

Jiang Chen smiled without saying a word.

And then...

The tombstone emitted a faint, dark light. A purplish-black figure flew out from it—it was none other than the Purple-winged Heaven-devouring Bat, the Black Emperor!

The Black Emperor flapped its purplish-black wings, flew in front of Jiang Chen, circled twice, and landed directly on Little White’s head.

Little White grew furious, raising its two front paws to swipe at the Black Emperor.

The Black Emperor was not afraid in the slightest. It lightly flapped its wings, batting away Little White’s chubby paws. "Little one, stop messing around! Back in my day, I, the great Black Emperor, the Purple-winged Heaven-devouring Bat, was the supreme ruler of the Eight Desolates and Six Harmonies. Even True Dragons and Divine Phoenixes would beg me to let them be my mount, and whether I accepted depended entirely on my mood. You should be proud that I’m even willing to ride on your head!"

"What the hell are you? Get off me..." Little White snarled, baring its teeth.

’This guy’s full of it.’

’True Dragons? Divine Phoenixes? Those are supreme among Demon Beasts, figures of legend! How could they ever become mounts for a stinking bat like you?’

The Black Emperor shook its head with a sentimental look. "How the mighty have fallen! Ah, well. It seems you won’t believe me unless I show you what I can do. Little one, catch..."

The Black Emperor swept its membranous wing, sending a speck of black light shooting into the space between Little White’s eyebrows.

Little White shuddered violently. A brilliant light flashed in its emerald eyes, and its voice trembled with excitement, "Th-This is the Azure Sea Heaven-Facing Technique of my Green Water Golden-eyed Beast clan? How is this possible? Even my inherited memories say that this Secret Technique was lost long ago! How could you know it?"

"Heh heh, there’s a lot more where that came from. As long as you listen to me and become my little bro, there will be no shortage of goodies for you in the future!" A human-like smile appeared on the Black Emperor’s face, its two white fangs glinting brightly.

Little White froze, looking at Jiang Chen hesitantly.

Jiang Chen smiled. "Little White, go ahead and agree. This guy is loaded with good stuff!"

"Well... all right!"

Little White hesitated for a moment, then nodded and stopped resisting. "I agree to be your little bro, but you’d better not forget my share of the good stuff in the future!"

"No problem... Come on, let me hear you call me Brother Black first!" the Black Emperor said smugly.

"Brother Black!"

"So obedient. Here, this is a Demon Core I got from casually slaying a Dragon-Horned Demon Flood Dragon on my way out of the Celestial Demon Ancient Realm. You’re both Water Attribute Demon Beasts. Refining this should be enough for you to cultivate the Azure Sea Heaven-Facing Technique to the peak of the First Stage!" The Black Emperor generously tossed out an azure Demon Core, which Little White swallowed in one gulp.

Little White’s eyes lit up as it began to circulate the Azure Sea Heaven-Facing Technique to refine the Demon Core.

Jiang Chen, however, wore a wry smile. "Damn it, Little Black, you’re unbelievable! I went to all the trouble of subduing that Dragon-Horned Demon Flood Dragon, and I was just thinking of having you bring it out. And you just went and killed it?"

The Black Emperor waved its membranous wings, saying nonchalantly, "It was just a Demon Flood Dragon with a pitifully weak trace of True Dragon Bloodline. One of these days, I’ll take you to catch a real True Dragon for you to snack on!"

"Would it kill you to stop bragging?"

Jiang Chen shook his head, speechless, and urged, "Cut the crap and give me the Divine Demon Tyrant Body!"

The Divine Demon Tyrant Body!

This was a Body Refining Divine Technique from the Celestial Demon Emperor Venerable.

After receiving the Celestial Demon Emperor Venerable’s inheritance, not only had Jiang Chen’s cultivation advanced, breaking through to the True Martial Realm Third Stage, but he had also stepped into the realm of a First-Grade Middle Level Divine Thought Master.

However, according to the Celestial Demon Emperor Venerable’s original arrangement, there was still the heaven-defying Body Refining Divine Technique, the Divine Demon Tyrant Body. The problem was, the Black Emperor had insisted he would only pass it on after Jiang Chen brought him out of the Celestial Demon Ancient Realm!

Jiang Chen had no choice but to wait until now.

The Black Emperor jutted its jaw. "See that tombstone? The Divine Demon Tyrant Body is in there. You’re already a First-Grade Middle Level Divine Thought Master. Use the Artifact Refining Technique the Venerable Emperor passed down to you to refine it, and you’ll get the cultivation method for the Divine Demon Tyrant Body!"

’Holy shit... Such a badass Divine Technique was just left in there?’

Jiang Chen rolled his eyes, completely speechless.

But as his gaze fell upon the tombstone, a trace of excitement appeared in his eyes.

The Divine Demon Tyrant Body was a heaven-defying Divine Technique said to allow one’s physical body to achieve sainthood. Once this Body Refining Divine Technique was mastered, one’s body would be comparable to a Profound Weapon!

Back then, the Celestial Demon Emperor Venerable was able to fight so many Venerable experts single-handedly by relying on this Divine Technique. He had forged his body to be comparable to a Divine-tier Profound Weapon, making it nearly indestructible.

In a flash, his figure landed before the tombstone.

Jiang Chen circulated the Demon Flame Technique. Two balls of black flame erupted from his palms—this was the Artifact Refining Technique inherited from the Celestial Demon Emperor Venerable. He directed the two black flames to envelop the tombstone. The flames surged, like two black dragons coiling around the monument. After a full three double-hours of refining, he finally completed the process.

SWOOSH—

A speck of black light the size of a grain of rice flew from the tombstone, entered the space between Jiang Chen’s eyebrows, and came to float above his Spiritual Sea.

Streams of golden characters flooded his Spiritual Sea and merged into his memory. This was the cultivation method for the Divine Demon Tyrant Body.

This supreme Body Refining Divine Technique had a total of six stages.

Each advancement in stage was equivalent to raising the physical body’s level by a tier. Cultivating the First Stage would make one’s body comparable to a Yellow-tier Profound Weapon.

At the Second Stage, the body would be comparable to a Profound-tier Profound Weapon!

If one could cultivate it to the Sixth Stage, their body would be comparable to a Divine-tier Profound Weapon!

As for the Seventh Stage...

Even the Celestial Demon Emperor Venerable of old had never reached such a realm!

Jiang Chen sat cross-legged and began to circulate his True Essence according to the pathways of the Divine Demon Tyrant Body. His True Essence was like a sea, surging and moving like millions of roaming dragons within his body. After half a day, he finally completed the circulation path for the First Stage, finishing one full cycle.

’The Circulation of the Celestial Cycle is finally open. Now I can start devouring Spirit Medicines and Spirit Crystals to strengthen my body!’

The most formidable aspect of the Divine Demon Tyrant Body was that it tempered the physical body as if it were a Profound Weapon.

As long as the Circulation of the Celestial Cycle was open, one could continuously absorb the power of Spirit Crystals to increase the body’s strength.

Jiang Chen took out the Storage Ring that Yulan Tianpeng had given him. Inside were over a thousand stalks of various Spirit Medicines, as well as some pills obtained from ruins and three hundred First-Grade Spirit Crystals.

Spirit Crystals were divided into seven grades and were exceptionally precious. They could be used for both Artifact Refining and cultivating the Divine Demon Tyrant Body.

’These Spirit Medicines are quite valuable. Once I get to Yulan Mansion, I’ll need to find a way to get a Medicine Cauldron and refine some pills to raise my cultivation. But for now, I should focus on devouring Spirit Crystals and cultivating the Divine Demon Tyrant Body!’ Jiang Chen sat cross-legged, took out the Spirit Crystals, and began to devour them.

Spirit Crystals contained extremely pure Heaven and Earth Spiritual Power.

An ordinary First-Grade Spirit Crystal was worth a million, yet in Jiang Chen’s hands, they were being devoured like candy.

One...

Two...

Three...

This cultivation session lasted for three full days and nights.

A faint, dark-golden luster emanated from Jiang Chen’s entire body. Piles of gray Crystal Stones—Spirit Crystals that had been drained of their Spiritual Power—were stacked around him.

After three days and nights of frantic devouring, Jiang Chen had finally mastered the First Stage of the Divine Demon Tyrant Body, making his physical body comparable to a Yellow Tier High-level Profound Weapon. His strength had also increased by a full three times compared to three days ago!

’If I were to face an expert like Zhao Qinghuo now, I wouldn’t even need to use a Divine Thought Shock. I could beat him to death with my bare hands!’ Jiang Chen thought with satisfaction.

Tripling his strength in just three days and nights.

Such a speed of improvement could only be described as inconceivable!

Glancing at the gray Crystal Stones on the ground, Jiang Chen gave a wry smile. "I can’t believe mastering just the First Stage used up almost all three hundred Spirit Crystals. Looks like I’ll have to find a way to make a lot more money in the future!"

Just mastering the First Stage had consumed Spirit Crystals worth nearly three hundred million silver.

’And the Divine Demon Tyrant Body has seven whole stages!’

’Each stage will definitely consume more energy. Cultivating it later will require even higher-level Spirit Crystals, and that’ll cost an astronomical amount!’

"I won’t think about that for now. The most urgent task is to advance the Divine Demon Tyrant Body to the Second Stage!"

After mastering each stage of the Divine Demon Tyrant Body, one had to consume a special pill to break through to the next—the Tyrant Essence Pill!

This was a pill uniquely created by the Celestial Demon Emperor Venerable for cultivating the Divine Demon Tyrant Body. It had seven different refinement methods, resulting in seven different grades of the pill.

The simplest, the First-Revolution Tyrant Essence Pill, was a First-grade Pill!

The Second Revolution Tyrant Essence Pill was Second Grade!

And so on...

’One day, if I cultivate the Divine Demon Tyrant Body to the Seventh Stage and want to break through again, I’ll have to refine the Seventh-Revolution Tyrant Essence Pill.’

’That’s a Seventh-Grade pill!’

’Across the entire Qiankun Continent, you could count the number of Alchemy Masters capable of refining such a pill on one hand!’

’Thankfully, I received the Celestial Demon Emperor Venerable’s inheritance. Otherwise, even with a peerless Cultivation Technique like the Divine Demon Tyrant Body, I wouldn’t be able to cultivate it!’

"I’m a First-Grade Middle Level Divine Thought Master now, so my Divine Thought Power is only strong enough to support refining First-grade Pills. I should be able to make the First-Revolution Tyrant Essence Pill. However, I don’t have a Medicine Cauldron to refine pills right now. It looks like I’ll have to make a trip to the Alchemist Guild in Yulan Mansion..."

He stood up and glanced at the black tombstone, muttering to himself, "The day I break through to the Union Palace Realm, I’ll come back to claim that Celestial Demon Ancient Castle!"

’The Celestial Demon Ancient Castle is a Seventh-Grade, Divine-tier Profound Weapon!’

’There are only a few such Divine Soldiers in the entire Qiankun Continent. How could I be willing to let it just sit here in the Celestial Demon Ancient Realm?’

He looked at Little White, who was bathed in a faint blue light from which the sound of waves occasionally emerged, then turned to the Black Emperor at his side. "Little Black, how much longer until Little White finishes refining that Demon Core?"

"Probably about half a month!"

The Black Emperor thought for a moment and said, "Are we leaving now? Then I’ll put Little White into my Heaven-Devouring Space!" With a flash of black light, it took Little White into its Heaven-Devouring Space!

The Purple-winged Heaven-devouring Bat was an ancient, unique species.

They naturally formed a space within their bodies. If the Black Emperor were at its peak, its Heaven-Devouring Space could even swallow the sun, moon, and stars. Although its strength was a shadow of its former self, taking in Little White was still no problem at all!

Jiang Chen nodded. "Then let’s set off!"

"Let’s roll!"

The Black Emperor flapped its purplish-black, membranous wings and landed on Jiang Chen’s shoulder.

Jiang Chen strode forward, his steps as fast as a shooting star, and raced toward Yulan Mansion...