Heaven-Surpassing Divine Emperor

Atop the ruins of Cuiwei Pavilion.

All the powerful experts raised their heads, gazing toward the Celestial Vault.

"What’s going on? Why hasn’t the Heavenly Destiny Tribulation descended?"

"Why did the Thunder Tribulation cloud disappear?"

"Did Jiang Chen fail his tribulation?"

The experts all looked confused.

Zong Rui frowned, his gaze fixed on the dissipating Thunder Tribulation cloud. A bewildered expression crossed his face. "What’s happening?"

"I don’t know either!"

Elder Zhang shook his head and gave a wry smile. "I’ve also never heard of a Heavenly Destiny Tribulation where the Thunder Tribulation cloud just vanishes before it even strikes."

Just as Zong Rui and Elder Zhang were baffled, Zong Rui’s expression changed abruptly. A bone-chilling cold swept through his body and soul.

He snapped his head up to see a figure shrouded in dark golden light plummeting from the sky, hurtling toward Cuiwei Pavilion.

Zong Rui’s pupils contracted violently as he saw Jiang Chen charging straight for him. A savage look twisted his features as he let out a low roar, "Die!"

The Five Yin Forbidden Realm manifested before him once more.

"Five Domains Unite!"

The five pitch-black vortexes fused together. With the massive vortex hovering over his head, Zong Rui hurled it toward Jiang Chen.

"Shatter!"

As Jiang Chen plummeted, black light pulsed on his Dustfall Sword. He swung his blade across the sky. Instantly, a long river of dim, yellow sword light descended from above, striking the black vortex with the force of the Huang Hex River falling from the Nine Heavens.

BOOM—

The entire black vortex shuddered violently as cracks spread across its surface.

The cracks spread with the speed of a plague. Amid a series of crisp CRACKs, the vortex shattered, was pierced through by the sharp sword, and then utterly exploded.

"Gah..."

Zong Rui’s face instantly turned crimson, and he violently spewed a mouthful of blood.

His body trembled violently.

He was sent flying backward, crashing heavily to the side.

Jiang Chen was incredibly fast. His figure split apart in mid-air, creating ten "Jiang Chens," each holding a black and red longsword. In an instant, they overtook Zong Rui. With a sweep of their swords, ten sharp beams of sword light erupted, coalescing in the void to form nine azure Sword Qi Lotuses.

Each Sword Qi Lotus spun in the air. Within every petal, one could clearly see sharp streams of Sword Qi pulsing unpredictably.

HUMMM—

The petals scattered, spinning like a flurry of snowflakes as they descended upon the area where Zong Rui was.

RUMBLE RUMBLE—

The sound of the terrifying explosions was world-shaking. Mushroom clouds rose from the ground one after another, rushing straight for Yun Xiao.

"ROAR! You little bastard, you’ve gone too far!" From within the rolling dust and smoke, a disheveled and blood-soaked Zong Rui shot into the sky.

His battle armor was shattered, with only a few broken scraps of metal left hanging on his frame. His hairy thighs and chest were exposed, cutting a truly pathetic figure.

Zong Rui’s small eyes were filled with a menacing, cold light, looking as if they were ready to devour someone whole.

Jiang Chen hovered in the air, the dark golden light around him solidifying into a suit of battle armor. His cold gaze fell upon Zong Rui as he sneered, "Gone too far? Hahaha, so I have. What are you going to do about it?"

"You little mongrel, you really think you have me beaten? So what if you’ve broken through to the Heavenly Destiny Realm? I can still kill you with ease!" Zong Rui raged.

Jiang Chen said calmly, "Enough nonsense. Make your move."

"Kill!"

Zong Rui roared hysterically. Five pitch-black holes materialized behind him—his Martial Soul, the Abyssal Passages that could connect to the Endless Abyss.

"Endless Abyss, open for me!"

With a great roar from Zong Rui, the five pitch-black holes merged, forming an arched gateway.

Within the gateway, the spatial fluctuations were exceptionally intense, causing the surrounding world to distort faintly.

Waves of monstrous Demonic Qi billowed out from the arched gateway.

"Summon—Abyss Demons!" Zong Rui’s face was savage. Black Demonic Qi rolled forth from the gateway, coiling around his body and condensing into profound, black runes.

One after another, green-faced, long-fanged Demons charged out from the arched gateway.

At Zong Rui’s command, the hundred-strong horde of Abyss Demons charged toward Jiang Chen.

"Abyss Demons? Has the Grand Elder gone mad? He actually summoned these monsters?"

"He must have a death wish, trying to take Jiang Chen down with him!"

Everyone exclaimed in shock.

Abyss Demons.

No matter the dynasty, they were a taboo existence—brutal, bloodthirsty creatures that sought to destroy all life.

Zong Rui could borrow power from the Endless Abyss, but to summon Abyss Demons themselves was a grave sin.

Even if he killed Jiang Chen in this battle, he would inevitably face severe punishment!

Jiang Chen’s pupils constricted slightly, but his lips curled into a cold smile. "And here I thought you had some great trick up your sleeve. Turns out, it was just summoning these filthy Demons. Zong Rui, I was actually wondering what excuse I would need after killing an Outer Sect Elder. Since you’re so eager to die that you’d summon Abyss Demons, I can kill you without any reservations!"

"Kill me? You think *you* can kill me? That’s ridiculous!" Zong Rui sneered with contempt.

Jiang Chen wasted no more words.

He kicked off the void, his body shooting forward like an arrow from a bow, straight toward the hundred-odd Abyss Demons.

"ROAR!"

"Human, die!"

The green-faced, long-fanged Abyss Demons, their faces twisted with savagery and bloodlust, charged madly at Jiang Chen.

Unflustered, Jiang Chen threw a punch. Coalescing with dark golden light, the fist carried an unparalleled Destructive Power.

BOOM!

One Abyss Demon was instantly smashed to pieces.

With a sweeping kick, golden True Essence flared into a fan-shaped blade of light. As it passed, Abyss Demon after Abyss Demon was sliced in two at the waist.

He brandished his longsword, and its light soared to the heavens. A rain of swords that blotted out the sun descended upon them.

PATTER... PATTER...

In an instant, the hundred-odd Abyss Demons had been slaughtered to the last by Jiang Chen.

Jiang Chen’s icy gaze passed over the cold Demon corpses and landed on Zong Rui.

’This is bad...’

Zong Rui’s expression changed drastically as he turned to flee.

However, the very instant he moved, Jiang Chen’s voice sounded right beside his ear: "Grand Elder Zong, where do you think you’re going?"

"What?"

Zong Rui froze. Glancing back from the corner of his eye, his pupils suddenly bulged.

A giant foot, pulsing with dark golden light, was stomping down from the sky. It grew larger and larger in his vision, expanding from a single point of dark golden light until it filled his entire world.

The aura of death washed over him.

Cold, death, despair, Darkness, and helplessness all eroded Zong Rui’s will to fight.

"No... No..."

Zong Rui roared in despair. He realized that in the face of the massive, dark golden foot, there was nowhere to run and nowhere to hide!

BOOM—

Amidst Zong Rui’s despairing cries, the dark golden foot descended, brutally stomping him into the ground.

The entire Martial Saint Mountain trembled violently.

Dust and debris flew as massive cracks spread out in all directions.

When the dust settled, a massive, footprint-shaped crater—one hundred meters long and fifty meters wide—had appeared in the ground at Cuiwei Pavilion. Inside the pit, there was no sign of Grand Elder Zong Rui. All that remained was a mangled pulp of flesh, crushed beyond human recognition, and a pool of blood that stained the earth.

Zong Rui, the great Grand Elder of the Saint Martial Sword Sect’s Outer Sect and a mighty expert at the Heavenly Destiny Realm Sixth Stage, had been stomped to death by a single kick from Jiang Chen!

All of Cuiwei Pavilion fell deathly silent.

To hear of it was horrifying. To witness it—was to be utterly terrified!