Heaven-Surpassing Divine Emperor

A terrifying Sword Aura stretched for a thousand zhang.

A single sword strike from the east!

Like the rising Blazing Sun, it erupted with incomparably brilliant light, dazzlingly resplendent, as glorious as the sun itself!

RUMBLE—

The terrifyingly immense Sword Aura tore through the sky, striking heavily upon the Nine Demons Sky Demon Array.

The entire Array erupted in a burst of intensely blazing light. Within the Grand Array, countless Corpse Ghosts let out shrill screams and roars.

SWOOSH SWOOSH SWOOSH!

Tens of thousands of Corpse Ghosts charged toward the Sword Aura that had split the sky.

HISS HISS!

The Sword Aura was incredibly sharp. The moment the Corpse Ghosts touched the light radiating from it, they erupted in clouds of black qi, utterly slain and annihilated, vanishing from sight.

When all the sword light dissipated, several thousand Corpse Ghosts had been reduced to ashes.

”Hiss!”

Everyone sucked in a sharp breath.

These were Corpse Ghosts!

Even an expert like White Tiger could only shatter the Corpse Ghosts with a full-powered attack, and they would just regenerate using the power of the Array. But now, several thousand of them had been completely annihilated by that single sky-rending sword strike, dissipating into nothing!

”Who is it?”

The experts from the Nine Sins Hall on the city walls all showed looks of astonishment.

Everyone looked toward the eastern sky.

There, they saw a young man in black robes. His black hair danced wildly in the air. He had sword-like brows, eyes like stars, and a face as handsome as carved jade. His entire bearing was as straight and imposing as a Divine Sword!

He exuded an incredibly sharp, indomitable aura!

This was an absolute powerhouse!

The figure drew closer and closer...

Inside the Nine Demons Sky Demon Array, White Tiger, Bai Ling, and the experts of the Tenth Hall behind them all recognized the newcomer.

They looked at each other, the despair on their faces vanishing without a trace, replaced by ecstatic joy and excitement.

”The Alliance Leader is here! Brother, the Alliance Leader is here!” Bai Ling said excitedly.

White Tiger nodded. He didn’t speak, but his eyes were fixed on the young man tearing through the sky toward them.

「Not long ago...」

It was this very same young man who had descended from the heavens like a Divine Soldier to save him from the clutches of Xie Zesen. He had even used his overwhelming power to crush and kill Xie Zesen, an expert on the Hundred Kings List!

This young man had never let his friends down!

「At the same time.」

Jiang Chen had already flown above the Nine Demons Sky Demon Array. Treading on the void, he tossed Wu Hao to the side.

His sharp eyes pierced through the Array, seeing White Tiger, Bai Ling, and the experts of the Tenth Hall trapped within.

A cold glint flashed in Jiang Chen’s eyes. His frigid voice exploded in the air like a clap of thunder, ”Listen up, you trash from the Nine Sins Hall! If you don’t want to die, disperse the Nine Demons Sky Demon Array at once and kneel before Haifeng City to await judgment. If you fail to do so after three breaths, I will strike and slaughter every last one of you!”

As soon as these words were spoken, mocking laughter suddenly erupted over Haifeng City.

”Hahaha, that’s hilarious! Where did this idiot come from? How dare he say something like that?”

”Does he think he’s an expert from the Venerable List?”

”How ignorant! It doesn’t matter that you’re alone; what could you do even if you brought an army of thousands? With the Nine Demons Sky Demon Array here, unless a titan of the Union Palace Realm takes action, we are invincible!”

Faced with Jiang Chen’s ultimatum, the experts of the Nine Sins Hall paid him no mind.

After all... the Nine Demons Sky Demon Array was truly formidable. Even a titan of the Union Palace Realm would find it extremely difficult to break!

”Two breaths left!”

Jiang Chen’s expression was icy.

He completely ignored the mockery from the Nine Sins Hall crowd.

Time ticked away. Three breaths passed in an instant. Jiang Chen took a deep breath and said flatly, ”Three breaths are up. After today, the Nine Sins Hall will no longer exist in the Ninth State!”

VMMMM!

Jiang Chen’s body suddenly trembled.

Waves of golden qi erupted from beneath his feet, transforming into arcs of golden lightning that covered his body, crackling loudly.

The lightning arcs grew increasingly ferocious!

RUMBLE!

Billowing Sword Qi gathered around his body. With a wave of Jiang Chen’s arm, all of this surging True Essence converged on the Spirit-Slaying Sword.

”Celestial Flame—Cross Slash!”

A brilliant light erupted from Jiang Chen’s eyes. With one sword strike, he tore through the air.

BOOM—

A deafening roar, like the tolling of a great bell, resounded. His Tier Two Fire Sword Intent was completely fused into the Celestial Flame Cross Slash, elevating the power of this Sword Skill to a whole new level.

The sword strike, as brilliant as the Blazing Sun, slammed viciously into the Nine Demons Sky Demon Array.

HSSSS—

The peerless Sword Aura collided violently with the Nine Demons Sky Demon Array. The entire array erupted with a monstrous black light, as if the world had been plunged into Darkness.

When everything calmed down, the peerless Sword Aura was gone.

As for the Nine Demons Sky Demon Array, it was completely unharmed!

The experts trapped within the array couldn’t help but reveal looks of disappointment.

The experts from the Nine Sins Hall on the city gate, however, quietly breathed a sigh of relief and began to sneer. ”Hahaha, I thought you were so tough. Turns out you’re all thunder and no rain.”

”The momentum of that sword strike was pretty intimidating, but it was all show and no substance!”

”Our Nine Demons Sky Demon Array is incredibly powerful. How could it be broken by a mere Heavenly Destiny Realm Sixth Stage nobody?”

”I said it before, if he can break the Nine Demons Sky Demon Array, I’ll swallow my Profound Weap... Weap... How is this possible?”

An expert from the Nine Sins Hall was speaking smugly when, suddenly, his expression changed drastically. Not a trace of his triumphant look remained, replaced by terror, fear, and utter disbelief!

CRACK...

CRACK-CRACK...

CRACKLE!

A series of crisp cracks echoed from the oval, black light shield of the Nine Demons Sky Demon Array’s domain. The shattering sounds grew louder and more frequent. A web of cracks spread across the black light shield until, with a massive ”BOOM,” the entire oval light shield formed by the Nine Demons Sky Demon Array exploded into pieces.

The Array Crystals buried deep underground all shattered. The Nine Demons Sky Demon Array, upon which the experts of the Nine Sins Hall had expended so much effort, had been destroyed by a single sword strike!

”This is impossible!”

”This is all fake, an illusion...”

”No...”

The experts of the Nine Sins Hall were all completely devastated.

The Nine Demons Sky Demon Array was their greatest protection!

And now it had been broken?

Who on earth was this young man?

Everyone stared at Jiang Chen in unison. Finally, someone recognized him. ”I recognize him! He’s Jiang Chen!”

An expert from the Saint Martial Sword Sect pointed at Jiang Chen and exclaimed.

The cry spread like a plague, and everyone’s gaze toward Jiang Chen was now filled with deep reverence. ”The newly ascended youth Venerable on the Venerable List, Jiang Chen? So it’s him...”

”If a youth Venerable takes action, it’s not so hard to understand how he could have such power!”

”So this is a youth Venerable? He’s unbelievably strong!”

”Those idiots from the Nine Sins Hall are done for now...”

Cries of alarm rang out across the land.

The numerous experts of the Nine Sins Hall turned ashen-faced, their expressions ugly. One among them, an expert at the Late Stage of the Ninth Stage of the Heavenly Destiny Realm, stood on the city wall and looked at Jiang Chen with a grim face. ”So Your Excellency is the newly ascended Venerable, Senior Brother Jiang. We were blind to your greatness. Please forgive us, Senior Brother Jiang!”

Jiang Chen glanced at him and said flatly, ”Have you decided to come out and accept your death now?”

”You...”

The expert’s face changed. Grimly, he suppressed his anger and said, ”We admit we are not your match, Your Excellency. However, among the Ten Great Dynasties, our Nine Sins Hall ranks among the top. We are considerably stronger than your Saint Martial Sword Sect. Even if you don’t consider yourself, you should consider your Sect, shouldn’t you? We’ll concede today. Take your people and go; we will not stop you. But don’t even think about harming a single person from my Nine Sins Hall!”

His words were resounding and firm.

Jiang Chen said coolly, ”Are you threatening me?”

”You could see it that way! Your Excellency’s talent is immense, ranking you as a youth Venerable. Perhaps you do not fear our retaliation, but what about your Sect? Your family?” the Nine Sins Hall expert said with a cold expression.

Jiang Chen chuckled, his voice growing even colder. ”You know, the one thing I hate most in this life is people threatening me with my family. Anyone who poses a threat to their safety, I make it a habit to—crush them in the cradle!”

As his words fell, Jiang Chen had already flickered, splitting into ten avatars and charging toward Haifeng City.

”Not good!”

”To arms!”

The expressions of the Nine Sins Hall members changed drastically as they all brandished their Profound Weapons to defend themselves.

However...

Jiang Chen had already advanced to the Heavenly Destiny Realm Sixth Stage. Coupled with his Wind, Water, and Fire Three Great Sword Intents all reaching Tier Two Advanced, and with various other enhancements, slaughtering the experts of the Nine Sins Hall, who had lost the protection of a youth Venerable, was as easy as cutting melons and slicing vegetables.

「After half an incense stick of time.」

The 13,652 experts from the Nine Sins Hall in Haifeng City had all been slain by Jiang Chen under his Spirit-Slaying Sword!

The Spirit-Slaying Sword devoured the blood of the experts, the black light on its blade growing ever more brilliant.

Jiang Chen stood in the air, a mountain of corpses and a Sea of Blood beneath his feet. His icy gaze swept over the experts from the various sects standing behind White Tiger and the others. He said flatly, ”Today, I, Jiang Chen, have eliminated the Nine Sins Hall from this place. From now on, in the Ninth State, my Saint Martial Sword Sect’s Heaven-Soaring Alliance will reign supreme. If any of you object, you are welcome to step forward!”

As soon as these words were spoken, all the experts below Haifeng City bowed their heads.

Several thousand top experts from the Major Sects, chosen ones who normally looked down on everyone, all chose to submit in the face of Jiang Chen, who seemed like both a god and a demon.

Under the Spirit-Slaying Sword, who would dare to disobey?

Before Jiang Chen’s Divine Aura, none dared to be defiant!