Heaven-Surpassing Divine Emperor

Tu Shanhe soared into the sky, a massive crimson sword floating behind him.

Like a towering, sharp mountain peak, it bore down on Jiang Chen. The sword was a full hundred zhang long and radiated a brilliant light, like a sword of judgment from a Divine Spirit!

SWISH...

The sword light shot forward, slashing down with incredible speed.

As the hundred-zhang-long Sword Aura passed, it trailed a ribbon of blood-red light, looking as if it would cleave heaven and earth in two!

Facing such a tyrannical sword strike, a brilliant light erupted from Jiang Chen’s Eyes of the Heavens.

The True Essence in his body surged violently, roiling like boiling water. Torrents of it converged in his palm and gathered on the Spirit-Slaying Sword, which blazed with light. ”Divine Wind Celestial Fury—Fury of the Storm!”

SWISH!

A black light flickered on the Spirit-Slaying Sword, coalescing into a Sword Curtain.

Like a peacock unfurling its tail, it concealed a section of the Celestial Vault.

Streams of Sword Qi transformed into a surging Sword Qi Storm, rushing toward the hundred-zhang-long crimson sword light.

RUMBLE...

The streams of Sword Qi cancelled each other out. The two completely different Sword Daos were unable to overcome one another.

PFFT!

All the light suddenly converged and vanished into nothingness.

In the Celestial Vault, only a biting wind remained.

Jiang Chen stood in the void, sword in hand. A dark golden light flickered around him, making him look like a Golden Armor War God. He stared back at Tu Shanhe without a trace of fear!

Tu Shanhe’s expression was utterly placid.

It revealed no emotion, making his thoughts impossible to guess.

Behind him, the great crimson sword hung in the air. His robes fluttered, and his long hair danced in the wind. His sharp eyes fixed on Jiang Chen as he slowly spoke, ”I never expected... that in just a few short months, you would have grown to such a realm!”

Jiang Chen’s talent truly shocked and terrified Tu Shanhe.

His Spirit Body had fought Jiang Chen in the Celestial Fate Ancient Realm. Back then, Jiang Chen’s cultivation was only at the Heavenly Destiny Realm.

But now...

Not only had he broken through to the Union Palace Realm, but he had even killed several magnates at the Union Palace Realm Eighth Stage.

Such a combat record and rate of improvement were nothing short of a miracle!

Jiang Chen stood with his sword, his eyes as cold as blades. His gaze clashed with Tu Shanhe’s, creating a fiery spark. ”There are many things you never expected. For example, you probably never thought that this very day, in this very place, would be your grave, did you?”

Jiang Chen’s heart was filled with killing intent for Tu Shanhe.

In the Celestial Fate Ancient Realm, Tu Shanhe’s Spirit Body had intervened to protect Lan Haichen and nearly wounded him.

After returning from the Celestial Fate Ancient Realm, Jiang Chen had faced pressure from numerous powerhouses. He had been trapped in a crisis, yet Tu Shanhe, the Sect Master, had not only failed to protect a disciple of his own Sect but had openly expelled him from the Saint Martial Sword Sect.

And now, he had attacked again and again, trying to kill him!

’If others leave me in peace, I will leave them in peace. But if they come for me, I will come for them!’

This was Jiang Chen’s code of conduct.

Jiang Chen would show no mercy to anyone who tried to take his life!

Tu Shanhe laughed!

A brilliant smile spread across his old face, but his voice was cold as ice, like iron nails dropping onto a frozen lake—piercing and sinister. ”Hahaha... Jiang Chen, it seems killing Ghost Mother Lishan and the others has made you overconfident. Do you really think you can kill me?”

”And why not?” Jiang Chen said coolly.

Tu Shanhe’s words were filled with contempt and disdain. He said arrogantly, ”Ignorant whelp, you probably don’t understand the difference between the Union Palace Realm Eighth Stage and the Ninth Stage. Once one steps into the Union Palace Realm Ninth Stage, their combat power undergoes a qualitative leap. If I want to kill you, it would be as easy as turning my hand!”

”Is that so? Then I’d like to see just how capable you are,” Jiang Chen said lightly.

”Fine, then I shall grant you your wish!”

Tu Shanhe nodded, his gaze icy. The corner of his mouth lifted, his disdain growing even stronger. ”Jiang Chen, I see that what you excel at most is the Sword Dao. Today, I will compete with you in the Sword Dao. I will utterly crush you in your strongest, most proficient area and completely shatter your confidence. Jiang Chen, face my blade!”

”Saint Martial Origin Slash!”

With a slash that tore through the air, the great crimson sword behind him came cleaving down.

This strike seemed ordinary, but it was, in fact, great skill disguised as simplicity.

This was the very same strike that had defeated Bai Lingfei of the Union Palace Realm Eighth Stage!

SWISH...

The crimson sword light trailed a dazzling and blinding ribbon of energy, cold and sharp.

’Saint Martial Origin Slash? What a powerful strike. I can’t find a single flaw...’ Jiang Chen’s expression changed slightly.

The blade hadn’t even drawn near, but the sharp fluctuations of power radiating from it were enough to make Jiang Chen feel a sense of shock.

He licked the corner of his mouth.

An excited, blood-red light surged in his eyes. He gave his longsword a sharp flick, and it immediately erupted in a brilliant radiance. ”Fish Dragon Nine Swords—First Sword!”

SPLASH!

Jiang Chen himself seemed to transform into a vast ocean, while the Spirit-Slaying Sword in his hand became a golden carp darting through the water.

It twisted its large body—a golden carp formed entirely from Sword Qi.

BANG!

The carp leaped into the air, flicked its body, and viciously whipped its tail at the crimson sword light.

But the golden Sword Qi carp couldn’t withstand the sharpness of the crimson Sword Aura. It paused for a moment before being sliced to pieces.

Jiang Chen’s expression remained neutral. As smooth as flowing clouds and water, he continued to channel his Sword Technique. ”Fish Dragon Nine Swords—Second Sword!”

”Third Sword!”

”Fourth Sword...”

He unleashed eight consecutive sword strikes.

A long, blue river materialized in the void. Within the river, schools of golden Sword Qi carp suddenly appeared. They swam in groups, their numbers impossible to count.

SPLASH...

They swam against the current, carrying an unyielding and indomitable Sword Intent.

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

The golden Sword Qi carp continuously collided with the crimson Sword Aura, exploding one after another in a brutal spectacle.

A faint golden light sprinkled down.

A cold look on his face, Tu Shanhe laughed arrogantly. ”Jiang Chen, you can’t even take one of my strikes. You’ve lost!”

”Lost? Not necessarily!”

Jiang Chen gave a cold smile. Green and gold light erupted from his Eyes of the Heavens simultaneously, and the dark golden glow around his body pulsed unstably. He grasped the hilt of his sword with both hands, then plunged into the blue river.

A golden light began to emanate from the tip of the sword.

Speck by speck.

It enveloped the Spirit-Slaying Sword and Jiang Chen, transforming his entire being into a giant golden carp.

SPLASH!

Jiang Chen’s figure flashed. The giant golden Sword Qi carp twisted its body, and with a WHOOSH, its speed increased severalfold as it swam against the current.

Tu Shanhe laughed coldly. ”Just a flashy, useless move. Die!”

Tu Shanhe thrust his hands downward!

SWISH!

The great crimson sword immediately turned its blade downward, aiming a slash at the golden Sword Qi carp that was Jiang Chen.

It seemed as though this incomparably powerful strike was about to shatter the entire blue river.

Just then, the golden carp that was Jiang Chen suddenly leaped high into the air. Its body spun, and the surrounding golden Sword Qi grew longer and longer, transforming it from a golden Sword Qi carp directly into a majestic and extraordinary Sword Qi Golden Dragon!

”Fish Dragon Nine Swords—The Ninth Sword: Where Wind and Cloud Meet, a Dragon is Born!”

ROAR—

A clear dragon’s cry shook the heavens. This world-shaking sword strike shot out with a SWISH.

BOOM...

The Sword Qi Golden Dragon extended a claw and swatted the great crimson sword, sending it plummeting toward the ground. Immediately after, with a thunderous roar, it crashed into Tu Shanhe like a star falling from beyond the heavens.

BANG!

A dull, explosive sound echoed through the Celestial Vault, like a clap of thunder.

Tu Shanhe grunted. Like a falling star or an arrow shot from a bow, he was sent flying backward, crashing into Martial Saint Mountain with a loud BOOM.

RUUUMMMBLE...

The entire Martial Saint Mountain shook violently.

Tu Shanhe’s body tore through the mountainside, only coming to a stop halfway up the slope.

”...”

On Martial Saint Mountain, a dead silence fell. You could have heard a pin drop.

The great Tu Shanhe, a master of the Union Palace Realm Ninth Stage and the Sect Master of the Saint Martial Sword Sect, was actually defeated by Jiang Chen in the way of the sword?

This was simply unbelievable!