Heaven-Surpassing Divine Emperor

SWOOSH!

A fan-shaped spray of black Sword Aura shot forward.

The blades of light were like a torrential downpour, each one impossibly sharp.

Black Yama snorted coldly.

His body turned ethereal and indistinct, like a reflection on water.

The unparalleled Sword Aura passed right through his body.

It sent ripples spreading through him.

When all the Sword Aura had vanished, Black Yama’s form solidified, completely unharmed. A smug, proud look spread across his face as he declared, ”I don’t know what method you used to suddenly boost your strength. But as I’ve said, even a Human Emperor would have a hard time killing me. You are not yet worthy of taking my life!”

The most unique aspect of Black Yama’s Shadow Martial Soul was its life-preserving abilities.

After all, only powerhouses at or above the Human Emperor Realm could wield Space Power.

But Black Yama, relying on his Shadow Martial Soul, could turn his body ethereal and merge into space.

This essentially made him invincible!

Jiang Chen smiled calmly and said, ”Worthy or not, why don’t you ask the sword in my hand?”

SWOOSH! SWOOSH! SWOOSH!

Jiang Chen’s left hand shot up, and he pointed three times in quick succession. Star-Breaking, Picking the Moon, Breaking Sun!

Three beams of light manifested into enormous True Essence Fingers, surging toward Black Yama with vast, destructive power.

Black Yama laughed heartily, his form turning ethereal and merging with space.

He allowed the three fingers to pass through his body.

Then, Black Yama’s form re-coalesced. He stomped on the air, and with a great BUZZ, ripples spread through space.

He was already charging toward Jiang Chen.

Two daggers appeared in his hands. They both emanated a faint black light and were both Saint-tier Profound Weapons.

They were covered in Space Runes!

”The Chi Dragon Daggers... I asked His Majesty to travel to the North Nether Sea and slay a Tier Six Chi Dragon. These were forged from its Dragon Bones. They are coated in the Chi Dragon’s venom. Even a Human Emperor Powerhouse would be severely poisoned if struck, losing more than half their cultivation. You should be proud to die by the Chi Dragon Daggers!” Black Yama sneered.

He slashed with both daggers at once.

One from the left, one from the right; one high, one low!

The two glints of dark, cold light created fine cracks in space.

This Black Yama had already reached the Ninth Stage of Human King Realm and was only a single step away from becoming a Human Emperor. Combined with his Shadow Martial Soul, this gave him an extremely high starting point in the Dao of Space.

He could now draw upon a trace of Space Power.

This was what made Black Yama so terrifying: the ability to turn his body ethereal and merge with the void to dodge powerful attacks.

His own attacks were infused with Space Power.

Their might was astonishing!

Facing the two gleaming daggers, Jiang Chen was unhurried. His eyes were like torches, shining with a sharp, cold light. In his vision, Black Yama’s speed slowed down countless times, the trajectories of the two daggers appearing with perfect clarity. The corner of Jiang Chen’s mouth lifted as he tapped his toes against the air.

He leaned back just slightly, narrowly avoiding the two daggers.

They nearly grazed his chest as they passed!

”How is that possible?” Black Yama’s expression changed.

He almost instantly turned his body ethereal again, merging with space.

At the same time, the Spirit-Slaying Sword had already slashed through his waist. His illusory figure in the void was cut in two before he reformed his body in a puff of black smoke.

His figure flashed as he retreated, and he let out a breath of terrified relief. ’That was close! A split second later and I would have been too slow. How can this kid’s reaction speed be so fast?’

Black Yama stared at Jiang Chen, his expression grave.

”You have time to be thinking about other things at a moment like this?” Jiang Chen’s voice suddenly sounded from behind him.

SWOOSH!

A cold sword light abruptly slashed out from behind him.

”Damn it!”

Wielding the Chi Dragon Daggers, Black Yama twisted his arms in a bizarre fashion, bringing them around to cross the daggers behind his back in a block.

CLANG!

A deafening, sharp sound exploded outward.

Jiang Chen’s sword was barely blocked by the crossed daggers. Black Yama’s body flipped through the air, passing over Jiang Chen’s head. As he fell, he violently tucked his legs and drove his knees toward the back of Jiang Chen’s skull.

The back of the skull is extremely fragile.

Even for a Human King Realm master, a blow there, while not necessarily fatal, would cause dizziness and confusion.

BANG!

His knees slammed down.

Two spheres of black light shot out from his knees.

A Human King Realm powerhouse’s control over their own body had reached an extremely high level; any part of them could be used to launch a powerful attack!

Two black pillars of True Essence erupted from his knees.

They shot out, stretching hundreds of zhang long.

But they didn’t hit Jiang Chen. They only pierced his afterimage and struck the ground.

The two pillars of light struck the ground, sinking into it as if a sharp dagger were piercing tofu.

They vanished straight into the earth.

Immediately after, an incomparably terrifying power surged up from deep underground, as if an invisible giant were pushing up the entire landscape from below.

RUMBLE RUMBLE RUMBLE...

The entire land began to shake violently.

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

Crimson waves of fire spewed from the ground—it was lava!

The entire landscape collapsed, leaving only roiling lava that radiated crimson heat. A lava lake over ten kilometers in radius had appeared out of thin air.

The Ninth Stage of Human King Realm held the power to destroy heaven and earth!

A city, even a kingdom, could be obliterated with a single thought!

Above the searing lava lake, Jiang Chen and Black Yama stood facing each other. Scalding magma and erupting fountains of lava exploded around them, yet none of it could get near their bodies.

Their long robes fluttered, and their black hair stirred as if in an unfelt wind.

Black Yama glared at Jiang Chen. ”Jiang Chen, if you have any guts, stop dodging and fight me to the death!”

Jiang Chen stared back at Black Yama and raised an eyebrow. ”Fine. I’ll grant you your wish!”

SWOOSH!

Jiang Chen suddenly attacked with his sword.

”Star Luo Destruction!”

A torrent of starlight surged, illuminating the void as a four-colored Sword Qi rushed out.

Earth, Fire, Water, and Wind!

After fusing the four Sword Dao Secrets, the power of Jiang Chen’s Sword Technique had reached another level!

”Fusion of four Mystical Techniques? No wonder you’re so strong, you’re a monster... But I suppose you’ve forgotten that I can turn ethereal and merge with the void. No matter how strong your attack is, it can’t possibly harm me!” Black Yama looked at the four-colored Sword Qi, a trace of shock in his eyes, but he quickly followed it with a confident sneer.

”Can’t harm you? Are you sure?”

Jiang Chen smiled faintly.

”Hm?”

Black Yama froze, his eyes widening. For the first time, shock and fear appeared on his face. ”H-how is this possible? W-why can’t I merge with the void?”

He discovered to his horror that his body was no longer under his command!

He couldn’t move at all.

It was as if he had been paralyzed!

Through his horrified eyes, Black Yama saw that within the four-colored Sword Qi, there was a trace of an even more profound Sword Dao Secret.

This was Jiang Chen’s greatest trump card—the Secrets of Time!

”No—”

Time around Black Yama had only frozen for an instant, but that single instant was enough for the unparalleled four-colored Sword Qi to completely engulf him.

RUMBLE RUMBLE RUMBLE...

Under the assault of the four-colored Sword Qi, Black Yama’s body shattered inch by inch, flaking away like a broken mirror.

The light in his eyes grew dim. As he watched Jiang Chen step toward him through the air, despair and helplessness washed over him. ’He’s fused four Mystical Techniques and even mastered the Secrets of Time? Can my Six Mountains Dynasty truly withstand the... wrath... of a genius like this?’

His last thought vanished completely along with the impact of the Sword Qi.

On the thirteenth day of the sixth month, in the 136,531st year of the Eastern Continent’s calendar, Jiang Chen summoned a million Demon Soldiers outside the Heaven-Soaring Saint Sect. He slew Black Yama, one of the twenty-three Venerable Emperors, and annihilated the million-strong Black Demon Army.

The world was shaken!