Heaven-Surpassing Divine Emperor

Just how strong was Jiang Chen?

His cultivation had long since reached the Fourth Stage of the Human King Realm. Furthermore, his six Mystical Techniques—Earth, Fire, Water, Wind, Light, and Darkness—had all reached the High Level of Tier Five.

He had even comprehended the Present Skill from the Three Lives Technique, mastering a heaven-defying Mystical Technique like Time Freeze!

Physically, he possessed the Immortal Sword Body, allowing him to unleash Sword Skills with power far beyond their normal level. On top of that, his Divine Demon Tyrant Body had reached the Fifth Stage, making his physique as tough as a Saint-tier Profound Weapon.

His Divine Thought Power had reached the level of a High Tier Spirit King!

This was comparable to a High Tier expert of the Human King Realm.

His Spirit-Slaying Sword had already been restored to the Saint Tier.

His defense, offense, and soul defense had all reached their peak.

Even an expert at the Peak of the Human King Realm couldn’t withstand a single blow from him!

If he were to use the God-Devouring Realm regardless of the cost to activate the God Slaying Sword, Jiang Chen could even slay an expert who had just stepped into the Human Emperor Realm.

And if he activated the Celestial Demon Ancient Castle at any cost, he was confident he could trap—or even kill—an expert at the Third or Fourth Stage of the Human Emperor Realm!

Granted, that day in the Six Mountains Dynasty Imperial Capital, he had awakened his Bloodline Power on the brink of death. The burning of his bloodline had granted him terrifying power for a short time, enough to single-handedly slay an expert at the Human Emperor Peak and even contend with one of the Fire Emperor’s Mysterious Dharma Bodies for a long time without tasting defeat.

But that was, after all, the result of a long period of accumulation bursting forth all at once during his bloodline’s awakening.

If Jiang Chen were to face a Mysterious Dharma Body from an Emperor Realm Powerhouse now, it would be certain death!

SWOOSH—

Jiang Chen’s eyes shot open. His pair of cyan-gold Eyes of the Heavens swirled gently as the two colors completely merged.

Then, the golden light grew brighter and brighter.

Transforming into two pupils of pure gold!

As his golden pupils swept forward, two beams of golden light shot out. In that same instant, Jiang Chen’s Divine Thought Power broke through the Spirit King level and stepped into the Spirit Emperor Realm!

This was the result of the golden blood contained within the God-slaying Sword helping Jiang Chen enhance his Divine Thought Power after his Blood Inheritance Martial Soul awakened.

This was an incredibly rare, once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

In one’s entire life.

Perhaps it would only happen once!

Although only a fine line separated a Spirit Emperor from a Spirit King, the difference in their power was as vast as the heavens and the earth.

A Spirit Emperor could already use their Divine Thought to create a world of thought.

As the saying goes: a world in a flower, a universe in a blade of grass.

Within the world of thought created by Jiang Chen, who had stepped into the Spirit Emperor Realm, he was the one and only supreme king!

With his Divine Thought Power alone, the current Jiang Chen could effortlessly crush an expert at the Third Stage of the Human Emperor Realm.

But...

’To me, this level of strength is still far from enough!’

A sharp glint flashed in Jiang Chen’s eyes. ’So I’m the owner of a Blood Inheritance Martial Soul after all. The God-slaying Sword is the Martial Soul born from my Chaos Bloodline. Now that my Chaos Bloodline has begun to awaken, it’s triggered the God-slaying Sword’s fourth awakening as well. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to increase my strength.’

During the process of awakening his Blood Inheritance Martial Soul, he had already recalled everything that had happened before.

His feud with the Fire Emperor and the Ice Emperor was already an irreconcilable one, a matter of life and death.

Previously, it was only with the Cyan Ox Child’s help that he had managed to escape from those two Emperors with his life. Now that the Cyan Ox Child was gone, he would have to rely on himself from now on.

’Fortunately, the awakening of my Chaos Bloodline and the fourth awakening of the God-slaying Sword have caused my Heaven-Devouring Secret Technique and God-Devouring Realm to fuse further, forming the Chaos Furnace. With this Chaos Furnace, I can raise my cultivation even faster...’

Jiang Chen took a deep breath. He looked up at the massive Spiritual Energy Cover spanning a hundred-mile radius and the two Mysterious Dharma Bodies floating before him. ”Chaos Furnace—devour!”

RUMBLE!

A massive furnace rumbled within Jiang Chen’s body!

This was the advanced form of the Profound Yellow Melting Furnace.

Whether it was the Heaven-Devouring Secret Technique or the Profound Yellow Undying Technique, both had been imparted to Jiang Chen by the God-slaying Sword.

He had once assumed some powerful expert had sealed these Secret Techniques within the God-slaying Sword.

But now...

Jiang Chen finally understood that these Cultivation Techniques and Secret Techniques were inherent to the God-slaying Sword itself.

The Heaven-Devouring Secret Technique and the God-Devouring Realm complemented each other.

It was just that he hadn’t awakened his Blood Inheritance Martial Soul or his Chaos Bloodline before, so he was unable to form the Chaos Furnace. He could only rely on the Heaven-Devouring Secret Technique to create the Profound Yellow Melting Furnace. But now that his Chaos Bloodline’s power had awakened, the Profound Yellow Melting Furnace naturally evolved into the Chaos Furnace, an artifact capable of refining anything and everything in the world!

WHOOSH! WHOOSH! WHOOSH!

Surging waves of Heaven and Earth Spiritual Power crazily poured into the Chaos Furnace, where they were continuously refined and devoured.

The Spirit Medicines, Metal Spiritual Ores, and other treasures drawn from all directions by the God-slaying Sword’s devouring power were all converted into the purest form of energy.

They were unceasingly refined by the Chaos Furnace!

Just as the Black Emperor had said, Jiang Chen’s God-slaying Sword was a Martial Soul bestowed by his Chaos Bloodline, a power that transcended the scope of the Celestial Dao.

Chaos encompasses all!

Earth, Fire, Water, and Wind; Light and Darkness...

All these Mystical Techniques were melted down within it. Like a great sea accepting a hundred rivers, it rejected nothing.

The devoured Spirit Medicines, Spiritual Ores, and other items were simply the natural manifestations of Earth, Fire, Water, Wind, Light, and Darkness. All of them were refined by Jiang Chen’s Chaos Furnace and absorbed as the purest form of Mystical Power.

The many experts of the Heaven-Soaring Saint Sect were all scared into silence.

They had all fled outside the city.

Gazing at the figure slowly rising into the sky at the center of the Spiritual Qi Storm, Bai Lingfei was filled with shock. ”Is that really our Sect Master?”

”I remember the last time he killed the Black Dragon King, the Sect Master had just broken through to the Human King Realm, right? What... what is his cultivation now?”

”I don’t know what his cultivation is, but I doubt even a Human Emperor would be this impressive, right?”

”A Human Emperor? A Human Emperor not even twenty years old? That’s...”

HISS—

A collective gasp echoed as everyone was struck with utter horror.

In the void above, the hundred-mile Spiritual Energy Cover had shrunk to a mere hundred-meter radius and was about to disappear completely. The Spirit Medicines and Spiritual Ores floating in the air were also nearly depleted.

The power accumulated within Jiang Chen’s body had reached a terrifying level!

But he still wasn’t satisfied!

’Still not enough! More!’

Jiang Chen’s gaze fell upon the two Mysterious Dharma Bodies. They were formed entirely from Mystical Power and contained immense Mystical Insights, as well as the True Essence Power of an Emperor Realm Powerhouse.

”Devour!”

Behind Jiang Chen, the Chaos Furnace ripped a huge gash in the Void and tossed the two Mysterious Dharma Bodies inside.

His Chaos Bloodline pulsed with golden light. Golden blood-qi converged into a glittering divine dragon that soared into the air.

Letting out a series of draconic roars!

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

The Chaos Furnace continuously refined the Mysterious Dharma Bodies, transforming them into the most torrential power that surged madly into Jiang Chen’s body.

It not only increased the intensity of his True Essence but also elevated Jiang Chen’s Mystical Realm!

”Devour! Devour! Devour!”

Jiang Chen roared as the golden-yellow blood-qi around him erupted into the sky, forming an immense pillar of light that connected heaven and earth!

An incomparably terrifying pressure enveloped the entire region.

While Bai Lingfei and the others felt their hearts tremble in fear, they were also filled with immense fervor and joy. ”The Sect Master’s Divine Technique is about to reach Great Success! His strength will advance by leaps and bounds!”

”Hahaha! From now on, our Heaven-Soaring Saint Sect will no longer be a pushover that anyone can bully!”

The Black Emperor and Little White also had expressions of ecstasy.

However, just as they were celebrating Jiang Chen’s breakthrough.

A brilliant gleam of an arrow, carrying an unparalleled aura of destruction, pierced through the Void, trailing Void Storms and Annihilation Gang Winds in its wake.

It blazed across the Celestial Vault for a hundred miles, tearing the very heavens in two wherever it passed. Its terrifying aura shook the land for hundreds of miles, as if an ancient Magic Beast had awakened. Heaven and Earth trembled; the sun and moon paled in shock!

The arrow’s light flashed past.

Mountains collapsed and the earth split in its wake; the world itself shuddered.

SHINK!

With unerring accuracy, it struck Jiang Chen as he hovered in the Void. A shower of golden blood rained down from the Celestial Vault, forming a glittering, bloody mist. Within it, Jiang Chen’s body convulsed violently. A bowl-sized wound had been gouged into his left side, dripping with blood and revealing a glimpse of the organs within.

That sudden arrow had nearly killed him!