Fate-Defying Demon Emperor

The Seven Stars Sect was engulfed in the flames of war. Smoke billowed everywhere, leaving nothing but crumbling walls and heaps of rubble. This was the scene even under the protection of the Big Dipper Formation. If the Great Formation were to be breached, the sect would likely be annihilated in an instant.

At this moment, the forces of the Seven Stars Sect and the Heavenly Demon Cult faced off, with the Big Dipper Formation serving as the dividing line between them.

Inside the formation stood all the members of the Seven Stars Sect. Mu Qingyun held the Seven Stars Sword, his hair disheveled and his face pale. By his side stood elders like Thunder and Liu Rumei, all of them equally pale and their auras noticeably weakened. Behind them were the tens of thousands of disciples of the Seven Stars Sect. With their sect on the brink of destruction, none could escape their fate. They channeled all their strength into maintaining the Big Dipper Formation.

Outside the formation, Qin Wushuang, the Taiyin Demon Venerable, and the others had already withdrawn. Even with the four of them working together, they could not withstand Mu Qingyun, who wielded a Semi-Holy Artifact, and had been forced to retreat. Before they left, however, they dealt a heavy blow that left Mu Qingyun severely injured.

”Mu Qingyun, you are all fish in a barrel,” the Earth Fiend Demon Sovereign’s voice boomed, carrying clearly to every person inside the Seven Stars Sect. ”I can give you a chance. Open the formation and surrender. I will kill only you and spare everyone else. What do you say?”

”Earth Fiend Demon Sovereign, stop trying to sow discord!” Mu Qingyun gritted his teeth, fully aware that this was the demon’s poisonous plot to shatter their Dao Hearts and make them collapse from within. ”I wouldn’t believe a single word you say, not even the punctuation!”

”Incorrigibly stubborn. In that case, I will simply wait until this formation is broken before I slaughter every last one of you in the Seven Stars Sect!” A murderous glint flashed in the Earth Fiend Demon Sovereign’s narrow eyes. This time, he had wagered everything, vowing to destroy the Seven Stars Sect.

RUMBLE!

The invaders attacked once more, battering the Big Dipper Formation. The Formation Patterns trembled, and the starlight dimmed.

Only seven Supreme Realm powerhouses remained within the Seven Stars Sect, with both Thunder and Mu Qingyun gravely injured. The situation was dire. In contrast, the Heavenly Demon Cult, under the Earth Fiend Demon Sovereign, had brought eight Supreme Realm elders. With the addition of Qin Wushuang and his three companions, their forces numbered thirteen—almost double that of the Seven Stars Sect.

If not for the Big Dipper Formation, the Seven Stars Sect would have already been decimated. But the formation, powerful as it was, had been damaged from the start. After days of continuous attacks, it was now on the verge of collapse, ready to give way at any moment.

”Great Annihilation Qinggang!” Qin Wushuang roared. Gripping the Qinggang Sword, he fully unleashed his Heavenly Gang Wind Domain without reservation. A massive Gale Sword Beam struck fiercely at a weak point in the Big Dipper Formation. Having betrayed the Seven Stars Sect, he felt not a hint of guilt. Instead, he attacked with even greater ferocity, determined to obliterate the sect and erase his past.

”Master!” Across from Qin Wushuang, the disciples of Tianxuan Peak watched through the formation, their eyes nearly splitting with rage as their Dao Hearts shattered. They had always revered Qin Wushuang, respecting and worshipping him completely. His betrayal was something they simply could not accept.

But their cries did not move Qin Wushuang in the slightest. He had always been a selfish egotist. The moment he decided to betray the Seven Stars Sect, he had mentally prepared for everything. Nothing could shake his resolve now.

Attacking with his full might once more, Qin Wushuang slashed down. His strike created a crack in the dimming Formation Patterns, and the entire structure seemed ready to crumble.

”Give it your all! We must hold!” Mu Qingyun snarled, bearing the greatest pressure as he presided over the Big Dipper Formation. As the Sect Master, he could not back down or retreat.

”Big Dipper, Return! Seven Stars, Take Form!” Mu Qingyun produced the Sect Master’s command token and coughed up a large mouthful of his Heart Blood. Instantly, the token burst with a blood-red brilliance, erupting with a powerful aura.

The next moment, the seven Spirit Peaks within the Seven Stars Sect astonishingly rose from the ground together. Each peak shone with radiant light, as dazzling as the brightest stars in the night sky.

RUMBLE!

The seven Spirit Peaks moved to suppress the seven weak points, reinforcing the Big Dipper Formation’s defense. But this was merely a stopgap measure; it treated the symptom, not the cause.

”What is the point of a desperate last struggle? Since you refuse to accept your fate, I will grant you true death!” the Earth Fiend Demon Sovereign snorted. He reached out his hand, and a massive Ghost Head Saber materialized in his grasp.

The saber was pitch-black, its blade inscribed with countless Fierce Ghosts. Astoundingly, the ghosts seemed alive, howling ferociously as if trying to break free and wreak havoc upon the world. It radiated a Deadly Poison so terrifying it made the very space around it sizzle, far surpassing the Hundred Poisons Liquid of the Black Scorpion Poison Venerable. This blade was the Ghost Poison Knife, a Semi-Holy Artifact passed down through the Heavenly Demon Cult, possessing immeasurable power.

”Slash!” The Earth Fiend Demon Sovereign gripped the Ghost Poison Knife, pouring dense Evil Qi into it before slashing down with all his might.

WHOOSH!

In an instant, all the Fierce Ghosts on the blade were unleashed, scrambling to surge forth. More than 10,000 of them materialized into solid, savage, and brutal entities, each wreathed in Deadly Poison. They converged into a saber radiance five thousand meters wide, which slashed violently toward the Big Dipper Formation.

”Block it!” Mu Qingyun’s expression changed as he yelled a warning. He brandished the Seven Stars Sword and struck with his full power. A starlight sword radiance, like the Milky Way descending from the Nine Heavens, cascaded down to meet the ghastly saber radiance.

BOOM!

Pillars of starlight clashed with a river of ghosts. The terrifying collision of energies thundered through the heavens, and apocalyptic shockwaves flattened the mountains and rivers around the Seven Stars Sect in a horrific spectacle.

CRACK!

A crisp tearing sound echoed. A gigantic rift was ripped into the already teetering Big Dipper Formation.

”Quick, seal the breach!” Mu Qingyun’s pupils shrank as he shouted the warning, but it was too late.

A figure appeared suddenly at the opening. It was Qin Wushuang, holding the Qinggang Sword and using his Heavenly Gang Wind Domain to hold the rift open and prevent it from closing.

”Master, it’s not too late to turn back!” Seeing him, the disciples of Tianxuan Peak wept, hoping to awaken his conscience.

But Qin Wushuang’s expression was blank, his eyes like ice. He completely ignored the cries and pleas of his former disciples. He raised his right hand, tightly gripping the Qinggang Sword. Overwhelming Spiritual Energy, mingled with a dense Spatial Force, erupted and swirled around him.

He was unleashing his full power, preparing to execute his signature move: the Unparalleled Sword Technique. Like the Thunderbolt Seven Absolute Slashes, it was a Heavenly Rank Low Level Martial Skill capable of invoking the Laws of Heaven and Earth, its power truly without equal. An endless storm materialized around him, a tempest not only of the Power of Heaven and Earth but also infused with a trace of the Law of Storms, making it utterly terrifying.

WHOOSH!

Qin Wushuang glanced down at the all-too-familiar Seven Stars Sect one last time, then slashed his sword down without hesitation.

Instantly, the countless tempests converged into a single sword radiance that pierced the heavens and sundered the earth, striking mercilessly at the rift in the formation.

BOOM!

That one sword strike was the last straw that broke the camel’s back. The Formation Patterns disintegrated, and the starlight was extinguished.

The Big Dipper Formation was broken.