Heaven-Surpassing Divine Emperor

The experts of the Royal Family and the Ice King Race had all been slain.

Jiang Chen’s face showed neither joy nor sorrow.

Whether it was the Royal Family or the Ice King Race, they had all wanted him dead. He and they were mortal enemies, as incompatible as fire and water.

’I feel no guilt for killing members of the Royal Family!’

Jiang Chen looked toward Zifeng Jun and said, "Zifeng Jun, clean up here. Gather all their Storage Rings and whatever else they have!"

"Understood!"

Zifeng Jun nodded.

He was an old hand at cleaning up battlefields by now.

Jiang Chen then walked toward the experts he had tied to the earth pillars. They were all bruised and swollen, having been thoroughly beaten by him.

Now, they were all on their best behavior.

As they saw Jiang Chen approach, they all put on fawning expressions. "Young Master Jiang, do... do you have any orders for us?"

"Young Master Jiang, if there’s anything we can do for you, just say the word. We’d go through hell and high water for you, without a second thought!"

"That’s right, Young Master Jiang, just give us your orders!"

The experts looked at Jiang Chen with pleading eyes.

Such pitiful, aggrieved looks.

It was truly hard to imagine that they were all experts from the Human Venerable List.

Jiang Chen rubbed his nose. "I’ve always been a person who handles gratitude and grudges separately. I can understand why you were unwilling to hand over your Storage Rings before, which is why I didn’t kill you. Now, I’ve decided to let you go. However, I don’t like to make deals where I lose out."

"Young Master Jiang, any treasure I get from the hall later, I’ll hand it over to you immediately!"

"Right, right! I’m willing to give you the treasure!"

The experts chimed in one after another.

They were truly terrified.

If it were just a matter of having their cultivation sealed and being tied up here, they could have accepted it. But they had all seen with their own eyes how Jiang Chen treated his enemies!

He slaughtered them all!

Not a single one was left!

They didn’t want to follow in the footsteps of the experts from the Royal Family and the Ice King Race.

A smile played on Jiang Chen’s lips. "Since you’re all being so sincere, I won’t stand on ceremony. Let’s get the unpleasantries out of the way first. This is a Memory Stone, something I refined in my spare time. In a moment, I’m going to record a little something of each of you. As long as you behave, I’ll destroy it when we leave the Profound Celestial Ancestor Realm. But if anyone dares to feign compliance while secretly plotting against me, then once I’m out of the Profound Celestial Ancestor Realm, the contents of this Memory Stone will be broadcast in the Imperial Capital of every major dynasty on the Eastern Continent!"

Everyone’s expression fell.

Indeed, many of them had been planning to find a way to get revenge on Jiang Chen after they were released.

But now...

What choice did they have?

They could only cooperate obediently as Jiang Chen recorded them with the Memory Stone.

And this recording...

The entire group was stripped naked and left hanging openly on the earth pillars. Every detail was captured with exceptionally vivid clarity.

After recording everyone, Jiang Chen clapped his hands in satisfaction. He showed the Memory Stone to each of the experts one by one. Then, under their despairing gazes, he said, "Memory Stone secured! Everyone, you’re free now. Go on and find the opportunities that await you in the Profound Celestial Ancestor Realm!"

"Th-thank you, Young Master Jiang!"

"Young Master Jiang’s grace..."

"Young Master Jiang is so righteous!"

Everyone spoke with long, mournful faces.

They hurriedly put on their clothes and scurried towards the Ice Corridor.

They were afraid that if they stayed any longer, Jiang Chen would change his mind.

"Jiang Chen, let this Emperor take a look at the Memory Stone!" the Black Emperor said slyly.

Jiang Chen retorted, "You want to look at men, too?"

"For research! Just a little research!"

The Black Emperor laughed awkwardly.

Jiang Chen: "..."

Beside them, Zhao Hongluan and Purple Wind Frost looked at Jiang Chen with bright red faces, their expressions unreadable.

"Jiang Chen, a total of fifteen Storage Rings. Aside from some treasures in Bing Sheng’s and Bing Feng’s Storage Rings, the others don’t have much..." Zifeng Jun said with a look of disgust.

In just the past day, he had plundered a lot of treasures with Jiang Chen, and his standards were much higher than before.

If it were before...

Zifeng Jun would have been stunned for a good long while at the sight of one billion Lower-Grade Spirit Crystals.

As for now, even if ten billion Lower-Grade Spirit Crystals were placed before him, he wouldn’t feel anything special.

Jiang Chen smiled. "You three can split these Storage Rings!"

"Alright!"

Zifeng Jun didn’t stand on ceremony with Jiang Chen. After the three of them split the Storage Rings, he looked at Jiang Chen and asked, "Jiang Chen, are we going straight to the hall now?"

Jiang Chen nodded, a strange smile on his face. "If I’m not mistaken, some people are already over there waiting for us!"

The three of them were stunned.

Then, the four of them stepped onto the Ice Corridor and walked towards the Ice Hall on the other side.

This Ice Corridor was not very long, only about three thousand meters.

In a short while, they arrived before the Ice Hall on the opposite side.

At this moment, the gates of the Ice Hall were shut tight.

It wasn’t until Jiang Chen and his group arrived before the gates that the tightly shut doors RUMBLED open to the sides, revealing the scene within the hall.

At this very moment, inside the great hall, there was a dense crowd of experts.

There were at least ten thousand of them!

Each one emanated a powerful aura, their vitality vibrant. Anyone who made it this far was, without a doubt, an expert ranked in the top thirty thousand of the Human Venerable List.

Otherwise, they wouldn’t even have been able to cross the Icebound Corridor safely.

The arrival of Jiang Chen’s group of four immediately became the focus of all the experts’ attention.

"Why is everyone here?" Jiang Chen asked curiously.

Zifeng Jun explained, "As long as someone is still on the Icebound Corridor, the Ice Hall allows entry but no exit. The treasures won’t be distributed either, so they’re all waiting here!"

"So, that means we aren’t the last group!" Jiang Chen nodded and said with a smile.

Inside the great hall, everyone was looking at Jiang Chen’s group of four with strange expressions.

"So that’s Jiang Chen?"

"So it’s him! As expected of the man who dared to kill Bing Xiao in front of Bing Qianchi. To actually rob people outside the Ice Corridor... only he could think of something like that!"

"Sigh, why didn’t I think of that? I heard he robbed over a thousand people. How many treasures must that be!"

"You? Ranked fifteenth thousand on the Human Venerable List, going to rob people? Anyone could just come along and rob you instead!"

"The unluckiest ones are the people from the Six Mountains Dynasty. I heard the experts from the Six Mountains Dynasty were the first ones robbing people. But they had the misfortune of running into Jiang Chen and got robbed by him instead. Just now, Zhuo Bufan was so angry he killed those few experts from the Six Mountains Dynasty!"

"The Six Mountains Dynasty is just a bunch of bandits!"

"Zhuo Bufan is definitely going to cause trouble for Jiang Chen. Look, Zhuo Bufan is coming out..."

A wave of discussion rose from the crowd.

Naturally, it also reached Jiang Chen’s ears. He looked towards a young man in the crowd wearing gray battle armor.

This youth was clad in gray battle armor, and the image of a Taotie was branded on his chest.

This person was the number one genius of the Six Mountains Dynasty, Zhuo Bufan, ranked tenth on the Human Venerable List!

Zhuo Bufan’s stern face held an icy expression. His gaze, as if looking at a dead man, fell on Jiang Chen. He said flatly, "You are Jiang Chen? Good. Very good. To dare pull a tooth from the tiger’s mouth of my Six Mountains Dynasty, you’ve got some nerve!"

"Just average," Jiang Chen said flatly, completely unafraid of Zhuo Bufan’s imposing aura.

Zhuo Bufan narrowed his eyes, laughing in extreme anger. "I’ll give you two choices now. First, hand over all your Storage Rings, cripple your own cultivation, and crawl between my legs. I can spare your life. If you don’t, then you can only fight me. If you win, then all will be well. If you can’t win, then death is your only path!"

A tyrannical fluctuation of True Essence erupted from his body.

Union Palace Realm Ninth Stage!

Tenth on the Human Venerable List!

This was a peerless genius!

Faced with such an expert, even a typical Human King Realm Expert would have to back down.

However...

The corner of Jiang Chen’s mouth curved up. He met Zhuo Bufan’s gaze without a trace of fear and declared, word by word, "As if I, Jiang Chen, would be afraid of you? You want a fight? Then I will fight!"