Heaven-Surpassing Divine Emperor

Jiang Chen had just emerged from the spatial passage and felt a wave of dizziness.

He shook his head lightly and regained his bearings.

The instant he was lucid, he felt countless cold gazes land upon him. The killing intent was like ten-thousand-year-old ice, chilling him to the bone.

"Hm?"

Jiang Chen paused, looking around.

He saw an overwhelming sea of powerhouses surrounding him.

Among these powerhouses, there were dozens of Human Emperor Realm Overlords alone, and those in the Human King Realm were as numerous as trees in a forest—truly countless.

A corner of Jiang Chen’s mouth lifted. "What have I, Jiang Chen, possibly done to deserve having so many seniors await my arrival?"

His voice was light and calm.

It was as if he was completely unaware that, in the eyes of others, he was already in a fatal predicament with no chance of survival.

"Hmph!"

A cold snort came from Bing Qianchi.

His ice-blue robes billowed without a breeze, his long blue hair whipping about. A predatory light flickered in his blue eyes, as if he were ready to devour someone whole. He stared intently at Jiang Chen and demanded coldly, "Jiang Chen, I will ask you this... was Bing Long killed by you?"

Jiang Chen glanced at Bing Qianchi.

The corner of his mouth twitched up. He made a show of cleaning out his ear before speaking in a measured, unhurried tone, "Ah, it’s Senior Bing Qianchi... I wonder, has senior’s eyesight grown dim with age? Are you already at death’s door, with your memory fading?"

"What?"

Bing Qianchi was taken aback, then roared in anger, "Stop trying to twist things! I asked you, was Bing Long killed by you?"

Before Jiang Chen could reply,

Zifeng Tianhen stepped forward, placing himself beside Bing Qianchi to prevent him from making a sudden move against Jiang Chen. With a calm expression, he looked at Jiang Chen and gave him a meaningful glance. "Jiang Chen, I know your cultivation is only at the Union Palace Realm. Bing Long and the others, however, were at the Peak of the Union Palace Realm for a long time. They might have even broken through to the Human King Realm within the Profound Celestial Ancestor Realm. Don’t try to save face by making a false claim you can’t back up. Don’t admit to this rashly!"

He was reminding Jiang Chen.

As long as Jiang Chen insisted that he wasn’t the one who killed Bing Long and the others, Zifeng Tianhen would have an excuse to intervene and protect his life.

Gai Shi also shouted, "Brother Jiang Chen, don’t admit to something you didn’t do just to save face!"

Zhao Hongluan and Purple Wind Frost were also frantically gesturing and winking, trying to signal Jiang Chen.

Bing Qianchi said angrily, "Zifeng Tianhen, what do you think you’re doing?"

Wang Shangwu’s face was also filled with killing intent. "Zifeng Tianhen, don’t even think about sowing confusion."

Long Chan and the others all wore cold expressions, but they remained silent, merely staring at Jiang Chen with scrutinizing gazes.

In truth...

They also found it hard to believe. With Jiang Chen’s strength, how could he possibly have killed Long Jingyun and the others?

However, as if he hadn’t understood the intentions of Gai Shi and Zifeng Tianhen at all, Jiang Chen’s indifferent gaze fell upon Bing Qianchi. He grinned. "Bing Qianchi, I recall telling you before I entered the Profound Celestial Ancestor Realm... that for anyone from your Royal Family, if I see one, I’ll kill one. If I see a pair, I’ll kill them both. And yes, Bing Long, Bing Xu, and Bing Xiao—I killed all of them!"

"What? It really was you?" Bing Qianchi was furious. His roar was like thunder, shaking the Celestial Vault.

Wang Shangwu’s gaze also turned sharp as he stared intently at Jiang Chen.

Jiang Chen glanced at him and chuckled. "Clan Leader Wang, you should be glad you didn’t attack me back in Purple Wind City. Because of that, I left a few of your clan’s powerhouses alive to return as seedlings!"

"You... you... you..." Wang Shangwu was so angry he trembled all over, his hand shaking as he pointed at Jiang Chen, speechless.

Long Chan took a deep breath, trying to keep his voice calm. "Jiang Chen, let me ask you... was Long Jingyun killed by you?"

"Did Song Jiuxiao also die at your hands?" Song Tiancheng gritted out.

Yuyang Liekong, Yue Qianshan, and the other powerhouses all fixed their gazes on Jiang Chen.

Facing the interrogations of one Human Emperor after another, Jiang Chen remained as calm and unruffled as a summer breeze. He shrugged and said, "That’s right. All the people you mentioned were killed by me."

"So it really was you?"

"Good, just wonderful! In the long history of my Celestial Fire Sect, you’re the first person who has ever dared to kill our Head Disciple..."

"Nothing short of dicing you into a thousand pieces will ever quell the hatred in my heart!"

The cold light and killing intent in everyone’s eyes grew even more focused and icy.

They glared at Jiang Chen.

If looks could kill, Jiang Chen would have already been torn to shreds.

His expression remained placid. He smiled. "Don’t you seniors find it strange? Why would I have killed them?"

"There’s no need to know!"

"Whatever the reason, you killed my disciple, so you must die!"

"I don’t care if you have ten million reasons, killing the Head Disciple of my Celestial Fire Sect is a capital crime!"

"Did you think you could just kill the Crown Prince of my Dragon Emperor Ancient Country?"

Everyone chimed in.

The smile on Jiang Chen’s face grew even brighter. "Seniors, by your logic... are you saying that even if Long Jingyun, Bing Long, and the others tried to kill me first, and I only killed them in self-defense, it’s still my fault?"

"Of course it’s your fault!"

"If Yun’Er wanted to kill you, you should have just let him. Why did you have to resist?"

"Little Hai’s status was revered, his identity noble. You, on the other hand, are nothing but a worthless commoner. Ten thousand of you wouldn’t be worth a single hair on his head. You had no right to kill him!"

"You should have felt proud to die by Jiuxiao’s hand, not fought back!"

"This boy is bloodthirsty by nature. If we let him continue to grow, he will surely become a great Demon one day. He must be eliminated!"

Bing Qianchi’s face was contorted with rage. He looked at Zifeng Tianhen. "Zifeng Tianhen, are you still going to protect him?"

Zifeng Tianhen gave Jiang Chen a complicated look, let out a long sigh, and departed with a flick of his sleeve.

Gai Shi’s face was filled with anger. "Jiang Chen never provoked any of them! It was Long Jingyun and the others who tried to kill him, they attacked first! Is it a crime for him to defend himself? You are all famous experts of the Eastern Continent, how can you be so indiscriminate and ignore the truth? Mmph—Ancestor, what are you doing? Mmph..."

Before Gai Shi could finish, he was silenced, his mouth covered by the hand of Gai Jinlong—the Emperor of the Luotian Dynasty and the top expert on the Celestial Venerable List.

He was then dragged away.

A golden rope appeared in Gai Jinlong’s hands, and he used it to truss Gai Shi up like a rice dumpling.

He couldn’t move an inch.

Zhao Hongluan was also taken away by an expert from the Cloud Sea Business Alliance.

Purple Wind Frost was likewise knocked unconscious and carried away by the clan elder, Yuan Zeng.

In that moment, the few scattered people who had voiced their support for Jiang Chen vanished without a trace, leaving only the powerhouses who bore him killing intent and wanted him dead.

Yue Qianshan’s expression was grim as he spoke, enunciating each word, "Jiang Chen, there is no one left to save you now!"

Wang Shangwu said coldly, "I will have revenge for Xia Shang and the others."

Killing intent flashed in Long Chan’s eyes. He said in a low voice, "Jiang Chen, I recognize that your cultivation journey has not been easy, and that you are a prodigy. I will allow you to preserve a final shred of dignity. Cripple your own cultivation and surrender."

"I will chop off your hands and feet, pull out your tendons, and flay your skin to make a sky lantern in memory of my son!"

Bing Qianchi stared at Jiang Chen with a savage expression, as if he wanted to bite him to death. His voice was thick with venomous hatred. "Jiang Chen, are you scared now?"

Faced with the pressure of dozens of Human Emperors and hundreds of Human King Powerhouses,

But Jiang Chen remained perfectly serene. He lightly straightened his robes, his long hair whipping in the wind and his eyes like flashes of lightning. The corners of his mouth lifted as his voice rang out like roaring thunder, "I, Jiang Chen, can face the heavens above without shame and the earth below without guilt. Those who are treacherous and evil, I kill. Those with corrupt hearts, I kill. Those who wish to kill me, I kill... I act with a clear conscience, so what is there to fear?"