Heaven-Surpassing Divine Emperor

The crack in the Celestial Vault grew larger and longer.

It was truly tearing the sky asunder.

Boundless, frenzied Void Storms and chaotic Annihilation Gang Winds surged out from the fissure.

Each gust of the Void Storm was sharper than a High-level Celestial Tier Profound Weapon, and wherever it passed, the surrounding void seemed on the verge of being ripped apart.

From within the dark, bottomless voidal fissure, a sharp, golden sword suddenly emerged.

The blade radiated a brilliant golden light.

Holy, sacred, and powerful, it was filled with majesty and righteousness!

When the Golden Holy Sword appeared, even some Human King Realm powerhouses felt a suffocating pressure, finding it hard to breathe.

Waves of guilt and sorrow washed over their hearts.

This was a sword of justice that could make one submit from the bottom of their heart. It had a majestic name—the Celestial Punishment Sword!

The Fourth Technique of the Five Thunder Secret Technique, Celestial Punishment!

Executing judgment on behalf of the heavens!

Eradicating all evil!

Dark golden light pulsed around Jiang Chen. The surging Divine Thought Fire burned fiercely, evaporating the blood in his eyes and leaving two bloody streaks in its place. The immense Divine Thought Power was too much for his body to bear, causing cracks to appear all over him, from which blinding light burst forth.

It was a heart-rending, gut-wrenching pain!

The agony completely twisted Jiang Chen’s features, making him look ferocious.

He gritted his teeth, clasped his hands together, and raised them high above his head. His icy gaze swept over Yue Qianshan as he let out a great roar: "Celestial Punishment—Slay!"

BOOM!

The thousand-zhang-long Golden Holy Sword slashed down toward Yue Qianshan.

SWISH—

This single strike seemed to slice the blood-red Celestial Vault in half.

The Green Blood Fist that Yue Qianshan had gathered was fragile before the Golden Holy Sword and was directly cleaved in two.

"What?"

Yue Qianshan’s expression changed drastically.

He never imagined that this move of Jiang Chen’s would be so powerful as to cut through his own attack.

Facing the mighty Golden Holy Sword as it approached, the holy golden light had already dyed his entire body a brilliant gold.

Yue Qianshan’s expression was frigid, his gaze cold. The killing intent in his heart had practically materialized. ’Using a move that consumes Divine Thought at any cost? How bold... but you are ultimately too weak. Though this attack is strong, you can’t sustain it. As long as I hold on for a moment, I won’t even need to act. You’ll die from exhausting your Divine Thought!’

The corners of Yue Qianshan’s lips curved up in a mocking smile.

His hands moved through the air.

He threw out several punches in quick succession. "Green Sky!"

SWISH! SWISH! SWISH!

Each fist seemed to contain a small world—one like an Asura Purgatory, another like an otherworldly paradise under a clear sky...

RUMBLE...

Under the Golden Holy Sword, those small worlds manifested by the fist shadows were fragile and were brutally cleaved apart.

Yue Qianshan retreated continuously.

He was a dignified Human Emperor with countless methods at his disposal. With a flick of his finger, he summoned several Profound Iron Round Shields from the void.

These were High-level Celestial Tier Profound Weapons—the Black Tortoise Battle Shields!

Nine in total, they hovered before him.

The battle shields formed a swirling pattern that resembled a Black Tortoise—its four legs propping up the heavens, its shell guarding the earth—sheltering Yue Qianshan beneath.

BOOM—

The Golden Holy Sword slashed down.

The entire land trembled. The nine Black Tortoise Battle Shields vibrated intensely and cracks appeared on them, but they were not shattered.

Jiang Chen’s Divine Thought was not yet strong enough to fully power the Celestial Punishment technique!

The stalemate lasted for a full ten breaths.

BOOM...

The Golden Holy Sword could hold no longer and disintegrated, scattering into specks of golden light that drifted between heaven and earth.

Far in the sky.

Jiang Chen watched the crumbling Golden Holy Sword, a hint of helplessness in his bloodshot eyes. A muscle twitched on his pale face, and he sighed softly, "The gap in our strength is just too great..."

His body swayed violently, and he nearly plummeted from the sky.

SWISH!

The Black Emperor transformed into a black shadow and appeared at Jiang Chen’s side, beating its fleshy wings to help him land steadily on the ground.

This was a mountain peak that had been sheared flat.

Jiang Chen sat cross-legged upon it. With weak, trembling hands, he took out and consumed a Withered Wood Rejuvenation Pill and a Spirit Nurturing Pill, regaining a bit of strength. However, his face was still deathly pale, and his eyes had lost their luster. His Divine Thought was almost completely depleted, his body was exhausted, and he had no fight left in him.

His heart was filled with regret. It was a pity he couldn’t kill Yue Qianshan!

Little did he know...

...that the battle just now had left the watching Human Kings and Human Emperors utterly horrified and terrified.

"Is that guy really only at the Union Palace Realm?"

"He’s not even twenty, is he? This is terrifying, absolutely terrifying!"

"A Union Palace Realm cultivator under twenty forced a Human Emperor to use a Saint-Tier Martial Skill and his Profound Weapon Shield. This is a heroic feat, a miracle, completely unprecedented in the history of the Eastern Continent!"

"After today, Jiang Chen’s name will spread throughout the Eastern Continent!"

"It’s a pity. He can only be a flash in the pan. He’s doomed to die!"

The crowd was a mix of admiration, gasps of shock, pity, and schadenfreude—their emotions were inexplicable and complex.

SWISH!

The nine battle shields dispersed.

Yue Qianshan, who had been within their protection, walked out with a grim expression, his eyes filled with an extremely cold killing intent.

Today...

He, Yue Qianshan, had lost all face!

For a dignified Human Emperor to disregard his status and attack a junior was already a disgraceful act.

What’s more...

...he had been forced by Jiang Chen to use a Saint-Tier Martial Skill and even summon his Profound Weapon. This incident would surely become a stain on his life, a joke for other Human Emperor powerhouses to laugh about, and the cause of it all was Jiang Chen.

Yue Qianshan’s dark gaze locked onto Jiang Chen, radiating extreme coldness. "Jiang Chen, you are the only person in the Union Palace Realm who could push me to this point. It’s a shame... after today, there will no longer be a person named Jiang Chen in this world. This day next year will be the anniversary of your death!"

A cold light pulsed in his palm as a black Battle Blade materialized, emitting an incomparably sharp edge.

Jiang Chen sat atop the high mountain.

He raised his head slightly, glanced at Yue Qianshan, but didn’t answer. Instead, he turned to the Black Emperor and asked, "Little Black, do you think the Essence Blood and Martial Soul of a Human Emperor Realm expert are enough for me to break through to the Human King Realm?"

"It should be enough!"

The Black Emperor tilted its head, thought for a moment, and said.

Jiang Chen nodded, looked at Yue Qianshan, and licked his dry lips. "The Essence Blood and Martial Soul of a Human Emperor... I can’t let them go to waste!"

"..."

Dark lines appeared all over Yue Qianshan’s forehead.

He found it difficult to stomach the fervent look in Jiang Chen’s eyes, as if he were staring at a precious Treasure Medicine.

With a cold snort, Yue Qianshan said, "Stop your nonsense, Jiang Chen. You can die now!"

"No, no, no!"

Jiang Chen shook his head gently. He still seemed weak, and his voice wasn’t loud, but it reached Yue Qianshan’s ears clearly. "I’m not spouting nonsense, I’m just stating a fact. Yue Qianshan, I was originally planning to save this opportunity to deal with Bing Qianchi, but I didn’t expect you to come running out on your own. In that case, I’ll leave Bing Qianchi for me to deal with personally. As for you..."

His gaze shifted toward Ancestor Mountain, and the corners of his mouth curved up slightly. In a voice only he could hear, he said slowly, "Senior Ice Emperor, for my first opportunity to have you act, please help me kill Yue Qianshan! However, I want to preserve his Essence Blood and Martial Soul. They must not be damaged in any way!"

"Are you sure?"

After a moment of silence, a voice responded from the direction of Ancestor Mountain.

Jiang Chen nodded.

From within Ancestor Mountain came a single, cold word: "Fine."

No one else knew of this exchange!

Yue Qianshan just thought Jiang Chen was putting on an act and snorted coldly, "Stop your mystical act. Die for me!"

Divine light pulsed around him as he prepared to strike and kill Jiang Chen.

However...

Just as Yue Qianshan was about to move, the void to the west suddenly split open. An entirely ice-blue finger emerged from the fissure.

"Th-this is... N-no..."

Yue Qianshan’s pupils contracted violently. The ice-blue finger made him feel the threat of death. He wanted to flee, but his body was completely immobilized. It was as if a hand was strangling his throat, leaving him unable to breathe. Under his terrified and despairing gaze, the ice-blue finger, with a SWISH, pressed down on him.

BOOM!

Yue Qianshan’s whole body convulsed violently, and his eyes filled with despair and the aura of death.

His entire body plummeted toward the ground.

Not a single trace of life remained!

A single finger from the west slays a Human Emperor!

Watching the lifeless body of Yue Qianshan fall from the sky, the hundreds of thousands of experts in the Ancestor Mountain region all gasped in unison, inexplicably shocked...

[This was yesterday’s sixth Chapter! I’m very sorry for the delay... Little Tian will continue writing today’s Chapters now!]