Heaven-Surpassing Divine Emperor

A fearsome, blood-red light descended from the heavens.

The crimson clouds that stretched for thousands of miles vanished, gathering into a single Demon Blade as scarlet as fresh blood. It descended from the sky, cleaving heaven and earth.

Wherever this blade passed, the void shattered and the world was annihilated.

Everything turned to nothingness!

BOOM—

The entirety of Blood Jade City began to shake violently. The Array that had protected the city for countless years shattered like an eggshell under the terrifying Demon Blade.

RUMBLE! RUMBLE!

Cracks spiderwebbed across the protective light shield, spreading out in all directions like a shattered mirror.

Shards of energy rained down.

With the point of the Demon Blade's impact as the epicenter, circular shockwaves radiated outward. The towering buildings were pulverized by the shockwaves, completely obliterated.

"Run!"

"It's the end of the world!"

Blood Jade City was plunged into chaos.

The Blood Jade City Lord's expression changed drastically. He had already led the experts of the Blood Saber Guard to search for survivors throughout the city and resist the terrifying aftershocks.

The storm of destruction lasted for a full double-hour.

Only then did it slowly dissipate.

All the Blood Saber Guards had already been evacuated from Blood Jade City's East City. Now, the entire district was in ruins, reduced to nothingness.

This place once housed six million Blood Saber Guards, but it had now been razed to the ground!

The terrifying Silent Extinction Blood Demon Tribulation was truly horrifying to the extreme.

Even the Blood Jade City Lord couldn't help but gasp in shock at the terrifying scene. He shook his head with a wry smile and said, "To think that my great Blood Jade City has stood in the Kun Realm for countless years… Not even a full-scale invasion from the Kun-eating Race could destroy it, yet now it has been obliterated by the Silent Extinction Blood Demon Tribulation that Jiang Chen triggered just to break into the Human Emperor Realm!"

Zhao Ziyun swallowed hard. "The Silent Extinction Blood Demon Tribulation… That's just too terrifying!"

"No wonder the ancient records say that some peak human geniuses tried to break through to the Emperor Realm but failed. This Silent Extinction Blood Demon Tribulation is simply too dreadful!" Lian Yue shook his head, his face a mask of shock and lingering fear.

He felt daunted just looking at such a terrifying Silent Extinction Blood Demon Tribulation, let alone trying to overcome one himself!

"Right, where's Jiang Chen?"

"Where is he? Don't tell me he was blasted to bits?"

Everyone's expression changed as they began to search for any sign of Jiang Chen.

But they couldn't find a trace of him. It seemed he had truly vanished without a trace within the Silent Extinction Blood Demon Tribulation!

However, what no one knew was that deep underground, beneath Blood Jade City, a young man bathed in golden vital energy was coughing up mouthfuls of blood. 'Damn, this Silent Extinction Blood Demon Tribulation is way too terrifying! Luckily, I used Time Freeze at the last second to pause that Silent Extinction Blood Demon Blade for a moment and burrowed underground. Otherwise, it really would have killed me…'

At this moment, Jiang Chen was in a terrible state.

Both his arms were broken, and his left leg had burst open, leaving only shattered bone.

A hideous scar stretched across his back, running from his left shoulder to his right hip. It was exceptionally gruesome and terrifying, dripping with fresh blood.

He gasped for breath, feeling as if every bone in his body had been shattered.

Fortunately, Jiang Chen's Divine Thought Power was relatively strong.

It was enough to keep him conscious.

'I just finished the tribulation, and the ambient energy is at its most potent. I have to use this energy to break through to the next realm…' Jiang Chen gritted his teeth and activated the Profound Yellow Undying Technique. A powerful stream of Profound Yellow True Essence flowed through his body, coursing through him like a gurgling creek.

The surrounding golden vital energy surged wildly toward his body.

His broken arms and leg, along with the gruesome wounds on his body, were constantly recovering under the powerful healing ability of his Immortal Sword Body.

An unknown amount of time passed.

Jiang Chen grew back his arms, and the wounds on his body healed completely.

Only then did he sit up cross-legged, a sharp light glinting in his eyes. 'All Eight Great Mysteries have advanced to Tier Seven, and I've officially stepped into the First Stage of the Human Emperor Realm. The Emperor-level Primordial Pills I absorbed still contain some energy, enough for me to break through a few more times. Time to break through!'

He pushed the Profound Yellow Undying Technique to its absolute limit.

Within Jiang Chen's body, torrents of immense Profound Yellow True Essence circulated, and the eight golden Life Palaces in his Dao Origin Void spun continuously.

Like revolving stars, they burst forth with an incredibly brilliant golden light.

It filled the entire Dao Origin Void.

His blood began to boil, and the God-slaying Sword radiated a dark yet sacred luster.

ROAR—

Jiang Chen suddenly threw his head back and let out a heaven-shaking roar as an incomparably terrifying aura erupted from his body.

The ripple of power was long and vast, as if a boundless starry sky had appeared around him, shaking the very heavens and earth. Jiang Chen's cultivation was also constantly rising…

Second Stage of Human Emperor Realm!

Late Stage of the Second Stage of the Human Emperor Realm…

Peak of the Second Stage of the Human Emperor Realm…

Third Stage of Human Emperor Realm…

'It's not enough. Still not enough! God-Devouring Realm—devour everything and help me break through!' A cold light flashed in Jiang Chen's eyes. With a flick of his hand, piles upon piles of Spirit Crystals appeared before him.

These were all Upper-Grade Spirit Crystals!

There were over a billion of them!

These one billion Upper-Grade Spirit Crystals had all been given to Jiang Chen by the Celestial Secret Elder, the Asura Blood Emperor, and Emperor Feixue before he went to the Mystic Sect.

It was compensation for Jiang Chen giving his spot to enter the Mystic Sect to them!

RUMBLE! RUMBLE!...

The energy contained within more than a billion Upper-Grade Spirit Crystals was enough to equal the total Spiritual Qi of an entire nation. Under the frenzied consumption of the God-Devouring Realm, endless Spiritual Qi turned into a surging river. This liquified Spiritual Qi poured madly into Jiang Chen's body, causing the eight Life Palaces in his Dao Origin Void to spin even faster.

His cultivation began to skyrocket once more.

After devouring two hundred million Upper-Grade Spirit Crystals, Jiang Chen stepped into the Mid Stage of the Third Stage of the Human Emperor Realm!

After five hundred million, he entered the Late Stage of the Third Stage of the Human Emperor Realm.

After eight hundred million, he reached the Peak of Human Emperor Realm Third Stage!

When all one billion Spirit Crystals were devoured…

BOOM!

An incomparably terrifying aura, like that of an unrivaled Divine Spirit descending, erupted with destructive energy waves. Jiang Chen suddenly tilted his head back, and a terrifying beam of light shot from his mouth. It tore through the thick soil, burst out from the ground, and shot straight toward Yun Xiao. At last, Jiang Chen's cultivation finally broke through to the Human Emperor Realm Fourth Stage!

'Finally, a breakthrough!'

A smile tugged at the corner of Jiang Chen's mouth.

However…

While Jiang Chen was immersed in the joy of breaking through to the Human Emperor Realm Fourth Stage, he had no idea that the moment he stepped into the Human Emperor Realm, the light from the altars in all one hundred and eight tribes of the Kun-eating Race throughout the Kun Realm had also erupted completely.

An earth-shattering change that would sweep across the entire Kun-eating Race was triggered by these very altars!

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