Heaven-Dominating Martial Emperor

Once touched by the Red Lotus Karma Fire, this eerie, blood-red Flame would never be extinguished until all of one's karmic hindrances and sins were burned away!

Lord Shakyamuni gasped, using his last ounce of strength to try and dodge.

But the backlash from the explosion of his magical artifacts and spirit weapons had only compounded his injuries.

At this moment, Lord Shakyamuni didn't even have the strength to lift a finger!

In the end, he could only watch helplessly as the Red Lotus Karma Fire spread across his body, his expression turning bleak and defeated.

"Ye Chen…"

"By making an enemy of our Saint Temple, you will ensure… there is no place left for you in the Great Hong Dynasty!"

Lord Shakyamuni collapsed to the ground, his face a mask of despair. He looked at Ye Chen, his eyes filled with deep regret and unwillingness to accept his fate.

"Just… just you wait. Jingkong Temple… will avenge me!"

"I will be waiting for you… in the netherworld…"

Lord Shakyamuni's voice grew incredibly weak. He spoke in fits and starts until finally, his body was reduced to ash in the Red Lotus Karma Fire.

His Divine Soul, meanwhile, was absorbed by the Soul-Catching Lamp.

A Saint Monk of his generation, a Divine Might Realm Great Power renowned throughout the eastern part of the dynasty, had fallen at the hands of Ye Chen!

Master Jingde watched this unfold, his expression ugly.

Xu Qianfeng swallowed hard, his hands trembling uncontrollably.

Witnessing the fall of a Divine Might Realm Great Power no weaker than themselves sent a massive shock through their minds!

After finishing off Lord Shakyamuni, Ye Chen couldn't help but smile, feeling a deep sense of accomplishment.

Although with his current power, dealing with a Divine Might Realm expert wasn't particularly difficult.

This was, after all, the first time he had personally dispatched a Cultivator of this level. The experience left Ye Chen's heart racing, and it took him a while to calm down.

"Now, it's your turn."

Ye Chen's indifferent gaze swept over Master Jingde and Xu Qianfeng.

The two of them trembled, their hearts filled with dread.

At this moment, they had lost all will to fight. Their only thought was to escape this place immediately!

'Damn it! This Eternal Night Sky has completely sealed off our auras. We can't even call for help!'

Master Jingde's expression changed drastically.

They had planned to get rid of Ye Chen without anyone knowing, but now the Eternal Night Sky had become their tomb.

Xu Qianfeng was more direct. Without a word, he swung his longsword, trying to slice open the Eternal Night Sky and escape.

However, Ye Chen was already prepared for this.

The Chaos-Suppressing Cauldron floated in the air and suddenly began to spin rapidly.

A torrent of Chaotic Qi Flow cascaded down like a waterfall, crushing all the Sword Qi that Xu Qianfeng had unleashed.

"Quick, stop that cauldron! Otherwise, we'll all die here today!"

Xu Qianfeng shouted urgently upon seeing this.

The moment his voice fell, Master Jingde moved. He brandished his staff, stirring up a wave of brilliant golden Buddhist light to suppress the Chaos-Suppressing Cauldron.

An immense torrent of Buddhist light transformed into a vast stream of power and slammed into the Chaos-Suppressing Cauldron, but it failed to even budge the massive vessel.

Naturally, Ye Chen wasn't about to let the two of them escape.

His figure flashed, and he appeared behind Xu Qianfeng.

"You're next."

The Cangming Sword materialized in Ye Chen's hand. In a surge of ethereal sword light, it swiftly engulfed Xu Qianfeng.

Xu Qianfeng's expression was grim as he struggled to resist, but it was all in vain.

His Sword Skills were completely dismantled, and countless wounds appeared all over his body.

'For the Xu family to make an enemy of this man... what a monumental misfortune!'

Finally, as if his strength had been exhausted, Xu Qianfeng gave up resisting. His longsword drooped, and he allowed the dense sword light to pierce his body full of holes.

At the same time, the power of the Soul-Catching Lamp appeared once more.

Xu Qianfeng's Divine Soul did not escape its fate.

In truth, Ye Chen didn't even need to use a sword to deal with Xu Qianfeng.

But out of respect for him being a Great Sword Cultivator renowned throughout the Cultivation Realm, Ye Chen chose to kill him with a sword.

He admired Xu Qianfeng's mastery of the Sword Dao, even as an enemy.

"You look like you're in a lot of pain, being so heavily injured and on the verge of death."

"Don't worry, I'll send you on your way."

Ye Chen saw Mu Liuji, who had been severely wounded earlier, stealthily trying to slip into the darkness of the Eternal Night Sky to escape.

Ye Chen smiled faintly and, with a lift of his hand, sent a beam of sword light sweeping toward Mu Liuji's figure.

"Bastard!"

Mu Liuji was both shocked and furious. He hadn't expected Ye Chen to spot his extremely stealthy movements.

How could he have known that the power of Ye Chen's Divine Soul was unimaginably strong?

Although he was only at the First Layer of the Divinity Transformation Realm, his Divine Soul was even more formidable than that of a typical Ninth Layer Divinity Transformation Realm Cultivator!

An inky-black aura surged around Mu Liuji's body. His figure became illusory, as if it had already merged into the surrounding dark sky.

As a Celestial Tier assassin from the Valley of Death, Mu Liuji clearly possessed an exceptionally powerful secret Body Technique. Among everyone present, he was undoubtedly the one with the best chance of escaping!

But how could Ye Chen give him that chance?

Just as the sword light was about to pass through Mu Liuji's illusory figure, a small Flame suddenly burst forth from within the light, its scorching heat seeming to burn through space itself!

"What?"

Mu Liuji's face changed drastically, his eyes filled with sheer terror.

He had already dodged Ye Chen's attack, but that Flame suddenly clung to him like a festering sore, impossible to shake off!

"That's the Red Lotus Karma Fire. As long as you carry karmic hindrances and sins, that Flame will ignite on you!"

Seeing this, Master Jingde couldn't help but sigh with resignation.

He knew that having reached this point, the situation was hopeless.

No matter how unbelievable the outcome was, they had no choice but to accept it.

At this thought, Master Jingde's gaze grew complicated.

Four Divine Might Realm experts had joined forces, led by him, a Fifth Layer Divine Might Realm master. They had come together to kill Ye Chen.

Yet before a Ye Chen who had broken through to the Divinity Transformation Realm, the four of them seemed so powerless.

Even when they joined forces against him, they were still utterly defeated!

"No… NO!!!"

Accompanied by a piercing scream, Mu Liuji's figure finally dissipated into the blood-red glow of the fire.

After Mu Liuji died, the surrounding darkness receded like a tide. The Eternal Night Sky, no longer under control, quickly dissipated.

"This old man is willing to submit to you, young friend. I only ask that you do not vent your anger upon the Saint Temple."

Master Jingde looked at Ye Chen, his expression filled with exhaustion.

"I can give you a dignified death."

"As for the Saint Temple… once I leave Dongxuan Province, I will go and crush it!"

Ye Chen's words were decisive and his tone was utterly firm.