Chapter 880 - 830 Fierce Battle
Chapter 880: Chapter 830 Fierce Battle
The Lion Emperor, ever since his ascent as a sovereign of the Demon Race, had never faced any significant calamities. One could say that this attempt at ascending to True Immortal, which was interrupted by True Monarch Shenxiao Pei Xuanjing with a sword slashing across the skies, disrupting his bloodline regression process, was the greatest catastrophe he encountered in thousands of years. It was precisely because of this that his years of arduous cultivation and scheming were rendered futile, and his transformation into a perfect nine-headed Golden Lion failed.
However, as a Sovereign, the Lion Emperor possessed not only the overbearing arrogance of a Sovereign but also a Sovereign’s restraint. Now that he had become a True Immortal, he had enough life span to amass power and plan for the opportune moment to seek vengeance, especially when facing an adversary with unfathomable depths like Pei Xuanjing.
The opponent’s sword strike gave him a sensation of death’s breath; even though at that moment he was almost successful in ascending to True Immortal and had acquired the characteristics of a True Immortal’s immortality and indestructibility, he still felt the presence of death. This forced the Lion Emperor to cease his transformation and choose to block that sword strike.
“True Monarch Shenxiao Pei Xuanjing, this Emperor doesn’t care whether you are some old fossil reincarnated or a Fortunate One born of destiny. Since you dare to spoil my plans, then await the day when this Emperor will reclaim everything from you.” A chilling murderous intent flashed in the Lion Emperor’s eyes, almost as if it could pierce through the void in front of him.
The will of a True Immortal can shake Heaven and Earth, and at this moment, the Lion Emperor’s fury, even as an Avatar, still caused the skies to change color, and the air around to turn bitingly cold.
If before, he had held Pei Xuanjing in high regard, considering him a likely Fortunate One heralding the revival of the Ancestral Land in the Great World, now the Lion Emperor no longer saw him that way. The terrifying power and foundation that Pei Xuanjing had displayed were simply not something that could be clarified by a few hundred years of Cultivation. Therefore, he speculated that his opponent might be one who had Fallen from the human race, an old antique who had the dumb luck to step into the cycle of reincarnation successfully and returned to the world with such accomplishments.
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As for the existence of the cycle of reincarnation, the more powerful beings like the Lion Emperor became, the less they dared to deny it, because their experiences and insights undoubtedly hinted at the existence of the cycle of reincarnation from various aspects.
Especially before the height of the Tang Dynasty, the presence of the Netherworld Book claimed by many Ghost Emperors and Yama Judges of the Underworld during its zenith allowed for communication with the cycle of reincarnation and adjudication of all beings, making it one of the most formidable forces Between Heaven and Earth.