Within the ancient sacred city, the Eternal Universe Furnace blazed with brilliant light. Rosy mists hung like blood; clouds and glowing haze billowed in splendor. Flowing radiance overflowed in abundance as the phoenix-blood, scarlet-golden sacred radiance engulfed the entire vast city.
High in the heavens above, the King of the Night had taken a severe blow. Jiang Taixu’s techniques had struck him with astonishment. His body shook violently, and he opened his mouth to vomit a torrent of silver blood that rained down upon the city below.
Dong!
Below, as the silver droplets fell, a vast and magnificent palace complex shattered into pieces and collapsed with a thunderous roar. One could imagine just how terrifying this was.
“That is… silver blood!”
“Why is his blood silver?!”
The people within the sacred city were stunned. Was the King of the Night some kind of deity? A mouthful of his blood had simply fallen naturally, with no infusion of peerless divine power—yet it had punctured an immense expanse of palace halls and reduced them to powder.
What kind of power did his blood contain?
The silver blood was conspicuous beyond measure. Every person stared in bewilderment and disbelief. No one could understand what manner of physique this was—almost no one had ever heard of it.
Hum!
The void, like a painting, was torn open by the King of the Night and the peerless Divine King, trembling violently. The power of the great Dao’s laws shattered and pierced through everything.
The sacred city that had stood for years without decay was now swaying—liable to collapse at any moment. No one could imagine what kind of battle the two great kings were engaged in so far above in the heavens.
This confrontation was heart-stopping to the mind. Even the aftershocks alone sent chills through people’s hearts—to say nothing of the true clash unfolding in the night sky above.
Rumble rumble rumble!
Suddenly, a colossal divine statue appeared in the sky—like the divine ancestor who had created the world, inviolable in its majesty, looking down upon all living creatures.
“What is that being?!”
Within the sacred city, almost no one could stand any longer. Those with weaker cultivation could not even look up at the sky at all. Not even the powerful elders of older generations could remain composed.
“The Lord of Night, reigning over the earth—this is the King of the Night’s phenomenon!” At last, someone recalled certain rumors and identified this solemn and imposing divine manifestation.
The figure was so immense that it filled the entire sky above the sacred city. A single palm striking downward would be enough to cover the entire vast ancient city!
“How can a single person’s phenomenon be so enormous? It has actually transformed into a divine being—this is simply too terrifying…”
Everyone was overwhelmed. Gazed upon by this colossal deity, they felt a pressure beyond all words—like ants looking up at a god of heaven.
Every person’s complexion went white. They trembled involuntarily. This was a natural suppression—a fear arising from the instinct of the soul itself.
BOOM!
This divine being seemed capable of opening heaven and splitting the earth. A massive hand reached out, covering the entire sacred city. No one could see the starry sky any longer. The heavens shook, on the verge of shattering!
“Jiang Taixu—even if you have broken through, what does it matter? Your lifespan is depleted, your physical body hollowed out. What do you have left to fight me with?!” The divine being standing between heaven and earth spoke. Its tremendous voice was like thunder crashing down upon the world. Many palace halls collapsed directly.
Within the ancient city, almost everyone’s ears rang. They swayed as if about to fall. Many were so shaken that they vomited blood.
The King of the Night was this powerful. As his enemy, one would truly feel despair. How could he be defeated?
The massive hand filled the sky—worthy of the phrase “a single hand blotting out the heavens.” In an instant, a suffocating aura filled every inch of space, and every person’s heart trembled with fear.
BOOM!
The divine being’s hand was immeasurable. It closed around the peerless Divine King, grasping him within its palm. At last, those watching from below caught this sight.
“Divine King, Founding Ancestor!”
“Revered Ancestor!”
The Jiang Family members cried out in anguish, their eyes wide with desperation. The Divine King was peerless and unmatched by nature, but he had, after all, only just been reborn. Engaging in battle with a peerless king while already at a disadvantage from the start was not a good omen.
Now the King of the Night had displayed such a world-shaking phenomenon—who could resist it? Even if the Divine King were unharmed, receiving this blow would be far from a certainty.
“The Twin Kings swept across the world, matchless under heaven! Jiang Taixu, I will send you to your end!” The terrifying divine being’s voice was like a sea tide, connecting heaven and earth, surging as if from the ninth level of the sky above.
The great Dao’s celestial sound rang out—as if it had shattered across time from the most ancient ages. The fingertip of the colossal divine being blazed with dazzling light, as though endless raging fire burned within.
He intended to sacrifice the Divine King while still alive—to erase him from this world forever. Various great Dao laws streaked across the night sky, converging toward a single point within the massive hand.
Everyone was overwhelmed. With this divine being manifested in the world, who under heaven could match it?
The peerless Divine King had been seized in the hand and could not break free, ground by endless great Dao laws—in a perilous and critical situation.
“Divine King, Founding Ancestor!”
The Jiang Family members roared. They were about to activate the Ancient Heaven-Devouring Demonic Vessel to send it smashing into the void above. But the seven great Sacred Sovereign-level figures appeared all at once, cold smiles on their faces, all prepared to snatch that half-piece Extreme Dao sacred weapon.
They could finally see Jiang Taixu suppressed. They would not allow any accident. If the peerless Divine King was not eliminated, every last one of them was destined to die.
Pop!
Suddenly, a soft sound rang out from the night sky. The enormous divine hand shuddered violently. A bloody hole had been punched clean through its colossal palm.
“Jiang Taixu!”
The King of the Night bellowed. The massive hand blazed even more brilliantly. The bloody hole disappeared rapidly, restored to its original state.
Pop!
Yet the soft sound rang out again. The divine hand bloomed like magnificent fireworks, spurting blood flower after blood flower, bloody hole after bloody hole appearing in rapid succession.
The hand could not close. Streaks of sword radiance soaring into the heavens had pierced through it, and no power of laws or order could stop them!
Thud!
With one final soft sound, the peerless Divine King broke free. His robes carried not a drop of blood—pure white, untouched by the mundane world. He stood still in the void. He had transformed himself into a peerless divine sword, using his own body to sever through the divine hand and burst forth.
“The Sacred Art of Battle?!” The King of the Night said coldly. “A pity—it is ultimately a spent arrow at the end of its flight. Your current realm cannot bring out its full power!”
“Quick—let the sacred furnace revive, shake free of the other Great Emperor sacred weapon!” The Jiang Family members were anxious.
Jiang Taixu was a heaven-sent peerless Divine King, but he had only just been reborn. Clashing with a mortal enemy so soon after meant that misfortune outweighed fortune—they could not help but be afraid.
“We cannot move it!” The several elders controlling the Eternal Universe Furnace were filled with dread. They could not break free from the grip of the other Emperor’s weapon.
“The King of the Night’s ambitions are enormous—he covets our clan’s sacred furnace…” The several elders’ faces filled with anxious dread.
The King of the Night had come bearing the ancient Great Emperor’s sacred weapon, using it to contest the Eternal Universe Sacred Furnace, opening a passage for the other Sacred Sovereign-level figures and allowing them to descend into the underground palace to kill the Divine King.
All the while, he had exerted every effort to hold the Eternal Universe Sacred Furnace in check with the other Great Emperor sacred weapon—and had also been carving an awe-inspiring Great Emperor formation pattern.
At last, not long ago, he had completed the imprinting of the innate vein-patterns, achieving a supreme divine formation that merged as one with the ancient Great Emperor’s sacred weapon—and was now prepared to seize the Eternal Universe Furnace and carry it away.
Had Ye Fan not launched the Lihuo Sacred Furnace forward, he might already have succeeded. Even now, though the Eternal Universe Furnace held an absolute advantage, it was still unable to break free from the entanglement.
Ye Fan’s thoughts stirred. He attempted to connect with the Lihuo Sacred Furnace, urging it to unleash even greater power.
Rumble rumble…
Divine fire surged to the heavens. After being activated, the Lihuo Sacred Furnace released terrifying fluctuations of extreme power. Nine divine birds burst forth from within it, and moreover, a sun hung suspended in the sky above.
“This is…”
Ye Fan was greatly startled. Under ordinary circumstances, this furnace would absolutely not be capable of such world-shaking divine power. Yet at this moment it was astonishing beyond measure—almost comparable to a Great Emperor’s sacred weapon.
“What is happening?” The Jiang Family members were also struck dumb.
“I understand now—this is the supreme treasure our Jiang Family lost countless ages ago. I never imagined it would reappear in the world!” The great expert Jiang Yun’s eyes blazed with extraordinary light.
“In those years, it was upon learning of its whereabouts that the Divine King, our Founding Ancestor, went out searching for it—and then vanished.” The ninth great bandit, Jiang Yi, also sighed with deep feeling.
Ye Fan’s mind became clear and tranquil. With his powerful divine soul, he took control of the furnace and urged it to release even more staggering power.
“These truly are the laws and formation patterns of a Great Emperor!” The seven Sacred Sovereign-level figures were all shocked. They wanted to stop it, but it was absolutely impossible.
People stared in astonishment and discovered that nine divine rainbows connected the Lihuo Sacred Furnace to Ye Fan himself. On its lid, nine ancient characters blazed with scarlet radiance.
The two could not be severed—they seemed to have become a single whole. The seven Sacred Sovereigns attempted to separate them several times, but none succeeded.
“The nine ancient characters are Emperor Script!”
Each ancient character flowed with the breath of the great Dao, profound and mysterious beyond measure, as if seeking to draw one’s heart and soul inside.
BOOM!
The Lihuo Sacred Furnace burst forth with ripple after ripple, sweeping across ten directions. Profoundly mysterious formation patterns were naturally generated and branded into the void.
Ye Fan discovered in astonishment that none of this had been driven out by his own efforts—he had served merely as a catalyst.
All of this was happening because of the Eternal Universe Furnace’s presence. The moment the Lihuo Sacred Furnace drew near to it, it was as though it had been awakened—as though it had come alive.
The Lihuo Sacred Furnace was like a primordial Great Emperor divine formation. It rapidly sealed the innate vein-patterns carved by the King of the Night. Meanwhile, the Eternal Universe Furnace became even more terrifyingly powerful, its divine might surging like a boundless tide—preparing to suppress the other Great Emperor sacred weapon.
“What a pity—what a shame. I have missed the Eternal Universe Sacred Furnace!” High above in the heavens, the King of the Night seemed filled with endless regret.
“Yet—it is still not too late for me to kill Jiang Taixu!” He had exhausted every stratagem in his attempt to seize the ancient Great Emperor’s sacred weapon, only for it all to come to nothing. Now he focused entirely on the offensive to destroy the Divine King.
The King of the Night understood that his time was running short. Once the Eternal Universe Furnace broke free, his only path would be to flee. The opportunity to kill the peerless Divine King existed only in this very moment.
BOOM!
In the sky above, eternal divine light spread in every direction—without beginning and without end, as though it had run unbroken from the moment of creation to the present day, becoming the sole existence between heaven and earth.
Within the sacred city, there was not a single person who would ever forget this night. For them, it was a catastrophe. At the very least, half of those present were coughing blood and collapsed on the ground.
This supreme pressure could not be resisted—it pressed down like a demonic mountain, a weight impossible to bear.
The battle between the King of the Night and the peerless Divine King had reached its most intense pitch. Great Dao laws, the order of the Dao—both were unleashed without pause, transforming the night sky into a world of pure light.
“Jiang Taixu, you are finished! Your body is withered and your strength exhausted. You have no divine power left to draw upon the great Dao of heaven and earth. How do you intend to match me?!” The King of the Night laughed coldly.
At this moment, the eternal divine light vanished. The king of Central Province and the Divine King of the Eastern Wasteland—their figures finally became visible.
The Divine King’s pure land: a landscape of surpassing beauty, with flower petals raining down in a crystalline shower. Within it stood only a single divine tree—vigorous and gnarled as a coiling dragon, swaying gently, receiving the baptism of the flower rain.
The peerless Divine King sat quietly beneath the ancient tree—his white robes immaculate, his eyes closed in stillness. He did not move. Crystalline petals settled upon his body. He looked as though he had reached nirvana right there.
“Jiang Taixu—do you really think your Divine King’s pure land can stop me?” The King of the Night’s voice no longer carried the ravages of age. He had reversed the flow of time, restoring his body to its most pinnacle state.
No one had expected the King of the Night to have such a youthful appearance—fiercely handsome and striking, with black hair cascading like a waterfall, sword-sharp brows sweeping into his temples, and eyes of incomparable sharpness.
His bearing was like jade, his momentum like a rainbow. Step by step he advanced, imposing and compelling—as though a war god had been reborn, with brilliant radiance enveloping his entire being.
Rumble!
From the surface of his body, tremendous divine radiance suddenly blazed skyward. A golden divine robe materialized, covering his form, setting him apart and resplendent as a sun blazing in the heavens.
His black hair whipped in the wind; his features were incomparably handsome—like a deity incarnate. The golden divine robe burned like a raging flame. In his hand appeared a golden divine spear—and with a thud, he pierced clean through the Divine King’s pure land.
“How is this possible?! The Divine King’s pure land is said to be eternally impenetrable! How did the King of the Night break through?!”
Every person within the sacred city was shaken beyond belief. Almost no one dared trust what they were seeing.
The Jiang Family members were close to despair. How could this be? The Divine King’s pure land was without equal in the world—how had the King of the Night pierced through it?!
Within the Divine King’s pure land, falling blossoms were like teardrops—petals fluttering and flying, settling upon the foot of the ancient divine tree. The peerless Divine King remained motionless and silent, like a divine jade sculpture, without any sound or breath. His wound had ceased bleeding. The blood-soaked white robes were still.
“Has the Divine King passed into nirvana?” This was the question in every person’s heart.
“Jiang Taixu—you should understand now, shouldn’t you? Even if you have revived to your optimal state, you have not the slightest chance. I wear the divine robe of an ancient holy sage. The divine spear in my hand carries an equally distinguished origin—rare in all the world. Even your Divine King’s pure land cannot stop me!”
The King of the Night’s divine might was awe-inspiring. He pointed his spear tip toward the peerless Divine King who sat before him.
“Collapse!”
The King of the Night bellowed. The golden divine robe blazed with light ten thousand zhang high—like a golden sun. He was like a deity born from fire, holding his golden war spear, thrusting forward.
“For my elder brother’s revenge—the Twin Kings are matchless under heaven!”
Thud!
Divine blood stained the pure land. The peerless Divine King’s chest was pierced through. Beneath the ancient divine tree, blood pooled across the ground. Upon his immaculate white robes, blooms of blood—startling to behold—appeared one by one.
The blood soaked the earth and flowed into the flower beds. The ancient tree’s roots were bathed in it.
All the petals raining down from above were stained with blood—swirling, fluttering, falling, surrounding the peerless Divine King. Yet still he had not opened his eyes.
Though petals drifted down, everything was so very still. Time in this world seemed to have frozen. The golden war spear pierced through the Divine King’s chest—and it was as though that image had become an eternal painting.
“Divine King!” The Jiang Family cried out in grief.
“The peerless Divine King is dead!” Every person within the sacred city was stunned.
“Jiang Taixu…” The King of the Night wanted to lift the Divine King upon his spear—but the Divine King’s hand suddenly seized the golden war spear with one sharp grip, locking it firmly in place.
The peerless Divine King, his white robes soaked in blood, did not open his eyes. The crystalline, jade-like face showed not a single ripple of emotion—like a deity resting in peaceful slumber.
His wound continued to bleed, scarlet radiance blooming softly as the blood flowed upward along the golden war spear—very gently—staining the King of the Night’s hand with red.
“Ah…” The King of the Night cried out—as though he had discovered the most terrifying thing imaginable. He wanted to retreat, but found himself locked completely in place, unable to move.
BOOM!
The King of the Night, clad in his golden divine robe, suddenly burst into flame. A searingly brilliant light blazed forth, scorching the entire expanse of heaven and earth. He struggled violently.
“The legend is true—the Divine King carries the blood of a deity. Upon reaching the Great Accomplishment stage and advancing one step further beyond the summit, the divine blood will revive…”