Those who could enter the finals as the Heavenly Demon Emperor’s adopted sons, aside from Ling Li, were all champions from their respective system preliminaries—the cream of the crop.

And the result?

When they encountered three Eternal Sect disciples, they were all easily defeated in seconds.

This was truly a complete loss of face, ruthlessly trampling on the Heavenly Demon Emperor’s dignity.

Actually, if we go back to the galaxy preliminary node, the core disciples led by Li Qingyang and Xiao Zuiji might not have been able to easily defeat the Heavenly Demon Emperor’s more outstanding adopted sons.

The saying “thirty years east of the river, thirty years west of the river” couldn’t be applied to them—”see someone with new eyes after three days apart” would be more accurate.

The Ling Li of several years ago was beaten down by Eternal Sect’s core disciples. Today, several years later, the beatdown would only be more severe—even non-core disciples could beat him down, because they had cultivation facilities comparable to cheat codes and abundant martial dao resources.

Jun Changxiao understood this point precisely, which is why he dared to boldly claim the finals championship.

The Heavenly Demon Emperor was strong.

He had to admit that.

However, with Eternal Sect’s development to date, its various facilities and resources had become extremely comprehensive, giving them absolute confidence in cultivating talent.

The fact that even non-core disciple Li Shangtian could easily defeat an adopted son in seconds was probably the best proof.

“Not surprising.”

Jun Changxiao spread his hands and said, “No shock here.”

Regarding his disciples taking down two more adopted sons, Gou Sheng’s heart truly felt no ripples—he even considered it a matter of course. Otherwise… wouldn’t the Supreme-Grade Spacetime Secret Realm have been purchased in vain?

After completing the side quest, he received many secret realm purchase rights as rewards. Limited by reputation value, Jun Changxiao only bought the Supreme-Grade Spacetime Secret Realm.

The reason was simple.

He had sufficient understanding of this type of secret realm, so he definitely wouldn’t suffer a loss or be deceived by buying it.

As expected.

The Supreme-Grade Spacetime Secret Realm was the right purchase.

Disciples could enter at will, with no time restrictions.

In other words, if a disciple never came out for their entire life, they could accelerate for their entire life.

The best part was that the Supreme-Grade Spacetime Secret Realm not only had no time restrictions, but also maintained a hundred-fold acceleration effect and had even stronger heaven and earth attributes.

“With this thing.”

Jun Changxiao once sighed, “Even a pig could take flight!”

After the Supreme-Grade Spacetime Secret Realm was properly installed, Li Qingyang and the others couldn’t wait to enter.

The Eternal Vessel took nearly half a year to reach the Celestial Net Realm. Besides their usual visits to the Heavenly Prestige Secret Realm, they spent all remaining time in the Spacetime Secret Realm, which meant they had essentially cultivated for several more decades.

Just ask one question.

With cheats opened to such an exaggerated degree, what could the Heavenly Demon Emperor’s adopted sons use to fight against Eternal Sect disciples?

Being defeated in seconds—not unjust at all!

…

“Crack!”

On the opposite viewing platform, the Heavenly Demon Emperor clenched his fists.

Two more adopted sons had been killed. Anyone with any temper definitely couldn’t tolerate this.

“My Emperor.”

A subordinate said in a low voice, “The Eternal Sect disciples are not simple. Your adopted sons, I’m afraid…”

“Hmph.”

The Heavenly Demon Emperor forcefully suppressed his anger and said, “Although Ling Tao and the others can also be considered excellent, they are not valued by this Emperor. In this finals, watch Ling Tian, Ling Ba…” Speaking to this point, he looked toward Ling Li in the venue, “And him.”

“My Emperor.”

The subordinate asked puzzledly, “Ling Li was defeated by Eternal Sect disciples in his early years. I’m afraid he can hardly shoulder such a great responsibility?”

“If it were other adopted sons, perhaps they couldn’t shoulder the responsibility.” The Heavenly Demon Emperor’s tone was definite, “But if it’s Ling Li, that’s hard to say.”

“…”

The subordinate remained silent.

To be honest, he wasn’t optimistic about Ling Li.

But since My Emperor said so, he must have absolute confidence.

…

“Foster Father.”

Ling Li sat in a corner, fingers interlocked, chin resting on the back of his hands, corners of his mouth slightly raised in a smile, saying, “I will use my actions to prove who is your strongest adopted son.”

Three adopted brothers had died, but he felt no sadness at all, nor did he fear the Eternal Sect disciples—he was even happy and excited.

The more his self-righteous brothers were defeated in seconds, the more it proved they were trash. When he appeared to turn the tide during Foster Father’s anger and despair, he would definitely regain recognition.

By coincidence.

The other adopted sons thought the same way.

Because of the influence of their childhood environment, they didn’t care about family affection—more precisely, they had no family affection. The only thing they could do was transform into wolves, using one hunt after another to please their master.

Ling Li was slightly better than them—he had encountered love in his dark life.

However, with that woman’s death, the trace of light in his heart was extinguished. He once again became a cruel and violent wolf, even more so than before.

…

Lu Qianqian, Xiao Zuiji, Su Xiaomo, Long Ziyang, Song Xuanzhou, and other disciples took turns entering battle, easily winning victories and advancing to the second round.

Looking at the several completed rounds.

No matter what opponents they encountered, they won easily and effortlessly.

This way, they became the focus of the entire venue.

“This Eternal Sect is incredible!”

“I thought the Cangcloud System’s talent withering allowed Eternal Sect to dominate alone, but the result… it’s truly terrifying!”

“Three of the Heavenly Demon Emperor’s adopted sons have been killed. He definitely won’t let this go. If the two sides meet next, there will definitely be an extremely brutal slaughter!”

Everyone discussed spiritedly.

There were deaths and injuries among participants in every Universal Sacred Battle—this was unavoidable.

However, the Heavenly Demon Emperor’s adopted sons killed participants in every match, and were themselves killed in seconds by Eternal Sect’s domineering methods—three of them. Only then did everyone realize that both sides weren’t competing for the championship, but rather… competing to kill!

If this Universal Sacred Battle ultimately determined a champion, it would definitely be the bloodiest in history!

“Thrilling!”

Some people’s eyes shone with excitement.

They had mostly seen normal sparring matches before.

This kind of battle similar to a gladiatorial arena where participants must kill their targets to survive could undoubtedly better stimulate nerves and vision.

Come on!

Let the slaughter become even fiercer!

“Boom!”

“Boom!”

In each arena, fierce battles continued. Wherever the Heavenly Demon Emperor’s adopted sons fought, blood inevitably sprayed and limbs flew, bringing visual effects that more and more people enjoyed.

Jun Changxiao folded his arms against the chair back, his spiritual sense permeating the entire venue. Seeing those gradually excited and exhilarated faces, he shook his head and thought silently, “When cruelty becomes a norm, people will forget compassion and even regard it as a game to enjoy.”

“Can’t be helped.”

The System said, “It’s ultimately a martial dao world.”

“So…” Jun Changxiao crossed his legs, clasping his hands and casually resting them on his lap, “Even without the Heavenly Demon Emperor’s harm, the Upper Universe must make changes.”

“Who will make the changes?”

“Me.”

Jun Changxiao’s expression was serious.

Killing in a martial dao world was normal, but at the very least, there shouldn’t be wanton slaughter in mere sparring matches, with audiences watching with relish—because this truly represented moral decay and twisted human nature!

The seed to change the world’s pattern was deeply planted in Gou Sheng’s heart.

…

“Poof!”

In the sixth round, Long Ziyang struck with a cold gleam of the spear tip first, then the spear thrust like a dragon, eliminating the fourth adopted son.

“Another one dead!”

“Pfft!”

The camera turned. Mu Honglian struck down the fifth adopted son.

As fewer and fewer participants remained, the probability of Eternal Sect’s side meeting the Heavenly Demon Emperor’s side greatly increased. Whenever the two sides fought, they would definitely take lives. After another round of battles, nearly half of the latter’s eighty adopted sons had been killed.

Who killed the most?

Li Shangtian!

From his first-round battle until now, he had already encountered three of the Heavenly Demon Emperor’s adopted sons, all summoning the Heroic Soul Jing Ke to eliminate them, completely giving opponents no chance to catch their breath.

“Please participants enter battle!”

The referee shouted as always.

“Swish!”

Ye Xingchen stepped into the teleportation array. When he arrived at the arena, he saw Ling Li swaying his body, walking over like a zombie.

In the Cangcloud System galaxy preliminaries, Night Emperor always had a regret—he couldn’t personally torment that adopted son who bullied Li Shangtian. Now he finally met him on the finals stage.

He smiled.

One smile could topple a city, another smile could topple a nation.

“The beating may be late,” Ye Xingchen arrogantly pointed over, “But it will never be absent.”

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