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Chapter 7054: Change of Plans
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    Chapter 7060 The Oriole Lies in Wait

    All this while, Long Can and the traitors of the Jiuli race had been wrestling over control of the Jiuli Tower against Jiang Li and the others.

    Long Can also possessed the purest bloodline of the Jiuli race, as well as the Brahma line’s faith energy. Adding on the support of the traitors, the plan to seize the tower was entirely realistic, and indeed not far from becoming reality. Jiang Li and the others were resisting with all their might, but their expressions were growing more and more gloomy. They could feel their control over the Jiuli Tower weakening. On the other hand, Long Can’s grasp over it was only growing. There was nothing they could do.

    Now they truly regretted everything. They had never expected one foolish choice to bring the Jiuli Divine Realm to destruction. Even the Heavenly Devil Zither was completely ignoring the realm lord and was directly speaking of collaboration with Long Can. Was that not humiliating?

    Long Can narrowed her eyes at “Cao Yuyang.” She frostily asked, “What do you mean?”

    The mixed voice rang out. “Other than the one tenth of the Jiuli Tower’s source energy that you promised, I also want the lives of everyone from the Jiuli race, as well as half the Jiuli Divine Realm’s karmic luck..”

    Long Can’s expression instantly sank when she heard this demand. “You’ve got a big appetite. Aren’t you afraid of choking on such a big piece of meat?”

    She was enraged. The Jiuli race was also an important part of Lord Brahma’s plans. It was also the reason Lord Brahma went to such lengths to nurture her; it was all in hopes of her one day taking control of the Jiuli Tower and the Jiuli race.

    In truth, her attack on the Jiuli Divine Realm was not in accordance with Lord Brahma’s orders, nor did she have the approval of the other divine commanders. Even so, she had mobilized eight hundred thousand Divine Sovereigns. These eight hundred thousand Divine Sovereigns were all blessed by faith energy. Although this blessing was not on par with the blessing of the primal chaos divine items, it still allowed them to transcend the bindings of the old era’s laws and merge with a fraction of the new era’s laws.

    They were akin to Forerunners—they would never manage to become triple manifestation Divine Sovereigns, but they would never have been capable of that anyway, so there was no loss on their part. This would simply allow them to have a period of dominance before the new era’s heavenly geniuses fully grew up.

    These eight hundred thousand Divine Sovereigns were outside maintaining the formation. They were locking down the entire Jiuli Divine Realm.

    Long Can had made thorough preparations this time. She had even called over the three sects as reinforcements. But now, the sinister Heavenly Devil Zither was demanding an even bigger portion of the profits, right at this critical juncture! Long Can had quite the temper, and she was also the only triple manifestation Divine Sovereign among the eight divine commanders. In fact, in her view, as long as Lord Brahma did not come out of seclusion, she likely stood at the very pinnacle of this world. And the Heavenly Devil Zither dared to try and extort her at such a time? How could she not be enraged?

    The Heavenly Devil Zither sneered. “I am not that gutless fool Cao Yuyang. I will not accept you taking all the meat and leaving us with just some leftover soup. The Jiuli race is one of the human race’s strongest bloodlines, and their blood soul energy is of great value to me. Although I know that Lord Brahma wants to use you to turn the Jiuli race into one of his followers, it just so happens that I also need them to reform my body!”

    The Jiuli race’s experts were all outraged to hear them arguing like this. One side considered them a bunch of sheep to be herded where their shepherd chose, and the other side thought of them as nothing more than lambs for slaughter!

    Long Can darkly asked, “And if I don’t agree?”

    Cao Yuyang snorted and waved his hand. A single blood-colored thread pierced through space and through the head of one of the traitors of the Jiuli race. Even the Jiuli Tower’s protection did not save him. When the thread pierced him, his whole body instantly dried up into a desiccated corpse.

    “You bi—”

    “I am not bargaining with you!” snapped Cao Yuyang. “I am telling you what will happen! If you vainly think you can use the eight hundred thousand experts outside to mobilize the Brahma Divine Diagram against me, then the first thing I will do is kill your helpers. Without them, you will not be able to take control over the Jiuli Tower, and you will lose everything. Oh, and do I have to remind you? This mission was not carried out with Lord Brahma’s permission. I wonder whether Lord Brahma will forgive you if you fail again!”

    Long Can’s killing intent exploded. “You dare to threaten me?!”

    But inside, she was panicking. She knew that the Zither Sect definitely had spies among her subordinates, or they wouldn’t have such precise information. Furthermore, just as the Heavenly Devil Zither said, she really did have no other choice. She had to succeed. If she failed, it would mean her doom. Lord Brahma was only willing to tolerate her foolishness and brashness because she was an important chess piece to him. If she failed this time, she would lose all value, and would definitely be mercilessly executed.

    She was stuck between a rock and a hard place. On the one hand, if she lost all the Jiuli race’s experts, that would be a huge loss to Lord Brahma, and she would have to face his wrath. On the other hand, if she did not agree, Cao Yuyang would still slaughter everyone in the Jiuli Divine Realm. Then she wouldn’t have the Jiuli Tower either.

    Long Can had not expected her retribution to come so quickly. She had agreed to join forces with Jiang Li only to scheme against him, but now she was being schemed against by the Heavenly Devil Zither in a similar fashion. And if she were to pick the lesser of two evils, she could only agree to the Heavenly Devil Zither’s demands.

    Killing intent raged inside of her, but she had nowhere to unleash it. Even though her triple manifestation Divine Sovereign cultivation allowed her to dominate the world for the time being, she could not suppress the Jiuli Tower on her own. Perhaps she would be able to rely on her power to beat the Heavenly Devil Zither, but so what? That wouldn’t gain her anything. If she lost the Jiuli Tower, then even if she was a triple manifestation Divine Sovereign, Lord Brahma would not spare her.

    Long Can was silent, but everyone could see that she would acquiesce.

    The Jiuli race’s experts’ hearts sank. They were holding on to some hope that something would happen to save them, but nothing had changed. As they despaired, their hatred towards Jiang Li only grew. He was the one who had dragged the Jiuli Divine Realm to the abyss. Whether it was against Long Chen, Long Can, or the Heavenly Devil Zither, Jiang Li’s intelligence had proven entirely worthless. How did someone so stupid think he could scheme against these people?

    Just then, Long Chen’s impertinent voice rang out. “Sorry, do you mind if I interject? Ignoring me like this while you talk about your own deals is a bit rude, don’t you think?”

    For some reason, the Jiuli race’s experts suddenly felt a glimmer of hope when Long Chen spoke up.

    They looked over to see Long Chen had once more sat down on his rocking chair. He was snacking on sunflower seeds as he watched the show. It was as if this tense situation had nothing to do with him. When they looked at him more closely, they saw the golden flower in his hand, and their jaws instantly dropped.

    “Great Sun Sunflower? And it's mutated…”

    A number of people who had dealings with medicinal herbs were capable of recognizing that as a legendary divine medicine. Moreover, it was mutated, which meant its value had increased tremendously. Yet Long Chen was eating the seeds as a snack!

    The Brahma line’s experts were all green with envy when they saw this. Any alchemist who saw someone blaspheming a divine medicine like this would be outraged.

    “Brat, you don’t even recognize a heavenly treasure when it's right in your hand! You aren’t qualified to speak here!” roared Cao Yuyang. Even the Heavenly Devil Zither was envious of his treasures. “Heavenly Devil's Bloodthirst, Soul-Destroying Devil Music!”

    The Heavenly Devil Zither’s seven strings vibrated, and seven ripples spread at the same time, instantly filling the entire Jiuli Divine Realm.
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      Chapter 7061 Three Items At Once

      The sound of a zither spread like an all-devouring wave. Everyone, including Long Chen, felt as if their blood and soul were ignited by some strange power.

      As his own energy was ignited, Long Chen felt an irresistible suction force like a devil’s maw trying to absorb his power. Seven-color light swirled around him as his Supreme Blood instinctively locked down his power, but Long Chen still felt traces of his blood soul energy slipping through. Thankfully, the amount escaping was practically insignificant.

      On the other hand, the Jiuli race’s experts shouted in terror. Blood mist surged out of their bodies and floated towards Cao Yuyang. No matter how they struggled, they could not stop their blood soul energy from escaping. Other than the people vainly trying to maintain control over the Jiuli Tower, everyone was affected.

      “Cao Yuyang, you bastard!” Jiang Li let out a beast-like roar.

      “Sorry, who was that again?” The Heavenly Devil Zither sneered contemptuously. “And you sure have the cheek to call other people bastards! If it weren’t for you giving me so many people from the Jiuli race over the years, how could I have created a specialized blood soul ripping song based on the Jiuli bloodline’s traits?”

      “JIANG LI, YOU TRAITOR!!!!!!!”

      The Jiuli race’s experts cursed Jiang Li in outrage. This was entirely new information to them! It was no wonder disciples sent out on missions would occasionally vanish without a trace. It seemed it was Jiang Li's method of getting rid of anyone who could cause him trouble, and who knew what he had acquired in exchange?

      He had done the same play of using others to kill his targets all these years. However, today, the same ploy ended up backfiring and causing the entire Jiuli Divine Realm to be destroyed.

      Despite all their struggles, these people could not stop their energy from being absorbed. As the zither music continued playing, they only grew weaker.

      “Don’t think that my Jiuli Divine Realm has no trump cards left! Damn it, even if I have to die, I’ll make you pay!” roared Jiang Li.

      Jiang Li suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood that transformed into an arrow that slammed into the Jiuli Tower. The blood arrow exploded and transformed into a formation diagram that covered the entire tower.

      Jiang Li roared, “Patriarchs, if you still don’t come out, the Jiuli Divine Realm will truly be doomed!”

      This action caused Long Can’s and Cao Yuyang’s eyes to narrow. The Jiuli Divine Realm had other powerful beings inside?

      The Jiuli Tower quivered a few times and then… fell silent once more.

      Jiang Li could not believe his eyes. He let out a hysterical roar. “Patriarchs! Are you really just going to watch as the Jiuli Divine Realm is destroyed?!”

      The Jilui Tower still did not respond. The newly kindled hope of the Jiuli race’s experts instantly extinguished. They had not been aware that there were beings with even greater seniority than Jiang Li in the Jiuli Divine Realm. And since none of these people appeared, it was quickly concluded that Jiang Li was just trying to bluff or lie to himself in his despair.

      “Empty bravado!” Cao Yuyang sneered and slammed his hand on the Heavenly Devil Zither. All seven strings quivered, and a giant whirlpool appeared. The Jiuli race’s blood soul energy had gathered in front of him, and that whirlpool was like a gaping maw about to devour its prey.

      Just then, a sigh rang out. “Fine, since you call me patriarch, I suppose I can’t just keep watching.”

      This sigh had, of course, come from Long Chen’s mouth.

      Long Chen had his hand raised towards Cao Yuyang. The other one was forming a seal. He solemnly chanted, “Spirit of the heaven, spirit of the earth, let the fairy of the nine heavens quickly manifest. Four seas, drakes and dragons, the ten worlds gather for me…”

      With how solemn Long Chen’s expression was, the Heavenly Devil Zither was worried and tensed up. But when she heard what Long Chen was saying, she was outraged. She knew she was being duped.

      “You brat—”

      BOOM!

      Just then, a heaven-shaking explosion rang out. The massive dome covering the Jiuli Divine Realm was suddenly pierced through by an ancient zither.

      “The Heavenly Devil Zither!”

      Startled cries rang out. There were now two Heavenly Devil Zithers that looked exactly the same! But the one holding the newcomer Heavenly Devil Zither was not an old man; it was a peerlessly beautiful fairy in violet robes. She pressed her hand on the zither strings.

      BOOM!

      The sound of the heavens shook the world. The ten thousand Daos boomed. Cao Yuyang’s whirlpool exploded.

      Zi Yan gazed at Cao Yuyang coldly. “Let us bring an end to our story today!”

      Zi Yan’s voice was similarly double-layered, like Cao Yuyang’s, but her tones were in harmony. She and the sacred Heavenly Devil Zither were speaking in unison. This was the fateful battle of destiny between the two Heavenly Devil Zithers!

      “Do you think that I’m afraid of you?!”

      Cao Yuyang’s expression was dark. He seemed excited, but also nervous; there was even a hint of fear in his eyes. The sacred Heavenly Devil Zither and the sinister one were both parts of the original. The sacred Heavenly Devil Zither was a spirit born from its body, while the sinister one was the original spirit that had rebuilt a body.

      In theory, considering that she had spent countless years rebuilding her body and had killed countless lifeforms to form the strongest zither strings, her power should have been above the sacred Heavenly Devil Zither’s. However, the sacred Heavenly Devil Zither had actually been lying in wait all this time without her sensing it. That made her uneasy. She didn’t know how the sacred Heavenly Devil Zither had grown so quickly in this short time, but she knew that if she didn’t consume it this time, there might not be another chance in the future.

      Zi Yan plucked the strings of the Heavenly Devil Zither, unleashing seven consecutive sounds. With every sound, another Zi Yan appeared in the sky, and each was holding a Heavenly Devil Zither! These seven figures instantly surrounded Cao Yuyang. Their fingers were on different strings of the zither, and each of their faces showed a different emotion.

      “Seven Sound Spirit Control? Hmph, I can do it too!” Cao Yuyang was startled to see a Sovereign Lord like Zi Yan unleash such a powerful technique. However, before he could make a move, a figure appeared above him.

      When he saw who it was, Cao Yuyang’s expression completely changed. “Damn it! You little—”

      “When Old Sixth arrives, the earth roars and the heavens weep! You demon hag, Old Sixth let you go last time, but I’ll erase you from the world this time!” The green parrot’s arrogant voice resounded throughout heaven and earth. It spread its wings, and six pillars of light descended. Three black and three white pillars pierced the earth, locking Zi Yan and Cao Yuyang inside.

      Meanwhile, the few people who recognized it were in utter shock.

      “Another primal chaos divine item… The Six Dao Stone!”
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        Chapter 7062 Triple Manifestation Divine Sovereign

        A third primal chaos item had appeared!

        The Six Dao Stone was a masterless item, and it had always been so. Even back in the primal chaos era, it was not the kind of divine weapon that maintained the karmic luck of the world. Among the ten great primal chaos divine items, it was an oddity; in all fairness, it was an oddity by any standards. It suffered no restrictions, and its disposition switched between good and bad randomly. Encountering it could be a great blessing or a terrible calamity.

        However, when Long Chen charged into the Zither Sect, he had enlisted its help. That shook the entire Heavenly Magnificence Divine Prefecture. There used to be rumors that Long Chen had once been the master of the heaven-earth Cauldron. The people later learned that it had been just the Earth Cauldron, and that was when the Earth Cauldron had already been taken away from him. But then, it appeared that he had some connections to the Six Dao Stone!

        The latter piece of information was not quite believable. But the rumored green parrot really had shown up again, and it was unleashing shocking power. People had no choice but to believe it.

        “What the hell is this?! Are you f#cking joining hands against me?” roared Cao Yuyang.

        “Who said it had to be a one on one, you rusty fiddle?” sneered the green parrot.

        Suddenly, the seven Zi Yans unleashed seven soundwaves. These soundwaves struck the six pillars and then rebounded towards Cao Yuyang like sharp blades.

        “How despicable! You don’t deserve to be primal chaos divine items!” Cao Yuyang roared and rapidly plucked the zither strings. Seven-color rays of divine light struck Zi Yan’s sound blades.

        Heaven-shaking explosions caused the entire Jiuli Divine Realm to shake violently. Every exchange made people feel as if their souls were shattering.

        “Heavens, if it weren’t for the Six Dao Stone suppressing the impacts…”

        People were horrified. The two Heavenly Devil Zithers were unleashing world-destroying power, and the six pillars of light were reflecting a portion of their power and absorbing another part. Yet even though only the tiniest bit of power was escaping through the pillars, it was enough to affect the entire Jiuli Divine Realm. Countless buildings collapsed and turned into rubble.

        This was the terrifying power of the primal chaos divine items. Without the Six Dao Stone containing the aftershocks of their battle, everyone in the Jiuli Divine Realm would have been instantly annihilated by the power of the first strike.

        The green parrot floated in the air, keeping up the six light pillars. It was laughing delightedly inside.

        Zi Yan wanted to reclaim the pure source energy inside the sinister Heavenly Devil Zither’s body. But its corrupted laws and law power were all going to the parrot. After all, the Six Dao Stone was entirely unafraid of corruption. As the two Heavenly Devil Zithers clashed, it was happily absorbing the benefits.

        The sacred Heavenly Devil Zither was stripping out the evil source of her opponent. With the Six Dao Stone’s seal added up, the sinister Heavenly Devil Zither would only grow weaker and weaker.

        “Damn it, you despicable…”

        It wasn’t long before the sinister Heavenly Devil Zither realized exactly what kind of situation she was in. The seal of the Six Dao Stone meant that no one could help her. She roared, “Capture Long Chen, or you’ll all die!”

        The bewildered experts of the Jilui race quickly recovered their wits. Only now did they realize the scope of what was happening.

        Jiang Li had tried to kill Long Chen by using others.

        Long Can had joined forces with the Zither Sect, Painting Sect, and Chess Sect and schemed against Jiang Li in order to seize the Jiuli Tower and the Jiuli race.

        The sinister Heavenly Devil Zither also schemed against Long Can, wanting the blood soul energy of the Jiuli race, their karmic luck, as well as a portion of the Jiuli Tower’s source.

        Now, the sinister Heavenly Devil Zither wanted them to capture Long Chen to use him against Zi Yan and the sacred Heavenly Devil Zither.

        As for Long Chen, he had managed to factor everyone's schemes into play. Seeing his completely relaxed appearance, the Jiuli race’s experts couldn’t help feeling a chill running down their spine. Long Chen himself had said that Jiang Li had severely overestimated himself thinking that he could out-scheme Long Can and the others. But now, Long Chen was managing to out-scheme this group of old foxes with many millennia of experience.

        Xie Lingyun and Luo Tianxiang’s expressions were extremely ugly. Everything happening was far beyond their expectations. They looked up at the sky only to see that the dome had already repaired itself. The Brahma faction was sealing this place. However, this seemingly absolute seal was insufficient to stop a primal chaos divine item. Even though these eight hundred thousand Divine Sovereigns used the Brahma Divine Diagram, they could not stop Zi Yan from entering when she wanted to, and neither could they do anything against the parrot.

        That made them realize that everything was completely out of control. Long Chen was the true oriole lying in wait.

        “What are you waiting for?! Do you not know what you’ve done already?! Do you think that Long Chen will forgive you?!” roared Cao Yuyang.

        The seven Zi Yans were unleashing a barrage of attacks that were completely suppressing the sinister Heavenly Devil Zither. As time passed, this fight would only grow more one-sided.

        “Attack!”

        Xie Lingyun and Luo Tianxiang exchanged a look. That was all it took; they both took a deep breath and made their move.

        Xie Lingyun crossed the gap with a single step and unleashed a palm at Long Chen. At the same time, a giant figure appeared behind him. This was his heaven-earth law manifestation.

        Xie Lingyun’s heaven-earth law manifestation was completely different from any other that Long Chen had seen—three figures layered on top of each other. But they weren’t perfectly merged; it was possible to see areas that were imperfect. More importantly, one of the three figures was not entirely condensed. From his point of view, it seemed as if the first two were real, while the last one was an illusion.

        Whatever the case was, the moment this manifestation appeared, Long Chen instantly felt the laws of heaven and earth freeze. The surrounding space locked him down.

        “Three Pillar Shield!”

        Long Chen once more summoned the Taiji diagram and thrust his palm out.

        BOOM!

        The void shattered like ice. Cracks spread throughout the sky, and Long Chen was sent flying. He smashed into the ground, and the shockwave tore the surrounding buildings apart.

        “This is a triple-manifestation Divine Sovereign?!”

        “No, his third manifestation is not fully condensed. He has not truly reached that realm.”

        “He isn’t a triple-manifestation Divine Sovereign. His third manifestation looks like it was forcefully condensed through his sect’s karmic luck.”

        “There’s no way to maintain such a thing for long, then. It must also be damaging to the body. He’s going all-out!”

        The Jiuli race’s senior experts clenched their fists as they watched. Although Long Chen was powerful, there was still a huge gap between him and a triple-manifestation Divine Sovereign. Such a Divine Sovereign was able to control the laws of heaven and earth at probably ten thousand times the level of a Sovereign Lord. Even though Xie Lingyun was just an imitation, in this state, he still completely outmatched Long Chen.

        BOOM!

        Just as Long Chen smashed into the ground, a massive sword slashed down from the sky, giving Long Chen no time to breathe. It was Luo Tianxiang, and he also had a triple-layered manifestation behind him!

        Two sect masters, both with three manifestations, and they showed no mercy.

        But just then, a god-like voice rang out from underground. “Yin and Yang flip; the heavens collapse and the earth upends. Endless Heaven-Earth Laws!”

        BOOM!

        The earth exploded. Burning Blood Qi soared into the sky. A figure cloaked in divine light appeared before everyone.
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          Chapter 7063 The True Method of Unlocking the Laws

          Long Chen was immersed in seven-color divine light. The ☷ and ☰ essence runes flashed in his eyes.

          Three thousand globes of light floated behind him, fading in and out of each other. Heaven and earth became connected with the three thousand worlds as they shifted in and out of existence. Divine light rained down from the heavens, and divine light gushed out of the earth. The laws of heaven and earth were all gathering towards Long Chen.

          Right now, Long Chen was the favored son of the world. As the essence runes in his eyes burned, he seemed to have become one with heaven and earth.

          Even after summoning their triple manifestations, Xie Lingyun and Luo Tianxiang were shaken by what was happening. Their hearts were pounding in fear.

          “Damn, what is this?! How can he gather so much law power?! Shouldn’t his body explode?!”

          It wasn’t just them. Even Long Can, a true triple-manifestation Divine Sovereign, was shocked by this. Not even she could comprehend how this was possible.

          “The merger of the Jiuli bloodline and the violet blood bloodline is not unique. But why can Long Chen control this kind of power?!”

          There were innumerable recorded attempts of different bloodline mergers and their results. After all, any clan or race with a special bloodline would attempt to make that bloodline even more powerful, so the major forces all had detailed records of these mutations and the resulting power. Naturally, once the statistics became clear, every race would only allow those mergers that resulted in more powerful offspring.

          For instance, the mixed beast race was determined to be a complete failure as a whole. Successful cases were extremely few, and offspring that were not deemed satisfactory were cast out to live or die however they could.

          Based on the historical records available, the merger of Jiuli blood and violet blood did not produce anything extraordinary. It was surmised that this was because both bloodlines were too powerful. Once they found themselves inside the same person, they would clash, and many of the resulting children would end up dying early because of it.

          There were some successful unions, but those successes only produced mediocre people. The reason was that the clash of bloodlines affected not just the offspring’s power, but also their mental state; due to the constant inner clash, they generally ended up with severe mental instability. As for those who were relatively stable, they were not particularly powerful by either race’s standards. Moreover, they required more resources and time because they were forced to nourish two bloodlines at the same time.

          All in all, as a result of multiple tests, it was concluded that these two bloodlines did not support each other. Even in the best case scenario, the result was mediocre. Due to this conclusion, the Jiuli race and the violet blood race had almost no records of unions in recent history. The bloodline barrier was supposed to make it impossible for them to produce any extraordinary descendants.

          In particular, the best geniuses were strictly forbidden from such unions to prevent the next generation of their greatest geniuses from being trash. But now, something that blatantly contradicted this rule had just appeared in front of the people here, plain and clear for everyone to see.

          Three Thousand Worlds appeared behind Long Chen, and his violet blood and Jiuli blood were perfectly merged. He was one with the laws of heaven and earth. This phenomenon shocked everyone.

          Long Chen smiled. “So this is the true method to unlocking the laws of Heaven and Earth!”

          Three Thousand Worlds created a place for Heaven and Earth power to interact. His bloodline power resonated with that power, and through this, it was possible to link up to the entire world and borrow its power.

          In the past, he had been under the impression that the world wasn’t willing to lend him its power. As it turned out, that was not the case; it was just that Heaven and Earth could not pour it directly into him. They needed a conduit—a middleman, so to say. And this middleman was Three Thousand Worlds. Heaven and Earth could not speak for themselves, but they could communicate through Three Thousand Worlds.

          Long Chen was still just a little Sovereign Lord. But as the three thousand worlds behind him faded in and out, he appeared like a supreme god of the universe, a transcendent being that stood above them all, regardless of cultivation base. Their souls shuddered, and they couldn’t even summon the power to look at him directly.

          He was truly like the chosen son of heaven and earth. He was noble, divine, hallow, an existence that they could only kneel before.

          “So what?! The laws of heaven and earth do not belong to you! How much of their power can you possibly wield?! Your little circus tricks won’t help you!” Luo Tianxiang roared and raised his hand. Divine light gathered, and law power instantly condensed. A sharp sword instantly pierced towards Long Chen.

          Long Chen raised a hand and formed a one-handed seal, moving his hand from his forehead to his chest.

          “Three Pillar Shield!”

          That sword slammed into the shield. With an explosive sound, the sword and the shield exploded at the same time. Astral winds blew back Long Chen’s hair and robes, but he was completely unharmed.

          Everyone was shocked. Before this, Long Chen had been completely unable to block that attack. But now he was able to take on that sword head-on!

          Xie Lingyun was paying close attention when Luo Tianxiang attacked. He suddenly laughed. “He can only maintain this state by burning away his blood! He’s only a Sovereign Lord, and he’s forced to borrow the law power of heaven and earth because he cannot contain that much power himself. There’s no way he can maintain this state for long! In an incense stick’s worth of time, maybe less, his blood will be burned away!”

          It went without saying that Xie Lingyun was quite sharp. With just a few moments of observation, he had been able to deduce critical information about Long Chen.

          But Long Chen just smiled. “Let me tell you a piece of good news. You’ve overestimated me. My bloodline power can only maintain this state for half an incense stick’s worth of time, and that’s if I’m lucky. Also, as you just said, due to my cultivation base, I can only contain a limited amount of law power at any given time.”

          Everyone stared at him in confusion. With Long Chen’s character, why would he just tell his enemies his weak points?

          Long Chen continued, “However, I also have some bad news for you. Even though the amount of law power I can use in one go is limited, and the time I can maintain this state is also short, the amount of law power I can use during this brief time is… unlimited!”

          Long Chen formed a one-handed seal. A giant whirlpool appeared in the sky.

          “Saint law—Saint Sword Judgment!”

          A giant sword mercilessly slashed out of that whirlpool.

          Xie Lingyun cried out, and his law manifestation quivered. An eight-sided shield appeared, yet the sword sliced through Xie Lingyun’s shield like it wasn’t even there and continued towards his head.

          “DUCK!” Luo Tianxiang shouted and unleashed a palm strike. His palm turned golden, and a thousand divine runes flashed on top of it.

          BOOM!

          The giant sword deviated from its trajectory and flew past Luo Tianxiang before slashing a bottomless crevice into the ground.

          “Little bastard!” Xie Lingyun was shocked and enraged. Fresh blood gushed out of the top of his head. If Luo Tianxiang had not helped him just now, this sword would have definitely crippled him, if not outright killed him. It seemed that whatever laws were at the foundation of Long Chen’s sword strike, they allowed it to cut through his power like it was nothing.

          Just then, Long Chen stepped forward, instantly appearing beside the two of them. His long hair billowed back. He didn’t even look at the two of them; with the same hand seal, he shouted, “Blood law—Violet Flames Incinerate the Heavens!”
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            Chapter 7064 Revealing Trump Cards

            A violet dragon tore out of space and filled the world with beautiful violet light.

            BOOM!

            Terrifying violet flames unfurled, crashing upon the ground like a tsunami. Under the scorching heat of these flames, even the laws of heaven and earth seemed to be melting.

            This was an attack on a massive scale, a domain of fire centered around Long Chen. Luo Tianxiang and Xie Lingyun instinctively raised their own law domains. However, they were horrified to find that their domains were actually ignited by the violet flames. Most terrifying of all, these violet flames contained invisible law power fluctuations. It felt like giant millstones slowly grinding down their domains.

            Just as their domains were about to crumble, the two of them roared, “IGNIIITE!!!”

            Their heaven-earth law manifestations ignited at the same time. Their law power also ignited. The full might of two Divine Sovereigns was unleashed, and with that, Long Chen’s flame domain was no longer able to suppress them.

            “He managed to force triple-manifestation Divine Sovereigns to ignite their heaven-earth law manifestations! He’s pushed them to the brink!” the Jiuli race’s elders cried out in shock. Even among them, the number of people that had managed to touch upon the secrets of the triple-manifestation realm could be counted on one’s fingers, and all of them could hardly be further from actually producing a third manifestation.

            The green parrot’s arrogant voice rang out. “Haha, you’re finally starting to look like you deserve to be Boss Sixth’s brother! Little San, I look favorably upon you, so kill those two old fogeys!”

            It had locked down the two Heavenly Devil Zithers, yet it still had the leisure to pay attention to Long Chen’s side. Upon seeing how fierce Long Chen was, it could not help but squawk excitedly.

            It had actually been hesitating over whether or not it should save Long Chen if he was in danger. After all, Long Chen had invited him here to profit off of the Heavenly Devil Zithers. If Long Chen was in trouble, it would be wrong for it to not help. However, saving Long Chen would mean abandoning the Heavenly Devil Zithers. In that case, the sinister Heavenly Devil Zither would be freed, and in terms of profits, it would definitely lose out.

            Thus, upon seeing Long Chen’s immense power, Green Old Sixth felt quite relieved.

            “Die!” Xie Lingyun roared. Long Chen was not far from him. Having ignited his heaven earth law manifestation, he ignored the violet flames and thrust his palm like a blade right at Long Chen’s throat.

            “Soul-Locking Curse!”

            Long Chen’s hand seal changed. Xie Lingyun’s hand was less than three feet from Long Chen’s throat when he suddenly stiffened. He found himself paralyzed.

            Terror filled his eyes. He was horrified to find that his soul and body were being forcefully separated by some invisible force. Although his soul was not completely ripped out of his body, he lost his control over his body and soul for a brief moment.

            Long Chen’s hand ruthlessly slapped him in the face.

            BOOM!

            The heavens shook, and a shockwave spread. Xie Lingyun slammed into the ground like a meteorite. The Jiuli Divine Realm now sported a fresh, massive crater.

            After slapping Xie Lingyun, Long Chen simply walked forward, casually and gracefully. Thirty-six swords plunged down one after the other, trying to impale him. But every attack was just the slightest bit too slow, and for some reason, Long Chen’s leisurely stroll was just fast enough to avoid being struck.

            Luo Tianxiang’s expression sank. He had a painting scroll open in his hands; those thirty-six flying swords came from the scroll.

            This Flying Sword Diagram was one of his killing moves. The thirty-six swords were imbued with thirty-six Sword Dao laws. He had used it to kill quite a few powerful foes in the past. Furthermore, after many years of nourishing it and after merging it with the new era’s laws, its power was at an unprecedented peak.

            In this critical situation, he was forced to use it to attack Long Chen in order to save Xie Lingyun. However, Long Chen still had time to slap Xie Lingyun and then easily dodged his attacks. This was… humiliating. Pure, unadulterated, absolute humiliation. This slap was not just a slap in Xie Lingyun’s face, but also Luo Tianxiang’s face. The difference was one was silent, while one let out a resounding sound.

            “How are you so damn strong?!”

            The Jiuli race, the Zither Sect, the Painting Sect, and the Chess Sect’s disciples were all completely baffled.

            Long Chen was facing triple-manifestation Divine Sovereigns! These young disciples were truly ants before existences like this. One palm would crush them all. Yet Long Chen was able to fight two of them at the same time, and in such a calm and carefree manner to boot! This power was practically heaven-defying!

            They suddenly thought of Long Chen’s arrogant title: the number one figure of the nine heavens’ junior generation. They had all heard this title before. They also knew that it was the Brahma line’s method of provoking others into killing Long Chen. But now that they were seeing Long Chen’s power for themselves, they finally realized that just because it was a plot to kill him did not mean it wasn’t also true.

            “You little brat, don’t be so arrogant! Let’s see how long you can last after using so many powerful moves!” Luo Tianxiang roared and waved his hand, and another painting scroll flew out. This one depicted a devil king. It had six arms and long fangs protruding from its mouth, and it didn’t look like a painting, but like a real lifeform that had been sealed inside the scroll.

            Suddenly, an explosive sound shook the heavens. Half the devil king’s body grew out of the painting scroll, radiating overwhelming divine might.

            Everyone was stunned by the pressure it exuded. Its aura was not much weaker than Xie Lingyun’s and Luo Tianxiang’s!

            However, Long Chen sneered. His hand seal didn’t change.

            “Lightning law—Lightning Divine Slash!”

            Lightning filled the sky, enveloping the painting scroll and the devil king. Then, a giant “Slash” character appeared. Blood flew through the air as the Slash character transformed into flying lightning swords that chopped the devil and the scroll to pieces!

            “Damn, how can he unleash divine techniques so quickly?!”

            Luo Tianxiang gnashed his teeth in outrage. Law divine techniques needed longer times to cast. This was common sense. Only triple-manifestation Divine Sovereigns could shorten the time for the hand seals with their triple manifestation. However, Long Chen, a third Heavenstage Sovereign Lord, was able to almost instantly unleash law divine techniques. Luo Tianxiang hadn’t even managed to fully release his devil king before it was killed.

            “Wind law—Wind Divine Curse!”

            This time, a giant “Curse” character appeared above Luo Tianxiang. The Curse character immediately transformed into countless spinning wind blades.

            “Damn you, Long Chen!”

            Luo Tianxiang howled, and the wind blades shattered. Resplendent light appeared in their place. A divine diagram had appeared behind Luo Tianxiang.

            There were mountains and rivers flowing on top of this diagram. It exuded the charm of the Grand Dao, and the moment it appeared, the very heavens changed color. This was Mountain River Diagram—the Painting Sect’s priceless core divine weapon.

            The Mountain-River Diagram was actually an imitation of the Ten Worlds Diagram. The person who made it was a supreme expert, an overlord from the primal chaos era. It was considered a top-grade Heavenly Sovereign Dao Weapon, and after years of being nourished by the Painting Sect’s karmic luck, it had accumulated an immense amount of energy.

            However, this energy was something the Painting Sect would not touch unless they were forced to the brink. It had been accumulated through the full effort of uncountable members of the sect, and every bit lost was one bit they could not recover again without millennia of work. It was also the crux of the potential transformation of the Mountain River Diagram; with this energy, it could get ever closer to a primal chaos divine item.

            “Wow, what a painting! This Dao-charm, this aura, it is definitely top grade amongst Heavenly Sovereign Dao Weapons! As expected of the Painting Sect.” Long Chen couldn’t help but sigh emotionally when he gazed at the Mountain-River Diagram.

            Just then, the space behind him shifted, and a giant chessboard appeared. Black and white pieces were in constant movement as if they were calculating the fate of the heavens.

            “The Yin-Yang Board, I believe? Incredible, two top-grade Heavenly Sovereign Dao Weapons! You really do think highly of me!” Long Chen chuckled.

            “You still laugh when you’re about to die?!” Xie Lingyun roared and sent the Yin Yang Board smashing towards Long Chen like a giant hammer.
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    Chapter 7055 Battle Over the Tower

    When that drop of blood from Long Can fell on the Jiuli Tower, the entire tower shuddered violently, and as the elders infused power into it, the tremors only intensified.

    “Dad, what’s going on?” asked Long Chen.

    Long Zhantian’s voice rang out in Long Chen’s mind. “Those elders have been blessed with the Jiuli Tower’s core energy. Now they are using that bit of energy as a key to seize control of the Jiuli Tower. As for that drop of blood from Long Can, it also possesses some of the source energy of the Jiuli Tower. This stems from the primal chaos era. Most likely when the Jiuli Tower was destroyed in the primal chaos war, some of its lost source energy was seized by Lord Brahma. Now Long Can is using it to try and take control over the Jiuli Tower, and these elders are supporting her.”

    Long Chen couldn’t help finding it laughable. Jiang Li had been trying to borrow Brahma’s blade to kill him, but as it turned out, the borrowed blade was first pointed at Jiang Li himself! Although Long Can was stupid, she was not that stupid. She hated Long Chen, but she also knew what her duty was. More importantly, fulfilling her duty would also let her fulfill her revenge.

    The entire Jiuli Divine Realm was locked down by the Brahma line’s experts. The grand formation was complete. Unless they could break this formation, no one could escape. Thus, Long Can’s first priority was seizing the Jiuli Tower. She knew that taking control of the Jiuli Tower would give her complete control of everything here. Long Chen would be a bird caught in a cage; she could deal with him as she pleased.

    The Jiuli Tower flashed chaotically. The top portion was not reacting at all, but the other pieces were shaking. Two opposing forces raged within them.

    The Jiuli race’s experts were completely dumbfounded. Was this part of the plan? It doesn’t seem like it…

    According to what they knew, they were supposed to have some cannon fodder try to stop them. But now it was a clash of the peak experts. How were they supposed to use cannon fodder? Even the core elders of the Jiuli race had just betrayed them, and their subordinates even suspected that this was part of Jiang Li’s plan. Or was it someone else’s plan?

    “Damn, kill these traitors!” roared Jiang Li. He slammed his hand together. Divine light erupted out of him, and a projection of the Jiuli Tower appeared behind him.

    He was unleashing all his power to fight back and regain control over the Jiuli Tower. By this point, anything else had become utterly irrelevant; he knew that he could not allow Long Can to go through with her plan.

    “Fool, it’s far too late!” Long Can sneered and formed a one-handed seal. A projection of the Jiuli Tower appeared behind her as well.

    The Jiuli Tower was practically being pulled apart, like a cart with two oxen pulling in opposite directions. Not even a primal chaos item could handle two masters; as two wills wrestled for dominance within it, the Jiuli Tower trembled, seemingly close to snapping at the seams. The Jiuli Divine Realm’s karmic luck gushed out wildly, and the laws of the world grew unstable.

    Suddenly, a ray of Sword Qi struck those traitorous Elders, only to be shattered by some unmatched power.

    “They are being protected by the laws of the Jiuli Tower!” Long Yan’s and the others’ expressions completely changed. Clearly, the other side had come prepared. If things continued like this, nothing good awaited them.

    “Sacrifice your bloodline power to help the realm lord control the Jiuli Tower!” shouted Long Yan.

    All the elders that had been blessed by the Jiuli Tower immediately began offering up their power. With their addition, the scales that had been tilting towards Long Can once more tilted towards Jiang Li.

    Just then, Long Can’s icy voice rang out, causing the Jilui race’s experts’ expressions to turn ugly. “Ye Boran, I must obtain the Jiuli Tower. You pick whether you’re going to be a side show or a main character!”

    Ye Boran had once been in control of a portion of the Jiuli Tower. Although that authority had been taken by Jiang Li, he naturally had much greater affinity with the Jiuli Tower compared to an average Elder. If he were to switch sides at this time, it would definitely shatter the balance between the two sides.

    Jiang Li roared, “Ye Boran, you dare to betray the Jiuli race?!”

    Ye Boran was silent. A war was raging inside him, and for good reason. Neither Long Can nor Jiang Li were good people—not only were their characters trash as a whole, but they were both as stubborn as mules. And right now, he was stuck between them. If he picked the wrong side, his ending would definitely be miserable.

    Sadly, not taking any side was not an option. He had to choose, and he had to choose now.

    “Ugh, fine!”

    Ye Boran sighed and flicked his finger. A drop of blood flew out and ultimately fell on Long Can’s side.

    “Damn you, Ye Boran!”

    Seeing that Ye Boran had chosen to betray them, Jiang Li, Long Yan, and the others cursed him furiously. As for Long Can, she seemed to take this in stride, as if everything was within her expectations. With Ye Boran’s addition, the scales of victory once more tilted towards her.

    But just as she was feeling good about her chances, two more drops of essence blood flew onto the Jiuli Tower. The Jiuli Tower shuddered, and it suddenly stopped siding towards Long Can.

    Jiang Li was delighted at the sight, only to realized the two drops of blood had come from Jiang Yue’e and Feng Fei. The two of them had advanced with Long Chen and had absorbed a great deal of the Jiuli Tower’s core energy, so even though they were not elders, they were definitely qualified to join in this battle.

    That immediately made Jiang Li think of Long Chen. But the moment he turned around, intending to ask Long Chen for aid, he almost spat out blood. At some point, Long Chen had taken out a rocking seat and was leaning back like a grandpa on vacation!

    You little bastard, why the hell are you sitting there like you’re watching a good show?!

    “Long Chen, you are a disciple of the Jiuli race! You’ve absorbed so much of the Jiuli Tower’s core energy! If you don’t plan on standing up for the Jiuli race now, what are you waiting for?!” roared Jiang Li.

    Long Chen rocked back and forth. He closed his eyes and relaxed, not even looking at Jiang Li.

    There was no need for Long Chen to say anything. Long Can said, “Do you take Long Chen for a fool? You want to force him to act out of the goodness of his heart? If he could really be baited like that, he wouldn’t be Long Chen. And you wanted to use me to kill him and take over the divine capital? Please! Don’t you know he’s vicious and ruthless even to his own kin? Forget about help, you should be grateful that he doesn’t kick you when you’re down!”

    After all their encounters, it seemed that Long Can had truly come to understand Long Chen’s character.

    Jiang Li roared, “Long Chen, even if it isn’t for the Jiuli race, what about your own life?! The Jiuli Divine Realm is locked down and you can’t escape! Once Long Can takes over the Jiuli Tower, the first one she will kill is you!”

    Long Chen didn’t raise his head. He didn’t even open an eye, in fact, and just continued relaxing. “See, that’s where you’re wrong. The first person she will kill is you. I’m second on the list.”

    “You little…”

    First, second, what the f#ck is the difference?!

    Long Can casually interjected, “Actually, you’re also wrong. I am not the one who will kill you!”

    As if on cue, space twisted. An army of black figures appeared in the sky, and the sound of a zither made the world rumble. A sinister voice pierced people’s ears like a needle.

    “Long Chen, I bet you didn’t think that we’d meet again!”
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      Chapter 7056 Regret and Choice

      “It’s the Zither Sect, Painting Sect, and Chess Sect!”

      Startled cries rang out. Of course, other than a few select higher-ups in the Jiuli race, no one knew what was going on.

      The three sects’ troops only numbered a few thousand people in total. The ones from the Zither Sect were cloaked in black qi. Illusory figures filled the air around them. At the front, Long Chen spotted the Zither Sect’s Cao Yuyang, the Chess Sect’s Xie Lingyun, and the Painting Sect’s Luo Tianxiang. However, the leader was not any one of them. It was a woman with a body like a pig and a head like a toad.

      She was the sinister Heavenly Devil Zither’s item-spirit. Her sharp eyes were filled with rancor and killing intent. That expression made it clear that even tearing Long Chen into a million pieces would not quell the hatred in her heart.

      “Jiang Li, Jiang Li… you really are a fool.”

      Long Chen slowly stood up from his chair and stretched his back lazily.

      “Lord Brahma wants the Jiuli Tower, while the Zither Sect wants me so they can extort the sacred Heavenly Devil Zither from my wife. As for the Chess Sect and Painting Sect, they want a portion of the benefits of the Jiuli Tower as well as control over the divine capital. All of them are strong, and all of them are schemers. So how in the hell did you think you’d outwit all of them all by yourself?”

      The Jiuli race’s experts were enraged by what he was saying. They did not dare to believe their ears. But at the same time, although they hated Long Chen’s guts, they knew he had no reason to lie at this point, and given this whole situation, Jiang Li looked awfully suspicious.

      No one had thought that the higher-ups would actually collude with Lord Brahma, the Zither Sect, the Painting Sect, and the Chess Sect to kill Long Chen. Lord Brahma was a vicious wolf; his ambitions stretched towards all the nine heavens and ten lands. Everyone knew that. For Jiang Li to collaborate with him and invite his forces in was practically the epitome of foolishness!

      As for the Zither Sect, Chess Sect, and Painting Sect, they weren’t good people either, especially not the Zither Sect. They had done countless heinous things, and while most people had no idea about that, the top forces all knew what was going on.

      In other words, in order to kill Long Chen, the realm lord and the elders had placed the entire Jiuli Divine Realm into the depths of despair. Seeing the Jiuli Tower flashing chaotically, as well as the three sects’ people surging with killing intent, despair filled the Jiuli race experts’ hearts. The one thought in their minds was that the Jiuli Divine Realm was done for…

      That incredibly ugly woman was what made them lose all hope. Her aura was not at all weaker than the Jiuli Tower’s. Although they had not seen the Heavenly Devil Zither before, anyone with half a brain could tell just who she was. They were well aware that Long Chen had charged into the Zither Sect, and many of them knew about the sinister Heavenly Devil Zither and her plan to merge with the old Heavenly Devil Zither.

      Since they could tell who this woman was, their despair was justified.

      Authority over the Jiuli Tower was in a deadlock between Jiang Li and Long Can. In other words, the Jiuli tower would not be able to protect them. In addition, the grand formations had already been broken by the traitors. The Jiuli Divine Realm had become a prison, and the experts of the three sects were now vicious beasts descending upon caged sheep.

      Once the fighting started, the Jiuli Divine Realm would be destroyed, and the Jiuli race would fall. Although the Jiuli race was spread throughout the nine heavens and ten lands, the Jiuli Divine Realm was their core. In this great era, without the Jiuli Divine Realm or the Jiuli Tower, any remnants of the Jiuli race would have great difficulty surviving.

      The experts here all started to feel resentful. How could they not?

      “Worthless leaders have brought the Jiuli race to its knees. How am I supposed to accept this?” sighed a man.

      Indeed, just how were they supposed to accept it? One foolish decision of Jiang Li’s had just buried the future of the entire Jiuli race.

      “Worthless leaders? Before you curse them, curse yourself first. We were the ones who were weak. We knew our leaders were foolish, but we didn’t dare to rebel. Every single one of us just watched as the Jiuli race walked itself into this pit. We are all sinners,” said an elderly man.

      “If we had Long Chen’s daring, perhaps the Jiuli race wouldn’t have reached this point!”

      When this third person spoke, it caused huge waves in other people’ hearts.

      They suddenly thought of Long Chen. It seemed that throughout the entire Jiuli race, he was the only one who dared to wield a butcher’s blade against the higher-ups. In the past, they had felt that this was a despicable thing to do. He was vicious towards his own family; his hands were stained with the blood of the Jiuli race. But now that they were faced with this situation, they were forced to remember exactly why Long Chen had done such a thing. Was it really because Long Chen was a bloodthirsty murderer?

      If that was all, then why was it that Long Chen had become the High Firmament Academy’s youngest dean in history? Why had he become the highest authority in the dragon race? Why were so many people, so many forces willing to follow him to death?

      People looked from Jiang Li, who was gnashing his teeth in anger and frustration, to Long Chen, who looked as calm as ever. And as they saw his demeanor, they all sank into silence.

      When facing death, a person’s mind could suddenly go through a moment of clarity. With their preconceived biases thrown out, they could suddenly see many things clearly.

      “He gave the Jiuli race many chances, but the Jiuli race always betrayed him!”

      “It seems that the rumors about that girl really are true!” cried one female disciple.

      “That girl” in the rumors she spoke of was none other than Long Tianrui.

      The matters of Jiuli City could not possibly be kept secret, least of all from the Jiuli race. Thus, the story of Long Tianrui had long since been leaked to the disciples. Although the higher-ups harshly warned them not to spread rumors, the more they suppressed it, the more curious the disciples became. Although it couldn’t be said that everyone knew it, at the very least, the majority of the female disciples had heard of this matter.

      It could be said that the destruction of Jiuli City was caused by Long Tianrui’s death. Even after that, Long Chen still gave Jiuli City a chance, but Jiuli City still betrayed him, resulting in him destroying it.

      Thinking back to the causes of everything, they felt that if they also had Long Chen’s courage, perhaps the Jiuli race would not have walked right to their doom. But that was not the reality that they were living. Right now, all of them had become lambs for slaughter. The air was thick with despair.

      Even so, Long Chen seemed calm. Facing the experts of the three races, he showed no fear at all. Ignoring everything else, just this kind of bearing was something that no person in the Jiuli Divine Realm could display.

      Suddenly, Long Chen felt a strange sensation from his Supreme Blood. He then heard a man’s voice in his mind.

      “Senior apprentice-brother Long Chen, myself and a hundred thousand disciples will form the Jiuli Soul-Burning Formation in a bit! By sacrificing our lives, we can carve open a path in their grand formation and help you escape the Jiuli Divine Realm! Get ready!”

      Whoever this man was, he was using the Jiuli bloodline’s secret art to communicate with Long Chen, and Long Chen was actually unable to confirm who it was.

      This message was rather moving to Long Chen. A hundred thousand disciples were willing to sacrifice their lives to help him escape. Considering that their grand formation had already been broken, these hundred thousand disciples were probably the greatest elites of the Jiuli race, or they wouldn’t be capable of such a thing.

      “Senior Long Chen, get ready!” The voice rang out once more in his mind, but this time, Long Chen managed to spot the speaker. It was a fair-faced man who looked like a scholar. His aura was somewhat weak, and he was completely inconspicuous amongst the crowd. But this was not because he was actually weak; rather, he had a variant bloodline that allowed him to escape the detection of the Heavenly Devil Zither, Long Can, Jiang Li, and the others.

      His gaze was determined. He had secretly communicated with a hundred thousand elite disciples, and they had all chosen to sacrifice their lives to help Long Chen escape. They knew what kind of person Long Chen was, and they knew that, as long as Long Chen could escape, he would definitely treat the remnants of the Jiuli race well.

      The Jiuli race would not be destroyed as long as Long Chen lived. So rather than dying like sheep, fighting an unwinnable battle, they would rather use their lives to give their kin a chance to live.

      Suddenly, Long Chen turned towards the Heavenly Devil Zither and the others.

      “Careful, someone is trying to use the formation to help me escape the Jiuli Divine Realm!”

      The scholarly man was just about to form hand seals when Long Chen’s announcement almost made him cough up blood.
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        Chapter 7057 Killing the Chicken? Using Others?

        What the f#ck?!”

        The scholarly man felt as if he were living in a strange parallel reality. He had gathered up the top geniuses of the Jiuli race and they were ready to sacrifice their own lives to create a path for Long Chen to escape. Yet they hadn’t even started before Long Chen dumped a rock onto that path.

        It was only possible to accomplish this while the other side was unaware. Now that the Heavenly Devil Zither was ready, they had no chance at all.

        “Escape? You think you’re going to escape? Long Chen, if you’re smart, you’ll surrender. Otherwise, you’ll suffer a fate worse than death!” a disciple arrogantly shouted from amongst the Zither Sect’s camp.

        Long Chen glanced through them and did not see Liao Yuhuang. He suddenly had a thought.

        “Ah, I forgot to ask. I assume you guys have surrounded the divine capital?”

        Cao Yuyang darkly replied, “Brat, you’re pretty sharp. Yes, the army of our three sects and the Brahma line are already headed to the divine capital. In order to prevent the outsider devils from taking advantage, we are going to finish the battle quickly both here and at the divine capital. We will be heading to the divine capital immediately after capturing you, so you don’t need to worry about stalling for time, let alone hoping for someone to save you. I’ll give you to the count of three. If you don’t surrender yourself, I’ll start killing. One…”

        Cao Yuyang directly started counting, without giving Long Chen even a second to think.

        Buzz.

        At the same time, the void beside him flashed. A figure appeared beside him like a phantom.

        Cao Yuyang’s expression completely changed. He was shocked to find that Long Chen was able to evade his senses! His senses were linked to the Heavenly Devil Zither, which meant that even the Heavenly Devil Zither was unable to lock onto Long Chen!

        Fighting the sinking feeling in his gut, Cao yuyang waved his hand. A whip swung through the air, cutting that space in two. Yet Cao Yuyang’s expression once more changed.

        This time, he had no chance to react. A hand appeared out of midair and slapped him in the face.

        Pow!

        Cao Yuyang went flying for a distance, then smashed into the ground like a meteorite. A massive hole appeared, and the surrounding buildings were blasted to bits.

        “Who do you think you are to threaten me?”

        Long Chen sneered. He was standing exactly where he’d stood before, acting as if that attack had nothing to do with him.

        “The Jilui Tower’s core energy! You…” The Heavenly Devil Zither’s eyes narrowed. She stared at Long Chen.

        As one of the ten primal chaos divine items, even if she was only an item-spirit, she instantly realized what had just happened. The reason Long Chen was able to escape from her lock and sneak attack Cao Yuyang was that he could control the core energy of another primal chaos divine item. In fact, Long Chen was likely able to control more of the Jiuli Tower’s core energy than even these Elders of the Jiuli race all added up together.

        The Jiuli race’s experts were all stunned. Long Chen had actually struck first and managed to slap Cao Yuyang in the face! Cao Yuyang, the very master of the Zither Sect! Just how humiliating was this slap?

        The scholarly man’s heart leapt wildly. “Does this mean…?”

        Just then, Long Chen’s voice rang out in his mind. “Have everyone step back a bit. Otherwise, you might get splattered!”

        The Jiuli race’s experts were like a flock of headless chickens. They had no idea what they should be doing. Jiang Li was leading the elders against Long Can and the traitors fighting over control of the Jiuli Tower, but they were unable to help Jiang Li. Nor did they even know if they should help Jiang Li. After all, he was the one who had invited these people in just to kill Long Chen. He had brought the Jiuli Divine Realm to the brink of destruction. How were they supposed to trust him again?

        The scholarly man didn’t seem to do anything. But all the Jiuli race’s experts, young and old, began to slowly fall back. It was as if they had given up resisting and were planning on just being spectators. The Heavenly Devil Zither gave them a sideways glance, then proceeded to ignore them altogether.

        BOOM!

        The earth collapsed, and Cao Yuyang came flying out. Half his face was destroyed, his hair was in disarray, and he was a complete mess overall. More than that, he was outraged. After being on-guard for everything, he still failed to stop Long Chen’s sneak attack. He could not understand why the Heavenly Devil Zither’s lock failed!

        Long Chen’s slap contained no killing intent, and thus it did not trigger his instincts. However, the power behind it was still absolutely terrifying. If the Heavenly Devil Zither had not unleashed its power at the critical moment, his head would have been blown apart.

        Meanwhile, Long Chen himself was rather surprised. He had advanced to the third Heavenstage, so he had expected his strength to increase drastically, but this surpassed his expectations.

        “You little brat, I’ll rip you to shreds!” Cao Yuyang’s roar shook the heavens. Blood-colored light raged around him. His air flew back. He looked like a devil god.

        BOOM!

        The void twisted, and an ancient zither appeared. Seven strings vibrated in unison, and an ominous aura filled the air.

        “It’s the Heavenly Devil Zither!” shouted in terror the Jiuli race’s experts. Cao Yuyang had summoned the Heavenly Devil Zither! Did this mean that the battle was over?

        Just then, a sneer rang out. “There’s no need to go so far. Let me do it!”

        A young disciple stepped in front of Cao Yuyang, drawing out a three-foot-blade. A sharp aura unfurled. When this saber streaked through the air, it caused a strange soundwave to spread. Space itself became the medium through which this sound was transmitted; as the soundwave traveled, the space ripples it caused were visible for all to see.

        Those ripples spread far and wide, and the moment they touched anyone, that person felt their soul shudder, then vibrate in tune with the saber. They felt as if they were no longer living in reality, but inside an illusion.

        “The sound of that saber can affect the soul and bewilder the mind! This is a Divine Sovereign law item that can unleash the laws of the new era!”

        “He must be one of the Zither Sect’s peak experts! That saber has profound sound runes carved on top of it. It is definitely no ordinary Divine Sovereign law item.”

        The Jiuli race’s experts who had retreated whispered amongst themselves.

        “The Jiuli Divine Realm only has a few dozen Divine Sovereign law items like that one. Most of them are in the hands of the elders that were blessed by the Jiuli Tower. Only a few disciples got anything like that.”

        Quite a few people looked towards that scholarly man. He was actually one of the pillars of the Jiuli race’s junior generation, and he himself was one of those who had such a weapon.

        At the same time, hundreds of young disciples of the Chess Sect and Painting Sect also drew their weapons and stepped forwards. Their killing intent locked onto Long Chen.

        “Let’s see who will get to kill this fellow who claims to be the number one figure of the nine heavens!”

        That expert from the Zither Sect sneered, and his essence rune ignited. He and his saber streaked through the air like a bolt of lightning. The might of a fourth-Heavenstage sovereign Lord concentrated onto the tip of the saber along with vast law power, and the blade emitted ear-piercing explosive sounds.

        “Remember this! The one who killed you is Li Yao! Sound law—Sundering Destruction!”

        The Jilui race’s experts’ eyes widened. “Heavens, he can instantly accumulate his law power! He wants to decide victory or defeat in one blow!”

        Li Yao was truly powerful. He seemed the overconfident kind, but he actually had immense control. Even the Jiuli race’s top geniuses were amazed.

        Long Chen smiled slightly. He closed his eyes. When he opened them, he had one rune in his right eye and another rune in his left. He activated his Heaven-Earth power.

        He raised a single finger, and a small Taiji diagram appeared on his fingertip. Then, he simply placed his finger against the tip of Li Yao’s blade.
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          Chapter 7058 So-Called Heavenly Geniuses

          BOOM!

          A ripple of energy spread from Long Chen’s fingertip upon contact. But that overwhelming explosion of power everyone was expecting never appeared.

          “One finger…”

          “He blocked it…”

          “How is that possible?!”

          “That’s a Divine Sovereign law item with the new era’s laws!”

          Whether it was the Jiuli race or the three sects, everyone was stunned.

          Divine Sovereign law items that could not contain the new era’s law power were now essentially divine garbage. Only top-grade Divine Sovereign law items that were capable of growth had managed to follow the transformation of the world to break through as well and gain the power of the new era’s laws. These law items were now on a completely different level compared to old Divine Sovereign law items. It was like the difference between the new era’s geniuses and the old era’s geniuses—once the new laws were in place, the two were not even close to the same level.

          However, Long Chen’s single index finger, seemingly using no force at all, had actually blocked an attack containing all of Li Yao’s power.

          “Sorry, what did you say just now? It was too noisy and I didn’t hear it clearly. Maybe… you should repeat yourself?” Long Chen eyed Li Yao casually.

          Li Yao’s eyes bulged. His body was shaking. He wanted to say something, but he couldn’t even open his mouth.

          The tip of his saber suddenly cracked. Those cracks then rapidly spread throughout the entire blade. From there, they stretched into Li Yao’s hand and through his whole body as well.

          With a light, crisp sound, Li Yao shattered and slowly dissipated into dust.

          Whatever Three Pillar Shield I used before was nothing but a fart. This thing contains the power of the three thousand divine runes and Three Thousand Worlds. Then, with my physical power at the third Heavenstage and with the shield compressed to the size of a fingertip… it’s basically using a sledgehammer to squash an ant.

          He had thought of compressing the Three Pillar Shield in the past as well, but he had been incapable of doing so. One reason was his lack of control, another reason was that his physical body could not endure the strain. But now, both problems had been solved, resulting in this world-shaking blow.

          Just as Long Chen killed Li Yao, a painting scroll unfurled. Mountains and plains filled the sky; rivers flowed backwards; and Long Chen was sucked into a world of glaciers.

          This was another top-grade Divine Sovereign law item. Thanks to the support of the new era’s laws, its landscape overwrote the world. This scroll was capable of merging with heaven and earth. It was impossible to defend against, and by the time anyone could react, Long Chen was already sucked inside.

          “One Stroke Splits the Heavens.”

          Long Chen didn’t even look at the inverted world around him. With a single finger, he drew a line across the world.

          The void was ripped open like cotton cloth. Flames then ignited across the tear and spread until the entire painting was burning.

          “As a painter, your technique isn’t bad. But your level is far too low, in every aspect. Your heart does not contain heaven and earth. The laws you use are fake laws that only deceive you and nobody else!” sneered Long Chen.

          He stepped forward and appeared beside the man he’d just called “painter.” The man was in the midst of forming hand seals when Long Chen appeared. His eyes almost popped out of his head.

          “Maybe I should go eat first so that you have time to finish your technique?” suggested Long Chen. However, he failed to keep his word. Instead, he swung his hand and slapped the painter in the face.

          The painter’s big head exploded like a tub of red paint.

          “Kill him!”

          These heavenly geniuses of the new era roared in fury. But these roars were just to give themselves courage.

          They were the strongest heavenly geniuses of the three sects. They had all come just to seize the title of the number one figure of the nine heavens. However, they had not expected Long Chen to be even more terrifying than the rumors said. If they happened to fight one on one, they would purely be courting death.

          These experts roared and unleashed all their power. Some of them ignited their blood soul in exchange for more power.

          As a result… no, there was no result. Flesh and blood rained down wherever Long Chen went. With every attack, he took at least one person’s life. He was like a bloodthirsty devil king sweeping through their ranks. Not a single one of them was capable of even slowing him down, let alone stopping him.

          These so-called heavenly geniuses were lambs for slaughter. They had no ability to resist.

          “He’s… a monster!”

          Chills ran down spines. For many of them, it was their first time seeing such a savage sight.

          The heavenly geniuses that any faction would cherish as treasures were being massacred, mowed down like grass. How could they accept such a thing?

          After all, anyone who dared to challenge Long Chen despite him being proclaimed as the number one figure of the nine heavens had to be a genius who considered themselves unmatched as well. Yet, these so-called heavenly geniuses were continuously obliterated in front of Long Chen. The blood mist dissipating through the air was their final goodbye to this world.

          The Jiuli race’s experts’ hair stood on end as they watched. Before everything happened, they had been the ones thinking of how to kill Long Chen. Thinking back on it, that was incredibly naive and foolish. Fortunately, the people of the three sects had taken their place.

          The fair-faced scholarly man was now even paler than before. He suddenly thought of a problem.

          Long Can and the three sects had joined forces. If they succeeded, the Jiuli Divine Realm would be destroyed. But if Long Can and the three sects hadn’t come, if the Jiuli Divine Realm attacked Long Chen and he escaped, when he became a Divine Sovereign, he could return and also destroy the Jiuli Divine realm.

          He felt a wave of despair swallow him. Was the Jiuli Divine Realm destined to be destroyed? However, he then recalled that Long Chen had rejected their offer to sacrifice themselves. The light of hope returned to his eyes.

          The massacre continued. Long Chen used new techniques every time he attacked. He killed over a hundred peak heavenly geniuses without repeating himself.

          Other than the attack that killed Li Yao, he was constantly switching between his violet blood and Supreme Blood. But he wasn’t using any divine techniques. In this high-level battle, he was only using the simplest attacks to kill his opponents. The moment someone got close to Long Chen, they were fated to die.

          “Damn, how is Blood Qi not weakening?! He hasn’t even exposed any of his powerful techniques! We can’t let this continue!” Cao Yuyang was the first to lose his patience.

          Xie Lingyun and Luo Tianxiang also had gloomy expressions. Their original goal had been for their disciples to kill Long Chen. That would reinvigorate their sect and cause their reputation to soar. Furthermore, having someone from the same realm kill Long Chen would save them from any consequences.

          However, even after so many of their greatest heavenly geniuses died, not a single person was able to pose any threat to him at all. They couldn’t just keep watching.

          Cao Yuyang was the first to attack. The sound of killing rang out from the zither. The zither instantly became a sinister white bone, and a translucent sound blade sliced out.
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            Chapter 7059 Change in Character

            A translucent sound blade rapidly grew as it sliced through the air. It was filled with countless twisting runes, and in its demonic whistle, people could hear what sounded like the roars of ghouls demanding lives.

            Including the scholarly man, all the Jiuli race’s experts felt a stabbing pain in their soul. It was as if that sound had already invaded their very being.

            “Is that it?”

            In front of this heaven-encompassing sound blade, Long Chen smirked contemptuously. He pointed his finger, and a Taiji diagram appeared on his fingertip. The moment his finger made contact with that sound blade, the massive sound blade collapsed.

            This scene left everyone stunned. The attack of the Heavenly Devil Zither had been blocked just like that? This was one of the ten great primal chaos divine items! It possessed the power to destroy heaven and earth! Yet Long Chen had stopped its attack with a single finger…. How was that possible?

            Long Chen nonchalantly said, “The sweeping elder claims that you are incredibly cautious, but now it seems that this evaluation doesn’t suit you. The sweeping elder wouldn’t misjudge someone, but the way you’re behaving now is unlike what he told me about you. In other words, your character must have changed. Mountains and rivers might change, but people don’t change so easily. I think there’s only one thing that could make your character change this much. Cao Yuyang, you have become an item-slave!”

            Everyone’s hearts shook when they heard this. So it wasn’t the Zither Sect that was in control of the Heavenly Devil Zither, but rather the Heavenly Devil Zither that controlled the Zither Sect?

            “What nonsense are you spouting?!” Cao Yuyang was startled to hear this. Blood runes appeared in his eyes. Baleful resentment converged behind him in the form of billions of blood-colored lifeforms wailing and struggling in pain. It was a terrifying sight.

            Long Chen nodded in understanding. “I see, so you still aren’t completely under the control of the Heavenly Devil Zither. No wonder the power of that last attack was so scattered. All the laws in it were like grains of sand. One touch made them fall apart. So the Heavenly Devil Zither branded you while rebuilding its body. You thought that you had absolute control over the sinister Heavenly Devil Zither, but you overestimated yourself.

            “It doesn’t matter how strong you once were; how are you supposed to endure the karma of killing countless innocent lifeforms? In order to condense seven strings of seven emotions, you committed countless atrocities. Now, the sinister Heavenly Devil Zither has lost its sacred side and its evil nature has gone out of control. As for yourself, your character was already dark inside. How could you possibly control it? Even if it didn’t deliberately corrupt you, your inner heart would have been lost sooner or later anyway.”

            “You’re spouting nonsense!” roared Cao Yuyang. He slammed his hand on the zither strings, pulling back two strings as far as he could.

            A giant arrow instantly converged on the strings. All the killing intent within this space was absorbed into it.

            “You see? All I did was say a few words and you’ve lost your temper. Were you always like this?” asked Long Chen indifferently.

            When they heard his last words, Luo Tianxiang’s and Xie Lingyun’s eyelids twitched. Now that Long Chen put it this way, it made a bit too much sense. After all, they both knew Cao Yuyang quite well, and he had never been this kind of person.

            The real problem was that if Cao Yuyang had become an item-slave, then the spiritual oaths they had pledged to each other were void. The Zither Sect, Chess Sect, and Painting Sect were able to work together precisely due to these oaths binding them together. But if Cao Yuyang was an item-slave, then even if he betrayed the oath, the consequences would be borne by the Heavenly Devil Zither.

            As for how that would play out… The Heavenly Devil Zither had long since been split in two. The sinister Heavenly Devil Zither had already begun to rebuild its body, indicating that it was forever cut off from the sacred Heavenly Devil Zither that was in Zi Yan’s hands. And the purely evil Heavenly Devil Zither in charge of the Zither Sect feared no curse or karma, so it wouldn’t care about the consequences of breaking an oath.

            The two of them began to panic a bit. The reason they had chosen to stand by the Zither Sect was that the Zither Sect was the only one among them who possessed a primal chaos divine item. But if the Heavenly Devil Zither had escaped its bindings and gained control over the entire Zither Sect instead, then wouldn’t it force them into being slaves as well to take control over the Chess Sect and Painting Sect?

            Just then, the giant arrow shot out. And to everyone’s shock… it flew off target, by many miles. Long Chen hadn’t moved from his location, nor had he used any divine ability. This arrow simply missed.

            It was simply impossible for an attack like this to miss, and by such a large margin to boot. In that case, there was only one possibility: Cao Yuyang was going through such tremendous inner turmoil that he couldn’t even control himself properly.

            “Is Long Chen right? Cao Yuyang has been taken over without realizing it?”

            Long Chen’s words were hard to believe, but this scene gave them no choice but to believe him.

            Just then, the sinister Heavenly Devil Zither’s loathsome voice rang out. “What a useless fool! If only that girl had matured in time, I wouldn’t have chosen you to be my slave!”

            She suddenly disappeared. Cao Yuyang shuddered, and her figure reappeared behind him.

            “AAAHHH!”

            Cao Yuyang let out a terrified scream and started convulsing. However, no matter how he struggled, he couldn’t break free of her control.

            “Fool, your inner heart was shadowed from the start. In that case, why not just accept it? You’re filled with greed, but you’re too cowardly to take any risks. You struggle between your desire and cowardice every day. But now, I am giving you a chance to fulfill your dreams, and you continue to struggle. You are too stupid to live!”

            The Heavenly Devil Zither’s voice was full of disgust. Clearly, she did not wish to keep him as an item-slave. For now, she could only settle for him, but precisely because of that, his weakness disgusted her.

            Whether because Cao Yuyang had realized the truth of what she was saying or because his spirit had simply been completely suppressed, his body stopped struggling. When he opened his eyes again, they were full of sharp killing intent.

            “Little brat, are you prepared to face my wrath?”

            Cao Yuyang’s voice was mixed with the sinister Heavenly Devil Zither’s voice. The voice of a man and a woman rang out in an eerie, discordant harmony, and the mere sound of this combined voice made the world quake. The sinister Heavenly Devil Zither was finally displaying the power expected of a primal chaos item. A few words were enough to make heaven and earth flip.

            Cao Yuyang turned towards Xie Lingyun and Luo Tianxiang. “I now control the Zither Sect. Your two sects are still my most dependable allies. You need the Zither Sect to help you survive in the chaos of this new era. With my aid, your Chess Sect’s Yin Yang Board and your Painting Sect’s Mountain River Diagram can both become perfect Heavenly Sovereign Dao Weapons. They may even take another step and reach the level of quasi primal chaos divine items. As for myself, I need you to help me take back my other half and devour its core. That will allow me to truly take my place as one of the ten primal chaos divine items. Nothing really changes in our cooperation, except the person you’re dealing with. And in that respect, I will definitely be better than that fool Cao Yuyang. I swear on my item-spirit not to take advantage of you so long as you don’t take advantage of me.”

            Xie Lingyun and Luo Tianxiang exchanged a look. They felt that the Heavenly Devil Zither’s words made sense. The Zither Sect had merely changed leadership; that didn’t change the fact that they desperately needed collaboration. Both sides still needed support from each other. In addition, the Heavenly Devil Zither had just sworn on its item-spirit. In that case, there didn’t seem to be anything to worry about.

            Seeing their expressions, the Heavenly Devil Zither knew that the two of them would agree. She turned towards Long Can.

            “Long Can, the Zither Sect belongs to me now. Your promise towards the Zither Sect will need to be updated as well.”
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