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Chapter 7064: Revealing Trump Cards
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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 7073 Frightening Means
    At the top of the Jiuli Tower stood Long Zhantian. His aura seemed to have merged with the Jiuli Tower. But he was not alone. On each side of the Jiuli Tower, there was an elderly man.

    These two elders looked like the very definition of the word “ancient.” Their wrinkles were so deep that their skin looked more like tree bark. It wasn’t even possible to see their eyes under all those wrinkles. Perhaps their eyes weren’t even open.

    The elders’ hands were pressed against each other in front of their chests. A halo of light spun behind each one of them, and divine runes flashed within that light. It was like the cycle of the Grand Dao.

    Long Chen’s heart shook. It seemed that Jiang Li hadn’t been lying: The Jiuli Divine Realm really did have more powerful people than him standing guard over it, and there were two of them! The Grand Dao wheels behind their heads made him feel dizzy. It felt as if time and space were twisting, and even with his many eye techniques, he actually didn’t even dare to keep looking at them directly.

    Could it be that… they are Heavenly Sovereigns?

    There was a divine diagram burning in front of the Jiuli Tower. Lord Brahma’s figure was standing within it.

    “You truly live up to your reputation, Supreme Venerate. Even the three of us, together with the Jiuli Tower, cannot keep you here. I am impressed!” Long Zhantian sighed as he looked at Lord Brahma. They were mortal enemies, but he had to acknowledge that Lord Brahma was truly powerful.

    Lord Brahma shook his head in response. “I should be the one saying that I’m impressed with you two. A father and son like the two of you might not appear once in a billion years. Even after being born in a declined era, you were able to climb out and force open your own path, and you were even able to obtain the recognition of the Heavenly Daos. It truly is shocking. But now that the Heavenly Daos are in chaos, being rejected by the Heavenly Daos isn’t necessarily wrong, and being recognized by the Heavenly Daos is not necessarily correct. Have you ever thought about how all of us have been recognized by the Heavenly Daos? That includes the fallen Pill Sovereign and the Star Master, as well as myself. So tell me, why is it that with the recognition of the Heavenly Daos, the Pill Sovereign and the Star Master died, while a so-called traitor like myself is still living peacefully?”

    Long Chen coldly shouted, “Don’t give me that crap, or I won’t be able to stop myself from slapping you again!”

    Lord Brahma was intentionally bringing up the Pill Sovereign and the Star Master to antagonize Long Chen. How could he possibly not tell? But that was only one aspect of it. His words were like a toxic thorn. If Long Chen took it seriously, he would continue to question himself.

    However, after his Dao comprehension, Long Chen had managed to undo many knots in his heart. He was still far from getting the whole picture, but at the very least, he could see the wider world, and he would not be so easily swayed. Even though mentioning the Pill Sovereign and the Star Master angered him, it did not rattle his Dao-heart.

    Lord Brahma was trying to make Long Chen doubt himself, and was trying to lure him into an argument. But Long Chen refused to play his game.

    Meanwhile, the always calm and collected Lord Brahma was unable to keep his cool. Long Chen’s slap in the face was a huge humiliation, but he couldn’t argue about it.

    Meanwhile, Long Zhantian and the two elders clearly twitched when they heard this. They almost couldn’t hold back grins. Clearly, they were truly amazed that a supreme god like Lord Brahma had been slapped in the face by Long Chen.

    Of course, Lord Brahma couldn’t admit to it, but also couldn’t refute. Even with all his experience, he didn’t know how to respond to that. He had originally prepared a word trap for Long Chen, but now Long Chen had set him and his trap on fire. Furthermore, who knew how many eyes were still watching from a distance?

    Lord Brahma shook his head. “I was trying to give you some good advice and help you understand the truth of the world. But if you refuse to listen, I won’t waste the effort. Goodbye!”

    BOOM!

    The Brahma Divine Diagram’s flames erupted, and the diagram turned to ashes. By the time it was gone, Lord Brahma’s law avatar had also vanished.

    Long Chen and Long Zhantian exchanged a look, and both of them smiled bitterly. Even with their plan going perfectly, even with the perfect timing, the location advantage, and powerful reinforcements, they were still unable to stop a single law avatar from escaping.

    “Dad, what happened?” asked Long Chen. He truly found this hard to accept.

    “Ordinary law avatars have a fragment of the creator’s soul controlling them, but this one was different. This law avatar actually has two bodies, a primary and a secondary one, and the same is true of the Brahma Divine Diagram you just saw. The primary body and primary diagram are both with Lord Brahma, and just now, Lord Brahma actually possessed the secondary avatar and brought the secondary diagram to fight us. If it hadn’t been for the two patriarchs, then forget about killing it, it would have been impossible for me to even beat it, even with the entire Jiuli race assisting me…”

    Long Chen was shocked to hear that the actual Lord Brahma descended through this law avatar. As it turned out, he had also brought a major trump card, detonating a bomb of faith energy in an attempt to deal massive damage to the Jiuli Tower before its pieces had fully merged. Fortunately, the two patriarchs were present. They intervened when they saw him, and this was the only reason calamity was avoided.

    Long Zhantian’s face was grave as he recounted the battle. “The reason Lord Brahma chose to descend directly was because he wanted to see if he could turn the tides and save his plan, but also because he wanted to see how much the Jiuli Tower has recovered. I’m fairly sure that it was also a test of his own power. It seems that the day that Lord Brahma truly comes out of seclusion is not far.”

    Long CHen also felt immense pressure. With his understanding of Lord Brahma, he knew that the man would not expose his true trump cards easily. Although this time it was due to Long Can’s rashness that resulted in his plans failing, he had not lost his mind in anger, and he had reacted promptly and appropriately. Had it not been for Zi Yan devouring the sinister Heavenly Devil Zither in time and saving Long Chen, in addition to the unexpected factor that was the violet-gold polearm, he really would have died to Long Can, or maybe he would have been captured. And if that happened, it would have meant complete and utter defeat.

    To be able to instantly reverse the tides of what should have been certain victory showed just how terrifying Lord Brahma’s schemes went. Long Zhantian had fully expected him to appear, but not in this form, and the fact that he had descended in person rather than sending an ordinary avatar had almost ended up ruining their plans altogether.

    Fortunately, Long Chen was strong enough himself, and Zi Yan had saved him, preventing the worst-case scenario from happening.

    After hearing the entire story, Long Chen bowed to the two patriarchs. “Thank you for your assistance, patriarchs!”

    However, the two of them completely ignored him. They simply vanished just like that, leaving Long Chen embarrassed.

    Long Zhantian smiled when he saw his son like this. “These two patriarchs have lived countless years. Their mission is to protect the Jiuli race. As long as the entire race is not in danger of being exterminated, they will not show themselves. They don’t speak to anyone, so don’t take it to heart!”

    It was no wonder they had not responded when Jiang Li had begged them for aid. It seemed that they were little more than puppets now, and they refused to expend even a single drop of energy for unnecessary things.

    No longer embarrassed, Long Chen said, “Dad, you’re in charge in the Jiuli Divine Realm. I have to go back to the divine capital and see what’s happening. The battle there is probably still ongoing.”

    “Go. Be careful!” Long Zhantian nodded.

    Long Chen gave his father a bow and then left with Zi Yan.
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      Chapter 7074 Cleaning Up
      The moment Long Chen left, the bloody sky of this world instantly turned blue.

      It was as if the world was being purified. The sun appeared once more, and the mountains of corpses and lakes of blood vanished. If the land didn’t still bear the scars of the cataclysmic battles that had just unfolded, no one would think that this clear sky was covering the unmarked graves of an untold number of cultivators and hundreds of overlords of major forces—people who had power over countless lives, yet had lost theirs in the blink of an eye.

      “What the…?”

      When the Jiuli race’s experts came out of the Jiuli Tower and saw this world before them, they were all stupefied. They had expected a scene of carnage, yet what they saw was nothing but the usual peaceful world they were used to. They couldn’t help looking at that man standing at the top of the tower, and their gazes were both reverent and fearful.

      They thought that this was Long Zhantian’s doing. They had no way of knowing that it was actually Evilmoon that had sucked away all the flesh, blood, and aura of resentment lingering on the battlefield before leaving.

      Jiang Li also appeared before Long Zhantian.

      “May I know what your plans are for us?”

      He was resentful. He was angry. But he was also terrified. The great realm lord was now essentially a prisoner, and one word from Long Zhantian would decide his fate. The other elders who had fought over the Jiuli Tower, whether they were traitors on Lord Brahma’s side or Jiang Li’s followers, were also ashen.

      The Jiuli Tower was now under Long Zhantian’s control, and more importantly, the two patriarchs had also taken action to help him. In other words, they fully approved of him. This signified that Long Zhantian was not just the master of the Jiuli Tower, but also the highest authority in the Jiuli race. Thinking of how they had colluded with Long Can, as well as the three immemorial sects, to kill Long Chen, the elders felt there was no hope of survival. The time to pay for their debts had come.

      The other experts of the Jiuli race all felt a deep chill grip their hearts. They knew that the sun shining upon this territory marked a new dawn for the Jiuli race, but the price of this rebirth would be a massacre. The Jiuli Divine Realm had just been crippled at the hands of those who were supposed to protect it. Someone had to take responsibility.

      Millions of experts were silent. They simply looked at the man standing at the top of the tower.

      “The Jiuli race is one of the human race’s strongest bloodlines. But it is now corrupted and decayed. I am Long Zhantian, a son of the Jiuli race. I have been acknowledged by the Jiuli Tower and entrusted with the responsibility to revive the race. And just like my own son, I cannot tolerate traitors. I hereby decree: All of you who sold their own kin to outsiders are sentenced to death!”

      Suddenly, the Jiuli Tower trembled. Chains of light flew out, piercing through the chests of over two million people. They screamed in anguish. Some of them were the ones who had helped Long Can seize the tower. Others were pillars of the Jiuli Divine Realm with high authority; still others were heavenly geniuses of the junior generation.

      Seeing so many people targeted, the others’ expressions changed. How could the Jiuli Divine Realm have this many traitors? Worse still, many of those were familiar faces. The spectators’ hearts sank.

      Yet they did not question Long Zhantian’s truthfulness. After all they had witnessed, they fully believed that these people were traitors and not simply people he wanted to get rid of to take power. What need was there for him to do that? He and Long Chen were prideful people, down to their very bones. They would definitely disdain doing such a thing.

      Everyone targeted by the chains was pulled into the Jiuli Tower without mercy. The echoes of their terrified screams were all that remained.

      Surprisingly, Jiang Li and his direct supporters were not among those dragged in. The others immediately understood that Long Zhantian’s judgment was not yet over.

      “Apart from those who directly colluded with outsiders and betrayed the Jiuli race, there are also some who abused their position and selfishly seized power and resources that did not belong to them. You have suppressed the growth of your own people, you have oppressed anyone who could get in your way, and you have the blood of countless innocent people of the Jiuli race on your hands. I hereby decree: All of you who treated their own kin worse than beasts are sentenced to death!”

      Now, over ten million experts were pierced through the chest by those flying chains, over five times more than the number of traitors. These chains exerted an absolute restraining power upon them; no matter their cultivation or combat abilities, once they were pierced through, they could not move.

      These people were all terrified. Targeting others who could get ahead of them was practically an unwritten rule of the Jiuli race. In fact, among the Jiuli race’s experts, very few people could consider themselves entirely innocent. Naturally, in front of such a cold and unforgiving judgment, everyone was shivering.

      “Long Zhantian, if you kill people like this, then all the Jiuli race’s top experts will be gone by tomorrow! You are clearly bringing the Jiuli race to destruction!” Jiang Li howled. This time, his chest had also been pierced.

      Meanwhile, there were others who wept and pleaded for clemency. “Master Zhantian, we were wrong, but please give us a chance! We would rather die on the battlefield fighting for the Jiuli race! Please, give us one chance!”

      Once a person was about to die, they suddenly gained clarity on many things. They thought back to their past and felt regret and remorse.

      “Now you think of your people? You should have thought about them sooner. It’s too late now!” Long Zhantian snorted. The next moment, the chains dragged those people into the Jiuli Tower.

      “Long Zhantian, you brute! You and your son are both sinners! You won’t have a good death!” cursed Jiang Li.

      Even as the former realm lord, he was merely an ant in front of the greatest power of the Jiuli race. He was dragged inside like a helpless dog.

      In an instant, the Jiuli race’s numbers had shrunk significantly, particularly among the higher-tier experts. The majority of the higher-ups had just been killed, and among the new generation of disciples, a third were gone. As for the survivors, they were all shivering; terror swarmed their hearts. But in front of the Jiuli Tower, in front of Long Zhantian, they were all ants with no power to resist.

      Even the once-supreme realm lord had been mercilessly killed. Any resistance would be a joke.

      Seeing people’s terror and panic, Long Zhantian couldn’t help gazing into the distance and sighing. There was disappointment in this sigh, and there was weariness as well. In addition, there was a profound sense of powerlessness…

      The fair-faced scholarly man who had offered to sacrifice himself for Long Chen finally could not take it anymore. He clenched his teeth and stepped forward. “Master Zhantian, our Jiuli race… Can it really… return to its former glory?”

      He was barely able to get the words out. The Jiuli Divine Realm had just lost so many experts. That was an incredibly serious blow. With such a loss, how could the Jiuli race stand out in this new era? Was there really any hope for the Jiuli race?

      Long Zhantian pulled his gaze back from the distance and turned to him. He solemnly said, “The rotten flesh has been carved out. The pillars have crumbled, but the foundation remains. There is still hope, but…”

      He couldn’t help sighing once more.

      “Master Zhantian, may I ask where that hope is?” asked the scholar.

      Of course, that would be my son! Long Zhantian once more sighed, this time to himself, and did not answer out loud.

      If the Jiuli race wanted to rise again, if it wanted to return to its former glory, or even surpass it, then Long Chen was the only one who could help them do so. However, Long Zhantian understood his son all too well. He did not have his father’s magnanimity, and neither did he have any sense of belonging to this race. If anything, Long Chen only felt hatred for them. Long Tianrui’s death had been a serious blow to him, and for the Jiuli race to be forgiven was as difficult as ascending the heavens. Even Long Zhantian didn’t think he could convince his son to accept them.

      “Master Zhantian… Is Senior Long Chen the hope you’re talking about?”

      Long Zhantian lifted his head in surprise. Though he had said nothing, this scholar had actually figured it out by himself. Long Zhantian couldn’t help examining this man once more. He was definitely more intelligent than average.

      “What is your name?” asked Long Zhantian.

      The scholar hastily bowed. “I am Ye Ziwen!”

      Long Zhantian nodded. “Good. Ye Ziwen, lead a hundred thousand disciples to the divine capital to assist the Full Moon Sect.”

      “Yes!”

      Ye Ziwen was overjoyed, as were Feng Fei and Jiang Yue’... for a single moment.

      “Feng Fei, Jiang Yue’e, you stay behind. Take charge of the major divisions and find people to take charge of the subdivisions. It’s time to reorganize.”

      When Long Zhantian said this, the two of them instantly understood that he didn’t want to make his son feel bad.

      Long Chen was extremely stubborn. He rarely changed his mind. The Jiuli race had already caused him a deep wound, and he was in no mood to deal with them. However, Long Chen was also someone who cared greatly about his friends. If Long Zhantian sent Feng Fei and Jiang Yue’e over, Long Chen would undoubtedly take it as his father trying to make him feel better about the Jiuli race. This might not necessarily make him reject them, but it would most certainly not establish any kind of strong connection.

      They had to make Long Chen see the attitude of the Jiuli race itself, especially the junior generation. Otherwise, if it was his father’s wish, or his friends trying to pull him in, it would only end up casting a shadow on his heart.

      Thus, Feng Fei and Jiang Yue’e could only watch as Ye Ziwen grandly led a hundred thousand disciples away.
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