Chương 253: Transcendence (Part 9)

Inside Emperor City, a majestic voice rang out.

"Enough!" The sound echoed across the heavens, compelling all living beings to instinctively want to kneel and worship in its direction.

"The Eternal Night Great Emperor has been alarmed and is taking action personally!" A supreme figure descended, accompanied by the grand chants of the heavenly Dao and the reverent hymns of all creation. He arrived in the starry sky. Just before Su Chen could kill the war general, the Eternal Night Great Emperor intervened and protected his subordinate. The Eternal Night Great Emperor stared at Su Chen with ice-cold eyes.

He had originally seen potential in this Immortal Spirit and offered him a way out of respect for his talent. Yet this being had no regard for his own life.

"Although you are an Immortal Spirit with unmatched talent, talent is still just talent. Before becoming an Emperor, one must always show reverence!"

"You have disturbed Emperor City and even attempted to kill my subordinate. Since the Myriad Laws Emperor Sect cannot teach you manners, I shall teach you myself. Today, I will suppress you for a hundred thousand years!" A hundred thousand years of suppression might not mean much to ordinary beings, but for a current Great Saint like Su Chen, it was no different from execution. Su Chen met the Eternal Night Great Emperor's gaze without the slightest trace of fear.

"Suppress me?" Su Chen chuckled lightly. If he were at the peak of the Quasi-Emperor realm, he might have been able to kill this Emperor outright. A Great Emperor who had survived at most three tribulations was being far too arrogant. Still, Su Chen had his own methods. A sword light suddenly pierced through countless layers of space, slashing straight toward Emperor City and sweeping across three thousand domains. The sword light had come from the Myriad Laws Emperor Sect.

"Eternal Night, you are not qualified to suppress a successor of my Myriad Laws Emperor Sect!" A domineering voice reverberated as a clear-featured, sword-bearing elder crossed endless star domains from the Myriad Laws Emperor Sect.

"Ning Changqing, you have a Great Emperor backing you. Did you think I didn't?" Su Chen said calmly. He might not have Ning Changqing's luck in saving the Eternal Night Great Emperor's most beloved daughter, but he could create advantages where none existed. If he lacked a Great Emperor backer, he would simply make one.

"Formless Sword God?" The newcomer was none other than the Myriad Laws Emperor Sect's strongest foundation—the Formless Sword God, a peak Quasi-Emperor expert. Facing a Great Emperor, he showed no fear. His aura surged higher, his realm undergoing sublimation as it resonated with the heavenly Dao. The powerhouses of Eternal Night Emperor City watched in shock.

"The Formless Sword God… Is he attempting to cross the Emperor tribulation?"

"Could the Myriad Laws Emperor Sect be welcoming its fifth Great Emperor?"

"..." Unauthorized duplication: this narrative has been taken without consent. Report sightings. They had grown numb. In a single day, they had witnessed a battle between an Immortal Spirit and a Chaos Body, the dignity of a Great Emperor being challenged, and now they were about to witness a clash between two Emperors. Such a scene had rarely, if ever, occurred since ancient times. The Formless Sword God was indeed breaking through to the Emperor realm.

After listening to Su Chen's sermon, his cultivation had advanced significantly. After decades of secluded cultivation and fully digesting those insights, he had finally qualified to attempt the breakthrough. He was now stepping across the threshold that blocked countless beings throughout history. As the Emperor tribulation gathered, the Eternal Night Great Emperor did not intervene. As a Great Emperor, he disdained attacking someone during their breakthrough.

He waited for the Formless Sword God to finish his tribulation. Yet his gaze never left Su Chen. Once the tribulation ended, he would kill the newly ascended Sword Emperor and fulfill his promise to suppress Su Chen. An Emperor's dignity could not be slighted. Su Chen remained calm and composed. He trusted his own judgment. Once the Formless Sword God successfully passed his tribulation, he would bathe in the blood of an Emperor.

What Su Chen cared about was not whether the Eternal Night Great Emperor lived or died. What he cared about was Ning Changqing. At this moment, Ning Changqing was also surprised. He had not expected the Myriad Laws Emperor Sect to still harbor an expert capable of breaking through to the Emperor realm at any time. Still, he quickly accepted it. In the Mythical Era, there had been ancient powerhouses who chose to seal themselves instead of undergoing their Emperor tribulation, all to protect a future supreme genius.

One Immortal Spirit was indeed worthy of such protection. Even so, Ning Changqing remained unfazed. Even without a Great Emperor's backing, it didn't matter. His greatest trump card had never been external forces, but himself. With the Wheel of Time, he stood undefeated from the start.

"Kill him? Or spare him?" This was the question Su Chen was currently pondering. Ning Changqing possessed the Wheel of Time, but Su Chen had also studied the Dao of Time. At a certain cost, he could still kill Ning Changqing despite the wheel's protection. The first time he encountered a hostile Child of Destiny, he treated them as a great enemy and acted with extreme caution. The second time, he remained wary because of the major secret involved. But this third time…

"Forget it. A perfectly good treasure-hunting rat like this would be a shame to kill," Su Chen thought. In his previous life, even after he, the God Emperor, and the Primordial Demon Lord—three Nine Tribulation Supreme Emperors—had scoured the entire universe, each of them had only obtained a fragment of the Death Book. The book had remained incomplete until the end, still missing a quarter. Su Chen understood that Innate Supreme Treasures chose their own time and their own people.

The Formless Sword God successfully passed his tribulation.

"Another Emperor… A new Great Emperor has appeared!"

"Formless Sword Great Emperor! The Myriad Laws Emperor Sect now has five Emperors and an Immortal Spirit in the world. What glory is this?"

"..." Throughout the starry sky, all beings marveled in awe.

"Chaos Sea Battle!" the Formless Sword Great Emperor declared. The Eternal Night Great Emperor nodded. His Emperor Dao awakened and swept across the stars. A battle between Emperors erupted. The two Great Emperors immediately fought their way into the Chaos Sea.

"..." Qin Wujie, who had just returned to the Chaos Sea, felt the sky collapsing around him.

"Di Chen! You actually dared to attack an Emperor Palace directly?" While the Formless Sword Great Emperor and the Eternal Night Great Emperor battled deep within the Chaos Sea, Su Chen showed no hesitation. He pointed a finger and killed the golden-armored war general on the spot, dyeing the starry sky with blood. The experts of the Emperor Palace could not arrive in time to help.

"Today, we will dye the Emperor Palace with blood." At Su Chen's command, the prodigies behind him surged forward. Every one of his followers possessed extraordinary talent and terrifying cultivation. Any single one of them had the potential to become a Great Emperor. Behind each stood a massive race and an unrivaled force.

They might have held some reservations while the Eternal Night Emperor Palace had a Great Emperor in residence, but now that the Myriad Laws Emperor Sect also had its own Great Emperor and both Emperors were absent, what did they have to fear? The grand defensive array of the Eternal Night Emperor Palace shattered. Ning Changqing's expression finally turned extremely ugly because Su Chen's gaze had locked onto him.

"Di Chen… you are the first person to ever make me taste failure," Ning Changqing said coldly.

"The next time we meet, I will kill you and wash away this humiliation." He activated the Wheel of Time, intending to escape with his maidservant and the Eternal Night Great Emperor's daughter.

"Threaten me, and you still want to take people with you?" Su Chen said.

"You really think you can have everything." Letting Ning Changqing go once was already enough. Trying to play the hero and save beauties right under his nose was simply too rude. The two peerless beauties beside Ning Changqing felt a chill run through their entire bodies.