“How is this possible?”
Duan Hunsheng froze in the black torrent, his face a mask of utter disbelief.
The Ye Family members were equally dumbfounded. The terrifying Eerie Power had been suppressed by Peak Master Lu so easily? It hadn’t even managed to raise a single ripple!
Duan Hunsheng finally showed genuine shock. “You… the Silent Destruction Old Man told me that no Nine-star Emperor Weapon could suppress that power!”
Lu Xuan scoffed, retrieving the Heaven-Swallowing Profound Jar. He extended a massive hand, reaching directly for Duan Hunsheng.
Duan Hunsheng frantically mobilized his Great Emperor Dao patterns to resist. It was useless. Utterly useless.
In just a few breaths, Duan Hunsheng was sucked directly in front of Lu Xuan, who clamped a hand around his throat.
Duan Hunsheng’s face changed drastically. He still had one final trump card, but now that he was suppressed by Lu Xuan, he couldn’t activate it at all. It was the Nine Dragons Devouring Heaven Array!
He had spent a thousand years setting up this ultimate killing move. If he activated the array, all living beings within a thousand-mile radius would be sealed and absorbed into the colossal formation. He would then draw upon their life force to unleash a supreme, devastating attack. Only a high-star Great Emperor could hope to escape it.
I should have activated the Nine Dragons Devouring Heaven Array the moment I unleashed the Eerie Power! His ultimate killing move was stillborn, leaving him consumed by fury.
With a savage, twisted expression, Duan Hunsheng sneered, “I haven’t lost yet! If you have the guts, let me activate the Nine Dragons Devouring Heaven Array, and we can decide who lives and who dies!”
Smack!
Lu Xuan delivered a sharp slap that nearly wrenched Duan Hunsheng’s head from his neck. Without waiting for a response, Lu Xuan initiated a Soul Search.
The next instant, Lu Xuan paused.
Within Duan Hunsheng’s mind, there was a Restriction/Inhibition that surpassed the Nine-star Great Emperor realm. Although Lu Xuan’s Insight Eye could detect the flaws in the Restriction/Inhibition’s Great Emperor Formation Pattern Fragment, he couldn’t destroy it.
Lu Xuan tried striking one of the flaws. Divine light erupted from Duan Hunsheng’s Sea of Divine Sense, but the Restriction/Inhibition remained unshaken.
However, Duan Hunsheng screamed in agony.
“Hiss…”
Lu Xuan tried a few more flaws.
Duan Hunsheng’s body convulsed, his eyes rolling back. Even a Nine-star Great Emperor couldn’t endure this kind of spiritual torture!
“Hiss…”
“Ah…”
Pain! Too much pain!
Lu Xuan quickly gave up.
Duan Hunsheng, though battered, managed a cold, triumphant laugh. “White Robe Great Emperor, I know your true strength now. Above the Emperor Realm, below Supreme, there are four major realms: Half-step Supreme, and then the First to Third Rotation Quasi-Dao Supreme! My Sea of Divine Sense holds a Restriction/Inhibition from a Quasi-Dao Supreme expert! This means you are, at most, a Half-step Supreme!”
Ji Fuyao was slightly stunned by this revelation.
The Ye Family members were utterly bewildered. Half-step Supreme? They had always believed that the Nine-star Great Emperor realm stood at the apex of the Southern Wilds. They had no idea there were realms beyond it.
Seeing their confused expressions, Duan Hunsheng scoffed. “A bunch of fools! Ignorant and stupid! But that’s normal. The Supreme Path hasn’t opened for tens of thousands of years. For all these endless ages, high-star Great Emperors haven’t been visible in the Southern Wilds, let alone Half-step Supreme or Quasi-Dao Supreme experts!”
“But what truly baffles me is how you, a mere Half-step Supreme, are not restricted by the Heavenly Dao and can walk freely in the Southern Wilds!?”
Ji Fuyao immediately let out a cold snort, her face icy. “My Master is already unrivaled in the world! How could a worm like you possibly fathom him?”
Duan Hunsheng gritted his teeth and sneered. “No matter how strong your Master is, can he be stronger than the Heavenly Dao? Empress Fuyao, do you know why the Silent Destruction Old Man dares not step out of the Ancient Desolate Forbidden Zone?”
Ji Fuyao’s starry eyes flickered. “Why?”
Duan Hunsheng cackled. “The Bronze Ancient Palace has not truly manifested, meaning the Heaven and Earth Change has not fully occurred. The Heavenly Dao Killing Intent is currently terrifying! Any expert above the Nine-star Great Emperor realm who appears will be instantly wiped out by the Heavenly Dao!”
Ye Beichen looked puzzled. “The Heaven and Earth Change?”
Duan Hunsheng sneered. “Every time the Supreme Path opens, it signifies a Heaven and Earth Change. The Supreme Fruit Position is merely the result of the loosening of the Heavenly Dao’s fundamental principles. Only then can Half-step Supreme and Quasi-Dao Supreme experts steal the Supreme Fruit Position! The root cause of this change is the Bronze Ancient Palace.”
“For endless ages before the Bronze Ancient Palace appeared, the limit of this world was the Nine-star Great Emperor realm! The Bronze Ancient Palace shattered the Heavenly Dao’s principles, allowing the ancient Great Emperors to break through the Great Dao and forge the path of Half-step Supreme and Quasi-Dao Supreme!”
Ji Fuyao and the Ye Family members were all shocked. They never expected such a profound secret existed in the Southern Wilds. No wonder so many Overlord-level Powers emerged prematurely when the Bronze Ancient Palace briefly appeared like a fleeting shadow.
Duan Hunsheng looked at Lu Xuan and continued, “So I am very confused. You can crush me, so you must be a Half-step Supreme! Why can you appear early without being annihilated by the Heavenly Dao? This Unsurpassed Secret will surely be of great interest to the other Emperor-tier Magnates in the Southern Wilds!”
Lu Xuan’s lips curled into a slight smile.
In other words, since the true magnates are restricted from appearing, I am currently invincible in the Southern Wilds with my Eight-star Great Emperor Experience Card!
At that moment, Ji Fuyao looked at Lu Xuan with reverence and respect, then fiercely rebuked Duan Hunsheng. “Duan Hunsheng, my Master is already unrivaled! How dare you try to fathom him?!”
Duan Hunsheng sneered, “No matter how strong your Master is, can he be stronger than the Heavenly Dao here?”
Ji Fuyao replied proudly, “My Master has long transcended the Heavenly Dao of this world!”
Duan Hunsheng was momentarily speechless.
Lu Xuan’s face twitched, but he remained silent. Ji Fuyao took this as confirmation that her Master had tacitly approved her statement.
Hidden nearby, Chen Changsheng felt a wave of doubt. If Master couldn’t break the Quasi-Dao Supreme level Restriction/Inhibition in Duan Hunsheng’s body, didn’t that mean this clone was, at most, a Half-step Supreme?
He understood the Heavenly Dao. Duan Hunsheng’s words were true; the Heaven and Earth Change hadn’t fully manifested, and Half-step Supreme experts couldn’t appear yet. In the Ancient Era, Nine-star Great Emperor was the limit, but the sudden appearance of the Bronze Ancient Palace shattered the Heavenly Dao’s principles, leading to the Supreme Path.
Chen Changsheng thought of himself. His cultivation was an anomaly, related to an Unsurpassed Secret of the Southern Wilds that he couldn’t reveal yet. He looked at Lu Xuan.
Lu Xuan could ignore the world’s constraints! This seemed to confirm once again that his Master originated from the River of Time, and the figure before them was merely a clone. Because he had already transcended, he could ignore the Heavenly Dao’s restrictions!
After a moment of silence, Duan Hunsheng snarled, “Though I fell into your hands today, I haven’t lost! If you were a Nine-star Great Emperor, the one dying would be you! You stole the Heavenly Dao’s opportunity, and I have already used a secret art to transmit this information to the Silent Destruction Old Man! When the Heaven and Earth Change fully opens, you are dead!”
Lu Xuan gave a cold smile. This Duan Hunsheng was truly mouthy! Even now, he was still trying to gain the upper hand with mere words!
Lu Xuan unleashed a punch. A terrifying, peerless power surged forth, filled with supreme killing intent, and slammed into Duan Hunsheng’s abdomen.
Crack!
Black blood erupted from Duan Hunsheng’s body!
His Dao Foundation was instantly annihilated by Lu Xuan’s punch. The vast black Dao Foundation within his internal world shattered into countless fragments, disintegrating completely.
Immediately, the Silent Destruction Power sealed within Duan Hunsheng’s body could no longer be suppressed, and his cultivation began to plummet rapidly!
Nine-star Emperor Realm!
Eight-star Emperor Realm!
…
It finally stabilized at the One-star Great Emperor realm!
Duan Hunsheng screamed miserably, blood pouring from his seven orifices. He was utterly wretched.
“Ah… You destroyed my Dao Foundation!”
“No! No…”
Lu Xuan looked at Ji Fuyao and said lightly, “Fuyao, you can personally deal with Duan Hunsheng now. His strength is only at the One-star Emperor Realm.”