by Shian Jeen
Ying Tian’s exploded body began to ripple and the pieces of flesh began re-merging at rapid speed.
Watching this, Huwang Xiao directed a spark of true essence fire to his palm as he walked toward Ying Tian, slapping the fire onto the moving flesh.
Blood-curdling screams from Ying Tian rendered the air, the messy glob of flesh quivered violently, sending out lumps of suet white-jade glow to the sky, seemingly making a last desperate struggle. However, after being injured by Dragon Emperor Ao Taiyi, and having a body in pieces that had yet to integrate, how could he possibly defend against Huwang Xiao’s true essence fire?
Muffled sounds of explosion rang out one after another, and gradually, the agonized screams of Temple Preceptor Ying Tian became weak whimpers.
“Where’s Li Lu?” Huwang Xiao questioned coldly, “Tell me Li Lu’s whereabouts and I can allow you to die more comfortably.”
Ying Tian spat sharply, “I’m the Ying Family’s top genius, already a God Realm warrior, possessing a half-God Body, I cannot die! A measly Saint realm like you cannot possibly kill me!!”
“Is that so?” Huwang Xiao pushed the force in his dantian to the limit. A thousand arms at his back struck Temple Preceptor Ying Tian. One thousand Earthen Buddha Palms shrouded in true essence fire once again blasted Ying Tian’s body into pieces.
One hour later, under the continuous attacks of Huwang Xiao’s true essence fire, Ying Tian’s tragic screams finally subsided.
Deities Templar’s Temple Preceptor Ying Tian—dead!
The moment Temple Preceptor Ying Tian died, Huwang Xiao breathed out in relief. Fortunately, there was Dragon Emperor Ao Taiyi with him, otherwise he really might not have been able to kill the Deities Templar’s Temple Preceptor.
At Huwang Xiao’s current strength level, using the Godly Xumi Art, he could, at most, defeat the other party, but taking his life was not possible.
Seeing that Huwang Xiao had finally killed Deities Templar’s strongest expert, Zhao Shu, Zhang Fu, and the others were overjoyed, quickly flying to Huwang Xiao’s side.
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“Sovereign is mighty!”
“Lord Beast God is mighty!”
Reaching Huwang Xiao’s side, Zhao Shu, Zhang Fu, and those of beastmen and demonic beasts experts knelt on the ground and sang his praises.
Huwang Xiao nodded, gesturing for everyone to get up.
“Ten in a team, everyone scatter and search for any survivors. If anyone is found alive, kill!” Zhao Shu, Zhang Fu, and everyone acknowledged the order respectfully, heading off in different directions in groups of ten, combing every corner of the island.
Slightly over an hour later, all the experts assembled once again before Huwang Xiao to report their findings. After a detailed search by Zhao Shu, Zhang Fu, and the others experts, they indeed found some Deities Templar disciples hidden in obscure spots. All were killed after being found.
Huwang Xiao stared at the floating island below, a thousand arms appeared from his back.
“The Fifteenth Move, Unrivaled Myriad Dragons!”
Each one of the thousand arms launched an attack of fifteen divine dragons, from the five elements of water, fire, wind, wood, and golden dragons to the Buddha dragon, followed by the black, white, hump, bone, nether, devil, true, and ice dragons.
One thousand arms, amounting to fifteen thousand divine dragons flexing their powerful claws and smashing them onto the island below. Zhao Shu and the rest witnessed the enormous island in front of them quake, with cracks and fissure lining its the surface, crumbling into pieces and plummeting down. Finally, the whole island disappeared, submerged to the bottom of the sea.
The experts sucked in a cold breath of air watching this scene. Collapsing an enormous island with a single attack! This kind of strength was probably on par with a God Realm master.
In truth, the reason why Huwang Xiao was able to shatter the island with a single punch was due to the battle earlier with Temple Preceptor Ying Tian. The aftershock of their battle had rendered the island on the verge of collapse, therefore Huwang Xiao’s last attack was able to break up the island entirely.
“We’re leaving!” Huwang Xiao waved an arm signaling to the others while watching the Deities Templar island and headquarters’ ruins plummet to the bottom of the sea, then they left the place.
With Ying Tian dead and the Deities Templar headquarters destroyed, the next step was to uproot all Deities Templar’s branches. These branches did not pose any real danger, but if they rallied up together, it was still quite a force.
Hence, Huwang Xiao was determined to eradicate all troubles at the roots.
Deities Templar’s disciples, not one must remain!
Subsequently, departing from the Dead Sea Gorge, Huwang Xiao did not return to the Starcloud Continent, instead, he led the experts over to the Snow Wind Continent to pay a visit to every Deities Templar branch. More than nine-tenths of them were located on Snow Wind Continent.
“Old Dragon, what’s that about Black Tortoise Galaxy?” On the way, Huwang Xiao asked Dragon Emperor Ao Taiyi.
“You don't know about the Black Tortoise Galaxy?” It was Dragon Emperor Ao Taiyi who was surprised instead.
Huwang Xiao nodded, “I have never left Martial Spirit World.”
“No wonder, but some of your subordinates should know.” Dragon Emperor Ao Taiyi said, “Since you’ve asked, then let me explain about this Black Tortoise Galaxy to you. You already know that other than this Martial Spirit World, there are many other world surfaces such as Peace Emperor World, Dragonsnake World, Undefeated King World, Ice World, and Luo He World.
“This, I’m aware.” Huwang Xiao said.
Dragon Emperor Ao Taiyi nodded, “These are world surfaces in close proximity to Martial Spirit World, and our Martial Spirit World, Peace Emperor World, and Dragonsnake World are in fact located within the Black Tortoise Galaxy. World surfaces such as this Martial Spirit or Peace Emperor, the Black Tortoise Galaxy has more than ten thousand of them.”
“What? More than ten thousand?!” Huwang Xiao was genuinely shocked, and it showed on his face, feeling that the enormity of things was too incredible.
Astonished!
Extremely dumbfounded!
Huwang Xiao swallowed with difficulty, his throat dry.
Dragon Emperor Ao Taiyi laughed at his reaction, “What, did I frighten you? This is actually very normal. Anyone who heard about this for the first time would react the same way, including me when I first came to know about it. In fact, the Azure Dragon Galaxy next to us is many times bigger. Our Black Tortoise Galaxy has approximately one hundred and twenty-three thousand such world surfaces, whereas the Azure Dragon Galaxy has more than one hundred and ninety-one thousand world surfaces!”
Azure Dragon Galaxy, one hundred and ninety-one thousand!
Once again, Huwang Xiao was stunned agape. It took him a moment to recover.
“Are there many galaxies like the Black Tortoise Galaxy and Azure Dragon Galaxy?” Huwang Xiao asked after regaining his senses.
“That’s right, below the Divine World surfaces, there are countless galaxies like these.” Dragon Emperor Ao Taiyi said. Our Black Tortoise Galaxy is under the Divine World’s Vientiane Area's governance. The Vientiane Divine Surface controls four galaxies in total, including our Black Tortoise Galaxy. The others are called Azure Dragon Galaxy, White Tiger Galaxy, and Vermillion Bird Galaxy.”
Black Tortoise, Azure Dragon, White Tiger, Vermillion Bird!
The four big galaxies!
Divine World’s Vientiane Divine Surface!
Huwang Xiao could hardly contain the excitement in his heart.
At this moment, Huwang Xiao realized that he had been looking at the sky from the bottom of a well in the past. He had thought that there were, at most, a hundred or so world surfaces like the Martial Spirit World, or perhaps two hundred. But now he knew better, and even he found his past assumptions simply ridiculous and unbelievably naive.
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than one hundred and twenty-three thousand! And that was merely in one Black Tortoise Galaxy! A light shone in the depth of his pupils, ‘It seems like after I unify the Martial Spirit World, I'm leaving this world surfaces.’
Amongst the vast galaxy, Martial Spirit World was equivalent to a countryside.
“In the Divine World, how many divine surfaces are there that are similar to the Vientiane Divine Surface?” Huwang Xiao’s curiosity showed.
Dragon Emperor Ao Taiyi shook his head, “I’ve never been to the Divine World, so don’t ask me this. But I guess it’s not a small number.”
Huwang Xiao nodded.
“Then do you know anything about the Star Sword Sect and that Ying Family?” Recalling something from earlier, Huwang Xiao asked. That Young Noble Absolute Kill, Su Tang, shouted out loud that he was from the Star Sword Sect, while Deities Templar’s Temple Preceptor Ying Tian claimed that he was from a certain Ying Family.
“I’ve heard a little about Star Sword Sect, it’s an old sect of our Black Tortoise Galaxy that goes back more than ten thousand years, therefore they're quite well-known in the Black Tortoise Galaxy. There are quite a few masters in their ranks, but no Highgod Realm warriors.” Dragon Emperor Ao Taiyi went on, “As for that Ying Family, I don’t know, I've never heard of it. It's probably a new family that rose to power in the recent ten thousand years or so.”
Huwang Xiao frowned, he didn’t expect the Star Sword Sect to actually have such a long heritage, exceeding ten thousand years. Even if all the past ancestors of the Star Sword Sect took one wife each, after several thousands of years of reproduction, one couldn't even count the number of generations since then!
While it was possible that the Ying Family was a new rising family, just a mere Ying Tian was already a God Realm master, one could imagine the powerful force that this family possessed.
As if knowing his thoughts, Dragon Emperor Ao Taiyi said, “You don’t need to underestimate yourself, I’ve reigned over an ancient era and have come across countless geniuses in the Black Tortoise Galaxy, but I've yet to see one with a talent like yours. I believe that in another few hundred years there will be a place for you amongst the ranks of Black Tortoise Galaxy’s top masters!”
Huwang Xiao nodded in silence. It was just that a few hundred years seemed a little too long.
One day later, the group arrived at Snow Wind Continent.
However, just as they arrived on the Snow Wind Continent, Huwang Xiao’s group heard a piece of news saying that the many branches of Deities Templar had assembled together to attack the Duanren Empire.
Huwang Xiao and his group were stunned hearing it, then he grinned at Zhao Shu and the others, “Even with Ying Tian’s death, these Deities Templar branches are still in the mood to attack the Duanren Empire.”
“Come, we’re heading to the Duanren Empire!”
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With a single command, Huwang Xiao led the grand parade of Saint realm experts, rushing all the way to the Duanren Empire. Among the one thousand Saint realm experts that he brought to Deities Templar headquarters, a little more than ninety people had fallen in battle. Over nine hundred Saint realm experts remained.
While Huwang Xiao rushed over with Zhao Shu and the others, on the other side, the Deities Templar branch forces’ great army was getting closer to the Duanren Imperial City.
The Deities Templar branches managed to amass a great army exceeding forty million, the weaker ones were peak late-Houtian Tenth Order, and over two million Xiantian realm experts. Those Houtian warriors and the early and mid-levels Xiantian realm experts were disciples of big families and large sects from different kingdoms on Snow Wind Continent that submitted to Deities Templar.
Even if the Duanren Empire possessed a great army of its own, before the Deities Templar’s massive army of forty million, they were nothing but vulnerable.
“Elder Zhang, in half a day’s time our Deities Templar great army will be able to suppress the Duanren Imperial City.” One of the branch leaders reported to Zhang Jingfan.
Zhang Jingfan was one of Deities Templar’s Grand Elders, responsible for overlooking all matters related to the Deities Templar branches one the Snow Wind Continent.
Zhang Jingfan nodded, “Pass down the order, full force ahead. Within three hours’ time, suppress Duanren Imperial City and kill all who resist!”
Another branch leader hesitated before saying, “Elder Zhang, Huwang Xiao made it clear before that the Blessed Buddha Imperial City and Duanren Imperial City are both under his protection, us attacking like this, would it anger Huwang Xiao? Moreover, the headquarters hasn’t relayed any orders to attack, shouldn’t we wait for a directive from the headquarters before acting?”
The same year when Huwang Xiao announced that he was the beastmen tribes’ new Beast God, he indeed did declare to the world that the Blessed Buddha Imperial City and Duanren Imperial City were under his protection.
Zhang Jingfan shot a cutting glance at the branch leader, reprimanding him coldly, “All Deities Templar’s branches are overseen by me! If I say attack, that means attack! Whoever dares to doubt my command will suffer the death penalty!”
The branch leader’s heart shuddered with fear, lowering his head to show submission, he no longer dared to utter another syllable.
Zhang Jingfan then scanned the branch leaders around him, emphasizing, “Let me enlighten you lot, our Temple Preceptor has already broken through to God Realm, he is now a God Realm master! Before our Temple Preceptor, that Huwang Xiao is just a bigger fly, a slap from our Temple Preceptor would easily kill him. So what if we attack the Duanren Imperial City? After we’ve taken down the Duanren Imperial City, our army will march north to destroy the Blessed Buddha Empire!”
“A mere Huwang Xiao, he really thinks our Deities Templar is afraid of him!”
“When our Temple Preceptor appears, he’ll die like an ant!”
Their Deities Templar Temple Preceptor was a God Realm master!? When the branch leaders heard this, all of them were ecstatic. The shadow of worry looming over their hearts vanished into nothing, totally reassured.
“After we kill Huwang Xiao, the Asura’s Gate, the beastmen tribes, demonic beast clans, none of those unwilling to submit will be spared!”
“That’s right, at that time, the Asura’s Gate, beastmen tribes, and demonic beast clans, all of Huwang Xiao’s confidantes will turn into our Deities Templar’s slaves. Also, we cannot let the members of the Huwang Family die too easily.”
These branch leaders became more engrossed in their verbal exchange, laced with chuckles and laughter here and there, creating a lively atmosphere.
Under Zhang Jingfan’s command, three hours later, the Deities Templar’s great army had finally arrived at the Duanren Imperial City. The millions of disciples surrounded the perimeter of the city in a tight encirclement.
On the top of Duanren Imperial City’s walls, Emperor Duanren, the Guo Family’s Ancestor, Guo Chen, the Xie Family’s Ancestor, and the city’s Saint realm experts wore ugly expressions on their faces looking at the tight encirclement around the Duanren Imperial City by the Deities Templar army.
Including Emperor Duanren himself, the number of Saint realm experts guarding the imperial city was only thirteen. Whereas the Deities Templar had thirty-five branches, and each branch leader was a Saint realm expert. On top of that, there was also the Deities Templar Grand Elder Zhang Jingfan which tallied up the enemy’s Saint realm experts to thirty-six!
Thirty-six!
Emperor Duanren took a deep breath, glaring at Zhang Jingfan on the other side, his sonorous voice extremely solemn, “Elder Zhang, are you not afraid of incurring Lord Beast God’s wrath by having the Deities Templar branches attack the Duanren Imperial City?”
Zhang Jingfan smirked disdainfully, “Lord Beast God? What dogfart Beast God! Don’t worry, after I destroy your Duanren Empire, the next one will be Huwang Xiao. Our Temple Preceptor has already broken into the God Realm! Squashing an
insignificant Huwang Xiao, just one palm slap is more than enough. Duan Ren, if you surrender and submit to me now, becoming one of our Deities Templar’s dogs, I can spare your lives, if not, DIE!”
“Die!”
“Die!” “Die!”
The millions of Deities Templar disciples hollered, waving their arms in their air. The waves of their voices shook the sky, one could even hear it from miles away.
“Is that so?” As these Deities Templar disciples waved their arms roaring to battle, a cold voice traveled from the horizon to their ears. Though it wasn’t loud, it covered the army’s booming shouts, as if the voice contained a magical power that inspired fear and awe in their minds.
Everyone heard the voice clearly.
The Deities Templar disciples suddenly quieted down to an eerie silence.
Zhang Jingfan was stunned for a moment.
“Who’s that seeking death, acting so brazen as to deliberately muddle in others’ matters!” Zhang Jingfan snapped, “Roll out here for me!”
Just as his words ended, he spotted a black-haired young man clad in brocade robe that reflected light like the stars flying over from the distant horizon. The black-haired young man’s speed was seemingly slow, but in fact it was horrifyingly fast.
On the black-haired young man’s star-like brocade robe were embroidered dense diagrams of mythical beasts, not too many nor too little. Exactly three hundred of them.
“Lord Beast God!” When Emperor Duanren and the Guo Family’s Ancestor, Guo Chen, saw the black-haired young man, neither of them could conceal the joy from their faces. Of course, there was also disbelief.
On Zhang Jingfan’s side, however, there was an opposite reaction: “Huwang Xiao!”
The black-haired young man was none other than Huwang Xiao.
In a what seemed like a simple few steps, Huwang Xiao had reached the space in front of them.
“We respectfully welcome the Lord Beast God!” Emperor Duanren, Ancestor Guo Chen, and the rest of the Duanren Imperial City’s Saint realm experts knelt in salute.