Translator: CinderTL
"He's gone completely mad! Swordmaster Li Chunjun is on a rampage in the True Dragon World!"
"Destroying the Northern Dragon Palace wasn't enough? Now he's attacking the Western Dragon Palace too? This is sheer audacity! He's clearly aiming to plunder the entire True Dragon Great World dry!"
"The Dragon Clan may be a vassal race of the Human Race, but they're still recognized members of our society, entitled to the same rights! Doesn't he fear the wrath of the Great Void Ancestral Dragon, who serves at the Supreme Research Institute?"
In the False God Realm, countless discussions erupted as news from the True Dragon Great World leaked out.
Li Chunjun's battle against the four dragon kings of the True Dragon Great World had shattered the Northern Dragon Palace, its shockwaves reverberating across tens of billions of kilometers. Countless dragons witnessed the cataclysmic clash.
Thanks to the False God Realm's widespread connectivity, the dragons immediately transmitted news of the battle to the False God Realm, where it quickly became public knowledge.
This marked the second earth-shattering event within the True Dragon Great World to shock the world in just half a day, following the deaths of Great Sun Dao Lord, Wu Tongtian, and Yuan Guiyi.
Driven by prevailing sentiment, some still failed to grasp the true extent of Li Chunjun's power demonstrated in the destruction of the Northern Dragon Palace. Instead, they predicted his downfall, their discussions filled with criticism and speculation.
Of course, many others adopted a neutral stance, analyzing the situation objectively and even pointing to the underlying truths.
"Now I understand why Swordmaster Li went mad! Look how many people are watching him! We can name at least twenty Quasi-Tenth-Tier cultivators, and what can he do? His only option is to continue his miraculous breakthroughs, refining his Qi to perfection and ascending to Dao Venerable as quickly as possible! Only then can he be reborn from the ashes!"
"Reborn from the ashes? You seem to have forgotten that Li Chunjun destroyed the Northern Dragon Palace! The Northern Dragon King's Great Camp! The Great Camp of a Quasi-Tenth-Tier dragon king!"
"Exactly! As far as I know, the Four Dragon Palaces have always been ancestral lands passed down through generations of the Dragon Clan. Their Array Formations have been reinforced over countless generations, making their power extraordinary. Moreover, the Northern Dragon Palace undoubtedly housed more than just the Northern Dragon King. For Li Chunjun to have breached the palace head-on, his combat power must far exceed 800,000!"
While these more rational cultivators were pondering the deeper implications of the event, a cultivator with some renown in the False God Realm suddenly dropped a bombshell.
"Breaking news! Breaking news! I just received intel: besides the dozens of ancient dragons from the Northern Dragon Palace's lineage, the other three dragon kings also led their elite forces to reinforce them! Guess what happened? Li Chunjun, the Divine Sage, crushed them all in a single battle!"
The cultivator sent a flurry of messages: "The four dragon kings and dozens of ancient dragons have been completely annihilated! And it happened right in the Northern Dragon Palace, where Li Shengsheng stormed in and slaughtered them all! The sky is falling, brothers! This Li Shengsheng... he's defying the heavens!"
Li Shengsheng!
The cultivator who leaked the information directly referred to Li Chunjun as "Li Shengsheng"!
Clearly, his combat achievements had reached such a terrifying level that pretending ignorance was no longer an option.
With such overwhelming power, Li Chunjun could only be an innate divine being!
The revelation sent shockwaves through the False God Realm.
The four dragon kings!
The pillars of the True Dragon Great World, each a Quasi-Tenth-Tier powerhouse!
While not the strongest among Quasi-Tenth-Tier beings, the four dragons, when united, could still contend with formidable opponents boasting combat power of 700,000 or even 800,000.
And that's not even considering the dozens of ancient dragons at their side, or the fact that the battleground was the Northern Dragon King's own stronghold, the Northern Dragon Palace!
Against such odds, Li Chunjun had not only stormed the palace but annihilated the four dragon kings and dozens of ancient dragons...
Just as some had predicted, his combat power far exceeded 800,000!
900,000! 1,000,000!
These numbers were no longer mere fantasies!
A combat power of 900,000 represented the absolute limit achievable by Quasi-Tenth-Tier cultivators, including Special Life forms. This calculation assumed they wielded Quasi-Immortal Artifacts perfectly tailored to their cultivation methods and elemental affinities.
Once that threshold was surpassed, reaching 1,000,000...
That was the domain of Dao Venerable Avatars!
Only Dao Venerables who had achieved Dao Unification, unable to directly intervene in the Great World, could manifest Avatars with combat power exceeding 1,000,000.
However, measuring Dao Venerable Avatars solely by their 1,000,000 combat power was misleading. Their true potential approached the Great World's backlash limit, reaching 1,100,000 or even 1,200,000.
Yet, Dao Venerable Avatars in the Great World were like rootless duckweed, their endurance limited. With sufficient stalling tactics, even a combat power of 1,000,000 could exhaust their power.
Thus, the combat power of Dao Venerable Avatars was conventionally defined as 1,000,000.
Now, Li Chunjun had breached the Northern Dragon Palace, guarded by the four dragon kings and dozens of ancient dragons, demonstrating combat power at the 1,000,000 level.
His innate divine body was now beyond any doubt.
With this consensus established, the prevailing sentiment within the False God Realm shifted once more.
"A million combat power for an innate divine being? This... he's practically reached dao unification! How can we possibly fight him?!"
"He's suppressing an entire world single-handedly! Li Shengsheng completely subdued the True Dragon Great World! His dominance is overwhelming!"
"The pressure is on the Lord of Ephemeral, the Lord of Divine Visage, Dao Lord Lu Wu, and the others now. These powerhouses made such a commotion trying to deal with Li Shengsheng, and they're already approaching the Great Worlds surrounding the True Dragon Great World. Will they dare to enter, or will they retreat?"
Amidst the clamor, several Quasi-Tenth-Tier cultivators who had previously been the most renowned in the False God Realm were dragged into the spotlight.
Just then, someone suddenly remarked, "Speaking of which, though Li Shengsheng is an innate divine being, he hasn't actually achieved dao unification! Yet without dao unification, he possesses combat power exceeding a million, rivaling even a Dao Venerable's Avatar. Does that make him the strongest being below dao unification? The world's foremost powerhouse?!"
The world's foremost powerhouse!
The cultivator who made this assessment had cleverly framed it.
By "world," they clearly meant the Three Thousand Great Worlds.
Dao Venerables rarely set foot in the Great Worlds in their true forms, as doing so would trigger the world's power to retaliate.
Thus, with Dao Venerables unable to enter the Great Worlds in their true forms, Li Chunjun—the world's foremost powerhouse...
It seemed the title was finally living up to its name.
In an instant, the many thrill-seekers in the False God Realm, never ones to shy away from drama, were instantly electrified.
The hype surrounding Li Chunjun's title as the world's strongest expert spread like wildfire throughout the False God Realm.
In the False God Realm, news of Li Chunjun's victory over the Northern Dragon Palace and his suppression of the True Dragon Great World had already spread. As Quasi-Tenth-Tier experts who had mobilized vast resources to track Li Chunjun's movements, the Lord of Ephemeral and the Lord of Divine Visage couldn't possibly remain unaware.
They not only received the news early, but...
Among them, the Lord of Ephemeral, who had invested the most sunk costs, had already proactively contacted several renowned Quasi-Tenth-Tier experts—all of advanced age and seemingly willing to gamble everything.
At this moment, in a high-security space within the False God Realm, nine figures stood in silent contemplation.
Each person's expression was grave.
Whoosh!
At that moment, a figure materialized.
Surveying the heavy, oppressive atmosphere, the figure remarked casually, "What's this? Giving up already?"
This flippant tone quickly drew the ire of a Quasi-Tenth-Tier expert, who completely ignored the newcomer and turned to the Lord of Ephemeral, who had invited them. "What's this? Even a Supreme Sage is now qualified to participate in our discussions?"
"Supreme Sage?"
The Lord of Ephemeral glanced at him. "Lord Feilian isn't just a Supreme Sage. He hasn't revealed his Quasi-Tenth-Tier strength simply because he doesn't want to clash with his Senior Brother and waste valuable time on petty squabbles over dao unification resources."
"Star Lord Taowu, I know you," Lord Feilian said calmly. "Thirteen thousand years ago, you fought my Senior Brother. Back then, your combat power was estimated at 680,000! Yet you still narrowly lost to him by a single move. Over the millennia, your combat power must have increased—perhaps to 700,000 or more. But..."
He fixed his gaze on the Star Lord. "Twenty years ago, that reckless fool—who insisted on provoking my Senior Brother despite my warnings—was instantly killed by me. Would you like to test whether I can kill you too?"
"You..."
Star Lord Taowu's expression darkened, about to retort, but the Lord of Ephemeral interjected, "Enough, everyone. I didn't invite you here to quarrel, but to seek the opportunity for dao unification together."
He glanced at Star Lord Taowu. "Star Lord, your time is running short. And Saint Lord, you killed your own Senior Brother—a highly respected figure in the Mountain Sea Dao. Once the Mountain Sea Dao Venerable returns from the great dao river, you won't escape death either. We must seize the chance for dao unification before that happens. We shouldn't waste precious time on meaningless disputes."
The Lord of Ephemeral, rumored to possess a combat power of 800,000, a peak Quasi-Tenth-Tier, spoke with considerable authority.
Star Lord Taowu and Lord Feilian fell silent.
Beside them, the Lord of Divine Visage remarked, "It seems you've already made your decision, Ephemeral."
"A combat power exceeding one million—how astonishing! But we've come this far. If we retreat now without even trying, we'll never be content, will we?" The Lord of Ephemeral's gaze swept across the group. "Besides, we're running out of time."
"True, we're running out of time," Dao Lord Lu Wu said with a faint smile. "But if we avoid this risk, we could live for at least several thousand more years, perhaps even ten or twenty thousand."
"Yet the very fact that you accepted my invitation and gathered here proves we all possess a spirit of adventure!"
The Lord of Ephemeral said, "Even if one or two of us join forces, we would likely be no match for Li Chunjun, and might even be sending ourselves to our deaths. But if all nine of us combine our strength, supplemented by a secret art I obtained from the Supreme Research Institute—a technique that can integrate our collective power—do you think we might stand a chance?"
"A secret art from the Supreme Research Institute?" The Lord of Divine Visage's mind raced, quickly making a connection. "The Great Void Ancestral Dragon?"
"Precisely," the Lord of Ephemeral nodded slightly. "That Dao Venerable is currently engaged in critical research and cannot return to the True Dragon Great World in time. But you can't possibly believe that he would remain completely indifferent after all his dragon kings have been slaughtered, can you?"
"Is there truly such a secret art that can unite the power of all nine of us?"
"Of course! How could the Supreme Research Institute's capabilities be anything less?"
The Lord of Ephemeral focused his Divine Sense and directly transmitted a simplified version of the secret art to the eight others.
After each of them sensed it for a moment, their eyes lit up simultaneously.
Seeing their reactions, the Lord of Ephemeral wasted no time. "So, what's your decision? Join or withdraw?"
"I'm in!" Lord Feilian, who had little choice, spoke first.
"Count me in," the Lord of Divine Visage said calmly.
"I'll join," Star Lord Taowu immediately added.
The remaining Quasi-Tenth-Tier cultivators exchanged glances before responding in unison:
"I'll join!"
(End of the Chapter)
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