Chapter 686: Beheading the Emperor’s Domineering Blood

Four Celestial Dome Pseudo-Saints launched a sudden ambush, determined to kill Ye Wushuang. The four giant hands that descended from the firmament caught everyone completely by surprise.

However, there was one exception.

That exception was Yangg Qing’er. Her attention had been fixed on Ye Wushuang, and when she saw the attack, her eyes blazed with a deep, consuming fury.

BOOM!

She took a single step, and from her delicate frame erupted a Holy Dao pressure so immense it could command the submission of heaven and earth. It swept across the firmament, making even the four Pseudo-Saints’ hearts tremble in fear.

For this was the true difference between a Saint and a Pseudo-Saint!

Still, they did not stop. The owner of the Emperor’s Domineering Blood could not die, nor could he be defeated. To allow that would send a signal to everyone in the Grand Emperor Domain that the Celestial Dome was a pushover.

At that moment, a colossal shadow flickered into existence behind the four Pseudo-Saints. It radiated an equally terrifying Saintly aura. Without even making a move, its pressure alone instilled in all living things a helpless desire to submit.

’Has the Celestial Dome’s Saint made a move?’

A cold glint flashed through the Slaying Monarch Ancestor’s eyes. As one who had assassinated a Saint, he was intimately familiar with this terrifying aura. He instantly stepped into the void, reappearing a moment later beside one of the Pseudo-Saints!

A flash of cold light bloomed, radiant with the power of Dao Marks, and pierced through one of the Pseudo-Saints’ heads. The head immediately exploded.

RUMBLE!

The Pseudo-Saint was both shocked and enraged. Its Divine Soul shot out from the ruined body, fleeing in terror!

Simultaneously, Ye Xuan, Pann Xing, the Great Emperor, and the others arrived. Pillars of destructive light surged skyward, piercing not only the four great hands but also the fleeing Divine Soul!

The expressions of the other three Pseudo-Saints changed drastically as their Divine Souls went on high alert, warily scanning their surroundings.

HMPH!

The colossal shadow let out a heavy snort. Instantly, the bodies of the Slaying Monarch Ancestor, the Great Emperor, and the others shuddered violently. They each coughed up a mouthful of blood as they were forced back.

’A Saint... truly powerful!’

’A single snort forced back several Pseudo-Saints!’

"Begone!"

Bathed in holy moonlight, Yangg Qing’er unleashed her power. Dozens of pillars of lunar brilliance shot through the firmament, blasting toward the colossal shadow. Endless Holy Dao Marks materialized from the void, surging toward the Nine Heavens with the killing intent of the Great Dao itself.

The colossal shadow flashed back in retreat. Pseudo-Saints posed no threat to it, but this kind of killing power born from the Great Dao did. It was a fatal threat. A single hit would inflict a Dao Injury!

But its retreat left it able to do nothing but watch as Ye Wushuang stomped on Tian Chang, forcing them both into a dive!

The Eye of the Firmament broke free of Ye Wushuang’s control. The great eye opened wide, unleashing the Light of Destruction!

"Be suppressed!"

With a wave of his hand, Ye Wushuang summoned a black vortex. It expanded rapidly, and its terrifying Devouring Power swallowed the Eye of the Firmament whole.

This was the suppressive power of the Chaos Dragon Tomb. Dealing with a trifling Eye of the Firmament was child’s play!

BOOM!

Ye Wushuang continued to stomp on Tian Chang, blasting through the Saint-Ending Cloud Sea as they plummeted downward, vanishing from the crowd’s sight!

"I once said that if you ever set foot on the Saint-Ending Cloud Sea, I would personally twist your head off. Today, I keep my promise!"

As they plunged downwards, the Ancient Battle Spear transformed into a brilliant beam of light. It hovered before Ye Wushuang’s chest for a moment before shooting vertically downward, piercing straight through Tian Chang’s neck with incredible speed.

"No! The Emperor’s Domineering Blood is the strongest constitution! Heavenly blood is superior to your common blood! I cannot lose! Get off me!"

Tian Chang’s domineering blood surged, his Life Force terrifyingly vast. Even the slaughtering power of the Ancient Battle Spear failed to extinguish his life.

His body convulsed, silver Blood Qi churning like a boundless ocean. With a single grab, he swiftly pulled the Ancient Battle Spear out of his neck.

But.

At that moment, Ye Wushuang’s hand shot down and clamped onto his head. With a vicious twist and a sickening CRACK, the head was wrenched from his shoulders. Silver blood fountained. It was simple and direct.

THUD!

At the same time, Tian Chang’s body smashed into the ground below, sending a thunderous tremor through the earth!

The entire Saint-Ending Cloud Sea trembled violently from the impact.

The watching crowd stared, transfixed, as the Saint-Ending Cloud Sea collapsed and dissipated from the impact, only to rapidly reform moments later.

WHOOSH!

Suddenly, a beam of heaven-slaying light erupted from below, shooting straight into the endless void!

"I will not accept this! I won’t! Aaaargh!"

A wretched, furious roar echoed from within the Saint-Ending Cloud Sea—the cry of the one with the Emperor’s Domineering Blood. Simultaneously, a head, impaled on the Ancient Battle Spear, shot out of the clouds and was pinned high in the void.

It was the head of the man with the Emperor’s Domineering Blood!

His domineering blood streamed down the shaft of the Ancient Battle Spear, staining it crimson.

His bloodshot eyes remained wide open, filled with endless resentment and humiliation. The Emperor’s Domineering Blood, hailed as the strongest of all constitutions, had ultimately been defeated by a Holy Body.

And Ye Wushuang had told him that his own Holy Body had not even reached Great Success; it was merely a Sixth Transformation Dragon Blood Sacred Body. Yet even that had been enough to hand him a devastating defeat!

The light in his eyes rapidly faded. His primary soul had been slain, and his secondary soul had been obliterated by the Ancient Battle Spear. The power of his domineering blood could not save him now.

Gazing upon this scene, the crowd was left in a state of shock that took a long time to subside.

In the end, Ye Wushuang had won.

No matter how strong the Emperor’s Domineering Blood was, it could not withstand the might of the Holy Body.

"In one hundred days, we march to war against Heaven!"

Just as the crowd was reeling in shock, Ye Wushuang’s voice echoed from beneath the Cloud Sea, though he himself was nowhere to be seen.

At that moment, however, a different message from Ye Wushuang sounded directly in the minds of Ye Xuan, Yangg Qing’er, Dii Qingxue, the Great Emperor, and the others.

"I am trapped beneath the Saint-Ending Cloud Sea, but I can break free in a hundred days. Go back and prepare. Everything depends on this war against Heaven!"

Hearing this, the Slaying Monarch Ancestor and the others frowned.

’The Saint-Ending Cloud Sea trapped Ye Wushuang? What’s going on?’

’What happened down below?’

’How could the Saint-Ending Cloud Sea possibly trap a person? Could there be some hidden danger within it?’

When Yangg Qing’er heard that Ye Wushuang was trapped, she grew anxious and prepared to shatter the Saint-Ending Cloud Sea to find him.

"Qing’er, you’ve only just become a Saint. Your Dao Fruit is still unstable. You can’t force yourself to use Holy Techniques," Dii Qingxue advised. "He should be fine down there. We will wait a hundred days for him."

"In a hundred days, we will see him at the battle to defy Heaven."

"Use this time to solidify your cultivation. Only then will you be in a position to truly help him."

Dii Qingxue advised Yangg Qing’er. After consuming the Moon God Flower, Yangg Qing’er had broken through to the Saint Realm—a Realm everyone present dreamed of reaching!

And Yangg Qing’er had achieved it with such ease. ’It’s a good thing word hasn’t gotten out,’ she thought. ’Otherwise, it would cause an unprecedented shockwave!’

High in the firmament, the colossal shadow glanced at the impaled head and roared with bitter fury, "You ants of the Grand Emperor Domain, just you wait for extinction!"

After this final, furious outburst, the colossal shadow dissipated. The three surviving Celestial Dome Pseudo-Saints stepped into the endless expanse of the Saint-Ending Cloud Sea, and a declaration of war boomed out: "In one hundred days, the Celestial Dome shall annihilate the Grand Emperor Domain! Every living creature will be slaughtered! None shall be spared!"

’Every living creature will be slaughtered! None shall be spared!’

These words made the faces of those from the Half-Demon Race, the Original People, the Three Thousand Seas, and other major influences turn pale. Was this a threat meant to force them into the war against Heaven?!

The Slaying Monarch Ancestor swept his gaze over the crowd. "In one hundred days, we march against Heaven! I don’t care if you were friends or enemies before. In one hundred days, our only option is to fight to the death! To not fight is to die. To fight is to have a sliver of a chance at survival!"

"War against Heaven! War against Heaven!"

At once, frenzied roars erupted around the Saint-Ending Cloud Sea, reverberating high above the Grand Emperor Domain. Countless citizens of the Grand Emperor looked toward the heavens, as if they could feel the coming of an apocalyptic war.

For the many Major Influences present, the horrific tragedy of Liuyun City was still fresh in their minds. It was far too similar to the world-ending calamities of legend.

’Not even an ant spared, all of them hunted down and killed.’

Legends were becoming reality, and forbidden powers were re-emerging in the world, setting everyone on edge.

If they didn’t want to die, their only choice was to wage war on Heaven!

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We’re heading into the big climax now, and the Grand Emperor Domain arc is drawing to a close. The power-leveling has been a bit quick lately, partly because "Heaven" is forcing my hand (haha), but also, frankly, because of the word count. A lot of you have been urging me (Wukong) to wrap up the Grand Emperor Domain plot, and I got a little anxious myself. That’s why the power-ups got faster and the pacing got a little wonky. I’ll be adjusting things going forward, though. I hope all of you will continue to support me and give me the motivation to keep writing!