Chapter 716: Clean Sweep

Deep in the sea.

A Great Tripod lay horizontally in the water. Jiang Chen’s body was surrounded by floating True Essence, holding back the surging seawater.

He continuously formed Magic Formulas with his hands, sending them into the Eight Trigrams Roaming Dragon Cauldron.

RUMBLE…

The massive tripod shook the void, pulsing with terrifying energy. Inside, Demon Yunhai’s screams had fallen silent.

Even underwater, a rich medicinal fragrance began to spread.

Excitement showed on Jiang Chen’s face. He looked up, his sharp gaze seeming to pierce through the layers of seawater to see the six experts standing on the surface. A chilling killing intent flickered in his eyes. “The Dragon Emperor Pill is complete. Once I consume it, I can step into the Middle Stage of the Emperor Realm. When I break through, it will be time for you all to walk the Yellow Springs!”

Advancing in cultivation at the Emperor Realm was different from previous stages.

The Emperor Realm meant one had comprehended Mystical Power to the Tier Nine level, nearing Perfection.

It was divided into only five levels: Early Stage, Mid Stage, Late Stage, Peak, and Perfection. Each level required increasing one’s Mystical Power by twenty percent within Tier Nine.

A Dragon Emperor Pill refined from a Demon Flood Dragon at the Middle Stage of the Emperor Realm was enough for Jiang Chen to advance by a small realm!

Of course…

This was also because the pill had been refined from a member of the Demon Flood Dragon Race.

If it had been an Emperor Yuan Pill refined from a human Martial Artist, he would never have chosen to consume it!

A golden pill rested in his palm, a black dragon pattern coiling upon its surface. Jiang Chen opened his mouth and swallowed it.

BUZZ!

His entire body vibrated violently.

Surging waves of Mystical Power fused into his Chaos Bloodline.

With his Chaos Bloodline, Jiang Chen’s speed at refining pills was incredibly fast, a hundred times that of Martial Artists at the same level!

After refining this Dragon Emperor Pill…

Jiang Chen’s cultivation officially stepped into the Middle Stage of the Emperor Realm!

A torrential surge of vitality erupted from his body, causing the surrounding seawater to boil. Massive bubbles rose toward the surface.

A monstrous wave exploded from the seabed.

A massive wall of water hundreds of meters high, like a great wall on the sea, stretched across the entire ocean surface.

“Block it!”

“What happened? How did that kid’s strength suddenly increase so much?”

“He refined Demon Yunhai into a pill. I’m afraid he consumed it to raise his Realm.”

“What? A single pill can let someone who just entered the Emperor Realm advance another small realm? What kind of pill is that…?”

For a moment, countless experts on Heaven’s Edge Island wore looks of shock. They developed an intense curiosity and fervent anticipation for the pill in Jiang Chen’s possession.

Of course…

For the experts from the Four Great Pirate Kings of the East, South, West, and North, the Yaksha Race, and the Sea Dragon Race, this was the worst possible news!

“Everyone, this kid is too monstrous. He must be a peerless genius. We absolutely cannot let him leave alive! Otherwise, if he matures in the future, it will be our doom!” the Yaksha Race expert said gravely.

The expert from the Sea Dragon Race nodded. “We must kill him!”

The Four Great Pirate Kings exchanged a look and nodded in unison.

The six Emperor Realm masters—two at the Middle Stage of the Emperor Realm and four Late-stage Emperors—all charged toward the hundred-meter-high wall of water.

SWOOSH! WHOOSH! WHOOSH!

A flurry of colorful attacks shot toward the wall of water.

BOOM!

Amidst a series of earth-shattering explosions, the massive wall of water was blasted apart. From within the cascading seawater, a figure wreathed in golden light shot through the air.

In one hand, he held the Ancient Azure Dragon Sword, which radiated an incomparably sharp Sword Aura!

In the other, he held up the massive Eight Trigrams Roaming Dragon Cauldron, a tripod mighty enough to suppress the Nine Heavens!

“Nine Palace Sword!”

“Star Luo Destruction!”

“Seven-Star Sword!”

Jiang Chen continuously activated the Sword Techniques in his hand. One after another, razor-sharp Sword Auras soared into the sky, vast and overwhelming, like falling stars blanketing the heavens.

“Perish!”

“Kid, you will die today!”

The six experts attacked simultaneously.

Countless attacks collided between heaven and earth, releasing energy fluctuations powerful enough to destroy the world. The residual shockwaves alone made the many experts on Heaven’s Edge Island tremble with fear. If not for the protection of Heaven’s Edge Island’s Protective Array, the aftershocks from their clash…

…would have been enough to turn half of Heaven’s Edge Island to ash!

“Domain!”

The six experts released their domains at the same time. Each domain was several hundred zhang in size, and they all converged on Jiang Chen.

There was a Demon Dragon Realm, a Yaksha Realm, an Ice Realm, a Fiery Realm, and more…

The six Emperor Realm masters unleashed their strongest domains, intending to seal Jiang Chen completely within them.

With six hundred-zhang domains pressing down on him, Jiang Chen’s body trembled slightly.

For a moment, he found himself unable to move!

This brought looks of excitement to the faces of the Four Great Pirate Kings and the other two. A vicious glint appeared in their eyes. “The young dragon is mine!”

“So what if he’s a peerless genius? He’s still going to die by our hands!”

The Azure Sky Sea was not comparable to Zhongzhou.

The probability of a peerless genius being born here was extremely low. Before Jiang Chen, only a handful of people like Zuo Yu and Demon Zhantian had ever reached the Six Extremes Peak, coming infinitely close to that level.

Now…

For them, slaying a foe with such immense potential as Jiang Chen would be a monumental achievement!

However…

Jiang Chen raised a sword-like brow and sneered, “You actually want to compete with me in domains?”

An ordinary Emperor Realm expert would only have one type of Mystical Power that had reached the Tier Nine level, so their domains could only span a hundred zhang, or perhaps several hundred.

But Jiang Chen had walked eight paths to the Tier Nine level, and the Mystical Power he had condensed was far more terrifying.

It reached a full ten thousand zhang in scope!

BOOM!

When Jiang Chen’s Profound Yellow Realm emerged, it directly enveloped all six of the vast domains that were surging toward him.

“Wh-What is this?”

“Is this a fucking domain? Someone tell me I’m just dreaming…”

“A domain that covers ten thousand zhang? Not even an Invincible Venerable would have such a terrifying domain, right? What kind of monster is this kid?”

Even in Heaven’s Edge Sea Pavilion, the well-informed Cyan Ox Child, who had existed for countless years, now stared with wide eyes.

His tender, porcelain-doll-like face was etched with shock. “A ten-thousand-zhang domain? Th-This is practically a miracle! No wonder Master pays him so much attention. Disciple, you must befriend Jiang Chen. It will be of great benefit to you, understand?”

“Yes, Master!”

Duann Tianya was also visibly shocked.

「At the same time…」

Jiang Chen stood within his Profound Yellow Realm. In the eight cardinal directions of the domain, eight Celestial Steles pulsed with radiant light, suppressing the entire space.

With a solemn expression, Jiang Chen looked at the six Emperor Realm masters and said coolly, “So you all want to kill me and seize the Little Dragon Maiden, is that it? As the saying goes, ‘humans die for wealth, and birds die for food.’ Since you intended to kill me first, don’t blame me for what comes next… Profound Yellow Realm—suppress the heavens and the earth!”

RUMBLE!

The eight Celestial Steles erupted with terrifying radiance simultaneously.

They shot out from the eight directions.

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM…

Under the power of the Celestial Steles, the six domains were shattered to pieces. The Mystical Power that scattered from them was then directly devoured by the Profound Yellow Realm.

“BLERGH…”

“My domain…”

The six masters violently spat out blood. Their minds were linked to their domains, and with the domains destroyed, they were all severely injured. They stared at Jiang Chen in disbelief as the eight Celestial Steles descended!

BANG! BANG! BANG…

One after another, the Emperor Realm masters were grievously wounded again by the bombardment of the Celestial Steles.

They wanted to flee, but the Profound Yellow Realm had sealed the void, making escape impossible. Within his domain, Jiang Chen was like a god or a demon. He slashed through the air with his Ancient Azure Dragon Sword and roared, “Kill!”

SWISH! SWISH! SWISH!

Sword Auras soared through the sky, slicing the six experts in two, one after another. At the same time, the Eight Trigrams Roaming Dragon Cauldron shot out and sucked in the two experts at the Middle Stage of the Emperor Realm from the Yaksha Race and Sea Dragon Race.

Pill Fire erupted, refining them into pills.

Jiang Chen’s icy gaze swept over the Four Great Pirate Kings.

The four men exchanged a glance, their former overlord’s dignity completely gone. They all dropped to their knees before Jiang Chen, as deferential as if they were worshipping their ancestors. “Spare! Our! Lives!”