Chapter 399: Annihilated in Body and Soul
With one slash, a Sovereign falls!
The blade sliced through, and dragon blood spilled across the void!
Dark Scales Sovereign, a Deity Transformation Grandmaster, a black dragon of pure bloodline who had dominated the Immortal Realm for thousands of years, had his head severed today by a mere Nascent Soul junior!
This fleeting moment seemed to stretch for ten thousand years, and the entire world fell silent. Even the North Sea Emperor and the others who were engaged in battle paused.
“How could this be?”
Ghostwood Evil Lord’s heart trembled as he stared fixedly at Chu Liang.
Everyone else wore a similar expression, their eyes filled with disbelief.
Even Xu Shanhe hadn’t expected that Chu Liang, after experiencing that reincarnation trial, would become so powerful.
Among the many Deity Transformation Grandmasters, only Grand Dream Sovereign could have guessed this outcome.
“As expected.”
Even his passive awakening had yielded great results, allowing him to break through two realms consecutively, from the early stage of Deity Transformation to the late stage.
Chu Liang, on the other hand, had awakened actively, and his insights were undoubtedly far greater than his own. His strength had already far surpassed what it was before the reincarnation trial!
“Before that reincarnation, Master could barely defeat an ordinary early-stage Deity Transformation cultivator with the power of time, but he couldn’t kill them,” Grand Dream Sovereign mused to himself. “Now, for Master to kill an early-stage Deity Transformation cultivator is probably as easy as killing a chicken.”
Having broken free from countless cycles of reincarnation, Chu Liang’s mastery of the Path of Reincarnation had reached an unimaginable level.
Now, his Ten Thousand Years Reincarnation Technique incorporated the insights from each of his past lives.
Once unleashed, an early-stage Deity Transformation cultivator would instantly fall into a false reincarnation, unable to awaken!
If Chu Liang wished, he could even guide them within the false reincarnation, slowly gaining control and turning them into his slaves.
But this time, he didn’t do that. Instead, he killed with a clean, decisive slash!
Dark Scales Sovereign’s massive dragon head and body crashed heavily into the mountains below.
A rain of dragon blood fell upon the entire mortal realm. Each drop of blood contained the immense power of a Deity Transformation cultivator. Most of it dissipated into pure energy as it fell, but a few drops landed on the earth, forming shimmering pools of dragon blood.
In just a few breaths, the spiritual energy of the mortal realm increased significantly, almost comparable to the Peach Blossom Spring Cave Heaven world.
All living beings in the world benefited greatly.
“Argh—”
A pained cry suddenly rang out.
Then, a blurry figure radiating golden light shot out from the dragon’s corpse, heading towards the passage between the two realms.
It was Dark Scales Sovereign’s nascent soul!
He was filled with regret. If he had known this would happen, he wouldn’t have been the first to attack.
Fortunately, although his body had been destroyed, his nascent soul remained. As long as he could return to the Immortal Realm and use various treasures to stabilize it, he could either refine a new body or possess the body of a younger dragon.
“Still trying to escape?”
Chu Liang snorted coldly and slashed with his long saber!
“Stop!” Ghostwood Evil Lord roared.
“Fellow Daoist Chu, cultivation is not easy. Show mercy where you can!” Nine-Tailed Ancestor also shouted.
Both of them wanted to save Dark Scales Sovereign, but it was too late.
The saber light tore through the sky, brilliant and blinding, like a hanging river of stars, instantly striking Dark Scales Sovereign’s nascent soul.
Boom!
The golden light shattered, and the nascent soul perished!
Dark Scales Sovereign had completely fallen!
At this moment, both realms felt it.
In the Immortal Realm, in the Eastern Region, a mountain range shaped like a giant dragon suddenly exploded. This mountain range was where Dark Scales Sovereign’s Dao lineage resided.
The heavens and earth shook, and the wind howled. A heavy, oppressive atmosphere spread throughout the entire Immortal Realm.
“A Deity Transformation Ancestor has fallen, annihilated in body and soul!”
“Who was it?”
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“There have been frequent strange occurrences lately, and now even a Deity Transformation cultivator has fallen. Could it be that a great calamity is truly approaching? But where does this calamity come from?”
Throughout the Immortal Realm, countless beings were filled with fear and unease.
In the history of the Immortal Realm, every great calamity had resulted in the deaths of countless immortals. Even Deity Transformation powerhouses couldn’t escape the fate of falling.
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In the mortal realm, there was a deathly silence.
Since the beginning of the battle, no one had expected that a Deity Transformation powerhouse would actually fall!
Although the fighting was intense, both sides had held back to some extent. After all, the Nascent Soul Dao Fruit wouldn’t mature for another hundred years, and no one wanted to fight to the death at this point.
However, Dark Scales Sovereign had died right before their eyes!
Even Ghostwood Evil Lord and Nine-Tailed Ancestor couldn’t save him!
“How can this Chu Liang be so strong?” Du Beiting was shaken. He had always believed that Chu Liang could only barely contend with a Deity Transformation cultivator and wouldn’t be able to last long.
But Chu Liang’s slash had shattered all his previous assumptions!
In terms of true strength, Du Beiting was inferior to Dark Scales Sovereign. After all, Dark Scales Sovereign not only possessed immense magical power but also incredible physical strength, being a rare true dragon.
“He could kill Dark Scales Sovereign with one slash, he can kill me with one slash too!” Du Beiting’s expression kept changing, and cold sweat appeared on his forehead. He felt a chill down his spine and kept glancing at the passage between the two realms, wanting to return to the Immortal Realm.
He had offended Chu Liang quite badly before!
The other ten or so Deity Transformation powerhouses also looked grim. They had initially believed that Chu Liang would definitely lose, so they left Mount Tai. But reality had slapped them in the face.
Now, it was hard to say who would obtain the opportunity!
“Fellow Daoist Chu is indeed formidable!”
Blood Axe Divine Lord’s voice resounded from the sky. He glanced at Black Wings Divine Lord beside him and asked, “Brother Black Wings, what are your thoughts?”
Black Wings Divine Lord remained silent, unsure how to respond.
“Who’s next?”
Chu Liang’s voice suddenly rang out, echoing through the silent world.
He held the saber condensed from immortal power, his gaze cold as he swept over the remaining twenty or so Deity Transformation powerhouses on Ghostwood Evil Lord’s side.
Under his indifferent gaze, the expressions of the Deity Transformation powerhouses changed. For a moment, no one spoke, and no one dared to step forward to fight him again.
An early-stage Deity Transformation cultivator would just be sending themselves to their death!
Even a mid-stage Deity Transformation cultivator wouldn’t be confident in withstanding that strange power of reincarnation.
“How boring.”
Chu Liang looked away, his indifferent voice sounding again.
Hearing his words, the Deity Transformation powerhouses were instantly enraged. They had always been high and mighty. When had they ever been provoked like this by a Nascent Soul cultivator?
“Chu Liang, I’ll fight you!”
Someone immediately roared in anger, their divine power surging as they charged towards Chu Liang.
This person was sharp and fierce, like an unsheathed sword, his aura incredibly powerful. He cultivated the ultimate path of slaughter, and his boundless killing intent condensed, wanting to slay Chu Liang.
The gazes of the many Deity Transformation cultivators converged on him.
“A cultivator of the path of slaughter often has a purer heart. Can he withstand Chu Liang’s power of reincarnation?”
The next instant, a saber light flashed.
Crack!
Under everyone’s watchful eyes, this Sovereign who cultivated the path of slaughter exploded.
That saber light contained tens of thousands of sharp saber qi, terrifying and deadly, carrying an endless aura of destruction. It shredded his body into a bloody mist, and even his nascent soul couldn’t escape.
Annihilated in body and soul, once again!
