Living in the deep palace

Within the Taiyi Immortal City, countless cultivators, regardless of their cultivation level, felt a tremor originating from the depths of their souls at this moment!
It's as if some... world-ending calamity is about to descend!
"This breath..."

Su Chen's expression instantly became extremely serious.

"It's the God-Slaying Heavenly Puppet!"

"Legend has it that this is the first third-realm divine treasure crafted by the Divine Emperor! No... it's more than ten times more terrifying than the one I sensed in the ancestral land of the Divine Race last time!"

"The power of the world after the 'gate'... has intervened!"

An unprecedentedly cold glint flashed in Su Chen's eyes!
He knew that the source of that unease in his heart had finally... arrived!
The rain is coming from the wind!
An unprecedented and massive storm is about to break!

This time, the enemy is... the ultimate killing weapon that has exhausted the last reserves of the entire divine race and... has been empowered by the power of the world behind the "gate"!
"Well done!"

Instead of fear, Su Chen's eyes burned with fierce fighting spirit!
"I'm just worried about not finding a suitable whetstone to test my current skills!"

"Let me see whether your so-called 'Godslayer Puppet' is more powerful, or my... Taiyi Immortal Path is stronger!"

"Even Golden Immortals have fallen at my hands, let alone a weapon!"

He let out a deafening roar, and in a flash, he soared into the sky, heading straight for the apocalyptic storm that was powerful enough to make the entire starry sea tremble!
At this moment, the sky over the Tianxu Starfield completely darkened.

It wasn't that night had fallen, but rather... the light had been swallowed up.

An enormous, grotesque head slowly emerged from the other end of the spatial rift. It was forged entirely from an unknown dark golden divine metal, and its surface was engraved with blood-red, eerie demonic runes filled with an aura of destruction and slaughter.

Its eyes were two enormous vortexes emitting a ghostly green light; a single glance seemed to suck one's soul into them, condemning them to eternal damnation.

This is merely the head of the God-Slaying Puppet!
Next came its mountain-like neck, its shoulders covered in heavy armor, and its two terrifying arms that could easily crush stars!
Boom——!!!!!!

When the entire upper body of the God-Slaying Puppet descended upon this star field, the dozens of surrounding stars could not withstand the terrifying mass and pressure, and began to... crumble inch by inch!
A chilling, deathly, emotionless, and terrifying will, existing purely for destruction, instantly enveloped the entire Tianxu Starfield!
"What kind of monster is this?!"

"Oh my god! The end of the world! The end of the world has come!"

Within the Taiyi Immortal City, countless cultivators gazed at the terrifying colossal statue in the sky, whose upper body was barely visible yet already obscured the entire heavens, their faces filled with endless fear and despair!
Before this colossal statue, they felt like insignificant dust, as if the other party could wipe them and the entire immortal city away with a single thought!

"All personnel on high alert! Activate the city's defensive formation!"

The anxious and hoarse roar of Jin Guang Gu Xian echoed throughout the city.

He stared at the terrifying God-Slaying Puppet, feeling that... familiar yet strange, terrifying pressure that transcended the boundaries of an ancient god-king, and his face turned ashen.

"It's the gods! It's the ultimate power of the gods!" he muttered to himself, his eyes filled with horror. "But... why has its power become so terrifying?! This aura has even surpassed mine when I was first resurrected!"

He could clearly sense that the God-Slaying Puppet's strength was now infinitely close to, or even had truly reached, the level of a Golden Immortal!

Moreover, within that pure will to destroy, there was also a trace of... the filthy aura of the world behind the "door" that he found utterly repulsive and unsettling!
"Jie Jie Jie Jie..."

A sharp, piercing laugh, seemingly composed of the howls of countless wronged souls, emanated from the head of the God-Slaying Puppet.

The figure of the Southern Bright God King slowly emerged from between the eyebrows of the Heavenly Puppet. His face was pale, but his eyes were filled with a morbid fanaticism and resentment.

"Su Chen! The terrifying immortal!"

His voice, resonating through the Heavenly Puppet, transformed into rolling thunder, echoing throughout the entire star field.

"You didn't expect this, did you? We meet again!"

"For this day, my divine race... sacrificed the most gifted generation of divine children! For this day, I also offer my loyalty to the great Lord behind the 'Gate'!"

"Today, I will ride this supreme celestial puppet, which has merged with my divine will, and wipe you, along with your laughable Taiyi Palace, completely... from this sea of ​​stars!"

"You and everything you have will become... a gift for the coming of our Lord!"

The Southern Ming God King was like a madman, enjoying the unprecedented power within him and the thrill of controlling and judging everything!

And right now.

A figure in white appeared before the enormous head of the God-Slaying Puppet as if by teleportation.

Compared to that terrifying colossus that blotted out the sky, he was as insignificant as a speck of dust.

However, the calm and indifferent aura emanating from him, which seemed to be above all the heavens and the myriad worlds, made the arrogant God-Slaying Puppet pause slightly!
It was Su Chen!

"The Divine King of the Southern Ming Dynasty".

Su Chen looked at the face that was already twisted by madness and resentment, gently shook his head, and a trace of pity flashed in his eyes.

"It seems you have completely become a slave outside the door."

"Shut up!" the Southern Bright God King roared angrily. "What do you know?! How could a self-righteous fellow like you possibly comprehend the supreme power of my Lord!"

"Su Chen! Enough with the nonsense! Today is your death day!"

He slammed his hands together!
boom--! ! ! !

The two terrifyingly large hands of the God-Slaying Puppet, capable of crushing stars, suddenly rose, carrying a terrifying power capable of tearing apart the universe and destroying all things, and fiercely... came together towards Su Chen!

The speed was so fast that it seemed to transcend the limitations of time!
The power was so strong that it seemed to be able to completely crush this entire star field into a thin sheet of paper!
Faced with this devastating attack, Su Chen's expression remained calm and composed.

He didn't even dodge.

He simply raised his right hand slowly, his index and middle fingers together, and gently pointed at the two enormous, sky-covering hands from a distance.

"The Record of Suppressing Demons in Taiyi"

"Certainly!"

A simple, majestic syllable, seemingly containing the ultimate truth of heaven and earth, slowly came out of Su Chen's mouth.

Buzz—! ! ! !

In an instant!
Centered on Su Chen, invisible golden ripples formed from the purest Taiyi Laws suddenly spread out!
Where the ripples passed...

Time seemed to stand still!
Space seemed to freeze!
The two giant hands of the God-Slaying Puppet, carrying immense power, suddenly stopped in mid-air less than a hundred feet away from Su Chen!

It was as if they were frozen in place by an irresistible, invisible force!
"what?!"

The madness and ferocity on the face of the Southern Ming God-King froze instantly, replaced by endless... horror and disbelief! How could this be?!
This is a god-slaying puppet that has merged with his main divine thought and possesses the true power of a Golden Immortal!
His devastating attack was actually... frozen in place by... a single word from the opponent?!

What... what kind of monstrous method is this?!

"I told you, you don't understand."

Su Chen's figure slowly emerged from between the two giant, immobilized hands. He looked up and calmly gazed at the horrified face of the Southern Ming God King.

"In the face of the true 'Tao,' what you call 'force' is nothing but... a clay chicken and a clay dog."

Before he finished speaking, Su Chen gently slashed forward with his sword fingers together.

"break!"

laugh--!!!!

A slender, yet seemingly powerful, nine-colored sword aura burst forth from Su Chen's fingertips!

It instantly struck the two giant hands of the God-Slaying Puppet that were immobilized!
*Snap!*

There was no earth-shattering explosion, nor the expected rampage of energy.

Those two terrifyingly large hands, forged from an unknown divine metal and seemingly indestructible, crumbled the moment they came into contact with the nine-colored sword energy, like rotten wood cut by a divine weapon...

It snapped in two!

Severed at the wrist!

Rumble!
Two enormous hands, as big as mountains, fell helplessly from the sky, crashing into the already shattered earth below, stirring up clouds of dust!
"ah--!!!!!"

The Southern Ming God King let out an extremely shrill scream!
Although it wasn't his arm that was broken, the excruciating pain from the depths of his soul almost made him faint!

He could clearly feel that the connection between himself and the God-Slaying Puppet was severed by Su Chen's strange sword energy in that instant!
This...this is even more terrifying than killing him outright!

"My hand! My Heavenly Puppet!"

Looking at the massive arm of the God-Slaying Puppet, severed at the wrist, and the dark golden energy liquid that spewed out from the broken end like magma, the Southern Bright God King's eyes were filled with endless madness and resentment!

He couldn't accept it!
His prized ultimate weapon, which had been fused with the divine sense of the master behind the "gate," was actually... severed in a single exchange with Su Chen?!

Just how unfathomable is Su Chen's strength?!

"Good hardness."

Su Chen raised an eyebrow as he looked at the slightly dimmed nine-colored sword energy at his fingertips.

Although his sword strike just now seemed effortless, it actually utilized the power of the "Taiyi Dao Seed" and the "Taiyi Demon Suppression Record," making it one of his strongest single-target attacks.

However, he only managed to sever the opponent's hands, but failed to seriously injure him.

The body of this God-Slaying Puppet is indeed terrifyingly sturdy.

"But... that's all."

Su Chen's gaze fell once again on the roaring colossus, a cold glint flashing in his eyes.

"Today, I will... completely dismantle this pile of scrap metal!"

Before he finished speaking, Su Chen's figure suddenly transformed into a nine-colored stream of light, and he charged towards the huge head of the God-Slaying Puppet!
He wants to...fight in close combat!

"court death!"

Upon seeing this, the Southern Ming Divine King was not alarmed but rather delighted!
In his view, Su Chen's actions were tantamount to a moth flying into a flame!
The most powerful aspect of the God-Slaying Puppet is its indestructible body and its inexhaustible destructive energy! Even a true Golden Immortal would be worn down to death in close combat with it!

"Heavenly Puppet, crush him!"

The Southern Ming God King let out a furious roar!

The God-Slaying Puppet's enormous head suddenly swayed, opening its blood-red maw, large enough to devour stars. A beam of... even more terrifying and purer than before... a ghostly green beam of destruction roared out from its mouth!
That beam of light was not simply energy, but rather the purest power of annihilation behind the "gate," fused with the laws of destruction of the gods, and condensed into... the light of primordial annihilation!
Its power is so great that it can completely vaporize an ancient god-king in an instant!

However, Su Chen showed no fear whatsoever when facing the oncoming beam of death.

Instead of dodging or avoiding, he increased his speed!

"Taiyi Soaring Dragon Step!"

His figure left behind a series of mysterious and unpredictable afterimages in the void, like a peerless dancer dancing on the tip of a knife, narrowly avoiding the direct impact of the beam of annihilation at an incredible angle!

At the same time, his hands did not stop moving in the slightest!

"The stars and constellations of the heavens, become my sword!"

Su Chen gave a low shout and quickly formed hand seals in the void!
In an instant, all 365 main stars in the Tianxu Starfield, no matter how far apart they were, burst forth with dazzling starlight!

The boundless power of the stars, traversing endless space, was forcibly drawn by Su Chen using a supreme secret technique. In his palm, it condensed into a... dazzling starlight divine sword, its entire body the color of stars, with billions of stars seemingly born and dying on its blade!
This sword was created by Su Chen using the essence of the "Zhou Tian Xing Dou Grand Array" and the "Taiyi Power"... an unparalleled divine sword of array formation!
"cut!"

Holding the Starlight Divine Sword, Su Chen became one with the sword, transforming into a dazzling sword rainbow that tore through the sky, and fiercely slashed towards the neck of the God-Slaying Puppet!
He wants to... kill him with a single sword strike!
"Don't think about it!"

The Southern Bright God King felt the terrifying power contained in that Starlight Divine Sword and was so frightened that his soul almost left his body!

He frantically channeled all the energy within the God-Slaying Puppet, condensing an incredibly thick, dark golden energy shield around its neck!
At the same time, Tiankui's remaining upper body swayed violently, trying to avoid this fatal sword strike!
But... how could Su Chen's sword be so easily dodged?!

laugh--!!!!

The Starlight Divine Sword, carrying the supreme sharpness to annihilate and pierce through everything, tore through that dark golden energy shield with overwhelming force!
Then, it slashed fiercely at the neck of the God-Slaying Heavenly Puppet, which was as thick as a mountain range!
*Snap!*

A sickeningly loud sound of metal twisting and shattering echoed through the sky!

On the seemingly indestructible neck of the God-Slaying Puppet, Su Chen's sword actually managed to carve a terrifying sword mark hundreds of feet deep!
Countless dark golden liquid gushed out from the sword wound like a waterfall!

Although it failed to decapitate the creature with a single strike, this one strike had already severely damaged this terrifying killing weapon!
"what--!!!"

The Southern Bright God King let out another piercing scream, feeling as if his very soul had been cleaved apart by that sword! (End of Chapter)