Living in the deep palace

In the void, Su Chen's figure, like an inextinguishable azure light, pierced through the heavy and oppressive laws of the Nether Lotus Territory.

Even when confronting a fifth-realm being head-on, even a wisp of that fifth-realm power avatar, he still paid a heavy price.

On the perfected Dao Fruit of the Taiyi Golden Immortal, the hideous crack was slowly healing under the vast vitality of the Jianmu tree. However, the Dao Rhyme of the Fifth Realm of the Nether Lotus attached to it was like the most vicious curse, constantly hindering the repair of the origin of life.

Su Chen coughed up another mouthful of dark golden blood. This was no longer the blood of his immortal body, but a slight overflow of the essence of his Golden Immortal Dao Fruit.

"The Fifth Realm is indeed an existence from another dimension."

"My combat strength, at the peak of the third realm and the great perfection of the fourth realm, is barely enough to contend against the fifth realm. I must find a way to break through!"

What lies above the Taiyi Golden Immortal realm?

"Daluo Jinxian?"

Su Chen's gaze was cold and calm.

That world-destroying blow was not only a crushing force, but also a dimensional reduction attack from the Great Dao.

If his Taiyi Dao had not been based on the Jianmu tree and incorporated the Ten Great Origins to forge the Myriad Dao True Locks, he would probably have been erased along with his True Spirit Imprint by that attack.

“But…” Instead of fear, a glimmer of unprecedented understanding flashed in Su Chen’s eyes. “I saw it too.”

In the instant that the myriad true locks collided with the world-destroying divine light, he saw the scenery of the fifth realm.

He saw the form of the Great Dao of the Underworld Lotus Saint Lord—a Void Domain Law born from the perfect fusion of decay, curse, resentment, and the Hell Path.

“The Jianmu tree is yearning.” Su Chen could sense that the Jianmu divine tree within him was emitting a kind of hunger after coming into contact with the laws of the Void Domain.

It yearns to devour that real, yet far superior, power of the Void Realm, which is entirely different from the starry sea of ​​the present world.

"Using the power of a fourth-realm cultivator from the Void Domain as nourishment to repair my Dao Fruit..." Su Chen's gaze fell on the blood-red star field marked as the Heavenly Fiend Star Thief Gang on the star map.

Ninety percent of the energy of the Fourth Realm Great Perfection Dao Fruit of the Nine Netherworld Governor was used to repair the cracks in the Dao Fruit. The remaining ten percent was sent into the Jianmu Universe.

Jianmu Universe.

At this moment, the star sea within Su Chen's body is undergoing earth-shattering changes.

"Boom!" The demonic Dao Fruit belonging to the Nine Netherworld Governor, containing the dual Daoist essences of the Fourth Realm Great Perfection and the Void Domain, was floating beneath the canopy of the Jianmu Divine Tree.

The endless roots of the Jianmu tree penetrate into it, frantically decomposing, purifying, and refining it.

"Hahaha! That's exhilarating! That's exhilarating!" The roar of the Heavenly Venerable Wan Jun resounded through the heavens.

The immense Dao Fruit of his dream had already been crushed by his own hands. At this moment, he sat cross-legged beneath the Jianmu tree, opening his enormous maw to frantically devour the Governor's essence purified by the Jianmu tree.

"Crack!" Within his body, a brand new Dao seed, shimmering with the azure light of the Jianmu tree and the profound laws of the mortal world, was sprouting.

"Imperial Majesty! May all waters return to the void!"

The Dragon Emperor of the East Sea coiled his dragon body, using the demonic energy of the Void Domain within the Governor's Dao Fruit as a tempering wind. He used the life force of the Jianmu tree to protect his dragon soul and forcibly used this real energy to reshape his ten-thousand-clawed golden dragon body.

"So that's the secret."

The Great Evolution Celestial Venerable appeared as if possessed, having long since abandoned his shattered Great Evolution Compass. His eyes were fixed intently on the flow of the ten fundamental elements atop the Jianmu tree, attempting to deduce a destiny unique to the Jianmu's followers.

The six Venerables—Tianyi Ancient Venerable, Xinghe Heavenly Venerable, Baibao Heavenly Venerable, and so on—were all immersed in this transformative feast of destruction and rebirth.

In this universe of Su Chen, they use Su Chen's enemies as nourishment to reshape Su Chen's Dao.

They are transforming from supreme beings in the dream world into Su Chen's apostles.

outside world.

Su Chen's gaze pierced through the chaotic meteorite belt.

He arrived.

The Heavenly Fiend Star Domain.

This is a chaotic star system ten times larger than the Black Sand Star System. At its center lies the remains of a massive, long-dead red giant star.

The Heavenly Fiend Star Thieves' hideout was built inside the core of that red giant star.

"According to Black Sand's memories, this Heavenly Fiend Dao Lord is at the Great Perfection of the Fourth Realm. Moreover, he is the closest to the position of Governor in the Nether Lotus Territory. He is stronger than that Nine Nether Governor."

With the blessing of the [Spirit] Origin, Su Chen's divine sense silently enveloped the past.

"Hmm?" Suddenly, his divine sense stirred slightly. Deep within the core of the Heavenly Fiend's lair, he sensed two familiar yet decaying and resentful auras.

"It's them." Su Chen's gaze instantly turned icy cold.

The Heavenly Fiend Starfield, the core of a red giant star, the Temple of Godslayer.

This is the main city of the Heavenly Fiend Star Thieves, an underground demon kingdom forcibly created by the Heavenly Fiend Dao Lord with his supreme demonic power.

At this moment, a massive demonic frenzy is taking place in the central square of the Temple of Slaughter. Countless space pirates and demons of various forms are letting out deafening roars and grotesque laughter.

In the very center of the plaza, on a high platform constructed from the bones of the fourth realm, the Heavenly Fiend Lord—a terrifying demonic figure clad in blood-red armor and bearing twelve bone wings—sat atop his skeletal throne.

His overwhelming aura, akin to that of the Great Perfection of the Fourth Realm, swept across the entire area like a storm, while his demonic followers revered him.

"The Dao Lord is mighty!"

"Congratulations, Dao Lord! You are about to be promoted to the position of Governor!"

The Heavenly Fiend Dao Master waved his hand with satisfaction, his scarlet eyes sweeping towards the center of the square.

"Hehehe, quiet down!" A mid-stage fourth-realm demon bat pirate flew onto the platform, acting as the auctioneer.

"Everyone! By the grace of the Holy Lord! The aftershocks of the God-Burial Array have brought us countless outcasts! And today, we will witness the grand finale of this feast!" The Demon Bat Star Pirate's shrill voice echoed throughout the entire God-Slaying Temple.

"Rumble..." Two enormous prisons, each engraved with countless runes of the Void Domain, were slowly pushed onto the high platform.

Inside the cage, two figures huddled together, their auras utterly depleted. In the cage on the left was a stunningly beautiful woman dressed in palace attire, who should have been breathtakingly beautiful, but now her Daoist aura had collapsed, and her face was filled with deathly pallor.

In the cage on the right is a cold, sinister man clad in jet-black armor, surrounded by dead souls and resentment.

"The Celestial Venerable of a Hundred Flowers!"

"The Ancient Venerable of the Netherworld!"

The moment Su Chen's divine sense touched the two of them, the chilling killing intent almost froze the core of the red giant.

"Hehehe!" The Demon Bat Star Pirate walked up to the cage of the Hundred Flowers Celestial Venerable, and a greedy and lewd look appeared on his ugly face.

"Look! What a fresh and vibrant dream soul! Although the Great Dao is collapsing, her true spirit is still at the late stage of the Fourth Realm!"

"The Heavenly Fiend Dao Lord has decreed! This woman will be bestowed upon Governor Nine Netherworld as a congratulatory gift for the Dao Lord's promotion to Governor!"

"As for this..." The Demon Bat Pirate kicked the cage of the Netherworld Ancient Lord again.

"A piece of trash who manipulates false souls! But his methods do bear some resemblance to my Heavenly Fiend's demonic arts!"

"This person will be the prize for tonight! He will be auctioned off publicly! The highest bidder wins!"

"Roar!" The myriad demons on the plaza instantly erupted in a frenzy.

"I want him! I want to devour his dream-dead soul!" "I'll offer three demonic hearts!"

"I'll offer one bottle of Nine Netherworld Demon Water!"

On the high platform, two lines of blood tears flowed from the dim eyes of the Hundred Flowers Celestial Venerable.

She suddenly looked up, staring intently at the Heavenly Fiend Dao Lord on the skeletal throne: "You lackey of the Void Realm! You will be punished!"

"Retribution?" The Heavenly Fiend Dao Master seemed to have heard the funniest joke. He slowly stood up, and the pressure of the fourth realm's Great Perfection crushed down.

"Pfft!" Both the Hundred Flowers Celestial Venerable and the Netherworld Ancient Venerable spat out a mouthful of blood.

"In this Nether Lotus Territory! In this mortal star sea! I, Tian Sha, am heaven! I, Tian Sha, am retribution!"

His arrogant roar echoed throughout the Temple of Godslayers. However, at that moment, a cold, calm voice, seemingly devoid of any emotion, suddenly resounded deep within the souls of every demon.

"Oh? You dare call yourself Heaven?"

"Who?!" The arrogant smile of the Heavenly Fiend Dao Lord froze abruptly. His demonic thoughts, at the peak of the fourth realm, swept out wildly: "Who is it?! Show yourself!"

His imposing presence as a quasi-governor shook the entire Temple of Slaughtering Gods.

"Heh." The voice rang out again, this time tinged with mockery. "Haven't I already come in?"

"what?!"

The Heavenly Fiend Dao Master suddenly lowered his head. To his horror, he saw a figure in a green robe appear beneath the high platform, in the center of the myriad demons.

He stood there silently, as if he had been standing there for ten thousand years. And none of the countless demons around him saw him.

“【Tomb】.” Su Chen’s thin lips uttered a single word.

The stillness of the origin enveloped the entire area in the instant before the Heavenly Fiend Dao Master could react.

"Buzz!" Time stood still.

Inside the Temple of Godslayer, the ferocious grins of the myriad demons in their frenzy, the auction hammer about to fall from the Demon Bat Star Pirate's hand, and the shock and anger of the Heavenly Fiend Dao Lord as he stood up—everything was frozen in that moment.

"Hundred Flowers, Netherworld." Su Chen slowly raised his head, his gaze piercing through the prison of the Dao and landing on the two faces that were already filled with despair.

"Su...Su!" The previously lifeless pupils of the Hundred Flowers Celestial Venerable suddenly burst open when she saw that calm face.

"Su Zun?!" A tremor of disbelief emanated from beneath the cold, gleaming mask of the Netherworld Ancient Venerable. "Are we dreaming?!"

"It's a dream, and it's not a dream." Su Chen's calm voice entered their minds. "It's time for you to wake up from your old dreams."

He flicked his finger. "【芜】".

The origin of decay transformed into two thin gray lines.

"Crack!"

Those two Dao-suppressing cages, reinforced by the runes of the Void Domain and inescapable even by those at the fourth level, weathered, withered, and crumbled into dust before the horrified gazes of the Hundred Flowers Celestial Venerable and the Netherworld Ancient Venerable.

"This...this is Su Zun's Dao?!"

“【Life】.” Su Chen spoke again. The life force of the two Jianmu trees entered their Dao Fruits, forcibly suspending their collapsing Dream Dao.

"Stand up. Stand behind me."

“Today…” Su Chen slowly turned around, and his pair of Samsara Eyes, one black and one green, broke the time freeze at this moment.

His icy gaze swept past the myriad demons and landed directly on the skeletal throne, where the Heavenly Fiend Dao Lord had just come to his senses.

"I'll send you on your way!"

Boom! Time stop is lifted! The Temple of Godslayer explodes!
"Ahhh!"

"Why isn't my hand moving?!"

"what happened?!"

"Enemy attack!"

The demons are terrified!
The Heavenly Fiend Dao Master's demonic eyes, at the peak of the fourth realm, contracted violently at this moment. He stared intently at Su Chen: "You! You are not a lost Daoist! Your Dao has not been suppressed!"

"No! Your Dao is suppressing this world!"

The Heavenly Fiend Dao Lord was utterly horrified. What did he see? He saw that with each breath of this man in green, the Void Domain Laws bestowed upon him by the Nether Lotus Saint Lord in the God-Slaying Palace were actually submitting? Trembling?

"What kind of monster are you?!"

“You shouldn’t have asked me.” Su Chen took a step forward, ignoring the myriad demons, and stepped onto the platform of bones. “You should have asked your Holy Lord. He invited me here.”

"What?!" The Heavenly Fiend Dao Lord was struck dumb upon hearing this. He suddenly remembered the Dark Lotus Saint Lord's most wanted notice, which had spread throughout the entire territory.

"It's you! You're Su Chen!"

"Boom!" The Dao Heart of the Heavenly Fiend Dao Master collapsed.

The Nine Netherworld Governor died at this man's hands! Even the Holy Lord's true form couldn't harm him with a single blow.
"Run!" The pride of the Heavenly Fiend Dao Lord, who was on his way to becoming a governor, was crushed by fear at this moment.

His twelve bone wings suddenly flapped: "Heavenly Fiend - Blood Escape!"

He didn't hesitate to burn his own life force, turning into a streak of bloody light, in order to escape!
"Can you escape?" Su Chen's icy voice was like the whisper of death. "Jianmu [Lock]."

"Buzz!" Behind Su Chen, the phantom of the Jianmu Divine Tree flashed by. At this moment, the roots of the countless Jianmu trees transformed into real chains of laws.

"Pfft!" The streak of blood light only managed to escape three feet before being pierced by the countless roots and bound into a rice dumpling.

"Ahhh! No! Let me go! Su Chen! You can't kill me! I'm willing to submit!" The Heavenly Fiend Dao Lord's pitiful pleas for mercy echoed throughout the God-Slaying Palace.

"Submit?" Su Chen slowly walked up to him, his black and green eyes reflecting the fearful demonic soul of the Heavenly Fiend Dao Master.

“I don’t need your submission.” Su Chen stretched out a hand and placed it on the crown of the Heavenly Fiend Dao Master’s head. “I only need your Dao.”

"【魁】".

"No! No—!"

boom!
Amidst the extremely shrill screams of the Heavenly Fiend Dao Lord, and under the horrified gazes of the myriad demons of the God-Slaying Palace, the roots of the Jianmu tree tightened frantically.

That Heavenly Fiend Dao Lord, a fourth-realm Great Perfection cultivator and a quasi-Governor level, had his indestructible demonic body and his prized Void Domain Dao Fruit withering and decaying at a visible rate.

He was drained dry!
"Bang!" When Su Chen released his grip, the Heavenly Fiend Dao Lord had already turned into a weathered, desiccated corpse and fallen from the throne of bones.

The Temple of Godslayers was deathly silent. Even the ten thousand demons dared not breathe.

Su Chen slowly exhaled a breath of stale air. His pale face regained a rosy hue after absorbing the essence of this quasi-governor. The cracks on his Golden Immortal Dao Fruit were even repaired by one-tenth at this moment.

"Such pure nourishment." Su Chen could sense that the Dao of the Heavenly Fiend Dao Master was more refined and closer to the fifth realm than that of the Nine Netherworld Governor.

“Nether Lotus…” A hint of amusement flashed in Su Chen’s eyes. “Are you aiding the enemy?”

He slowly turned around, his cold gaze sweeping over the trembling demons below the high platform.

"He's dead." Su Chen's gaze fell on the terrified Demon Bat Pirate (mid-stage Fourth Realm). "Now, it's your turn." (End of Chapter)