The Heavenly Emperor of Chu

Chapter 158 The Ten Fiends: Chu Tianshu?
Chu Tianshu immediately stopped his pursuit, turned around and looked at the person who had come.

The newcomer was dressed in white, with a handsome face. His robes fluttered in the wind, and he was enveloped in a dazzling array of lights.

If it weren't for the killing spear in his hand and the ominous aura emanating from his body, he might be mistaken for a quasi-immortal king from an ancient realm.

"Meeting me is the greatest misfortune of your life. Kneel down, kowtow and admit your mistake, and submit to me. I will allow you to join my realm. Perhaps you will even have the hope of becoming a king in the future!" An Shi looked at Chu Tianshu with an arrogant expression.

As a member of the Anlan clan, An Shi naturally inherited his ancestors' tradition of being verbally aggressive. Regardless of whether he could win a fight or not, he seemed uncomfortable if he didn't utter some harsh words.

"Oh? Your background seems unusual. Can you tell me?"

Chu Tianshu asked directly, surprised that even a near-immortal king could have such brain damage. He was curious whether it was just him or the entire clan.

“I am from the Anlan clan, and my ancestor was a great immortal king. You have great potential, so why stay on this broken ship in the ancient world? Why not join us?” An Shi was very confident, looking like he had everything under control.

This is true. The overall strength of the alien realm far surpasses that of the ancient realm. If they are truly determined to spare no expense, the ancient realm will only face defeat and destruction.

"Anyone who didn't know better would think you were An Lan!" Chu Tianshu said disdainfully.

However, the next moment, an inexplicable power manifested in the void, with murderous intent filling the sky. A powerful and imposing phantom of a spear stretched across the heavens, seemingly becoming eternal.

Upon seeing the golden spear, many powerful figures from other realms bowed respectfully.

This is the power of the Celestial King. Even across a realm, as long as one calls upon his name, a portion of his power can be manifested.

Swish!
Just then, a dazzling sword light rose up, instantly shattering the golden spear phantom into pieces.

"You dare to act so arrogantly in front of me with just a mere weapon!"

For ordinary immortal beings, the projection of the Immortal King's power is indeed terrifying, but for a quasi-immortal king, it is nothing.

Especially for beings like Chu Tianshu, whose strength is close to that of a Celestial King, it can be easily defeated.

"Be bold!"

"You are presumptuous!"

In an instant, not only An Shi, but also many quasi-immortal kings from the other realm immediately spoke up to rebuke Chu Tianshu.

"How dare you insult my ancestors! Today I will capture you alive, extract your primordial spirit and burn it with supreme Dao fire every day, and turn your body into a bronze statue, so that you may kneel before the ancestral hall for all eternity!"

Enraged, An Shi took a step forward and instantly appeared in front of Chu Tianshu. He swung his spear, unleashing countless killing intents that shook the heavens and earth.

He wanted to kill this person who disrespected his ancestors and use his blood and tears to repent for his actions.

"Then let me see if your strength matches your stubbornness!"

Without the slightest hesitation, Chu Tianshu gently swung his sword, unleashing a terrifyingly powerful sword light. It revealed an unparalleled killing intent, shattering all tangible things. The Great Dao itself seemed to groan in despair, unable to withstand such an attack and on the verge of destruction.

Keng!
A clang of metal rang out as the sword light clashed with An Shi's spear, instantly causing a cataclysmic change in the heavens and earth. The void collapsed, all paths vanished, and the world seemed to enter an apocalyptic state.

"hiss!"

"What a strong strength!"

An Shi's expression changed drastically, his arm holding the spear trembled violently, and his body felt a series of stinging pains.

Despite his repeated overestimation of the human quasi-immortal king's strength, it still exceeded his expectations, and he suffered a minor loss in the very first moment of their exchange.

However, An Shi didn't care. As one of the most outstanding descendants of the Immortal King An Lan, he was confident that he was invincible among his peers, and a momentary lapse in judgment was nothing.

"You have been disrespectful to the great and immortal king. Today, I will use your blood to warn the world that a king cannot be dishonored!"

An Shi's voice was cold, and then the spear in his hand shone brightly, revealing its unparalleled sharpness.

The next moment, one golden spear after another appeared in the void, their power terrifying. Ordinary True Immortals who glanced at them were pierced by the violent killing intent, causing their eyes to bleed.

Countless golden spears hung in the sky, accompanied by the clanging of metal against metal, transforming into streaks of divine light as they hurtled towards Chu Tianshu.

In an instant, the void shattered, all paths turned to ruins, and golden light stretched for hundreds of millions of miles, enveloping the entire Purple Bamboo Forest in the South China Sea.

"cut!"

Chu Tianshu remained indifferent, regardless of the myriad mysteries of the magic, he would simply slay it with a single sword strike.

Keng!
A magnificent sword light shone forth, surpassing everything. All mystical techniques and great principles were shattered by it. This sword seemed capable of breaking through all laws, and An Shi's secret techniques were utterly powerless to resist it.

In the very instant the swords clashed, the golden spears were severed by the sword light and then shattered.

"How is this possible? The ancestral secret technique couldn't do anything to him?" An Shi was shocked. With the secret technique broken, he also suffered a backlash, and a trace of blood trickled from the corner of his mouth.

What he found most unbelievable was that even though he used the Anlan clan's secret technique to secretly collude with Anlan's immortal royal weapon, he was still no match for Chu Tianshu.

However, in just a moment of contact, his attack was completely broken by his opponent.

"Even if you learn someone else's technique, and that person is an immortal king, how much of its power can you unleash? You're still far from it!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Chu Tianshu, wielding his immortal sword, once again charged towards the near-immortal king of the Anlan clan.

"I'm afraid you won't succeed!"

An Shi snorted coldly, but his words were no longer as arrogant as before. He waved the golden hair in his hand, and blazing Dao runes rained down, piercing through heaven and earth, as he engaged Chu Tianshu in battle.

bump!
Another great collision ensued, with the immortal sword clashing with the spear. Endless light engulfed everything, seemingly intent on annihilating all things.

But after only a short while of fighting, An Shi's Dao heart was shattered by Chu Tianshu. A sword light flashed and severed one of his arms. His once mighty body was also covered in wounds, and his brilliant royal blood splattered across the sky.

kill!

Chu Tianshu unleashed his full power, and all five of his human body secret realms glowed. He demonstrated the supreme killing Dao to the fullest extent, and not only one Dao was displayed.

A fierce killing intent filled the universe, causing all the quasi-immortal kings and quasi-immortal kings present to feel a stinging pain in their bodies, as if they were about to completely collapse and disintegrate at any moment.

Not long after, this quasi-immortal king of the Anlan clan was completely suppressed and killed by Chu Tianshu. Before his primordial spirit could even escape, his whole body turned into a bloody light, and the immortal spear in his hand was also cut off by the immortal sword, and his essence was absorbed by him.

For a moment, the entire battlefield was completely stunned, staring in disbelief at the scene before them.

Chu Tianshu's full power was terrifying. Although he was only a quasi-immortal king, his combat strength subtly exceeded the scope of a quasi-immortal king and touched an unbelievable realm.

"Ten, the ten most dangerous..."

A near-immortal king cried out in terror, believing that Chu Tianshu possessed the strength of one of the Ten Fiends. After all, a peak near-immortal king, and a descendant of an immortal king, had been killed in such a short time.

With such strength, even if he is not as good as a Celestial King, he is not far off, and he has indeed reached the edge of the Ten Fiends.

"How...how is this possible? Aren't the Ten Fiends of the Ancient Realm already under surveillance? Why would such an unparalleled being appear!"

An immortal being looked at Chu Tianshu, whose ferocity was overwhelming, trembled and almost fell out of the void.

The Ten Fiends are too renowned. Although not all of them are Immortal King level beings, even those Ten Fiends who are quasi-Immortal King level can unleash the strength of a flawed Immortal King. When they unleash their full power, they are enough to briefly contend with an ordinary Immortal King. They are too extraordinary.

Ordinary near-immortal kings are almost powerless against the Ten Fiends.

Has Chu Tianshu truly reached the level of one of the Ten Fiends? Of course not, but he's not far off either.

If this were before the Daoist debate, even if he could kill An Shi, it would have been impossible for him to do so so quickly; he might have even sustained some injuries.

However, this discussion was very beneficial to Chu Tianshu. Since he stepped into the realm of the Mortal Immortal, he had been exploring everything on his own, without anyone to talk to. His understanding of his own Dao and Dharma was limited, and his level of perfection was also limited.

It wasn't until this discussion with the Three Pure Ones and other quasi-immortal kings that he witnessed different paths and methods, and different cultivation systems, which greatly moved him.

This was like a mirror, reflecting Chu Tianshu's shortcomings and mistakes.

Chu Tianshu rectified these mistakes and shortcomings one by one, and then integrated these insights into his own Dao and Dharma, taking another step forward, which can be considered as having one foot in the realm of the Ten Fiends.

Under his full power, Chu Tianshu was indeed able to enter the Ten Fiends Domain for a short period of time.

Especially after killing An Shi, Chu Tianshu's Dao and Dharma have become more integrated, and he seems to be truly stepping into the realm of the Ten Fiends.

"Fight again!"

Chu Tianshu felt a surge of excitement, his fighting spirit rising even higher. Once his Dao and Dharma reached the Ten Fierce Domain, it would prove that he was not far from the pinnacle of immortality as predicted.

Even if he were to face a true Immortal King, as long as it wasn't a giant like the Immortal King of No End or the Immortal King of Six Paths of Reincarnation, he would have no fear and could handle the situation with ease.

Such rapid progress is unprecedented. Chu Tianshu has only been a Red Dust Immortal for tens of thousands of years, yet his cultivation has advanced to this level.

Once one truly steps into the realm of Immortal Kings, their strength will likely immediately rise to the ranks of Immortal King giants.

Chu Tianshu's eyes burned fiercely, as if they could crush the galaxy and melt time and space.

He began searching for an opponent, hoping to find a near-immortal king of sufficient stature to help him take the next step.

But those near-immortal kings didn't dare to face him at all. As soon as Chu Tianshu got close, they fled without saying a word.

For a short time, Chu Tianshu became the most carefree person on the entire battlefield, and no one dared to oppose him.

This situation also relieved the quasi-immortal kings of the ancient realm, as they no longer continued to perish, and the overall situation on the battlefield eased considerably.

Just then, the Immortal King of No End finally gained the upper hand. An immortal giant from another realm was severely injured and nearly perished under the Bell of No End, his immortal blood staining the River of Time.

"Dang Dang Dang!"

As a series of magnificent bell tolls echoed, waves of celestial bell energy surged forth from the river of time, carrying supreme killing intent, and swept away the alien army that had ravaged the entire Purple Bamboo Forest of the South China Sea.

Bang bang bang!
In the blink of an eye, the once overwhelming foreign army exploded, blood splattering into the sky, and not a single foreigner survived.

The next moment, a majestic figure appeared in the sky. His face was resolute, as if all the difficulties in the world were nothing to him. His boundless divine power seemed to illuminate all the heavens and the myriad worlds.

He stood there, as if at the end of the long river of time, where time began.

He was none other than the Immortal King Wuzhong, one of the giants of the ancient world's immortal kings.

However, he was not in good condition at the moment. His face was pale, his gray Taoist robe was splattered with blood, and there was a fist-sized blood hole in his waist. Undying Dao runes were wrapped around it, preventing the blood hole from healing itself.

Analogous to the injuries of the Immortal King of No End, the Immortal King giant who nearly perished would be in an even worse state, abandoned by the alien army as a pawn.

However, this loss is a trivial matter for the alien realm, not worth an immortal king risking complete annihilation to save it.

Not long after, the battle on the side of the Six Paths Reincarnation Immortal King also ended.

Seeing that the Immortal King Wuzhong had freed up his forces, the people in the other realms realized that if they continued to fight head-on, they would likely suffer a crushing defeat when the other Immortal Kings from the ancient realm arrived. So they also chose to retreat.

However, the two Celestial Kings only made a brief appearance before disappearing from everyone's sight.

Clearly, the sudden attack from another realm had severely injured them, and they needed to immediately go into seclusion to recover from their injuries.

"Cough cough cough..."

"Brother Taiyi, we owe you a great debt this time; otherwise, we would also have been in danger of perishing."

Lord Yu Yu's face was flushed, and each cough was mixed with specks of blood. His body was covered with wounds.

As the renowned Three Pure Ones Heavenly Lord in the ancient realm, he was also one of the key targets of the quasi-immortal kings of other realms.

He always believed in offense as defense and killing to stop killing. Apart from those few fallen quasi-immortal kings, his injuries were the most severe.

If it weren't for Chu Tianshu's outburst, he might have perished under the siege.

"Brother Yu, you are too kind. When the nest is overturned, no egg remains intact. I was merely trying to protect myself."

Chu Tianshu shook his head. Right now, there are only a few Quasi-Immortal Kings in the Purple Bamboo Forest of the South China Sea, while the alien army has nearly a hundred Quasi-Immortal Kings. The difference in strength is too great.

If the Three Pure Ones and Wang Huan and others all perish, and the alien army launches a full-scale attack on him, he too risks perishing.

After all, he had not fully absorbed the gains from this Dao discussion. Even if he could briefly unleash the power of the Ten Fiends, he would not be able to kill so many quasi-immortal kings in a short time.

At the same time, the other quasi-immortal kings all bowed and paid their respects to Chu Tianshu.

"Fellow Daoists, my injuries are quite severe, so I must take my leave first!"

After a heavily injured Quasi-Immortal King finished speaking, he transformed into a divine rainbow and disappeared into the sky. The others, seeing this, also rose to take their leave.

"I'll also go into seclusion for a while. When I come out of seclusion this time, I should be able to push my cultivation to the Ten Fierce Domain!"

Before Chu Tianshu could absorb the gains from this Dao discussion, he encountered a large-scale invasion from the alien realm. After a fierce battle, Chu Tianshu could feel that he was only one step away from the Ten Fiends realm, and he could no longer restrain himself.

(End of this chapter)