Upon stepping into the Quasi-Emperor realm, all of heaven and earth, all things, would become one's combat power.
Instead of borrowing origin, laws, and so forth as before.
Therefore, upon reaching the Quasi-Emperor realm, combat power truly reached an almost indescribable level.
Facing this Emperor Art from 'Jing He'.
Chen Jiuyang raised his eyes, immortal light erupting from his body.
To use Emperor Arts at the Quasi-Emperor level still required a great price, as one had not yet achieved an alternative path to enlightenment.
Clearly, this 'Jing He' was also filled with killing intent.
"A pity..."
"To wish to kill me with a single Emperor Art is not enough..."
"Clang!"
Chen Jiuyang's body was instantly adorned with sabers, spears, bows, and arrows!
"Yuan Dao—Myriad Manifestations of Heaven's Will, Nine Revolutions Unite!"
Suddenly, Chen Jiuyang's body also unleashed a move of Emperor Art level.
Like a crescent moon, like a spear thrust, like an arrow, like sword energy, like saber aura!
Chen Jiuyang's path had ultimately gone further than 'Jing He'. He was only a sliver away from achieving an alternative path to enlightenment, and he had long known the secrets of this path through various Emperor Sutras.
The thirty-third layer of the Celestial Stairway ascended further, becoming a unification. Dao, Qi, God, Technique, Origin unified into one, the first step in transcending an alternative path to enlightenment towards Human Immortal!
This change was not external, but internal.
Chen Jiuyang had already achieved unification, but only the strength of his realm had not yet advanced. Upon obtaining the Dao fruit, Chen Jiuyang knew that to become a Human Immortal, one had to refine the Dao fruit.
A single strike unleashed!
The heavens darkened, the earth crumbled, an apocalypse poured down!
This strike was not unleashed from afar. Instead, Chen Jiuyang extended his arm, his figure darting forward, accompanied by a punch, crossing the distance and directly arriving before 'Jing He'.
Then.
It landed heavily upon 'Jing He'!
After one breath.
Screech!
'Jing He's' eyes were filled with astonishment, complexity, disbelief, and more: "I stepped onto the Dao before you, yet you have surpassed me!"
This punch, like the sky collapsing, like the earth splitting, its movement and retraction were like the end of days, surpassing the limits of martial arts.
Then.
Within a hundred miles, dark clouds suddenly condensed, followed by.
"Roar!!!"
Lightning flashed, and blood rained down.
It was as if heaven and earth were weeping for the demise of 'Jing He'.
The torrential blood rain poured down. The origin and laws that 'Jing He' had plundered from heaven and earth were returned to them. Even the meticulously tempered martial will transformed into nourishment for heaven and earth.
Chen Jiuyang still held to his words: "Between people, not everyone can be compared."
"Though you stepped onto the Dao before me, you walked too slowly."
'Jing He's' body began to transform into streams of light, gradually dissipating.
Chen Jiuyang's heart remained unmoved.
A hundred miles away.
The onlookers, gazing at this cascading blood rain and the seemingly mournful cries of heaven and earth, could not help but be moved.
"Is it over..."
No one dared to step forward, fearing being struck and killed by the residual power of the terrifying move, they strained to see into the center, their souls still shaken.
In the center of the battlefield, Chen Jiuyang raised his hand, grabbed 'Jing He's' neck, and with a forceful squeeze, crushed his bones:
"Ultimately, you were a Quasi-Emperor. I shall send you off, leaving you with a complete corpse."
Thus, 'Jing He's' physical body, instead of completely returning to heaven and earth as streams of light and dissipating, was left with a complete corpse.
Chen Jiuyang had already taken that step in terms of strength, condensing a trace of Dao power. Even heaven and earth could not obstruct his path.
After the Quasi-Emperor realm, all was unification, the condensation of Dao power, also called Immortal power.
This was the mark of an alternative path to enlightenment.
The next moment.
"Clang! Clang! Clang!"
All things trembled.
Emperor might appeared everywhere. The true bodies were in danger, but rather Dao power avatars appeared. Those terrifying figures, like Immortal Kings, spanned across heaven and earth, numbering in the dozens.
The resonant Dao sounds were like supreme immortal melodies, solemn, terrifying, mysterious, and sacred!
The gaze of each terrifying Dao power avatar fell upon Chen Jiuyang.
Carefully observing him.
"The remnant village... has truly produced an extraordinary junior..."
One Dao power avatar spoke.
After a while longer, these dozens of figures who had achieved an alternative path to enlightenment dissipated, as if they had never been there.
Chen Jiuyang furrowed his brow: "These are... those from the great forbidden lands who have already obtained the Dao fruit..."
Immediately, Chen Jiuyang breathed a sigh of relief.
Among the previous karmic debts and grudges, 'Jing He' was the strongest. After resolving and dispelling this karmic debt, the subsequent ones were merely small fry.
"Then I shall lie low for a bit..."
"Proclaim to the world that those who participated in ambushing me ten thousand years ago, if they are still alive, shall commit suicide and send their corpses."
"This is limited to seven days."
"Otherwise, this seat shall personally exterminate your clans!"
Chen Jiuyang, with his peak Quasi-Emperor cultivation, was qualified to say such words.
After all, in front of so many people and the Wuming Palace, 'Jing He', a Quasi-Emperor, had died.
Who else could be stronger?
Chen Jiuyang did not believe that those with karmic grievances against him would be stronger than him.
That would only be those who had achieved an alternative path to enlightenment by refining the Dao fruit.
He had only reached the peak of the Quasi-Emperor realm; others could not even be considered.
...
The news of this battle spread, shaking the world, leaving everyone in awe.
This person was not the Great Sage Qanyang, but the Martial Emperor Qanyang!
Those who did not ascend to the position of Emperor were called 'Martial Emperors'!
He had even killed another Martial Emperor!
And ordered those from ten thousand years ago to commit suicide, or face clan extermination.
The Guard Commander and the Jixia Academy were content to watch the show.
However, for the forces that had once sought to kill Chen Jiuyang, it was a difficult situation.
These fists were truly capable of pushing across eighty thousand miles of mountains and rivers!
On this day, even foreign gods who had been causing trouble everywhere, and great demons lurking around China, voluntarily retreated.
Within China, there was a peak Quasi-Emperor who was active and in his prime. According to the records, this person was not easy to deal with ten thousand years ago.
They did not care how many cannon fodder died, but they did not want to die after painstakingly reaching a higher cultivation level.
This news shook the Earth, but the news was not limited to this place.
...
Lesser Immortal Realm.
Central Continent.
Chongming Sea Sacred Land.
Having returned to the Central Continent for tens of thousands of years, Chongming Sea was now majestic and grand, with flourishing fortune and numerous prodigies.
Zhu Zhaoming had been the Holy Master of Chongming Sea for tens of thousands of years. He had once been the Son of Fortune of an era. After his cultivation reached the Quasi-Emperor realm, he was unable to advance further due to the era.
However, unwilling to wait a lifetime, and unwilling to become a pawn in the final game, he switched to cultivating the immortal path, becoming an immortal in the mortal world, enjoying a long and eternal life.
When the news from Earth was transmitted, this person, who was now a overlord of a sacred land, could not help but have a look of realization upon seeing the news:
"Master has revived, peak Quasi-Emperor..."
"Wishing to walk the alternative path to enlightenment."
Then, he crumbled the message slip into dust, his eyes distant, as if contemplating something.
...
Rumble!!!
At this moment, a sense of upheaval emanated from all corners of the universe.
It was as if the boundary membranes were being torn apart.
"That is... the seniors who campaigned in the Immortal Realm are returning..."