Chen Jiuyang heard this, merely smiled faintly, and said,
"What use is it to return my wife, Yao Zixuan?"
"If I cannot avenge her, how can I face her, how can I face our child."
"Save your breath with those words."
Chen Jiuyang could not reveal that he had already met Yao Zixuan once in the Lesser Immortal Realm. Otherwise, with the methods of the Five Great Sacred Lands, they would likely threaten him again.
"Stubborn and unyielding, then do not blame me for clearing the house today."
Chen Haofeng said coldly, and then a vast and majestic aura surged from his body.
It was the Half-step Dao Integration stage!
Everyone simultaneously thought: Here it comes!
"Whoosh!!!"
Spiritual energy overflowed, and then a verdant Sword Immortal Dharma Form suddenly descended.
The reason for unleashing the strongest Dharma Form right from the start was clear to anyone with a bit of sense. Firstly, based on Chen Jiuyang's past combat power and achievements, ordinary moves would be useless against him.
Secondly, after Chen Jiuyang achieved Dao and imprinted his true name, what was his combat strength?
Had he truly stepped into the Emperor Dao, as they suspected?
"Buzz buzz buzz!!!"
The sound of the sword hummed loudly, shaking the heavens.
"Azure Lotus Sword Immortal Dharma Form!"
Someone exclaimed.
"Half-step Dao Integration, this Dharma Form contains a trace of the Sword Dao origin, its destructive power is likely not small."
Chen Jiuyang's face still held a faint smile, and he said,
"Come, let me see if you have the ability to clear the house."
"Or to die by my hand."
He clearly understood the reason for such a grand display this time. All the Five Great Sacred Lands, taboo families, and several demonic sects wanted to know if he had stepped into the Emperor Dao.
This was a test, and it also determined the future direction of the grand trend.
Unknowingly, he had stepped into the very center of the martial and immortal realms. Every move he made stirred up the winds and clouds.
"Buzz!"
The Sword Immortal Dharma Form moved, and an extremely sharp and dangerous aura assaulted him.
At this moment, everyone held their breath, their gazes fixed on Chen Jiuyang, watching how he would respond.
Under the gaze of countless eyes.
Chen Jiuyang moved.
He did not erupt with terrifying aura as usual.
Only a faint golden light emanated from his body, and he slowly raised one hand, whereupon extremely brilliant flowing light flames appeared.
"Clang!!!"
A piercing sound suddenly rang out.
There was no terrifying shockwave rampaging as people were accustomed to.
Chen Haofeng's sword came down, and Chen Jiuyang received it, blocking it plainly.
However, it gave people an even more terrifying feeling.
This sword, carrying a trace of Sword Dao law, felt like a small stone thrown into the ocean.
Silently.
"Carrying the origin within, controlling it with ease, he has achieved Dao..." an elder cultivator's voice trembled.
Witnessing a Dao-achieving martial artist at the age of twenty-eight.
It was enough to shatter their world.
Although they already knew about the imprinting of true names, seeing a Dao-achieving martial artist with their own eyes was a different feeling altogether.
Even the demonic cultivators had different emotions.
Previously, although Chen Jiuyang possessed the origin and laws of fire, it was limited to his specific divine ability, the Zhurong moves.
But now, it was completely different.
With one sword strike.
The scene fell into dead silence, not a sound was heard, an unprecedented oppressive silence weighed on many hearts.
After Chen Haofeng's sword strike.
Chen Jiuyang's raised hand continued to move, and from a thousand meters away, he made a slapping motion towards Chen Haofeng's physical body.
"Slap—"
"Beep! Beep!"
A thousand meters away, Chen Haofeng's physical body was directly smashed into pieces, leaving horrifying five-finger imprints.
"What kind of attack is this!!!"
Some less knowledgeable cultivators and martial artists exclaimed in surprise.
Even elder cultivators frowned.
"This is..."
"The extension of power after achieving Dao..."
However, in just a breath, Chen Haofeng's broken physical body recovered. At the Half-step Dao Integration stage, physical injuries were not a significant damage; the soul was the most important.
Chen Haofeng's face turned ashen: "How dare you, you brat, humiliate this seat like this!!!"
"Humiliate you?"
Chen Jiuyang's face still held a faint smile: "Not at all."
"You are merely a pawn pushed out by the Five Great Sacred Lands, not worthy of my humiliation."
The faces of the people from the Five Great Sacred Lands immediately turned extremely unpleasant.
"You have cultivated to the Void Returning stage for thousands of years, yet today, you are only here to test my strength, and your life will be buried here in vain," Chen Jiuyang said with a hint of pity, "How pathetic."
"As of today, I shall tell you some things."
"Many people are curious, how I, who was just an ordinary person a few years ago, have reached this point in just a few years. Some speculate I was possessed, others that I am the reincarnation of a great being."
"But you have tested this before, and it is not the case."
"I am the Pure Yang Divine Body. A long time ago, the ancestor of the Shu Mountain Chen family, the tribulation-transcending immortal Pure Yang Medical Immortal, also possessed the same divine body as me."
"I merely happened to obtain his inheritance, which allowed me to advance rapidly from humble beginnings."
"But now, the Pure Yang Medical Immortal's inheritance is of no use to me, and even hinders my progress."
"Before the Pure Yang Medical Immortal passed away, he left a letter. In it, he wrote that the Immortal Alliance today, the Five Great Sacred Lands, are no longer the Immortal Alliance of the past. They are all selfish old immortals seeking longevity."
"It is a pity that some of his descendants are still abetting evil, even helping the Five Great Sacred Lands, and harming their own kin."
"Too pitiful."
"Chen Haofeng, your life will not be wasted; I will use it to collect some interest. For the sake of kinship, I will allow you to complete your mission and die."
The information in Chen Jiuyang's words was too vast, but before anyone could digest it, an aura of the fourth level of the Venerable realm manifested on his body.
"Boom boom boom!!!"
The heavens and earth lost their color, half the sky was dyed red, and the profound meaning of the Great Dao flowed around his body, with the origin and laws of fire entwined.
At this moment.
Everyone's expression changed, their faces filled with horror.
"This is..."
"Venerable realm fourth level, how is this possible..."
"Achieved Dao before reaching the Emperor realm!!!"
The origin of fire transformed into a bow, and a blue Chi You phantom enveloped Chen Jiuyang, exuding a feeling of burning everything to ashes.
Then, Chen Jiuyang slowly drew the bow to its full extent, and his calm voice slowly spread:
"Watch carefully, this divine ability is called Heavenly Will Four Symbols - Summer Arrow!"
The bow drawn to its full extent signifies full power.
The arrow formed from spiritual energy burst forth, and that terrifying feeling of being connected to heaven and earth, leaving nowhere to hide and being locked on, instantly enveloped Chen Haofeng.
"Bang—"
A world-shattering firelight burned, piercing Chen Haofeng's physical body, and then the origin of fire incinerated Chen Haofeng.
"Ah!!!"
He let out a piercing scream, and in an instant, Chen Haofeng's physical body, along with his soul, was burned to ashes.
The dignified Half-step Dao Integration great cultivator thus perished.
Countless people were terrified!