You Shall Witness This Emperor's Supreme Power

He charged with his spear, thrusting at Feng Xiu in a rapid, relentless flurry.

Feng Xiu didn't move his feet. He swayed his upper body a few times, and every thrust missed by the edge of his robes. The Pride Original Sin God stabbed more than a dozen times without so much as grazing his clothes.

"Dodging?" The Pride Original Sin God swept his spear at him.

Feng Xiu raised a hand to block. The shaft struck his palm with a hum.

He drew his hand back. His palm was clean, without even a red mark.

The Pride Original Sin God retreated two steps, his chest heaving. He could no longer maintain his lofty bearing.

"Sever your head and offer this god your humility!"

With that, the Pride Original Sin God raised his spear high overhead, and silver light burst from its shaft.

"Divine Punishment! Arrogant Sovereign!"

A gigantic phantom took shape behind him. It looked exactly like him, only ten times larger.

Gripping its spear in both hands, it thrust down at Feng Xiu. The wind pressure from the spear tip depressed the floor of the entire level.

Feng Xiu said indifferently, "Noisy thing."

He flicked his hand, sending several purple threads of Spiritual Power flying from his fingertips. They wrapped around the giant phantom's arms and spear shaft, then pulled upward, forcibly arresting its movement in midair.

Immediately afterward, Feng Xiu extended his hand, holding his open palm in front of the spear tip. The giant spear struck his palm, leaving him unscathed.

"You really are a little stronger than that trash on the first level," Feng Xiu said, looking at him.

"But only a little."

He clenched his right hand.

"God-Seizing Grip."

The threads of Spiritual Power binding the phantom tightened.

The giant phantom began to crumble from its arms, pieces falling away until it shattered completely in the blink of an eye.

Rumble!

The Pride Original Sin God dropped to one knee, using his spear to keep from falling flat. He looked up at Feng Xiu, his face full of bewilderment.

"How is this possible... How can a mere insect resist this king's Divine Punishment?!"

Feng Xiu looked down at him, his gaze indifferent.

"It seems you still haven't understood the situation."

The Pride Original Sin God gritted his teeth and pushed himself up, then charged again with his spear. This thrust had lost all form and was driven by brute force alone.

Feng Xiu glanced at him, his voice tinged with disdain. "Fool."

He stood where he was and released the Spiritual Power around him. The resulting shockwave sent the Pride Original Sin God flying, his spear ripped from his hand. He rolled across the floor several times before coming to a stop.

Feng Xiu reached into the void and drew the Heaven-Defying Demon God Sword from a rift. The moment the blade emerged, the air on the entire level grew heavier.

Sword in hand, he walked toward the Pride Original Sin God. "You're very fortunate. This emperor will grant you a less boring death."

The Pride Original Sin God lay on the ground, watching the sword descend toward him. For the first time, fear appeared on his face, and he scrambled backward on his hands and feet.

Feng Xiu raised the sword.

"You shall witness this emperor's supreme power."

He brought the sword down. Its light swept across the floor of the entire level, cleaving open a bottomless fissure.

The sword light struck the Pride Original Sin God squarely, splitting him down the middle. With his last breath, he forced out a hoarse cry.

"Your power... is full of your grave sins! The deeper your sins, the heavier the Divine Punishment you'll face later! Can you make it past the Divine Punishment of the remaining five sins?!"

Feng Xiu floated in midair, drawing back his sword and holding still. He looked down at the fading remnant and spoke indifferently.

"What I step past is not punishment for sin. The Divine Punishment Tower is merely a staircase for this emperor's Ascension to Godhood."

He raised a hand and pressed it down in the air. A gigantic sun formed at the top of the tower, bathing the entire level in a deathly pale light.

"Who do you think can stop me?"

"Blasphemous Edict."

The sun fell, blasting the entire second level into nothingness.

The Pride Original Sin God's final cry lingered in the void for a moment before fading. Nothing remained.

Feng Xiu lowered his hand, landed at the foot of the stairs to the third level, and began to climb.

The third level.

A vortex slowly opened directly in front of him, and a slender figure rose from it. Dark red luminous mist enveloped her body, and her features were indistinct, but her eyes shone with a piercing brightness.

"To think neither Gluttony nor Pride could judge you."

The Envy Original Sin God tilted her head and watched Feng Xiu for two breaths.

"What about Envy, then?"

She snapped her fingers.

The ground beneath Feng Xiu's feet suddenly split open. Countless withered hands reached out from underground, grasping at his ankles.

The backs of those hands were covered in cracked skin and dark red sinews. Their nails were long and black, scraping shrilly against the stone slabs.

"The human heart is a pitch-black ocean."

The Envy Original Sin God's voice drifted.

"And envy is the deepest part of it. It lies buried in everyone's heart. It will devour your sinews and bones, hollow out your lungs and guts, and drag you into Infinite Hell."

The entire space turned inside out. The stone slabs became a sea of blood, its stench suffocating, and something could faintly be seen swimming beneath the surface.

A Great White Shark burst from the bloody waves to his side, its mouth full of knife-like teeth. It opened its jaws and bit at Feng Xiu.

Feng Xiu raised his hand, formed a sun in his palm, and pushed it forward.

The sun expanded instantly. The Great White Shark crashed into it and was crushed to fragments, skin and bones together, scattering into the bloody water.

The Envy Original Sin God froze for a moment.

"What?!"

The next second, Feng Xiu flashed in front of her, seized her by the neck, and lifted her off the ground.

"This emperor has heard enough of this boring noise."

He tightened his grip. With a crack, the Envy Original Sin God's neck bent to one side. Dark red light escaped from her seven orifices, and all signs of life left her.

Feng Xiu released her, dropping her on the ground, and stepped over her without looking back.

"Let's make this game a little more interesting."

He continued forward, his footsteps echoing through the empty third level.

When he reached the center, he stopped and said indifferently, "I'll allow you to come at me together and try to stop me."

With that, he raised his hand, and dark purple Spiritual Power spread in every direction. Wherever it passed, the tower walls cracked and stone pillars collapsed. He swept the entire third level into rubble.

As soon as his words fell, several pillars of light descended from the sky and struck the ground around him, sending stone fragments flying.

The pillars of light dispersed, and three figures walked out.

The one on the left was skin and bones, with deeply sunken eyes. He rubbed his hands constantly, making his nails click.

The one in the middle had bulging muscles all over and a flushed red face. White vapor puffed from his nostrils.

The one on the right stood crookedly, his head drooping and his eyes half open, as though he hadn't woken up.

"How dare you provoke the Original Sin Gods like this!"

The Greed Original Sin God rubbed his hands, staring at the dark purple Spiritual Power around Feng Xiu, and swallowed.

"Have you decided how you want to die?"

The Wrath Original Sin God said nothing. His clenched fists creaked, and his breathing grew heavier.

The Sloth Original Sin God yawned.

"Hurry up. I still have to sleep after this fight..."

Feng Xiu glanced at the three of them and said indifferently, "Is that so?"