Transcendent Power, Radiant Sun Celestial Venerable

Between Heaven and Earth.

This withered and thin old man drew everyone's gaze. He walked slowly, yet every step seemed to land upon everyone's hearts, filling all present with fear and trepidation.

Setting everything else aside.

The terrifying bloody radiance emanating from his body alone.

Had already surpassed the understanding of many present.

"True Essence surges to the heavens, spilling forth!"

Luo Mengxian's expression had turned ugly to the extreme.

She was the Saintess of Qianqiu Pavilion and naturally understood Transcendent Realm Martial Artists. She knew that the scattered blood-red light was formed from the True Essence overflowing from the withered and thin old man's body.

The Huangfu Family truly had not intended to leave Luo Mengxian any path to survival.

They had actually kept a Transcendent Realm Martial Artist in reserve!

Even Luo Mengxian was like this, while the Empress, Phoenix, Sword Demon, and the other nine Martial Saint Realm figures felt unprecedented terror as they looked at the withered and thin old man before them.

To them.

They could be said to stand at the pinnacle of Great Gan's power or Martial Dao.

Yet ordinarily, they did not even have the qualifications to come into contact with Through Profound Realm Martial Artists.

Let alone Transcendent Realm Martial Artists.

At this moment.

The Empress stared at the withered and thin old man before her, and an unprecedented despair arose in her heart.

Even Transcendent Realm Martial Artists were this terrifying.

Able to look down upon all beings.

Then what of the Celestial Phenomenon Realm above the Transcendent Realm?

Could she truly break free from Qianqiu Pavilion's control?

The Empress only felt that.

All her painstaking schemes.

Seemed like the antics of a clown hopping on a beam.

Ridiculous to the extreme.

At this moment, the Purple Robe Elder cupped his fists and bowed to the withered and thin old man, saying, "Senior Evil King, this junior is incompetent and could not deal with the person before us, forcing you to reveal yourself."

The Purple Robe Elder was also in the Through Profound Realm.

He was ordinarily incomparably arrogant.

But before the withered and thin old man.

The Purple Robe Elder was like a disciple seeing his teacher.

Trembling with fear.

Humble to the extreme.

Not daring to show the slightest disrespect.

"Evil King?"

Upon hearing the Evil King's title, Sword Demon widened his eyes in disbelief.

"Senior, you are the Evil King? I heard my Master mention you before, but didn't you meet a natural death thirty years ago? How..."

After hearing Sword Demon's words, the Evil King's gaze fell upon him as he said, "You carry the aura of an old friend. I presume your Master is my friend from those years, the Sword Venerable?"

"That is correct!"

Sword Demon nodded. "It is only that this junior's skills are lacking. I was unable to fully inherit my Master's legacy, and I remain in the Martial Saint Realm today. I have made a fool of myself before Senior Evil King."

"The Martial Saint Realm is not bad either."

The Evil King shook his head and said.

"Martial Dao cultivation is inherently difficult. Aside from those sects with secret inheritances stretching back a thousand years, the endpoint for ordinary Martial Artists like us in this lifetime is the Martial Saint Realm."

At this point.

The Evil King's expression became incomparably complicated as he continued.

"Thirty years ago, I was fortunate enough to break into the Through Profound Realm and believed myself invincible beneath heaven. Yet I never expected that there were always greater people beyond people, and higher heavens beyond heaven. I provoked a force I should not have provoked and was nearly blown apart by one of its heirs, forcing me to fake my death and escape."

"For more than twenty years afterward, I hid like a rat in a gutter. Later, it was the Huangfu Family within Qianqiu Pavilion that helped me resolve this calamity, allowing me to walk openly among men once more."

"Moreover, I could not have attained the Transcendent Realm without the Huangfu Family's support."

"And now, it is indeed time for me to repay the Huangfu Family's kindness."

Then.

The Evil King's gaze fell upon Luo Mengxian as he said, "Saintess, do not blame me for being heartless. The Huangfu Family has already decreed that you must die today."

The Evil King's voice was calm.

But when it fell upon Luo Mengxian's ears.

It was like the whisper of a nightmare.

Her face could not help turning deathly pale.

Luo Mengxian knew clearly that, out in the outside world, once one was targeted by a Transcendent Realm Martial Artist, surviving was harder than ascending to heaven!

However.

Luo Mengxian still forced herself to hold on. She met the Evil King's gaze and said.

"Evil King, you are different from the others. You are in the Transcendent Realm, a rarity in the outside world. If you kill me, Qianqiu Pavilion will easily trace you. Murdering Qianqiu Pavilion's Saintess is not something even the Huangfu Family can protect you from."

"It does not matter."

The Evil King said calmly, "I have little lifespan remaining to begin with, and have been relying on Blood Pills to extend my life. To repay the Huangfu Family's kindness before death, this old man is more than willing."

After hearing the Evil King's words.

The last hope hanging in Luo Mengxian's heart died completely.

She took a deep breath and looked toward Ren Xiaoyao before her.

"Senior, thank you for helping me today, but I truly have no path to survival now. Please take my disciple Ruyan and flee this place. This junior will be eternally grateful."

This Evil King was a Transcendent Realm Martial Artist.

And he carried the resolve to die.

Under such circumstances.

Luo Mengxian did not wish to drag Ren Xiaoyao down with her.

"Trying to escape? I fear it will not be so simple!"

At this moment, the Purple Robe Elder gave a cold laugh and said.

"Now that Senior Evil King has acted, the Huangfu Family has been brought into the open. If any survivors are left to leak these matters, would that not bring enormous trouble upon the Huangfu Family?"

The Evil King also nodded. Only then did his gaze fall upon Ren Xiaoyao as he said calmly.

"Junior, this old man can see that you do have some ability. You even discovered this old man's presence. But today, this old man has no choice but to send you to the Yellow Springs."

After hearing the Evil King's words, Ren Xiaoyao chuckled. "Evil King, are you truly so confident that you can kill me?"

The Transcendent Realm.

To others.

Might truly be akin to gods and devils.

But to Ren Xiaoyao.

This Evil King was nothing much.

When Ren Xiaoyao had first arrived at the Imperial Palace, his Spiritual Sense had already covered everything, and he had discovered the Evil King's presence. But when had he ever cared in the slightest?

A mere Transcendent Realm!

After hearing Ren Xiaoyao's words, the Evil King smiled faintly and said.

"Junior, it seems you still do not understand the gap between the Through Profound Realm and the Transcendent Realm. Since that is the case, I shall let you experience Transcendent power before you die."

After hearing the Evil King's words.

The Purple Robe Elder gave a cold laugh. Looking at Ren Xiaoyao, he said.

"You fellow, I clearly warned you before, yet you insisted on remaining stubborn and seeking your own death. Then you cannot blame me. You brought all this upon yourself!"

The Purple Robe Elder's gaze was full of mockery and ridicule.

He had suffered a great loss at Ren Xiaoyao's hands.

He could not recover that lost face himself.

Now that the Evil King would kill Ren Xiaoyao.

He naturally felt incomparably delighted!

As for Sword Demon and the other nine Martial Saint Realm figures.

Their gazes also fell upon the Evil King and Ren Xiaoyao. Although there was no suspense whatsoever regarding the battle's outcome, they knew in their hearts that this battle would certainly be the most brilliant battle they had ever witnessed in their lives!

"To witness a Transcendent Martial Artist make a move, I can die without regrets in this life!"

"This Through Profound Martial Artist is rather unfortunate. Of all people, he had to encounter the Evil King!"

"No matter what, if news of this battle spreads, it will shake the entire world!"

Sword Demon and the other nine Martial Saint Realm figures.

Their expressions were also excited to the extreme.

And the Empress.

Her gaze toward Ren Xiaoyao was filled with venom and hatred.

That kneel just now had utterly destroyed her imperial dignity. Naturally, she wished for the Evil King to blow Ren Xiaoyao apart on the spot.

To relieve the hatred in her heart.

At this moment.

The Evil King stepped forward and looked at Ren Xiaoyao before him. "Junior, use your strongest Martial Art as you please, lest you die with regrets!"

Accompanied By the Evil King's words falling.

The Evil King stood in the void.

His gaze swept down arrogantly.

Disdaining all things.

Ren Xiaoyao did the same. Riding the wind, he rose into the air and stood in the void as he said, "Since that is the case, let me see just how much fighting power a Transcendent Realm Martial Artist possesses."

"Hahaha!"

"Good!"

Seeing that Ren Xiaoyao truly had the courage to contend against him, the Evil King burst into laughter and said.

"This old man has not made a move in thirty years. Since I am killing you today, I shall give you sufficient respect. This old man will use his strongest fighting power and will not hold back in the slightest!"

As his words fell.

The Evil King's aura grew even stronger.

His hands became palms, and boundless bloody radiance surged behind him.

It seemed to dye half the Capital City blood-red.

At this moment.

Endless gales churned.

The gale swept across the Imperial Palace.

As though it would blow these century-old palace halls into ruins.

The gale also lashed against the faces of Luo Mengxian, the Empress, Sword Demon, and the other nine Martial Saints.

They only felt an unprecedented feeling of suffocation surge into their hearts.

At this moment.

Everyone felt that even breathing was incomparably difficult.

The might of a Transcendent Realm Martial Artist.

Was displayed to the fullest at this moment.

Like gods and devils.

Afterward.

The Evil King let out a roar.

The bloody radiance around him rolled even more fiercely. It was endless True Essence spilling forth from the Evil King's body.

And the Evil King's body, originally incomparably shriveled and thin, actually became tremendously brawny at this moment. His entire person was like a blood-colored Asura, standing proudly in the void.

"Is this the Transcendent Realm?"

The Purple Robe Elder looked at the Evil King in the heavens.

A sense of powerlessness also arose in his heart.

The Through Profound Realm and the Transcendent Realm appeared.

To differ by merely a single realm.

Yet between them lay an insurmountable chasm.

"This old man also has regrets. Since attaining the Transcendent Realm, I have never once made a move. Today, I finally have a battle. I must go all out; even if I die, I shall have no regrets!"

The Evil King spoke, his voice carrying regret as well as unrestrained ease.

Ren Xiaoyao also chuckled. "Then let me witness what Transcendent might truly is."

"Hahaha! Good!"

The Evil King laughed loudly.

Afterward.

Before everyone's utterly horrified gazes.

The Evil King charged toward Ren Xiaoyao. His hands became palms, and rolling True Essence surged forth from them. The void itself was blasted apart, and thunderous roars followed.

The Evil King roared, "Junior, please go to your death!"

In an instant.

That gale blew even Martial Saint Realm experts unsteady, making their bodies sway. The Empress, Phoenix, Liu Ruyan, and the others were even blown to the ground by the gale raised by the Evil King, rolling about in disarray.

Only the Through Profound Realm Purple Robe Elder.

He did not move an inch.

His gaze remained fixed on the Evil King's palm strike.

He did not dare blink in the slightest.

Because this palm strike—

was the most astonishing palm strike he had ever seen in his life.

Facing the Evil King's murderous assault head-on, Ren Xiaoyao did not move at all.

Yet at the very instant the Evil King was about to close in on him,

an incomparably massive phantom suddenly emerged behind Ren Xiaoyao. It was like a deity, its face could not be seen clearly, mysterious beyond measure. Behind it, however, a resplendent wheel of light appeared, like a blazing sun, illuminating the sun, moon, mountains, and rivers.

Radiant Sun Celestial Venerable!

Ren Xiaoyao had previously inherited the Supreme Yang Divine Art.

From it, he had comprehended an Ultimate Martial Skill.

Accompanied by the appearance of the Radiant Sun Celestial Venerable, all the bloody radiance between heaven and earth vanished without a trace. In the briefest instant, the entire Capital City was illuminated as bright as day, the piercing light making everyone unable to open their eyes.

Only the Purple Robe Elder endured the pain and stared fixedly at the heavens.

There, he saw the most unbelievable sight of his life.

He saw—

Ren Xiaoyao's body remained still.

The deity-like phantom behind him

sent a palm crashing toward the Evil King.

In but an instant, that palm pierced through the Evil King's body.

The remaining force of the palm then blasted into the palaces of the Imperial Palace.

In an instant, countless grand halls were reduced to ruins.

Sand and gravel flew wildly.

The earth shook and the mountains swayed.

The Evil King still stood in the void.

Yet after that palm pierced through him, he only felt every acupoint throughout his body being torn apart, every meridian snapped. He could even sense his consciousness collapsing.

The Evil King could not die contentedly. His eyes widened, and with his last shred of will, he trembled and said, "This... what... martial skill..."

The phantom behind Ren Xiaoyao dispersed as well. Looking at the Evil King, who was already falling through the void, he said calmly, "This technique is called Radiant Sun Celestial Venerable. I comprehended it myself."

"Radiant Sun... Radiant Sun Celestial Venerable... good... I... I did not die... unjustly..."