Beyond Chaos, East King Duke First Shows His Might!

[Ye Fan: I merely sacrificed a cultivation manual to the Heavenly Emperor, yet I never expected Him to grant me a drop of True Dragon Essence Blood, allowing me to directly break through to the Shore Realm. Even my foundation is not much inferior to a Great Emperor's in his youth!]

[Yue Buqun: @Ye Fan, you mean those Great Emperors who can wipe out stars with a wave of their hands? My heavens, worthy indeed of the Heavenly Emperor. The casual treasures He reveals are treasures beyond anything we could imagine.]

[Little Dragon Girl: +1. I had originally planned to enter seclusion and cultivate immortality for a while, but it seems I need to speed up the Heavenly God Sect's missionary efforts.]

[Ying Zheng: I have already ordered the entire nation to construct statues of the Heavenly Emperor. I, too, shall surely receive the Heavenly Emperor's reward!]

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Watching the conversation in the Chat Group, East King Duke smiled in satisfaction.

This was more like it.

Keep competing. The fiercer the competition, the better.

Only when they competed would he be able to grow stronger.

Of course, he would not drain the pond to catch the fish.

As long as they diligently made offerings, he would naturally have treasures to bestow upon them.

That would also raise their enthusiasm.

After lurking in the Chat Group for a while longer, East King Duke resumed his seclusion.

The others in the Chat Group might not know it for now.

But he knew that time flowed differently in every world within the Chat Group.

He had previously traveled through the Great Desolation for several hundred years, yet when he opened the Chat Group, he found that it was still at the very moment he had just left.

Within the Chat Group, Ye Fan was still explaining to Ying Zheng and the others what the Chat Group was.

Thus, East King Duke chose to enter seclusion without the slightest psychological burden.

Otherwise, if he entered seclusion for several hundred years and the Chat Group underwent earth-shaking changes, he would be taking a devastating loss.

Time flashed by like a white colt passing through a crack, gone in an instant!

In the blink of an eye, three thousand years had passed.

The phantom of Zixiao Palace was projected above the Nine Heavens. Great Desolation Beings only needed to raise their eyes to see it, and they instinctively knew the direction of Zixiao Palace within Chaos.

Yet though they knew the direction, Chaos was not a place just anyone could enter.

Across the vast Great Desolation, only three thousand supreme figures tore through heaven and earth and vanished into Chaos.

Before Zixiao Palace.

Numerous Great Powers transformed into divine radiance and came to a halt before the main hall.

Some Great Powers who knew one another even gathered together to chat and reminisce, every face brimming with joy.

From the previous sermon, every one of them had gained immensely.

For instance, more than half of those who had come here last time had only been at the perfected Primordial Unity Golden Immortal realm.

But now, even the weakest among them had become Zenith Heaven Golden Immortals.

Transcending heaven and earth and the six paths, untouched by the River of Time and Space, unique throughout eternity and forever imperishable—this was the Zenith Heaven!

Three thousand Zenith Heaven Golden Immortals gathered in one place—such a sight could only be found at Zixiao Palace.

"Chaos storm...!"

A Great Power suddenly cried out in alarm and looked into the depths of Chaos.

Hearing this, everyone looked over, and their expressions immediately tightened.

The once tranquil Chaos Qi had turned violent. Howling winds formed a Chaos storm that swept over all matter in its surroundings.

"What a terrifying storm. Had we not been fortunate, we might well have perished within it."

"This Chaos truly is fraught with peril at every turn. If not to hear the Saint's Great Dao, I truly would not wish to take such a risk."

"Chaos is so dangerous. I wonder what kind of bearing those legendary fiendgods born from Chaos possessed."

Some spoke with lingering fear, while others sighed in wonder.

But at that moment, a Taiji Divine Bridge extended out from the Chaos storm. Three figures, like incarnations of the laws themselves, walked alone upon the divine bridge. The Chaos storm, powerful enough to grievously wound a Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal, could do no more than stir the corners of their robes, unable to harm them in the slightest.

"It is the Three Pure Daoists! Worthy indeed of being the Saint's personal disciples. Judging by the Saint aura permeating their bodies, they have already become Quasi-Saints, haven't they?!"

The crowd stared in stunned disbelief. Before they could recover their senses, a bell chime that rang through Chaos sounded out.

"Dong!"

The chime seemed to shatter time itself, crashing forth from the River of Time and Space and piercing through Chaos.

Di Jun, Taiyi, and the others bore the Eastern Emperor Bell above their heads. Divine splendor fell from the bell's body, and the aura occasionally revealed was noble and tyrannical, not in the least inferior to the Three Pure Daoists and the rest.

After the first sermon, they too had entered the Quasi-Saint realm.

As more and more Great Powers arrived from Chaos, Zhunti, Jieyin, and the others had likewise become Quasi-Saints.

Yet they still remained outside the main hall.

The day of the sermon had not yet arrived, and the gates of Zixiao Palace remained shut.

No one dared to take it upon themselves to open the doors. Even vicious figures like Kunpeng and Minghe, who had entered the Dao through slaughter, obediently stood in the front hall and waited.

"Demon Emperor, East King Duke has yet to arrive."

In the front hall of Zixiao Palace, Bai Ze stepped into the foremost row and respectfully spoke to Di Jun.

Jiu Ying snorted coldly at those words.

"I say he simply doesn't dare come. He dared kill Fellow Daoist Gui Che—if he shows himself, I will surely cut him down."

Jiu Ying and Gui Che were both demon gods of the Demon Court and shared a close relationship. When Jiu Ying emerged from seclusion and learned that Gui Che had been slain by East King Duke, he had wished he could immediately avenge him.

Unfortunately, Penglai Immortal Mountain was protected by an innate formation. Unless East King Duke revealed its location, even if others turned the entire Eastern Sea upside down, they would never find the immortal mountain.

"Hmph. And he dares call himself the Heavenly Emperor after behaving like this? It's enough to make people laugh their teeth out."

Ji Meng had a human body and a dragon's head. As he spoke, little dragons formed from gathered moisture drifted in and out through his mouth and nostrils.

Just then—

A mocking voice rang out from the chaos.

"Speaking ill of others behind their backs—how are you any different from long-tongued gossips?"

A figure strode out of the chaos, step by step. With every step, it was as though he trampled the Nine Heavens beneath his feet. Order Divine Chains spread outward from him, and the terrifying chaotic storm gradually weakened before vanishing altogether.

"This is... East King Duke?"

Staring at that supreme figure, everyone spoke in disbelief.

"How is that possible? Wasn't he only at the mid-Taiyi stage when we last saw him? How has he directly become a Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal now?!"

"Only three thousand years have passed. Could it be because of the empowerment of the Heavenly Emperor Position?"

"No wonder East King Duke was willing to offend the Dao Ancestor to obtain the Heavenly Emperor Position. So it actually has such wondrous uses."

After discussing it for a while, everyone voiced their envy and jealousy.

The Three Pure Ones and the others glanced over, then turned away again.

Mid-stage Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal.

That level of cultivation was not yet worth their notice.

But Di Jun and the others were utterly enraged upon hearing this.

After all, without East King Duke, the Heavenly Emperor Position should have been his for the taking.

"Utterly hateful!"

Di Jun stepped forward, about to say something.

But East King Duke's voice rang out once more.

"I shall ask one more time. Who was it just now that dared offend the majesty of the Heavenly Emperor?!"

At this, Jiu Ying disdainfully took several steps forward.

"East King Duke, I have yet to settle the score with you over my Dao brother's death, yet you have delivered yourself to my doorstep. Do you think that breaking through to Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal means you are invincible?"

"How utterly ridiculous!"