Rage Burns the Heart, the God-Demon Body Runs Wild!

"No—!!!!!"

Xiao Yang stared at the empty void and felt his entire world crumble in that instant!

His reason, his thoughts, everything he was, was utterly consumed by a fury beyond description, a rage powerful enough to burn the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands!

"AAAAAH!"

He threw his head back and roared—a sound no human could ever make, filled with endless pain, madness, and hatred!

His eyes turned pitch-black in an instant!

Not just his pupils. Even the whites of his eyes were completely stained by a darkness deeper than the abyss!

Not a glimmer of light remained!

Only the purest, most primordial... chaos and madness!

RUMBLE—!

His Chaos God-Demon Body, which had already shrunk back to its normal size, began to expand wildly beyond his control!

Ten zhang! A hundred zhang! A thousand zhang! Ten thousand zhang!

An aura more violent, more ancient, more noble, and more domineering than ever before surged out of him, like a Primordial Fierce Beast that had slumbered for countless eons, suddenly awakening within his body!

That aura even overwhelmed the imperial might radiating from the Eastern Emperor Bell before him!

"Hmm?"

Within the Light Screen, the Eastern Emperor Great Emperor's gaze—calm as a still well until now—finally showed genuine shock for the first time!

"What is this power?!"

At that very moment,

deep within Xiao Yang's Sea of Consciousness, a faint sigh sounded from within the mysterious broken sword.

"Very well. Perhaps this, too, is your fate."

"If so, then fight!"

"It is your only path to survival!"

The instant those words fell,

the Sword Spirit within the broken sword drew upon a supreme will, buried in the deepest reaches of the mysterious Immortal Martial Armory, dormant for endless ages—something even she hardly dared to touch!

"AAAAAAH—!!!!!"

Xiao Yang's roar became a tangible