No Regrets

On the other side of the city wall, Yang Xue, the Ancient Wilderness Saintess, threw back her head and let out a long howl.

The Heavenly King Indestructible Golden Body exploded across her surface, golden light blasting from the gaps in her armor. Standing atop the wall, she resembled a humanoid blazing sun.

The inheritor of the Nine Nether Battle Body was shrouded in surging black mist. The Netherworld aura of his battle body formed a strange balance with the Heavenly Punishment white lightning descending ever lower above his head.

Most unexpected of all was the Beidou Holy Son.

The Starry Sky Battle Halberd stood planted at his side. Blood-colored killing intent condensed in midair into eight phantoms of Starry Sky Emperors. Each looked exactly like him, yet each wielded a different halberd art.

Nine halberd phantoms completely enveloped a stretch of the city wall hundreds of zhang wide, airtight and impenetrable. Even Hui Lian's power of time and space could not find a gap within.

Ten thousand God Kings chosen by the Ancestral Court to take part in the upcoming Azure Heaven Grand Competition stood upon the walls of Myriad Realms Imperial City.

Some had awakened Ancient Battle Physiques, some had refined Law Spirits, and some were possessors of Innate Dao Marks born only after the revival of the Human Emperor Realm.

At this moment, they looked toward that golden figure at the city's peak, suppressing Heavenly Punishment. There was no fear, no retreat—only a weighty solemnity.

Then Chu Tian moved.

He took one step from the peak of the imperial city and entered the void of the Divine King Realm.

The instant that step fell, dazzling golden light erupted simultaneously from the three Myriad Realms Imperial Cities in the Heavenly God Realm, True God Realm, and Spirit God