Burning Han Feng, Breaking Through a Realm, Cloud Mist Sect's Advance! (Double-Length Chapter)

"Boom!"

Han Feng had fallen. His body and soul were both devoured by the Blood Sea Domain, transformed into the purest energy and fed back into Lin Chen.

Lin Chen hovered in the air. The deep-blue Sea Heart Flame in his hand continued to leap and struggle to break free, but now it seemed utterly docile.

Under the natural suppression of the Red Lotus Karma Fire, it didn't even dare release its heat recklessly.

Lin Chen didn't hesitate for a moment. He opened his mouth and inhaled, swallowing the Sea Heart Flame's origin directly into his body!

"BOOM!!!"

The Heavenly Flame entered his body, and its boundless, violent energy exploded through his meridians!

For an ordinary person—even a Dou Emperor expert—swallowing a Heavenly Flame so crudely would surely shatter their meridians and burn them to death.

But Lin Chen was no ordinary person.

The Blood Scripture circulated wildly, and the blood and qi within him surged like a crimson river.

In an instant, he wrapped the violent energy of the Heavenly Flame, dragged it in, and refined it!

The Red Lotus Karma Fire emerged of its own accord, surveying its newly acquired territory like a king.

Wherever it passed, the Sea Heart Flame's rebellious nature was completely ground away, leaving it utterly docile.

The devouring process went far more smoothly than he'd imagined.

The Blood Sea Dou Qi was inherently highly adaptable and devouring, and on top of that, the Red Lotus Karma Fire—the bane of all flames—kept the Sea Heart Flame suppressed.

The Sea Heart Flame was almost forcibly "dissolved," swiftly merging into Lin Chen's Dou Crystal.

His aura began to soar wildly at a speed visible to the naked eye!

The barrier at the Peak Dou Wang level broke as easily as paper!

"Boom!"

His aura didn't stop there. It continued to climb wildly!

The pure energy formed from the Sea Heart Flame, combined with the reserves he'd built up by devouring Han Feng and many other experts from the Black-Corner Region,

erupted like a volcano, driving his cultivation to assault an even higher level!

High above, the skies shifted once more!

An enormous vortex of Heaven and Earth energy gathered wildly, even larger than the one that had formed during the breakthroughs of the three Dou Zong experts. It enveloped the entire Black Seal City!

Lightning flashed and thunder boomed as an energy tide pressed down like a solid mass.

Every survivor in the city trembled, nearly forced to their knees.

"Is Master... breaking through to Dou Emperor?!"

Su Qian and the other two hovered not far away. Feeling the terrifying might that stirred Heaven and Earth, they were utterly shaken and disbelieving.

Hadn't the Heaven and Earth energy summoned when they broke through to Dou Zong been about the same?

And this breakthrough was far too fast!

Inside Lin Chen, the Dou Crystal in his dantian trembled violently.

Crimson light blazed across its surface as its size and density increased and transformed at a terrifying pace!

At last, a clear, delicate hum seemed to ring from the depths of his soul.

The Dou Crystal completed its final evolution. It became even more dazzling, even deeper, and the power it contained underwent a qualitative leap!

Dou Emperor!

One-Star Dou Emperor!

His aura stabilized, and the Heaven and Earth energy slowly dispersed.

Lin Chen opened his eyes. A flash of crimson light and blue flame flickered in his gaze, then vanished.

A powerful pressure far beyond anything he'd exuded before naturally radiated from him.

He gently clenched his fist, feeling the surging power within him, vast as the sea, as if he could shatter the void with a single punch. With satisfaction, he nodded.

At the Dou Emperor level, with the Blood Scripture, a Spirit Realm soul, and two Heavenly Flames,

he now had the strength to fight even a High-Rank Dou Zong!

"Congratulations on reaching Dou Emperor, Master!"

Su Qian and the other two immediately approached and congratulated him respectfully, their reverence even greater than before.

They could feel that Lin Chen, after his breakthrough, put them under even more pressure than some veteran Dou Zong experts.

Lin Chen gave a slight nod and looked down at Han Feng's manor, now reduced to ruins, and the remnants of his forces, trembling in fear.

"Clean everything up. Take all the resources."

"Yes!"

The three Dou Zong experts took his order and immediately plunged into the final sweep like tigers among a flock of sheep.

Those who resisted to the bitter end were killed!

Those who surrendered had their cultivation crippled!

The wealth Han Feng had accumulated over the years, along with medicinal ingredients, Magic Cores, and cultivation technique scrolls,

was collected piece by piece and piled high.

Lin Chen sat cross-legged in the air, continuing to consolidate his cultivation.

At the same time, he focused on refining the last traces of the Sea Heart Flame's origin and familiarizing himself with this new power.

Half a day later, no trace of Han Feng's forces remained in Black Seal City.

Su Qian and the other two sorted through the immense haul and presented it to Lin Chen.

Lin Chen took only the rare medicinal ingredients and high-grade Magic Cores.

He gave the rest to Su Qian and the other two as payment for their efforts, making them even more grateful.

With everything settled, Lin Chen didn't linger in the Black-Corner Region.

He bid farewell to Su Qian and the other two, telling them that he would bring Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin to Jia Nan Academy in the future.

Then he transformed into a streak of crimson light and sped straight toward the Jia Ma Empire, traveling several times faster than he had on the way there.

He had broken through to Dou Emperor and was eager to return.

He was starting to miss the two little girls he'd left with the Mittel Family.

However, as he neared Jia Ma Holy City, he keenly sensed that something was wrong.

The atmosphere above the imperial capital was taut with hostility!

Dozens of figures dressed in Misty Cloud Sect robes hovered in the air. At their head was none other than Yun Leng, chief elder of the Misty Cloud Sect!

Behind him followed more than a dozen Dou Wang experts from the Misty Cloud Sect. It was quite a force.

They were confronting another group on the imperial capital's plaza below.

Below, Jia Xingtian stood with his hands behind his back, his face dark as water.

Behind him stood Nalan Jie, Mite Tengshan, a large contingent of imperial guards, and family retainers.

Jia Xingtian released the aura of a Dou Zong without restraint, making the Misty Cloud Sect's Dou Wang experts turn pale.

But Yun Leng seemed entirely undaunted.

"Jia Xingtian! Hand over those two demonesses at once!"

"Otherwise, don't blame the Misty Cloud Sect for forgetting our old ties!"

"Demonesses?"

Jia Xingtian gave a cold laugh, his voice rumbling like thunder. "Yun Leng, how dare you!"

"Xiao Yi Xian and Miss Qing Lin belong to Master Lin! How dare you slander them?"

"Take your people and get out of the imperial capital at once! Otherwise, don't blame this old man for showing no mercy!"

He truly wasn't worried in the slightest. The strongest of the other side, Yun Leng, was only at Peak Dou Wang.

Against a Dou Zong like him, they were no match at all.

What puzzled him was where the Misty Cloud Sect had found the nerve to openly provoke them like this.

They had even dared target the people Lin Chen had vowed to protect.

"Master Lin? Hmph. By the time he returns, everything will already be settled!"

A strange smile appeared on Yun Leng's face. "Jia Xingtian, I suggest you know what's good for you."

"This is the old sect master's order!"

"Before entering seclusion, the sect master personally ordered us to capture those demonesses with the Woe Poison Body and the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils."

"To purge the sect and set things right!"

"Yun Shan?"

Jia Xingtian furrowed his brow, suspicion rising in his heart.

Yun Shan had been in seclusion for years. Why would he suddenly issue such an order?

And what about Sect Master Yun Yun?

Just as Jia Xingtian was preparing to act by force and seize Yun Leng and the others before questioning them thoroughly—

"I'd say you're the ones who need purging."

A voice, bone-chillingly cold and brimming with killing intent, rang out across the entire imperial capital, as if it had come from the depths of the Netherworld!

The voice wasn't loud, yet it entered the ears of everyone present with perfect clarity.

A sudden chill seized every heart!

The strange smile on Yun Leng's face froze instantly.

In its place came boundless terror!

He jerked his head up.

A black-clad figure had appeared in midair between the two sides, though no one knew when.

Black hair, black eyes, a handsome face as cold as frost.

The terrifying aura around him made souls tremble!

"M-Master Lin?!"

Jia Xingtian, Nalan Jie, and the others were stunned at first, then overjoyed!

"Master!"

"Lord Lin Chen!"

Below, in the Mittel Family's ranks, Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin had been tightly shielded behind Ya Fei.

The moment they saw that figure, tears of excitement filled their eyes, and the terror in their hearts was instantly replaced by a sense of safety.

Lin Chen's gaze was like two sharp swords, instantly locking onto Yun Leng.

Yun Leng felt a chill shoot from the soles of his feet straight to his crown. Terrified out of his wits, he turned and tried to flee!

"Did I give you permission to leave?"

Lin Chen's voice was indifferent. He made no visible movement; he only narrowed his eyes.

"Pfft! Pfft! Pfft!..."

The dozen or so Dou Wang experts from the Misty Cloud Sect in the air, Yun Leng among them, seemed to be sliced apart by invisible blades.

They exploded into clouds of blood in an instant!

Not one of them managed to scream!

Only Yun Leng had his life forcibly spared.

But invisible sword qi had severed all four of his limbs. Bound in midair like a human swine, he let out a scream of utter agony.

The stench of blood instantly spread through the air!

The entire scene fell deathly silent!

Jia Xingtian and the others sucked in a sharp breath.

They knew Lin Chen was powerful, but to kill more than a dozen Dou Wang experts with a wave of his hand, including Yun Leng at Peak Dou Wang—

such a display still left them utterly shaken!

Lin Chen reached out and pulled the screaming Yun Leng in front of him, his icy gaze staring directly into his soul.

"Talk. What happened?"

"Where is Yun Yun? What is Yun Shan planning?"

His powerful Spirit Realm soul force violently invaded Yun Leng's consciousness, plundering his memories!

Yun Leng's screams abruptly stopped. His body convulsed violently, and his eyes filled with boundless pain and terror.

A moment later, Lin Chen casually tossed him aside like a piece of trash.

Yun Leng's body turned to flying ash in midair.

Through the soul search, Lin Chen now knew everything.

Of course, the soul-searching technique came from the Blood Scripture!

Yun Shan had indeed been completely controlled by the Soul Hall and turned into a puppet!

Yun Yun seemed to have been confined or controlled.

The attempt to capture Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin hadn't been Yun Shan's intention. It had been the Soul Hall's order!

The Soul Hall seemed extremely interested in these two special constitutions!

"What a Misty Cloud Sect! What a Soul Hall!"

Killing intent surged in Lin Chen's eyes as the blood fiend aura around him shot into the sky, almost dyeing it red!

"Jia Xingtian!"

"Here!"

Jia Xingtian immediately stepped forward and bowed to receive his orders.

"Gather all the imperial family's elite forces!"

"The Nalan Family, the Mittel Family—assemble every force you can muster!"

"Yes!"

"Hai Bodong!"

Lin Chen's gaze swept toward the Ice Emperor rushing over in the distance.

"I'm here!"

Hai Bodong felt Lin Chen's terrifying killing intent and tensed, responding at once.

"Come with me and flatten the Misty Cloud Sect!"

Lin Chen's voice rang across the imperial capital like a final judgment!

The next moment, he tore through space.

A message-bearing jade slip infused with soul energy shot toward the Black-Corner Region.

It was a plea for help addressed to Su Qian and the other two, sent in case of emergencies.

In a mere hour, the Jia Ma Empire's war machine had sprung into action with unprecedented efficiency!

At its head were Jia Xingtian, a Dou Zong; Hai Bodong, a Dou Emperor; Nalan Jie, a Peak Dou Wang; and Mite Tengshan.

An elite army of more than a dozen Dou Kings and a thousand Da Dou Shi and Dou Ling warriors.

The mighty force marched toward the Misty Cloud Sect, sweeping forward with murderous intent!

Lin Chen flew at the very front of the army, his expression icy, his eyes filled with nothing but the flames of destruction.

The army descended on Misty Cloud Mountain, laying siege at its foot!

The Misty Cloud Sect was now shrouded beneath a thick barrier of cloudlike energy.

It was the Misty Cloud Sect's protective grand array. Fully activated, it was powerful enough to withstand attacks from a Dou Zong.

Alarm bells rang out across the Misty Cloud Sect.

Countless disciples panicked. They had no idea what was happening.

Why had the Jia Ma Empire's elite forces suddenly arrived in full strength to lay siege to the sect?!

Hovering before the grand array, Lin Chen looked at the Misty Cloud Sect cowering behind it and didn't waste a single word.

He opened his hands, and the Yuantu Abi Twin Swords burst from within him!

The moment the two peerless, murderous swords appeared, the heavens and earth lost their color. Their killing aura swept across the sky, striking terror into the hearts of all who felt it!

"Merge!"

Lin Chen gave a low shout. Blood-red light blazed from the Yuantu Abi Twin Swords.

In an instant, they fused into one, becoming a massive dark-red sword of ancient design, imbued with boundless bloodlust and the intent to annihilate!

At the same time, Red Lotus Karma Fire surged from his palm.

Like a bloodfire tornado, it wound around the giant sword!

The karma fire's power to incinerate all things and purge sin fused perfectly with the twin swords' power of slaughter and destruction!

High-grade Earth-tier Dou Technique—Void-Splitting Sword Art!

Energy poured into it in a frenzy!

Lin Chen raised the colossal sword, now fused with the karma fire.

He brought it crashing down on the Misty Cloud Sect's protective grand array below!

"Break!"

"SKRRT!!!"

A dark-red blade arc beyond description tore through heaven and earth, as if cleaving the entire sky in two!

Wherever it passed, space split open as easily as fragile cloth.

Behind it, twisted, jagged black rifts in space were left in its wake!

The devastating aura plunged every Misty Cloud Sect disciple below into despair.

The Jia Ma Empire's army stared in stunned disbelief!

This strike had truly reached the level of a Dou Zong—and then some!

Rumble!!!

The Misty Cloud Sect's protective grand array, powerful enough to withstand an ordinary Dou Zong's attack—

Before that terrifying blade arc, it was as brittle as an eggshell!

It lasted only an instant before groaning under the strain and shattering with a thunderous crash!

Countless shards of energy flew in every direction. Misty Cloud Mountain shook violently, rocks tumbling down as if the apocalypse had arrived!

The grand array had been broken with a single sword strike!

"Attack!"

Lin Chen's icy voice rang out like a command.

The Jia Ma Empire's army surged like a tide through the cleaved-open mountain gate, roaring as they charged into the Misty Cloud Sect!

But amid the chaos—

A terrifying aura, far surpassing Jia Xingtian's, suddenly erupted from deep within Misty Cloud Mountain's Back Mountain!

An old voice, filled with boundless authority and murderous coldness, rang across the entire battlefield:

"Which insignificant wretch dares to trespass upon my Misty Cloud Sect?!"

Before the words had even faded, a white figure appeared above the Misty Cloud Sect's plaza like a specter.

The newcomer's hair and beard were entirely white. His face was impassive, and his eyes were so cold they seemed devoid of all human feeling.

The aura coiling around him had unmistakably reached the level of a Three-Star Dou Zong!

He was Yun Shan, the Misty Cloud Sect's former sect master, under the control of the Soul Hall!

He made a grand entrance, sweeping his gaze across the chaotic battlefield.

At last, his eyes settled on Lin Chen, standing at the front of the army with the dark-red greatsword in hand.

"You're the one who destroyed my sect's grand array?"