Just as Emperor Lord's thoughts shifted and he sensed something amiss about the cultivator at the Quasi-Emperor Sixth Heaven before him, he saw Fang Yang take a step forward. Emperor Lord's entire body tensed. He forced his energy, vitality, and spirit to a terrifying height, reaching the limit of his life.
"You lost the Eternal Blue Gold, and you don't have anything else worth taking. An ordinary Quasi-Emperor Ninth Heaven, yet you dare call yourself a Quasi-Emperor? You can't even enter the God Prohibition Domain at will. What right do you have to that title?"
Fang Yang stepped forward but did not raise the blade in his hand. He spoke calmly, while the pages of the Primordial Heart Demon Scripture within his Immortal Platform Realm turned softly. Demonic thoughts flew from them and drifted toward Emperor Lord, seeking to stir the Quasi-Emperor's inner demons, drag his mind down, and drive him into cultivation deviation.
"How dare you!"
In Emperor Lord's eyes, Fang Yang's face twisted grotesquely with mockery and scorn. A demonic quality filled his words, and a boom exploded through Emperor Lord's mind.
"Keh-heh-heh!"
"Heh-heh-heh!"
"Gah-gah-gah!"
Demonic thoughts that even Emperor Lord, a Quasi-Emperor, could not detect cackled wantonly all around him.
These demonic thoughts took different forms, but each resembled something living beings imagined as strange, terrifying, and loathsome. They circled Emperor Lord, drawing out the emotions buried deepest in his heart.
Fear; greed, anger—
The scene before Emperor Lord warped, yet he failed to break free in time. For a brief moment, he sank into the illusion. Every emotion surged to its extreme, beyond his control, and he forgot that he was in the middle of a battle.
Boom!
The Dao Tribulation Gold Cauldron burst from the Bitter Sea. Beams of tribulation light descended as Chaos Divine