Demon Emperor Descends

The Demon Emperor Descended, Innate Level Twenty Soul Power!

Fasinuo Province, a border town.

The early morning sunlight spilled down, yet the Spirit Hall Branch was already bustling with noise.

"Stay away from that expressionless freak! He's a weirdo!"

"Yeah, yeah! He never says a word all day, like a block of wood. Don't play with him!"

A group of children about to undergo Martial Soul Awakening played and chased each other, leaving only a black-haired, black-eyed boy isolated in a corner.

The boy's name was Di Yao.

Faced with the other children pointing and whispering about him, Di Yao's face was like still water, without the slightest ripple.

Among the chattering children, his deathly indifference truly seemed out of place.

But was he really a block of wood?

Only Di Yao himself knew that he was not from this world at all!

He was a transmigrator!

He had arrived on Douluo Continent six full years ago, and he had waited for this day until he was nearly driven mad!

"Six years..."

"For six years, that violent power of the sun within me has scorched me day and night, leaving me in agony beyond endurance!"

A flicker of dark golden flame that made one's heart tremble flashed deep within Di Yao's slightly lowered eyes.

On the surface, he was calm as water, but his heart was pounding wildly in his chest, his blood nearly boiling!

At last, it was time to awaken!

At this moment, inside the Spirit Hall Branch.

Su Yuntao, the Martial Soul Hall Deacon responsible for presiding over the awakening ceremony, stood beside the awakening formation with a gentle smile on his face.

"Come, child. Stand in the middle."

The first child nervously stepped forward. As Soul Power was injected, the phantom of a battered sickle emerged.

"Martial Soul: sickle. An ordinary Martial Soul."

Without changing expression, Su Yuntao skillfully handed over the testing crystal ball. "Come, test your Soul Power."

There was no reaction, not even the faintest glimmer.

"No Soul Power. Next."

Su Yuntao felt nothing at all. He had seen this scene far too often in border towns and had long since grown used to it.

Then came the second, the third, the fourth...

Blue Silver Grass, wooden sticks, hoes...

Without exception, none of them possessed Soul Power!

Looking at the disappointed children before him, Su Yuntao could not help but sigh softly.

Even one child with Innate Soul Power of Level One would have been enough!

Surely Spirit Hall's future could not be supported by these farming tools?

Just as Su Yuntao was gradually losing patience.

A set of steady footsteps, utterly unlike those of a six-year-old child, slowly entered the center of the hall.

"Name." Su Yuntao asked without raising his head.

"Di Yao."

Those two words were cold and low, carrying even a faint hint of pressure as they echoed through the hall.

Su Yuntao instinctively looked up, only to freeze for a moment.

What calm eyes!

Within those pitch-black pupils, he could not see the slightest trace of a child's nervousness or fear!

"Step into the awakening formation."

Su Yuntao put away his contempt. His hands formed seals at high speed, and six streams of Soul Power instantly entered the Black Stone on the ground.

Pale golden light rose up, completely enveloping Di Yao's small body.

The next moment!

A sudden change erupted!

"Boom—!"

The air inside the originally cool Spirit Hall Branch began to heat up wildly without warning!

Scorching heat!

Suffocating scorching heat!

It was as if a Fire God that had slumbered for eternity had suddenly opened its eyes at this very moment!

An overbearing aura too terrifying to describe with words erupted from Di Yao's body like a volcanic explosion!

"Th-this... what kind of power is this?!"

The Martial Soul Hall Deacon responsible for recording the registry went weak at the knees and scrambled several steps backward, even dropping the registry in his hands.

The guards at the entrance of the hall turned deathly pale, their bodies instantly soaked in cold sweat. Even the hands gripping their spears shook violently!

"Awoo—"

A shrill wolf howl filled with extreme terror rang out!

The "Lone Wolf" Martial Soul that Su Yuntao was so proud of actually possessed him automatically, beyond his control!

Yet this Lone Wolf, normally so fierce, was now pressed flat against the ground, its fur standing on end as it trembled like it was facing an ancient savage beast!

Martial Soul suppression!

This was absolute bloodline suppression from a superior Martial Soul!

"Th-the sky has gone dark?!"

Someone screamed in terror.

Everyone raised their heads tremblingly and looked outside through the hall windows, their pupils instantly shrinking to pinpoints!

The cloudless daylight sky had been completely swallowed by a deathly darkness!

Then, a dazzling phantom of a Dark Gold Sun forcibly tore through the blackened heavens!

It hovered proudly above the border town, radiating terrifying pressure capable of burning away the eight wilds!

And in the center of the hall.

The golden radiance around Di Yao had completely transformed into dazzling dark golden divine fire!

Behind him, from within the phantom of that Dark Gold Sun, an ear-piercing cry that pierced the heavens exploded!

"Screee—!!!"

A Three-Legged Divine Bird with a majestic form, bathed in world-destroying divine fire, spread its wings and flew out from the sun!

The Three-Legged Golden Crow!

Dazzling firelight poured down like an overturned galaxy, illuminating the entire town like a purgatory!

At this moment, the entire Fasnuo border town fell into unprecedented silence and madness!

"Thud!"

Every livestock animal in town let out a miserable cry at the same time before collapsing limply to the ground!

Chickens and dogs fell silent!

Oxen and horses bowed their heads!

All beasts worshipped!

This was the absolute dominance of a mythic-grade Martial Soul appearing in the world!

"Heavens... what kind of monster is that?!"

"A miracle! Has a god descended?!"

Outside the hall, countless civilians dropped to their knees and frantically kowtowed toward the Dark Gold Sun in the sky.

Inside the hall, Su Yuntao's face had been roasted red by the extreme heat, but his eyes were filled with ghostly terror!

"Y-you... what exactly is your Martial Soul?!" Su Yuntao's voice trembled like a leaf in the wind.

He swore that not only had he never seen such a terrifying Martial Soul in his life, but even Spirit Hall's oldest records contained no mention of it!

At this moment, Di Yao slowly opened his eyes, the dark golden flames in them gradually receding.

His heart was roaring and howling!

Exhilaration!

Unparalleled exhilaration!

Six years! Six whole years of hellish suffering in blazing fire had finally forged this supreme Martial Soul!

All those years of suffering had not been in vain!

Di Yao raised his chin slightly and looked down at the collapsed Su Yuntao. His thin lips parted.

"My Martial Soul..."

"Its name is the Demon Emperor, Di Jun!"

Boom!

Those four simple words struck the souls of everyone in the hall like a massive hammer!

Demon Emperor?!

Everyone's scalps went numb as a bone-deep terror surged through their bodies like an electric current!

"Deacon, shouldn't it be time to test my Innate Soul Power now?"

Di Yao withdrew the soul-shaking pressure of his Martial Soul and reminded him. His tone remained calm, yet carried an unquestionable majesty.

"Huh? R-right! Conduct the test!"

As if waking from a dream, Su Yuntao hurriedly pulled out the testing crystal ball from his robes and offered it to Di Yao with trembling hands.

All he wanted to know now was how many levels of Innate Soul Power this monster with such a terrifying awakened Martial Soul possessed!

Innate Level Seven? Eight? Or the legendary Innate Full Soul Power of Level Ten?!

Di Yao remained composed as he slowly extended his right hand and gently placed his fair palm against the crystal ball.

Buzz—!

There was no transition whatsoever!

The instant Di Yao's palm touched the crystal ball, an incomparably dazzling blue radiance erupted within it like an exploding sun!

"Crack—!"

A crisp cracking sound was especially piercing within the silent hall.

Su Yuntao's eyes nearly bulged out of their sockets as he stared fixedly at the crystal ball covered in spiderweb-like cracks!

"Bang!!!"

Unable to withstand that vast and terrifying Soul Power, the crystal ball, capable of testing up to Level Ten Soul Power, exploded into a cloud of dust before everyone's eyes!

The crystal ball had exploded!!!

"How is that possible?!" Su Yuntao shrieked, his voice so sharp that it cracked.

"The crystal ball's limit is Level Ten! If it exploded, that means..."

"This isn't ordinary Level Ten Full Soul Power!"

"This is... the Level Twenty Full Soul Power that only a legendary god-grade Martial Soul can possess!!!"

The entire hall fell silent!

Even the sound of breathing completely ceased at that moment!

Innate Level Twenty Soul Power!

"What's going on?! Who dares cause trouble in the Spirit Hall Branch!"

Amid that suffocating silence, a figure with astonishing presence rushed into the hall like a gale.

The newcomer was none other than the master of this Branch Hall!

However, when this lofty hall master saw the crystal dust scattered across the floor, as well as Di Yao standing proudly in the center of the hall, bathed in noble dark golden afterglow.

His furious stride froze instantly in place.

He looked at Di Yao as though he were looking at a god who had descended into the world.

In those weathered eyes, there remained only utterly undisguised, incomparably extreme shock!