A wisp of Chaos Qi quietly surged from his body.
The pressure of the Saint King Realm bearing down on him melted away in an instant, like snow meeting molten lava.
"What?"
"Is that... Chaos Qi?"
"Are you the Chen Family's Divine Son with the Chaos Body?"
At the sight of the Chaos Qi Chen Changqing had released, the young master of the Blood God Palace went pale. He had never imagined that this invincible Divine Son from a million years ago had already broken through to the Great Sage Realm!
"How is this possible?"
"In my memories of my previous life, this invincible Divine Son had only just awakened from the Divine Source, and the Chen Family's ancestor was already at death's door. He shouldn't have broken through so soon!"
"And he shouldn't have left the Chen Family and reappeared in the Great Desolate Realm this early, either!"
For a moment, Xue Wuyou sensed that something was wrong.
In his previous life, he had never met the Chen Family's invincible Divine Son, but he knew the man had not appeared in the Great Desolate Realm until much later. Even then, his cultivation had been at the Great Sage Realm.
Yet now, Chen Changqing had entered the world ahead of time!
"Could Chen Changqing have already reached the Great Sage Realm by this point, only to remain with the Chen Family and continue honing his cultivation?"
"And in this life, did my pursuit of Lin Yue Ru drive her into the Purple Star Domain, causing him to notice the Great Emperor's disturbance just now and emerge early?"
Xue Wuyou frowned. After turning it over in his mind, he could find no likelier explanation.
"It seems the things I changed after my rebirth have indirectly changed the events of my previous life."
"But I came fully prepared to hunt down Lin Yue Ru! Even if Chen Changqing has appeared early, he won't make any waves."
At that thought, Xue Wuyou gave a cold laugh and glanced at Lin Yue Ru beside Chen Changqing.
That wretched woman truly had luck that defied the heavens. Even with every precaution he had taken in this life, some "expert" had still appeared to help her.
In his previous life, he had underestimated her and failed to eliminate her early. With the aid of a remnant soul left by an invincible expert, she had grown stronger step by step and eventually brought ruin upon the Blood God Palace.
"But in this life, you're dead!"
Xue Wuyou snorted inwardly, a glint of icy killing intent rising in his eyes.
"Divine Son of the Chen Family, this woman is the Blood God Palace's sworn enemy. I ask that you stand aside!"
Xue Wuyou did not fear the Chen Family, but it was an Undying Imperial Clan. Unless he had to, he did not want to make an enemy of it just yet.
Chen Changqing glanced at Xue Wuyou.
He had never even heard of the Blood God Palace. It was probably a new power that had risen during the million years he had slept.
Three Saint King Realm protectors, and a young master in the Great Sage Realm. The faction had some strength, then.
But compared with the Chen Family's foundations, it still fell far short.
"And if I refuse?" Chen Changqing asked with a smile.
Whoosh—
The air around them suddenly seemed to freeze.
The Blood God Palace cultivators aboard the seven crimson warships fell silent almost as one, instinctively holding their breath.
Cold killing intent poured from the three Saint King Realm elders and enveloped Chen Changqing.
"Heh..."
Xue Wuyou grinned, a sinister look flashing through his eyes.
He had little patience to begin with. Since this Divine Son of the Chen Family had refused the offered wine, he would have to drink the wine of punishment.
"Then death is your only path."
"What a pity. The Chaos Body who swept aside every peer a million years ago has only just emerged from the Divine Source, and already he must sleep forever."
Suddenly, he raised a hand and gave the order.
"What are you waiting for? Use everything you have! Kill them both, now!"
As someone who had been reborn, Xue Wuyou knew just how absurd the heaven-defying fortune of Lin Yue Ru, this daughter of destiny, could be.
In this life, he had prepared for every possibility. He had laid his plans in advance, even sending three Saint King Realm elders to cast Heaven's Net...
And still that wretched woman had fled all the way here.
He had no interest in toying with her now. He wanted a swift end, to crush every possible complication while it was still a sprout.
The three Saint King Realm elders of the Blood God Palace moved almost the instant Xue Wuyou gave the order.
They did not understand why their young master was being so cautious, but they chose to trust him without question.
The first to strike was the old man in crimson battle armor at the center.
He stepped forward, and the entire void trembled. Blood-red energy erupted from him like a volcano, forming a demonic shadow ten thousand zhang tall behind him.
The shadow had three heads and six arms. Each hand gripped a bone blade tempered for countless years in the blood of Saint Kings. Wherever the blades passed, the void split like torn cloth, opening hideous rents.
The elder formed a seal with both hands and poured the towering shadow into the blood-red spear he held. A blinding crimson light flared at its tip, like a star on the verge of destruction.
"Scarlet Bone Heaven-Slaying Spear!"
The blood-red spear flew from his hand, becoming a crimson streak that pierced heaven and earth.
It plowed a scorched furrow ten thousand zhang wide through the stars. Countless meteors crumbled to dust the instant the aftershock of its radiance touched them.
Even the laws of heaven and earth wailed before its point. Chains formed from those laws were torn apart, their breaking shrieks piercing the air.
The Saint King Realm elder on the left brought out an ancient bronze mirror.
It was a high-grade Saint-tier Dao artifact. Endless crimson runes flowed across its surface, each one writhing and struggling like a living thing.
He bit his tongue and spat a mouthful of blood onto the mirror. Crimson light erupted from it, and a terrifying vision of mountains of corpses and seas of blood appeared within.
That sea of blood had formed inside the Blood Soul Mirror after it devoured untold numbers of living beings.
Now it surged out of the mirror, rising into a wave ten thousand zhang high. Bearing the anguished wails of countless wronged souls, it crashed down on Chen Changqing and blotted out the sky.
"Blood Sea Heaven-Burying Mirror!"
The Saint King Realm elder on the right was the most insidious. He brought out an uncanny blood-red rope that slithered toward Chen Changqing like a venomous snake.
"Blood God Immortal-Binding Rope!"
Kill!
Three all-out strikes from Saint King Realm experts, bolstered by three high-grade Saint-tier Dao artifacts, thundered down from three directions at once.
Their power was so terrifying that even distant stars trembled. The shockwaves pushed the seven Blood God Palace warships back thousands of miles.
In Xue Wuyou's eyes, even another Saint King Realm expert would likely die under such a siege.
However monstrous Chen Changqing's talent was, he was still only in the Great Sage Realm.
A Great Sage facing the combined assault of three Saint Kings was certain to die.
"No!"
Lin Yue Ru's face went deathly pale. Though Chen Changqing held the crushing pressure three feet away from her, she could still feel the destructive force within those three attacks.
She could not imagine how anyone could withstand the full power of three Saint Kings head-on.
She bit her lip hard, her gaze drawn helplessly to the green-robed figure before her.
Could the Chen Family's Divine Son truly withstand this?
And yet—
Facing an assault that seemed capable of destroying heaven and earth, Chen Changqing's expression did not change.
He did not even look at the three Saint King Realm elders. His gaze rested calmly on Xue Wuyou's face, and the corner of his mouth lifted in a smile that was almost pitying.
"That's what you're counting on?"
The moment the words left his mouth, Chen Changqing moved.
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