Sublimation amid the flames of battle, the Heaven Opening Seal, an axe cleaves a Quasi-Emperor

"No matter what petty tricks you have, they're all useless before me." Yuhua Tian took a Yin-Yang Seal head-on. His expression darkened as he steadied his surging blood and spoke.

Ji Hao chuckled. "Heh, do you even believe that yourself?"

"Hmph, arrogant!" Yuhua Tian snorted coldly.

Runes filled the sky. Yuhua Tian seized a star field and fashioned it into a grand formation, intent on imprisoning Ji Hao.

Rumble!

Starlight blazed. Countless great stars crumbled into dust, and swathes of stellar rivers shattered. Ji Hao blasted apart the stretch of cosmic space Yuhua Tian had seized with a single punch.

"I'll give you one last chance. Join the God Court and let me seal your divine soul, and I'll spare your life!" Yuhua Tian stared at Ji Hao with burning greed. Rather than being alarmed that Ji Hao could destroy his casual attack, he was delighted. The stronger Ji Hao was, the greater the fortune he could obtain.

An ambition stirred within his heart. Perhaps he could probe the origin of the chaotic body and step into that supreme realm himself.

"I'll give you one last chance. Get lost!" Ji Hao said with a cold snort.

"Then let's fight. I'll show you despair!" Yuhua Tian said. His hair streamed wildly as his body moved like a dragon, leaping into the heavens.

Roar!

With a mighty roar, an enormous red dragon appeared in the cosmos. Its entire body was blood-red, its fearsome scales seemingly cast from phoenix blood crimson gold. This was the Emperor Lord's secret technique.

In the original story's future, after the Emperor Lord's Emperor Pagoda was shattered, the next weapon he forged was the Red Dragon Armor. That choice was not arbitrary; it complemented his own secret technique.

A Pro-Daoist's secret technique, unleashed by a Quasi-Emperor, was already