The entire Heaven's Pride Battlefield fell deathly silent.
Countless powerful figures stared with wide eyes and open mouths, yet not one could make a sound.
Only one thought echoed wildly through their minds.
He lost!
The Seventh Divine General of the Celestial Court had actually lost!
He was a Sixth Epoch Taboo!
He was the God of Slaughter who had once made the entire Eternal Immortal Realm tremble!
And just like that... he had lost?
Worse, his defeat had been so swift, so absolute!
The River-Calming Saint Emperor had not even taken a single step from beginning to end!
He had merely unfurled a scroll and broken the Seventh Divine General's all-out attack!
Then, with a single Mountain-River Suppression, he had defeated him!
Was the gulf between them really that vast?!
Every gaze turned toward the River-Calming Saint Emperor.
Their eyes were filled with shock, horror, and disbelief.
Just what level of existence was this Thirteenth Sequence of the Human Realm?
Sixth-Epoch Pinnacle?
Or... Seventh Epoch?!
By now, the Seventh Divine General's face had turned utterly grim.
He glared at the River-Calming Saint Emperor, fists clenched so tightly that his nails dug deep into his palms.
He knew he had lost, and lost completely.
But he still could not admit defeat. He was the Seventh Divine General of the Celestial Court; he represented its honor!
Just as the Seventh Divine General was caught between advancing and retreating, a calm voice came from the horizon.
"Enough, Azure Mountain, River-Calming. This is a contest between youngsters. Let's not join the commotion."
"You've taught him his lesson. That's enough."
Everyone looked up, but they heard only the voice. Its owner was nowhere to be seen.
Yet they all knew those words had come from another mysterious powerhouse of the Human Realm!
The River-Calming