Blade Demon Clan Destroyed, Heaven-Slaying Demon Emperor Falls

When Futu Yun's Demon-Slaying Command completed its advancement,

the Demon-Slaying Steles in every branch of the Great Thousand Palace began humming and trembling in unison.

Countless people swiftly noticed the disturbance, and suspicious gazes immediately turned toward the Demon-Slaying Steles.

No one had ever seen the Demon-Slaying Steles display such an anomaly.

"What's going on?" Just as countless questioning voices rose, a dazzling golden light suddenly lit up at the top of the Demon-Slaying Stele.

The brilliant golden light hovered above the stele like a suspended golden sun.

Golden light enveloped the entire city, and countless Demon-Slayers sensed a faint, indistinct pressure within it.

The golden light lasted for more than ten minutes before gradually fading away.

As the light receded, everyone's gazes immediately focused on it.

The once-noisy city fell into dead silence in an instant.

Across the vast recruitment areas, items in the hands of countless Demon-Slayers fell to the ground in unison.

A series of crisp clatters rang out, while every face was blank with shock.

"What the hell?" someone muttered amid the silence.

In the silent city, the golden light on the Demon-Slaying Stele slowly withdrew.

Above the words "Demon-Slaying King Qin Tian" at the very top of the stele, another line of golden characters had appeared:

"Demon-Slaying King Futu Yun."

The city's silence was finally shattered, and an overwhelming uproar swept through it in an instant.

This newly emerged Demon-Slaying King had shocked everyone speechless.

The Great Thousand Palace was no ordinary sect. The vast majority of members in its various branches were Demon-Slayers under its command.

Thus, they understood perfectly well what the title of Demon-Slaying King represented.

This was practically the goal that all Demon-Slayers pursued throughout their lives.

Once one became a Demon-Slaying King, one would effectively enter the upper ranks of the Great Thousand Palace and gain an exceptionally lofty status.

Even while traveling through the Great Thousand World, every top-tier superpower would treat them with respect.

The prestige of a Demon-Slaying King of the Great Thousand Palace was no less than that of the leaders of those top superpowers.

Countless Demon-Slayers struggled toward this goal.

Yet the ten thousand Demon-Slaying Points required to advance to Demon-Slaying King were truly unattainable in peacetime.

Killing a Heavenly Demon Emperor would allow one to advance directly, but no one dared entertain such a thought.

Heavenly Demon Emperors were beings capable of contending with Saint-grade Heavenly Sovereigns.

Whether among the Extraterrestrial Evil Clan or in the Great Thousand World, they were among the most powerful combatants.

Whichever side lost a fighter of that level would suffer a considerable blow.

No one had the nerve to scheme against a Heavenly Demon Emperor's life.

That was precisely why the sudden appearance of a new Demon-Slaying King on the Demon-Slaying Stele

had left these Demon-Slayers so shocked and incredulous.

In truth, everyone had long been mentally prepared. It was only a matter of time before Futu Yun became a Demon-Slaying King.

The Pagoda Ancient Clan's Expedition Group had long become well known within the Great Thousand Palace.

Over the years, they had constantly fought across Lower Planes to seize resources.

As they integrated those Lower Planes into the Great Thousand World, they had also slaughtered large numbers of the Extraterrestrial Evil Clan.

But what no one had expected was that Futu Yun's name would actually rank above Qin Tian's!

There had never been any distinction of seniority among Demon-Slaying Kings.

In the past, there had only been Qin Tian, which was why he alone occupied the top position.

In reality, like High-Rank Demon-Slayers, Demon-Slaying Kings were merely ranked by level.

Whoever had more Demon-Slaying Points could rank higher. It did not depend on who obtained the title first.

The same applied to Demon-Slaying Kings, except for one special factor: whether they had slain a Heavenly Demon Emperor.

Qin Tian had become a Demon-Slaying King precisely because he had slain a Heavenly Demon Emperor.

If Futu Yun had merely accumulated Demon-Slaying Points by massacring the Extraterrestrial Evil Clan in Lower Planes,

then no matter how many Demon-Slaying Points he possessed, he would only be a "Demon-Slaying King who had not slain a Heavenly Demon Emperor."

Even if he had more Demon-Slaying Points, he could only rank below Qin Tian.

But now, Futu Yun's name ranked ahead of Qin Tian's.

That meant he was a "Demon-Slaying King who had slain a Heavenly Demon Emperor."

Yet Futu Yun was only at the peak of the Heaven Transformation Realm.

Even though he had cultivated the Heavenly Sovereign Spirit Body in advance, something only Heavenly Sovereigns possessed, he was not a true Heavenly Sovereign.

It already took considerable effort for him to deal with an ordinary Demon Emperor.

If he truly encountered a Heavenly Demon Emperor, let alone kill one, a casual breath from the Heavenly Demon Emperor could wipe him out.

Even bringing along the Pagoda Ancient Clan's top combatants would have been useless.

With his strength, he simply had no way to intervene in a battlefield of that level.

As for controlling the Plane Spirit of a Lower Plane?

That power might work against ordinary Demon Emperors, but against a Heavenly Demon Emperor, it was nothing more than a joke.

A Heavenly Demon Emperor only needed to send down a casually condensed incarnation of his origin power to blow apart an entire Lower Plane.

So how exactly had Futu Yun killed a Heavenly Demon Emperor?

But regardless, if Futu Yun's status as a Demon-Slaying King was confirmed,

then the Great Thousand Palace would likely gain the weakest Demon-Slaying King in its history.

In fact, quite a few people in the Great Thousand Palace had long guessed that Futu Yun would eventually become a Demon-Slaying King.

The higher-ups of the Great Thousand Palace had also discussed the matter.

They had already decided to acknowledge his status as a Demon-Slaying King, but not grant him the authority corresponding to that title.

If Futu Yun himself were already a Saint-grade Heavenly Sovereign, the Great Thousand Palace would certainly welcome this Demon-Slaying King gladly.

Unfortunately, he had not even entered the Sovereign Stage yet. He was merely a junior at the peak of the Heaven Transformation Realm.

Such strength was clearly insufficient to support his holding the authority of a Demon-Slaying King within the Great Thousand Palace.

Trying to claim it by force would only bring trouble.

After all, this was not the Pagoda Ancient Clan.

Futu Yun might have cultivated the Heavenly Sovereign Spirit Body ahead of time, but which Heavenly Sovereign lacked a Heavenly Sovereign Spirit Body?

And who would be willing to obey the commands of someone at the peak of the Heaven Transformation Realm?

But now, Futu Yun had directly surpassed the original Demon-Slaying King, Qin Tian, becoming the top figure on the Great Thousand Palace's merit ranking.

Whether to grant him the authority corresponding to a Demon-Slaying King would have to be reconsidered.

Moreover, the Great Thousand Palace had to take into account the stance of the Pagoda Ancient Clan behind Futu Yun.

"A Demon-Slaying King at the peak of the Heaven Transformation Realm..." Many informed people could not help shaking their heads when speaking of this matter.

But regardless of whether the Great Thousand Palace would ultimately grant him the corresponding authority, his identity as a Demon-Slaying King was already set in stone.

This glory carried even more weight than his status as the young clan leader of the Pagoda Ancient Clan!

Meanwhile, within the Demon Realm.

The heavens and earth here were dim and dust-laden.

A cold, sinister aura filled the air, while the land was mottled and cracked, reeking of decay.

Futu Yun took a deep breath and said softly, "The Heavenly Reaching Realm."

At this moment, he had truly broken through into the final realm of the Three Heavens Realm—the Heavenly Reaching Realm!

Even he had not expected it.

While leading the Black Divine Lightning to sweep through the evil clans,

he had inadvertently charged into the territory of the Blade Demon Clan, one of the thirty-two major clans of the Extraterrestrial Evil Clan.

All he remembered was a sharp blade radiance, powerful enough to split heaven and earth, shooting into the sky.

The blade radiance carried an intense intent to kill.

Even a late-stage Saint-grade Heavenly Sovereign would not have dared underestimate it in the slightest.

Yet when that slash struck the lightning dragon, it was no more than a scratch.

The Blade Demon Clan's clan leader, the Heaven-Slaying Demon Emperor, instead became nothing more than a speed bump in the lightning dragon's path.

As the Blade Demon Clan was eradicated, one seat among the thirty-two major clans of the Extraterrestrial Evil Clan vanished forever.