Snow Empress carefully put away the newly bought tea leaves and walked to his side.
"Let's do it together."
He glanced at the three of them, then reached out and opened the Spatial Passage.
"Walk."
Slaughter City.
Outside the black city gates.
Qian Chen stepped out of the Spatial Passage, and the rubble beneath his feet was illuminated by the Nine-Colored Divine Light.
There was no sunlight ahead.
A Purple Moon hung above the city, and the blood-red patterns on the city walls flowed continuously.
Dozens of black-armored knights stood guard at the gate.
The lead knight raised his lance and spurred his mount to block the road.
"To enter the Slaughter City, one must accept its rules."
Qian Chen looked at the city gate behind him.
"Let Tang Chen come out."
The knight did not back down.
He pointed the spear at Qian Chen, and the black-armored knights behind him raised their weapons at the same time.
"There is no Tang Chen here, only the King of Slaughter!"
Qian Chen stepped forward.
The knight immediately spurred his horse and charged.
Before the spear could fall, a Nine-Color streak swept across the ground.
The gun broke.
The black-armored knight and his horse stopped in place, and the guards behind him were also suppressed by the Spatial Power.
He didn't look at these people again.
The heavy city gates parted to the sides in a divine light, revealing the street behind them.
Cups filled with blood-red liquid were placed on the street.
Several Soul Master, their robes stained with blood, raised their heads, their gazes falling on the Snow Empress and the Ice Empress.
One of them put down his cup and reached for the long knife beside him.
Ice Empress raised his fingertips.
A deep green frost sealed the hilt of the knife, freezing the man's hand to the table as well.
She didn't stop.
"Look away."
Qian Chen walked along the long street.
A layer of bloody light pressed down from above, attempting to seal his Martial Soul and Soul Skill.
The Nine-Color Dragon Mark then lit up.
The blood had barely touched his robes when it tore in the middle.
The power that suppressed the Soul Skill within the city collapsed one after another along this gap.
Someone in the distance released Soul Ring.
Immediately afterwards, the entire street lit up with lights of different colors.
Qian Renxue looked towards the center of the city.
The protective barrier here has been broken.
"It has no jurisdiction over me."
Qian Chen raised her eyes.
A blood-red figure rose from the palace.
The large bat wings obscured the Purple Moon, and the bloody light spread outwards along the roof.
"Who dares to break my rules?"
The King of Slaughter paused in mid-air, his gaze falling on the dragon pattern on Qian Chen's forehead.
His wings, which had been spread out, suddenly folded in.
Qian Chen looked at him.
Tang Chen.
The blood-red patterns on the man's face lit up one after another.
"I am the King of Slaughter."
"The Clear Sky Hammer inside you isn't telling me that."
Qian Chen raised his hand.
A ray of Nine-Colored Divine Light crossed the long street and landed on the other person's brow.
The King of Slaughter immediately spread his wings.
The crimson aura pressed down from above, causing cracks to appear in the stone walls along the street.
He stretched out his palm, his fingernails quickly lengthening, aiming straight for Qian Chen's head.
Qian Chen stood still.
The hand stopped in front of him, unable to fall.
The Nine-Colored Divine Light pierced through the blood-red domain and entered the King of Slaughter's brow.
The other person's body tensed up suddenly.
A blood-red bat phantom emerged from behind him, its nine heads opening their mouths simultaneously, desperately pulling at the blood threads connecting them to its body.
Snow Empress raised her eyes.
"So that's what it was."
Qian Chen folded his five fingers together.
One by one, the blood vessels snapped, and the bat phantom was forcibly dragged away from the body.
The enemy tried to escape into the skies above the city.
A golden flame had already blocked their path.
Before the nine heads could be fully unfolded, they were engulfed by flames.
The crimson light scattered and burned up in mid-air.
Qian Chen lowered his hand.
The person hanging in front of them lost their bat wings and fell back to the ground.
The blood-red markings covering his face gradually faded.
Tang Chen braced himself against the stone pillar beside him and looked up at his surroundings.
His gaze swept across the long street, then settled on Qian Chen.
"You got rid of it?"
"Yes."
"Who are you?"
"Qian Chen."
Qian Renxue stood to the side, golden Soul Power emanating from her fingertips.
The mark of the Six-Winged Angel came into Tang Chen's view.
His gaze lingered for a moment.
"A descendant of Qian Daoliu?"
Qian Chen did not answer the question.
"I've come regarding matters concerning the Clear Sky Sect."
Tang Chen slowly loosened his grip on the stone pillar.
A black Clear Sky Hammer materialized in his palm.
What happened to the Clear Sky Sect?
"Tang Hao and Tang Xiao are both dead."
"The sect has been disbanded, and I have destroyed its mountain gate."
Nine Soul Ring rose one after another from beneath Tang Chen's feet.
The last red Soul Ring stopped behind him, turning half the street blood-red.
"You killed him?"
"I killed him."
Qian Chen looked at him.
"Tang Hao broke into the palace, Tang Xiao made his move at the mountain gate."
"They all want to kill me."
Tang Chen gripped the hammer handle, his knuckles gradually turning white.
What about the rest of the tribesmen?
Those who laid down their weapons have already left.
People on both sides of the street began to back away.
Tang Chen's Soul Power continued to rise, and the stone slab beneath his feet could not withstand the pressure and cracked one after another.
He raised the Clear Sky Hammer.
"I will remember your kindness in removing the parasite that was infesting me."
"But I will also settle accounts with you regarding the Clear Sky Sect."
Qian Chen raised his right hand.
The Dragon God Spear landed in his palm, Nine-Color patterns on the spearhead slowly lit up.
"I woke you up so that you could see clearly who you are targeting."
Tang Chen didn't say anything more.
The Seventh Soul Ring suddenly lit up.
A gigantic phantom of the Clear Sky Hammer rose from the ground, soaring over the buildings on both sides and hovering above the long street.
He gripped the hammer with both hands and stomped on the stone slabs beneath his feet, crushing them.
"Clear Sky Avatar!"
A massive black hammer slammed down.
Qian Chen raised his spear.
The tip of the spear rests against the hammer.
The stone pillars on both sides of the long street collapsed one after another, and the ground beneath his feet cracked outwards, but the three people behind him were unaffected.
The giant hammer stopped in mid-air.
Tang Chen exerted force with both arms, continuously increasing the Soul Power on his body.
Qian Chen's spear did not move an inch.
"Level 99."
He looked at Tang Chen.
I've already gone over there.
The gun barrel gleamed.
Clear Sky Avatar cracked at the point of contact, and black cracks quickly spread across the hammer's surface.
Tang Chen withdrew and stepped back.
Before the giant hammer could be retracted, it shattered completely above his head.
His feet dragged two deep marks on the stone slabs until they stopped at the end of the street.
"Divine power..."
Tang Chen raised her head.
The Nine-Color Dragon Mark on Qian Chen's forehead was clearly reflected in his eyes.
"You have become a god."
"Now you see clearly."
The Dragon God Spear was raised from Qian Chen's palm.
The crimson domain ahead was split open by the spearhead, revealing a narrow rift in the sky above the entire city.
Tang Chen retreated to the front of the palace.
A dark red divine power rose from his body and gradually condensed into a long sword.
The Asura Mark lit up on the sword.
His Soul Ring vibrated repeatedly, and all the remaining Soul Power in his body flowed into the sword.
Qian Chen looked at the sword.
That is not your divine position.
Tang Chen gripped the sword with both hands.
"Then let's give it a try!"
A dark red sword flashed across the long street.
A long gash was cut into the ground, and the buildings on both sides tilted outwards.
Qian Chen stepped forward and handed over the Dragon God Spear.
The Nine Elements converge at the tip of the spear.
There were no gunshots flying everywhere.
There was only a single, condensed Nine-Colored Divine Light.
The spearheads clashed with the sword's edge.
The dark red longsword paused for a moment, and then the divine power on its blade dissipated to both sides.
The longsword in Tang Chen's hand flew out and landed diagonally on the stone steps of the palace.
The Nine-Color spear light pierced through his protective Soul Power.
The Dragon God Spear pierced his chest, pinning him to a stone pillar in front of the hall.
All nine Soul Ring stopped simultaneously.
Tang Chen lowered his head, his hand, which was about to grip the gun, stopped halfway.
Qian Chen stood in front of him.
Even the power you borrow can't protect you.
Tang Chen raised her eyes.
"Clear Sky Sect..."
"It's gone."
Qian Chen gripped the gun handle.
Nine-Color Divine Power emanated from the spearhead, severing the last bit of Soul Power within the opponent's body.
The red Soul Ring dissipated first.
The remaining Soul Ring then dimmed.
Tang Chen's hand returned to his side, and his body remained still.
Qian Chen drew the Dragon God Spear.
The body slid down from the stone pillar and fell onto the broken stone steps.
He only turned to the dark red longsword beside him after confirming that the other party's life force had disappeared.
The sword still exudes divine power.
A Nine-Color halo descended, sealing the entire sword within it.
Qian Renxue walked to the front of the hall.
She glanced at Tang Chen, then looked towards the back of the palace.
What do we do here?
Qian Chen unleashed his divine sense.
Below the palace, the Blood Pool was connected to the city's ditches.
A narrow road leads deep underground.
At the end of that road lies the Formation Core that sustains the entire Slaughter City.
"Tear it down."
He raised the Dragon God Spear.
The Nine-Colored Divine Light pierced through the palace, illuminating the Blood Pool underground clearly.
The pool water churned.
A Blood-Colored Giant Beast hidden deep within had just raised its head when it was pierced by the falling spear light.
The entire Blood Pool then came to a standstill.
Qian Chen raised his palm, sealing off all the channels connecting to the Blood Pool.
"Snow Sister, please help me bring out the people imprisoned underground."
Snow Empress nodded.
A chilling white aura spread along the palace floor, supporting the collapsed stone beams.
Ice Empress walked to her side, and his emerald green ice blades repeatedly severed the chains on the prison door.
Qian Renxue spread her six wings.
Golden light shone on the city gate, guiding those trapped underground.
Qian Chen did not leave the front of the hall.
His divine sense enveloped the entire city, opening the closed stone gates one by one.
When the people outside the city saw the city gates open, they began to flee.
The Enforcer of the inner city, however, gathered in front of the palace.
The crimson patterns on their bodies connected to the underground Formation Core, and they simultaneously raised their weapons.
"The Slaughter City must not be destroyed!"
A black-armored Enforcer activated his Soul Ring, his longsword aimed straight at Qian Chen.
The rest of the people followed closely behind.
Qian Chen turned her face away.
The Dragon God Spear swept horizontally in front of him.
A beam of Nine-Colored Divine Light swept across the stone steps.
All the incoming weapons were broken, and the blood patterns connected to the Blood Pool also extinguished at the same moment.
The black-armored Enforcer fell one after another.
No one stood up in front of the palace.
Qian Chen sheathed his spear and looked into the depths of the city.
The killing field, deprived of its Blood Pool supply, is sinking.
The surrounding streets also began to collapse.
He raised his hand, using the Spatial Power to support the road that had not yet been cleared.
Nine-Color patterns stretched from the street to the city gate.
The last group of prisoners emerged from the underground cell and left following the golden light.
Snow Empress returned to his side.
There's no one down there.
Ice Empress dispelled the chill between his fingers.
"The cell doors are open."
Qian Chen checked the auras throughout the city once again.
He then led the three men up to the top of the city.
The black palace gradually shrank beneath my feet.
The Purple Moon hanging above had already revealed the dense array patterns behind it.
Qian Chen raised the Dragon God Spear.
The spearhead struck the Purple Moon first.
The Nine-Colored Divine Light pierced through the moon, causing the array patterns hidden behind it to break one after another.
The crimson light curtain above the city completely dissipated.
He flipped the gun over and pressed it downwards.
Nine-Color halo enveloped the entire city of Slaughter City.
The palace was the first to collapse.
Immediately afterwards, the killing field, the black tower, and the city walls shattered one after another.
The underground Blood Pool was covered by divine fire.
The blood quickly receded, revealing the Formation Core at the bottom of the pool, which then turned into powder in the divine light.
Qian Renxue looked at the narrow, remaining path underground.
There's another one there.
I saw it.
Qian Chen handed the Dragon God Spear downwards.
The gun light sank into the ground.
The Hell Road was severed in the middle, all the stone platforms along the way crumbled, and the last Formation Core was extinguished.
No more blood rose from the ground.
He closed his palms.
The surrounding rock layers slowly closed in, filling in the collapsed city and the dried-up Blood Pool.
The Nine-Color Divine Power fell along every crack in the stone, burning away the remaining blood-red patterns.
Qian Chen put away the Dragon God Spear.
Beneath their feet, the black city gate that once led to the Slaughter City had vanished.
Only the sealed-off mountain rocks remain in the original location.
On the sealed mountain rocks.
The Nine-Color light gradually faded away.
Qian Chen stood still, the Dragon God Spear in his hand turning into specks of light and disappearing into his brow.
The aura that once belonged to the Slaughter City has completely vanished.
The mountain wind swept through all around.
There was no blood, nor was there Purple Moon.
Only pebbles and wild grass covered the empty valley.
Qian Renxue walked to Qian Chen's side.
She raised her hand and touched the Nine-Color Dragon Mark on his forehead.
"Elder brother."
"Um?"
"The power you just used was different from what you used in Heaven Dou City."
Qian Chen looked at his palm.
A wisp of Nine-Colored Divine Light flowed between his fingers, the Nine Elements blending together.
"The Dragon God Divinity is now complete."
Snow Empress came up behind him and straightened the edges of his cloak.
"Once complete, he will be the God King?"
"Just one last step."
Qian Chen raised his eyes and looked up at the sky.
The once empty sky was suddenly filled with the Nine-Color Star River.
Starlight descended from behind the clouds, connecting to the distant Divine Realm.
Ice Empress raised their face.
"Leaving again?"
"It's not that I want to leave."
Qian Chen reached out his hand.
In the Milky Way, a colossal dragon shadow slowly opened its eyes.
An ancient divine thought descended from beyond the heavens.
"The Dragon God Divinity has been returned."
"The Nine-Color of the Origin have been united."
"Control the elements, rule the Divine Realm."
"Qian Chen, are you willing to accept the God King Position?"
Qian Renxue grasped Qian Chen's hand.
"If my brother doesn't agree, we won't go."
Ice Empress hugged his left arm.
"Wherever Chen'er goes, I will go."
Snow Empress stood to his right, her fingertips tidying his long, silvery-white hair.
"No matter where the Divine Realm is, I will be with you."
Qian Chen looked at the three of them.
Then, he looked up at the Nine-Color Star River.
"I do."
The words had barely left his mouth.
The Nine Elements of heaven and earth lit up simultaneously.
Flames rose from the valley, and water gushed from the rock strata.
Thunder pierced through the clouds, and wind blades swirled in all directions.
The chill spread along the ground, while the Spatial Power expanded in mid-air.
The nine powers transformed into nine ribbons of light, Entangling Qian Chen's back.
His white brocade robe was covered in divine light.
The dragon patterns on the silver-white cloak lit up one by one, finally transforming into a Nine-Color King Mark.
The dragon pattern on Qian Chen's forehead spread outwards.
A Nine-Color Crystal appeared between his eyebrows.
In the Divine Realm.
Countless palaces lit up simultaneously.
Nine-Colored Divine Light pierced through the sea of clouds and landed in the center of the Divine Realm.
A towering Throne slowly descended from the Milky Way.
The Throne is formed from the condensation of Nine Elements.
Dragon wings spread behind it, and nine divine rings hung around it.
Qian Chen lifted his foot and walked towards the Throne.
With each step, a layer of Nine-Color steps appears beneath your feet.
Qian Renxue followed beside him.
Her Six-Winged Angel Martial Soul unfolded on its own, with golden divine light and Nine-Color rays intertwining.
Ice Empress and Snow Empress also stepped onto the steps together.
They did not release their Martial Soul.
It withstood the pressure descended from the Divine Realm solely with its own aura.