In this lifetime, Lu Chen no longer followed the path of accumulating nine lifetimes of transformation to become an immortal. With absolute combat power-the supreme combat power of six lifetimes-he would defy the Dao and become a mortal-world Battle Immortal.
On this path, battle intent burned wildest and fiercest. To embark on this road of battling heaven and earth, he needed countless powerful opponents to temper himself and continually transform.
Through countless battles, he would unleash his potential. Through clash after clash of wills, he would nurture his own supreme battle intent. Through unceasing victories, he would forge his conviction of invincibility.
This was the battle immortal path.
But Lu Chen had already fought every opponent in the mortal world. Even the Life Forbidden Zones that had endured through the ages had been swept away one by one, and he had slain more than a dozen Ancient Emperors. Who was left for him to fight now?
The answer was himself.
Beneath the First Enlightenment Immortal Tree of All Time, Lu Chen abruptly opened his eyes. Deep within them, the star rivers of the heavens seemed to turn slowly. He murmured, "I've accumulated enough. Now is the time!"
Rumble!
The Great Universe, peaceful for so long, finally experienced another upheaval that shook heaven and earth. Terrifying, supreme pressure spread in all directions, permeating every corner of the heaven-and-earth cosmos.
An incomparably vast figure suddenly appeared in the deepest reaches of the universe, standing atop the Nine Heavens. His boundless divine might weighed upon the heart of every living being, making it difficult to breathe, as though a lord of all gods who had cleaved heaven from earth had descended.
That figure, towering between heaven and earth, was the heaven-and-earth dharma image manifested by Lu Chen. The heavenly stars and the sun,