Northern Region, Black Yellow Sect.
A sea of clouds churned for ten thousand miles, immortal light soared into the heavens, and towering immortal mountains floated in the air. Qi from Spirit Veins surged in endless rivers. As one of the Northern Region's three foremost sects, the Black Yellow Sect possessed deep foundations, with three Half-Step Immortal Venerables and one veteran Immortal Venerable. In the Northern Region, it could practically cover the sky with one hand; no one dared challenge its might.
Yet today, outside the Black Yellow Sect's gates, the atmosphere was unbearably tense.
The mountain-protecting formation was fully activated, seven-colored radiance enveloping every direction. Tens of millions of disciples stood in formation, their Law Artifacts flashing with cold light as immortal beasts roared loud enough to shake the sky, as though facing an enemy capable of annihilating the sect. Every senior figure of the Black Yellow Sect, including the sect master, the elders, and even old monsters who had spent years in seclusion, had gathered before the gates. They stared gravely at the figure in blue ahead, their eyes filled with apprehension and unease.
That figure wore blue robes, his posture straight and his face ordinary, yet he possessed a supreme bearing that stood above the nine heavens and ten lands. He simply stood there in silence, releasing not the slightest pressure, yet the Principles of heaven and earth throughout the Black Yellow Sect trembled involuntarily. All living things prostrated themselves, and the immortal mountains bowed, as though paying homage to the world's sole supreme being.
He was Lin Chen.
The Chaos Supreme who had signed in for a hundred thousand years, swept across All Heavens upon emerging, and stood invincible throughout the Myriad Worlds.
Three days earlier, Lin Chen had passed through the Northern Region with his wife, Su Qinghan, and his beloved son, Lin Xiaobao. He had intended to find somewhere peaceful to rest briefly. Unexpectedly, Xuan Feng, the Black Yellow Sect's young sect master, had coveted Su Qinghan's peerless beauty and the trace of a supreme chaos treasure inadvertently revealed by Lin Xiaobao. He had intercepted them and brazenly declared that he would abduct Su Qinghan as his concubine and seize Lin Xiaobao to refine the supreme treasure.
Had Lin Chen not casually driven Xuan Feng back with a wisp of his presence, Su Qinghan and Lin Xiaobao might already have met with disaster.
Lin Chen had not wanted to bother with such antlike figures. After a hundred thousand years lying dormant, his disposition had long become as still as an ancient well, and ordinary disputes could not catch his eye. But the Black Yellow Sect's actions had crossed his bottom line.
They could insult him, but anyone who touched his wife and child would die without question.
"Lin Chen, do you know that this is Black Yellow Sect territory? You trespassed on our sect and even injured our young sect master. You're courting death!"
Xuan Qiong, the Black Yellow Sect's master, wore golden dragon-patterned Daoist robes and held the Black Yellow Seal. He was a Half-Step Dao Venerable expert. His expression was icy as he sternly rebuked Lin Chen, his voice carrying deafening pressure.
Behind him, two Half-Step Immortal Venerable elders surged with immortal power, their blade-sharp gazes locked firmly on Lin Chen. At a single command from their sect master, they would strike immediately and crush this brat who knew neither the height of heaven nor the depth of earth into pulp.
Before the gates, countless Black Yellow Sect disciples seethed with righteous indignation and began shouting.
"Where did this wild brat come from? He dares run amok in our Black Yellow Sect? He's tired of living!"
"Sect Master, don't waste words on him! Kill him outright as a warning to others!"
"Our Black Yellow Sect has the Black Yellow Immortal Venerable overseeing it! Even Aristocratic Clans from High Antiquity have to show us some respect. Who does he think he is?"
The clamor resounded through heaven and earth, yet Lin Chen remained impassive, as though watching a pack of capering clowns. His gaze slowly swept across the Black Yellow Sect's people before finally settling on Xuan Qiong, his tone as indifferent as water.
"I'll give you two choices. First, hand over Xuan Feng and destroy all the Black Yellow Sect's Dao lineages yourselves, and I may leave your corpses intact. Second, I act personally and spare neither chickens nor dogs."
His voice was quiet, yet it reached everyone's ears clearly, carrying unquestionable dominance and indifference.
At those words, the entire gathering fell deathly silent.
The Black Yellow Sect's people froze for a moment, then erupted in earthshaking roars of fury.
"Arrogant! Utterly arrogant!"
"A wet-behind-the-ears brat from who knows where dares speak to our Black Yellow Sect like that? Once the Immortal Venerable emerges from seclusion, he'll grind your bones to dust and scatter your ashes!"
Xuan Qiong trembled with rage, his face livid. He had ruled the Black Yellow Sect for tens of thousands of years. When had he ever suffered such humiliation?
"Good! What a fool who doesn't know whether to live or die! Since you're determined to seek death, I'll grant your wish!"
Xuan Qiong roared and, without further hesitation, raised his hand to strike.
"Black Yellow World-Suppressing Seal!"
Rumble-!
The enormous Black Yellow Seal soared into the air and expanded to ten thousand zhang. Mountains, rivers, the earth, the sun, the moon, and the stars were engraved upon it. Containing the Great Dao Principles of the Black Yellow Sect's ten-thousand-year legacy, it descended savagely toward Lin Chen with heaven-destroying, earth-shattering force.
This was Xuan Qiong's full-strength strike, sufficient to instantly kill a Half-Step Immortal Venerable of the same rank. Even an Immortal Venerable would have to face it cautiously.
In the eyes of everyone in the Black Yellow Sect, Lin Chen would certainly die beneath this strike, without even a scrap remaining.
But the next second, a scene unfolded that made everyone's pupils contract and frightened their souls out of their bodies.
Facing the ten-thousand-zhang seal that could suppress everything, Lin Chen merely lifted one finger and casually tapped.
There were no earthshaking phenomena, no heaven-destroying might, only that light, effortless tap.
Crack-!
The incomparably hard Black Yellow Seal, which bore the foundation of the Black Yellow Sect's Great Dao, instantly filled with cracks. It shattered like glass, turning into ash that filled the sky before dissipating between heaven and earth.
Immediately afterward, an invisible force rebounded and struck Xuan Qiong.
"Pfft-!"
Xuan Qiong spat out a great mouthful of golden immortal blood. His body flew backward like a kite with its string cut and slammed heavily into the Black Yellow Sect's mountainside, leaving a massive crater. Every bone in his body shattered, his Dao foundation cracked apart, and his cultivation plummeted from Half-Step Immortal Venerable until he became a cripple.
One move!
Just one move!
The Black Yellow Sect's master, a Half-Step Dao Venerable expert, had been crippled so easily!
The entire gathering was deathly silent; a falling pin could have been heard.
Every Black Yellow Sect disciple and elder stood dumbstruck. The arrogance and anger vanished from their faces in an instant, replaced by utter terror and despair. Only now did they realize that this seemingly ordinary man in blue was someone they could not afford to provoke!
"Sect Master!"
The two Half-Step Immortal Venerable elders cried out in shock and fury. They exchanged a glance, gritted their teeth, and lunged at Lin Chen.
"Strike together! Kill this fiend!"
Joining forces, they unleashed their ultimate techniques. Immortal power boiled and Principles interwove, forming two pillars of light that pierced heaven and earth, seeking to annihilate Lin Chen completely.
But in Lin Chen's eyes, their attacks were as laughable as children playing.
Without moving his feet, he lightly swept his sleeve.
Whoosh-!
A gentle yet invincible Dao power swept out, instantly dismantling all their attacks. Immediately afterward, two crisp sounds of breaking bones rang out.
Crack! Crack!
The two Half-Step Immortal Venerable elders could not even scream before their bodies were crushed into blood mist and their souls utterly destroyed, leaving them not even a chance at reincarnation.
Instant kills!
Utterly instant kills!
Of the Black Yellow Sect's three Half-Step Immortal Venerable experts, one was crippled and two were dead. In mere moments, the sect had lost almost all its top fighting strength!
"Run! Run for your lives!"
Someone shouted, and the Black Yellow Sect disciples instantly broke down. They turned and fled, crying for their fathers and mothers, descending into utter chaos. Only one thought remained in their minds-run, as far as possible! This man was a devil, a god of slaughter from hell!
Just then, an aged, majestic voice came from deep within the Black Yellow Sect, carrying boundless fury and pressure.
"How dare you, whelp! You dare slaughter freely in my Black Yellow Sect? Do you truly think I'm dead?"
As the voice fell, a ten-thousand-zhang shaft of golden light shot skyward from the depths of the sect. A white-haired old man in purple robes strode through the air. Immortal Venerable Principles encircled him, and with every step, heaven and earth trembled and ripples spread through the void. He was the Black Yellow Sect's bedrock, its veteran Immortal Venerable expert-the Black Yellow Immortal Venerable!
The Black Yellow Immortal Venerable had spent tens of thousands of years in seclusion and had long since touched the threshold of Dao Venerable. His reputation resounded throughout the Northern Region, and countless powers looked up to him. Now that he had emerged, the terrifying presence radiating from him subjected cultivators throughout the Northern Region to extreme pressure, and they knelt toward the Black Yellow Sect.
"It's the Black Yellow Immortal Venerable! His Lordship has finally emerged from seclusion!"
"With His Lordship here, this brat is certain to die!"
"His Lordship's divine might is unrivaled! He'll tear this demon into ten thousand pieces!"
The Black Yellow Immortal Venerable stared coldly at Lin Chen, his voice like ice frozen for ten thousand ages. "Brat, state your name. I don't kill nameless ghosts!"
Lin Chen raised his eyes and gave the Black Yellow Immortal Venerable an indifferent glance, his tone utterly unruffled. "You're not worthy of knowing my name."
"Insolence!"
The Black Yellow Immortal Venerable flew into a rage. Being treated with such contempt by a junior made him feel humiliation unlike anything he had experienced before.
"Since you're determined to seek death, I'll grant your wish! Today, with the might of an Immortal Venerable, I'll erase you completely and console the departed souls of my Black Yellow Sect's disciples!"
The Black Yellow Immortal Venerable roared and summoned his bonded supreme treasure-the Black Yellow Emperor Weapon!
It was an emperor weapon fragment passed down from High Antiquity. Though not a complete emperor weapon, it still contained Emperor Dao Principles and possessed boundless power. It was the Black Yellow Sect's sect-guarding treasure.
As the emperor weapon appeared, heaven and earth changed color, and the sun and moon lost their light. The Principles throughout the Northern Region trembled. Countless living beings prostrated themselves, shivering, without even the courage to raise their heads.
"An emperor weapon! That's the Black Yellow Sect's emperor weapon fragment!"
"His Lordship has actually used the emperor weapon! This brat is dead for sure this time!"
Holding the emperor weapon fragment, the Black Yellow Immortal Venerable slashed savagely at Lin Chen, his gaze vicious.
"Emperor Dao Immortal-Slaying!"
A golden blade ray containing Emperor Dao Principles pierced heaven and earth and tore through the void, hurtling toward Lin Chen with world-destroying might. This strike could kill any Immortal Venerable. Even a Dao Venerable expert would have to give it a wide berth!
A cruel smile appeared on the Black Yellow Immortal Venerable's face, as though he could already see Lin Chen being cleaved in two.
But the next second, his smile froze, replaced by utter horror and disbelief.
Facing the Emperor Dao blade ray capable of killing an Immortal Venerable, Lin Chen remained impassive. He neither dodged nor summoned any Law Treasure. He merely extended his right hand and gently closed it.
Click!
Lin Chen actually caught the unstoppable blade ray containing Emperor Dao Principles in one hand. As though holding an ordinary twig, he kept it utterly motionless!
"Th-this is impossible!"
The Black Yellow Immortal Venerable's pupils contracted sharply, and he screamed involuntarily, disbelief written all over his face.
Someone had caught an emperor weapon's strike barehanded?
How was that possible!
Holding the blade ray, Lin Chen applied a little force.
Crack-!
The terrifying Emperor Dao blade ray instantly shattered, dissolving into specks of golden light.
Then Lin Chen took a step and instantly appeared before the Black Yellow Immortal Venerable, gently placing a hand on his head.
"You insulted my wife and child, yet you think you're worthy of being called an Immortal Venerable?"
His indifferent voice rang out as he exerted a little pressure with his palm.
Rumble-!
The Black Yellow Immortal Venerable's Immortal Venerable Dao foundation instantly shattered, his immortal power reversed its flow, and his soul was directly erased. His body plummeted from ten thousand zhang above and slammed heavily before the Black Yellow Sect's gates, utterly lifeless.
An Immortal Venerable of his generation, one of the Northern Region's foremost experts, had been casually crushed to death like an ant before Lin Chen!
With that, every senior figure of the Black Yellow Sect had been wiped out!
Lin Chen withdrew his hand and swept an indifferent gaze over the Black Yellow Sect's gates, his eyes devoid of emotion.
He raised his hand and waved, sending forth an invincible surge of Dao power.
Rumble-!
The towering Black Yellow Sect, with its ten-thousand-year legacy, collapsed. Immortal mountains crumbled, Spirit Veins snapped, palaces shattered, and the mountain-protecting formation disintegrated instantly. Beneath this single strike, the entire sect was reduced to ruins, its name erased from the Northern Region forever!
Having finished all this, Lin Chen turned and walked back.
Su Qinghan stood on a cloud nearby, holding Lin Xiaobao's hand. As she watched Lin Chen's retreating figure, her eyes were filled with tenderness and admiration.
Lin Xiaobao skipped over to Lin Chen, hugged his leg, and tilted his little face up, speaking in his childish voice. "Daddy, you're amazing! You chased all those bad people away!"
Lin Chen bent down and gathered Lin Xiaobao into his arms. A gentle smile appeared on his face, making him seem like a completely different person from the decisive killer of moments earlier.
"From now on, no one will dare bully either of you again."
Su Qinghan stepped forward and gently linked her arm through Lin Chen's, saying softly, "Brother Chen, let's go. On to the next place."
Lin Chen nodded. Holding Lin Xiaobao in his arms and Su Qinghan by the hand, he stepped lightly into the air and departed, their figures gradually disappearing into the depths of the cloud sea.
All that remained were the devastated ruins of the Black Yellow Sect and the shock and awe of countless cultivators throughout the Northern Region.
After today, the name Lin Chen would resound like thunder throughout the Northern Region and even spread across All Heavens and Myriad Worlds.
A hundred thousand years of signing in, invincible upon emerging.
This was no legend, but a living reality.
And Lin Chen's invincible path had only just begun.
Far away, above the clouds, a system notification sounded in Lin Chen's mind.
[Ding! Host suppressed the Black Yellow Sect, slew one Immortal Venerable and three Half-Step Immortal Venerables. Rewards: chaos immortal crystals × 1 billion, perfected Chaos Dao Physique, supreme emperor weapon-Chaos Heavenly Emperor Halberd!] [Ding! Host triggered a new sign-in location: All Heavens Chaos Sea. Proceed there immediately to sign in?]
The corners of Lin Chen's lips rose slightly, and he smiled inwardly with indifference.
Sign in?
To him, it had long ceased to matter.
As he was now, he had no need to sign in. He was already invincible.
All Heavens and Myriad Worlds, the myriad Daos and the firmament, all submitted beneath his feet.