"Hahaha."
High above in the firmament, the Lord of Light continued to laugh heartily.
Never had he felt such unbridled joy.
The Thunder Lord had been his inner demon, his nightmare.
Now... all of that was relegated to the past.
Every trace of the Thunder Lord had vanished.
After a long while, his laughter slowly subsided.
The Lord of Light looked down at the figures arrayed in formation below, a trace of disdainful amusement flickering across his lips.
"You ants."
His contemptuous voice echoed: "Do you know how much your actions have cost me?"
"However, this is for the best..."
His gaze swept over everyone, finally settling on the location of the Thunder Domain.
A smile spread across his face: "You all possess great fortunes, which can barely compensate for some of my losses."
Stepping out of the void prematurely had incurred a significant price.
There, within the void, lay the true spirits of the Great Dao left behind by four ninth-tier beings. These had been shared among three individuals.
For a million years, the legacies of four fallen Emperors were on the verge of being fully absorbed when he departed prematurely at the very last moment.
What he had initially considered a loss now appeared to be no loss at all.
His smile bloomed, his radiant gaze landing on Ping Xi: "Time and again you have opposed me, Ping Xi... do you truly believe I cannot kill you? I simply could not be bothered."
"Now, it seems, you are utterly ungrateful."
"You repeatedly challenge the majesty of the ninth tier. Since that is the case, you... need not live."
Boom.
Light erupted.
A world-shattering divine spear descended from the heavens.
It was too fast, so fast that no one could react.
"Pfft."
The scene that followed shocked everyone.
The Lord of Yin Yang, impaled by the divine spear of light, was pinned within the void.
Heaven and earth fell silent.
The Lord of Yin Yang looked down in disbelief at the spear of light that had pierced her chest.
"How... is this possible?" She could not believe it.
She was the Lord of Yin Yang, the Overlord of the South.
She had reigned supreme in the South for a million years, immensely powerful.
The former Lord of Light had once attempted to seize her Yin Yang Great Dao, but had ultimately failed.
It was on that occasion that she had come to resent this invincible ninth-tier being.
Time and again, she had resisted with unwilling defiance, opposing the West, all for the sake of avenging past grievances.
She knew she was no match for the Lord of Light, yet she had never imagined she would be unable to withstand even a single strike.
She refused to believe any of it.
"Why?" Ping Xi, appearing as a little girl, seemed completely stunned.
The wound from the divine spear was continuously bleeding the power of the Great Dao.
It was dissipating uncontrollably.
"This must be a dream."
The Sword Master, the Dragon King, and the others were also astonished.
Even without having witnessed it directly, they could sense the formidable power of the Lord of Yin Yang.
They had felt pressure from this overlord who appeared as a little girl.
It could be said that the Lord of Yin Yang was the strongest among them.
And this strongest among them had been gravely wounded by a single strike from the Lord of Light.
Could they still fight?
"Ah..."
Suddenly, the Lord of Yin Yang let out a piercing scream.
She was the Lord of Yin Yang, an invincible being.
"Break for me!"
The surging Yin Yang Great Dao manifested instantly.
A great fish of yin and yang hues appeared, the True Spirit of the Yin Yang Great Dao, a perfect fusion of yin and yang fish.
As the Yin Yang fish swam, the divine spear of light shattered.
Bang.
Gravely wounded, but not fatally.
Ping Xi had shattered the spear, but a wound the size of a bowl remained on her chest.
It was a clear path through.
Her heart was gone.
"Heh heh."
From above, the voice of the Lord of Light echoed once more.
Another divine spear appeared in his hand: "How many can you withstand?"
Pfft.
Divine light reappeared.
"Roar!"
The Lord of Yin Yang suddenly roared.
In an instant, the Yin Yang Dao River manifested, and the Great Dao Spirit, the Yin Yang fish, merged into her body: "Begone."
She could not perceive the spear's attack; it was too fast.
But she could defend, a defense without any blind spots.
Clang.
The divine spear was blocked.
But in the next moment, with a 'pfft', the Yin Yang Dao River was pierced by the spear.
"Attack!"
Clang.
Chen Fan made his move.
The Ama no Murakumo-no-Tsurugi, wreathed in lightning, slashed towards the light.
An immense sword dragon soared into the sky, carrying a killing intent like an ocean.
Lightning?
The Lord of Light turned his head, killing intent filling his brow: "The aura of the Thunder Lord... have you inherited the Thunder Lord's Dao?"
"Kill."
The Lord of Light directly shifted his target.
It seemed that the mere presence of the Thunder Lord's aura would instantly enrage him.
He abandoned the Lord of Yin Yang entirely and lunged towards Chen Fan.
Boom.
Light erupted.
The power of purification descended, and the lightning sword dragon immediately dissolved.
The power of purification could purify all things.
Boundless light enveloped Chen Fan.
He intended to dissolve all things related to the Thunder Lord into nothingness.
However, when the power of purification struck Chen Fan, the expected dissolution did not occur.
"Hmm?"
The Lord of Light paused.
He then realized, his brow furrowed: "You have comprehended my Great Dao?"
"Ridiculous."
From within the light, Chen Fan's scoffing voice emerged: "A mere power of purification, worthy of this City Lord comprehending? I simply absorb it."
Unbeknownst to the Lord of Light, the light and dark inner world within Chen Fan was furiously converting the light power, sinking it into the lake within his inner world for suppression.
This was all thanks to the Gravity Bead.
As for his physical body, it was protected by the Golden Silk Cicada Robe.
His form remained as unshakeable as a mountain.
"Roar."
The dragon roared.
The Dragon King attacked, followed by a top-tier Chaos Demonic Butterfly.
"Kill."
The Sword Master drew his sword.
"Kill." The Lord of Yin Yang wielded her black saber.
"Kill..."
The Emperors, all united, unleashed their attacks.
Boom.
A siege... energy erupted.
The energy of the entire Tenth Land was stirred.
Boundless divine power shook heaven and earth.
Heaven and earth boomed, and the Lord of Light was engulfed by the torrent of energy.
Chh.
Suddenly, a divine light flared.
Fearless divine light tore open a corner of the energy, and the Lord of Light rapidly escaped.
Ninth-tier beings were powerful, but even they could not fight a hundred opponents alone.
Quantity had led to a qualitative change.
He retreated.
His body, shrouded in light, bore numerous scars.
"Impressive."
The eyes of all the Emperors lit up.
They saw an opportunity.
Ninth-tier beings were not invincible.
"Kill."
All the Emperors' expressions were filled with fervor.
They saw a chance to slay a ninth-tier being.
Even if it was just a sliver, a chance to fight a ninth-tier being, what was death?
"Kill, kill, kill!"
Heaven split open, and Lie Tian, along with several Emperors, traversed through.
Zuan Tian Shu also exerted his full strength, continuously transporting people through spatial leaps.
He had lived his life cautiously.
For the first time in his million-year existence as a rat, he felt excitement.
Yes, excitement.
Even if hell lay ahead, he would step into it without hesitation.
A ninth-tier being, the pinnacle he had always looked up to.
Chen Fan and the others naturally did not stand idly by.
A siege was declared, and a siege it would be.
"Anti-air."
The Heavenly Crown appeared, confining the void.
He intended to trap the Lord of Light.
As the power was applied to the Lord of Light, his physical body cracked.
Controlling across tiers would result in backlash.
"Whoa."
Chen Fan spat out blood, his body recoiling in the void.
However... it was enough.
The Lord of Light was affected, if only for a fleeting moment, but that was sufficient.
"Bang."
The dragon's tail whipped the Lord of Light.
The black saber descended.
The wooden sword pierced forward.
A dense barrage of attacks landed on the Lord of Light.