"Boom."
Above the firmament.
A rule appeared, as if piercing the boundary between life and death.
Not two, but one.
The Grand Dao of Life and Death, had manifested.
The perfectly fused essences of life and death, traversed heaven and earth.
"Clang."
The entire Grand Dao of Life and Death, transformed into a sword of rules.
The Heavenly Cloud Sword appeared, absorbing the Dao of Life and Death into its blade.
"Hum."
At this moment, the entire world seemed to tremble.
As if it disallowed this sword from appearing within heaven and earth.
The will of the Immortal Realm, was about to descend, to suppress this sword.
"The Grand Dao of Life and Death?"
Giant Rhino's pupils contracted.
He cultivated the Dao of Earth, the Earth of the Five Elements, a rule and Dao of immense power.
But compared to Life and Death, the solitary Dao of Earth, fell short.
Giant Rhino's body tensed.
"Slash."
That sword, descended.
One strike, heaven and earth shattered.
The entire world was cleaved apart by this single strike.
An unparalleled blow, illuminating the heavens and earth.
At this moment, it seemed as if only one sword existed in the world.
A sword piercing through life and death.
Giant Rhino's confident defense, before this sword, was sliced apart like tofu.
"Screech."
Sword light blazed, life and death cycled.
It pierced into the center of Giant Rhino's brow, and continued downwards.
A line of blood, spread along its length.
The power of life, severed Giant Rhino's vitality.
The power of death, eroded Giant Rhino's life force.
Life and death revolved, Giant Rhino's massive physical body began to collapse.
This was not the Dharma manifestation of a Heavenly Emperor, but Giant Rhino's true physical body.
"Holy shit."
The people of Sword City were stunned.
This was a Heavenly Emperor, a Heavenly Emperor's physical body, shattering, falling.
This was a rain of flesh and blood.
"Chen Fan..." Giant Rhino roared in agony.
Pain.
Boundless pain.
His body and soul, both shattering: "I will slaughter you."
"Imperial Palace, manifest."
Hum.
Giant Rhino's colossal Imperial Palace, appeared.
This was the technique of a Heavenly Emperor.
"Rumble."
A world, descended.
A golden Imperial Palace descended from the void, appearing out of nowhere.
Boundless might, suppressed all directions.
Heaven and earth fell silent at this moment, all gazes fixed upon the Imperial Palace descending from the sky.
From the outside, it was merely a sphere, a circular sphere, ten Sword Cities combined were not as large as this Imperial Palace.
...
"Mad Emperor."
Elder Demon Chu asked the Mad Emperor beside him: "Why is your Imperial Palace so small?"
Indeed.
The Mad Realm of a few days ago, was merely a sphere with a diameter of about a hundred meters, not even as large as Sword City.
And this Imperial Palace before them, was ten times the size of Sword City.
The contrast was immense.
The Mad Emperor sneered: "Big and useless, what's the point?
The same amount of spiritual energy, dispersed within a hundred-meter Imperial Palace and a ten-thousand-meter Imperial Palace, which do you think is better?"
Elder Demon Chu nodded: "That does make sense..."
"Precisely."
The Mad Emperor's eyes were full of disdain: "Without the strength, yet insisting on making the Imperial Palace so large, hehe... can you see inside through that Imperial Palace wall?"
Elder Demon Chu looked carefully.
Huh, it seemed to be the case.
Although the Imperial Palace was golden and resplendent, looking powerful and awe-inspiring.
With the gaze of a Half-Emperor, one could penetrate the Imperial Palace's walls and see within.
"Alright."
Elder Demon Chu agreed with his statement: "So, within the Emperor Realm, this Giant Rhino isn't a strong contender, right?"
With Imperial Palace walls so thin, how strong could he be?
The Mad Emperor sneered: "In my prime, an ant I could crush with a single finger, barely a Rank One Emperor Sovereign."
"Rank One Emperor Sovereign?"
This was the first time Elder Demon Chu had heard this title.
The Mad Emperor said solemnly: "The nine tiers of the Emperor Realm, the lower three tiers are Emperor Sovereign Realm, the middle three tiers are Heavenly Emperor Realm, and the final three tiers are Great Emperor."
"Oh."
Elder Demon Chu nodded.
So, upon reaching the Emperor Realm, there was such a stratification.
"So, the Five Heavenly Emperors of the Immortal Realm are all mid-tier Heavenly Emperors..."
"Naturally."
The Mad Emperor nodded: "Without being mid-tier, how can one claim to be a Heavenly Emperor?"
Elder Demon Chu then asked: "What was your level when you were alive?"
"..."
"High-tier Great Emperor?"
The Mad Emperor: "..."
"Mid-tier Heavenly Emperor?"
"..."
Fine.
Elder Demon Chu stopped asking; it was too disheartening.
He looked up at the battle in the sky.
Giant Rhino's Imperial Palace was still descending.
The weakest Emperor Sovereign is still an Emperor Sovereign.
"Rumble."
The Imperial Palace nearly shattered the Grand Dao of Life and Death.
"Earth is me alone."
Giant Rhino roared.
With a bellow, the Imperial Palace expanded again, crushing the heavens.
Blood trickled from Chen Fan's mouth.
"Heh."
Injured?
It didn't matter.
As long as he wasn't dead, he could still be arrogant.
A mocking smile played on his lips: "You dare call this an Imperial Palace?"
He had seen it too.
Inside Giant Rhino's Imperial Palace, it was desolate.
Even the spiritual energy was extremely sparse, devoid of life.
If this were to be called an Imperial Palace, then the Mad Emperor's Imperial Palace could be called a world.
"Watch me shatter your Imperial Palace."
The Sword of Life and Death, reappeared.
Clang.
A single strike, shattering heaven and earth.
The sword light struck the Imperial Palace wall, with a 'clang', it actually snapped.
"Again..."
I'm not just holding one sword.
With a flick of his wrist, ten thousand swords returned to their origin.
A hundred swords, led by Life and Death.
"Rumble."
A world of swords.
All the sword light aimed at a single point.
Bang.
Finally, the overloaded Imperial Palace was pierced by the Sword of Life and Death.
Instantly, the might of ten thousand swords erupted.
All the sword light surged into the Imperial Palace, exploding within.
"No..."
Giant Rhino despaired.
The Imperial Palace, was being destroyed from within.
"Hahaha..."
His despair was met by Chen Fan's laughter: "Heavenly Emperor, nothing more than this... Oh, no, you're not a Heavenly Emperor, just the weakest Emperor Sovereign, hahaha..."
Elder Demon Chu had already transmitted the Mad Emperor's words to the City Lord.
"A mere Emperor Sovereign, so weak, haha..."
"Explode for me."
Boom!
The Imperial Palace, detonated.
The colossal Imperial Palace shattered amidst an endless 'rumble'.
Limitless energy swept in all directions.
"Hum."
Somewhere in the void, a will emerged.
A vast suction permeated heaven and earth, madly devouring the essence of the shattered Imperial Palace.
Chen Fan's pupils contracted: "Spirit of Heaven and Earth?"
He sensed it, it was the will of the Immortal Realm devouring the essence of the shattered Imperial Palace.
There was no aura of great destruction. This Imperial Palace, compared to the Mad Realm, was too weak.
But...
A terrifying killing intent flashed in Chen Fan's eyes.
Clang.
Ten thousand swords, reappeared.
This time, all the Grand Daos in the river of rules were activated.
A cold voice echoed through heaven and earth: "Stealing my city lord's spoils, who do you think you are?"
"Boom."
Chen Fan was filled with rage.
Ten thousand swords, slashed.
No specific target, just attacking this world.
"Rumble."
In the Immortal Realm, above Sword City.
Countless spatial cracks spread.
Sword light was boundless, churning the shattered space, spreading far and wide.
"Swallowing my stuff, who do you think you are?" Even if you're the will of the Immortal Realm.