Chapter 827: Duel Above the Star City

"What, is your name not meant to be called? Or do you have some other name?" Li Yuan's voice was indifferent. "Could it be that I should call you 'Treasure-Delivering Boy'?"

"That's right, you delivered a top-tier Imperial Weapon to me, and I haven't even thanked you yet."

At Li Yuan's words, many Sovereigns within the Star City chuckled inwardly. They all understood Li Yuan's meaning: when Yun Jing fell previously, the top-tier Imperial Weapon saber in his possession had certainly fallen into Li Yuan's hands.

And that top-tier Imperial Weapon saber had clearly come from Supreme Han Xing.

However.

Many Sovereigns were also secretly worried for Li Yuan. After all, Supreme Han Xing had descended in his true form—the might of a Supreme is incomparably terrifying.

Even if a Sovereign could channel the power of heaven and earth through the Star City to augment themselves, they generally could not withstand it.

"How bold."

The killing intent in Supreme Han Xing's heart grew even more intense, his voice icy. "Do you think that just because powerhouses from all over the universe are gathered here today, I wouldn't dare to make a move against you? Or does staying in this Star City give you confidence?"

Just then.

"Han Xing." A gentle voice resonated through the starry sky. A projection of Supreme Chi Jun stepped out, crossing the void, gazing at Supreme Han Xing from afar. "Long time no see."

"Chi Jun? You've come?" Supreme Han Xing's voice carried a trace of surprise.

He had not expected other Supremes to come to observe the ceremony.

"Are you here to stop me?" Supreme Han Xing said coldly. "There is no great enmity between you and me, but the feud between me and Brother Xinyuan is known to all. If you intend to use words to persuade me to retreat, then save your breath. If your true form has come, then just strike."

Supreme Chi Jun sighed inwardly.

He could see that Supreme Han Xing was determined to strike.

"Little friend Brother Xinyuan, this old fellow has truly gone mad." Supreme Chi Jun sent a voice transmission. "My true form has not descended; I cannot stop him."

"Thank you, Supreme Chi Jun." Li Yuan replied via voice transmission. "This is ultimately a matter between me and Han Xing; let me resolve it myself."

"Are you truly certain?"

"Although I look down on Han Xing, he is indeed formidable. Among the five great Supremes, he should be second only to Supreme Jing." Supreme Chi Jun transmitted. "Even if this Star City of yours is a Supreme Star City, I fear it cannot stop him. Is it possible the Immortal God Palace has made a promise?"

"Supreme, please rest assured." Li Yuan responded with a smile. "You may first retreat into the Star City."

Seeing this, Supreme Chi Jun said no more.

Swoosh!

He stepped out, returning to the palace hall above the Star City. This scene also let all the Sovereigns know that Supreme Chi Jun's mediation had likely failed.

"Everyone."

"Today's banquet for the opening of the city was supposed to be a joyous occasion, yet an unwelcome guest has arrived." Li Yuan smiled and set down his wine cup, his gaze sweeping over the more than one hundred Sovereigns and ten thousand Imperial-level experts present. "Allow me to first deal with this unwelcome guest, then I shall drink heartily with you all."

"Good, then we shall see the methods of Sovereign Brother Xinyuan." Sovereign Tongtian immediately responded.

This remark drew side-glances from many Sovereigns.

In reality, some Sovereigns and Imperial-level experts present were secretly worried about Supreme Han Xing's true form descending. Once Supreme Han Xing destroyed the Star City, he might very well begin a massacre against them.

"The Alliance Master is going to war with a Supreme." God Emperor Xingkong took a deep breath.

"It is Supreme Han Xing."

"Alliance Master, are you going to duel a Supreme today?" Quasi-Saint Long Ya, God King Dong Mang, God King Xinjie, and other powerhouses of the Brother Xinyuan Universe Realm all held their breath. In the lower-level banquet halls, they could also see the scene above the Star City and hear the dialogue between Li Yuan and Supreme Han Xing.

They knew.

Li Yuan was truly going to duel a Supreme. This battle would determine whether they could truly remain securely in the Immortal World. Naturally, there was a trace of anticipation in their hearts.

Yet, there was more fear; after all, that was a Supreme.

"Who can win?"

"Sovereign Brother Xinyuan's strength is at least at the peak Sovereign level, and he has the augmentation of the Star City's power. Can he rival a Supreme?"

"According to past experience, no. Even a peak Sovereign powerhouse cannot. The gap in strength between a Sovereign and a Supreme is too vast."

"But Sovereign Brother Xinyuan cannot be unaware of this information. Since he dares to do this, he must have some certainty." Powerhouses from major forces across the universe exchanged voice transmissions.

Instinctively, they did not believe Li Yuan could win, but Li Yuan had created miracles time and again, which still raised a sliver of expectation in them.

And while they were still exchanging words.

Boom!

Li Yuan's true form had arrived above the Star City. Almost at the same time, the vast and boundless Star City completely boiled over. Countless rays of light began to bloom from every corner of the Star City, surging auras diffused, triggering a terrifying tide of Yuan Force.

The entire galaxy was trembling.

The Star City Array! Fully activated!

An endless tide of Yuan Force converged around Li Yuan. In the blink of an eye, with Li Yuan's true form as the core, an unimaginably massive figure was formed.

He stood above the Star City, composed of endless Yuan Force. His appearance was identical to Li Yuan's, wearing heavy battle armor, holding a battle saber, his momentum monstrous.

"Star City Array."

"This aura? What a terrifying aura."

"How can it be this strong? It gives me the feeling that it is even more formidable than Supreme Han Xing." Sovereign Yan Long, Sovereign Tian Luo, Sovereign Yun Yue, and others all had their expressions change.

They were all Sovereigns, and many were masters of Star Cities themselves. They knew very well the ultimate might of a "Star City Array." Under normal circumstances, within the range of the array, the limit of the power they could mobilize reached the "Supreme level."

Their power could rival a Supreme, but their realm remained at the Sovereign level, so their strength could only be considered at the threshold of a Supreme, far inferior to a true Supreme.

But at this moment!

Li Yuan stood above the Star City, every movement as if augmented by the might of a vast universe. The pressure was terrifying to the extreme, far exceeding even Supreme Han Xing.

"This?"

"Even a Supreme Star City wouldn't reach this level, would it?" Supreme Chi Jun was also stunned. "Could it be authority specifically bestowed by the Immortal World?"

The Immortal Star City was inherently a secret matter.

It had only appeared twice in history, and both times it was opened by a Sub-Saint. In this era, indeed, no one knew of this matter. Moreover, even in the two times the Immortal Star City appeared in history, in the era when the Sub-Saint was alive, who could have forced the Sub-Saint to activate the Star City Array?

Therefore.

Today, Li Yuan fully activating the array might of the Immortal Star City could be said to be the first time since the Immortal World was opened.

————In the void.

"What a vigorous might." Li Yuan felt the terrifying power circulating through his body. "It far exceeds my own. I fear even a Supreme is far inferior. According to the information in the Star City origin, the Immortal Star City's power, when fully activated, should reach the Sub-Saint level."

That's right!

The array power of an ordinary Star City rivals an ordinary Supreme; the array power of a Supreme Star City can be called the pinnacle of a Quasi-Saint—

And the array power of the Immortal Star City reaches the Sub-Saint level. Of course, it only reaches the threshold of a Sub-Saint.

After all, just like a Supreme's divine body and magic power, there are differences in strength due to factors like foundation and the ultimate arts cultivated.

The same applies to Sub-Saint magic power.

"If not for the authority bestowed by the Immortal World, with my soul will, I would still be unable to harness such vast and boundless power," Li Yuan sighed inwardly.

Controlling such powerful strength gave Li Yuan the confidence to face a Supreme directly.

"Haha!"

"Sure enough, the Immortal God Palace made a promise to you, actually giving you a Supreme Star City, and it seems they even gave you extra authority to mobilize more power of heaven and earth." Supreme Han Xing's voice was cold. "Unfortunately, having power but being hollow on the outside, today, your Star City will still be destroyed."

"Han Xing, you are truly confident." Li Yuan smiled. "Unfortunately, whether it was the trillion-eternal-crystal bounty back then, the ambush in the Ancient Ruins of the Changhe, or the chaos of the Sacrificial Realm—your schemes time and again have never succeeded, and instead, they have only made me stronger."

"This time, you will still be defeated." Li Yuan was very confident.

Supreme Han Xing's heart was as cold as snow.

Boom!

"Powerhouses are forged through killing." That vast, boundless ice star changed, suddenly transforming into a towering, lean human figure, its entire body glowing with endless icy blue light.

Immediately, Supreme Han Xing moved.

It was too fast.

Under the sealing of time and space, Supreme Han Xing's speed still reached an unimaginable level, crashing toward the Star City and arriving directly before Li Yuan.

He kicked out!

Heaven and earth shattered! He stomped fiercely toward Li Yuan's head!

He wanted to kick Li Yuan's head to pieces.

"Get lost!"

Li Yuan, having fully mobilized the might of the Star City, roared angrily. He did not dodge at all, but instead leaped up, raised his arms high, and fiercely swung the battle saber in his hand.

"Whoosh!"

The saber light swept past, with the Great Destruction Dao as the core, a vast and boundless primitive intent diffused, causing the might of this strike to reach an unimaginable level.

It was as if the universe itself were about to be split open.

Boom!

The dark saber light swept past, exploding fiercely beneath Supreme Han Xing's feet. The starry sky shattered, and the terrifying power forced Supreme Han Xing to retreat directly. Where the two collided, space was annihilated and collapsed layer by layer, directly creating space rifts over a hundred million kilometers long in the starry sky.

There was even a dark region diffusing for millions of kilometers, like a black hole.

This scene made many Sovereigns hold their breath.

This was the Immortal World!

Ordinary Imperial-level experts find it difficult to even shatter space—yet the battle between Li Yuan and Supreme Han Xing could cause such terrifying destructive power.

Moreover, the Sovereigns could see that this was still the result of both sides' power annihilating each other by more than half. If they erupted individually, the destructive force would be more than ten or a hundred times greater.

"Supreme-level."

"This is definitely a battle at the Supreme level. Sovereign Brother Xinyuan blocked it." In the Star City's banquet hall, the countless powerhouses watching the battle were holding their breath.

They all knew this was a rare Supreme-level battle.

"He actually reached the Supreme level?"

"With such vigorous power, you can actually control it perfectly. The Immortal God Palace truly treats you well." Supreme Han Xing's heart had sunk to the bottom.

When top-tier powerhouses fight.

Just from the saber strike Li Yuan had shown, he understood that his hope of destroying the other party's Star City was very slim.

Unless he used his trump card.

"Hmph!"

"If I can't destroy your Star City today, I will still let you know the majesty of a Supreme." Supreme Han Xing's voice was icy. "Reaching the Supreme level through external force is different from being a true Supreme."

Before the words fell!

Boom! Boom! Boom! Supreme Han Xing suddenly transformed back into that towering, massive star body. Following that, dazzling streams of light protruded, and one could see that from the huge star body, incomparably huge blue chains extended.

—

They looked like chains, yet also like tentacles.

A full forty-eight tentacles, each containing terrifying might, crashed toward Li Yuan. Heaven and earth shook, and the terrifying pressure made Li Yuan's heart shudder.

Each strike was much weaker than before, but they were all at the Supreme level.

In an instant!

Li Yuan seemed to be facing a violent siege from dozens of Supremes, heaven-destroying and earth-shattering, simply impossible to block.

"Ridiculous!"

"Not attempting to unify your power, yet you dare to disperse it?" Li Yuan's eyes were icy. He swung his saber again with a backhand, and at the same time, a vast lotus scene suddenly emerged around him.

It was the Universe Lotus!

The lotus leaves circulated, and under the augmentation of Li Yuan's vigorous might, this treasure, which was nearly a top-tier Imperial Weapon, also erupted with shocking might. Nine streams of light galloped wantonly, like nine super powerhouses guarding his side.

Saber light crisscrossed!

Tentacles reached the sky!

"Bang!" "Bang!" "Bang!" The two supreme existences unfolded an incomparably terrifying duel in the void. Huge space rifts emerged, followed by space collapsing layer by layer into dark primitive regions, returning to nothingness.

Except for the Star City being protected by the array.

In the starry sky outside the Star City, even though the Immortal World's rules were operating, causing the destroyed space to constantly recover, the recovery speed could not keep up with the destruction.

Destruction after destruction!

The endless galaxy became increasingly dark.

"This?"

"Each of their collisions is enough to kill a Sovereign."

"This is a Supreme confrontation."

"Fortunately, we are hiding in the Star City. If we were to get involved in this level of confrontation, even if a hundred Sovereigns joined forces, I fear we would be slaughtered to the last."

"For a very, very long time, there hasn't been a Supreme-level battle in the universe."

"The confrontation in the Brother Xinyuan Universe Realm last time, that Abyss Demon Lord only had power at that level; compared to this time, it was far inferior." The more than one hundred Sovereigns and massive number of Imperial-level experts in the Star City were completely stunned.

Many Sovereigns were seeing a Supreme-level confrontation with their own eyes for the first time, leaving them deeply shocked.

If dozens or a hundred Sovereigns joined forces, perhaps their power level could reach the Supreme level, but if they truly faced a Supreme, the outcome would be very miserable.

Only a Supreme can contend with a Supreme; this is no empty talk.

Time passed.

The battle between the two sides continued.

"Sovereign Brother Xinyuan is still at a disadvantage."

"Hmm, he is ultimately not a true Supreme, only borrowing the might of the Star City, but it is dazzling enough."

"At the very least, it proves that Supreme Han Xing cannot destroy this Star City." Many powerhouses exchanged words. This battle was the battle for the Brother Xinyuan Universe Realm lineage to re-establish its footing in the Immortal World.

In a region quite some distance from the Star City, Sovereign An Lu, Sovereign Lian Fu, Sovereign Yu Yi, and four other Sovereigns gathered, watching the battle from afar.

"Can't he win?"

"A Supreme, actually only slightly holding the upper hand?" The seven of them felt as if a basin of cold water had been poured over their hearts. They had come here together to observe the ceremony.

At the same time, they were prepared to intercept and kill after the Star City was destroyed, preventing any of Li Yuan's powerhouses from escaping.

They had thought Supreme Han Xing could resolve the battle quickly, but who would have thought he would be easily blocked by Li Yuan.

"Don't be anxious!"

"Master said he still has a major killing move. Everything now is just probing; there is still hope." Sovereign An Lu said in a low voice, his massive body covered in black scales rolling in the void.

Above the Star City.

Hum~

Amidst the intense material confrontation between the two sides.

"Extinguish!"

Deep within that massive ice star, there was a blue vortex like a flame. Within the blue vortex, a flame flower slowly rose. The flower had seven petals, each a different color, seven-colored and brilliant, reflecting in all directions, endlessly gorgeous.

"Seven-Colored Abyss Fire! Extinguish!"

—

A trace of killing intent flashed through Supreme Han Xing's heart. The seven-colored flame flower contracted sharply, turning into a streak of seven-colored light that escaped into the void and flew into the sky.

"Even a Supreme would be seriously injured if hit by this. I don't believe a Sovereign can withstand it." Supreme Han Xing had endless killing intent in his heart. "The Star City Array cannot strengthen your soul defense."

This flower!

It was a rare item he had obtained after roaming the Ancient Ruins of the Changhe for long years. Its might was extremely terrifying. He had obtained a total of three, one used to deal with a Supreme Ancient Spirit, one used in a battle against Supreme Jing.

Only the last one remained.

This rare item must be used by a Supreme to have supreme power. He had not wanted to use it today, but he had been forced to the limit. If he left just like this, he would lose too much face.

Hum~

Silently, a streak of seven-colored light swept through the void, making Li Yuan's expression change slightly. "Not good, what is that?"

However, this seven-colored light was too fast. Soul attacks are astonishingly fast to begin with, and without giving Li Yuan time to think, it had already entered his body.

But immediately.

Li Yuan's expression did not change at all. A trace of contempt flashed in his eyes, and he said coldly, "A soul attack? Han Xing, you've been fighting me for so long, and only now are you using this soul attack? I fear you placed high hopes on it."

"Unfortunately, this soul attack of yours is too weak." Li Yuan sneered.

"What?"

"How is this possible!" Supreme Han Xing was completely shocked. "This move, even if it couldn't kill him, shouldn't it have had any effect at all?"

Supreme Han Xing did not know.

Li Yuan appeared calm on the surface, but his heart was shocked to the extreme. One must know, Li Yuan's soul will was already comparable to a Sovereign's, and this true form carried the "Thousand-Heart Imperial Ring."

Most Supremes, even when exchanging for Imperial Weapons in the Immortal God Palace, generally would not choose soul-defense Imperial Weapons. After all, it is almost impossible for Supremes to kill each other's souls, and soul-defense Imperial Weapons are of little help to them.

Plus, the Heart-Weapon Dao had already taken its second step.

It could be said that the soul defense of Li Yuan's true form was in no way inferior to a Supreme's—yet that streak of seven-colored light had easily shaken his soul origin.

Fortunately!

Every true form of Li Yuan contained a "Holy Heart Mark," and each Holy Heart Mark contained the strange power bestowed by the Eternal God Palace, which could guard the soul and greatly enhance his soul vitality.

In just an instant!

Through Li Yuan's powerful soul defense, under the erosion of that streak of seven-colored light, the power of the Holy Heart Mark was depleted by more than ninety percent, only then barely blocking this terrifying strike.

It could be said!

This was the most terrifying soul-killing move Li Yuan had encountered since he began cultivating.

"Even if my Void Realm true form transforms into a World Demon in the future and cultivates to the third transformation, the might of its soul attack would only be about this much, right?"

Li Yuan was shocked inwardly.

The might of this soul attack was simply heaven-defying!

Without the Holy Heart Mark, he would have suffered a serious soul injury even if he didn't die—if this kind of attack could continue a few more times, even with the Holy Heart Mark, his soul origin would be annihilated.

After all, the power contained in the Holy Heart Mark is limited. Once exhausted, the true form must return to the Eternal God Palace to replenish it.

"Even the Seven-Colored Abyss Fire is useless?"

"I don't ask to kill him completely, but I can't even kill this true form of his and destroy his Star City?" Supreme Han Xing felt a sense of powerlessness in his heart. "Could it be that the Immortal God Palace bestowed some life-saving treasure upon him?"

But no matter what.

Having used his final killing move, Supreme Han Xing knew there was no possibility of defeating the other party.

Thinking of this.

"Little brat Brother Xinyuan."

"The Immortal God Palace helps you so much, hmph, when the Abyss Sacrificial Sea opens, don't let them down." Supreme Han Xing said coldly. "I won't keep you company anymore."

Boom!

Supreme Han Xing moved suddenly, the massive ice star broke through the air and left, and the sky-filling tentacles also retracted sharply, wanting to disengage from the battlefield.

"Han Xing!!"

Li Yuan roared, "What kind of place do you think this is? You want to come and go as you please? Without paying any price? You can leave, but those Sovereigns under your command, today, leave your lives behind for me."

Boom!

Li Yuan moved directly, stepping across the starry sky, and actually killed his way toward the location of the seven Sovereigns, including Sovereign An Lu and Sovereign Yu Yi, in the distance.

"Not good."

"Brother Xinyuan is killing his way over." Sovereign Lian Fu, Sovereign An Lu, and the others all had their expressions change.

"What are you afraid of?" Sovereign Yu Yi, the strongest among them, frowned. "Not to mention that the Supreme will stop him, even if he doesn't, our location is already very far from the Star City—the further from the Star City, the weaker the Star City Array's might, and the strength he can erupt with will also plummet."

Saying this with his mouth.

Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh! The seven Sovereigns had already begun to flee immediately.

"Brother Xinyuan."

"Wanting to kill in front of me? Truly wishful thinking." Supreme Han Xing was also annoyed. In his view, he had already taken the initiative to retreat, and this battle should have ended.

Swoosh!

Supreme Han Xing's speed soared immediately, and the sky-filling tentacles crashed out again, attempting to block Li Yuan's advance.

"Hahaha!"

"Your killing move was useless against me, then feel the killing move I prepared for you." Li Yuan's laughter was clear, resonating through the endless starry sky.

As the words fell!

Hum~

Beneath Li Yuan's feet, a massive golden sphere suddenly emerged. The sphere expanded sharply, and in the blink of an eye, it reached a level not inferior to Supreme Han Xing's true body.

The golden sphere had restrained Dao rhymes, yet it made Supreme Han Xing feel a fatal threat.

Sub-Saint Weapon—Heavenly Net Tribulation Realm!

"If it were my own strength, wanting to use the Heavenly Net Tribulation Realm would be very strenuous." Li Yuan sighed inwardly. "Only by borrowing the power of the Star City can I drive it easily."

A Sub-Saint Weapon has endless might, but the difficulty of using it is also terrifyingly high.

"Suppress the Realm!" Li Yuan's heart stirred.

Hum~

The golden sphere trembled, the Dao patterns inside it trembled, faintly aligning with the time-space Dao rhymes in the endless time and space. Almost in an instant, it caused Li Yuan's control over time and space to soar by more than ten times.

Everything was under his control!

This was not just simple domain control, but a "higher-dimensional time-space control." In this time and space, Li Yuan not only controlled the power itself but also controlled the formulation of the rules.

In short, his words became law.

In this time and space, if Li Yuan said "material attacks are ineffective," then all material attacks should fail—of course, this rule power also had its limits.

"Unfortunately, compared to the Heavenly Net Tribulation Realm I am wielding, the Supreme is still too powerful."

"If it were the complete Heavenly Net Tribulation Realm, the might would reach the ultimate." Li Yuan thought inwardly. "Then, if I said 'the Supreme should reach his limit and fall,' then all Supremes within the Tribulation Realm would not only fall, but their life origins would also be seriously injured."

This is the rule.

However.

Even if he could not directly impose the Tribulation Realm rules on the Supreme, the simple time-space suppression caused Supreme Han Xing's speed to plummet, falling to less than one-tenth of Li Yuan's current speed.

"Extinguish!"

Li Yuan pointed from afar. The time-space range controlled by the Heavenly Net Tribulation Realm was extremely vast, and those seven Sovereigns were actually within his time-space control range.

Although the distance was extremely far and the Star City power Li Yuan could mobilize had plummeted, it was enough to kill them.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

Strange chains appeared in the void. The chains were incomparably dazzling. They seemed to be born out of thin air, their bodies emitting heart-stopping Dao rhyme light, directly attacking the seven Sovereigns.

It was the second major method of the Heavenly Net Tribulation Realm—Tribulation Chains.

Wherever the Tribulation Realm reaches, the Tribulation Chains can reach; they are omnipresent.

"No!" Supreme Han Xing roared, but he was helpless.

"Those chains."

"So beautiful."

"What kind of attack is this? Can it attack Sovereigns across endless time and space?" The many Sovereigns in the Star City could barely see clearly, and they were all shocked.

"Block it!"

"Separated by such a distance, he absolutely cannot kill us." Sovereign Yu Yi, Sovereign An Lu, and the others were also trying their best, each using their methods to attempt to block.

The next instant!

Pfft! Pfft! Pfft!

Except for Sovereign Yu Yi, who barely blocked the Tribulation Chain attack, the divine bodies of the other six Sovereigns were instantly pierced through. The speed of the Tribulation Chains was simply too fast and too fierce.

Even separated by such a distance, the attack of each Tribulation Chain still reached the Supreme level.