Chapter 840: Appearance

Not necessarily; this Flame Sovereign must have concealed his true strength—he may have long since reached the Sky Supreme.

Everyone agreed with this view, because no one would believe it if spoken aloud: an Earth Supreme chasing down a Sky Supreme? It was unthinkable.

"Today, even if you flee to the ends of the earth, I will cut off your head." Xiao Yan's eyes flashed a cold glint; his Soul Force locked tightly onto Xuan Shi Emperor, warping Space as he followed closely behind, speaking coldly.

Xuan Shi Emperor was enraged to the point of madness, wanting to shred Xiao Yan into a thousand pieces—how glorious had he once been as a Sky Supreme? When had he ever been so humiliated? Now he was being hunted by a mere upstart from a Lower Plane!

Xuan Shi Emperor forced himself to endure his wounds, spitting out precious blood with each breath, relying on his escape Secret Treasure and Sky Supreme Spiritual Energy to traverse Universe Space, fleeing a great distance.

One could imagine how swift a Sky Supreme would move when fleeing for his life.

"Xiao Yan, do not push too far. Killing is enough—just a blow to the head. Even if you possess Sky Supreme power, you are merely a Spirit-grade Sky Supreme. Though Sky Supremes in the Great Thousand World are as rare as phoenix feathers, there are still those stronger than you." Seeing Xiao Yan relentlessly pursuing him, Xuan Shi Emperor grew alarmed and quickly sent a mental message.

"There are indeed those stronger than me—but what does that have to do with you?" Xiao Yan smiled, ignoring Xuan Shi Emperor's words, accelerating further, closing the distance between them.

Seeing Xiao Yan's terrifying speed, Xuan Shi Emperor's heart sank to the bottom; his face turned utterly dark as he said: "Xiao Yan, all Sky Supremes of the Great Thousand World must join the Great Thousand Palace. The Da Qian Alliance forbids Sky Supremes from killing one another—we must preserve our strength to fight the Domain Beyond demons. If you kill me, you violate the Da Qian Alliance."

Hearing this, Xiao Yan replied calmly: "Hmm, perhaps. But what's that to me? I never joined the Great Thousand Palace. I'm not native to the Great Thousand World—I come from a Lower Plane."

"You!"

"Flame Sovereign, no—Master Xiao Yan, enmity is better resolved than prolonged. I admit defeat in this war. I swear I will never appear before you again, and I will compensate you." Xuan Shi Emperor even produced a white flag; he could no longer bluff—he was too severely wounded, and if he kept expending his essence blood like this, even if Xiao Yan didn't kill him, he'd die anyway.

"You said it yourself—this is a war." Xiao Yan smiled faintly, shaking his head: "If it's a war, it can't be a game. Only when one side is utterly annihilated will the war end."

"Xiao Yan, you are indeed powerful—but don't forget, you only reached Sky Supreme through external power and Secret Techniques." Xuan Shi Emperor spoke gravely: "Don't overreach. Ahead lies the Da Qian Jin Qu. Even a Sky Supreme entering it cannot guarantee survival!"

Xuan Shi Emperor fled desperately in one direction—clearly intending to enter the forbidden zone, hoping to force Xiao Yan to retreat.

Hearing Xuan Shi Emperor's words, Xiao Yan's eyes suddenly flickered with unusual light—but his speed didn't slow; instead, it increased further, as if determined to slay Xuan Shi Emperor before he reached the so-called forbidden zone.

"Xiao Yan! This is your own fault for pressing me too hard!" Finally, Xuan Shi Emperor gritted his teeth and spat out a massive gout of blood, vanishing into Space: "If you want mutual destruction, then I'll see you through it—dare you enter?!"

Puff! In an instant, Xuan Shi Emperor was engulfed in crimson light, transforming into an infinite crimson shadow that twisted Universe Space, traversing countless light-years, vanishing in a blink into a dark, chaotic space.

Boom! Flames erupted as Xiao Yan showed no mercy; his body ignited with strange fire, Soul Force exploding as he instantly became a streak of fire, plunging into the boundless dark Chaotic Space.

Snap! As Xiao Yan passed through the dark Chaotic Space, he arrived on a bizarre continent—entirely lifeless, heavens shattered, Dao extinguished, all turned to ash—as if a cataclysmic war had once occurred here, its power far beyond any being's imagination.

This was a world utterly destroyed, leaving only an empty shell.

On the ground lay scattered shattered weapons, powerful Sacred Artifacts, countless Spirit Arrays drained dry, and Kuang Ji turned into lifeless veins.

In this terrifying battle, even the most legendary divine weapons were shattered; countless resources and infinite methods were consumed in this monstrous clash.

Besides these, massive bodies lay sprawled across the ground, bones scattered everywhere—once-mighty supreme beings reduced here to mere dust.

As Xiao Yan stepped onto this continent, something on the ground suddenly began to writhe, slowly crawling toward his location.

"Hehehe, Xiao Yan, you're still too young. You come from a Lower Plane—you don't know the Great Thousand World. This isn't a forbidden zone—it's the Yu Wai Zhan Chang of the Great Thousand World! This is a continent's ruin seized by the Domain Beyond demons!!" Xuan Shi Emperor's eyes, streaked with blood, screamed wildly: "You forced me to this!"

Xuan Shi Emperor's blood continuously seeped into the ground; ripples surged across the dark earth, forming a grotesque, monstrous face. Its gaping mouth sucked in the rolling black mist like smoke, instantly devouring Xuan Shi Emperor's essence blood.

A torrent of evil energy erupted, transforming the entire realm into a demonic lair in an instant.

"Blood! I crave blood! More blood!!" A fallen Demon Emperor's lingering soul emitted a chilling voice.

"If you want it, I'll give it to you!" Xuan Shi Emperor had gone utterly mad, gulping down the endless Demon Qi, devouring the Demon Emperor's lingering soul and SpiritFlesh.

Sssss! At that moment, Xuan Shi Emperor's body underwent horrific mutation—his once-golden, sunlike Sky Sovereign body sprouted thick, long red hairs.

Each red hair was like a divine needle; his body swelled and expanded uncontrollably.

Boom! At that instant, Xuan Shi Emperor's Demon Qi surged skyward; his Spiritual Energy was utterly corrupted by Demon Qi, his Sky Sovereign body transformed into a Demon Body. In a flash, a shadow emerged from his body—a divine demon—opening its mouth to devour Xuan Shi Emperor.

It was his Supreme Form—now grotesquely mutated, it had come alive, seeking to devour its own host.

Demonization.

The Great Thousand World waged an endless war against the Domain Beyond demons precisely because their Demon Qi was lethal—it corrupted Spiritual Energy, driving living beings into frenzy and bloodlust.

In this instant, Xuan Shi Emperor's body blazed with overwhelming Demon Qi; his red hairs grew thicker, and with one stomp, even Space itself was corrupted.

As Xuan Shi Emperor turned, his body blazed with Demon Qi—two massive Demon Wings formed from the swirling energy, blotting out the Sky.

"Hahaha, this is Demon Qi? It feels amazing!" Now covered in red hair, his black-red wings obscuring the Sky, Xuan Shi Emperor looked like a demon—completely transformed!

"You forced me! This isn't my fault—it's you!!" Xuan Shi Emperor was now utterly possessed, fully transformed into a demon—the damaged Divine Soul had devoured the lingering Demon Emperor soul, becoming a monstrous abomination.

Living beings corrupted by Demon Qi were neither Domain Beyond demons nor Great Thousand World cultivators—they were monsters.

"Die!" Xuan Shi Emperor spat out Demon Qi, one Demon Wing slashing down, two Demon hands blotting out the heavens, clapping together to obliterate Xiao Yan completely.

Facing this earth-shattering strike, strangely, Xiao Yan stood motionless—as if frozen in terror, unable to react.

Yet in that instant, Xiao Yan's forehead suddenly writhed; unfazed by the enhanced Xuan Shi Emperor, he spoke calmly: "Open the Saint Pupil."

Boom! Boom!

Suddenly, all the Demon Qi in the realm seemed to erupt in chaos.

Even among the Great Thousand World's elite, few knew that among the Domain Beyond's Thirty-Two Great Tribes, only the Saint Demon Clan possessed the bloodline and power of the Heavenly Demon God—and the Saint Pupil of the Saint Demon Clan was their most distinct mark, activable only when one's bloodline was cultivated to an extreme level.

At this moment, from Xiao Yan's forehead emerged a pupil radiating dark Soul Force.

Xiao Yan obviously did not possess the Saint Demon Clan's bloodline. His pupil differed from the Saint Pupil—it was a Soul Eye he cultivated by fusing the Heavenly Demon God's legacy with the Demon God's Asura Soul Body.

Upon seeing that vertical pupil, the demonized Xuan Shi Emperor felt an indescribable terror—this emotionless vertical pupil resembled the eye of a Demon God, coldly observing all living beings, its power seemingly capable of annihilating any life.

In this realm saturated with Demon Qi, controlled by the Domain Beyond demons, Xiao Yan's Soul Eye thrived like a fish in water—the Demon Qi boiled and churned. What kind of power could provoke such a Sky Phenomenon?!

Thud! Xuan Shi Emperor's attack was suppressed by an invisible force.

"Hehehe, in the Great Thousand World, I couldn't fully unleash it—but here, it's different." Xiao Yan gazed at the fully demonized Xuan Shi Emperor, a knowing smile forming on his lips.

He had known all along that Xuan Shi Emperor intended to enter the Domain Beyond! Xiao Yan had lured him—waiting for Xuan Shi Emperor to leave the Great Thousand World and step onto the Domain Beyond's conquered continent.

After all, killing a Sky Supreme was still difficult for Xiao Yan at this stage.

"Y-you-you-you! You can control Demon Qi! You're from the Domain Beyond demons!!" Xuan Shi Emperor's face turned ashen—he never imagined Xiao Yan was from the Domain Beyond!

Xiao Yan's lips curled upward; his expression remained calm as he shook his head: "No. I can control Demon Qi because I inherited some of the Heavenly Demon God's legacy—but I am not from the Domain Beyond demons."

"I come from the Dou Qi Continent."

Hearing Xiao Yan's words, Xuan Shi Emperor's eyes widened in stunned disbelief. Heavenly Demon God's legacy?!

Heavenly Demon God!!

The instant he heard those three words, Emperor Xuanshi's mind went completely blank!

"You may rest now. One eye opens—Soul Pupil: Death Extinction Eye."

Xiao Yan's calm voice fell, and the dark soul pupil at the center of his brow gently blinked. In an instant, all the Demon Qi between heaven and earth fell under Xiao Yan's control, every wisp of it gathering into the soul pupil.

The next instant, a dark ray of light suddenly shot forth—a strike imbued with the Demon Qi power of the entire Space!

That beam was utterly silent, yet the moment it fired, the entire Sky darkened, as if every ray of light had been devoured by that beam; wherever it passed, everything was reduced to ash.

In that split second, amid a thunderous boom, the dark beam instantly traversed time and space and struck the demonized Emperor Xuanshi in a flash.

After a long while, Emperor Xuanshi finally came back to his senses. He lowered his head to look at the bloody hole in his chest, his eyes involuntarily widening, his expression filled with disbelief.

At this moment, the Demon Qi within Emperor Xuanshi's body no longer obeyed his control. Struck by the demonic light, his body began to disintegrate uncontrollably, starting to melt away.

So what if it's the power of the Domain Beyond evil clan? Could it possibly be stronger than the Heavenly Evil God? The Heavenly Evil God is the supreme, unrivaled deity of the Domain Beyond evil clan!

Emperor Xuanshi had accumulated across century after century, finally stepping into Heavenly Supreme. He had once stood tall through era after era, ruling over countless continents. He never imagined that today he would be defeated by a junior from a Lower Plane, and vanish into nothing just like that.

"No!!!"

Emperor Xuanshi couldn't help but let out a shriek, but it was already too late. His body tilted back, and with a boom he dissolved into a puddle of black water, his life wailing away as he headed straight for the Yellow Springs.

At the moment of his death, Emperor Xuanshi's eyes were opened wide, wide, as if trying to memorize Xiao Yan's appearance. At the very last instant of his life, he was still unreconciled, but it was already futile. Not only had he himself died, but the Xuanshi Palace he had built would also turn to ash along with him.

An invincible great emperor of a generation, dying in the end so wretchedly.

Xiao Yan looked at Emperor Xuanshi, whom he had slain in a single strike before him, and was not surprised. If this were in the Great Thousand World, even though the Heavenly Evil God's power would still be formidable, it wouldn't be so terrifying.

But this place was controlled by the Domain Beyond evil clan, saturated with Demon Qi everywhere. Here, the Heavenly Evil God was like a true deity, and the power of his Saint Pupil would grow far stronger. Moreover, Emperor Xuanshi had undergone demonization.

It was just like Zi Yan using the Dragon Slaying Sword against the Ancient Dragon Clan—nothing more than slicing melons and chopping cabbage.

After destroying Emperor Xuanshi, Xiao Yan did not leave this place immediately. He had chased after Emperor Xuanshi, guessing he would flee toward the Domain Beyond, which gave Xiao Yan the excuse to pursue him there.

"You've watched long enough—time to come out." Xiao Yan's calm voice rang out, and he raised his head to look toward a certain Xu Kong Zhi Di in the Domain Beyond.

The next second, a ball of flame ignited in the void, and a human figure slowly emerged from within the flames.