Chapter 31: with translation of chapter title

On the ruins of the Heavenly Realm, a monkey clad in dark-gold chainmail and wielding a black-gold iron staff manifested.

At this moment, all of Great Xia boiled over, and Zhu Long outside the Heavenly Realm trembled in fear.

He still remembered that tens of thousands of years ago, the Three Thousand Demon Gods were severely wounded by myriad human deities and fell into slumber at the edge of the universe.

A monkey wielding divine iron was almost able to slaughter the entire demon realm.

If the Three Thousand Demon Lords had not acted together, hardly anyone could subdue him!

Now, Lu Chen actually awakened this one; by himself, he could kill more than hundreds of thousands of ancient demons! Zhu Long felt a chill in his heart, about to strike at the monkey, but Lu Chen blocked his path.

The young man in green robes, holding an immortal weapon, coldly gazed at himself.

"Zhu Jiuyin, now is the time to decide the winner!"

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At the Galaxy Frontier Pass, thunderous roars shook.

Lu Chen wielded a great halberd and fought Zhu Long to the point of being inseparable.

A ferocious monkey, wielding divine iron, threw hundreds of thousands of demons into chaos! The ancient goat-headed giant demon had its skull shattered by his staff!

The swarming demons in the heavens vanished at a single blow of his staff, leaving no trace!

In merely a moment, that monkey drove all the demons out of the pass!

Numerous ancient Western deities trembled in terror! They had never seen such a terrifying existence; any weapon or divine ability before that monkey's head was settled with a single strike! Titan gods fled for their lives, yet were chased from behind by a black-gold iron staff and smashed in one blow!

Many Western divine clans, trying to resist, were instantly beaten into pulp!

"Too terrifying—is this the ferocious monkey of the East?"

"Run, run!"

"The Eastern immortals have released their demons!"

Countless ascended Western divine clans trembled in terror, fleeing desperately into the depths of the cosmos!

Only now did they finally realize that the strength they prided themselves on, before the Eastern deities, was as laughable as ants! Even the Western ancient gods they once worshipped were easily slain by that terrifying existence! This fear, coupled with the collapse of faith, was magnified to the extreme!

"This... this is a place of sin, imprisoning demons!"

"Flee from here, flee from here, never come near!"

Innumerable beings trembled as they fled, their faces pale with extreme terror.

In their eyes, the monkey wielding divine iron possessed immense divine power, unmatched in the cosmos—perhaps even the slumbering Three Thousand Demon Lords could not subdue him!

And they, laughably, dared to oppose such an existence!

They foolishly plotted to invade the Eastern ancestral land guarded by such deities! Fear once again swept over the bodies of many Western divine clans, and they secretly swore never to approach the Galaxy Frontier Pass again.

Upon the Blue Star, many surviving Westerners watched this scene, their faces turning white.

"How could this be, how could this be, even the gods have been defeated!"

"How can this Eastern monkey be so powerful!"

"I cannot accept it—even the god-king Zeus died at his hands!"

"Gods, gods, have they abandoned us?"

"No, no, save us, save us—those Eastern people will surely kill us!"

Hundreds of millions of Westerners went mad with despair.

At the same time, within Great Xia, hundreds of millions of citizens were stirred to tears.

"This great calamity, my Great Xia has finally endured it!"

"I said, Great Xia will not perish!"

"Humanity will not perish, the gods will not die!"

Beyond the cosmos, Zhu Long howled and trembled, his dragon head already drenched in blood. Ahead stood Lu Chen, gripping a great halberd, his green robes fluttering.

"I told you, since you came, you can't leave!"

Lu Chen gazed at his opponent; although over these thirty years he had not fully refined Zhu Long, he had still gained great benefit.

If he could truly devour this Zhu Long, one of the innate Three Thousand Demon Gods, perhaps the entire galaxy—and even himself—would undergo transformation!

Zhu Long's laugh was icy.

"Just you two can't keep me!"

"That monkey took advantage of our grave wounds and sleep to slaughter many demon realms—don't forget, after hundreds of thousands of years, my strength is at its peak!"

"Not to mention you—even if those ancient sovereign gods came, I would not fear!"

Hum—

As his words fell, an iron staff glowing with black-gold divine light smashed into his head from the void! The force was terrifyingly fierce, lifting even Zhu Long's massive dragon body into the air! "Back when I fought the Three Thousand Demon Gods, dealing with you alone is more than enough!"

The monkey's voice rang out in the darkness, raising the iron staff for another blow! This strike nearly shattered Zhu Long's body, breaking his dragon bones inch by inch! Lu Chen slightly raised his hand, and the Galaxy Frontier Pass once again echoed with the clatter of chains.

Profound mystic runes covered it, once again piercing Zhu Long's body.

Above the galaxy, the evil dragon struggled, the void rippling with waves and cracks.

He felt his divine power within being frenziedly sucked away by the chains! "No, no!"

"Lu Chen, you're crazy—you can't refine me!"

"You finally have a moment to catch your breath—are you trying to perish together with me?"

Zhu Long sensed death's descent; this time it was not a fallen, heavy wound from which he could still slumber and rebirth.

Rather, it would turn into vast energy, to be completely devoured by Lu Chen, who had become the Heavenly Dao of the galaxy!

Thereafter there would be no Zhu Long, no Demon Lord Tianyan! Lu Chen, heedless, continued to coldly gaze at Zhu Long, mobilizing the power of the entire galaxy like a furnace to refine that evil dragon! He knew the Three Thousand Demon Gods were emanations of the Great Dao, they coveted each other yet were essentially one.

Those slumbering demon gods would certainly not stand by and watch Zhu Long be refined by himself.

Otherwise, even if they swallowed their ancestral lands, elevated their strength, and devoured the other demon gods, they would still be incomplete.

As expected, in the cosmic frontier, countless pairs of sleeping eyes suddenly opened!

Some of their auras remain weak, some are climbing toward the peak, at an extremely terrifying speed, descending beyond the Milky Way.

This terrifying aura makes the entire Milky Way almost shatter!

The Heavenly Dao is about to collapse!

Numerous slumbering demon gods, at this moment, spare no expense, all wish to descend!

The ruins of the Heavenly Realm begin to crumble, even the Milky Way Great Wall starts to fragment, turning into countless bricks and stones, flying upward.

Above the cosmic void, a monkey wielding divine iron, with its back to humanity, gazing beyond the Heavenly Realm, suddenly speaks.

"Lu Chen, if you exert your utmost effort, how long would it take to refine this demon?"

Lu Chen's heart jolted; he had previously bound the Candle Dragon, still retaining some strength, and after refining it for thirty years, his divine power had long been abundant.

But at this moment, Lu Chen has already forgotten these; the silhouette before him and that scene from tens of thousands of years ago suddenly overlap.

He blurted out.

"Monkey, don't go!"

The monkey laughed loudly, raised the iron rod in his hand, pointing toward the vast void.

"I am the Great Sage Equal to Heaven of this Heavenly Realm!"

"Three thousand demon gods? I'll go and come back!"

Having spoken, the monkey shattered Lingxiao, never to turn back.

(End of chapter)