Chapter 37: Divine Emperor

Break!

A thought flickered in Bai Yuan's mind.

In an instant, the Demon King of Ten Thousand Demons' domain shattered.

All the eyes on his tree trunk simultaneously closed.

To the onlookers, Bai Yuan seemed to have shattered the Demon King of Ten Thousand Demons' domain with a simple blink, but he himself knew that in that instant he felt as if he were watching the still heavens and earth for several days.

Without a word, Bai Yuan intertwined his hands, his ten fingers constantly shifting, forming a Lotus Seal.

Azure Lotus Seal!

The Azure Lotus Seal is the cultivation method practiced by Bai Yu, a technique from the Azure Lotus Heavenly Heart Technique, which Bai Yuan had also learned but previously could not execute; now he can.

The Azure Lotus Seal manifested.

The ambient spiritual energy, under the influence of the Five Elements Array, all responded to Bai Yuan's summons; a massive amount of spirit condensed before him, forming a thirty‑six‑petaled lotus—a tangible Azure Lotus.

Go!

The Azure Lotus, like a meteor, slashed across the sky, its long tail glowing emerald, shooting straight toward the massive demon tree.

The Demon King of Ten Thousand Demons felt a surge of danger in his heart.

Countless branches erupted from the Demon King's canopy, bearing mountain‑splitting force, and hurled toward the emerald Azure Lotus.

Such a strike left the Title Douluo present scrambling to respond, yet the branches that even Title Douluo could scarcely destroy were as if made of paper before the Azure Lotus.

Seeing this, the Title Douluo turned and fled even more vigorously; Jian Chen Xin and Ning Fengzhi, though unwilling, could only scatter and escape.

Boom!

The Azure Lotus collided with the Demon King's true body, exploding a hole hundreds of meters in diameter, nearly splitting it into two sections.

With that strike, Bai Yuan clearly sensed the Demon King's life force draining rapidly; it wouldn't be long before he met an untimely death.

But at that moment, emerald light enveloped the Demon King's massive body, and the huge hole began to heal at dozens of meters per second.

"Bi Ji, mind your own business; have the auspicious beast summon Di Tian here," Bai Yuan raised his right hand.

The ambient spiritual energy instantly gathered again with his motion, forming a massive sword hundreds of meters long, constructed from condensed spirit and already materialized.

The sword swung down, its terrifying force carving a pitch‑black, lightless rift in the space it passed.

The Demon King felt the threat of death.

He knew that, still not fully recovered, taking Bai Yuan's sword head‑on would almost certainly cause him to die on the spot, and even Bi Ji couldn't save him.

"Beast God, save me!" the Demon King shouted.

Hearing that, Bai Yuan let out a cold snort and the sword's descent speed instantly jumped a level.

Yet just as Bai Yuan was about to cleave the Demon King in two, the adjacent space cracked with a sudden "Boom," shattering.

A hundred‑meter‑long black dragon claw emerged, immediately grasping the spirit‑infused giant sword.

Bang!

The space trembled, shattering like a mirror.

The spirit sword detonated, its power enough to grievously wound a 99th‑level Peerless Douluo, yet it never fully unleashed, vanishing within the dragon claw.

All the Title Douluo were on the brink of madness, feeling the world had become utterly alien—first Bai Yuan erupted, scattering them in terror, and now a Soul Beast capable of matching him appeared.

A dragon's roar echoed through heaven and earth, and all beasts submitted.

Every Title Douluo who wielded a beast martial soul felt their martial soul trembling, fearful, and yielding.

The most evident was Yu Xiaogang's father, Yu Yuanzhen; had the dragon's roar not bypassed him, he would already be kneeling with those Soul Beasts.

Even so, as a 95th‑level Title Warrior, Yu Yuanzhen trembled all over; without strong will, he could no longer sustain flight.

"True Dragon! Within the Star Dou Great Forest, there is a hundred‑thousand‑year‑old true dragon Soul Beast!" Yu Yuanzhen exclaimed.

The other Title Douluo, hearing this, were nearly going mad; a true dragon, a Soul Beast that existed only in legend.

We can't come into this Star Dou Great Forest!

That was the thought in every Title Douluo present.

As the Title Douluo fled in panic, the spatial fissure that had sprouted the hundred‑meter dragon claw expanded another few hundred meters.

In the next instant, a black dragon a kilometer long, with a pair of golden eyes, burst from the fissure.

The black dragon spread its wings, blotting out the sky.

The entire world turned pitch‑black, and the sky filled with ink‑black clouds.

Those were not ordinary clouds but an extremely dense darkness element, gathered by the black dragon's arrival, creating a celestial anomaly.

Yu Yuanzhen felt his scalp tingle.

Just by appearing, he could cause such a phenomenon; likely any Title Douluo below 98th level lacked the right to confront him.

Yet the reality was even more exaggerated: if Di Tian truly acted, a powerhouse like Xiong Jun would be nothing more than a single claw.

Far away, Bai Yu, hurrying back, looked up at the pitch‑black sky, her face turning worried; she could sense the overwhelmingly powerful aura.

Meanwhile, at another location, Su Yin and Su Yue, the couple, instinctively crouched on the ground like the other Soul Beasts, motionless.

"Beast God, Di Tian," Bai Yuan's expression grew extremely solemn, his tone inevitably heavy.

Di Tian glanced at Bai Yuan and said, "Hand over the auspicious beast, then leave the Star Dou Great Forest, and I will spare your life."

Compared with the still‑alive Deep Sea Whale King, Di Tian's strength fully surpasses it; even Huo Yuhao would need to reach Great Completion before being able to defeat Di Tian.

The Deep Sea Whale King, with a million‑year cultivation, was slain by merely 96th‑level Tang San—utterly absurd.

One must note that Huo Yuhao's Soul Ring configuration and martial soul quality aren't known to be far superior to Tang San's, underscoring the gap between Di Tian and the Deep Sea Whale King.

Bai Yuan said, "I have taken the auspicious beast as my disciple; from now on she stays with me, and the Soul Beasts of the Star Dou Great Forest can still benefit from her fortune, accelerating their cultivation."

Di Tian's massive golden eyes showed no emotion as he said, "Say it again: I didn't come to negotiate terms; hand over the auspicious beast."

Bai Yuan was also somewhat incensed, his heart irritated; he tried to reason with Di Tian, but Di Tian utterly despised him, deeming Bai Yuan unworthy of discussion.

"Di Tian, when words don't match, even a half sentence is too much; since you want the auspicious beast, then show me your skill!"

Even a clay figure has three parts fire; Bai Yuan was angry too.

Furthermore, this world ultimately respects the strong.

Even if you are strong, as long as you choose to back down, the other side will look down on you and push their luck.

Then let's see the real skill with our fists!

Bai Yuan frantically mobilized the surrounding heavenly and earthly spiritual energy, frantically operating the Five Elements Formation, intending to clear all soul power in this area, so that Emperor Tian cannot recover from the loss.

Facing the foremost powerhouse on the surface of the Douluo Continent, even a demigod-level Huo Yuhao had to give his all, and Bai Yuan, this false demigod who relied on formations to forcibly boost his power, had to exert two hundred percent of his strength!

(End of chapter)