Chapter 716: Nine Emperors

Previously, because he witnessed the passing of infinite eras, he experienced a sudden enlightenment and ascended once without using Source Power, thus skipping the hurdle of consuming 300 million Golden Source Points.

And now that he has risen to 3 billion Golden Source Points again, according to past experience, he can ascend once more!

A Hongdao Level that has ascended twice can already rival a so-called Upper Emperor, so if he ascends one more time, even if he cannot completely exceed the category of an Upper Emperor, he can at least become invincible among Upper Emperors.

In this way, he will be able to truly walk sideways in the Zhanchang. He will no longer need to worry about this or that, or be wary of those Emperors in the Zhanchang ganging up on him and hindering him from harvesting Source Power.

Thus, Li Heng stopped his pace of harvesting.

He found a hidden corner and began to go into seclusion to ascend.

And at the same time.

In the Upper Zhanchang, which is above the Lower Zhanchang and the Zhongwei Zhanchang, higher than the infinite heights, beyond all dimensions of space and time, and incomparably close to the Shikong Jintou.

Here, nine auras stand tall, confronting each other. They are the nine Supreme Emperors who symbolize the Upper Zhanchang, each with terrifying strength capable of shaking and destroying multiple eras!

However, at this moment, they are not engaged in slaughter or war.

Instead, they are... playing chess!

Using the countless Lower Zhanchang and the thousands of Zhongwei Zhanchang as the chessboard, and the mortals and kings within them as chess pieces, they have vaguely divided into their respective camps and are slaughtering each other.

"Daoyuan, the newcomer this time has good potential."

A powerful Emperor, with a Taiji Diagram floating behind him and the Yin and Yang Eight Trigrams evolving into an endless firmament that comes into being and perishes by his side, picked up a chess piece, placed it onto the chessboard, and transformed it into a terrifying Disaster and monsters that swept through a Lower Zhanchang, and then said this.

"Then Taiji, who do you favor? I only favor one person, named Li Qianjun. Although he is only a mortal in the Lower Zhanchang, his aptitude is quite good, and the most crucial thing is that he has abandoned the Immortal Dao."

Another Emperor who was playing against him, with monstrous Magic Qi behind him and an infinite Abyss appearing, spoke with a laugh. He then picked up a chess piece and placed it onto the chessboard, which transformed into rain from the sky in the Lower Zhanchang swept by the Disaster monsters, nourishing and strengthening the mortals fighting there, causing them to resist the Disaster monsters.

"Hmph, the Immortal Dao seeks supreme Transcendence and supreme Great Freedom. To say that Li Qianjun abandoned the Immortal Dao is truly foolish, but you let him live so miserably—are you trying to lure him into the Abyss?"

The Taiji Emperor cast a glance, looking toward a certain Lower Zhanchang, where many mortals were fighting and killing; one of them was named Li Qianjun, who was being besieged by multiple mortals.

"Whether he can enter is naturally his own fortune and opportunity."

The Daoyuan Emperor said noncommittally.

"You two are still paying attention to the Lower Zhanchang, haven't you noticed the anomaly in the Zhongwei Zhanchang? More King-level beings have fallen than we expected, and it seems they were all killed by the same person?"

Beside them, a third Emperor appeared, with an Infinite Staircase emerging behind him. The staircase spiraled upward continuously, each step symbolizing an infinite class, endless and without end, seemingly containing all infinities, with a terrifyingly immense scale.

"Infinite, so many Zhanchang, and all killed by the same person? Interesting. It seems another Invincible King has popped up, one who can even break through the barriers of the Zhongwei Zhanchang. Which one of your chess pieces is this? Don't tell me this Invincible King is natural?"

The Daoyuan Emperor did not care and laughed.

"In any case, it is not my chess piece."

The Infinite Emperor shook his head.

The other Emperors also denied it directly upon hearing these words. Although they had indeed placed many chess pieces in these numerous Zhanchang, none of them possessed such heaven-defying combat power.

"Since it is not a chess piece, then it is natural? I remember such combat power is very rare. I have only seen one. The one who has now entered the Shikong Jintou and possessed that supreme treasure, Wudao Gong, seems to have transformed from an Invincible King."

The Taiji Emperor spoke.

"Since it is not a chess piece and no one is backing him, yet he dares to traverse multiple Zhanchang and break the Battlefield Law, then he ought to be strangled. Besides, you wouldn't want this Invincible King to transform into an Emperor and come to this Upper Zhanchang to get a share of the spoils, would you?"

The Daoyuan Emperor was filled with murderous intent.

"That is not necessarily true. Although he is not our chess piece, there may well be someone backing him. Don't forget, there are those powerhouses and forces from eras that were born at the Terminal River Section outside the Zhanchang. Although these powerhouses and forces have not entered the Zhanchang, they may not be weaker than us."

"Among them is a force called the Multiverse Republic, whose strength is terrifying and mysterious. They once broke the Battlefield Law and entered the Zhanchang, but were eventually repelled."

"You haven't forgotten, have you?"

Another powerful Emperor spoke, with rolling treasure light behind him, from which one could glimpse all the wealth and treasures in the world; everything that flowed out seemed to be the source of all wealth.

"Treasure, you aren't afraid, are you? But I think that is indeed the case. After all, you are just an Emperor who rose from being a merchant reeking of copper, and you have no invincible spirit at all!"

The Daoyuan Emperor, with his monstrous Magic Qi, sneered.

The other Emperors did not take up the Daoyuan Emperor's words.

That Multiverse Republic force was indeed powerful; they could tear apart the Battlefield Law naturally generated by the Great Void, and in the end, mysterious powerhouses even emerged to block their interception, allowing them to retreat unscathed.

And when it came down to it, they were not natives originally born in the Terminal River Section; they all came from different river sections, arrived at the Zhanchang through various Nodes, and finally ascended to become Emperors. In a sense, they were not familiar with the surrounding situation and it was not easy to speak rashly.

"Actually, there is no point in you discussing this. I just scanned all the Zhanchang and did not find that Invincible King at all. I don't know if he hid or avoided us. But in any case, being able to avoid our gaze shows that this Invincible King has some means. If we want to kill him, we must find him first."

Another Emperor spoke, behind whom was a large tree hung with forbidden fruits, possessing a marvelous Dao rhyme that was primordial and transcended good and evil.

"Yindian, you are blowing this Invincible King out of proportion. He can shuttle between multiple Zhanchang, but it is absolutely impossible for him to completely detach from the Zhanchang. Do you really think the Battlefield Law does not exist? Even we have to pay a great price to completely detach from the Zhanchang. How could an Invincible King do it? Could it be that you are saying he is an Emperor?"

"If he were an Emperor, he would have come to the Upper Zhanchang long ago!"

Another Emperor also spoke, his tone confrontational; he was a terrifying great snake, his body covered in black scales, where a single scale was an unknown number of world clusters.

"Gushe, do not argue with my words; this is just a speculation."

The Yindian Emperor was neither annoyed nor angry, responding slowly.

"Everyone, stop arguing. It is just an Invincible King, not an Invincible Emperor. How about this: you and I join forces to scan the Zhanchang, and we will surely be able to find that Invincible King."

The Taiji Emperor proposed, and the other Emperors nodded in agreement.

If that Invincible King had no backing and destroyed the Battlefield Law like this, he deserved to die. It was just that they would not take it so seriously and would not take action personally.

But if that Invincible King had backing, they would not allow any force or any living being from outside the Zhanchang to plant chess pieces here, so this Invincible King still had to die.

And now that the situation was unclear, it was better to be safe than sorry.

So it was better to go all out and suppress him to death!