Chapter 133: Even the Supreme Emperor Heaven Can't Save You!

"Fang Qingxue, you have cultivated to the Golden Core realm so quickly; your future is promising, with a glimmer of hope to achieve the Immortal Longevity Realm. Yet you oppose Chen Zheng's damned obstacle and my Taiyi Sect, completely cutting off the Correct Path!"

"On that day at the Heavenly Punishment Platform, you used the Immortal Electric Talisman to confront my Taiyi Sect's six Ancient Giants, thereby defying Heaven's law and causing the talisman to fall and become a demonic artifact. Hand over the demonic artifact now, and we will take it back to the Supreme Patriarch for destruction, lest it wreak havoc on the world. Otherwise, even if you truly are the reincarnation of the Electric Mother, we will still execute you to defend the Correct Path."

"You need not worry that we will privately keep the demonic artifact; if that were the case, the sect rules would not even allow us. You are surely aware of the Taiyi Sect's regulations: anyone who uses a demonic artifact has their cultivation stripped and is reduced to livestock."

"Just as Chen Zheng's eyes flashed with murderous intent, the Taiyi Sect disciples in the distance issued severe threats to Fang Qingxue, each more overbearing than the last, like the Nine Heavens Immortal Emperor interrogating the humble sinful insects on the ground."

"They are numerous and powerful, truly possessing the capital for such overbearing authority."

"None of the core disciples or Elders from the various sects that came to the Five Elements Land to explore have such a formation."

"For example, the Wan Gui Immortal Island group previously slain by Chen Zheng numbered only a mere twenty‑plus."

"The Yuhua Sect members within the Taiyi Sect's encirclement numbered just over thirty."

"The Taiyi Sect, however, boasted more than four hundred!"

"And none of them were Elders; they were all core disciples with Divine Skill Rank 5 or higher."

"Especially Song Weiyi, Zhao Xuanyi, Wang Tianyi and the others—a total of twelve Ancient Giants—each exuded a surging aura like the mighty Yangtze and the ocean, impossible to behold."

"Such a lineup cannot be called anything but luxurious; it outclasses other sects by at least ten streets."

"Facing the Taiyi Sect disciples, Bai Zhan Zhenren, Jin Rilie and the other Yuhua Sect members wore angry expressions, daring to be angry but not daring to speak."

"The enemy is strong and we are weak; we are utterly powerless to resist."

"Only Fang Qingxue's face never showed any hint of panic; it was merely cold, cold as ten‑thousand‑year ice."

"\"You want to seize my Immortal Electric Talisman, so why concoct so many grandiose excuses? Come at me together; I want to see what you can do to me! Unleash all twelve of your Taiyi Sect's founding arts, the 'Three Calamities Nine Tribulations', right now! \""

"Her cold eyes flashed like electricity as she surveyed the crowd; three thousand strands of black hair swayed without wind, her aura aloof and breathtaking, like an ice‑snow goddess."

"Mid‑sentence, a talisman scroll rose slowly from the celestial gate above her head, continuously expanding to cover the ten directions."

"Upon the scroll, numerous thunder deities floated—each with a human head and bird body, wielding massive thunder hammers, their bodies entwined with multicolored lightning, and ancient scriptures formed of characters flickering faintly, as if expounding the laws of heaven and earth, primordial truths, and the mysteries of the void!"

"\"Immortal Electric Talisman! \""

"At the sight of the massive talisman hovering above Fang Qingxue, the Taiyi Sect disciples' gazes turned scorching and greedy, barely concealed at all."

"Their trouble with Fang Qingxue had two aims: first, to retrieve the site they failed at on the Heavenly Punishment Platform; second, to claim the Immortal Electric Talisman, a top‑grade Dao artifact."

"Especially Wang Tianyi, whose heart raced with excitement, his breathing becoming slightly rapid."

"Originally, the six Ancient Giants, together with the Red‑Melted Heaven Yuhua Sect, raised an army to prosecute, and clashed with Fang Qingxue on the Heavenly Punishment Platform; Wang Tianyi, as the final act, was determined to obtain the Immortal Electric Talisman."

"He almost defeated Fang Qingxue."

"Yet at the crucial moment, Fang Qingxue unleashed a bizarre secret method that burned lifespan essence, erupting with unprecedented power, causing his efforts to fail and leaving him just missing the Immortal Electric Talisman—a lifelong regret."

"Now that she sees the talisman again, how could she possibly restrain herself?"

"Fang Qingxue, since you are obstinate and refuse to hand over the demonic artifact, we cannot blame ourselves for coming personally to take it and then execute you!"

"Wang Tianyi gave a signal to the other eleven Ancient Giants, indicating they should sweep the formation for him, then stepped forward, his whole body exuding a sovereign aura, causing the heavens within hundreds of miles to warp, plunging into darkness and a raging wind."

"It was not an ordinary gale, but a pitch‑black, apocalyptic storm as if blown from the abyss of hell, like a cataclysm of heaven and earth; wherever it blew, everything there turned to ash in an instant."

"\"Bad, it's the Black Sun Wind Disaster! \""

"Jin Rilie, Bai Zhan Zhenren and the others, upon seeing the black wind, felt their innards overturn and their bodies turn to ash, their faces contorting wildly."

"They also recognized that Wang Tianyi's divine skill originated from the Taiyi Sect's Three Calamities Nine Tribulations, named the Black Sun Wind Disaster."

"This is the Taiyi Sect's signature supreme art, shaking the Xuanhuang Great World; can Fang Qingxue withstand it?"

"Moreover, the other eleven Ancient Giants of the Taiyi Sect have yet to act, watching hungrily from the side."

"If they all join forces to besiege Fang Qingxue alone, even with the Immortal Electric Talisman in hand, she would find two fists no match for four, and be defeated by the Taiyi Sect disciples."

"If Fang Qingxue falls, they too face grim odds."

"Everyone clenched their fists, deeply worried."

"Many also thought of Chen Zheng, hopeful in their hearts."

"If Chen Zheng were present, with his abilities joining Fang Qingxue against the Taiyi Sect, the situation might be vastly different."

"It might even be possible to turn the tables and crush the Taiyi Sect disciples, making them take a massive tumble!"

"After all, Chen Zheng is the pride of their Yuhua Sect, having created many miracles."

"Whether the crowd's hope had any effect or not, at that moment a cold, ruthless voice echoed from the far horizon: \"Wang Tianyi, just because of that sentence you just uttered, you shall die. Everyone of the Taiyi Sect in the Five Elements Land shall also die; even if the Supreme Emperor Heaven Patriarch himself appears, he cannot save your wretched lives! \""

"\"Who is that? \""

"\"What audacity! \""

"\"You have the nerve to despise the Taiyi Sect, blaspheme the Supreme Emperor Heaven Patriarch, and grow impatient with life? Get out and meet your death! \""

"Wang Tianyi's momentum stalled, his gaze turning cold, as he sharply looked toward the direction of the voice."

"Song Weiyi, Zhao Xuanyi and the other Taiyi Sect disciples also erupted in fury, roaring loudly toward the source of the voice."

"The Taiyi Sect, having dominated the Xuanhuang Great World to this day, has never before encountered such an arrogant individual."

"Do you even know what you're saying?"

"It's literally courting death!"

"\"That voice... sounds like Senior Brother Chen? \""

"\"It really is Senior Brother Chen; he's also arrived at the Five Elements Land, wonderful, we're saved! He will surely make that Taiyi Sect bunch get no good fruit! \""

"Unlike the Taiyi Sect disciples' anger, Bai Zhan Zhenren, Jin Rilie and the others were ecstatic, recognizing that the voice's owner was Chen Zheng."

"\"Junior Brother Chen? \""

"Fang Qingxue also recognized Chen Zheng's voice, and as she was about to activate the Immortal Electric Talisman to smash the Black Sun Wind Disaster, she paused, her eyes flashing an unusual hue as she looked toward the sky."

"Then she saw a towering human silhouette crossing the void from the horizon."

"The figure was as upright as a spear, unmatched in handsomeness, his robe fluttering, brows exuding dominance, as if the supreme overlord ruling the vast realms; if not Chen Zheng, then who could it be?"

"Almost the instant Fang Qingxue and the others saw Chen Zheng, he had already entered the dense encirclement of the Taiyi Sect, standing before Fang Qingxue and shielding her behind him."

"Then before anyone could react, Chen Zheng's aura erupted like a mountain flood, like a vast sea striking the heavens, booming and cracking, shaking the world so violently that countless strongmen staggered, swaying in all directions, nearly collapsing and suffocating."

And Wang Tianyi's Black Sun Wind Disaster was completely erased into nothingness by this overwhelming momentum.

Clarity returned to heaven and earth.

At the same time.

Before the crowd could even react in shock, Chen Zheng raised his right hand, thrust it forward like an eagle striking the sky, breaking through layers of void, and in one grip seized the trembling Wang Tianyi by the neck, lifting him into his hand.

"It's you… Chen Zheng! How could you be so strong as to capture me? Impossible! Go to your death!"

Wang Tianyi only realized his neck was being squeezed, and in an instant a boundless fury surged, flushing his face bright red.

He is a towering Ancient Giant, a master of the Wind-Fire Cataclysm's eighth level.

Even among all true‑line disciples of the Taiyi Gate, he ranks among the very best.

Just moments ago he was imposing, threatening to slay Fang Qingxue, yet now Chen Zheng ambushed him, hoisting him like a dead dog—an utter humiliation.

His anger is uncontainable!

Boom!

The Heaven Gate above his head quivered, and a golden core burst forth like a tiny sun, its radiance flashing with twenty‑seven divine arts, resembling boundless cosmic light that illuminated all directions and slammed fiercely toward Chen Zheng's head.

"Chen Zheng, you deserve ten thousand deaths!"

"Release Wang Tianyi immediately, admit your mistake to the Taiyi Gate, and present the Heavenly Doom Divine Shark Boat, only then will your death sentence be pardoned!"

Song Weiyi, Zhao Xuanyi and nine other Ancient Giants, shocked by Wang Tianyi's sudden capture, narrowed their eyes, gritted their teeth, and unleashed their prized artifacts—swords, towers, steles—all blazing with ten‑thousand‑foot radiance, rushing to strike Chen Zheng.

"Junior Brother Chen, be careful!"

Fang Qingxue hurriedly warned.

The imperishable electric talisman above her head trembled in the air, shooting out at lightning speed to aid Chen Zheng and block Song Weiyi's assault.

Meanwhile, the hearts of Baizhan Zhenren and Jin Rilie rose in concern for Chen Zheng.

Song Weiyi and the others were held back by Fang Qingxue's imperishable electric talisman.

But Wang Tianyi was in Chen Zheng's grasp, his vital golden core extremely close, leaving no one time to intervene.

Moreover, this man is extraordinary, several times stronger than Wan Luo; his vital golden core is terrifyingly solid, and if it strikes Chen Zheng's head, the consequences would be unimaginable.

However, the crowd was completely overthinking.

"Fang Qingxue, don't be nervous. Last time you stood up for me on the Heaven Punishment Platform, now it's my turn to protect you."

Chen Zheng didn't even glance at Wang Tianyi's golden core; he turned back to Fang Qingxue with a faint smile.

At the same time, his other hand casually snapped, effortlessly snatching the golden core that slammed in like a comet.

"This…"

Wang Tianyi's expression froze.

His vital golden core, stronger than any treasure, was captured like this?

Moreover, he realized that once Chen Zheng's five fingers clasped the golden core, it was as if its life thread was strangled, no longer under his control.

He exhausted his life force to drive the golden core, all in vain.

He even discovered a layer of yellowish water covering the golden core—it was the Holy Water of the Yellow Springs.

In other words, he could not cause his golden core to self‑explode and perish alongside Chen Zheng.

"Am I about to die? No! I've cultivated for eight hundred years, my talent is extraordinary, dazzling the world, revered by countless people; I am unwilling…"

As the last thought flickered in Wang Tianyi's mind, fierce true fire erupted from Chen Zheng's massive hand that held his neck, engulfing his whole body in blazing flames.

Wang Tianyi was instantly refined away.

Except for his vital golden core, no trace of him could be found in heaven and earth.

Jin Rilie, Baizhan Zhenren and other disciples and Elders of the Feathered Ascension Gate were likewise stunned.

If they were not mistaken, Chen Zheng, only at the fifth level of the Celestial Being realm, could easily annihilate the eighth‑level Wang Tianyi.

Doesn't that imply Chen Zheng's combat power now rivals that of a ninth‑level Heaven‑Earth Dharma Realm cultivator?

Yet, looking across the entire cultivation world, even the glorious ancient ages, no unparalleled genius could reach such terrifying heights.

This is too terrifying.

After slaying Wan Luo, Chen Zheng's terrifying level once again surpassed their imagined limits.

It also shattered their cultivation perspective anew.

"My strength is no longer comparable to Junior Brother Chen," Fang Qingxue's eyes showed an incredulous expression.

Her heart was far from calm.

Her mood was complex—surprise at Chen Zheng's power, admiration, relief, curiosity—all present.

The last time she saw Chen Zheng outside the Feathered Ascension Mountains, he was only at the second level of divine art.

Now upon meeting again, he had reached the fifth level.

During this period she secluded herself within the Minor Immortal Realm, absorbing abundant immortal qi to break three realms in quick succession, advancing from the fourth to the seventh level of divine art.

Such cultivation speed is truly god‑like, surpassing countless cultivators worldwide.

Yet Chen Zheng's cultivation speed was no less, also advancing three levels.

Especially his combat power, which now exceeds hers.

She couldn't help but wonder how the junior brother Chen she had casually "picked up" on the Forty‑Nine Islands cultivated, what divine arts he practiced, to possess such world‑shaking combat power.

No one in the arena could fathom this question.

Even the Crimson Abyss Demon Lord at the core of the Five Elements Land, again astonished by Chen Zheng's displayed strength, could not comprehend it for the moment.

Unless Chen Zheng explains to them, detailing the invincible might of the True Demon Ten‑Thousand‑Calamity Body.

But why would Chen Zheng do that?

"This demon cannot be overpowered!"

"Scatter and flee!"

Song Weiyi, Zhao Xuan Yi and other Ancient Giants, along with several hundred disciples, were also deeply shocked.

Shocked till their scalps went numb!

They also hated Chen Zheng intensely.

Several hundred Taiyi Sect disciples had blood-red eyes, almost on the verge of shedding tears of blood.

Yet no one dared to act arrogantly toward Chen Zheng anymore; without a word, they all turned and fled in all directions.

They were not fools.

Even an Ancient Giant like Wang Tianyi, before Chen Zheng, had no strength left to struggle and was wiped out with a single move.

What does this indicate?

It shows that the gap in strength between Wang Tianyi and Chen Zheng is extreme, like the difference between an ant and an elephant.

Among the more than four hundred of them, the strongest was roughly on par with Wang Tianyi.

Even if they all joined forces and unleashed the strongest apocalyptic heavenly disaster from the Three Calamities and Nine Tribulations, they would still struggle to match Chen Zheng.

Moreover, Chen Zheng possessed a medium-grade Dao artifact.

Fang Qingxue even had a high-grade Dao artifact.

If they did not flee now, they might be wiped out entirely.

If they scattered and fled in different directions, Chen Zheng would focus on the front and neglect the rear, at most killing only a batch of them.

Most of them would be able to escape and survive.

At the point of life and death, sacrificing a small portion of people is also unavoidable.

「Chen Zheng, you wretch, dare to kill an Ancient Giant of my Taiyi Sect! Just wait—once I return to the sect and report to the Supreme Patriarch, the Feather Ascension Sect will be annihilated down to the last member! Even if a celestial immortal descends to the world… wh… what? 」

Song Weiyi fled desperately, rushing toward outer space, roaring furiously in his heart, but before his roar could finish, it was as if a rooster had its neck choked, and it cut off abruptly.

Not only him, but also the other Ancient Giants like Zhao Xuan Yi who fled in various directions, and even every disciple, showed looks of horror bordering on despair.

Even Fang Qingxue and her companions were no exception.

Because in their divine sense perception, Chen Zheng's body suddenly swelled enormously, and in an instant he transformed into a colossal god as tall as the heavens, his head piercing the cloud layer, a pair of eyes like black lakes set in the firmament, spanning dozens of mu, radiating a heaven-shaking, earth-shaking killing intent.

「Everyone must die. 」

Chen Zheng spoke, his voice low and rumbling like rolling thunder, shaking the mountains on the earth to tremble, and also making the several hundred Taiyi Sect disciples, as well as countless beasts formed from the Five Elements primordial qi, feel a chill run down their spines.

(End of chapter)