Chapter 207: Chen Zheng and Linglong Immortal Venerable: Dog Lovers? A Bizarre Battle

Make the Heavenly Sovereign kneel?

Linglong Immortal Venerable's eyes swirled like a river of stars, unblinking as they stared at Chen Zheng's side profile, chiseled as if by a knife and axe, as if confirming whether he was joking.

Otherwise, how could he utter such astonishing words?

Not only her, but everyone in the square was stunned, almost thinking their ears were faulty and had misheard.

What level of cultivation does the Heavenly Sovereign possess?

Sometime unknown years ago, he had comprehended the law of birth and death's impermanence, becoming a True Immortal of the tenth tier of Longevity.

As the name suggests, a True Immortal is no longer a vague, ethereal being, but a genuine immortal.

Such a powerhouse can, with a single gesture, erase thousands of star systems, stride across great universes, and be the true overlord of a vast world.

Even when gazing over the entire three‑thousand great worlds, True Immortals stand at the pinnacle, overlooking all living beings.

How could Chen Zheng make such a being kneel?

Those who worship Chen Zheng, like the Jinshitai father and son and Prince Yi, would never believe his words.

As for Heavenly End, Heavenly Chaos and the others who were previously forced to kneel by a single sentence from Chen Zheng, now seized by the Heavenly Sovereign along with thirteen others, they would be even less likely to believe.

They found it utterly ridiculous.

Daring to make the illustrious Heavenly Sovereign Patriarch kneel, Chen Zheng must have lost his mind.

Or do you think you can use ghostly tricks to force us to kneel, shamelessly humiliate us, and swell to the point of believing you are invincible in the Xuan Huang Xuan Xuan Huang Da Shijie Shijie Xuan Xuan Huang Da Shijie Shijie?

Heavenly End and the others harbored a bout of contempt for Chen Zheng.

But the next moment, they realized their thoughts were wrong, wildly absurd.

Because Chen Zheng's words had just finished, the Heavenly Sovereign was struck as if by the hammer of the Dao, trembling violently, like a celestial pillar collapsing, and knelt down into the void.

That kneel also silenced all sounds and sights in the world, freezing everything.

Silence.

Deadly silence!

Star Lord, Mysterious Emperor, Fang Han, Yan, Ling Xiao, Long Xuan, and even Jia Lan and Yan Shuiyi who were watching the battle from the Zhengqi Peak Summit, each one with eyes bulging and mouths agape, could not utter a word, all doubting their own lives.

Heavenly Chaos and Heavenly End and the others even lost their Dao hearts, their ability to think, unaware even as they fell from the Heavenly Sovereign's grasp and crashed to the ground.

Even Linglong Immortal Venerable was momentarily stunned, frozen in place, turning into a gorgeous wooden and clay statue.

She guessed that after Chen Zheng advanced to the Immortal Body realm, the bizarre characters he formed between his fingers were terrifying, making her feel an urge to kneel, never expecting it to be this terrifying—truly capable of crossing eight great realms to make a True Immortal kneel.

No one knows True Immortals better than she does.

She herself is one.

The True Immortal's magical mass, amount of Qi, and governing laws, combined, are more than one hundred billion times stronger than a cultivator of the Immortal Body realm.

One hundred billion times!

What a disparity!

The Heavenly Sovereign is even a top among True Immortals, at least several hundred billion times stronger than an Immortal Body cultivator.

Even if she were slightly superior to the Heavenly Sovereign, she could at most defeat him, but not make him kneel.

However, right now, Chen Zheng bridged that chasm of several hundred billion times, and with a single finger and a single phrase, lightly made the Heavenly Sovereign kneel.

Who would dare believe?

Who hasn't let their Dao heart slip?

This can no longer be described as myth, defying Heaven, or a reincarnated Immortal King; it simply defies logic.

One could never even dream of such an exaggerated event, right?

"Ah!"

While the crowd stood stunned in shock, a sudden thunderous roar rang out, like a peerless war immortal's angry bellow, shaking ages, causing celestial clouds beyond the heavens to fall like rain, and countless beings trembling.

If not for the massive golden light emanating from Sumeru Golden Mountain protecting the eight directions, Linglong's blessed land would have turned to dust in the roar.

It is the Heavenly Sovereign roaring!

His whole body ignited with towering flames, soaring skyward, flinging his ancient crown, bound by hair, into the deep cosmos, shattering one star system after another.

How could the illustrious Patriarch of the Taiyi Sect, humiliated before all the world's heroes by a junior, not be enraged?

"Stand!"

His black hair stood on end, his entire being ablaze to the extreme, emitting boundless light like a sunrise, his body suddenly leapt into the air, forcibly rising from the kneeling posture.

Heavenly Sovereign, you have stood up!

He remains tall and upright, towering, his imperial robe rustling, like a pillar upholding the Xuan Huang Xuan Xuan Huang Da Shijie Shijie Xuan Xuan Huang Da Shijie Shijie, never to fall.

His complexion was ice‑cold to the bone as he gazed at Chen Zheng on the Sumeru Golden Summit, his eyes revealing world‑shaking murderous intent.

For the first time, he truly valued Chen Zheng, placing him on an equal footing with himself.

"Good, Master has broken Old Demon Chen's ghostly tricks!" Heavenly Chaos, still only able to kneel at the entrance of Linglong's blessed land mountain gate, was extremely elated.

"The Patriarch must not be insulted; we shall slay Old Demon Chen!" Heavenly End and the others also shouted skyward in excitement.

Through endless ages, the Heavenly Sovereign has endured countless storms and perils, faced many powerful opponents, yet has always stood unshaken, laughing proudly to this day—not without cause.

Today, he will surely overturn the heavens!

However, as soon as their words fell, at the summit of Sumeru, six identical figures emerged from Chen Zheng's body, the split selves created by the character "Fen" (Divide), then swiftly merged back with the character "He" (Combine), and once again pointed at the Heavenly Sovereign, uttering golden and jade words in a cold voice: "No enemy can stand before me and speak; you cannot either—kneel."

The Heavenly Sovereign truly lives up to his reputation as one who reached the end of the Longevity secret realm; even the word "kneel" cannot fully bind him, as he can stand again within a single breath, his name well earned.

But that was before; now Chen Zheng has merged the split selves with his body into seven‑in‑one, his magical power multiplied, rising from eight million dragon forces to five hundred sixty million ancient celestial dragon power, surely able to make the Heavenly Sovereign kneel again.

Sure enough.

The Heavenly Sovereign's body convulsed wildly, his knees buckling, like an ancient immortal mountain suddenly collapsing, kneeling again in the void.

"What... hasn't the Heavenly Sovereign already broken free from Master Chen's shackles?" Star Lord and the others trembled, staring dumbfounded at this incredible scene.

"What kind of method is this, so terrifying? Who in the world can match him?" Linglong Immortal Venerable stared at Chen Zheng's side profile, eyes dazzled, heart wavering.

Most of her attention remained on Chen Zheng, clearly seeing him split into six clones, then merge the seventh into one, instantly multiplying his power, leaping from barely comparable to a Void Immortal to a level not weaker than an ordinary True Immortal.

Too terrifying!

"The Patriarch is invincible, stand up again!" After Tai Zhongtian and the others were startled, their eyes widened, fists clenched, they roared.

Tai Huangtian was the supreme being in their eyes; his strike meant invincibility, able to suppress any opponent, yet now Chen Zheng repeatedly forced him to kneel—no one could accept such a result.

"I uphold the Taiyi Sect, command the Profound Yellow Great World, look down upon eternity; no one can make me kneel!"

Tai Huangtian heard Tai Zhongtian and the others' roar, his eyes turning crimson, a long howl shaking heaven and earth, as he tried to stand again.

"Is that so? I think you'll not only have to kneel, but also die," a cold sneer sounded—it was Chen Zheng.

His gaze was cold, like an ancient sovereign looking down on a kneeling traitor; he raised his long arm, forming a Great Calamity Ancient Cannon, firing annihilating projectiles that thundered toward Tai Huangtian's face.

"You cannot kill me, nor keep me kneeling forever. Eternal immobility, the true self alone!"

Tai Huangtian snorted coldly; the mana within him burst forth like a dam breaking, surging outward, radiating sky and earth, sealing the boundless realms and countless quadrillions of spacetime.

His mana even spread to the outer wastelands of the universe, pouring out like a long river, causing the sun, moon, and stars beyond the Profound Yellow Great World to all come to a halt.

Indeed, it is a standstill.

The millions of people within the Linglong Blessed Land, Tai Huntian and the others, the treasures on people's bodies, their thoughts, formations, mountains, rocks, plants, wind, light, space, matter, and energy—all froze in that instant.

The world seemed as if Tai Huangtian had pressed a pause button; only he could move, like the sole true lord of heaven and earth.

No, there is another who can move: Linglong Immortal Lord atop the Sumeru Golden Summit.

Her gaze narrowed slightly, recognizing Tai Huangtian's divine technique, and said: "The Eternal Sovereign's Eternal Immobile True Self Great Immortal Art, a cosmic law that renders all things illusory while only the practitioner remains eternally real. Chen Zheng, you may not be able to resist… huh?"

She was about to strike, but was surprised to find that beside her, Chen Zheng, like her, was completely unaffected.

The fire from the Great Calamity Ancient Cannon was also unaffected, moving at an incomprehensible speed, reaching Tai Huangtian's face in the blink of an eye.

"How can the Eternal Sovereign's Great Immortal Art be ineffective on you?" Tai Huangtian's pupils narrowed sharply.

He had thought that by unleashing this Great Immortal Art, he could seal Chen Zheng's divine abilities and free himself to stand again, but the technique was utterly ineffective against Chen Zheng, and his own legs still refused to obey, leaving him kneeling in the void, unable to rise.

What on earth is happening?

But at this moment there was no time for him to ponder; Chen Zheng's incoming cannon fire was about to strike him.

He hurriedly swung his fist to block, disaster energy surging wildly on his knuckle like a domineering dragon ascending, and with a single punch he shattered the cannon fire into nothingness.

Bang!

But at that moment, Chen Zheng, having somehow already reached behind Tai Huangtian, smashed a punch down onto his back; the power was unmatched, like the nine heavens' star rivers unleashed, causing his waist and back to bend, his internal mana to stall, the Eternal Immobile True Self Great Immortal Art shattered in an instant, and he coughed up blood.

"Chen Immortal Lord actually injured Tai Huangtian?" The Star Lords, who had just regained consciousness from the Great Immortal Art, witnessed the scene and were stunned again.

Could Tai Huangtian truly be defeated by Chen Zheng today?

"Patriarch, we cannot lose!" Tai Zhongtian and the others shouted tremblingly, as if pleading.

Tai Huangtian heard the plea, straightened his spine again, wiped the blood from his mouth corner, his face becoming expressionless, revealing no joy, anger, sorrow, or pleasure; even while kneeling in humiliation and wounded, he remained composed.

His composure was terrifying.

Meanwhile.

A palm-sized banner fluttered from above his head, its cloth embroidered with an unviewable figure—seemingly the disaster heavenly sovereign who founded the Taiyi Sect—surrounded by myriad immortals in prayer and worship, and a massive gray mist radiating outward, shrouding the ancient blue heavens.

With a rumble, the small banner transformed into a massive war flag, sweeping horizontally toward Chen Zheng.

"Master finally gets serious, unleashing my Taiyi Sect's half-immortal artifact; it will surely kill the old demon Chen in one strike!" Tai Huntian rallied from his defeat.

Unfortunately, he could not achieve his wish.

The instant the war flag appeared, Chen Zheng sensed a hint of danger, feeling that this great banner far surpassed the realm of supreme Dao artifacts, already embodying true immortal law; he swiftly withdrew, returning to the Sumeru Golden Summit, causing the war flag to strike empty air.

Linglong Immortal Lord glanced at Chen Zheng and said, "That is the Doom End War Flag, an ancient half-immortal artifact of the Taiyi Sect; this time you truly are no match—let me handle it."

"Fine, then it's up to the sect head; I'll assist from the side," Chen Zheng nodded, not forcing himself.

His current physical strength is still insufficient to directly clash with the half-immortal artifact; he could likely get injured.

"When I attain eternal life, all heterodox paths shall not enter the world, all beings shall not be corrupted by heterodoxy..."

"When I attain eternal life..."

Linglong Immortal Lord uttered a series of grand vows, growing louder and louder, eventually coalescing into a long rope, like a binding chain for immortals, shooting out and wrapping around the Doom End War Flag, preventing it from breaking free, causing it to tremble endlessly in the void.

"Heretic..."

Bang!

Tai Huangtian, seeing his half-immortal artifact sealed by Linglong Immortal Lord, couldn't help but become enraged.

But just as his anger peaked, Chen Zheng's Great Calamity Ancient Cannon struck his Tianling Cover.

The cannon's force was ferocious, tilting his head; the Tianling Cover collapsed, blood gushing into his face, making him look extremely ferocious.

"Die."

Seeing Tai Huangtian stunned by Chen Zheng, Linglong Immortal Lord gave a cold smile, lifted a pale hand, and from the gaps between her five fingers emerged five streams of celestial aurora, radiating a mighty power that could overturn laws, spawning one world after another within the aurora, each world inhabited by billions of primeval celestial dragons, exhaling roars of dragons, howling proudly across the nine heavens, their cries infused with the power of devout faith.

She seemed to have raised countless primeval celestial dragons across the worlds, subjugating them to pray and fight for her.

The primeval celestial dragons from those myriad worlds all took flight, swarming densely, roaming the world, spouting earth‑shaking thunderbolts that struck Tai Huangtian.

Rumble!

Chen Zheng also timely activated the Great Calamity Ancient Cannon, its world‑shattering fire hurling toward Tai Huangtian.

"You wretched dog and woman pair, you bully too much!" Seeing the onslaught of cannon fire and endless thunderbolts, Tai Huangtian's hatred drove him to frenzy.

He thought his mana was unrivaled; had he not been forced by Chen Zheng to kneel and meet the enemy, and had Linglong Immortal Lord not sealed the Doom End War Flag, he would not be in such a wretched and frustrated state.

This enmity will not be tolerated under heaven!

He quickly, still kneeling, sprang back with a fierce leap, while shouting toward the Taiyi Sect direction, "Eternal Divine Furnace, save me!"

As his words fell, everyone saw the endless spacetime ahead suddenly open, and at the far end a massive divine furnace appeared, its walls bearing a pair of ancient, godlike eyes that sent a chill through all.

Even Linglong Immortal Lord's expression grew solemn, as if facing a great foe, to prevent those ancient eyes from acting.

Chen Zheng, however, remained composed, knowing that it was the Eternal Divine Furnace, a being more powerful than the Hunyuan Limitless Diagram.

According to his knowledge, the Eternal Divine Furnace belongs to the Eternal Heavenly Sovereign, while the Taiyi Sect is the doctrinal lineage of the Disaster Heavenly Sovereign; the two sides appear somewhat at odds, and until the Taiyi Sect is on the verge of extinction, the Eternal Divine Furnace will not easily help the Taiyi Sect slay its enemies.

So the Eternal Divine Furnace probably will not act; it only intends to rescue people.

Yet it must also be guarded against.

Chen Zheng has already placed his mind on the Three-Life Stone in the chaotic space, preparing to write the four characters "Eternal Divine Furnace" onto it.

It is only that the pair of ancient withered eyes arrived quickly and left just as quickly, disappearing in an instant.

The Great Emperor Heaven, together with the sealed Apocalypse Destruction Banner, also vanished from the spot along with the ancient withered eyes.

Great Mixed Heaven, Great End Heaven and the others—thirteen in total—were not taken by the ancient withered eyes; they remained kneeling on the plaza of the Exquisite Blessed Land, their faces ashen.

(End of chapter)