Chapter 489: Battle the Deceptive Demon! The Mighty [Tian Que]! The Focus of All Eyes!

Ziwei and Beidou departed from Chu Yang’s shoulders; his robes transformed into a dragon robe, and the [Tian Que] shattered into streams of light, then coalesced into an Imperial Edict.

The Imperial Edict bore the characters “Hao Tian,” while the Lingxiao Palace floated behind him.

[Tian Que] Bankai—Hao Tian! At this moment, Chu Yang seemed ready to challenge the Dao of Heaven, or perhaps he was an incomparable emperor, his terrifying imperial aura enveloping the entire battlefield.

Simultaneously, the ancient book’s pages flipped wildly, and beams of spiritual force surged forth, landing upon the divine general.

The divine general’s body instantly blazed with radiant light; he charged forward with his spear toward the demon spirit.

Chu Yang swept his hand, and countless spirits of divine weapons and blades shot forth from the Lingxiao Palace, surging with overwhelming might, converging in a devastating barrage toward the demon spirit.

“What kind of divine art is this?”

At this moment, not only the demon spirit, but everyone on the battlefield was stunned.

Chu Yang’s methods overturned their understanding: whether the silver-armored divine general forged from pure spiritual force, or the grand, ancient palace, both were incomprehensible.

Most importantly, Chu Yang now seemed like an entirely different person—every powerful being felt an urge to kneel and worship.

“Playing at being a god!”

The demon spirit sneered; in his view, Chu Yang’s techniques, though extraordinary, posed no real threat.

He swept his spear horizontally; the spearlight surged like a dragon, shattering the skyward storm of divine weapons, then thrust directly at the silver-armored divine general.

The divine general did not dodge or evade; he raised his spear, tip meeting tip!

“Ding!!”

A piercing metallic clang rang out; countless powerful beings instinctively covered their ears, yet still reeled from the residual shock, their faces turning pale.

Some weaker low-grade Supreme Beings bled from all seven orifices, clearly severely injured.

The soul-shattering force was utterly unpredictable! The demon spirit’s face darkened; he staggered back several steps, his once-fine youthful features now twisted into a monstrous snarl.

Chu Yang’s figure flashed, instantly appearing before him.

The characters “Hao Tian” on the Imperial Edict blazed brilliantly, then transformed into a dragon and a phoenix, surging into his body; dragon and phoenix patterns emerged across his dragon robe.

Simultaneously, his entire aura surged upward; he raised his hand and slammed down a palm! Though his soul was wounded, the demon spirit reacted instantly, gathering torrential demonic power and meeting the blow with his own palm.

“Boom!”

Large sections of space cracked; Chu Yang retreated, the dragon and phoenix patterns on his imperial robe flashing constantly, dissipating the force of the blow.

In contrast, the demon spirit was blasted straight from the sky, crashing into the ground and carving out a deep crater, dust and stones exploding everywhere.

This sight stunned everyone—everyone had assumed Chu Yang would barely survive this battle.

Yet no one expected that, facing the demon spirit’s full-power strike, he would gain absolute dominance! Not only the combatants, but even Chu Yang himself was momentarily stunned.

Though his cultivation had reached Lower Earth Supreme, his overall strength had surged dramatically, yet without the enhancement of a Source Martial Body, even in Hao Tian state, he was at best comparable to a mid-stage Spirit Supreme.

Even if the demon spirit’s soul was wounded and his counterattack was rushed, this outcome should not have happened!

Chu Yang frowned, spreading his spiritual force—and suddenly sensed an extremely subtle fluctuation.

His pupils contracted sharply; he shouted toward the Western Heaven War Emperor: “Retreat!”

The Western Heaven War Emperor instantly withdrew; given the consecutive shocks Chu Yang had delivered, he had no hesitation—he trusted him immediately.

The Western Heaven War Emperor moved with blinding speed, vanishing hundreds of zhang in an instant.

Immediately afterward, the entire region where he had been battling the Nine Heaven Mystic Emperor’s coin trembled violently; powerful spiritual energy surged outward.

“Spiritual energy?” The Western Heaven War Emperor was bewildered, then chilled with dread.

Had Chu Yang not warned him, he would have been gravely wounded by that sudden strike.

But how could the Outworld Demonic Clan wield spiritual energy? “The demon spirit, it seems your plan has been exposed by that boy…”

The Nine Heaven Mystic Emperor leaned on his staff, his gaze toward Chu Yang filled with murderous intent.

Simultaneously, the dust on the ground cleared; the demon spirit, unharmed, rose into the air, his expression grim.

The deaths of three clan Yin Demon Emperors had enraged him, but not enough to shake his composure in battle.

The demon spirit had merely been putting on a performance; to make it convincing, he had even allowed the silver-armored divine general to wound his soul, deliberately feigning weakness to appear overmatched.

All of this was to set the stage for a surprise attack on the Western Heaven War Emperor! He knew well: no matter how strange Chu Yang was, he was no match for the Nine Heaven Mystic Emperor.

Thus, the Western Heaven War Emperor was the key to this battle—eliminate him, and together with the Nine Heaven Mystic Emperor, they could easily crush the human boy.

Yet the demon spirit never imagined his meticulously laid trap had been uncovered by Chu Yang!

“It’s a spiritual array!”

At that moment, Yun Di, leading the Daitian Palace forces in slaughtering the Outworld Demonic Clan, bellowed.

Yes—slaughter!

The Outworld Demonic Clan had no third Tian Supreme; under Yun Di’s direct assault, they offered virtually no resistance.

The Western Heaven War Emperor instantly understood; Chu Yang also realized what had happened.

The demon spirit must possess a treasure capable of storing a spiritual array, allowing him to rapidly activate the array within it.

Just now, he had concealed the activation of the array beneath the residual shockwaves of their clash, aiming to catch the Western Heaven War Emperor off-guard and cripple him.

“That boy’s soul is unusual… and that book isn’t ordinary either…”

The Nine Heaven Mystic Emperor studied Chu Yang deeply, then glanced at the ancient book hovering above his head, before resuming his assault on the Western Heaven War Emperor.

“It seems I underestimated Itachi…”

The demon spirit’s face twisted into a chilling smile. “Regardless, even if my clan fights to the last man, I will take your life!”

Strange techniques, combat power that crosses realms, unfathomable spiritual force.

This young human was a monster—if allowed to grow, he would become the Outworld Demonic Clan’s greatest threat.

At any cost, this man must be exterminated!

“Families should stay together—don’t let your three clanmates wait too long on the Naihe Bridge!” Chu Yang drew a deep breath, slowly clenched his fist, and behind him, the Lingxiao Palace blazed brilliantly.

At this moment, his killing intent was no less intense than the Guiyao ’s! “Do Itachi think killing three Youmodi makes Itachi invincible?”

The demon spirit sneered; demonic power surged wildly, coalescing into a colossal black sun, his body expanding rapidly as if transforming into an ancient demonic god.

The next instant, the demon spirit appeared before Chu Yang; the black sun behind his head pulsed with power, and his spear swept outward!

Chu Yang’s eyes narrowed; he reached out and seized the Ziwei Emperor Star hovering at his shoulder—his arm straightened, then he hurled the Ziwei Emperor Star with all his might, his spine glowing like a radiant golden dragon! “Boom!!!” Space shattered inch by inch; Chu Yang was flung backward, smashing through a mountain.

The demon spirit was no better off—his spear-wielding arm trembled violently as he staggered back hundreds of zhang.

Now that he no longer concealed his true strength, Chu Yang once again stood on equal footing with him! Yet this time, the demon spirit clearly held a slight advantage.

Chu Yang rose into the air; his dragon-phoenix imperial robe was disheveled, the Ziwei Emperor Star gone, and the Lingxiao Palace had grown faint and translucent.

“Let’s see how many blows Itachi can endure!”

The demon spirit sneered; in his view, Chu Yang was spent.

As he watched a colossal serpent of demonic energy surge from the black sun behind the demon spirit, hurtling toward him, Chu Yang’s expression remained calm; he slowly raised his palm.

The dragon-phoenix imperial robe blazed brilliantly; the dragon and phoenix patterns seemed to awaken, detaching from the robe and merging into “Beidou.”

A hazy glow spread, revealing a phantom array diagram that met the demonic serpent head-on.

“Hum…”

Powerful waves surged; the diagram forcibly halted the serpent, enveloping it in hazy light.

The demonic energy of the serpent dissolved like snow upon contact with the hazy glow.

Within mere breaths, the massive demonic serpent vanished entirely; the mysterious diagram slowly faded and disappeared into the heavens.

Chu Yang, at some unseen moment, had exited Hao Tian state; he now stood in midair, holding [Tian Que].

At this moment, both the Outworld Demonic Clan and the Daitian Palace forces felt a strange illusion…

This young man seemed even more unfathomable than the Nine Heaven Mystic Emperor!

No one knew his limits—he appeared to grow stronger with every opponent, fiercer with every battle.

Chu Yang sensed his source energy had recovered seven or eight tenths; he glanced at [Tian Que], its glow now dimmed.

He had not been fully confident he could block that strike—but clearly, he had underestimated [Tian Que]’s power.

His two Zanpakuto seemed to conceal many secrets, waiting for him to uncover them further.

Whether wielding the Ziwei Emperor Star as a weapon, or integrating the Imperial Edict into Beidou to form the array, he had always felt as if standing at the foot of a mountain.

He had touched [Tian Que]’s primordial power—a force so immense, even now, he could only look up to it.

He waved his hand lightly; [Tian Que] dissolved into white light. Chu Yang glanced at the battle between the Nine Heaven Mystic Emperor and the Western Heaven War Emperor, then turned to the demon spirit.

The demon spirit’s body had grown taller and swollen, bloated.

Thin strands of primordial demonic energy were forcibly extracted from the bodies of Outworld Demonic Clan warriors, converging upon the demon spirit.

He had clearly activated a secret technique, forcibly gathering his clan’s primordial power to augment himself! Chu Yang, to restore his source energy, alternated between offense and defense, deliberately prolonging the battle.

The demon spirit, conversely, was running out of time.

He had summoned the Nine Heaven Mystic Emperor and activated a supreme treasure—if he failed to eliminate both Chu Yang and the Western Heaven War Emperor, he would face dire consequences.

Since he could not first eliminate the Western Heaven War Emperor, he must now fight swiftly: kill Chu Yang immediately, then assist the Nine Heaven Mystic Emperor to seal off the Western Heaven War Emperor’s escape.

One was hailed as humanity’s greatest genius in centuries; the other, a monster of terrifying power, appearing from nowhere.

If this opportunity was missed, they might never again have a chance to eradicate either.

Letting either escape would mean facing the Heavenly Demon Emperor’s wrath—consequences he could not bear.

With a roar, the demon spirit’s bloated body rapidly shrank, while the black sun behind his head expanded, becoming like a black hole.

In an instant, his body shrank back to a boy’s size, his skin withered, as if drained of flesh and blood—a skeleton wrapped in human skin.

The black sun blotted out the sky, seemingly devouring all light, plunging the entire Zhenmo Continent into darkness.

Seeing this, the Western Heaven War Emperor and Yun Di both paled; the latter clenched his fists, silently fearing for Chu Yang.

She knew well—even if she intervened now, it would be useless; the power of this strike approached late-stage Immortal Supreme.

This was a life-for-life technique; afterward, the demon spirit would fall into a prolonged weakness, and his clan would be crippled.

Even the Western Heaven War Emperor had no confidence he could withstand the black sun head-on.

At this moment, he was racing through thoughts, racking his brain for a way to take Chu Yang and escape together.

If all efforts proved futile, he could only abandon Chu Yang and save himself.

Watching the slowly descending black sun, Chu Yang drew a deep breath, and his Source Martial Physique appeared behind him.

Yet no one noticed that the demonic runes on the left arm of the Physique had increased from twenty-one to twenty-seven!

While restoring his primordial energy, Chu Yang quietly absorbed the primordial demonic qi of the Yin Demon Emperors using the Sacred Heart Devil Subjugation Scripture.

With a light step beneath his feet, Chu Yang’s body drifted backward and merged directly into the Source Martial Physique.

Simultaneously, the Four Sacred Spirits behind the Source Martial Physique entwined and finally attached themselves to the left arm, forming a bracer.

Immediately afterward, the twenty-seven demonic runes flared in succession, and the spectral shadows of the demonic dragon and demonic elephant surged into the sky!

Six of the runes were pushed to their extreme, elevating the Source Martial Physique’s strength by a full tier.

The remaining twenty-one runes were devoured by the dragon and elephant specters.

As the dragon and elephant specters merged into the Physique’s left arm, Chu Yang, now within the Physique, swung his arm and punched—and the Physique mirrored his motion with a thunderous blow.

Before the vast, sky-obscuring black sun, the Source Martial Physique appeared minuscule, yet the aura it radiated sent shockwaves through both the Western Heaven Battle Emperor and the Nine Heavens Mystic Emperor.

Could this truly be a Earth Supreme? The two once again wondered this, unable to fathom how an Earth Supreme could unleash power rivaling the peak of an Immortal-grade Heaven Supreme!

Within the chest cavity of the Source Martial Physique, the Sacred Heart pounded wildly, its luminous white glow glaring starkly against the darkness.

At this moment, the Source Martial Physique became a white streak of light, charging headlong into the black sun that blotted out the heavens!

“Hum…”

No earth-shattering roar echoed—only a ripple spread, shattering space itself; nearby warriors from both sides were instantly reduced to dust!

Even the Cloud Emperor, before this overwhelming residual force, could only protect a handful of his own.

Fortunately, the Ancient Battle Emperor Physique of the Western Heaven Battle Emperor scattered golden light across the sky, forming a barrier that shielded all the warriors of the Great Thousand Palace.

In contrast, the Outworld Demonic Clan paid no heed to their own lives—earlier, the Mystic Emperor had seized the moment when the Western Heaven Battle Emperor was distracted and slammed a palm into his chest! The Western Heaven Battle Emperor was flung backward, yet his eyes remained locked on the white streak within the darkness.

Chu Yang’s life or death would determine the outcome of this war! (End of Chapter)