Chapter 534: Heaven‑Defying Fiendish Spirits Gather

Time flows like a long river, never pausing between day and night.

Emperor Beast City, the frontier outpost opened by the Ten Thousand Beasts Archipelago, grew increasingly feverish as the appointed date approached, day after day, like a massive cauldron seared over divine flames, its broth nearly at a boil.

More and more domineering auras manifested from the depths of the starry sky, from various stretches of the Ancient Path, and even from hidden secret realms, converging on this ancient and grand citadel like great sharks drawn to the scent of blood.

On this day, over the Myriad Stars Platform in the northwest sector of Emperor Beast City—a spot reserved for powerful beings to pause briefly—the Void suddenly rippled violently like water, as if unable to bear an imminent presence.

Immediately thereafter, a domineering, majestic, supreme, terrifying Dragon Might—seeming born as the universe's very center—awoke like a slumbering primeval star, erupting with a thunderous blast that swept the eight corners of the world!

Roar—!!!

It was not a deliberate display; the mere natural pressure of its existence transformed into a soul‑shaking, instinct‑trembling, earth‑shaking Dragon Chant!

That Dragon Chant was ancient and vast, imbued with the cadence of power and dominion, as if originating from the Open Heaven and Split Earth era, the first cry of the ancestor of all Dragons!

"This aura! Holy crap! This pressure… this domineering feeling that seems capable of crushing the heavens and forcing all paths to submit… could it be… Golden Emperor Dragon?! One of the Ten Great Emperor Fiends, the Golden Emperor Dragon itself!!"

A Green-scaled Flood Dragon, born of a side branch of the Dragon Clan and extremely sensitive to Dragon Might, suddenly coiled its massive body, lowered its head, and let out a voice trembling with uncontrollable excitement and fear, a startled cry!

"Golden Emperor Dragon?! Really? That legendary pinnacle bloodline has actually arrived?!"

"No doubt! Apart from the Golden Emperor Dragon Clan, what other Dragon Might could be so pure, so domineering, so… make one lose all desire to resist? It is an absolute suppression rooted in the very level of life and the source of the bloodline!"

"Look over there!!"

Countless gazes instantly converged on the twisted Void portal hovering above the Myriad Stars Platform.

A myriad golden rays and a thousand auspicious colors burst forth—not ordinary energy glimmer, but the purest, tangible light seemingly condensed from boundless power and domineering Dao Rule!

A majestic, slender figure, shrouded in a hazy golden divine radiance, stepped out from the portal.

He did not manifest a massive dragon body; instead, he retained an almost perfect humanoid Dao form, nine feet tall, clad in a seemingly simple golden robe embroidered with subtle Dragon Pattern, flowing with the shadows of sun, moon, and stars.

His hair, radiant as molten gold, cascaded over his shoulders, moving without wind, each strand seeming to contain the power to tear heaven and split earth.

His features were veiled by a faint golden glow, indistinct, but his exposed eyes shone like two blazing golden suns suspended high in the Nine Heavens, burning with supreme authority that gazes over all beings and commands their rise and fall!

He simply stood there at leisure, and the Void in that area automatically twisted and arched, as if paying homage to their sovereign.

The surrounding starlight seemed to dim, leaving him as the sole eternal source of light.

Where the Dragon walks, myriad paths yield, the realm of the Emperor arrives, and an invincible aura that makes all beings bow spreads naturally.

"Ao Tianyin! It must be one of the most core monsters of this generation of the Golden Emperor Dragon Clan, Ao Tianyin!"

A well‑informed whisperer hissed softly, revealing the noble being's name, "It is said he has already pushed the Golden Emperor Dragon's bloodline to unfathomable heights, once tearing a boundary wall of an ancient realm with his Dragon Claw; his combat power is incalculable, recognized as a Titan‑level existence among the Emperor Fiend Descendants!"

Ao Tianyin seemed indifferent to the thunderous shouts and awe‑filled gazes below, or rather, he was already accustomed to them.

His blazing golden eyes merely cast a faint glance toward the increasingly distinct, massive aura emanating from the direction of the Ten Thousand Beasts Archipelago, then his figure shifted slightly.

Without invoking any divine Guangying or the sound of breaking void, his figure seemed to merge with the golden sunlight, instantly turning from substance to void, leaving behind at the spot a fading, awe‑inspiring domineering Dragon shadow and a lingering, faint echo of Dragon Might in the air.

He then headed toward the direction of the Ten Thousand Beasts Archipelago, his purpose clear.

"Sss—! Indeed heading for the Ten Thousand Beasts Archipelago! Even the Golden Emperor Dragon is stirred; this opportunity may be more astonishing than imagined!"

Watching Ao Tianyin disappear, countless beings felt their hearts surge, increasingly convinced that this Ten Thousand Beasts Archipelago event was far from trivial.

Yet, the shock in Emperor Beast City was far from over.

Almost immediately after Ao Tianyin's departure, over a splendid cluster of seven‑colored glass pavilions in the city's southeast corner, the Space rippled with a strange, water‑wave‑like reflection.

The ripple was not caused by force, but resembled a slight distortion and mockery of reality's rules.

In the next instant, a figure emerged as if stepping out of an ink painting, or solidified from a mirage of reflected flowers and water, silently appearing in mid‑air.

It was a man who looked exceedingly young, perhaps even excessively handsome.

He wore a moon‑white long robe, immaculate, and toyed with an apparently ordinary white jade folding fan, a faintly mischievous smile curling his lips.

His features were so refined they seemed heaven's perfect masterpiece, his peach‑blossom eyes slightly upturned, radiating dazzling light with every glance, as if capable of ensnaring souls.

If not for the strange aura around him—reserved yet still causing the surrounding space to subtly churn and light to warp—anyone would assume he was a noble scion from a great clan touring the mortal world, a dashing gentleman.

Yet some seasoned, perceptive elders, upon seeing this handsome man and especially sensing the subtle yet pervasive sense of rule‑reversal, had their faces change instantly!

"That is… one of the Ten Great Emperor Fiends, the Reverse Chaos Heavenly Demon clan's monster! Chen Shimei!!"

An elder, white‑bearded and white‑haired, whose true form was a Three-eyed Spirit Fox, snapped his third eye open, revealing deep apprehension, "This clan's innate divine arts are bizarre and unfathomable; they excel at twisting, reversing, and subverting all existing rules! Speed, strength, defense, even Causality can be reversed before them! They are among the most unmanageable and incomprehensible races in Zhutian Wanjie! This Chen Shimei is a standout among them; it is said his Heaven Demon Extreme Speed is so fast it can cause Time to hallucinate!"

Chen Shimei seemed to hear the discussion below; with a swift "shā" his folding fan unfurled, gently fanning, stirring a breeze that distorted vision.

His gaze swept below, the smile in his peach‑blossom eyes deepening, yet inexplicably chilling the heart.

He said nothing, merely taking a seemingly casual step toward the Ten Thousand Beasts Archipelago.

With that step, his figure instantly blurred, not moving in a straight line but leaving behind a series of indistinguishable, temporally inverted, left‑right reversed afterimages in the air!

Those afterimages seemed to exist simultaneously in different time fragments and spatial locations, making it impossible to discern his true trajectory or speed!

In merely one‑in‑hundreds‑of‑millions of a moment, all afterimages vanished together, and his true form had already vanished beyond reckoning, leaving only a faint, dizzying Reverse Chaos Dao Rhythm lingering in the air.

"Reverse Chaos Heavenly Demon… truly lives up to its name! This movement is simply beyond mortal and divine comprehension!"

Countless beings stared in stunned silence, their inner chill deepening.

To oppose such a being, one might not even know how one dies.

The sky over Emperor Beast City seemed to become a parade stage for the highest‑tier monsters of Zhutian.

Following the Golden Emperor Dragon Ao Tianyin and the Reverse Chaos Heavenly Demon Chen Shimei, wave after wave of equally terrifying, overwhelming auras, capable of shaking heaven and earth, manifested in succession, provoking continuous awe and uproar.

In the northern sky, a dazzling seven‑colored divine fire suddenly ignited, as if it could incinerate eternity itself!

Within the divine fire, a clear, melodious phoenix cry, imbued with supreme nobility and authority, rang across the clouds!

A god‑like, magnificently feathered, phoenix silhouette with a long, multicolored tail flame streaked across the heavens; though it vanished in an instant, its searing heat that could scorch sky and boil seas, and its Nirvana Rebirth immortal aura, were indelibly etched in every being's heart.

"It's a monster of the Undying Divine Phoenix Clan! Huang Fuyao! Rumor has it her bloodline is impeccably pure, her visage stunningly beautiful, hailed as the Daughter of Ten Thousand Phoenixes; countless young heroes and even other Emperor Fiend Descendants have fallen for her!"

Female beings called out in dazzled, enchanted whispers, full of envy and yearning.

Almost simultaneously, over a bustling market in the city's southwest, countless fine specks of powder, shimmering with ethereal dream‑like glints, appeared silently in the air.

The powder slowly coalesced, forming an enormous butterfly illusion, its wings bearing intricate, breathtaking patterns as if containing countless dream worlds!

The butterfly shadow quivered gently, soundless, yet in the market below, over a third of the beings, regardless of cultivation level, simultaneously gazed blankly, their faces showing fascination or fear, slipping into brief trance or illusion!

Until the butterfly shadow faded, they only then jolted awake, horrified, turning pale, cold sweat streaming!

"Phantom Nightmare Emperor Butterfly! It is the pinnacle existence among the Ten Great Emperor Fiends that holds dominion over the way of spirit, illusion, and hypnosis… the Imperial Daughter of the Phantom Nightmare Emperor Butterfly clan! Mu Yutiandie!"

An old Dark Cultivator who specializes in the power of spirit and soul turned a ghastly pallor, his heart still trembling, "How terrifying! Just the unconscious emission of Illusion Butterfly Scale Powder shadows can cause so many people to fall victim in an instant! If Mu Yutiandie were to actively wield divine power, a single gentle flap of a wing might truly cause all living beings across a vast Star Domain to fall into an eternal slumber nightmare! Bizarre! Horrifying!"

Besides that, there was also a heavy, seemingly primitive aura flashing by as if from the deep earth, apparently the pure‑blood descendant of a Mountain-Moving Divine Ape or an Earth‑Splitting Ancient Rhino.

A razor‑sharp, soul‑rending Geng‑metal spear‑like aura swept through the Void, possibly the bloodline of a White Tiger or a Heaven Blade Mantis.

A deep, icy, light‑devouring Darkness shadow spread silently, perhaps the inheritor of a Heaven Swallowing Beast or a Dark Shadow Demon Dragon…