Chapter 1 The Storm Temple

The Storm Temple, an entire Storm Temple, took flight in the howling winds!

The starship was cleaved in two by Netherfire!

But the temple remained impregnable. The Storm Throne concentrated all the power of its authority to face the battle ahead!

He had suffered a defeat in Nagano years ago.

This time, he didn't want to lose again.

From the moment the soul contract was signed, the Storm Throne had planted its own spiritual seed in the Red Dragon’s mind. He didn't trust anyone in this world. Even if someone sold their soul to him, he would leave a way to prevent the Red Dragon from “betraying” him.

However, the Storm Throne hadn't anticipated...

With the help of Mr. Tianshui, the Red Dragon could meet Mr. Yan inside his mind through "self-hypnosis" and then erase the memory.

This kind of operation, which erased the "subjective consciousness," made even the spiritual seed unable to detect the anomaly!

But…

The previous “battle” in the void was clearly seen by the Storm Throne.

Only four years.

Gu Shen returned with a fully-fledged Netherfire. Although he didn't want to admit it, the young man's combat power was already considerable.

With the Storm Throne's style of doing things, if he thought Gu Shen had no chance of winning against him through "observation,"

He would not have chosen to defend so conservatively!

He would have crossed the space portal and personally killed him!

"You dare to step into my domain?"

The Storm Throne's figure became majestic at that moment. He rose from his throne, and a vast ocean poured into the sky above the entire temple, with towering layers of water rising from behind him!

He reached out his palm towards Gu Shen.

"Rumble!"

At that moment, the temple transformed into a sea of millions of miles, and the palm transformed into a giant mountain falling from the sky!

Looking at the growing shadow falling from above,

"I'm stepping right into your domain!"

Gu Shen sneered and drew his longsword!

The Netherfire longsword broke out of the sea and tore through the giant hand!

Also a Throne, also having fused with a Seed and controlled a complete source of power, he was not afraid of the Storm Throne at all!

The sea could be boundless, and Netherfire could also be boundless!

Instantly, millions of miles of pitch-black flames ignited on the sea surface. At that moment, Gu Shen transformed back into a black sun. He released the Netherfire source with all his might, blocking all the boundless pressure of the Storm Domain!

Endless waves and滔天black flames collided with each other!

This divine battle seemed thrilling.

But the two people in the center of the battlefield had not yet begun their real battle.

The Storm Throne narrowed his eyes at the strange scene of black flames. He was happy to see the divine battle unfold in this way. Gu Shen took the initiative to enter his domain and chose to consume Netherfire to offset the pressure of his domain... He knew that he was in his domain, and the consumption of source energy had been reduced to a minimum.

But Gu Shen, who took the initiative to enter the Storm Domain, would have to pay a huge "price" to maintain this滔天Netherfire.

If they kept fighting like this!

Gu Shen’s consumption of transcendent source energy would be at least ten times his!

……

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Transcendent beings who could become Thrones were all geniuses and outstanding figures who dominated an era!

After they fused with the Seed, controlled the source, and refined the Domain... the level of combat power between them was often not too different.

And in this case, what determined the outcome of the divine battle was the "Domain’s" home-field advantage.

For hundreds of years, wars rarely broke out within the five continents because the Seed leaders of each continent were unwilling to leave their "home field" and set foot in the domains of other Thrones.

Leaving the Land of Miracles and going to another Throne's Domain.

With one rising and the other falling.

In this situation, the divine battle was tantamount to cutting off one's own arm for the initiator!

But now…

Gu Shen did just that!

The reason was simple: he never thought he would lose, nor did he think that the so-called "home-field advantage" could change the outcome of this divine battle!

Boundless Netherfire burned a blank, empty circle out of the Storm Throne's sea!

Gu Shen floated in the center of this empty circle.

He stretched out two fingers and slowly pressed them to the center of his eyebrows…

"Rumble."

A tremor rang out in the void, and the Storm Throne's expression suddenly changed. A huge "Su Xuan Wood" (簌悬木) phantom suddenly appeared behind Gu Shen. The Su Xuan Wood was only a few meters tall at first, but as the blazing fire ripples spread from the center of Gu Shen's eyebrows, the ancient tree began to grow at an extremely fast rate, reaching a hundred meters in just a few seconds!

And… it was still growing!

"This is, your Domain?"

The Storm Throne looked at the huge ancient tree behind Gu Shen in disbelief.

There was another important reason why the Supreme Seats would not easily launch a divine battle: a Throne fighting on foreign ground needed to expend more source energy to summon their "Domain," and the summoned Domain did not have the power of the home Throne!

Years ago, he crossed the Southern Continent to fight Bai Shu. In the Fighting God Domain of the Nagano Cemetery, he was restrained everywhere. His Domain was finally summoned, but it was completely suppressed by the triple 【Reverse Flow】!

But the "Su Xuan Wood" at this moment completely subverted the Storm Throne's perception!

The ancient tree completely ignored the pressure of the Storm Domain!

The Domain summoned by Gu Shen actually used his Domain as nourishment, taking root and growing wildly!

The Storm Throne quickly took action.

The vast sea surged with raging waves. The Storm Throne raised his hand and pulled a giant azure axe from the sea. At the same time, he summoned a source avatar. This avatar was as tall as the ancient tree, wielding the giant axe and slashing at the Su Xuan Wood!

He couldn't let this ancient tree continue to grow!

With a "clang!"

The axe was blocked in mid-air. Gu Shen manipulated the Netherfire source, also transforming into a giant, using the power of Netherfire to create a large shield, blocking the Storm Throne's giant axe!

The Storm Throne's expression was gloomy, and he continued to divide his divine thoughts.

A second source avatar walked out of the giant waves of the Domain. This was the source power of 【Storm】, born from the 【Tide】authority. It was surrounded by hurricanes and also pounced towards the Su Xuan Wood!

Gu Shen's expression did not change.

He also separated a strand of his mind's power. This time, he manipulated not the Netherfire source, but the incomplete "Destruction Source" comprehended from the Time Dojo!

Under the attack of the two sources—

The boundless sea was evaporated, divided, and turned into a long, pitch-black vacuum zone!

The Storm Throne's expression was pale. He couldn't understand what had happened in these four years…

Or was this the talent of the "Seed" contractee?

In addition to perfectly fusing with Netherfire, Gu Shen also possessed two sources of power that were not inferior to his?

A large amount of mist spread in the vacuum.

Gu Shen's 【Pure Land Domain】was perfectly released above the Storm Throne's sea. After the two sources finished attacking each other, the Su Xuan Wood grew smoothly to a scale of thousands of meters. Countless drooping long leaves were like flowing fire. This domain controlled by the Storm Throne was now stripped of half of its "control."

Gu Shen stretched out a hand and gently raised it.

The sea ushered in an unprecedented storm!

The long leaves of the Su Xuan Wood fluttered up, and the thousand-meter-old tree was still growing, and the leaves transformed into inverted swords!

"No... This, how is this possible?!"

The Storm Throne looked at the young man in front of him with a pale face.

At first, he just thought that Gu Shen's strength was comparable to his own. As long as he "deliberately showed weakness" and lured the other party to fall for it and rashly enter his domain... then he would definitely win this divine battle!

But from the moment he saw the "Su Xuan Wood,"

He realized that he had made a serious mistake.

Although only four years had passed.

Gu Shen's strength was already stronger than his!

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"Aren't you very curious as to why I dare to step into your Domain?"

Gu Shen floated in the void.

Countless flowing fire leaves surrounded him, setting him off as the king of this world.

He spoke softly.

"Now, I'll tell you why."

Nine strands of mind's power.

Gu Shen only left one in the Time Dojo.

He brought the remaining eight with him.

At this moment... he showed the Storm Throne the results of his seclusion in the Time Dojo.

A strand of mind's power, wielding the Netherfire source, transformed into a giant.

A strand of mind's power, manipulating the Destruction Source, transformed into another giant.

A strand took over the Pure Land Domain, transforming into the Su Xuan Wood, cutting open half of the Storm Domain.

A strand condensed an avatar beside him, holding the 【Ruler of Truth】, summoning the Truth.Extinguished Candle Bow.

And Gu Shen himself leisurely leaned back. A tall and majestic iron throne condensed under the Su Xuan Wood. Behind Gu Shen, the scene of all living beings in the Pure Land kneeling and saluting slowly emerged.

Gu Shen had the determination to win this divine battle, so from the moment he stepped into the Storm Domain, he transmitted the scene of this battle to the Pure Land world!

At this moment.

Li Qingci, Tie Wu, Hong Zhong, Adam... every soul in the Pure Land could see the scene of Gu Shen fighting the Storm Throne!

Their king was slaying a god!

And they naturally had to kneel and worship!

The scene in the Pure Land at this moment was extremely shocking. Thousands of dead souls revered one person.

What was a Throne?

This was a Throne!

The Storm Throne couldn't say a word at this moment. His expression had never been so ugly in his life.

Seeing the magnificent and oppressive Pure Land Domain in front of him.

The Storm Throne felt an unprecedented sense of oppression.

What kind of monster was this?

Four years!

In four years, he could cultivate to this level?

Was the young man standing in front of him really Gu Shen, or was it Gu Changzhi?

If it was Gu Changzhi reincarnated and rebuilt, spending four years to cultivate to this point... The Storm Throne could barely accept it.

At this moment, the Storm Throne felt a burst of absurdity in his heart.

This was clearly his Domain.

But after the Su Xuan Wood landed and took shape…

He felt that this had become Gu Shen's Domain!

"First, he actively avoided the battle..."

"And then he drove the starship to break through..."

"These are actually very clumsy methods. I can see that you want to lure me into your Domain."

Gu Shen said expressionlessly, "But it's not necessary at all. Even if you don't show weakness, I will come."

"I said... some things can't be avoided. You must die today."

Gu Shen, sitting on the Iron Throne, gently tapped his finger.

The sound of his fingertip colliding with the armrest of the throne was crisp.

"Buzz!"

The mind's power avatar wielding the Ruler of Truth drew the bow and aimed the arrow at this moment!

The 【Truth】, which the previous Hades failed to tame, had been completely suppressed by Gu Shen!

With the blessing of 【Achilles' Heel】, this arrow directly pierced through the Storm Throne's eyebrows. Even with the blessing of the home Domain, the Storm Throne still couldn't dodge this arrow!

The Storm Throne let out a painful roar.

The domain effect of 【Achilles' Heel】was a 100% direct shot at the weak point!

The Storm Throne's divine body was struck by the arrow and then deconstructed, but in the next second, he re-condensed his body hundreds of meters away... He had said earlier that he was "omnipotent" in his Domain, but this was not an exaggeration. Every drop of water and every strand of water element in the Storm Domain could be used by him!

In other words.

In his home Domain, the Storm Throne was invincible! Every drop of water in this boundless sea could condense into a brand new divine body!

If you wanted to kill him in this Domain.

Unless…

You burned the sea dry!

"Good."

Seeing this scene, Gu Shen not only did not worry, but instead smiled coldly.

He sat on the throne and said grimly,

"Everyone says that Thrones are hard to kill... I want to see how hard it is to kill!"

The boundless sea was wrapped in Netherfire. The Su Xuan Wood shook countless iron swords, which fell overwhelmingly. At this moment, Gu Shen urged four strands of his mind's power and launched an all-out attack on the Storm Throne!

The Storm Throne roared and launched a counterattack!

In an instant, the boundless sea was submerged by滔天dark light!

The Netherfire and Destruction sources suppressed the Storm Throne…

And the two mind's power avatars that controlled the 【Pure Land Domain】 and 【Truth】 began this unprecedented "god-slaying" feat.

Gu Shen sat on the Iron Throne. He looked at the sea in front of him expressionlessly, drying up inch by inch in the burning flames!

The flowing fire leaves of the Su Xuan Wood turned into a rain of swords covering the sky.

And the strand of mind's power avatar wielding the 【Truth】constantly drew the bow and aimed the arrow. The Storm Throne was shot every time he condensed his body. This divine battle was not fair at all. The scene at this moment could not be described as "suppression." This was completely crushing, or rather... this was an extremely tragic massacre.

Gu Shen, sitting with his elbow propped up, quietly watched this scene.

This battle seemed light and breezy, but in fact, Gu Shen was suffering a huge "backlash."

Within the Storm Domain, forcibly opening his own 【Pure Land】Domain required him to consume ten times the transcendent source energy... This price was still very difficult for Gu Shen, who now possessed a fully-fledged Domain.

This was an astronomical consumption of source energy.

But…

Gu Shen left a strand of his mind's power in the Time Dojo.

That strand of mind's power avatar was fully incubating the golden穗flowers in the "Pure Land" flower garden, thereby breeding enough source energy for the divine battle.

The Storm Throne could never have imagined how Gu Shen possessed all of this.

Because he didn't know that there was such a thing as the "Time Dojo" in this world.

The Storm Domain had a vast sea.

This boundless sea was almost endless.

But under Gu Shen's desperate and frantic attack…

In just tens of minutes, that "boundless" sea had dropped by half!

(End of this chapter)