The ancestral land of the Sword Bone lineage.
The Heavenly God from the Lingxu Palace, sensing the terror of the Qilin Divine Fire, spared no effort. He unleashed a punch, and the fiery sea surged skyward for ten thousand zhang, like a storm of fire waves, piercing toward the edge of the firmament.
The sea of fire connected the heavens. Yu Chigong stroked downwards with one hand, and the torn fiery sea reconnected, completely obscuring Yu Chigong's figure, his divine sense and aura nowhere to be found.
Layers of fire sea piled up in the void. The Heavenly God's divine sense grew flustered. The elusive sea of fire caused him hesitation. He pinpointed a direction and struck out with a punch, carving a path through the intertwining flames. His figure flashed and vanished into the sky, the rift in the fiery sea closing instantly.
Stepping into the Qilin's sea of fire, the Heavenly God arrived directly a thousand zhang away from the ten-thousand-zhang figure. Divine light enveloped him, as if a divine sun had descended!
The Heavenly God dispelled the divine fire that continuously devoured his spiritual energy. He looked at the palm of the ten-thousand-zhang figure, where Yu Chigong, clad in fire-shrouded armor, sat casually. From afar, he observed the Heavenly God of the Lingxu Palace!
The Heavenly God sneered at Yu Chigong's mocking smile, his eyes filled with contempt. "The Great Han Imperial Dynasty? I am very curious how a mere True God like you could unleash divine power befitting a Heavenly God?"
"Human race!"
"Do you know the name of the Lingxu Palace!"
"I advise you to leave immediately, lest you bring further casualties to the Great Han Imperial Dynasty behind you!"
Yu Chigong looked at the Heavenly God, shaking his head slightly. He gripped the bamboo-jointed steel whip in his hand and said calmly, "I emerged early, and my cultivation has only now reached its peak. Do you recognize the steel whip in my hand!"
"This steel whip once tested all heroes under the heavens. Little did I expect to have to slay a mere ruffian like you today. It truly dirties my bamboo-jointed steel whip!"
"You...!"
The Heavenly God's face contorted with fury upon hearing this. The Lingxu Palace could control a whole prefecture because of its power. Yet, this human before him...
"What? I merely spoke the truth. What Heavenly God, what Lingxu Palace, dare to obstruct His Majesty's path will perish!"
Yu Chigong stood up, his eyes blazing with crimson-gold divine fire, killing intent erupting from him!
"Hah!"
The ten-thousand-zhang figure stomped its right foot, and the core area of the Sword Bone lineage sank directly into the ground. Those like Nie Qiuying vanished from existence amidst swirling mists of blood.
"You dare to destroy my Lingxu Palace's territory!!"
The Heavenly God looked down at the Sword Bone lineage vanishing from the world. With the fall of Nie Qiuying and the other two True Gods, the Sword Bone lineage was truly extinguished. Without its three True Gods, how could the Sword Bone lineage have any potential left to exploit.
"Human race! Great Han Imperial Dynasty! I will use your divine blood and soul to forever suppress this place for my Lingxu Palace!"
The Heavenly God of the Lingxu Palace pointed his hand forward. A long sword appeared three inches from his fingertip, radiating azure light that crisscrossed the void, like a vast net engulfing the entire sea of fire.
"Human race! I will make you accompany the Sword Bone lineage and my Lingxu Palace's territory to the grave!"
The Heavenly God could no longer suppress his rage. He pointed his finger at the void, and the long sword transformed into ten thousand streams of azure light, breaking through the fiery sky and coalescing. Sword cries echoed, stirring up waves of fire. Ten thousand swords rose to suppress the heavens!
Ten thousand swords streaked across the sky, weaving freely within the sea of fire. However, before they could travel a hundred zhang, thousands of azure lights were refined by the fiery sea, their might greatly diminished!
Yu Chigong's eyes were calm. With the boost from the 'Summoning Platform' title, his divine power had already reached the True God level. Possessing the ability to surpass a whole major realm, he looked at the Lingxu Palace Heavenly God whose divine power surged within the sea of fire.
"Converge!"
Yu Chigong gazed at the thousands of azure lights and the Heavenly God's location and suddenly roared. The Qilin armor on his body shimmered with myriad divine lights. The sea of fire, torn apart by the Heavenly God's sword energy, rapidly coalesced at Yu Chigong's command, intending to refine the Heavenly God in the void.
"Do you think this flame can intercept all my sword energy?"
The Heavenly God manipulated thousands of sword energies, his divine sense scanning the surging sea of fire.
"We'll only know if it can intercept after it tries!"
Behind Yu Chigong, the Qilin divine beast stepped out from the void, opened its mouth, and let out a roar. The sea of fire churned completely. The Qilin Divine Fire, with its earth-shattering, all-refining power, caused the Heavenly God's eyes to contract sharply.
"Divine Beast Qilin?"
"Human race!"
"Did your Great Han Imperial Dynasty originate from the center of the Three Thousand Prefectures?"
Witnessing the terrifying divine fire, the Heavenly God immediately manipulated his sword energies, changing their direction. The sword energies twisted and penetrated the Heavenly God's surroundings, attempting to tear apart the engulfing sea of fire!
As thousands of azure lights surged in, the Heavenly God's eyes began to fill with panic. The finger he used to command the thousands of sword energies ignited with flames.
"Ah!!"
"Sssshhh~~~"
The skin, nurtured by the Heavenly God's divine power, cracked open. Within a few breaths, it turned black. No divine blood spilled; it was directly refined by the divine fire. The Qilin Divine Fire, having consumed the divine blood, shone one-third brighter.
As the Lingxu Palace Heavenly God watched the Qilin Divine Fire creep towards his palm, he decisively acted, slashing down with his sword, severing his hand at the wrist!
"What?"
"Can't take it anymore!"
"I haven't even made my move yet!"
Yu Chigong, holding his bamboo-jointed steel whip, emerged from the palm of the ten-thousand-zhang figure. He looked at the Lingxu Palace Heavenly God, who was trapped by the Qilin Divine Fire refined by his Qilin armor. His anticipation plummeted.
"Lingxu Palace, was it!"
"When the army of my Great Han Imperial Dynasty reaches the Lingxu Palace's sect grounds, I will give you a good look at the blood-red light of your sect!"
Yu Chigong raised the bamboo-jointed steel whip in his hand and immediately amplified his divine power to the Heavenly God level.
"Take this!"
Yu Chigong swung the bamboo-jointed steel whip with all his might. The fiery sea that enveloped the sky split in two. Even the void through which the steel whip swept turned black!
The extreme light of heaven and earth blazed!
The creatures remaining near the Sword Bone lineage lowered their heads. Some, slower to react, had their eyes ignite with flames and were reduced to ash within a single breath!
With a single whip strike, his divine power unleashed, the Qilin Divine Fire parted, and lashed out towards the Lingxu Palace Heavenly God's physical body!
"Boom!!"
"Ah!!"
The Heavenly God, who had severed a hand and was taking pills to stabilize his injuries from the Qilin Divine Fire, suddenly felt a blinding light before him. Even his physical body felt pain. Before he could see clearly, he let out a desperate wail!
The whip strike shattered his physical body!
Half a breath before his body was obliterated, the Heavenly God's primordial spirit decisively abandoned his physical form, choosing to preserve his life and evade the attack. Three zhang away from his physical body, the steel whip descended. His physical body shattered, and the void rippled.
The residual force swept towards his primordial spirit, causing it to hurtle chaotically in the void, flying in disarray between the splitting seas of fire.