Dominator Emperor

Chen Baojiao didn’t know what was going on, but Li Shuangyan and Niu Fen did. They both retreated, pulling Chen Baojiao—who had been standing in the center—over to them.

”Alright, let’s begin.” Li Qiye laughed. ”Sheng Tian pretty boy, Qingxuan you little bastard, make your move! I’m going to slaughter every last one of you!” He had already activated the runes on the Dao Platform.

Far away in the Ordinary Area, the many Demon Kings and cultivators from Feijiao Lake watched this scene through a Celestial Mirror, finding it utterly absurd. A Demon King murmured, ’Has this brat lost his mind? He wants to slaughter ten thousand all by himself? He must be insane!’

”The glow of a firefly, daring to compete with the brilliance of the moon!” Celestial Emperor Qingxuan’s eyes turned cold, his gaze piercing through everything. A green energy transformed into a sword that slashed straight for Li Qiye.

Sheng Tian Heaven Daoist also let out a sinister smile, his eyes glinting with cruelty. He attacked at once, unleashing a True Artifact to slay Li Qiye.

”Kill him! Slaughter that brat—” Instantly, the cultivators behind them surged forward. This wasn’t just about killing Li Qiye; they were after the treasures as well.

GRIND—GRIND—GRIND— But in that very instant, the Dao Platform beneath Li Qiye’s feet suddenly slid open like a puzzle box. A terrifying, bloody light erupted from within!

BOOM! As the bloody light shot into the sky, it carried an invincible power, instantly blasting away everyone who had attacked. Celestial Emperor Qingxuan, Elder Guan, Sheng Tian Heaven Daoist—it made no difference. All who attacked, whether they were Ancient Saints, True Masters, or Princes, were like fallen leaves in a gale, swept away in a single moment.

In that instant, the center of the Dao Platform opened, and a torrent of fresh blood gushed out. This was no longer just a bloody light, but real, viscous blood. As it surged upward, the stench of iron filled the air for thousands of miles.

The fresh blood was incredibly vibrant—so vibrant it was sinister. The torrent shot into the sky, seemed to look down upon Li Qiye’s group, and then plunged back down, instantly forming several Blood Arrows that shot toward them.

”Heh, you dare to provoke even me? You’ve forgotten your lesson, haven’t you?” Li Qiye chuckled, a handful of Lotus Ash already in his palm. He blew on it gently, and the ash instantly enveloped his body. Li Shuangyan and Niu Fen were prepared as well; they scattered their own ash and were instantly shrouded within its haze.

PFFT! The incoming Blood Arrows instantly sensed the terrifying power of the Lotus Ash and stopped dead. They then merged back into a single stream, hovering in the air as if staring at Li Qiye’s group with unseen eyes.

WHOOSH—WHOOSH—WHOOSH— In a flash, the torrent of blood transformed into innumerable crimson threads. The threads shot out at an extreme velocity, too fast to be seen clearly.

”Kill!” A powerful cultivator, just sent flying moments before, saw the blood threads shooting toward him. With a fierce roar, he swung his treasured weapon in a frenzy.

PFFT—PFFT—PFFT— However, it didn’t matter what kind of treasured weapon they used; they couldn’t sever the incoming crimson threads. In an instant, blood sprayed into the air as one cultivator after another was pierced through.

”AHHH—AHHH—AHHH—” Screams of agony erupted. Being pierced by the threads wasn’t fatal at first. But once skewered, the threads acted like straws, frantically draining their Essence Blood. The moment a thread tasted Essence Blood, it immediately thickened.

”AHHH—AHHH—AHHH—” Screams rose and fell in waves. In the blink of an eye, hundreds of cultivators had their Essence Blood drained completely, their desiccated bodies falling from the sky like husks.

”Run!” Seeing that the threads couldn’t be severed, one cultivator was scared out of his wits. He screamed, turned, and fled for his life.

BOOM—BOOM—BOOM— But in that same instant, thick roots and tendrils burst from the ground. They were like an octopus’s tentacles, only far, far more terrifying.

”AHHH!” Another scream. The fleeing cultivators were impaled by the Demon Roots, their Essence Blood drained in an instant, leaving behind nothing but dried corpses.

SWISH—SWISH—SWISH— In a flash, countless thick Demon Roots shot toward the remaining cultivators at incredible speed. The innumerable roots wove themselves into an inescapable net that descended from above, completely enveloping Celestial Emperor Qingxuan and everyone else.

”Kill!” Celestial Emperor Qingxuan and the others roared. They manifested the Ten Thousand Techniques, their Treasure Artifacts thundering as they slashed at the Demon Roots that formed the inescapable net.

But the terror of the Demon Roots far exceeded their imagination. With a series of HISSES, the crimson threads shooting from the Dao Platform connected with the Demon Roots. The roots instantly absorbed the threads, and their Demonic Qi flared wildly. They sprouted countless new, finer tendrils, as dense and sharp as a forest of steel needles.

At that moment, a tree stump emerged from behind the writhing mass of Demon Roots. It wasn’t tall—only about three feet—but it emanated the aura of a terrifying Demon Lord. All the roots grew from its body. And even more terrifying, a pair of pitch-black eyes were growing on the stump itself.

The stump’s emergence was only the beginning of the horror. It suddenly tapped into an endless well of Evil Qi. In an instant, a column of Demonic Qi soared into the sky.

BOOM—BOOM—BOOM! At this moment, the Heaven-Reaching Bone Spikes that had emerged long ago began to spew Demonic Qi. The stump instantly absorbed this qi, transforming it into Demon Ropes that twisted together with its roots, becoming the most fearsome weapons imaginable. They were unbreakable, and anyone entangled by them would have their Essence Blood drained in a heartbeat.

’It’s finally out,’ Li Qiye murmured, gazing at the stump that was less than three feet tall. ’Stronger than I imagined. It’s actually formed a full stump, not just a primary root.’

”A Pumo Tree stump?” Seeing the stump with two pitch-black eyes, Li Shuangyan couldn’t help but feel her blood run cold. Now she understood why Li Qiye had called it a ghastly thing.

Meanwhile, the Demon Roots were not only weaving an inescapable net to hunt down the cultivators; they were also frantically sucking the inexhaustible supply of crimson threads from the Dao Platform.

”What... what’s in there? Why is that demonic creature sucking them up so frantically?” Countless crimson threads continued to shoot from the Dao Platform. The threads not only pierced the cultivators’ bodies but also plunged into the Demon Roots, which absorbed them with mad hunger. The sight made Chen Baojiao’s blood run cold. It was as if the Dao Platform contained Demon Blood.

”You guessed right. It’s Demon Blood,” Li Qiye said with a grin. ”The priceless Demon Blood of the Pumo Tree. But the reserves are very, very low now. If any of the Pumo Tree’s roots were still alive in this place, the Demon Blood would be the ultimate temptation.”

”This isn’t the Treasure of the Gods... it’s a lure!” Chen Baojiao wasn’t stupid; she instantly figured out the truth, and her face paled.

Li Qiye glanced at her. ”You’re not completely hopeless. Who ever said there was a Treasure of the Gods here? This is the Annihilation Dao Platform, designed to lure out any surviving roots.”

”AHHH—” The screams were now incessant as one cultivator after another was slaughtered by the Pumo Tree. The tree seemed to know that Li Qiye was a formidable opponent, so it didn’t attack him. Instead, it focused on hunting down all the other cultivators.

Fueled by the priceless Demon Blood and engorged on Demonic Qi, the Pumo Tree stump grew even stronger! Now, it wasn’t just ordinary cultivators—even slaughtering Princes was an easy task for it!

”Gods above, what is that devil—” In the Ordinary Area, the Demon Kings from Feijiao Lake and the other cultivators couldn’t help but shudder as they watched.

”Let’s go! That’s the legendary Pumo Tree! If it finishes growing, we’ll all die here!” The Old Turtle King’s face was deathly pale. He turned and fled without a second thought.

When they saw even the Old Turtle King flee, the other cultivators didn’t need to be told twice. They immediately turned and ran for their lives.

”AHHH!” Master Situ let out a final, tragic scream as a Demon Root pierced his chest, instantly draining his Essence Blood. Even in death, his eyes were wide with disbelief, never having imagined such an end.

The expressions on the faces of the surviving Celestial Emperor Qingxuan and Sheng Tian Heaven Daoist had turned grim. They had already joined forces, but even with Celestial Emperor Qingxuan’s peerless Emperor Techniques and the aid of Elder Guan and the others, they still couldn’t break out of the inescapable net woven from Demon Roots.

The more Blood Qi the Pumo Tree’s stump absorbed, the stronger it grew. Celestial Emperor Qingxuan’s group attempted to break through several times, but they were forced back on every occasion.

The number of Princes and True Masters he had brought with him was dwindling rapidly. Celestial Emperor Qingxuan’s expression was uglier than ever. Finally, steeling his heart, he let out a fierce roar. ”Kill!” In that same instant, he summoned an object that hovered above his head.

BOOM! In a flash, as the object appeared, an invincible Emperor Essence transformed into a beam of Emperor’s Radiance that swept outward. The radiance sliced through countless Demon Roots, clearing a path through the sky and allowing Celestial Emperor Qingxuan’s group to charge out under its protection.

”An Emperor’s Treasure!” Chen Baojiao’s face fell as she felt the invincible Emperor’s Power.

That was right. What Celestial Emperor Qingxuan had summoned was an Emperor’s Treasure—a ring left behind by an Immortal Emperor. Its Emperor Essence was limited, but even so, it was more than enough to protect them as they broke through the encirclement.

”Trying to escape? It’s not that easy.” Li Qiye smirked, Qimen Sabers in hand. CLANG! Suddenly, the two Qimen Sabers shattered. With a long cry from Li Qiye, the fragmented sabers spewed forth Emperor Essence. The two streams of essence instantly formed into two Emperor’s Sabers.

”Kill!” Li Qiye roared, unleashing an Emperor Slash that streaked across the sky, aimed directly at the Emperor’s Ring protecting Celestial Emperor Qingxuan’s group.

Li Qiye had destroyed his own Qimen Sabers to unleash their final dregs of Emperor Essence. All of it was now concentrated in these two Emperor’s Sabers—a slash from them could cleave the sun and moon from the sky!

The Emperor’s Ring sensed the threat. A surge of invincible Emperor Essence erupted from it, rising to meet the descending Emperor’s Sabers head-on.

As the two sources of Emperor Essence flared, the entire Demon’s Back Ridge began to tremble. The consequences of the essences of two different Immortal Emperors colliding were unimaginable.

BOOM! The deafening explosion sounded as if the entire Demon’s Back Ridge had just blown apart. At that moment, every living creature within the ridge—whether Celestial Beast or Longevity Spirit—trembled in terror.

Li Qiye has finally unleashed a massacre, and the most satisfying Chapter is here. Since you’re all having such a blast, how can you not vote!!