Dominator Emperor

Li Qiye’s apparent slip of the tongue, a momentary loss of composure, instantly deepened the suspicion in Leng Chengfeng and Lei She. They were now even more certain that this Supreme Strike Technique had been stolen by the Qingxuan Ancient Country from the Xiyan Ancient Sect and, moreover, that Qingxuan Ancient Country hadn’t passed down the complete version!

At that moment, Leng Chengfeng stared intently at Li Qiye. His gaze flickered as he scrutinized every motion, trying to discern whether the slip-up was genuine.

Seeing Leng Chengfeng staring at him, Li Qiye hurriedly shook his head and waved his hands dismissively. ”That was just a joke, it’s absolutely not true,” he said. ”Although our Xiyan Ancient Sect has lost the Nine Yang Locking Heaven Technique, we’ve never believed that rumor.”

Li Qiye’s flustered act only served to convince Leng Chengfeng further. He sneered, ”Whether it’s true or not... we’ll know once we test it.”

HUMMM— A crisp drone echoed. The moment he finished speaking, Leng Chengfeng activated the Nine Yang Locking Heaven Technique. Instantly, the sun behind him blazed with even greater intensity, becoming like a true star.

”Absorb!” With a sharp cry from Leng Chengfeng, the sun behind him transformed into a massive vortex of True Fire, seeking to draw in the True Fire from the sun in the sky.

HUMMM... HUMMM... HUMMM... A series of soft drones sounded. To the astonishment of both Leng Chengfeng and Lei She, it was actually working. From the Celestial Vault, sunlight condensed into beams. Streams of light, fine as silk, shot like fiery tendrils into the vortex of True Fire, causing Leng Chengfeng’s own flames to burn even hotter.

’It really is true!’ Sensing the immense power of the True Fire, Leng Chengfeng was ecstatic. He held nothing back, unleashing all his Blood Qi to power the Nine Yang Locking Heaven Technique and crazily devour the True Sun Fire from the Celestial Vault.

WHOOSH— WHOOSH— WHOOSH— As Leng Chengfeng devoured the energy like a great whale, the True Sun Fire descending from the sky grew fiercer and fiercer. He channeled the True Sun Fire through his Du Meridian, transforming it into Life True Flame! In an instant, his entire body became a furnace of True Fire, and his Life Furnace erupted with flames that shot toward the heavens.

At that moment, Leng Chengfeng felt as if his Life Furnace could incinerate all of creation. His Fire of Life blazed endlessly, and he could feel his Power of Life swelling to new heights.

This only strengthened his conviction in Li Qiye’s ”slip,” and he began to frantically absorb the True Sun Fire descending from the heavens.

BOOM—BOOM—BOOM! In the blink of an eye, the True Sun Fire in the sky roared without cease. Torrents of it poured down like a cascading sea of fire. The flow only grew larger, and with a deafening rumble, the True Sun Fire rushed down from the Celestial Vault like a surging, unstoppable flood.

”What’s happening?” Chi Yun and Elder Yun, who had only just returned, felt the deluge of True Sun Fire. Their expressions changed drastically as they immediately rushed toward the scene.

BOOM—BOOM—BOOM! At this point, Leng Chengfeng no longer needed to actively absorb the energy; the True Sun Fire was now rushing toward him on its own. His body had become a solar furnace, and like the ocean accepting a hundred rivers, it seemed poised to swallow every last spark of True Fire from the sun itself!

Rushing over, Chi Yun and Elder Yun were shocked by the scene. They could both feel the incredible power radiating from it!

Seeing the True Sun Fire now pouring down of its own accord, Li Qiye knew Leng Chengfeng had lost control. He put on a horrified expression, waving his hands frantically at Leng Chengfeng. ”Stop! You have to stop absorbing the True Sun Fire! Didn’t the Qingxuan Ancient Country tell you it was just a rumor? This is absolutely impossible!”

”Absolutely impossible?” Leng Chengfeng laughed maniacally. ”Let me show you what a true Supreme Strike Technique looks like! It’s a pity. Even though the Nine Yang Locking Heaven Technique originated from your Xiyan Ancient Sect, you no longer possess this Supreme Ultimate Skill. Today, you’ll get a taste of its power!” As he spoke, endless True Sun Fire erupted from his entire body. He looked as if he were wrapped in the sun, a Sun God Son born from its very core. A single wisp of his True Sun Fire seemed capable of scorching the earth to cinders.

Just then, something incredible happened. Leng Chengfeng began to emanate the aura of an Ancient Saint, as if a Sun Ancient Saint was being born into the world. This stunned both Chi Yun and Elder Yun. Leng Chengfeng was a disciple of the Nine Saints Demon Gate; they knew his level of Dao Practice quite well, and he was definitely not in the Ancient Saint Realm!

BOOM—BOOM—BOOM! In that instant, the True Sun Fire from the sky became a flood that had breached a dam, utterly unstoppable. It was as if the entire vast sea had been punctured, and the True Sun Fire poured down like the entirety of the ocean’s waters.

This scene was witnessed by many in Celestial Ancient City. They saw the sun in the sky turn into a giant funnel, from which a flood of True Sun Fire poured down without end! The sight left countless onlookers deeply shaken.

”AHHH—!” But in that exact instant, Leng Chengfeng let out a bloodcurdling scream. His entire body had burst into flames. This was no longer him wielding the True Sun Fire with the Nine Yang Locking Heaven Technique!

The True Sun Fire, as ferocious as a flood of beasts, was simply too powerful. It burned straight through Leng Chengfeng in a flash. He couldn’t stop himself from screaming hoarsely, ”No—!”

”Feng’er!” Lei She cried out in alarm, taking action at once. With a sweep of his hand, he unleashed a power that could freeze a thousand miles, summoning endless Profound Ice to encase Leng Chengfeng’s body.

But it was useless. The Profound Ice he created was like a cup of water trying to douse a burning wagon—it was instantly vaporized. PFFT! A lick of flame, like a Spiritual Snake, shot out and coiled around Lei She’s wrist.

Seeing this, Chi Yun and Elder Yun’s expressions also changed drastically. Elder Yun was about to intervene, but Chi Yun stopped him, shaking his head slightly.

”AHHH—!” Leng Chengfeng shrieked in utter agony. In the blink of an eye, his body collapsed like a great mountain and crashed to the ground. The moment he hit the dirt, his entire form simply fell apart. What was left was no longer a body of flesh and blood, but a pile of ash!

”AHHH—!” Now it was Lei She’s turn to scream. With Leng Chengfeng burned to death, the torrent of True Sun Fire from the sky ceased. But the fire acted like a parasite; as soon as its Host died, it immediately latched onto Lei She. In the snap of a finger, his entire body was engulfed in flames.

”No—!” Lei She shrieked, trying to suppress the True Sun Fire with an endless torrent of frigid energy. WHOOSH! WHOOSH! WHOOSH! The sound of raging fire echoed, but no matter how much cold energy Lei She unleashed, it was useless. In the blink of an eye, he was burned through. He collapsed to the ground, his entire body charred black.

Once Lei She was dead, the flames on his body died down and vanished, like the last embers on a piece of burnt paper.

”Wh-why...?” Lei She, an Eight-star Ancient Saint, had been reduced to ash. He was dead, but as he took his final breath, his eyes—already cinders—remained wide open, fixed on Li Qiye. He died without understanding.

At some unknown point, Li Qiye had already led Li Shuangyan to a safe distance, watching from the sidelines.

”I told you it was a rumor, but you just had to disbelieve me,” Li Qiye said nonchalantly. ”The Qingxuan Ancient Country obtained the Nine Yang Locking Heaven Technique from my Xiyan Ancient Sect and passed it to you. Didn’t they tell you that it was once an Evil Technique? Devouring Sun Essence Fire is something meant to be done to a Furnace Cauldron.”

Unfortunately for them, Leng Chengfeng and Lei She were already dead and could not hear him.

Li Qiye walked over and looked down at the piles of ash that were once Leng Chengfeng and Lei She. He spoke slowly, ”A pity. ’Listen to your elders, or suffer the loss.’ The True Sun Fire is merely used to incinerate the Life Furnace of a Furnace Cauldron to refine a True Flame Order.” As he spoke, he held out one finger.

As the Life Furnace within Li Qiye’s Life Palace flared, a small flame slowly sprouted from the tip of his finger. Then, something incredible happened. From the two piles of ash that were Leng Chengfeng and Lei She, two crimson chains of fire emerged. The chains glowed a brilliant, fiery red, like iron chains heated to a glow in a Fusion Furnace.

JANGLE, JANGLE, JANGLE... The sound of dragging chains echoed as the two fire chains pulled themselves free from the ashes. Li Qiye’s fingertip acted like a magnet; powered by his Life Furnace, it drew the two chains toward it. The two chains merged into one and transformed into a True Flame Order. Then, like a Spiritual Snake, the True Flame Order instantly shot into Li Qiye’s finger and entered his Life Palace.

CLANG! When the True Flame Order entered Li Qiye’s Life Palace, it transformed into a great lock. As the lock settled, it felt as though it had locked down heaven and earth, rendering Li Qiye’s Life Palace impregnable. Slowly, runes began to float across the lock’s surface. Each rune was minuscule, yet they all shone with a brilliant light, as if each had been forged from molten True Iron.

The appearance of these runes finally reawakened a segment of erased memory in Li Qiye’s Sea of Consciousness. A Supreme Chapter Method materialized in his mind—the complete Nine Yang Locking Heaven Technique!

”The Nine Yang Locking Heaven Technique... you could never have understood its true meaning,” Li Qiye said with a small smile, looking at the ashes of Leng Chengfeng and Lei She.

That was right. The Nine Yang Locking Heaven Technique had once been a Supreme Strike Technique of the Xiyan Ancient Sect, powerful enough to strike the Cyan Netherworld above and smite the Demon Emperor below. However, not even the Xiyan Ancient Sect knew that in a distant, ancient era, the technique had been an incomparably vicious Evil Technique.

In those ancient times, an incredibly intelligent genius had emerged from the Enchanting Spirit Race. He was the one who created this Evil Technique. In fact, back then, this Striking Technique wasn’t called the Nine Yang Locking Heaven Technique. It was called the Nine Yang Godslaying Technique. Despite the impressive name, the ”god” being ”slayed” was not a god at all, but rather the Cultivator being used as a Furnace Cauldron.

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