Dominator Emperor

”You ignorant fool! I’ll start by crushing every bone in your body!” Nan Tian Hudu’s cruel voice rang out. Instantly, the giant hand glowed with rings of light, its power intensifying.

BOOM— This time, as it pressed down, even Li Qiye found it hard to bear and spat out a mouthful of blood!

”Little Ghost, surrender! Otherwise, you will scream in agony a thousand times over today, until you confess everything!” Nan Tian Hudu’s voice fell once more.

”Just an Eight Palaces Country, and you really think you have me cornered?” Li Qiye laughed wildly. No longer holding back, his entire body erupted in a dazzling light! In a flash, the scorching, brilliant radiance illuminated the heavens and earth, making the world seem almost transparent beneath its glow.

”What’s happening?” A sudden explosion of endless light, as if sundering primordial chaos itself, ripped apart the Eight Palaces Country! Many who witnessed this were deeply shaken!

”The Celestial Mandate is mine!” Li Qiye roared. Forget the Eight Palaces Country; even the world outside suddenly dimmed. It was as if a Star River was cascading down, as if the supreme Celestial Mandate was pouring forth endless power. In that instant, all the light between heaven and earth seemed to converge upon Li Qiye.

BOOM— A massive explosion rocked the heavens. A crack was finally torn into the Eight Palaces Country, and Li Qiye was sent flying out. Though blood trickled from the corner of his mouth and he looked battered, he now emanated an incomparably brilliant light.

At this moment, stars swirled around Li Qiye. What were once colossal stars had shrunk to the size of a thumb, orbiting him. The sun and moon bobbed around his form, and entire Star Rivers became silver ribbons, flowing endlessly about him.

Even more terrifying, a vast, azure sky now hung above Li Qiye’s head. It was high and profound, with the Celestial Mandate contained within. It was as if he commanded the laws of the universe! As if he ruled the Great Dao of the Ten Thousand Realms!

”A Heavenly Destiny Secret Skill—” Seeing Li Qiye’s state, someone finally gasped in shock and cried out, ”The legendary Day Heaven Immortal Secret of Mingren Immortal Emperor!”

Hearing this, everyone was stunned. A Heavenly Destiny Secret Skill! It symbolized the highest achievement of an Invincible Immortal Emperor’s life! Though an Immortal Emperor might create countless Emperor Techniques, the most invincible of all would always be their Heavenly Destiny Secret Skill.

Heavenly Destiny Secret Skills could only be created after shouldering the Celestial Mandate, for they were intrinsically linked to the Profound Secrets of the Celestial Mandate! They carried the might of the Celestial Mandate! Some of an Immortal Emperor’s Emperor Techniques might have been created in their youth, then nurtured with their Emperor Dao after their ascension to eventually become an Emperor Technique!

However, a Heavenly Destiny Secret Skill absolutely had to be created *after* shouldering the Celestial Mandate and becoming an Immortal Emperor. Without the Celestial Mandate, how could one even dream of creating a Heavenly Destiny Secret Skill?

Heavenly Destiny Secret Skills were the most invincible existences in the world. Nothing was more powerful, except perhaps for the legendary Nine Great Treasure Books! But to the people of the world, those were merely legends.

The moment he saw the Heavenly Destiny Secret Skill, Nan Tian Hudu’s expression changed!

”Come then. Let me witness the true Divine Power of an Eight Palace Ancient Saint!” Although Li Qiye still had blood on his lips, with the azure sky above his head and Star Rivers swirling around him, he resembled a True Destiny Emperor.

At this, the expressions of many from Nantian Country shifted dramatically, especially Young Emperor Nantian. His eyes were red with jealousy. ’It was already infuriating enough that this Little Ghost cultivates a Supreme Immortal Body Technique, but to think he also has a Heavenly Destiny Secret Skill!’

”Wasn’t the Xiyan Ancient Sect’s Heavenly Destiny Secret Skill rumored to have been lost?” someone murmured upon seeing Li Qiye manifest the legendary ”Day Heaven Immortal Secret” created by Mingren Immortal Emperor.

”A Heavenly Destiny Secret Skill!” Nan Tian Hudu’s expression turned cold. He sneered, ”With your level of Dao Practice, even with a Heavenly Destiny Secret Skill, you can’t change your fate! You’re still on a dead-end path!” The moment he finished speaking, he summoned a Treasure Vase!

”Guardian National Divine Beast, come forth!” Nan Tian Hudu roared. Instantly, all of his Blood Qi surged into the Treasure Vase. In that same moment, the Treasure Vase erupted with an endless bestial aura!

RUMBLE— RUMBLE— RUMBLE— A series of booming sounds echoed as the Treasure Vase unexpectedly sank into Nan Tian Hudu’s Eight Palaces Realm. Instantly, the entire might of the Eight Palaces Country and all of its Blood Qi flowed into the Treasure Vase.

AWOOOO— At that moment, a beast’s roar tore through the air. At the sound of this roar, forget the countless cultivators present whose faces paled and whose legs went weak—even the many Earth Corpses huddled in the distance were startled and shot to their feet.

Just then, a Giant Beast leaped from the Treasure Vase. When this Giant Beast emerged, everyone’s expression changed dramatically! The beast’s body was larger than a mountain, but even more terrifying was the aura it exuded—primeval and ancient, inspiring immense awe. It was like a Divine Beast descending to the mortal world, forcing weaker beings to tremble in instinctual fear.

”A Divine Beast Qilin!” Everyone’s face fell when they saw the Giant Beast leap out.

An Emperor who was familiar with Nantian Country turned pale and murmured, ”The Qilin Treasure Vase... the legendary Holy Emperor Treasure of Nantian Country!”

”Just a Holy Emperor Treasure? But he’s the National Preceptor of Nantian Country.” A junior who overheard this was in disbelief. ’Shouldn’t the National Preceptor of Nantian Country be using at least a Great Sage True Artifact? Why would he be using a Holy Emperor Treasure?’

”This Treasure Vase has an earth-shattering origin. Unfortunately, its original owner died young,” the Emperor murmured. ”Nantian Country also snatched it from someone else’s hands. This Treasure Vase was refined from the Dao Bone of a Celestial Beast Qilin!”

The Qilin Treasure Vase was not originally a treasure of Nantian Country. It once belonged to a genius. The artifact was refined from the Dao Bone of a Celestial Beast Qilin, making it incredibly heaven-defying.

Although a Celestial Beast Qilin was not a true Qilin and couldn’t compare to the Divine Beasts of legend, it still possessed the bloodline of a Divine Beast Qilin, making it extremely powerful and heaven-defying.

This genius had reached the Saint Emperor Realm, but tragically, he was ultimately killed by Nantian Country, and the treasure fell into their hands.

”Using a Life Palace country to nurture a beast, and calling it a Guardian National Divine Beast! A Daoist Saint... such an achievement is already beyond our generation’s comprehension!” an older-generation Ancient Saint murmured, watching the Qilin leap from the Treasure Vase.

The Guardian National Divine Beast that Nan Tian Hudu spoke of referred to his Eight Palaces Realm! He actually used his own Eight Palaces Country to nurture this Holy Emperor Treasure, raising the Qilin Dao Bone to be the Guardian National Divine Beast of his own Life Palace. This was truly beyond anyone’s imagination!

”There is no strongest Treasure Artifact, only the most suitable one!” a Sect Leader couldn’t help but murmur.

Although, in principle, the higher the Treasure Level, the stronger the artifact, this was not always the case. For example, if a Prince obtained a Great Sage Treasure, they could at most unleash thirty or forty percent of its power, perhaps even as little as ten or twenty percent. Moreover, it would require a massive amount of Blood Qi to activate such a Great Sage Treasure!

However, Nan Tian Hudu’s Qilin Treasure Vase was an extremely good match for him, especially for his Eight Palaces Country. He could unleash an unimaginable amount of its power, even more than an ordinary cultivator wielding a Great Sage True Artifact!

”Junior, die!” Nan Tian Hudu roared. He channeled his Blood Qi into the Treasure Vase, which instantly flared with brilliant light. The Qilin let out a furious roar and swiped its massive claw directly at Li Qiye.

”Open—” As the Qilin’s claw came swiping down, even Li Qiye’s expression darkened, let alone anyone else’s. He let out a great roar. The azure sky stretched high above, and in that instant, all the power of the land for thousands of miles surged endlessly into Li Qiye’s body. At this moment, Li Qiye seemed to become a Giant!

Once his Dharma Form appeared, the azure sky replaced the firmament. Each massive star seemed capable of sinking the Ancient Sky Corpse Land. Li Qiye was like a bottomless pit, devouring the Heaven and Earth Essence Qi. All of the Heaven and Earth Essence Qi was sucked dry like a flood, and the Power of the Great Dao attached itself to him.

Even more terrifying, Li Qiye’s Yin Yang Blood Sea was boundless. It was as if the endless Blood Qi of a Divine Spirit was being injected into his body, causing his combat power to skyrocket and making his own Blood Qi inexhaustible!

In this moment, Li Qiye became the Day Heaven itself. A vast expanse of day-lit sky shot out to meet the attack!

BOOM— With a deafening blast, Li Qiye’s Dharma Form actually blocked the Qilin’s claw. Although his body was forced back—THUMP, THUMP, THUMP—he had still managed to receive the Qilin’s strike.

”Impossible! That brat clearly hasn’t reached the Prince realm yet, so how could he possibly block such a strike!” Many people couldn’t believe their eyes. It was impossible! A miracle!

”The Heavenly Destiny Secret Skill!” Seeing this drove countless people mad with envy. A Heavenly Destiny Secret Skill... no wonder it was something that drove countless Daoist Lineages to frenzy!

The peerless treasure that was the Yin Yang Blood Sea, combined with a Heavenly Destiny Secret Skill—one could only imagine the resulting power.

”Beast Battle Across the World—” At this moment, Nan Tian Hudu finally played his trump card, finally unleashing an Emperor Technique! Instantly, Emperor’s Qi surged to the heavens and Emperor’s Text rained down. Nan Tian Hudu transformed into a primeval Fierce Beast, like a Divine Beast descending. In that same instant, the Qilin grew even larger, its massive body radiating an Emperor’s Breath.

”Beast Battle Across the World—” Someone turned pale with horror and said, shaken, ”An Emperor Technique left behind by Immortal Emperor Feiyang!”

”Didn’t they say Immortal Emperor Feiyang never left any Emperor Techniques for Nantian Country? How did Nantian Country get their hands on one of his Emperor Techniques!” an Old Undying murmured, seeing Nan Tian Hudu use his ultimate move.

Nantian Country had a little-known secret. Immortal Emperor Feiyang was one of the most powerful and brilliant Immortal Emperors since time immemorial. Although he was born in Nantian Country, he had once been its enemy. He left Nantian Country when he was very young and never returned!

Later generations didn’t know the secret behind this. In short, although Immortal Emperor Feiyang was from Nantian Country, he never admitted to being its disciple! He didn’t even pass his Daoist Lineage back to Nantian Country!

It was precisely for this reason that an ancient Jiang Country like Nantian Country was not called an Ancient Country, but an Upper Country!