Dominator Emperor

Heavenly Destiny True Stones were the foundation for a Cultivator to refine a True Artifact. Without a Heavenly Destiny True Stone, it was impossible to refine one.

To a Cultivator, a True Artifact was synonymous with a Lifebound Weapon. It was directly connected to one’s True Destiny and linked to the Great Dao. A True Artifact was the only weapon that could truly embody and unleash a Cultivator’s full combat power and potential.

Heavenly Destiny True Stones were items birthed by the heavens and earth. As for their true origin, no one could say for sure. Since time immemorial, most believed that they were Divine Stones born at the very beginning of the world.

Precisely because they were Divine Stones from the dawn of time, Heavenly Destiny True Stones contained the Heaven and Earth Dao within them. The Heaven and Earth Dao born within each stone was unique. Furthermore, the Heaven and Earth Dao contained in the vast majority of these stones was only in an initial state. Only after a Cultivator obtained one and refined it could the stone’s Heaven and Earth Dao unleash even greater power.

If a Heavenly Destiny True Stone contained one strand of the Heaven and Earth Dao, that strand was known as a Celestial Essence. A Heavenly Destiny True Stone with one Celestial Essence was called a One-Dao Heavenly Destiny True Stone. If it had two Celestial Essences, it was called a Two-Dao Heavenly Destiny True Stone, and so on.

”The Four Beasts Divine Tower!” A prodigy from the Saint World Academy couldn’t help but be moved, not daring to underestimate Hu Yue’s Lifebound True Artifact in the slightest. He murmured, ”Hu Yue has the Tiger God’s bloodline. His Four Beasts Divine Tower is a perfect match for him. The four Celestial Essences within the True Artifact—the Cyan Dragon, Vermilion Bird, Xuanwu, and White Tiger—all submit to his Tiger God Bloodline...”

”...In that case, the White Tiger becomes the head of the Four Symbols, with the Cyan Dragon, Vermilion Bird, and Xuanwu protecting it. With the Tiger God Bloodline empowering the White Tiger, he has pushed the power of the Heavenly Destiny True Stone’s Celestial Essences to their absolute limit. No other True Artifact of the same level can compare to it!” At this, the student couldn’t help but gasp.

Hu Yue had the Tiger God’s bloodline, and by a stroke of great fortune, he had obtained a Heavenly Destiny True Stone containing the Four Symbols Celestial Essence. He refined it into his own True Artifact, his Lifebound Treasure Soldier! With the divine aid of his Tiger God Bloodline, Hu Yue had managed to excavate the full potential of the Four Symbols Celestial Essence to its very limit.

Although Hu Yue’s True Artifact was of the same level as him—a Seven-Star True Master’s True Artifact—it was powerful enough to clash directly with a Saint Venerable True Artifact. If another True Master were to face his Four Beasts Divine Tower while wielding a Saint Emperor True Artifact, they would still be at a disadvantage.

For a Cultivator, using another person’s True Artifact or Treasure Artifact would only allow them to unleash thirty to forty percent of its power, or perhaps even less. This was true even for an Immortal Emperor’s Treasure or an Immortal Emperor True Artifact.

However, one’s own Lifebound True Artifact was different. It could unleash at least one hundred percent of its power. It could even tap into its ultimate potential and exert one hundred and twenty, or even two hundred percent of its might! This was one of the reasons why every Cultivator had to refine their own True Artifact.

”The Four Symbols Celestial Essence, with the White Tiger as its master. He’s using his Tiger God Bloodline to command it, pushing the potential of the Celestial Essence to its absolute peak. Even an Ancient Saint wielding a Saint Emperor True Artifact would likely be at a disadvantage against Hu Yue’s Four Beasts Divine Beast.” Seeing the Cyan Dragon, Vermilion Bird, and Xuanwu protecting the White Tiger, which descended like a Divine Beast stepping through the air, shaking heaven and earth, even the True Masters of the older generation were moved.

Although Heavenly Destiny True Stones used to forge True Artifacts were classified by their number of ”daos,” in principle, there was no inherent superiority or inferiority among them. Of course, to many Cultivators, the more Celestial Essences a Heavenly Destiny True Stone contained, the better. To most, a Four-Dao Heavenly Destiny True Stone was better than a three-dao one. After all, it possessed the power of an additional Celestial Essence.

Take Hu Yue’s Four Beasts Divine Tower, for example. If it had been forged from a three-dao Heavenly Destiny True Stone, it might have only had the Cyan Dragon, Vermilion Bird, and Xuanwu.

However, for a Cultivator who truly found a Heavenly Destiny True Stone that suited them, the number of daos was irrelevant! What mattered was its suitability! Take Hu Yue. His Four Beasts Divine Tower was refined from a Four-Dao Heavenly Destiny True Stone, containing the four Celestial Essences of the Cyan Dragon, White Tiger, Vermilion Bird, and Xuanwu! And since Hu Yue happened to possess the Tiger God Bloodline, he could unearth the infinite potential of the Four Symbols Celestial Essence. Without a doubt, this Four Symbols Heavenly Destiny True Stone was the most suitable one for him.

If he had chosen a different, seven-dao Heavenly Destiny True Stone instead, the True Artifact it might become in the future would not necessarily be stronger than his current Four Beasts Divine Tower!

”KILL—” At that moment, Ba Xia and Hu Yue roared in unison. Ba Xia used no weapon and no techniques, simply thrusting forward with one hand in the most domineering manner possible. His Angry Immortal Dominating Body erupted with tyrannical might, as if he were possessed by an Angry Immortal Descent Body. In a fit of rage, he could annihilate heaven and earth, annihilate Divine Spirits. Ba Xia’s single-handed push was like the hand of an angry immortal, the power of his Immortal Body enough to sweep through everything and scatter the clouds!

As for Hu Yue, his Treasure Tower blasted toward the heavens. The White Tiger, Cyan Dragon, Vermilion Bird, and Xuanwu simultaneously stepped down from the sky. The Four Symbols Celestial Essence descended with the boundless Power of the Great Dao, intent on annihilation. The White Tiger roared at the sky, the Cyan Dragon streaked across the firmament, the Vermilion Bird struck the earth, and the Xuanwu parted the seas. At this moment, the Four Symbols Celestial Essence arrived with world-destroying presence.

The White Tiger Roar shattered the stars. The resulting soundwave shot into the sky like ten million Divine Swords, and when these millions of swords fell, they slaughtered everything in their path.

The Cyan Dragon streaked across the firmament. For the massive Cyan Dragon, its enormous body was its most powerful weapon. It rampaged wildly, and beneath its bulk, even a ten-thousand-zhang Giant Peak was as fragile as paper.

The Vermilion Bird struck the earth. As its wings beat down, the unstoppable pinions sliced open the primordial mist and scattered chaos...

At this moment, the vast plain of Pingchuan seemed as fragile as paper, on the verge of being turned to dust by Ba Xia and Hu Yue’s single strike!

”So strong—” In the end, faced with such a strike from Ba Xia and Hu Yue, everyone watching—whether they were old-generation Cultivators or young-generation students—could only let out such a sigh.

At this moment, Ba Xia and Hu Yue didn’t seem like members of the younger generation at all. Even the strongest strike an Ancient Saint could muster in their entire life would only be on this level. Yet, such a domineering and invincible attack had come from the hands of two young men.

BOOM— With a deafening roar, the earth shook. Cracks spiderwebbed across Pingchuan. With a series of clangs, thick Law Divine Chains locked down the fractured ground. If not for the Celestial Dao Academy’s Emperor Foundation securing this plain, it likely would have collapsed and been completely shattered by that one blow.

A Giant Pit had been blasted into the ground where Li Qiye stood. It seemed as if he had been annihilated into dust by the strike.

”Is it over?” Stunned by the attack, many people murmured blankly.

”The Angry Immortal Dominating Body...” At this, even the geniuses and prodigies of the Saint World Academy sighed softly, filled with reverence for Ba Xia’s physique. When the Angry Immortal Dominating Body was unleashed, Ba Xia was like an angry immortal incarnate, sweeping through everything with a single hand. Before that hand, all Cultivation Techniques and Treasure Artifacts seemed insignificant.

”The Four Beasts Divine Tower... what a powerful Lifebound True Artifact. No wonder an Elder Sage once said that there are only suitable Heavenly Destiny True Stones, not superior or inferior ones! Legend has it that Bu Zhan Immortal Emperor’s Step Battle Halberd was refined from a one-dao Heavenly Destiny True Stone. With just one Celestial Essence, it was still unrivaled in the world. Seeing this today, the Elder Sages did not deceive us!” An older Cultivator couldn’t help but say with emotion.

”Is it really over?” Someone couldn’t help but gaze at the Giant Pit from afar, trying to see if Li Qiye was dead or alive.

A student from the Celestial Dao Academy who was on good terms with Ba Xia and Hu Yue sneered, ”How could it not be over? Heh, that Li brat dared to fight two at once. He didn’t even know how he was going to die...”

”Is that your strongest attack?” Just then, a lazy voice drifted out. Li Qiye stepped out of the pit. At that moment, he stood as majestic as a mountain, completely unharmed.

Instantly, the student who had been mocking Li Qiye froze mid-sentence, his face flushing bright red!

”Impossible—” At that very moment, an older-generation Ancient Saint watching from a distance shot to his feet and cried out involuntarily. ’If it were an Ancient Saint like me facing that invincible attack from Ba Xia and Hu Yue, I’m afraid I wouldn’t have been able to retreat unscathed,’ he thought. ’Yet Li Qiye is completely unharmed. This is simply impossible!’

Ba Xia and Hu Yue’s expressions changed drastically. They had been supremely confident in their attack. Even if it didn’t kill Li Qiye, it should have severely injured him. And yet, here he was, completely unharmed.

”Too weak. I stood still and let you hit me, and you couldn’t even kill me.” At this, the thousand hands and ten thousand arms protecting Li Qiye slowly unfurled. At that moment, Li Qiye looked like a True God with a thousand hands and ten thousand arms.

Thousand Hands Reverse Nine Realms, the Clan’s Secret Technique of the Ten Thousand Forms True God. When the thousand hands and ten thousand arms had closed together, they had formed a wall of bronze and iron!

”My turn,” Li Qiye said with a calm smile. The moment he finished speaking—BOOM! The six daos trembled and the ten thousand techniques cried out in lament. Li Qiye was instantly engulfed in Divine Light as his physique erupted with an invincible might. As his physique’s invincible power burst forth, Li Qiye seemed like a Celestial God.

At this moment, whether they were gods or Demon Kings, even the Heaven and Earth’s Ten Thousand Laws—all were suppressed at Li Qiye’s feet. One body to suppress the heavens and earth, one body to crush gods and demons! Prison Suppressing Divine Body!

”A Minor Achievement Immortal Body—” At this moment, even a Saint Venerable hidden behind the scenes was horrified upon seeing the ten thousand techniques lament. Hiding in the shadows, he couldn’t help but cry out in alarm.

Those four words—”Minor Achievement Immortal Body”—shocked everyone present. It was common knowledge that achieving an Immortal Body was incredibly difficult. Not only did it have high requirements for one’s constitution, but one also needed an Immortal Body Technique. Throughout the ages, many had tried to cultivate an Immortal Body, but forget a Great Success Immortal Body; most couldn’t even reach the Minor Achievement Immortal Body stage in their entire lifetime. Even for those who did, they were likely already at the Saint Emperor or even Great Sage Realm!

For Li Qiye to have already reached the Minor Achievement Immortal Body stage at such a young age was simply unbelievable. To achieve Immortal Body Minor Achievement at his age meant that he had an extremely high chance of reaching Immortal Body Great Success in the future!