Heaven-Surpassing Divine Emperor

An unreadable smile hung on Jiang Chen’s face as he gave a light wave of his hand.

The Venerable Emperor’s Order in his hand emitted a black radiance. The light pulsed, spreading out in a fan shape and obscuring a portion of the Celestial Vault.

SWISH! SWISH! SWISH!

One after another, black figures emerged from the fan-shaped radiance.

CLANG! CLANG! CLANG!

This was a group of humanoid puppets, a veritable torrent of steel. Each one wore jet-black battle armor and dark boots, their heads encased in menacing helmets adorned with two long, spiral horns. They were Celestial Demon Combat Puppets!

A full eight hundred thousand Celestial Demon Soldiers appeared in perfect formation above the Celestial Vault.

A dense, black mass.

They were like a storm cloud gathering, their oppressive presence so powerful it made it hard to breathe.

”Wh-what the hell are these things?”

”The auras of these things are all at the True Martial Realm. Eight hundred thousand True Martial Realm experts? Where in the world did Jiang Chen get so many masters?”

Everyone was stunned.

The masters from the Heaven-Soaring Saint Sect were dumbfounded, but beyond their shock, they felt ecstatic and incredibly excited.

As for the experts of the Six Mountains Dynasty’s Black Demon Army, their expressions changed slightly.

Eight hundred thousand at the True Martial Realm.

That was more than their entire Black Demon Army!

Black Yama’s face cycled through shades of green and white. The corner of his eye twitched, and his dark face flushed beet red, as if he were holding his breath.

The sting of humiliation was written all over his face!

「A moment ago…」

He had just been so confident, boasting about competing with Jiang Chen in numbers. But then Jiang Chen had gone and summoned eight hundred thousand True Martial Realm experts. This was a blatant slap in the face, and damn, did it sting!

Jiang Chen wore a mocking smile. ”Black Yama, how do my eight hundred thousand Celestial Demon Soldiers compare to your Black Demon Army?”

’You’re the one who wanted to compete with me in numbers, you bastard.’

’So I’ll see this competition to the very end!’

’And I’ll slap your damn face hard!’

Black Yama’s face darkened. He snorted coldly, ”So what if you have eight hundred thousand True Martial Realm fighters? My Black Demon Army has a full three hundred thousand masters at the Heavenly Destiny Realm! Before them, your eight hundred thousand are nothing but a fine meal. My army could devour all your experts effortlessly!”

”Three hundred thousand at the Heavenly Destiny Realm, you say? I forgot to mention, this isn’t my entire Celestial Demon Army!”

Jiang Chen grinned.

The Venerable Emperor’s Order in his hand appeared before Black Yama once more.

Black Yama’s expression changed drastically, and he shuddered inwardly. ’No way. Can he really summon more of these strange soldiers? Impossible! Even for the Six Mountains Dynasty to form the Black Demon Army, His Majesty spent hundreds of years of painstaking effort. What right does Jiang Chen have? How could he... I... Fuck...’

Black Yama’s eyes flew wide open.

He couldn’t stop a curse from escaping his lips!

He watched as Jiang Chen’s Venerable Emperor’s Order swept out another fan-shaped wave of black light, from which figures once again emerged.

One, two, three…

A full five hundred thousand!

Five hundred thousand Celestial Demon War Generals, and the aura fluctuations from every single one had reached the Heavenly Destiny Realm!

SLAP! SLAP! SLAP!

The corner of Black Yama’s mouth twitched, and a drop of cold sweat trickled down his forehead.

If Black Yama had been able to maintain his composure after Jiang Chen summoned eight hundred thousand True Martial Realm Celestial Demon Soldiers, seeing these five hundred thousand Heavenly Destiny Realm Celestial Demon War Generals had thrown his mind into complete chaos.

Jiang Chen said mockingly, ”So, what do you think now?”

He crossed his arms, looking at Black Yama as if he were watching a buffoon.

HUFF, HUFF...

Black Yama’s breathing grew heavy and ragged. His tiger-like eyes were bloodshot as he scanned the dense black ranks of the Celestial Demon War Generals, his heart beginning to tremble.

This was like divine soldiers descending from the heavens!

Who could possibly imagine where these millions of Celestial Demon Combat Puppets had come from?

But Black Yama refused to let Jiang Chen see the shock and flicker of terror in his heart. He gritted his teeth and said, ”Hmph, so what? I...”

He didn’t get to finish his sentence.

Jiang Chen raised a hand, cutting him off. His face was thick with derision as he said slowly, ”Were you about to say... so what if there are many at the True Martial and Heavenly Destiny Realms? You still have over a thousand experts at the Union Palace Realm?”

”What?”

”D-Don’t tell me he can summon Union Palace Realm experts too?”

”Th-That’s impossible, right?”

The experts of the Black Demon Army were now in a full-blown panic.

Eight hundred thousand at the True Martial Realm.

Their Black Demon Army wouldn’t have been afraid of that. They were confident they could sweep them aside!

Even with another five hundred thousand at the Heavenly Destiny Realm, their Black Demon Army still wouldn’t have been afraid. Worst case, it would be a fight to the death!

But…

They had been completely stunned by Jiang Chen’s methods.

The first time it was eight hundred thousand at the True Martial Realm. The second time, five hundred thousand at the Heavenly Destiny Realm. If he summoned more, how many experts would it be? A thousand Union Palace Realm fighters? Five thousand?

Under the terrified gazes of the Black Demon Army, the sound of warhorses treading upon the very heavens rang out from the Celestial Vault.

Ten thousand Celestial Demon Marshals, mounted on jet-black warhorses and wielding icy Long Spears, appeared above the Celestial Vault.

Ten thousand—at the Union Palace Realm!

A grand total of one million three hundred and ten thousand experts at the True Martial Realm and above. In terms of both quality and quantity, they absolutely crushed the Black Demon Army!

At this moment, what everyone in the Black Demon Army felt was not shock, but a chilling of their hearts, and a thread of pure terror!

”H-How is this possible?” Black Yama swallowed hard, all his former composure and calm completely gone.

His nine Vice Generals were also wide-eyed, staring at each other in disbelief.

They saw the same look in each other’s eyes—utter shock!

In stark contrast, the masters of the Heaven-Soaring Saint Sect were all revealing expressions of excitement and ecstasy. These were the methods of a Divine Spirit! ”Hahaha, I told you! As long as the Sect Master returned, our victory was assured! I was right! Long live the Sect Master! All hail the Sect Master’s might!”

”Jiang Chen... Jiang Chen... He truly deserves to be called the Child of Miracles!”

Hog-tied and hung upside down from a high tower, the Black Emperor gazed at the dense black mass of the Celestial Demon Combat Puppet army, its eyes filled with excitement and ecstasy. ”The Venerable Emperor’s Order? Hahaha! Jiang Chen, you magnificent bastard! For this Emperor, go and slaughter those trash from the Six Mountains Dynasty! Motherfuckers! Weren’t you so arrogant before? Go on, be arrogant now! Keep gloating! Hahaha...”

In recent days, the Black Emperor had suffered far too many grievances.

Humiliation the likes of which it had never endured since birth!

Today was finally the day for revenge!

Jiang Chen stood suspended in mid-air. The corners of his mouth slowly curled upward, his eyes narrowing into slits. His icy gaze swept over Black Yama and the many experts of the Black Demon Army, showing neither joy nor sorrow—only bone-chilling killing intent.

’If I hadn’t made it back in time...’

’The Heaven-Soaring Saint Sect would have been completely annihilated.’

’But even though I’ve returned, I can’t bring back the tens of millions of innocent people who died, nor can I resurrect the experts who fell on the battlefield fighting for me and the Heaven-Soaring Saint Sect.’

’All I can do is have the Black Demon Army join you in death.’

Jiang Chen took a deep breath. An icy light suddenly shot from his eyes. He pointed his longsword through the air, unleashing a brilliant and cold Sword Aura. His frigid voice carried boundless killing intent...

”Target: the Black Demon Army—leave no one alive!”