Heaven-Surpassing Divine Emperor

The world around Jiang Chen had been a plain, with towering, snow-capped mountains in the distance.

However...

When his punch shot out and blasted Shen Yourong, Li Ru, and the others before him into smithereens, the world around him underwent a cataclysmic change.

Within those shattering fragments...

The figures of Shen Yourong, Li Ru, and the others were still there. What’s more, as every fragment flew through the air, their expressions were all identical!

Thick with mockery and gloating!

Shen Yourong’s triumphant voice rang out at the same time. ”Hahaha... Jiang Chen, we knew your talent was heaven-defying and your combat prowess astonishing. That’s why we specially prepared this Mirror Realm Array for you! Inside this Realm, you can’t attack our real bodies at all. In fact, the more you attack and the more Mirror Spaces you shatter, the stronger the Realm becomes. You have no way of escaping it!”

Shen Cuihua’s venomous voice echoed from all directions. ”Father, Uncle Li, once you’ve subdued Jiang Chen, can you hand him over to my sister and me to... enjoy for a while?”

”That’s right, Father! This Jiang Chen made us suffer so much. My sister and I must torment him properly!”

Shen Ruhua added.

Li Ru and Shen Yourong both revealed playful smiles. Their gazes, fixed on Jiang Chen, were filled with thick mockery and schadenfreude as they spoke in unison, ”No problem. After we capture this brat, we’ll definitely let you two have your fun with him first!”

”Hehe, Jiang Chen, you won’t escape the palm of my hand in the end!”

”I’m going to ravage you until you’re completely wrung dry...”

Shen Cuihua stuck out her scarlet tongue, sliding it across her sausage-like lips as her greedy gaze fell upon Jiang Chen.

”Scram!”

Jiang Chen felt nauseated just looking at her. With a cold snort, he pointed a finger.

It was Star-Breaking from the Star Pointing Finger technique!

A streak of starlight condensed at his fingertip and shot forward like a bolt of silk. It surged with immense power, directly blasting the head of the Shen Cuihua in the mirror to pieces.

However...

As the shattered Mirror Space tumbled like broken glass, it reformed into a complete mirror.

One, two, three...

All around Jiang Chen, countless Mirror Spaces appeared.

These Mirror Spaces were invisible and intangible.

They were just like invisible mirrors.

Inside each one were the sneering faces of Shen Yourong, Li Ru, and the others. Shattering one only caused more Mirror Spaces to appear.

As far as the eye could see, he was surrounded by the four of them.

”Hahaha, Jiang Chen, you can’t possibly break through this Realm!”

”Just surrender obediently!”

”Otherwise, you can wait to be exhausted to death inside this Realm!”

The voices of Shen Yourong and Li Ru echoed endlessly from all directions, making Jiang Chen feel exceptionally agitated.

In a fit of vexation, Jiang Chen shattered several more Mirror Spaces, but the broken shards transformed into hundreds more.

Within the endlessly layered Realm, Jiang Chen was completely surrounded by the figures of the four. The smiles on their faces were identical, making it impossible to distinguish their real bodies from the reflections in the Mirror Spaces.

’No, I can’t let them affect my state of mind. I have to calm down.’

Jiang Chen’s brows furrowed tightly.

This Realm was exceedingly strange. The more he attacked it, the more of it appeared. The more Mirror Spaces he shattered, the more of them would materialize.

If this cycle continued, he would only become more lost, completely unable to break through the Realm.

WHOOSH!

Jiang Chen took a deep breath, sat cross-legged on the ground, and closed his eyes.

He forced himself to calm down.

He tried to perceive his surroundings with his Divine Thought.

However...

The moment he sent his Divine Thought out, it was instantly reflected back, just like light hitting a mirror.

Inside the Mirror Space, it refracted endlessly.

This threw Jiang Chen’s Divine Thought into utter chaos, forcing him to retract it.

”Hahaha, Jiang Chen, you must be trying to use your Divine Thought to break the Mirror Realm Array, aren’t you? It’s futile! We already knew you were a Divine Thought Master. This Mirror Realm Array can reflect your Divine Thought Power. There’s no way you can find us! Hahaha...” Shen Yourong gloated.

Within the Mirror Realm Array, countless versions of Shen Yourong spoke in unison, looking incredibly smug.

Jiang Chen snorted coldly, ignoring Shen Yourong, and thought to himself, ’Divine Thought won’t work, and shattering these Mirror Spaces will only trap me deeper. Is this Mirror Realm Array truly unbeatable?’

The Mirror Realm Array was a Grand Array that created a vicious cycle. The angrier the person inside became, and the more Mirror Spaces they shattered, the more powerful the Grand Array would grow.

Through his recent attempts, Jiang Chen had come to understand this point deeply.

Brute force was definitely not the way to deal with the Mirror Realm Array.

’Wait...’

As he pondered, Jiang Chen’s eyebrow twitched, and a flash of Spiritual Light streaked through his mind. ’A mirror can reflect anything, but it can’t reflect something that’s transparent. What if I condense my Divine Thought Power into a fine thread and move it through the Realm? As long as it doesn’t touch the mirror surfaces, they won’t be able to reflect the formless, incorporeal Divine Thought Power, nor will they be able to project an image of it. If my Divine Thought Power can find its way out of the Realm’s enclosure, then that must be the exit!’

At this thought, Jiang Chen rose to his feet. With a flicker of his mind, his Divine Thought condensed into numerous formless, incorporeal figures.

They began to walk out in all directions.

BUZZ!

When his Divine Thought Power touched a Mirror Space, Jiang Chen immediately dissipated it while memorizing its location. ’This way is not the exit!’

BUZZ!

BUZZ!

BUZZ...

One after another, his Divine Thought avatars hit walls and were deliberately dispersed by Jiang Chen.

Even Jiang Chen himself couldn’t count how many Divine Thought avatars he had created. All he knew was that within the entire Mirror Realm Array, only a few directions remained untested.

「Outside the Mirror Realm Array.」

Shen Cuihua looked at Jiang Chen, who was standing motionless inside the Grand Array with his eyes closed, and asked doubtfully, ”Father, what is this guy doing? He’s been standing still for a long time, hasn’t he?”

”Hmph, he’s just putting on an act!”

Shen Yourong snorted coldly.

Li Ru nodded. ”That’s right, he’s just bluffing. Even an expert at the Peak of the Human Emperor Realm wouldn’t be able to break this Mirror Realm Array. If he can break it, I’ll twist my own head off and let him kick it around like a ball!”

Li Ru’s face was full of smug satisfaction.

He had gone to great lengths and paid a hefty price to set up this Mirror Realm Array!

And yet...

Just as Li Ru finished speaking, Jiang Chen, inside the Mirror Realm Array, suddenly opened his eyes. The corners of his mouth curved into a playful arc. ”So that’s where it is... You really made me work to find it! The Mirror Realm Array is indeed a decent Array, but unfortunately for you, it’s useless against me—Break for me!”

BUZZ!

The Spirit-Slaying Sword in his hand thrust forward, and a black Sword Aura shot toward the sky.

BOOM—

The black Sword Aura was immense, hundreds of zhang long and utterly unstoppable.

RUMBLE!

Wherever the Sword Aura passed, the Mirror Spaces exploded, turning into countless motes of dust that scattered down. As he swung his longsword, Jiang Chen’s figure followed the direction of the Sword Aura, rushing forward at high speed.

He pushed the Golden-winged Roc Body Technique to its absolute limit.

His entire body transformed into a streak of azure Flowing Light, shooting forward. All around him, the stunned and shocked faces of the four people in the mirror surfaces rapidly receded.

CRASH!

With a tremendous crash, it was as if a giant mirror had shattered.

Jiang Chen’s figure, wreathed in shards of broken mirror, finally burst out from the Mirror Realm Array.

An icy killing intent erupted from his eyes as his gaze fell upon Shen Yourong and the other three. ”You... all of you deserve to die!”