Heaven-Surpassing Divine Emperor

Jiang Chen and his allies finally caught up to the Dragon Emperor and the others.

The Dragon Emperor and his allies seemed to have long expected the Celestial Secret Elder and the others to give chase. The moment they sensed their auras, they took to the sky one by one.

The two sides faced off in mid-air.

The Asura Blood Emperor let out a cold snort, his eyes glinting icily as he stared at the Dragon Emperor. ”Dragon Emperor, I bet you didn’t expect us to catch up!”

”Hmph!”

The Dragon Emperor snorted, then turned to Jiang Chen with an icy gaze. ”Brat, did you tamper with the two Mystic Sect Sword Orders in the Ice Emperor’s possession?”

The Ice Emperor, Fire Emperor, Emperor Ping Shan, Witch Emperor, Demon Emperor, and Sword Emperor all glared at Jiang Chen with dark expressions.

Their gazes were chilling to the bone, as if they wanted to devour him whole.

They were absolutely seething!

They had used every trick in the book to deceive the Asura Blood Emperor, Emperor Feixue, and the Celestial Secret Elder, sneaking off to the North Nether Sea in hopes of monopolizing the treasures of the Mystic Sect.

As it turned out...

When they followed the Mystic Sect Sword Orders and found the location of the Mystic Sect...

...just as they were about to enter the Mystic Sect to seize its treasures, they discovered that the Mystic Sect Sword Orders were useless. They couldn’t get through the entrance at all.

After a thorough investigation, the seven Emperor Realm masters discovered that there was a problem with the two Mystic Sect Sword Orders in the Ice Emperor’s possession!

This was why they couldn’t enter the Mystic Sect.

After some questioning, they learned that the Ice Emperor had obtained his Mystic Sect Sword Orders from Jiang Chen. How could they not realize that he must have tampered with them? The seven Emperor Realm masters had used every conspiracy and scheme they could think of to find the Mystic Sect, only to come up empty-handed.

They had all been played by Jiang Chen!

How could they not be furious?

The Ice Emperor had been ready to return to the Eastern Continent to kill Jiang Chen on the spot, but he was stopped by the Dragon Emperor and the others.

Seeing Jiang Chen now, the Ice Emperor could no longer suppress his murderous intent. He roared, ”Jiang Chen, you dare deceive me with fake Mystic Sect Sword Orders? I’ll flay you alive today!”

SWOOSH!

A palm made of solid ice, as massive as a a mountain, slammed down toward Jiang Chen.

Jiang Chen narrowed his eyes, standing motionless in mid-air, completely unfazed.

”Insolence!”

The Asura Blood Emperor let out a cold snort, shattering the ice palm to bits with a single finger. He looked at the Ice Emperor with a cold, detached expression. ”Do that again, and see if I don’t destroy you.”

”You...”

The Ice Emperor’s face went deathly pale. He was no match for the Asura Blood Emperor!

His venomous gaze fell upon Jiang Chen, as if he wanted to devour him whole.

Jiang Chen grinned, completely unfazed by the Ice Emperor’s ravenous glare. He said with a light laugh, ”Back at the Celestial Secret Pavilion, when you refused to honor the spots you’d promised me, I told you... ’I hope you don’t regret this.’ I was actually giving you a hint, but you were as stupid as a pig and didn’t take my words seriously. In the end, it was all for nothing. How is that my fault?”

The Ice Emperor’s face instantly turned livid.

Back then, he hadn’t paid Jiang Chen any mind, dismissing his words as nothing more than angry threats. Who could have possibly known it would come to this?

The Dragon Emperor took a deep breath, looked toward the Asura Blood Emperor and his allies, and said in a low voice, ”Alright, what we did before was indeed wrong. But humans die for wealth; it’s only natural! Asura, since you’re all here, how about we set aside our prejudices and work together to enter the Mystic Sect?”

”That’s right. To enter the Mystic Sect, all the Mystic Sect Sword Orders must be gathered. If we don’t cooperate, none of us will get any of the benefits!” the Sword Emperor said.

The Fire Emperor nodded. ”Without us, you can’t possibly enter the Mystic Sect either!”

The Asura Blood Emperor narrowed his eyes and glanced at the Celestial Secret Elder.

The Celestial Secret Elder gave a gentle smile and said, ”Don’t look at us. We only have a chance to enter the Mystic Sect because we’re basking in young friend Jiang Chen’s light. Whether we cooperate with you or not is his decision!”

”Jiang Chen?”

The Dragon Emperor frowned.

He found the idea of negotiating terms with a junior utterly humiliating.

The Fire Emperor frowned and said in a low voice, ”Jiang Chen, hand over the real Mystic Sect Sword Orders, and the enmity between us will be wiped clean!”

The Sword Emperor added, ”Jiang Chen, working with us has only advantages and no disadvantages!”

All eyes turned to Jiang Chen.

”HAHAHAHA...”

But Jiang Chen simply burst into laughter. With a playful smile, he looked at them and said casually, ”It seems you’ve all spent too much time being high and mighty; you’ve forgotten how to ask for a favor. Don’t forget, right now, you’re the ones begging me!”

”Hmph!”

The Ice Emperor snorted and said sinisterly, ”Jiang Chen, don’t think you have us completely at your mercy. If you don’t cooperate with us, you won’t be able to enter the Mystic Sect either!”

The Dragon Emperor and the others paused, then smiles returned to their faces. They looked at Jiang Chen with renewed confidence.

But Jiang Chen simply smiled, unconcerned. He then said, ”Seniors, do you know how old I am?”

”Hmm?”

They were all taken aback, not understanding what Jiang Chen was getting at.

Only the Celestial Secret Elder revealed a mysterious smile.

Jiang Chen spoke deliberately. ”In half a month, I will be twenty years old. My current cultivation is at the Peak of the Ninth Stage of the Human King Realm. It has only been five or six years since I awakened my Martial Soul. Tell me, if you were to give me another fifty or sixty years, or even five or six hundred, what Realm would I be in?”

”Human Emperor? Or perhaps... the Emperor Realm?”

With every word Jiang Chen spoke, you could clearly see the expressions on the Dragon Emperor and his allies grow uglier. He continued, ”I’ve heard Emperor Realm masters can live for 150,000 years. You all rely on slumber to prolong your lives, correct? I just wonder if those slumber techniques of yours can last that long. So what if I can’t enter the Mystic Sect now? It’s no big deal. I’ll go back, cultivate properly, and wait. When you all die of old age, I’ll just come take your Mystic Sect Sword Orders and enter the Mystic Sect by myself. It’s all the same to me. Don’t you agree?”

”...”

The ten Emperor Realm masters were rendered speechless.

Every last one of them had forgotten Jiang Chen’s age.

’Not even twenty years old and at the Ninth Stage of the Human King Realm, with only five or six years of cultivation... Who knew how terrifying he would become in a few hundred, or a few thousand years?’

It was just as Jiang Chen said...

They couldn’t afford to wait!

Weren’t these old Emperor ancestors so eager to open the Mystic Sect precisely because their lifespans were nearing their end?

It had been no easy feat for them to survive to this day by relying on Secret Techniques to enter states of slumber or suspended animation. Wait for another few tens of thousands of years?

None of them could afford to wait!

The Dragon Emperor’s face was dark as he said in a low voice, ”Jiang Chen... young friend, what will it take for you to be willing to cooperate with us?”

The Sword Emperor said, ”Yes! As long as you’re willing to cooperate with us and help us enter the Mystic Sect, we will agree to any condition. Even if you wanted to build the foremost dynastic power on the Eastern Continent, we would help you do it!”

”Name your terms! As long as it’s within our power, we will grant it!”

”Young friend Jiang Chen, you must believe in our sincerity!”

The seven Emperor Realm masters had no choice but to swallow their pride and speak up.

The corner of Jiang Chen’s mouth curled up. His amused gaze swept over the faces of the Fire Emperor and the Ice Emperor, and with a playful look, he spoke slowly, ”You want to enter the Mystic Sect? It’s very simple. All you have to do is kill them, and I’ll cooperate with you immediately!”

The moment these words were spoken...

...the expressions of all the Emperors changed drastically.

[Three more updates to come, Little Tian is still writing!]