Nine Star Hegemon Body Arts

This Split the Heavens was not nine forms in one. There was no accumulation of energy beforehand whatsoever.

It was simply the appearance of that strange rune.

The moment it emerged, Long Chen’s attack tore straight through the devil race divine son’s defenses and cut him down without mercy.

The divine son’s death made a devil race elder gnash his teeth. It had happened far too fast—there had been no chance to save him.

“Nobody move!” Long Can roared furiously. “The Tiger Venerate Scepter is about to run out of energy! Anyone who dares to interfere with Divine Venerate Brahma’s affairs will die!”

Because of her earlier ultimatum, they were now paying a steep price to forcefully boost their Heavenly Sovereign Dao Weapons.

The Tiger Venerate Scepter started to tremble violently once more. Demon race experts supporting it collapsed one after another, unconscious from the brutal drain.

Only a small portion of them were still enduring, and more of them passed out with every second. They clearly wouldn’t last much longer.

Yet, they also knew that if they could endure until Long Chen arrived, victory would be theirs.

Just then, that strange rune on Evilmoon shook violently.

Long Chen’s expression turned into shock as he felt his body stop responding to his will. His arm rose again.

“Evilmoon, you...!”

“It’s not me! It’s that rune! It... it’s taking control of our power!” Evilmoon exclaimed.

Another blood-colored crescent fang slashed through the air, this time toward the Son of Brahma.

“Daynight Furnace, refine heaven and earth!” the Son of Brahma roared, pouring all his faith energy into the Daynight Furnace.

The Daynight Furnace rapidly expanded. Despite clearly being a Divine Sovereign magical item, it now exuded a divine might greater than Heavenly Sovereign Dao Weapons.

BOOM!

The blood-colored saber-image slashed down.

The earth beneath the Son of Brahma split apart, as though the world itself had been cleaved. He slowly lifted his gaze toward the Daynight Furnace above him.

The Daynight Furnace slowly split apart.

The moment the Daynight Furnace fell apart, an image of the Heaven Earth Cauldron being split in two appeared in Long Chen’s mind. The images of Heaven Earth Cauldron and Daynight Furnace flashed rapidly, overlapping in his mind.

Long Chen suddenly felt a sharp pain in his soul.

Was Evilmoon the one who had cut Heaven Earth Cauldron apart? Does this rune carry its forgotten memories?

The two halves of the Daynight Furnace fell to the ground, raising a cloud of dust.

At this moment, the Son of Brahma quivered. A line of blood spread from the top of his head all the way down, and he felt the world start falling apart.

The two halves of his body tumbled to the ground. The light faded from his eyes, but the terrified expression was locked in place.

Even after killing him, Evilmoon did not stop.

It was raised high once more. Blood-colored devil flames exploded outward.

A devilish face appeared within those flames, roaring at the heavens.

Long Chen felt his dragon blood slip beyond his control. The Sovereign King Dragon Crown blazed with terrifying intensity.

“Evilmoon, stop it!” shouted Long Chen.

“I can’t suppress it!” Evilmoon cried. “I’m being controlled!”

Long Chen’s dragon blood was drained almost instantly by that sinister face. This energy gushed through Evilmoon.

When the strange rune ignited, Evilmoon slashed down once more.

This attack was no longer under Long Chen’s control. It was aimed directly at a terrified Yuan Tianhua.

“Patriarch, save me!” Yuan Tianhua screamed in terror.

Faced with that overwhelming saber-image, his soul and body were both frozen. He could not even summon the will to raise his golden staff.

“You old monkey, you dare?!” Long Can shrieked.

The patriarch really dared to leave. He could not watch his most outstanding descendant die.

He withdrew the golden bell from the formation. Runes blazed as it tore through the sky, appearing instantly above Yuan Tianhua’s head.

BOOM!

The immense saber-image, wrapped in blood-colored devil flames and that strange rune, slammed into the golden bell.

The bell was smashed straight into the ground, and a tidal wave of earth swallowed the battlefield.

The saber-image vanished.

Long Chen staggered, gasping for breath. The strange rune on Evilmoon faded as if it had never existed.

That single strike had used up all his dragon blood energy. Even his Supreme Blood was exhausted. It didn’t leave Long Chen with anything.

The strange rune had seized control of both Long Chen and Evilmoon, draining every drop of Long Chen’s bloodline energy. Only then did it finally lose strength and vanish.

The golden bell was buried in the earth. At this moment, a strange sound came from it.

Cracks spread across the bell. In front of countless shocked gazes, this Heavenly Sovereign Dao Weapon burst apart.

The Three-Eyed Heaven Merging Ape patriarch spat out blood and visibly withered.

As for Yuan Tianhua, he had been reduced to a heap of flesh within the ruins.

While the golden bell had taken the brunt of that attack, the residual impact still passed through it and killed Yuan Tianhua.

Not only did he die, but the golden staff was shattered into several pieces as well.

The patriarch had expended a lot of energy. Now, struck by backlash and forced to witness the death of his race’s greatest genius, he nearly collapsed.

“Long Chen, I curse you!” he screamed in rage.

It was over.

His race was doomed. Their two divine weapons were destroyed, and their future pillar was dead. The Three-Eyed Heaven Merging Ape race would stand no chance in the upcoming era.

Just then, a god-like roar rang out.

“Eight Star Battle Armor!”

The entire world darkened. The starry sky covered the heavens.

Eight astral gates appeared, each containing a blazing giant star like a sun.

“He’s... a nine star heir!” one of the demon race’s patriarchs shouted in terror, finally recognizing Long Chen’s status.

“Starry River Demon Suppressing Bell!”

Long Chen appeared right above that patriarch’s head and sealed him within the astral bell.