Martial Saint!

Lu Chenzhou stood at the bottom of the massive pit.

His Spiritual hand reached out, seizing two illusory souls from the void—none other than Shankang and the Golden Armor Demon Emperor.

That close-range, face-to-face blast left these two Demon Emperors without any chance of survival. Their bodies were pierced through, and then the Blood Moon Power invaded, eroding all their internal organs completely.

Even their souls were struck and expelled.

"Let us reincarnate!"

"Don't get cocky! The Demon Saint is about to arrive. You, a mere Six Realms, won't be able to escape and will soon join us down here."

The two Demon Emperors cursed in rage.

With two soft pops—

Their souls disintegrated, the Dao Essence within them absorbed by the Martial Arts Tree, countless illusion fragments flashing through his mind.

"Star Palace Hall Master, Black Mountain Demon Saint?"

Lu Chenzhou mused silently.

So it was that one—the terrifying being behind the curtain, Divine incarnate, founder of the Demon Palace.

In his mind, the Martial Arts Tree continued to grow.

[Chaos: Fourth Rank (30%)]

[Power Extreme: Fourth Rank (20%)]

[Yuji: Third Rank (1%)]

"Not bad."

Crack—

After withstanding the combined strike of the two Demon Emperors, the Immortal Armor finally showed cracks—clearly, it had reached its limit as well.

Lu Chenzhou calculated in his heart.

"That joint attack just now from the two demons must have held the power of four million cauldrons—roughly the normal level of a Heavenly King's End Realm. The Holy Armor's upper limit should be five million. That's about the regular level of a Heavenly King's End Realm. Of course, if End Realm or End Realm employ Killing Moves, their attack power would surpass five million; the Heavenly King Realm's extreme limit should break ten million."

He put away the Demon Emperor corpses and trophies, frowning as a mighty aura rapidly approached!

"Demon Venerable!"

He immediately stepped into Shadow and vanished.

At the beginning of the Six Realms—facing an Absolute Peak, there's no need for delusions; all you can do is run. Even without using Divine Skills, with more than a million-class Qi-Blood, a simple attack could teach him a lesson. The chasm between them—second only to Great Power and Divine—is a vast gulf indeed. Even the mighty Ape God Ancestor, back then at Six Realms Peak, only barely matched the Seventh Realm, and to win, still had to rely on the help of a Spiritual Weapon.

Lu City.

The residents, having survived disaster, erupted in cheers.

"Thank goodness, we're saved!"

"That strike from the two Demon Emperors felt like the world was going to end. Were it not for the barrier left by that mysterious man, the entire city would have been flattened by the shockwave. But I never thought that mysterious man would directly clash against the sky-shattering blow and survive—that's a higher heaven! I always thought Fairy Mei was the strongest here, but he was several times more so."

"But we don't know his name?"

"That spear's glow hung like a reversed Blood River, pierced through nine layers of clouds—seemed as if it reached the ends of the heavens and shook the world. A stroke spanning ten thousand miles—let's call him the Ten-Thousand-Mile Spear."

In the crowd, a bald elder muttered to himself.

He'd heard from the Immortal of Cold Moon Palace that the sky in this world is ten thousand miles high, sixty thousand miles east to west. The time from the north pole to the south pole is exactly a breath; rumor has it that the Cold Moon Palace's ancestor, Aurora Empress, needs ten breaths for that journey.

"Ten-Thousand-Mile Spear..."

The people chanted this title.

"I think Blood River King fits nicely as well."

"Why not Spear River King, then!"

...

Regardless of the title, soon, word of a mysterious Spear Immortal would sweep across this world.

Outside the city.

Wu Yun's gaze was dull.

She could feel the shudder of the world.

Events like this have appeared in history before.

Normally, it's Absolute Peaks battling across the Gang Wind, striking the world's boundary. Beneath Absolute Peak, even a body can hardly pass through the nine thousand mile-thick Gang Wind Layer of this world. Even a Sword Cultivator able to kill from a thousand miles away can't sword-control their way through the fierce winds.

Therefore, a Six Realms shaking the world—

This was the first time in the history of the Kun Gu Realm.

Of course, this was only a slight shake; truly breaking through the barrier and entering the Void would require the power of the Eight Realms.

"Just where did this outsider come from? Xia Realm—I've never heard of it. Not a High Class World, not even a Great World, yet it produced a freak like this."

...

A flash of lightning weaved through the clouds, finally halting outside smoke-filled Lu City—revealing the form of a Falcon Demon with only a zhang-wide wingspan, its eagle eyes scanning below.

"Damn it! The aura of Golden Armor and Shankang are gone too. The means, exactly the same as Barto's slaying. Is this Lu Chenzhou really just a newly ascended Six Realms?"

The Lightning Demon Venerable trembled inwardly.

A new Six Realms who, in a single day, had killed four demon emperors of its Corpse Palace—all elite. Barto and Shankang, both Seven-Pattern, were even likely to become Demon Venerables themselves.

"Outrageous! Where did he go? Why can't I sense his aura? It breaks off right here?"

The Lightning Demon Venerable seethed with fury.

The terrifying force it released scattered the clouds for hundreds of miles, sending mountains and rivers into magnetic turbulence.

It stared at Lu City.

Lightning gathered at its wingtips and with a sudden swing—

A bolt of lightning split the Heavenly Heart, illuminating the smoke-shrouded world, falling down toward Lu City's roof. Yet a shadowy snow mountain formed of green light barred its path, and it vanished without a trace.

"Who are you?!"

The Lightning Demon Venerable's face hardened.

It had been here so long, yet sensed no other Heavenly Realm aura present. This proved that someone's strength here far exceeded its own—at least Middle Stage of Seventh Realm, perhaps even Late Stage of Seventh Realm, a being on par with a Great Demon Venerable...

The strongest in Corpse Palace is the elder brother, Mountain Forest Demon Venerable, Middle Stage of Seventh Realm, but he knows even he can't do this.

"No matter who you are—dare meddle in this world's affairs, when the Demon Saint descends, none of you will have a grave to die in!"

Leaving behind harsh words, the lightning slithered away.

Soon after, as a phantom silver moon appeared at the horizon, a rainbow light also fell over the city.

It was Cold Moon Immortal.

She half-bowed gracefully, hands cupped with delicate ceremony.

"Thank you, friend, for your aid."

Joyful divine light flickered in her gaze.

Then she rose to pursue the Lightning Demon Venerable.

"If Wu Mei hadn't told me, I would never imagine that the spear that split heaven and earth just now was a Six Realms."

The world quieted down again.

In the city—

In a small teahouse, a woman sat clad in a pale blue dress, a snowy-white cloak draped about her shoulders, lotus-patterned purple-gold phoenix shoes at her feet, elegant hands ornamented with gold dragon-threaded cuffs, her forehead wrapped in a translucent violet veil, brows like distant mountains, eyes like clear pools.

The woman sat on a stool, her legs swinging girlishly, head tilted, right hand supporting her chin as she gazed sideways.

"Not bad."

...

Corpse Palace.

"What happened? Shankang and Golden Armor are dead? Our thirty-six Demon Emperors now have only twenty-eight left?"

The Devouring Country Demon Venerable's face was ashen with rage.

Mountain Forest Demon Venerable said: "Third Brother just reported—he discovered a mysterious Heavenly Realm in Lu City, perhaps on par with a Great Demon Venerable, even stronger than Three Suns Immortal."

"That's trouble. Seems Xia Realm has already sent their Absolute Peak experts. Question is, which one? Dragon King? Priest? Or Emperor Shitian? From previous intelligence, only these three in Xia Realm have such power—unless one of them had a great opportunity."

Mountain Forest Demon Venerable said, "Second Brother, don't panic. No matter how many Absolute Peaks they send, it won't matter. The Demon Saint is about to arrive. Then, we'll catch them all and kill them together."

"Has Third Brother still not caught Lu Chenzhou?"

"That one is highly perceptive. The report says he's also a master of Shadow Dao—catching him is truly difficult. But the world is only so big. Sooner or later, we'll catch him."

...

West State.

Yanyun City.

Guardian of this place was the foremost Great Elder of Three Suns Palace—White Lotus Fairy, with strength rivaling the top ten Heavenly People.

She, all in white, gazed into the distance.

A blood-red glow slowly dissipated.

She had already learned of the battle from Wu Mei.

"Six Realms Power, piercing the Gang Wind Layer, touching the Boundary Barrier—this man's energy use and refinement defy imagination. His technique control is truly at the peak!"

Xia Realm geniuses truly are terrifying.

"But, what means does he have to withstand the coming Demon Saint? That's a being who could erase an entire world."

...

Capital City.

Three Suns Immortal sat alone in solitary defense.

Her gaze blazed as she looked far away.

"If only my Cold ang Palace had such a talent—our ancestors' spirits would rest easy."

Her expression hesitated, as if weighing a choice.

"Our ancestors once left us a Great Power's secret treasure, but with the decline of my Three Suns Palace, we still haven't gathered them all. Could this man pass the trial? If so, retrieving that treasure, maybe we too could clash with the Demon Saint..."

...

Time passed.

In a blink, it was three days later.

Soon, battle reports from Lu City spread throughout the Da Wu Dynasty; both Mortal World and Cultivation World were shaken to their core.

"A spear with a range of ten thousand miles?"

"The famous Invincible Golden Armor Demon Emperor—the so-called Undying Giant Shield—was killed with a single spear?"

"Even Shankang Demon Emperor, peerless in strength, is dead. Hard to believe—the white-robed Spear Immortal is too strong."

"Nobody even knows his name."

"He's called Ten-Thousand-Mile Spear, apparently."

"Some say Blood River King."

"Blood River King sounds a bit too demon-like."

"Is there any strong one called 'Wan' in Three Suns Palace?"

"Rumor says he's an outsider."

"I saw the projection—it's a man."

"I'd like to try what a man's like..."

Soon, the name Ten-Thousand-Mile Spear spread everywhere.

Yet, some people's thoughts strayed off course.

...

Pshh! The spear thrust like a dragon, piercing the armor of an Early Stage Demon Emperor. Lu Chenzhou's arms bulged like twisting dragons; with a flex and a twist, he ripped the Demon Emperor in half.

"This Demon Emperor can't die!"

The Demon Emperor was an earthworm—severed in two, it turned into two Clones, both attacking simultaneously.

Lu Chenzhou withdrew his spear. Amidst thunder and lightning, his hair turned silver-white, the word "king" appearing on his brow.

He seized one Clone with both hands; as the Vibration Dao and Realm God Fist Domain expanded out, furious wind from his fist shattered the Clone into thousands of pieces as if heaven and earth collapsed.

"I'll show you undying!"

He teleported and vanished in an instant.

Then he appeared by the other fleeing Clone. Five Elements Wind and Thunder Power coalesced into a giant tiger, and as his fist struck into the Clone's body, it bristled with Nightmare Poison, laced with Blood Moon's corroding might.

Another Clone was wiped out.

Dragon Subduing Demon Emperor—dead!

"Number six."

These past few days, he'd been both hunted and hunting Demon Emperors—never exposing his position, not even daring to use Heaven and Earth Piercing Strike; he battled up close, depending purely on brute force.

He dared not linger.

Grabbing the Demon Emperor's corpse, he melted into the void.

The next instant—a bolt of lightning blasted the ground, carving a pit tens of miles wide, energy breaking easily to over twenty million cauldrons. Lightning Demon Venerable tore through the sky and arrived!