The battle raged on. About more than a handful of the Flames' fighters had died, but the rest pressed on, undeterred."More than twenty of you and only three of them! Useless, all of you!" an old man said. He was gaunt and had an abnormally small head, but his eyes gleamed with an evil gaze.He looked at the fallen fighters coldly and sneered. The old man turned into a blur and leaped into the battlefield. Noticing a black silhouette quickly coming closer amidst the fierce battle in the hall, Sofia shouted, "Look out!"She leaped backward, swinging her daggers. Blasts of energy charged ahead, but they didn't hit the old man. He chortled and spread his palm, from which green needles shot into the air.Shocked, Sofia quickly held her weapons before her, defending herself. The needles were deflected, but one of her comrades was not that lucky. A couple of needles hit her chest, and she spewed black blood.The lady convulsed like a possessed woman before falling to the ground. A momen
"W-Who are you?"Nox ignored him. He turned around and looked at Sofia. "Is he with the Curseland Five?"Sofia nodded almost robotically. "Yes.""Then they must die," Nox murmured. He made hand seals with his right hand, and the rampaging air current turned into a mountainous sword made of air. Nox pointed it at his enemies. "Kill them."The air sword charged forward and bore a hole through the Flames' fighters before they could even scream. They died.Shocked that Nox destroyed all his men with a single blow, the old man let out a strangled scream. "By the gods…" He then clapped his hands and shot more poison-tinged needles at Nox before turning to escape.Yet, there was no escape from Nox. He pointed the air sword at his enemy, and the weapon zipped through the air. The needles were blasted away, and the sword stabbed itself through the old man's throat.Blood spurted from the old man's throat. He held his neck tightly but to no avail. In the end, he dropped dead in a pool of
'He wants to wipe them all out?' Sofia's heart beat faster than ever. She looked at Nox as if he were mad. "Y-You're going to wipe them out alone?""I'm more than enough," Nox said coolly. "Now can you take me there?" He looked at Sofia calmly, as if wiping out a whole clan was just another Tuesday for him.Sofia was petrified. She looked at the corpses of her friends, thinking about what Nox said. It would be a bloody night. If she was right, the Flames were already attacking Blathanna Sect. If she didn't do as Nox told her to, her friends would all die.Sofia clenched her teeth. "Fine, I'll do it."A smile crept up Nox's face. "Thanks. Let's go."After a short pause, Sofia quietly picked up her bloodstained dagger and led Nox to the Flames' mansion.The Flames lived on the outskirts of the southwest. They were rich, powerful, and housed thousands of clansmen, though most of them were out attacking Blathanna Sect tonight.Only a few hundred were left holding the fort. The mansi
Nox's refusal to comply riled up the guards' leader. "You're not listening, punk. How dare you come closer? Kill him!" he roared.A pair of guards charged at Nox, bearing blades, but a devastating aura burst forth before they could get close. Nox flicked his fingers, and two flashes of light shot ahead.The pair of guards burst into smithereens, painting the air with clouds of blood.Nox had killed two people with a flick of his finger. The guards felt their hearts skip a beat, but they were elites after all, and they quickly unsheathed their weapons."We have an enemy in sight! Kill him!" the leader ordered. The twenty or so guards lunged at Nox.In the face of overwhelming numbers, Nox stood in his place calmly. He looked up into the sky. "Not a bad night to kill." He drew a line with his fingers in the air. The energy swirling around him turned into an air blade about thirty feet long.The blade shimmered brightly, tinging the night sky with a golden hue. Nox swung his arm. "C
The moment Nox barged into the manor, sirens screeched across the estate. "Enemy attack!"The Flames' clansmen came swarming out like bees, all of them bearing weapons and firearms and charging at Nox.In the depths of the manor stood a gigantic bedchamber. An old man, gaunt and shriveled, lay on a crystal bed. Five naked beauties lay on the spacious bed, all leaning against the old man.The skin of the young girls were fair. The oldest of them was only twenty or so. They held wine glasses as they pleased their master.And then, a panicked voice cut through the air. "Sir, sir! Someone's attacking us!" A Flame clan member came running in and kneeling before the bed.Darius quickly sat up, staring at the intruder darkly. "What on earth are you talking about, you bastard?""Sir, it's unbelievable, but we're under attack, and he broke through the entrance!" the man said with a trembling voice."What? Who dares? They will die for this!" Darius screeched."We have no idea, sir, but h
Nox easily killing an elder struck fear into everyone's hearts. Even the rest of the elders stayed mum.Just as Nox was going to continue his massacre, black energy came galloping from the depths of the manor. Then, an ear-splitting screech came from the darkness. "How dare you, lad? You will die for this!"The air itself seemed to take on an icy, eerie note. An old git came like the wind—Darius.He was a Top Origin Realm, and his energy seeped into everything around him."It's the clan head!""The clan head's here!"The Flame clan whooped and cheered. Nox looked at Darius coldly. "You're the leader of this clan?"Darius was holding a black cane. When he saw the manor littered with the corpses of his clansmen, he roared, "Yes, I am! Who are you? How dare you barge into my clan's manor? You have killed innocents!"Nox laughed. "Innocents? You're accusing me, you old git? When the Curseland Five committed far worse crimes than this?"Darius roared, "You have no right accusing us
The sky was covered with a blanket of black snakes, but Nox didn't even look. He stomped his foot down, and the plaza shivered. Everything in a thirty-yard radius around him shattered.At the same time, golden light sprang forth from Nox, undulating across the plaza. The moment it touched the black snakes, they screeched and turned into dust. That was Nox's Ultimate Sun Dragon Manual's power.The sight of his snakes being defeated made Darius' face fall. He knew his power. He thought that was enough to take down Nox, or at least seriously injure him. He wasn't expecting Nox to take the snakes out with a single stomp.'And what is that golden light? Nothing can be that powerful,' he mused."Who are you?" asked Darius again."You're not good enough to know my name, but I'll give you a chance to live. If you can survive three blows, I'll spare your clan. If you can't, I'll wipe it out," Nox declared.That did not sit well with Darius at all. "If that's a challenge, then I accept! Do
The snake wasn't the only casualty; Nox had left a deep gash on the plaza.Darius stared at the empty air with wide eyes. "Goddammit. What is he?" His face was contorted, and his eyes twitched. "He destroyed the snake's avatar with a single blow?"Darius was strong enough to fight a Rank Nine Greater Grandmaster, but before Nox, he was powerless. "No. No. He's a Legend Realm?"Nox's icy voice broke Darius out of his reverie. "That's one blow."Though shocked by Nox's power, Darius was still the head of a clan and an Origin Realm. He let out a bellow and smacked his forehead. Rivulets of black blood trickled out of his mouth.It was something he called curse essence. Darius had been cultivating it for a hundred years. It could power him up for a while at the cost of his lifespan. It was a cost he was willing to pay to take Nox down.Darius made more hand seals, and curse energy swirled around him like whirlpools. The darkness of his energy blotted out the sky."Supreme Curse! Wit
The demonic eye covered everything. Its intensity even suppressed Faeast's fate a little. Dominic knew better, though. The empress might look like she had the upper hand, but Faeast's fate was still cleansing her formation. This was her final moment, and the empress was risking her life to fight Nox."If I can't get you, no one can! Die, Greenshade! You will perish today, and I will destroy your nation's fate! Faeast will never see a Sovereign!" The empress had succumbed to madness. Anything she couldn't get, she would destroy.Her eye power attacked again, and the crimson vessels turned black. The black strings weaved a huge web, and every string could destroy any cultivator who was not a Saint. Nox activated his Saintly manual, and the saintly dragons breathed fire. Though it was powerful, it couldn't break the web, and even the dragons were trapped."Saintly dragons, so what? I'll kill them all the same!" The third eye unleashed its power again, but it was the empress' limit. Bla
"Dammit, how'd that bastard take my place? I'm the Sovereign! You're blind, Faeast's fate!" Flame Emperor roared, but the more he complained, the more the nation's fate turned its back on him.The empress' mind was blank. 'What is going on here? He's just a cultivator who's barely trained for twenty years, and he can summon his nation's fate all the way here?' she thought."This can't be. How did this happen? It's impossible!" She was questioning her own power. Her confidence was wavering. She might lose this battle, and Nox would kill her."So what do you think now, empress? Are these dragons enough to pin you down?" Nox walked through the air and passed the barrier easily. Slowly, he approached the empress and looked at the ancient cultivator proudly."You're looking down on me again? You bastard! So what if you have nine saintly dragons? You think Faeast's fate is enough to kill me? You do not have the power!" The empress hated that look. She was the god who controlled this land
If Nox met his end here, it would be very unceremonious compared to his life."Ultimate Sun, Nine Dragons." Nine dragons appeared. These dragons were the avatar of Nox's power. They were not just any avatar; they were sacred beasts."Dragons? You think they can take down an ultimate ruler like me? This is why you're so confident? How childish, Greenshade. I'll shatter your hope, then! Die, dragons!" The empress' third eye unleashed bloody energy, and it formed a sharp web.The web crushed the dragons immediately, and golden rain fell. Though he was bathing in his dragons' blood, Nox wasn't panicking."The dragons alone aren't enough. They can't pin a monster like her!" Dominic looked grim. In ancient times, dragons were nothing but a delicacy for powerful entities. Their power was not enough to scare a monster like the empress."If true dragons aren't enough, what about saintly dragons?" Nox's eyebrow arched, and the empress' pupils contracted."Saintly dragons? You? You think yo
"Say the word, and I shall help you push Faeast to power. All I want is for you to submit to me, not make me your master. Is a woman like me not enough for you? My beauty, power, and brains far outstrip whatever your women have. Survival of the fittest is how this world works. Cultivators like you should know that."Submit to me, and I shall become Heavenly Dao, while you shall rule the Mortal World. I shall rule the heavens, and you shall rule the earth. Together, we are the world!" The empress was making an offer again, and she presented a whole agreement.Unlike the deception she threw to Flame Emperor, she genuinely wanted to work with Nox this time. "You are a master of talisman. You know I'm not lying to you. I admire you, so do not let me down again. Push me into a corner, and no one comes out happy." The empress stared at Nox.She hoped Nox would understand where she was coming from and change his mind. Nox was in her trap, but all he did was laugh. "Let you down? You amuse
White Tiger was crying. A guy who didn't fear death was kneeling on the deck and crying his heart out. The Southern Sea navy gathered around. This man was a Great General, and they wondered what might have happened to him. Everyone knew it must be serious.Fergus was stunned. "Is Nox in trouble?" Nox used to work with Fergus for a while, and the man saw Nox as his own son. He was the future of Faeast. If a man like him were to die, he couldn't imagine what would happen to Faeast.All the Southern Sea navy units thought highly of Nox. He was their boss and comrade. A blanket of despair spread through the fleet. When that emotion reached its peak, it would turn into fury. Anger filled up the Southern Sea navy."Men, heed my order. Open fire at Celestial Domain and do not hold back!" Fergus ordered recklessly. He wanted to fire the forbidden item at Celestial Domain.When the news got back to Imperia, Douglas almost leaped out of his seat. "Are you mad, Fergus? Do you have any idea wh
The empress laughed. "That was a powerful attack, Greenshade. If we'd fought seventy thousand years ago, you'd have killed me, but I'm far stronger than I was. You have no idea how much I've suffered over the years. My eye power is beyond what you can imagine! I've gone through enough pain, and that's why I can stand at the top!"This is the final hurdle! Now I'll show you the suffering I've endured!" The empress' third eye opened, and the eye power it unleashed was twisting space itself. The whole world was shuddering.Heavy pressure weighed down on Nox, and his astral form trembled. Much to Nineve's shock, the third eye flew out of the empress and hovered high up in the skies, replacing the sun and moon. The eye turned crimson, but it reflected different colors and inversed the world's colors.Living beings were black and white in this world."Shit, that's her ultimate Soulcatcher and the level of power every eye technique user dreams of! The moment the kaleidoscope opens, you ar
Queenie didn't care about the big picture. She would do whatever Nox told her to. Flames burned her again, and the fires of a phoenix covered the mountain, suppressing Flame Emperor once more, stopping his release."You are my clan's emblem, phoenix! Why are you doing Greenshade's bidding?" Flame Emperor was furious. At his core, he was as short-tempered as the empress.The empress saw what was going on, and she mocked, "Seventy thousand years, and you are at the mercy of the new Sovereign! Not even your phoenix listens to you now!"Nox's astral form descended and stood before the empress. The bloodlust he radiated made her shake. "You're killing me? Can you really do that? My life is tied to Celestial Domain. Even if it is destroyed, I will not be harmed, but if I die, Celestial Domain will fall. Kirin and Aphrodite will die as well."One is the smartest mortal I've seen all my life. The other is the only cultivator who managed to merge with a sacred beast completely. My life for
For Nox, she could give up everything, even her life. This pain was nothing. "The man I love is a hero. Someone who can stand tall and proud. But even if he's no lord or Sovereign, I love him all the same. Not even death can douse the fires of my love."The pain heightened to its peak, and the flames were now a tribulation. They flew into Queenie's soul. At the same time, a blinding crimson light shone from Queenie's body. The light came from her chest."What?" The empress was trying to kill Dominic, but she sensed something terrible going on, and she froze. "She's my lost heart? Why? Seventy thousand years, and this is what I get?" She was losing it. Her determination was crumbling.Dominic laughed. "You know why? Because you're trying to take over as Heavenly Dao, and it will fight back, hard. Nothing good will come for you! To cultivate means to do good and stay just. Evil will never triumph, and you will die!" His laughter turned into a cackle.No one saw this coming. Who'd hav
"Worry not, Queenie. As long as the phoenix's heart is not destroyed, she will be reborn in flames. Every time a phoenix is reborn, they will gain greater heights." said Flame Emperor.'Yes, that's the legend of the phoenix.' Queenie was once again in awe of nature's magic. 'So Faeast's legends are true. Phoenixes are immortal!'"So where's the heart?" Queenie quickly asked. If she could find it and help Flame Emperor get out of his prison, he and Nox could kill the empress."Silly girl. It's right here. You are the missing heart."Queenie's mind buzzed, and she froze. 'I am the phoenix's heart? Wait, so who or what am I, really?'"That witch enslaved the phoenix's body, but she could never control her heart. No one can. The legends of a phoenix's immortality are not entirely true. Every time they are reborn, they will have died once. The new phoenix will inherit their predecessor's power, but they cannot represent their predecessor."Just like reincarnation, once someone goes in