"Whoosh!!!"
The three ascendant powers, along with the other six royal families and a group of god-kings, all tacitly retreated and observed from a distance. There was no confrontation between them, but they could explain it to those in the audience if asked.
Above the Misty Swamp, Qin Yu, Jiang Li, the Death God King, the Yi Feng God King, and Cao Ya engaged in a clash of energies with the "Northwest Holy Emperor" Zhou Huo, the "Thunder Nightmare God King" Zhou Wulian, the "Thunder Martial God King" Zhou Tong, Zhou Ran, and the "Arctic Holy Emperor" Jiang Fan, tearing the sky apart!
"Why are you standing so far away?" Jiang Fan asked, displeased. Jiang Xing also stepped back.
Jiang Xing sighed and said, "Your Majesty, I will listen to your advice on other matters, but this time... I'm afraid I can't help you."
Jiang Fan's face was grim. His second brother Jiang Lan, nephew Jiang Xing, and eldest daughter Jiang Li were all disobeying his orders! Was he, the "Sacred Emperor of the Arctic," just a figurehead?
"Northern Holy Emperor, you really have no shame! After doing such a thing, you still dare to put on airs?"
Cao Ya chuckled and said, "Heavenly Heart God King, you're already giving us face by not taking our side."
Jiang Fan was furious. How dare a newly promoted God King be so presumptuous in front of him, even if he had mastered the eight fundamental laws? He was ignorant of his own limitations!
Jiang Xing was helpless, but indeed, he was very dissatisfied with the actions of the Arctic Holy Emperor, so he had no choice but to remain neutral.
“Brother Jiang Fan, there’s no need to be angry.” Zhou Huo spoke up, his voice filled with arrogance, “What kind of formidable enemies are three newly promoted God Kings? God King Yi Feng and God King of Death are no match for you or me!”
Jiang Fan nodded. He and Zhou Huo had both experienced "time acceleration" by hundreds of thousands of times and possessed top-tier spiritual treasures. In the entire God Realm, only the Asura God King could truly surpass them.
The others, such as the Thunder Nightmare God King, the Blood Demon Queen, and the Ethereal God King, can indeed accelerate by more than a million times and have higher cultivation levels, but their weapons are inferior, so they are naturally not afraid at all.
Moreover, the Thunder Nightmare God King originally came from Thunder Punishment City and was on the same side as them!
Lei Wu, the God-King, is not weak either; having comprehended the laws of time, he can accelerate things ten thousand times. Zhou Ran, on the other hand, is only a God-King who has achieved "Great Completion of Space," and is not much stronger than the newly promoted Duanmu Yu.
"You wish." Qin Yu smiled faintly. On his side, Cao Ya was the most powerful, no less than "Time Stop". He was also very strong, comparable to a God King who could accelerate a million times. Including "Remnant Snow Divine Spear", his attack power was even greater!
The Death God King and the Yi Feng God King were already quite powerful, and with the addition of top-tier spiritual treasures, they were comparable to Saint Emperors without any problem!
Even the weakest Jiang Li, relying on the legacy of the God of Life, his mastery of life essence, and the help of a top-tier Primordial Spiritual Treasure, could easily defeat Zhou Ran.
Without sufficient power, Qin Yu would not have rashly appeared in the God Realm!
Let alone building the Misty City, establishing a foothold in the God Realm, and becoming a major power!
"Hmph, this time, you won't escape safely!" The Death Goddess's beautiful eyes were icy cold.
Yi Feng, the God King, looked at the Northwest Holy Emperor and the Arctic Holy Emperor with equally cold expressions.
"Enough with the nonsense, let's get started! Let's finish this quickly and not waste any more time."
Cao Ya said lazily, showing not a trace of tension.
This attitude clearly indicated that victory was assured, which greatly angered Jiang Fan, Zhou Huo, and the others.
"Arrogant! Cao Ya, today I will show you what a Saint Emperor-level powerhouse truly is!"
"The Primordial Holy Emperor is not to be desecrated!"
The Northwest Holy Emperor "Zhou Huo" roared, his eyes filled with malice, and with a wave of his hand, endless thunder roared forth!
In the northwest, there is a Thunder Punishment City that controls the power of calamity and punishment. Whether it is the divine realm, the first-level mortal realm, or the second-level immortal, demon, or monster realm, the heavenly tribulations of all cultivators are controlled by Thunder Punishment City.
Therefore, Thunder Punishment City is destined to have a Celestial Venerable in every generation, otherwise it would be unable to suppress order!
However, Zhou An, the current "Thunder Punishment Celestial Venerable," was chosen by Lin Meng at the beginning, but he only received the Celestial Venerable's command for two generations.
Next, Zhou Qing independently cultivated to the Heavenly Venerable realm, leading Thunder Punishment City to a new level!
Even in the face of these calamities, Thunder Punishment City dared not act recklessly. As the Celestial Venerable Piaoyu governs the Divine Realm, even the Celestial Venerable Thunder Punishment must submit to him!
Whether in terms of status or strength within Lin Meng, Piaoyu Tianzun is the head of the three great Tianzun!
If Zhou Qing achieves enlightenment in the future, he might be able to rival the Heavenly Venerable Piaoyu.
However, relying on the treasures of Tianzun Mountain, he eventually received the empowerment and transmission, taking a shortcut to attain enlightenment. Although he became a Tianzun, revered by the gods and worshipped by all races, he was just an ordinary Tianzun realm expert, and he cut off the path to becoming a controller. A true peerless hero should not have done such a thing.
Since lifespan is infinite anyway, what does it matter if I spend a few more epochs, or even dozens or hundreds of epochs, to comprehend time and completely master "time acceleration," "time stillness," and "time reversal"? This is a brighter future. The future is uncertain, so there's no need to worry about the opinions of other Celestial Venerables.
After Zhou An became a Celestial Venerable, he kept the Thunder Source Spirit Pearl for himself and later bestowed it upon his eldest son, Zhou Huo.
The dominant force in Thunder Punishment City is the Zhou An lineage, and all the God Kings are his descendants.
However, although Zhou Huo is powerful, among the four great god kings of Thunder Punishment City, "Thunder Nightmare God King" Zhou Wulian is the stronger one!
Even if Zhou Huo used the Thunder Source Spirit Pearl, he was not confident that he could defeat Zhou Wulian.
The reason there's no Thunder Source Spirit Pearl... well, Zhou Wulian is the third son, born even later!
In fact, due to his own experiences and Zhou An's excessive interference, Zhou Wulian harbored some resentment towards this Heavenly Venerable father.
It should be noted that his former name was "Zhou Yan," which he later changed to "Wu Lian."
Therefore, the peerless Thunder Nightmare God King was stopped by Qin Yu, who wielded the Remnant Snow Divine Spear.
Qin Yu would have no worries about leaving the Northwest Holy Emperor to Cao Ya to deal with.
Two or three more Holy Emperors would be no problem!
The Arctic Holy Emperor, however, is the God of Death, wielding the "Wanliu Scepter," which provides a direct defense.
Lei Wu God King was handed over to Yi Feng God King, while Zhou Ran was intercepted by Jiang Li.
In Cao Ya and Qin Yu's view, there was no doubt that their side had the upper hand in these five one-on-one battles!
But in the eyes of Jiang Fan, Zhou Huo and others, they had a huge advantage!
Upon realizing this, all five of them couldn't help but smile.
"Boom!!" Zhou Huo did not slack off. Knowing that Cao Ya had mastered the eight fundamental laws and possessed extraordinary talent, he immediately used the Thunder Source Spirit Pearl.
In an instant, lightning flashed across the sky, dazzling the heavens of the divine realm and shaking all directions!
"Lightning? I can do that too." Cao Ya grinned, revealing his white teeth.
Immediately, he took out the Blue Lightning Hammer bestowed upon him by the Carefree Celestial Venerable, activated it with the corresponding power of law, and utilized his expertise in this area, such as [Panlong] and [Perfect World].
In an instant, lightning also tore through the sky and shook the plane, showing no less power than Zhou Huo's!
"What?" Zhou Huo's pupils shrank, his heart filled with utter shock.
Cao Ya is a beginner, how come he's so powerful?
"Accelerate time!" Zhou Huo shouted swiftly, his mind racing.
In a flash, time seemed to fly by, and Zhou Huo's speed increased countless times!
Furthermore, the Thunder Source Spirit Pearl continued to unleash its power, drawing upon the Great Dao of the Divine Realm, becoming incomparably fierce!
Furthermore, other second-rate spiritual treasures were unleashed by Zhou Huo, their divine power stirring the heavens and the earth!
The distant god-kings were mostly horrified upon seeing this. The Northwest Holy Emperor, who was going all out, could only be suppressed by the Asura God-King. The Blood Demon Queen and others could be fought to a draw, but the rest were in danger!
"How should we deal with God King Cao Ya?" they asked curiously, but soon they were dumbfounded.
"Whoosh!!" Cao Ya took out the purple-gold sword, which was also bestowed by the Celestial Venerable Xiaoyao. He infused it with sword intent, and a sharp sword light rose up, capable of cutting through the sun, moon, and stars, and piercing through the eight directions and six realms!
Such astonishing swordsmanship is extremely rare in the realm of gods!
After all, the kings of the divine realm mainly focus their energy on comprehending time, and at most, depending on their personal talents and interests, they might ponder the eight fundamental laws, or life, death, and so on.
They may also practice with knives, swords, spears, clubs, etc., but they mainly use their expertise in various laws to enhance their skills, and rarely try to comprehend the way of these weapons.
Even if they did, it would only be a six-star sword technique, while Cao Ya's technique not only had a six-star sword move, but also a seven-star peerless sword art!
This naturally terrified the god-kings.
"Hiss!" Zhou Huo gasped, his hair standing on end, as he smelled the scent of death.
"Buzz." Just then, Cao Ya took out the first-class spiritual treasure given to him by Qin Yu—the Black and White Divine Blade. The meaning of life and death surged forth. It was indeed somewhat inferior to lightning and swordsmanship, but the weapon was stronger and the enhancement was more intense, making it extremely terrifying!
"A first-class Primordial Spiritual Treasure??" Zhou Huo's eyes widened.
Immediately, he realized why Qin Yu, Cao Ya, and the others dared to appear openly in the God Realm—they were actually protected by top-tier spiritual treasures…
Even though Qin Yu is a "God of Craftsmen", it is not an easy task for him to refine a treasure of this level!
Even the former Marquis of Che only achieved success once, while Qin Yu actually...
But why didn't it exhibit the extraordinary phenomena and magical lightning of the "Ten Thousand Willows" scepter...?
Was it crafted in the lower realms to conceal its true nature? Or was it created by heaven and earth, and one was fortunate enough to obtain it...?
Zhou Huo had no time to think further before the Blue Lightning Hammer, Purple Gold Sword, and Black and White Divine Blade arrived before him!
Despite possessing treasures like the Thunder Source Spirit Pearl, having mastered a vast space, comprehended time, and wielded extremely powerful lightning laws, Zhou Huo was still no match for Cao Ya's fierce attacks.
"Ugh." Zhou Huo coughed up blood as his divine body was pierced by the sword light, causing blood to splatter.
Although the Thunder Source Spirit Orb is powerful and extremely suitable for him, the combined power of the Blue Lightning Hammer and the Black and White Divine Blade can suppress it without any problem.
Both are top-tier spiritual treasures, so which one is inferior to the other? Besides, it also has a Blue Lightning Hammer!
Zhou Huo's only advantage in the law of time was easily wiped out by Cao Ya using the law of light.
"You..." Zhou Huo looked horrified, blood streaming down his face, and stared at Cao Ya with utter shock!
He was actually no match for a God-King who had only recently broken through to the next level?!
Such combat power is almost on par with that of a third-stage God-King!
Cao Ya remained calm. He still had many techniques he hadn't used yet, such as the Great Sun Tathagata Fist, the Path of Reincarnation, darkness, and flames. Which one wasn't powerful? Basically, they were all at the six-star level!
He only used three treasures, along with their corresponding lightning, swordsmanship, life, and death, plus light, space, and time, and he couldn't even handle it... Even the Holy Emperor of the Primordial Royal Family is nothing more than this.
He looked around and saw that, apart from himself, Qin Yu was wielding the Remnant Snow Divine Spear, its sharpness unmatched, and had also wounded the Thunder Nightmare God King.
Indeed, both of them have mastered the spatial arts, but Zhou Wulian is even more powerful in the "Law of Time"!
However, Qin Yu possessed a new universe, and the power that surged forth directly negated time!
Under such circumstances, the Remnant Snow Divine Spear, which has merged with the Xuanhuang Qi and is even more extraordinary than the Primordial Spiritual Qi, is not something that Zhou Wulian, who only possesses a second-rate spiritual treasure, can defeat!
The fact that Zhou Wulian survived defeat already demonstrates her strength and skillful use of time.
Despite being enemies, Qin Yu had to admire Zhou Wulian; his personal cultivation surpassed that of the Northwest Holy Emperor and the Arctic Holy Emperor! Those two won by relying on spiritual treasures!
In the other three battlefields, the Death God King controlled the Wanliu Scepter, and black energy surged, creating a terrifying scene.
However, the Arctic Holy Emperor "Jiang Fan" was already powerful, and with the Dark Source Spirit Pearl, he was not at all inferior.
The clash between the two was the most intense of the five battle groups!
It's hard to say who's better!
However, Jiang Fan's expression was not good as he looked at the "Wanliu Scepter".
This first-class spiritual treasure was forged by Qin Yu in Jiang Lan's wooden mansion in Snowdrift City. The appearance of spiritual treasure lightning is a sign to the divine realm!
He had basically decided that by betrothing his daughter Jiang Li to Qin Yu, and including the quota for the first mission, he would receive two first-class spiritual treasures. In this way, Snowdrift City would have a great chance to surpass Thunder Punishment City and become the leader of the eight royal families!
However, the conditions offered by Lei Fa City made Jiang Fan change his mind.
Seeing this now, Jiang Fan has many feelings.
"Trash who sells his daughter." The God of Death sneered, completely despising Jiang Fan's character.
"Crazy woman!" Jiang Fan retorted, unleashing a torrent of dark laws and displaying the power of the Dark Source Spirit Pearl against the Myriad Willow Scepter!
Both were engrossed in their battle, unwilling to be defeated by the other!
As for Thunder God King "Zhou Tong"... he was no match for Yi Feng God King, and he had no first-class spiritual treasures. On the other hand, he originally had "Ten Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains", and later received a gift from Qin Yu. With two first-class spiritual treasures by his side, he easily suppressed Zhou Tong!
They even had the strength to support the Death God King and besiege the Arctic Holy Emperor!
The God of Death snorted coldly, but did not refuse.
She alone could not defeat the Arctic Holy Emperor.
Jiang Fan's expression changed instantly; a sweep of his divine sense revealed his face to be as black as charcoal.
Zhou Ran was also completely suppressed by Jiang Li using a first-class spiritual treasure. Considering the disadvantages of Zhou Huo and Zhou Wulian... after all that, only his battlefield could hold up!
None of the four Divine Kings of Thunder Punishment City managed to draw; they were all defeated!
"Jiang Fan, you're such a fool," the Death God King mocked.
"Stop being so arrogant!" Jiang Fan roared. The Dark Source Spirit Pearl emitted an extremely dim light screen, but it was opened by the Wanliu Scepter. When Yi Feng God King's spiritual treasure swept over, he was put at a disadvantage.
It was obvious that the outcome of this battle was no longer in doubt. The combined forces of the Arctic Holy Emperor and the four Divine Kings of Thunder Punishment City should have surpassed any major power, but they suffered a setback in Misty City!
The gods of the four directions were all horrified when they saw this.
"Cao Ya and Qin Yu are probably capable of fighting against the God King who can 'stop time'!"
"Yi Feng God King, Death God King, Jiang Li God King... they all possess first-class spiritual treasures?"
"Besides 'Ten Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains,' does God King Yi Feng have a second one?"
"Where did so many magical treasures come from?"
"Crafted by 'Master Craftsman' Qin Yu? Why are there no unusual phenomena?"
"You went down to the mortal realm specifically?"
"In any case, Qin Yu's skills are unparalleled throughout history, surpassing even the first 'God of Craftsmen,' Che Houyuan!"
"Mist City can be considered the number one power in the God Realm!"
The gods were amazed. The changes in the divine realm in recent years were so great that even powerful beings like them were overwhelmed!
"Will the Thunder Punishment Celestial Venerable make a move?"
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