Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

Ye Mo let out a roar as the thirty-meter Hellfire Battle Deity shattered like glass and vanished from the sky. Cao Zhengchun’s body was sent flying backwards. Landing on the ground and spitting out mouthfuls of fresh blood, he was in a terrible state.

“Cao Zhengchun, what else do you have to say?” Ye Mo asked.

He landed right in front of him and withdrew his aura. Cao Zhengchun, with his golden body broken, had been wounded beyond healing – recovery was going to be extremely difficult. “I’ll never forget the moment when you killed my master. Now, it’s time for payback.”

“Haha, I didn’t expect you to have such powers,” Cao Zhengchun said. “But your end is near regardless. The Emperor is finishing up his closed-door training and will return very soon. When he finds the Emperor Faction and the Martial Faction at war, the Emperor will execute you. No one will be able to save you. Kill me and you’ll soon join me in hell.”

He coughed blood onto the sand and kept talking. “When the Emperor returns, his strength will be unprecedented. A Tier Three Transcendence Body, perhaps even a Tier Four. And he’ll be protected by the Emperor’s Aura. Together with the powers of the Empress, he’ll be at his peak strength. No matter how many tricks you have up your sleeve, you won’t be able to escape him.”

Cao Zhengchun knew that Li Tianqiong’s close-door training was held in some high-grade kingdom in the skies. Before his training, Li Tianqiong had possessed a Tier Two Transcendence Body – this training trip would definitely allow him to make another breakthrough.

“The end is near for me?” Ye Mo laughed sarcastically as he displayed his Will of the Six Dao Cycle once again. The towering Six Dao Deities descended again. Staring coldly at Cao Zhengchun, he said, “It doesn’t matter how powerful the Emperor’s Aura is. You must not notice the six deity figures behind me. Every one of them has the power to destroy the heavens. With my strength in the Explosive Energy Realm, coupled with my cultivation of the Qian Kun Energy Gathering Formation, my training advancement speed is unmatched. Once I advance to the Spirit Devour Realm, fighters with Tier Two Transcendence Body won’t be a match for me. With my abilities, I’ll be able to break into the Transcendence Realm within half a year. When that happens, even Li Tianqiong will be no match for me.”

“You? Those six things behind you are deities?” Cao Zhengchun was taken by surprise, “How do you have such a will? Don’t tell me that is the Will of the Six Dao Cycle of the Door of Desolation?”

“That’s right,” Ye Mo nodded, smiling viciously. “This is the Will of the Six Dao Cycle. As for my master, she’s exceeded the Transcendence Realm. Do you really think Li Tianqiong will be able to kill me? You must be dreaming.”

As he spoke, he launched the Sky Blood Spear in his hand forward. Cao Zhengchun’s face changed as a seal was activated beside his body. A Level Four Seal formed into a golden plate that wrapped around his body. Ye Mo’s Sky Blood Spear was unable to pierce through the golden plate and hurt him.

“Level Four Defense Seal – Golden Plate Seal?”

Ye Mo was taken by surprise – Level Four Seals were at the same power level as those in the Transcendence Realm.

“That’s right, this is the Golden Plate Seal,” Cao Zhengchun said. “You won’t get to kill me so easily. Wait as I slowly heal my wounds, you won’t be able to stop when I escape.”

Cao Zhengchun started to sit cross-legged as he took out a hundred Level Three heartstones from his Dimensional Bracelet. Using the energy core inside the heartstones to sustain the seal, he started to tend to his own injuries.

“You really think you can just hide inside?” Ye Mo mocked as he channeled his Rising Dragon Pillars and reached into the golden plate.

“Haha, go and die!” Someone laughed behind Ye Mo. A man who looked identical to Cao Zhengchun charged at Ye Mo with both hands holding the Lightning Thunder Blade.

It was the perfect ambush. Cao Zhengchun’s clone executed the perfect sneak attack.

It was the clone that Cao Zhengchun spent over a year cultivating when he reached the peak Spirit Devour Realm. Since his actual self advancing to the Transcendence Realm, his clone also had a hint of Transcendence Aura, which meant that he was far stronger than fighters in the peak Spirit Devour Realm.

Striking down, the Lightning Thunder Blade clashed with Ye Mo’s Caged Dragon Armor, sending crack out from the contact point before the armor shattered. But, upon reaching Ye Mo’s body, the blade was unable to stab through his flesh.

Cao Zhengchun’s clone was shocked – this was beyond comprehension. His attack was able to shatter the Caged Dragon Armor but not hurt Ye Mo’s body.

“I forgot to inform you, my body is actually my strongest base of defense,” Ye Mo said. “My Caged Dragon Armor is just for aesthetics.”

Ye Mo turned around and launched a kick, sending Cao Zhengchun’s clone flying backward. Ye Mo shifted in front of the clone and started to channel the Rising Dragon Pillars. He unleashed a frightening amount of devouring power as it chomped at Cao Zhengchun’s clone, absorbing the clone’s energy.

“What do you have inside your body?” Cao Zhengchun said, a look of shock and fear on his face. “Why is my clone feel like its powers are diminishing? No…you’re absorbing them! How?”

“I’ll tell you when I get to hell!” Ye Mo mocked as he absorbed all of Cao Zhengchun’s True Energy Clone’s energy. An enormous amount of power seeped into Ye Mo’s body.

With the Rising Dragon Pillars absorbing all of that energy, the Caged Dragon Powers awakened again.

Ye Mo awakened 20,000 rays of Caged Dragon Powers.

Ye Mo’s aura boosted in strength explosively again. At the same time, Ye Mo’s body experienced another round of transformation, with the energy in his body once again combining with his Meridian Nerves and his flesh and blood.

Ye Mo made yet another breakthrough – after absorbing the clone of a fighter in the peak of the Spirit Devour Realm, he made it all the way to the intermediate stage of the Explosive Energy Realm.

“Cao Zhengchun, thanks to your attack, I managed to make another breakthrough in my training,” Ye Mo said. “You should know by now how easy it is for me to advance up the realms. Anyone who opposes me will end in nothing else but death.”

With 240,000 rays of Caged Dragon Powers, the aura in his body rose once again. Like an ancient deity, he sent a spear strike towards Cao Zhengchun.

Boom!

The Level Four Golden Plate Seal was split in half. Taking a big step forward, he could see Cao Zhengchun’s helpless expression.

“Ye Mo, you?” Cao Zhengchun’s voice was hoarse, seemingly in denial over the fact that Ye Mo had become even stronger. “What’s your martial training technique? How can you advance to the next stage just by absorbing a True Energy Clone? This is no ordinary technique. Don’t tell me, is this the technique of the gods?”

“Do you still think the end is near for me?” Ye Mo grabbed Cao Zhengchun by the throat and violently lifted him. Punching him in the stomach, he said, “This is for my master.”

Cao Zhengchun puked out a mouthful of blood.

Another punch!

“This is for Uncle Xiao.”

Cao Zhegngchun’s Meridian Nerves were already shattered from two punches from Ye Mo, his body on the verge of collapse.

“No, don’t kill me.”

Cao Zhengchun was on the verge of losing consciousness.

“This last punch, though, is for me!”

Ye Mo let out a ferocious roar as he launched Cao Zhengchun into the air. Clenching his fist, Cao Zhengchun was pulled back to his direction. Channeling the Will of the Six Dao Cycle onto his right fist, he sent a punch across!

Bam!

Straight through the head!