Come On, Son! You Got to Breakthrough Now!

Boom!

Rumble!!

Gu Xiu tread the void, with fists shaking the heavens, even the Nine Heavens Gang Wind was torn apart by the force of his punches. Clearly, his cultivation was at the Tiaoist Palace Realm, yet he unleashed power comparable to a Saint.

The Demon Lord grew more alarmed with each clash.

What was thought to be an easily crushed ant turned out to be a heaven-defying Demon.

When Gu Xiu struck again, shattering his Protective Gang Qi, the Demon Lord's body crumbled, taking its first real injury.

"Human Clan, I shall take your life!!"

The Demon Lord was furious, his body transforming into a fearsome beast of hundred feet, a ferocious aura rippling as terrifying energy blasted from his bloodthirsty maw, vowing to obliterate Gu Xiu on the spot.

The latter was unfazed, his Emperor Extreme Dominator Fist was already at its pinnacle, a single punch could wipe out heaven and earth.

Gu Xiu's body was bloodstained, yet he did not retreat a step, relentlessly assaulting the Demon Lord, indifferent to the injuries he sustained.

In the face of his Undying Divine Body, unless he fell instantly, even the gravest of wounds were insignificant.

The Great Success of the Undying Divine Body allows one drop of blood to reincarnate entirely.

Though Gu Xiu had not cultivated his Undying Divine Body to Great Success, he had surpassed the Small Success stage, barely able to achieve Essence Blood Rebirth.

Simply put.

Even if his body disintegrated, as long as a drop of Essence Blood remained, it could reform his body.

This way.

The present wounds naturally mattered little to Gu Xiu.

Soon.

The damages on the Demon Lord worsened, as Gu Xiu unleashed another punch, the former's head exploded violently, and his headless body descended from the Nine Layers Heaven.

Reverse strike on Demon Lord!

Witnessing this scene, the battlefield of Nine Layers Heaven suddenly fell silent, seemingly stunned by what had unfolded.

With Tiaoist Palace Realm cultivation, reverse striking a Demon Lord comparable to a Saint.

Achieving such a feat was only possible for a Young Emperor.

Emperor Talent!

If previously, strongmen from various factions considered Gu Xiu's Emperor Talent merely for the sake of the Gu Family, then at the moment the Demon Lord fell, they possessed not a sliver of doubt.

"This child will surely attain Emperor status if he doesn't perish!"

The Saint King of the Ancient Zhou Family spoke gravely.

Yet.

At that very moment.

The void fractured.

A terrifying chasm-like aura tore through the heavens for billions of miles, followed by torrents of the Great Tao descending from the Nine Heavens, seemingly eradicating the entire defense of Nine Layers Heaven.

Gu Xiu, as the target of this strike, felt his hair stand erect, the dreadful attack before arriving already causing his body to crumble, with signs of imminent death and vanishing Tao.

"Demon Emperor—"

Gu Xiu's mind shook, such power completely exceeded his withstandable limits.

If this strike fell.

Then despite his Undying Divine Body at Small Success, he was destined to perish here.

After all!

The Demon Emperor was too strong!

This being able to rival a Quasi Emperor, could with a thought annihilate millions and with a finger obliterate worlds, even Saints and Great Saints were akin to ants before such existence.

"Demon Emperor... I, the Great Emperor, sit here, a mere Demon Emperor dares lay hands on my Human Clan prodigy, truly does this Great Emperor seem old?"

A cool voice resounded, followed by a hand reaching from the Immortal City of the Ninth Layer Heaven, instantly shattering the rules of the Great Tao, piercing through the Chaos Void, grabbing the arm of the Demon Emperor, and tearing it away forcefully.

Rip!

The Emperor Blood scattered like columns down.

A blood-stained arm was torn off directly, then discarded casually by the hand.

"Xia Tianjun!!!"

A voice of pain mixed with anger sounded from the Chaotic Starry Sky, with shock and deep dread toward Xia Tianjun's power.

Simultaneously.

In the void.

A domineering figure tread the void, standing with hands behind his back at the Ninth Layer Heaven, the millions of Gang Wind suddenly quieting, turning gentle like lambs, acknowledging the unmatched might.

"Mere Demon Emperor dares to call my name directly, let your clan's Demon Emperor come forth before saying anything!"

Xia Tianjun sneered disdainfully, then struck with a punch, within an instant piercing the barrier of the Ninth Layer Heaven, a hideous gaping hole emerged, followed by the color of horror on the one-armed Demon Emperor being slaughtered by the punch directly.

Boom—

The Demon Emperor's body exploded, turning into a blood mist spreading across the skies, Xia Tianjun waved his hand and summoned a blood-stained inner core into his palm.

At this moment.

The shattered void slowly began to mend.

Xia Tianjun casually tossed, letting the Demon Core fall into the hand of a Xia Family prodigy, then his figure vanished.

However, it was so.

The battlefield of the Ninth Layer Heaven plunged into an eerie silence, the domineering form etched into their minds, unforgettable.

"A punch to destroy a Demon Emperor, truly the renown of the Ancient Xia Family's Xia Tianjun is well-founded!"

The Emperor Extreme Great Saint took a deep breath, expressing admiration for Xia Tianjun's power.

To know.

Xia Tianjun had not reached the Emperor Realm, his cultivation remained at the Quasi Emperor level.

The slain Demon Emperor also had Quasi Emperor cultivation.

However.

The latter stood no chance against the former.

Both as Quasi Emperors.

The disparity was extraordinarily vast.

In the battle of Tai Chu Ancient Land, Xia Tianjun was overwhelmed by Gu Qingfeng, not because the former was not strong, but the latter was excessively heaven-defying.

Now, competing within the same realm, Xia Tianjun's punch slaughtered the Demon Emperor, revealing the terror of the Xia Family Thirteen Ancestors.

With the fall of a Demon Emperor, the morale of the Ninth Layer Heaven soared.

Soon.

The news of the battle of Ninth Layer Heaven spread across the entire Eastern Domain.

——

"One punch slaughtered a Demon Emperor, indeed Xia Tianjun's power is extraordinary, should this person achieve the Emperor Realm, he would be far stronger than an average Demon Emperor!"

Gu Qingfeng was not surprised by this news, he had witnessed Xia Tianjun's strength.

His might was not weaker than the fallen Supreme Yang Demon Emperor.

If Xia Tianjun attains the Emperor Realm, his strength could easily crush the Supreme Yang Demon Emperor.

Both were Emperors.

Yet disparities exist.

Some cultivators exhaust everything, barely attaining Emperor Realm, while others are emperors because Emperor Realm is the limit of the Lower Realm, unable to breakthrough into the Immortal Domain.

In essence.

The former reaching Emperor Realm represents the limit, while the latter is constrained by the limit of the Lower Realm, forced to linger at Emperor Realm.

The comparison is beyond simple terms.

It is evident.

Xia Tianjun is the latter.

Though he has not reached the Emperor Realm, his unachieved breakthrough was due to improper timing, this great era ensures Xia Tianjun's certain success in achieving the path.

"Speaking of which, the Supreme Yang Demon Emperor has fallen, his Demon Core was almost forgotten!"

Gu Qingfeng thought, a bloodstained Demon Core appearing in his hand, and with its appearance, a terrifying aura spread across the Gu Family, causing unease among all Gu Family cultivators, involuntarily displaying expressions of fear.

Within the Heavenly River.

The Carp Emperor and numerous Spiritual Beasts trembled.

Beyond the Gu Family.

The entire Ancestor State.

Seemed to sense the formidable oppression.

This was the might of an Emperor.

Even having fallen, a leftover Demon Core is not something ordinary people can affront.

However.

Before Gu Qingfeng, such a mere Demon Core posed no threat, for he could slay the living Supreme Yang Demon Emperor, let alone the leftover Demon Core from the fallen opposition.

Gu Qingfeng unleashed a pressure of Divine Thought, instantly quelling the aura on the Demon Core, despite its faint trembling, seemingly attempting to overcome the repression.

"The Supreme Yang Demon Emperor is dead, what could a mere Demon Core possibly achieve!"

Gu Qingfeng scoffed, then stepped forward, his body appearing in a different place.

In this location a picturesque landscape unfolds, air thick with various mighty pressures, in the core area stands a Blood Pool in view.