The most terrifying aspect of this wave of attack was that it appeared to lack any dramatic or flashy phenomenon, yet it carried a momentum capable of sweeping away everything. Within that confined space, it obliterated every material structure, as if thoroughly scouring the void from end to end.
The Heavenly Demon Ancestor's scream rang out — then was swallowed whole.
The next instant, the sky and cosmos were utterly clear. Within a radius of several dozen li, nothing remained save the collapsing space. The grass and trees that had once grown there, the hills, the roads — all of it had become absolute nothingness. There was only the terrifying implosion of the void.
The power of that single strike, and the precision with which it was controlled, left even
The Four Divine Beasts' eyes had turned strange as well. In their gazes, one could even detect a flicker of something like fear.
It was obvious — this kind of attack had surpassed the boundaries of their understanding. If they had been placed in the Heavenly Demon Ancestor's position instead, they would have been the ones reduced to ash and nothingness.
"He's dead?" The Grand Fortune White
"He should be dead." The
The Vermilion Bird Divine Beast smiled bitterly. "Chen Shao, you had a weapon of mass destruction like this — why did you wait until now to use it? We really went through a brutal fight!"
But
The fight against the Heavenly Demon Ancestor had indeed provided an enormous boost to their growth.
Jiang Chen laughed aloud, lightening the atmosphere. "Brother Long understands me best. It's not that I didn't want to use this weapon — I simply wasn't sure just how terrifying its destructive power truly was!"
"It's far too terrifying," the Vermilion Bird Divine Beast sighed. "I can't even begin to imagine the destructive force behind that single strike. What's most frightening is the level of control — it was absolutely perfect. There was no indiscriminate overkill, no waves of collateral destruction spreading outward endlessly. That kind of precision is something only a cultivator at the ninth level of the Divine Dao could possess."
Jiang Chen merely smiled without comment. The ninth level of the Divine Dao? That was the realm of the Celestial Emperors — those who had peered into the supreme Heavenly Dao at the very terminus of the Divine Dao, won the acknowledgment of Creation itself, and become true sovereigns of divinity. They were the absolute pinnacle!
In the myriad worlds, cultivators at the ninth level of the Divine Dao were not exactly rare. But those who had cultivated to the half-step God King realm? Far fewer. And those who had truly reached the God King realm? As rare as phoenix feathers and unicorn horns.
Even upon achieving the God King realm, without the recognition of Creation, without obtaining the Celestial Creation Token, one could never become a Celestial Emperor.
To be called a Celestial Emperor, one had to satisfy several conditions — and all of them simultaneously.
First, one's cultivation had to be firmly established at the God King level.
Second, one had to obtain Creation's acknowledgment and receive the Celestial Creation Token.
Third, one had to refine one's own Celestial World.
These conditions might not sound complicated on the surface, but actually fulfilling them? That was another matter entirely. Across the vast expanse of the cosmos, there were many Celestial Worlds, but every single one already had a supreme Celestial Emperor presiding over it. Trying to seize another's dominion — easier said than done.
Refining one's own Celestial World from scratch? Even harder still.
This was why, although Celestial Emperors possessed God King-level cultivation, their actual combat strength was far greater than that of ordinary God Kings — thanks to the Celestial Creation Token and the power of Creation it channeled.
A Celestial Emperor's strike could effortlessly annihilate a common God King. It was precisely because of the Celestial Creation Token, the acknowledgment of Creation, and the amplification of Creation's power.
Under normal circumstances, as long as a Celestial Emperor's Creation Token had not been seized or refined by another, killing a Celestial Emperor was virtually impossible!