Jiang Chen's sudden appearance threw the scene into an almost comical state. Here was a clash among the peak Divine Kings, and yet some young cultivator had just stood up.
When the Crimson Water Divine King saw Jiang Chen rise to his feet, he immediately barked, "Junior Zhen, don't be presumptuous! Sit back down! This is a contest among peak Divine King sovereigns — what business do you have getting involved?"
Jiang Chen smiled faintly. "I'm not doing this for anything else — it's for that old scoundrel's blasphemous little speech! Nine Cauldrons, you there — get out here! I'm going to beat you until you can't even take care of yourself!"
He jabbed a finger at the Nine Cauldrons Divine King, looking thoroughly displeased.
The Nine Cauldrons Divine King was utterly bewildered. Where had this young brat gotten the nerve to challenge him? Were all the subordinates under the Crimson Water Divine King lacking brains?
"Crimson Water, is this how you train your people in the Crimson Water Minor World? If you can't keep them in line, I'll discipline them for you!" The Nine Cauldrons Divine King wore the sneering expression of a man who knew he had every right to be furious.
In Jiang Chen's chest, a surge of rage and a torrent of blood converged upon a single point. His entire bloodline felt as though it were igniting.
Hundreds of thousands of years of suppression — every humiliation from his past life and his present one — all condensed upon that single point!
BOOM!
The bottleneck forged by the fusion of his bloodlines shattered in an instant!
Jiang Chen took one step forward and broke through into the Divine King realm.
At that very moment, the seal within Jiang Chen's divine consciousness erupted of its own accord, shattering into motes of light that vanished before his eyes.
Then a token — slightly narrower than a palm, and slightly longer — materialized in front of him. As it hovered there, it seemed as though an entire world was opening up before Jiang Chen, as if the boundless starry sky itself were unfurling for his benefit.
A Creation Token!
Jiang Chen's mind stirred. He snatched the object into his hand, immediately channeling his divine consciousness into it, inscribing his spiritual imprint upon it in one swift motion.
Master bond established!
Beneath Jiang Chen's divine imprint, the Creation Token began to unleash tremendous cosmic force. A vortex of staggering proportions spiraled up around him, as though a brand-new world were slowly taking shape.
Among the onlookers, someone with keen eyes cried out in alarm, "What is that? Is it the Heavenly Dao Taiyuan Token?"
"A Creation Token!"
"How does that boy have a Creation Token?!"
"Stop him — stop him now!"
The scene descended into utter chaos. Even the Towering Heaven Celestial Emperor, who had ostensibly already given up the fight, suddenly had eyes blazing with fervor, an expression of raw greed overtaking his features. The Northern Darkness Divine King rushed to the Towering Heaven Celestial Emperor's side. "Your Majesty, that is a Creation Token. If you can seize it, you will become the Celestial Emperor recognized by Creation itself! From that day forward, your prestige will shake the world — who would dare defy you?"
The Towering Heaven Celestial Emperor's eyes were bloodshot. "We join forces! Help me claim that object, and in the days to come I will share this Taiyuan Grand World with you!"
The Crimson Water Divine King was momentarily slow to process what was happening, but he snapped back to his senses almost at once and shouted, "Junior Zhen, get over here — this king will protect you while you refine it!"