Regardless of how furious the Nan Clan members were, they could do nothing to change the truth. A ray of divine light surged forth and swept into Lin Xun, serving as undeniable proof of his second consecutive victory. Hundreds of cultivators were present, with over half from the Eternal True Realm, yet even they couldn’t suppress the shock and dread they felt at the sight. Only now did they finally understand why the Fu Clan, an immortal giant of the Eighth Heaven Domain, had taken the initiative to recruit Lin Xun. To leave one’s name among the top hundred of the Mythic Ranking...this was not something ordinary peerless figures could ever hope to match! “Who else wants to come up and die?” Lin Xun asked calmly on the Battlefield of Gods, sweeping his gaze across the remaining Nan Clan members. It was as if he were selecting prey. That look alone made the Nan Clan members feel suffocated with rage and humiliation. “You’ve gone too far! I’ll kill you myself!” One by one, the Nan Clan members charged toward the golden corridor like enraged beasts with bloodshot eyes. However, Nan Yongqiang blocked them all. His face had turned ashen, and he growled in a low voice, “Can’t you see? That little bastard is provoking you into rushing to your deaths!” “Better to die than suffer such humiliation!” The Nan Clan members spat, their expression dark and twisted with fury. “Now that’s some backbone!” On the Battlefield of the Gods, Lin Xun gave them a thumbs up and said, “Don’t just talk big. Come on, today, I’ll send each of you on your way.” The Nan Clan members seethed with fury, but Nan Yongqiang stood firm and stopped them. With both Nan Tianba and Nan Tianzheng already dead, he couldn’t allow any more clan members to die before him. “Old bastard, you’re an Ancestor of a Path, but after suffering such a blow, all you do is stand there and watch your clan get slaughtered. Are you just going to cower like a turtle?” Lin Xun’s gaze locked onto Nan Yongqiang with undisguised provocation. It wasn’t that he was being merciless in victory. The truth was that back in Chaotian City, the Donghuang’s Four Clans, the Nan Clan included, had already banded together and declared that they would kill him here on the Battlefield of the Gods. Under such circumstances, how could Lin Xun possibly hold back? “That guy actually dares to provoke an Ancestor?!” The entire battlefield erupted in an uproar as cultivators stirred restlessly. An Ancestor of a Path was like a heavenly chasm looming over the Emperor Stage. Even supreme Emperors found it almost impossible to overcome. Across the ages, countless dazzling prodigies had tried to break through that heavenly barrier, but almost all had failed. Despite that, what did they see now? Lin Xun had brazenly provoked an Emperor Ancestor! If it weren’t for the terrifying might that Lin Xun had displayed earlier, they would’ve denounced him as arrogant, and even mad. Nan Yongqiang’s hair and beard bristled with fury. He repeated the word ‘good’ three times and his face contorted like an ancient, furious beast. “I was going to kill you. But now, killing you would be far too merciful. I’ll refine your primordial spirit and make you suffer a fate worse than death!” With those words, he stepped onto the golden corridor. “Elder, you must avenge our fallen clan brothers!” The Nan Clan members cried out in fury and grief. With a flash, Nan Yongqiang descended onto the Battlefield of the Gods. In an instant, a boundless and terrifying Ancestor aura surged from him, stirring the wind and clouds and causing heaven and earth to quake. His hair billowed, sleeves fluttered, and his thin figure radiated divine majesty, pressing down upon the surrounding void until it began to fracture. Everyone present was shaken. Even in the Eternal True Realm, an Ancestor of a Path was a being who could summon wind and rain at will. They stood high above the Emperor Stage, ruled all living beings, and gazed down upon the mountains and rivers like divine beings. Aside from the Immortal figures in existence, Ancestors reigned supreme! Moreover, Nan Yongqiang was no ordinary Ancestor of a Path. He hailed from the Seventh Heaven Domain, possessing not only a noble status, but also a cultivation so profound that it could plunge any Emperor into despair. At least here on the Battlefield of the Gods, few would dare to face Nan Yongqiang head-on. Despite that, Lin Xun’s expression remained unchanged at Nan Yongqiang’s arrival. Most believed that the Ancestors of a Path slain by him in recent years had fallen to some mysterious trump cards he possessed. However, what people believed was not always the truth! Today, he would prove to the world that the so-called heavenly chasm that was seen as impassable through the ages could be broken! A sword hum echoed from Nan Yongqiang. In the next instant, an ancient sword flew from the center of his brow, transforming into a dazzling streak of sword light that split the skies and scattered the sea of clouds like a swimming dragon! Nan Yongqiang’s gaze was icy and piercing, like a divine blade streaking through the heavens. Without a word, he grasped the ancient sword and unleashed a vicious slash. Thousands of feet of void split apart before the sword, revealing a massive rift. The sword light soared to the heavens like a celestial blade tearing through the firmament, as though both heaven and earth were being cleaved by this single strike. The instant the sword appeared— The spectators turned to one another in shock, their faces blanching with fear. Strictly speaking, Nan Yongqiang could be called a Sword Ancestor! An Ancestor of the Sword! So how terrifying was such a realm? Only now, upon witnessing that sky-cleaving strike, did the onlookers truly comprehend the terrifying might of a Sword Ancestor. Compared to him, Nan Tianba and Nan Tianzheng were like fireflies before the sun—dim and insignificant. That very first sword strike alone was enough to suppress and obliterate them all! It was like the Milky Way falling from the heavens, vast, boundless, and with no end in sight. Its sheer power was overwhelming. “Excellent.” Lin Xun’s eyes lit up with a strange light. Above his head, the Limitless Abyss Sword Cauldron quietly emerged, radiating billions of rays of light. This was the first time he had summoned his life-bound Emperor weapon since setting foot on the Battlefield of the Gods. Within his body, his cultivation surged like a molten furnace in chaotic times, roaring with power. His strength soared to an unprecedented level. “Open!” Lin Xun let out a thunderous roar, his black hair whipping wildly in the air. A vast abyss suddenly appeared before him, and within it floated the Limitless Abyss Sword Cauldron, shielding him completely. As the ten-thousand-foot sword qi came hurtling forth, the abyss roared like a monstrous maw, devouring the torrent of sword qi. Then, within the abyss, countless powers formed from the laws of the great dao condensed into indestructible hammers, smashing the sword qi to pieces. Meanwhile, the roar of the Limitless Abyss Sword Cauldron unleashed a power that utterly annihilated the sky-cleaving sword qi, reducing it to nothingness. Many spectators widened their eyes in shock. That was the wrath of an Ancestor of a Path. It was powerful enough to slay any Emperor. Now, in a direct confrontation, it had been obliterated by Lin Xun, an eighth realm supreme Emperor! This was simply unbelievable. The event overturned everything they thought they knew! “Hmph!” Nan Yongqiang snorted coldly. He bent his fingers and lightly flicked the ancient sword in his hand, as if plucking the strings of a pipa. With each flick of his finger, a small sword materialized. After nine flicks, nine flying swords had formed, drawing long, dazzling arcs through the void, like heavenly rivers crossing the sky, as they slashed down at Lin Xun with murderous intent. Before those nine swords, space and distance seemed meaningless. In the blink of an eye, they were already upon Lin Xun. The heavens and the earth overturned, and the sun and the moon inverted. Nine streams of sword light struck in succession, causing the abyss before Lin Xun to tremble violently. In the end, it began to show faint signs of collapse. That abyss was the embodiment of Lin Xun’s cultivation. One could imagine the terrifying power behind those nine swords. “Destroy them!” Without hesitation, Lin Xun urged the Limitless Abyss Sword Cauldron to strike. A barrage of explosive collisions rang out like crashing thunder. Sword qi intertwined and cold light pierced the nine heavens. Even the Limitless Abyss Sword Cauldron buzzed ceaselessly under the relentless impact. Within moments, both sides exchanged hundreds and even thousands of blows. Then, amid a series of deafening explosions, the nine sword qi were shattered one after another by Lin Xun’s cauldron, disintegrating into nothingness in mid-air. In the audience, no one could remain calm. Despite being a whole cultivation level lower, Lin Xun was actually fighting an Ancestor of a Path head-on! It was nothing short of a miracle. If word of this got out, it would shake the world to its core. After all, in this duel, Lin Xun hadn’t used a single trump card. He relied solely on his own strength and his life-bound Emperor weapon to contend with Nan Yongqiang! “The sword sweeps across the nine heavens, shattering the cosmos. One slash strikes the gates of life and death!” Nan Yongqiang stepped forward, his voice cold as ice. The ancient sword in his hand blazed with a brilliance more vast than ever before, forming a dazzling ray of sword light that soared into the sky like a dragon taking flight. The sword cleaved the void in half. Terrifying rifts split space apart, unleashing violent spatial storms. Chaos engulfed the heavens and earth. Aeth qi surged wildly, as though the world had erupted in fury. Lin Xun countered with the Limitless Abyss Sword Cauldron. Power surged violently around him, but in the end, he seemed unable to withstand the terrifying strike and was blasted backward. That sword blow forced Lin Xun back! “Kill him! Kill him!” Cries of excitement erupted from the Nan Clan members. Meanwhile, many others inwardly sighed. To stand against an Ancestor of a Path in direct combat was already an unbelievable feat. However, for Lin Xun to break through this heavenly barrier...there seemed to be little hope. After all, he was just an eighth realm supreme Emperor. How could he possibly contend with an Ancestor of a Path? What no one could have expected— Although blasted back, Lin Xun was not truly suppressed. On the contrary, the more he fought, the fiercer he became! By contrast, Nan Yongqiang’s expression turned darker and more grim. The fact that he failed to kill Lin Xun immediately left him agitated and embarrassed. “Myriad Extinctions.” In an instant, Nan Yongqiang unleashed four ultimate killing sword arts. Their brilliance dazzled the heavens and left everyone present reeling in shock and awe. The Battlefield of the Gods was shredded by torrents of sword qi, turning into a churning sea of chaos. The sword power was terrifying beyond compare, like an enraged divine storm rampaging through the skies. Towering columns of sword qi roared and spun, shaking heaven and earth as if to tear apart the world! Get full chapters from NoveI-Fire.ɴet Engulfed by countless threads of sword qi, Lin Xun fought with his all. Dao light roared and surged from him as he pushed his power to the absolute limit. In that moment, he was like a furnace yet not a furnace, like an abyss yet not an abyss. He radiated an infinite, boundless might. Dao laws surged and evolved into wondrous visions that flooded the world like a tidal wave. Most striking of all was the Limitless Abyss Sword Cauldron. It hummed like crashing waves, as if becoming one with Lin Xun’s body, accompanying him as he wielded divine power and battled across heaven and earth. From afar, he could be seen crushing and shattering wave after wave of sword qi, advancing through the raging torrent of power and closing in on Nan Yongqiang!