194: The Imperial Realm of Heaven's Destiny! Billions of stars crown me!

Outside Guiyuan Sword Domain.

Two powerful auras rapidly streaked across the sky, hovering above the Guiyuan Sword Domain.

One aura was as fiery as a blaze; wherever it passed, even the air seemed to burn.

The other aura was as sharp as a blade, carrying an unyielding metallic keenness.

“What a domineering sealing barrier, it can even block my perception.”

The owner of the fiery aura, a brawny man clad in lava armor, spoke in a booming voice.

“It’s the Blue Star Alliance’s doing. I sense Lord Sky Peak’s aura; he must be trapped inside.”

Another lean man, wielding twin blades, said with a chilling voice, “We must break it!”

The two exchanged glances, simultaneously erupting with immense power.

The lava-armored strongman punched out, sending a gigantic lava fireball, trailing a long fiery tail, smashing towards the Guiyuan Sword Domain barrier.

The dual-blade wielder, crossing his hands, unleashed two hundred-meter-long cross-shaped blade auras, following closely behind.

These two were none other than Sixteenth Order Anxing Legendary!

They were Lord Sky Peak’s lieutenants, tasked with providing support in the nearby area. As soon as they detected the earth-shattering anomaly in Howling Canyon, they immediately rushed over.

As the two destructive forces were about to strike the Guiyuan Sword Domain, Bai Xiao, who was managing the array core, frowned.

Maintaining such a vast spatial blockade was quite draining for him and the Ling Shu Sword Guard.

If it were to endure another powerful external impact, the stability of the blockade would inevitably be affected.

Just then, a gentle and sacred light bloomed before them.

Within the radiance, a woman holding a scepter and dressed in elegant white robes quietly appeared.

Her face was sacred, and her demeanor noble; she was none other than ‘Lord of Radiance’ Apolosi.

“Gentlemen, this path is impassable.”

Apolosi’s voice was calm, and her scepter gently tapped the ground.

Buzz!

A hemispherical shield, composed of pure light elements, rose from the ground, protecting her and the Guiyuan Sword Domain behind her.

The lava fireball and the cross-shaped blade auras struck the light shield almost simultaneously.

“Boom—!”

A violent explosion echoed through the sky, and chaotic energy currents swept in all directions.

However, once the light dispersed, that seemingly thin light shield remained completely intact, only rippling faintly.

“A Legendary-tier artifact?”

The lava-armored strongman and the dual-blade wielder looked at the scepter in Apolosi’s hand, their faces showing surprise.

They sensed that her rank was similar to theirs, both Sixteenth Order.

Yet, with that scepter, she had so easily blocked their combined attack.

That “Scepter of Radiance,” which was originally only of gold-grade, had, after Su Jin’s Sublimation, transformed into a true Legendary Holy Artifact.

Apolosi looked at the two men, whose expressions were uncertain, and smiled, “If you wish to pass, you must first get past me.”

Bai Xiao glanced at the calmly handling Apolosi, and a subtle shift seemed to occur on his usually composed face.

But he quickly withdrew his gaze, refocusing all his attention on maintaining the [Annihilation Sword Domain].

At the same time, the corner of his eye was fixed on the battlefields on both sides.

On the sword body, the power of annihilation law was poised and ready.

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Within the Guiyuan Sword Domain’s giant pit, silence reigned.

Lord Sky Peak’s ornate black robe flapped in the wind.

His previous refined and amiable demeanor had long vanished.

He glanced at the mountain that had been leveled, then at the Guiyuan Sword Domain barrier that enveloped them.

“What a fine cage.”

He spoke, his voice devoid of emotion.

“Using a thousand gold-tier mindscapes as a foundation, twisting reality, and then a swordsman who has mastered the true name of annihilation as the core lock.”

“Lord Su, you’ve truly gone to great lengths to deal with me.”

“Against someone like you, no amount of caution is too much,” Su Jin calmly responded.

“But.”

Lord Sky Peak slowly raised his hands, palms facing each other.

“You think you’ve trapped me, but in reality, haven’t you also locked yourself in with me?”

Between his palms, space shattered like a mirror.

Centered on him, the entire world within the Guiyuan Sword Domain began to wildly fold, replicate, and displace.

The pit before them, in the next moment, became an abyss of ten thousand fathoms.

The barrier overhead, in an instant, turned into the ground beneath their feet.

Countless figures of Lord Sky Peak appeared in all directions, each lifelike, each with icy, piercing eyes.

They either formed hand seals, drew swords, or simply stood silently, yet all their killing intent was locked onto Su Jin alone.

[Domain · Thousandfold Mirror Abyss]

This was his spatial domain as a Sixteenth Order Legendary Monarch.

Here, he was the creator; he could arbitrarily modify distance, orientation, and dimension.

Every spatial fragment was his weapon, and every mirror image was his clone.

For his enemies, this was an unsolvable labyrinth, a certain death trap.

“Now, how will you find the real me?”

Countless Lord Sky Peaks spoke simultaneously, their voices overlapping to form a grand, soul-shaking echo.

Amidst this dazzling and fragmented world, Su Jin remained exceptionally quiet.

He even closed his eyes.

The imperial robe woven from starlight and shadow grew even more resplendent.

“In my kingdom, there’s no need for so many mirrors.”

He suddenly opened his eyes.

Those eyes, reflecting the birth and death of stars, seemed to transform into two singularities of the universe, expanding infinitely outwards.

Boom—!

A powerful will, centered on him, violently washed over the entire Guiyuan Sword Domain.

Lord Sky Peak’s created Thousandfold Mirror Abyss, before this will.

The shattered spatial fragments trembled violently, and crisp cracking sounds rose and fell.

On the mirror surface of every spatial fragment, a vast, boundless sea of stars was reflected.

The next second, cracks on the mirror surface spread wildly.

Accompanied by the terrified, distorted faces of countless Lord Sky Peak mirror images, they collapsed with a crash.

In their place was a vast, boundless sea of stars.

Brilliant star rivers circled like ribbons, and ancient nebulae slowly flowed.

A throne, forged from the light of myriad stars and the dark matter of the universe, slowly emerged in the center of the sea of stars.

[Heavenly Mandate Imperial Domain]

Domain and true name superimposed—this was Su Jin’s true power.

“Pfft—”

Lord Sky Peak’s figure was forcibly ejected from the countless mirror images.

He violently spat out a mouthful of blood, somewhat battered, and steadied himself, his face as pale as paper.

His Thousandfold Mirror Abyss, his proud spatial domain.

It had been directly covered and erased from the law level by the opponent’s domain in an instant!

The combination of the opponent’s true name and domain power, its domineering nature, was somewhat beyond his expectation.

Within this stellar domain.

He felt that even though he had unleashed his domain, his control over spatial laws was still weakened to an absolute minimum.

Every inch of space here was imprinted with another person’s will.

He had become a mortal who had trespassed into another’s divine realm.

“Authority…” Lord Sky Peak murmured, finally understanding the source of Su Jin’s confidence.

“Using one’s true name as the core, constructing the domain as a physical entity, and with this… prying open the rules of the world…”

He looked at Su Jin, somewhat aghast.

“Even with the true name unleashed, one can touch the authority of the world.”

“But… you, you can directly steal the authority of the world… How is this possible…?”

“This isn’t stealing.”

“I, also, have no need to steal.”

Su Jin’s voice echoed throughout the entire sea of stars, vast and majestic.

He walked step by step towards the throne, and finally, slowly sat down.

“I am Heavenly Mandate!”

“Why would I need to steal…?”

As he took his seat, the entire Heavenly Mandate Imperial Domain trembled violently.

Billions of stars simultaneously burst forth with their most dazzling light, and a supreme imperial pressure locked onto Lord Sky Peak.

Lord Sky Peak felt his soul tremble.

He knew he couldn’t wait any longer.

“Even if you are Heavenly Mandate, I will tear a hole in this heaven!”

He let out a roar, and all the power of a Sixteenth Order Legendary Monarch burned without reservation at this moment.

He plunged his hands into the void, as if to tear open a scroll, pulling with all his might in both directions.

Rip—

A crack of extreme blackness appeared within the Heavenly Mandate Imperial Domain.

That was not a spatial rift; it was the manifestation of “nothingness.”

It was the absolute void that annihilated all laws and devoured all matter.

This was Lord Sky Peak’s ultimate, all-or-nothing strike—[Mark of the Void].

He intended to use this wound, capable of tearing apart even a world, to destroy Su Jin’s domain, to destroy this place that made him feel humiliated.

On the throne, Su Jin watched the ever-expanding black crack that could even swallow starlight, his expression unchanged.

He simply raised his right hand and, towards that Mark of the Void, gently clenched his fist.

“I declare, in this realm, all laws return to one, all phenomena are eternal.”

The entire stellar universe, billions of stars, endless star rivers, all light and darkness, all laws and energy.

At this moment, all transformed into a torrent, surging madly into his palm.

Finally, it condensed into a… Spear of Judgment, composed of pure “authority” and “Heavenly Mandate.”

Where the spearhead pointed, the Mark of the Void also paused.

Lord Sky Peak’s pupils contracted to their limit.

Su Jin, holding the Spear of Judgment, rose from the throne.

Towards that pitch-black crack, and towards Lord Sky Peak beyond the crack, he unleashed the decisive blow.