322: Who is Lu Chen?

The five Department Directors all gasped, their expressions changing dramatically!

"Star...Starfall Envoy?!"

"The Realm Lord actually wants to invite them?!"

The Ten Starfall Envoys were not ordinary powerhouses; they were the most powerful legends of the Spirit Realm, callable only by the Realm Lord himself.

Their very existence was a deterrent, a terrifying symbol capable of striking fear into all powerhouses of the Spirit Realm!

Fairy Meng Li, the Director of the Dharma Transmission Department, trembled at her fingertips: "I once read in ancient texts... that the Starfall Envoys are not Mortals, but war machines cultivated by the Spirit Realm, using the spirits of a hundred thousand fallen warriors as a guide, fused with the cores of ten fallen stars! Each one has, by their own power, annihilated an entire Soul Transformation Sect!"

Spirit Firmament Child, the Director of the Spirit Guiding Department, murmured: "No... it's more than that. I once saw a residual image in a monitoring Formation Plate—the three great Blood Gods of the Blood Realm jointly attacked 'Lei Jicang, the Venerable of Heavenly Punishment,' and the result... all three Blood Gods were blasted into ashes by the Nine Heavens Divine Thunder! Since then, no one in the Blood Realm has dared to utter the words 'rebellion' again!"

Xing Wushe, the Commander of the Law Enforcement Department, even had a flicker of awe in his eyes: "They are the ultimate means prepared by the Spirit Realm to counter the Immortal Realm! Every time they are deployed, a world is surely annihilated, and a Star Domain surely collapses! The Realm Lord... would actually use such power for a Nascent Soul Cultivator?!"

The command talisman instantly flew out of the Tianshu Grand Hall, heading straight for the War God Hall deep within the Spirit Realm.

The War God Hall is located at the northernmost end of the Spirit Realm. This was once an ancient battlefield.

The Ten Starfall Envoys are stationed here.

They are the most powerful war machines in the Spirit Realm; each one has, by their own power, destroyed nations and annihilated clans.

The Blood Realm, Netherworld, Monster Realm, Demon Realm, Soul Realm, Void Realm, and others were all conquered and ruled by these ten War Gods.

Their names themselves are synonymous with destruction.

Soon, ten figures stepped out from the War God Hall.

They were clad in profound gold battle armor, inscribed with countless runes, and their aura was as deep as an abyss, as oppressive as a prison.

Leading them was none other than Lei Jicang, the Venerable of Heavenly Punishment.

He wore thunder-patterned battle armor, a purple lightning seal flickered between his brows, and nine divine thunders coiled around his body. He was the leader of the Ten Starfall Envoys, a peerless powerhouse at the Late Stage of the Tribulation Crossing Realm. He once, by his own power, invoked the Nine Heavens Heavenly Punishment to blast and kill the three great Blood Gods of the Blood Realm. Since then, the Blood Realm submitted to the Spirit Realm, becoming a land of blood slaves for the Spirit Realm.

Behind him, Nether Sorrow, the Venerable of Eternal Tribulation, Lu Xinmo, the Venerable of Blood Abyss, Yan Jin, the Venerable of World Incineration, and the other nine, were all powerhouses in the Tribulation Crossing Realm, each possessing means to destroy the heavens and annihilate the earth.

"The Realm Lord has commanded." The messenger knelt, "In the Lower Realm, on the Tianqi Continent, there is a Nascent Soul Cultivator named Lu Chen, who claims to be the Heavenly Dao and killed our three envoys. You are to immediately descend to the Lower Realm, capture Lu Chen; if alive, bring him back, if dead, bring his corpse."

Lei Jicang sneered: "A Nascent Soul? Dares to call himself the Heavenly Dao?"

Nether Sorrow whispered: "Just an ant, a single punch will kill him."

Lu Xinmo's eyes flickered with blood light: "Perfect... I need some essence blood to Cultivate the Blood Abyss Demonic Tome."

Yan Jin scoffed: "Is the Realm Lord getting senile? To deal with a mere Nascent Soul, he actually sent all ten of us!"

The leader, Lei Jicang, said in a deep voice: "I know Spirit Firmament Child, that fellow; he's always cautious and cunning. He shouldn't be so ignorant. It seems this Lu Chen must have some strength! Very likely, he is the Reincarnation of some great power."

The ten said no more, transforming into ten streaks of light, following the deep blue Spirit Realm passage, heading towards the shattered Small World—Tianqi Continent.

Meanwhile, in the Tianshu Grand Hall, Spirit Firmament Child and the five Department Directors quietly watched the Star Gazing Mirror, observing the performance of the Ten Starfall Envoys.

In their eyes, the arrival of the Ten Starfall Envoys had already pronounced Lu Chen's death sentence.

A Nascent Soul killing a Soul Transformation was already Heaven-Defying.

The Starfall Envoys were in the Tribulation Crossing Realm, not to mention Lei Jicang was in the Late Stage of the Tribulation Crossing Realm, with combat power ranking among the top ten in the entire Spirit Realm, only slightly weaker than Spirit Firmament Child... Just as Ling was about to detonate all the spiritual power in his body to perish together with Liu Lanyan—

An irresistible, terrifying power suddenly descended!

Lu Chen grabbed with five fingers in the air—

In an instant, heaven and earth changed color!

A giant hand, condensed from pure Law, like pinching an ant, seized Ling Tian from afar!

Ling Tian was struck by lightning, his whole body trembled violently, his Nascent Soul vibrated madly within him, almost disintegrating! He wanted to struggle, wanted to circulate his Cultivation Technique, but found that his Meridians, Dantian, Divine Soul, and even his breathing and heartbeat, were completely confined by an invisible force!

He couldn't move.

He couldn't even lift a single finger.

He felt as if he had fallen into an ice cave, a chill rushing from his spine to his crown, cold sweat instantly soaking his Daoist robe.

He discovered in horror—even though they were both at the Nascent Soul Peak, Lu Chen's suppression of him was absolute, overwhelming, like a god looking down on an ant!

Because Ling Tian cultivated the "Four Symbols Suppressing Heaven Art"—a supreme Cultivation Technique based on the Azure Dragon, White Tiger, Vermilion Bird, and Black Tortoise, reputed to be able to suppress heaven and earth and sweep away all peers!

But in Lu Chen's cave heaven, what was nurtured was the true Origin of the Four Great Divine Beasts!

This was no longer a matter of the superiority of Cultivation Techniques, but the suppression of Origin! It was like Mortals worshipping an idol, believing they had grasped the power of a god, but when the true god descended, that idol was nothing more than a clay figurine or wooden puppet!

Before Lu Chen, Ling Tian's "Four Symbols Suppressing Heaven Art" was like a son seeing his father, a grandson seeing his ancestor; his Bloodline was completely suppressed, and his Divine Soul trembled!

"You... you..." Ling Tian's pupils constricted, his voice trembling, "You not only possess the true form of the Black Tortoise, you actually also possess the Four Great Divine Beasts?! What the Hell are you still training for?!"

Lu Chen looked down coldly, his voice devoid of emotion: "You beast, still dare to threaten me? Heh, I know you're not afraid of death, don't worry... I won't let you die so easily."

"I will also let you... taste the flavor of living a life worse than death."

Before he finished speaking, Lu Chen flipped his palm—

A cluster of deep purple flames slowly emerged.

Profound Ice Violet Flame!

One of the three great true fires of the Spirit Realm, rumored to be formed by the Fusion of extreme cold and extreme heat. This fire was precisely what Lu Chen obtained from Madam Shuang!

Lu Chen guided with five fingers, and the Profound Ice Violet Flame coiled around Ling Tian's body like a spiritual snake.

"Ah ah ah ah—!!!"

Ling Tian instantly let out a scream so tragic it sounded inhuman!

That was not physical pain, but the dual torment of his Soul being frozen and then burned!

The Profound Ice Violet Flame entered his body, first using extreme cold to freeze his Meridians, Dantian, and Nascent Soul, making it impossible for him to even self-detonate;

Then using extreme heat to burn his Divine Soul, every inch of his consciousness being torn, scorched, reorganized, and then incinerated!

Ling Tian's eyes bulged, blood flowed from his seven orifices, his hair instantly turned to ashes, his skin cracked, revealing his stark white bones.

Yet he couldn't die; the Profound Ice Violet Flame precisely controlled the heat, making him repeatedly suffer between life and death!

"Plea... please... kill me..." Ling Tian roared, his voice hoarse like a broken gong, "I only ask for death!"

Lu Chen watched coldly, his eyes devoid of sorrow or joy: "Just now, weren't you very arrogant? Weren't you going to slay a god? How can you not bear it now??

Suddenly—

Above the firmament, it shattered with a roar!

A deep blue pillar of light tore through the clouds, plummeting from beyond the Nine Heavens, and wherever it passed, space disintegrated inch by inch!

The pillar of light fell directly into the center of the battlefield, the earth instantly turned into nothingness, forming a giant bottomless pit, with faint light flickering at the bottom, as if leading to the entrance of Hell.

Immediately after, ten figures slowly stepped out from the pillar of light.

A majestic voice resounded through heaven and earth:

"Who—is—Lu Chen?!"