2: Chapter 2 Great Accomplishment of the Overlord Body

A towering figure, stepping upon glistening fragments of space, tore through the void and took a single step, arriving here.

This was a middle-aged man, his physique robust and majestic like a mountain range. An ancient, unadorned dark golden war armor covered his body, the armor riddled with scars from blades and punctures from swords.

Upon it were imprinted the long-dried yet still emanating immortal Aura of divine and demonic blood.

The moment the middle-aged man appeared, a heavy sense of oppression began to permeate the area.

Even more wondrously, his exposed arms and neck were not of an ordinary color, but purple, clearly extraordinary.

It did not resemble flesh and blood, but rather more like ancient vines and dragon sinews coiled for eons, containing a terrifying power capable of shaking the starry sea.

Beneath the skin, viscous purple blood, thick like mercury, roared and surged. Every beat of his heart pumped like the drum of a primordial god, causing the surrounding void to hum in resonance, shattering distant small meteors.

His eyes were like two madly spinning purple whirlpools, burning with a towering hatred that even exhausting the starry sea could not extinguish.

It seemed he held a great grudge against Jiang Hao.

The newcomer was none other than the Great Accomplishment Hegemon Body—Cang Ming!

A once-peerless existence at the Peak, a giant who had dominated an era with his invincible Physical Body.

Though not a true Sovereign, the might of a Great Accomplishment Hegemon Body could defy those above, allowing him to battle against Supremes without perishing.

Instantly, the borderlands of the Ancestral Boundary Universe boiled with killing intent.

"Jiang Hao!"

Cang Ming's voice, filled with rage, came forth. The sound waves swept out like a tsunami. Nearby stellar remnants were not even left as dust, instantly and utterly annihilated.

With every step he took, the void beneath his feet completely collapsed, forming black holes that took a long time to heal.

Endless killing intent, like world-incinerating purple flames, ignited this dead and silent starfield.

Jiang Hao lifted his gaze, his eyes calmly piercing through the boiling killing intent and scenes of destruction, landing on Cang Ming's burning purple vortex-like demonic pupils. He spoke softly.

"You've come."

These three utterly calm words caused Cang Ming, who had arrived with overwhelming momentum and towering hatred, to jolt abruptly.

The boiling killing intent even faltered for a moment.

He had anticipated Jiang Hao's fear, vigilance, or even feigned composure, but he had never expected such flatness, as if he had been waiting all along.

"You knew I was coming?"

Cang Ming's voice carried a trace of barely perceptible suspicion and shock as he stared fixedly at Jiang Hao.

Jiang Hao gave a slight nod, his tone still flat:

"Of course. I killed the successor of your Indestructible Body lineage. Given your lineage's vindictive, eye-for-an-eye character and arrogant style, naturally an old one would jump out seeking revenge..."

The successor of the Indestructible Body lineage Jiang Hao spoke of was precisely the most dazzling star of this generation of the lineage.

A Prodigy of the same era as Jiang Hao—Wang Teng!

Wang Teng's talent was high. Although slightly inferior among the top echelon, his Indestructible Body potential was limitless, placing great hopes upon him within the clan.

Unfortunately, his path was completely terminated fifty years ago by Jiang Hao's hand.

In Jiang Hao's recollection, this person, Wang Teng, had taken the arrogance, overbearingness, and contemptuousness of the Indestructible Body lineage to the extreme.

Since the beginning of the Ancient Road of Strife, he had relied on the Indestructible Body's strength, acting tyrannically and arbitrarily, often demanding others kneel and offer treasures.

He once contested Jiang Hao for a great Opportunity by the Chaos Pool. Without a word of discussion, he tried to seize it by force, uttering wild boasts and treating Jiang Hao as nothing, only to be violently beaten on the spot by Jiang Hao.

His cultivation was almost crippled, sowing the seeds of enmity.

Afterwards, not only did he not know restraint, he became even more extreme.

This person Wang Teng's character and methods perfectly matched Jiang Hao's and the world's Preconceived notions of the Indestructible Body lineage.

Until fifty years ago, when the two met again at an ancient ruin. Wang Teng arrogantly declared he would suppress and kill Jiang Hao to wash away the shame.

In the end, he was completely annihilated by Jiang Hao, his spirit and form scattered.

Hearing this, the purple whirlpools in Cang Ming's eyes spun even more rapidly. His voice turned icy:

"Since you know why I've come, that's good."

"Our clan's once-in-a-hundred-millennium Prodigy, you actually dared to kill him outright. You simply do not take our Indestructible Body lineage seriously. You are utterly lawless."

Although Wang Teng couldn't compare to the top twelve, he was still a first-rate Prodigy, the future of their Indestructible Body lineage.

Moreover, not matching up to those twelve was no disgrace, as they were freaks among monsters.

Even a powerhouse like him had to admit the exceptional talent of those twelve.

Furthermore, as long as the Indestructible Body reaches Great Perfection, one can battle Supremes, becoming a foundation for their Indestructible Body lineage.

Therefore, upon hearing Wang Teng had been slain, he was immediately enraged.

The scene of Wang Teng's past challenge—that display of arrogance and overbearingness, followed by desperate demise—flashed through Jiang Hao's mind.

"In the struggle of the Dao of life and death, if one dares to challenge, one must have the resolve to face death. But it doesn't matter. I know your Indestructible Body lineage is just like this—poor losers. Come, let me see where you, this former generation Indestructible Body, surpass Wang Teng."

Jiang Hao's voice remained flat, without a ripple.

As if he truly did not take the Indestructible Body lineage seriously.

"Arrogant!"

Cang Ming's beard and hair stood on end like purple divine spears, his fury soaring to the heavens.

"I hope your strength is as hard as your mouth."

A furious roar erupted, like the roar of a primordial beast from the beginning of creation.

The purple blood boiling like magma within him completely erupted.

Nine purple qi and blood divine dragons, entwined with destructive Chaos energy, erupted from the crown of his head and soared into the heavens.

Instantly, purple dragons danced wildly, roaring across the starry sea, illuminating the endless dead silence, dyeing most of the cosmic borderlands into a purple kingdom.

The Supreme pressure of the Great Accomplishment Hegemon Body was held back no longer. Like billions of divine mountains collapsing simultaneously, it completely crushed this expanse of void.

And this terrifying might emitted by the Great Accomplishment Hegemon Body instantly shook the myriad heavens.

The myriad worlds of the heavens instantly focused their attention here.

"This Aura... it's Cang Ming, the former generation Great Accomplishment Hegemon Body!"

An ancient mighty one shrouded in Chaos energy exclaimed in shock, suddenly rising to his feet.

"He has actually emerged into the world?"

"His killing intent is so blazing. Who is his opponent? That seems to be Jiang Hao!"

Another elder clad in starry robes spoke with immense gravity.

"It seems it's for that Indestructible Body Prodigy Wang Teng who fell fifty years ago. The Indestructible Body lineage is the most protective and vindictive. This battle is unavoidable."

"Lord Jiang Sheng's strength..."

A mighty one stared intently at the figure still sitting cross-legged, his tone tinged with disbelief.

"When he slew Wang Teng fifty years ago, although stunningly brilliant, his combat power had not reached the Peak of Quasi-emperor, let alone directly facing a fierce person like Cang Ming."

"But now... facing such pressure from Cang Ming, he seems completely unaffected? What kind of progress speed is this?"

Celestial Realm, the Thirty-third Heaven.

Upon a jade throne wreathed in nine-colored auspicious clouds, a peerlessly handsome youth in magnificent robes was toying with a flawless jade ruyi scepter.

This was the strongest Prodigy of the Celestial Realm, the Heavenly Son.

Suddenly, the jade ruyi erupted with piercing divine light on its own. The radiance interweaved in the air, projecting the scene from the cosmic borderlands.

"That's Jiang Hao?"

The Heavenly Son, seeing the situation clearly, instantly lost his lazy demeanor. The color drained from his face, his pupils slightly contracted.

"He's actually been cornered by Cang Ming in the borderlands? And... this Aura..."

The Innate immortal spirit Origin inherited from antiquity within his body transmitted a faint, almost imperceptible tremor and sense of oppression—an instinctual warning that only arose when facing a higher-level threat.

"Fifty years... merely fifty years in seclusion. What has happened to him?"

Dragon Realm, deep within the Dragon Lair.

Upon a molten star burning with eternal flames, an ancient dragon of unfathomable length—tens of thousands of miles—lay coiled like a mountain range.