“Silverlight Sword Technique!”

Li Fuping struck out with his sword and unleashed another ray of pristine sword ray.

His heart sank upon realizing that he could barely defend against Chu Kuangren's simple sword ray with two of his full-force attacks.

'How're his abilities so much better than mine? We're both sword cultivators. Is this the power of the Exquisite Nine Orifices Sword Heart?'

'Looks like my Crescent Moon Physique is far inferior compared to Chu Kuangren's physique.'

Li Fuping thought, reluctant to face the truth.

The Exquisite Nine Orifices Sword Heart was considered as a Sword Dao Supreme Daoist Physique — one that was much sought after by many sword cultivators, yet very few could seem to obtain it.

Although Li Fuping was aware of that fact, it did not ease his unhappiness.

“Come, let's continue,” said Chu Kuangren calmly.

At that, a mystical stream of Daoist Rhymes surged on his body and the Sword of the Heavens formed above him as the surrounding sword qi manifested into a garden of green lotuses. It was the conjuration of the Exquisite Nine Orifices Sword Heart.

With the Daoist Physique Transformation in its full form, Chu Kuangren's combat strength increased.

The empyrean walkers started to get worried.

“It looks like we need to use our trump cards too!”

“The Ascended Heavens Palace!”

Ling Xiao thrust his spear into the ground as he let out a deafening battle roar.

Followed by the emergence of terrifying Daoist Rhymes, a display of golden light suddenly lit up behind Ling Xiao and transformed into an elegant palace!

It was a transformation technique that originated from the Cloud Nine Empyrean!

It was also an Emperor Technique.

Upon the display of his Emperor Technique, Ling Xiao's Daoist Rhymes spontaneously gushed out and his vast spiritual energies flowed continuously.

“Dry Well of Death!”

Gui Wuchou grunted as he cast his Daoist Rhymes to form a well above him that was overflowing with death qi.

At that moment, a grim and malicious aura radiated around Gui Wuchou, almost as if he had become the manifestation of Death itself.

“Dazzling Pelagic Moon!”

As Li Fuping leaped forward, he unleashed large amounts of sword qi from his body.

The sword qi weaved together to form an endless ocean, and on the ocean's horizon, a dazzling moon gradually rose above the surface.

It was the transformation of his Crescent Moon Sword Physique, the Dazzling Pelagic Moon!

“Ethereal Enigma of the Realms!”

The empyrean walker from Ethereal Rapture, Xue Zheng cast his technique and his aura turned ethereal and unpredictable.

From the spectator's perspective, Xue Zheng seemed as though he would vanish in the air at any given moment.

To those that were endowed with a keen sense, Xue Zheng had become more dangerous. Having concealed his aura, Xue Zheng's attack was now elusive and hard to detect, which made him an intimidating opponent in any battle.

The four empyrean walkers, each with their distinct forms of Daoist Rhymes, had completely surrounded Chu Kuangren in the middle.

Chu Kuangren, however, was beaming with excitement. “So these are your trump cards? Interesting! Come, show me what you've got!”

“Attack!”

Ling Xiao took the lead and hurled his spear, which was imbued with the power of the Ascended Heavens Palace's golden light, outward.

“Serpent Oceanbreaker!”

A blinding light erupted from the ravaging spear and charged towards Chu Kuangren like a sea typhoon.

In face of Ling Xiao's spear ray, Chu Kuangren was not afraid at all. He simply made a swipe with his sword and shattered Ling Xiao's spear ray.

At that moment, a chilling sensation encroached from behind Chu Kuangren.

Gui Wuchou from the Sacred Palace of Death had made his move.

He had a finger pointed outward. On it emanated a terrifying aura of death that rotted any lifeforms that had the misfortune to come near it.

“Finger of Despair!”

Once cast, this technique would instill a sense of overwhelming despair in its victim, stripping all hopes and sense of control they had over their lives!

It was the Sacred Palace of Death's strongest offense technique!

It was an unfathomable Emperor Technique!

Noticing his attack, Chu Kuangren imitated Gui Wuchou's posture and pointed a finger at him, releasing a mystical surge of Daoist Rhymes that transformed into an enormous dark finger in the void

“Heart Piercing Finger!”

A technique that could pierce through its victim's Daoist Core!

When their attacks clashed, Chu Kuangren remained unbudgeable as he endured the sudden surge of death qi with only his raw power.

Meanwhile, Gui Wuchou could feel Chu Kuangren's technique affecting his Daoist Core. His entire body froze before Chu Kuangren's finger strength sent him flying backward like a line-broken kite as he violently spat blood all over. His aura was much weaker now.

Chu Kuangren had made it clear in just a few seconds that Gui Wuchou's cultivation was no match against his.

“Hmm?”

Just when Chu Kuangren had defeated Gui Wuchou, he felt the quiet onslaught of fist qi charging towards himself.

“White Lotus Light of Purification!”

Chu Kuangren subconsciously activated his defensive technique.

Despite that, a formless fist qi shattered his garden of white lotuses and charged toward Chu Kuangren with a strong force.

Chu Kuangren slew the fist qi apart with a horizontal slash of his sword, his eyes now beaming with excitement. “Ah, what an interesting technique to be able to attack with this level of stealth! I was so close to being in harm's way.”

At a distance, Xue Zheng was smiling smugly as his body phased in and out of thin air. “The attacks of Ethereal Enigma Realm are difficult to notice. Be warned, Brother Chu.”

If this was a solo fight, it would not be as difficult for Chu Kuangren to channel his attention onto Xue Zheng and observe his moves.

However, Chu Kuangren was now battling against multiple empyrean walkers, hence Xue Zheng posed a larger threat than he typically would as Chu Kuangren was unable to focus solely on him.

“Interesting.”

Chu Kuangren's interest was piqued. “Now I can finally feel the excitement in this battle!”

“I'd like to see just how powerful you can get!” Li Fuping grunted and swung his long sword.

In the air, surges of sword qi that bathed in the pristine moonlight appeared before they pierced through the void and reached for Chu Kuangren.

“Boom!”

With a light grunt, Chu Kuangren destroyed the sword qi with his palm technique and unleashed another fist technique onto Li Fuping's transformation.

The devastating fist qi relentlessly pounded onto Li Fuping's transformation. Cracks now formed on what was a pristine and dazzling moon.

Li Fuping channeled his spiritual energy, attempting to restabilize his transformation's power.

Meanwhile, Gui Wuchou, who had just been blasted away by Chu Kuangren, exploded with a strong life force, recovering his once injured body to its peak!

“Reincarnation!”

“This is the greatest feat of the death Dao!”

Gui Wuchou said proudly to Chu Kuangren.

“There's me, Jin Bujue, too! I shall not be defeated so easily!”

From another corner, Jin Bujue, who was previously sent flying by Chu Kuangren's punch, had recovered most of his energy after he consumed a medicinal pill.

With his golden sword held high, Jin Bujue cast his Daoist Rhymes to conjure the manifestation of an enormous golden mountain.

Boom!

Meanwhile, a surge of energy exploded from another corner.

“Chu Kuangren, today you shall be defeated!”

Zhan Long, Ye Xin, Guo San, and Feng Yaorao had rejoined the battle after defeating Chu Kuangren's sword qi clone.

There were now nine empyrean walkers surrounding Chu Kuangren, blocking all of his escape routes.

The nine distinct auras of the empyrean walkers flooded all of Empyrean Peak, and in the middle of them stood a proud Chu Kuangren.

The spectators held their breath as they stared deadly at what was about to unfold.

Apart from Chu Kuangren, there may be no other sky-pride who could survive the combined attacks of nine empyrean walkers.

“Heh, looks like you've all shown me what you're truly made of. However, I was just getting started.” Chu Kuangren smiled. What followed next was a burst of unfathomable and destructive energy surging from his body, occupying the void!