Chapter 761: A Fuss at the Heavenly Palace

Chapter 761: A Fuss at the Heavenly Palace

As the pillar of red light pierced the skies, energy surged from the void. The sea of blood rose into the air as an apocalyptic sight dawned over the Sieve of Heaven.

Giant waves swept the Martial Aspects away as the sea of blood extended toward Mt. Kunlun with unassailable force.

Where it passed by, it left nothing but destruction in its wake.

"Help!" the citizens of the Sieve of Heaven cried out.

Many of those cultivators who had been on floating islands were swept into the sea of blood, while a few had dropped from great heights.

"Hold it right there!" the four Cardinal Aspects shouted simultaneously.

The Eastern Aspect transformed into a golden dragon radiating with resplendent light. He took to the sea of blood and hindered its advance with a sea of his own.

The Southern Aspect morphed into a huge purple eye floating above the sea of blood. A laser of incredible intensity shot out of the eye and caused the sea to vaporize.

The Western Aspect became a huge Buddha that shone with golden light, cleansing the sea.

The Northern Aspect took the form of a golden crow that blazed with flames, causing the sea of blood to turn to steam.

"Is this all that you four Cardinal Aspects of the Imperial Court can do? Ha!" a voice thundered from the sea of blood.

A huge wave emerged from the sea, manifesting in the form of a blood-colored giant who was kilometers tall. It looked just like Saint Chi Hai.

The giant strode across the sea of blood. With the wave of a hand, four giant palms emerged from the sea and shot toward the four Cardinal Aspects.

"Die!" the four Cardinal Aspects roared simultaneously as they charged toward Chi Hai.

The four palms enclosed the four Cardinal Aspects, crushing the golden dragon, giant eye, Buddha, and golden crow.

"Explode!" they cried out.

With four tremendous explosions, the four palms burst apart as the four Cardinal Aspects rushed out.

"Die!" they roared. They shot toward the giant.

"You fools! Aren't you aware of what heavenly law is? My strength is infinite! My sea of blood shall never dry out, and no one will be a match for me!"

More palms emerged from the sea of blood—not four of them, but forty thousand. The four Cardinal Aspects looked around in despair.

Though they had managed to free themselves from those palms, it had taken tremendous effort to do so. This time, they would each have to take down not one palm, but ten thousand of them. Just glancing at the palms left them in despair.

The forty thousand palms sent the saints crashing into the sea of blood.

The citizens of the Sieve of Heaven glanced at each other in despair. How could the saint have taken down the four Cardinal Aspects so easily? How could it be?

"Is this the power of a saint? It's unbelievable!"

"He can't be destroyed until we vanquish his sea of blood? It's impossible..."

"Just how did Xiao Nanfeng manage to catch him in the first place?!"

"Where's Xiao Nanfeng?" Saint Chi Hai demanded. "Show yourself!"

"How many years has it been since we last saw the Heavenly Emperor fight seriously? What a terror he is..."

"He's not the hegemon of the era for no reason."

"The Heavenly Emperor alone can take on the entire world!"

The four Cardinal Aspects shook their heads in awe and disbelief.

The citizens of the Sieve of Heaven looked toward the Heavenly Emperor in reverence as they were saved from the sea of blood.

By now, the sea of blood only encapsulated the Eastern Gate and its surroundings, and was continuing to shrink in size.

The saint, a giant of blood who was dozens of kilometers tall, was likewise shrinking in proportion to the size of his domain. He looked wretched.

"Impossible. Impossible! Yu Fuli, you don't have any control over heavenly law at all. How could you be so strong? It's as if you have near-infinite energy!" the saint howled.

"Who claims that I don't possess heavenly law?" Yu Fuli demanded.

"You're a liar! No other heavenly law can exist in this world except that possessed by the heavens and granted to us saints!"

"I can construct heavenly laws of my own," Yu Fuli declared. "Heavenly laws are like trees, and natural law their branches. You might jealously guard access to your trees, but I can plant my own. These heart swords are the manifestation of the heavenly law that is uniquely mine. Today, I'll demonstrate to you the true strength of heavenly law. My heart swords shall eradicate your corruption."

Countless heart swords surged toward the sea of blood once again, striking the saint and his domain.

The saint found that, despite drawing on the energy from his pillar of red light, he was unable to overcome the rate of depletion of his domain. Was he truly done for?

Was this the strength of the hegemon of this era? No wonder the other saints didn't dare attack Yu Fuli or even draw his attention. With this much power, he was all but invincible.

"You said you wouldn't lose until I depleted your sea of blood. Is that so? How laughable. Your sea of blood will be drained soon enough, and you too will vanish along with it," Yu Fuli declared coldly.

"No!" the saint shrieked.

Moments before the sea of blood vanished in full, Martial Aspect Tu Feng cried out, "Saint, what do we do now?!"

He had betrayed the other Martial Aspects. Once the saint perished, so would he.

The saint's eyes suddenly lit up when he remembered that Tu Feng was by his side.

"You siblings are linked in heart and soul, aren't you?"

"Ah, yes, Saint! Lou Yujing imparted a secret technique to us siblings that allows me to commune with Siniang and Jiuniang. It's not particularly strong, though, and all we can do is share a few feelings with each other with sufficient concentration."

"That's good enough. The link between your hearts and souls might not be particularly strong, but it's enough for me to escape through it. I'll be safe!" the saint cried out, overjoyed.

"What? You intend to escape through my heart, Saint? But what about your physical body? And if you flee, what about me?!"

"Bare your heart and let me escape!" the saint commanded.

A burst of red light shot toward Tu Feng's heart. In order to flee, Chi Hai was willing to give up on even his physical body. Anything would suffice as long as he didn't end up in Yu Fuli's hands!

"Don't leave me behind!" Tu Feng shrieked.

However, the saint ignored him and vanished in a flash of red light.

Just then, a barrage of heart swords struck the ground where Chi Hai had been, obliterating the last of his sea of blood. The pillar of red light vanished from sight.