Chapter 5952 Declaration of War
The destruction of the Undying Demon Forest, along with the fall of their Sovereign Lords, shook the entirety of the nine heavens and ten lands.
It was a wake-up call. If even a faction with two Sovereign Lords could be annihilated overnight, what hope did the rest have? After all, ninety-nine percent of all factions didn’t even have a single Sovereign Lord.
The cause of this catastrophe?
The Undying Demon Forest had dared to shelter a nine star heir.
After their annihilation, the names Lord Brahma and Yan Xu once again thundered across the world, dredging up memories of those ancient and terrifying powers.
But nowhere was the anxiety more suffocating than among the vegetative demon race. Everyone knew it was Lian Sanqiang who had brought reinforcements and led the assault that shattered the Undying Demon Forest.
Although the Devil Eye Water Lily race had merely borrowed outside power, the result was irrefutable: they had eradicated the leading power among the vegetative demon race. Now, with newfound backing and the prestige of that victory, the Devil Eye Water Lily race stood poised to dominate the vegetative demon race. Their competitors all became anxious.
And the timing couldn't have been worse.
A critical juncture was upon them. The young elites of this era were approaching the Human Emperor realm. With a stroke of luck, they could awaken Sovereign qi or even gain more karmic luck. That would give them the qualifications to challenge Lian Sanqiang. But Lian Sanqiang had made his intentions brutally clear:
He would give them one month to decide. No more. No less.
He clearly didn’t want to give others the time to grow. It was a ruthless ultimatum—follow him, or be destroyed.
Just as all of the vegetative demon races were in a precarious position and the loyal followers of the Undying Willow race were prepared to fight to the death, a piece of news shook the entire world.
Lian Sanqiang was dead.
Killed in his own home. Slain in front of four Sovereign Lords, by a group of young Heaven Saints.
Then, his corpse was thrown onto Lord Brahma’s territory.
Most refused to believe it—until a recording surfaced, showing Long Chen piercing Lian Sanqiang’s head with a single finger. The footage was from a first-person perspective.
In other words, Long Chen himself had recorded it.
“Heavens, this is crazy! How can Heaven Saints kill a Sovereign Lord?!”
“It was done right in front of four other Sovereign Lords?! That’s suicide!”
“Lian Sanqiang was backed by Lord Brahma, but Long Chen hung his body on top of their gates. Isn’t that a declaration of war against Lord Brahma?”
“Just who is Long Chen? Is he a nine star heir or not? I thought nine star heirs were always solitary existences? How could he have so many companions?”
The news of Lian Sanqiang’s death spread even faster than that of the Undying Demon Forest’s fall. After all, the forest had been taken in a sneak attack. It wasn’t until Lian Sanqiang, Long Can, and Yan Yang had negotiated the matter that word of the forest’s destruction was released.
But the city where Long Chen had discarded Lian Sanqiang’s body was a major hub, where countless cultivators came and went daily. The news exploded like wildfire.
Long Chen’s name truly resounded throughout the nine heavens and ten lands. Now, everyone knew that an existence suspected to be a nine star heir was publicly confronting the god amongst gods—Lord Brahma.
The news didn’t just stay confined to the Sovereign Emperor Heaven. It radiated out, spreading across other heavens. After all, this news was too shocking. Without that photographic jade recording, no one would believe it.
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After Bai Xiaole stealthily hung Lian Sanqiang’s corpse atop the city gates and chaos erupted, Long Chen and the others retreated immediately.
Long Chen had used the violet crystal heavenly eye and sensed a terrifying Sovereign Lord within this city. With no Sovereign Lord puppets left, he didn’t dare confront such a being directly.
Xia Chen activated a transportation formation, and the group vanished from sight.
They reappeared in a secluded location, where they immediately began constructing another supreme long-distance teleportation formation. But such formations required rare materials and time.
While Xia Chen was busy, everyone took a short break.
Looking at Yue Zifeng worriedly, Long Chen asked, “Zifeng, how are you holding up?”
That one attack from Zifeng had stunned even Long Chen. Had he known how terrifying Yue Zifeng’s strike would be, he wouldn’t have let Yue Zifeng lead the assault.
Yue Zifeng’s killing power was even greater than his Sovereign Lord puppets. If they had used a Sovereign puppet as a distraction, Zifeng could have landed that blow cleanly, and they would still have two precious puppets.
With those two puppets still intact, Long Chen wouldn’t have hesitated to storm that city and slam Lian Sanqiang’s corpse into its Sovereign Lord’s face.
With the two puppets intact and the rest of the Dragonblood Legion, they could definitely contend with that Sovereign Lord inside the city. After all, other than Yue Zifeng, they were all in peak condition.
Perhaps if it were a different Sovereign Lord, Long Chen would be more wary. But the Brahma line’s Sovereign Lords were all masters of fire, which was Long Chen’s specialty. He didn’t fear them at all.
After thinking for a bit, Yue Zifeng sighed.
He said, “Sovereign Lords are indeed terrifying. My control over the Sword God’s power still isn’t mature. was injured by the backlash of his Sovereign qi... But it’s not too bad. I should recover within a month. It won’t delay my breakthrough to the Human Emperor realm.”
“Sword God’s power? What’s that? Why is it so scary?” Bai Xiaole asked, curiosity lighting his eyes.
He was now a full-fledged member of the Dragonblood Legion, and no secrets were kept from him.
“To tell the truth... I don’t fully know what it is myself,” Zifeng admitted with a wry smile.
“The Dao is formless. Once you put it into words, it is no longer the true Dao. For you to not be able to describe it means that you’ve touched upon the true Sword Dao,” Long Chen said, patting Yue Zifeng’s shoulder with a smile.
After pondering a bit, Yue Zifeng said, “Although I can’t explain it perfectly, you can take it as a seed of fire that the Sword God left for all sword cultivators.
“All my cultivation and insight up to now was to ignite that seed. Its power is... indescribable. Words from this world can’t capture it. But it’s still immature, and I don’t yet know how to wield it properly. That’s why I got injured. But with time, I’ll master it. It will recover in just a bit of time.”
Everyone stared at Yue Zifeng blankly. Although they didn’t quite understand, they knew that sword cultivators were mysterious monsters.
The Sword Dao was simply indescribable—ephemeral, yet unmistakably real.
As they recalled the battle with Lian Sanqiang, everyone sighed with lingering fear.
Sovereign Lords were too terrifying. Without those three puppets, even united, they would have been slaughtered by Lian Sanqiang.
It was especially true after Lian Sanqiang ignited his Sovereign qi. That burst of power could wipe them all out in a second. This battle had taught them what true power meant.
Long Chen said, “Let’s go. We should return to the Dragon Domain. I still have to thank and apologize to the domain lord.”
After Xia Chen had set up the formation, they all stepped onto it. Space flashed, and all of them vanished into the void.