While in Battle Through the Heavens, one can pre-appoint oneself as an emperor.

Chapter 403 Lord of the Planes

Chen Xiao's voice dissipated into the chaos, and the surroundings were so quiet you could hear a pin drop.

A moment later, a sudden burst of light shone brightly from the chaos, and the colossal plane embryo, thousands of feet in size, rose into the air, then rapidly shrank, transforming into a beam of chaotic light that shot straight into his crown chakra.

hum!

The moment the chaotic light pierced through the top of Chen Xiao's head, his thousand-foot-tall body trembled violently. In the next instant, countless rays of spiritual light burst forth from every pore of his body.

The spiritual power contained within that light was extremely powerful. As soon as it left the body, it transformed into a rain of spiritual energy that swept across the entire chaotic world.

This is a way for the body to protect itself.

Because the spiritual energy within the body had already surged to a critical point, it could no longer contain any more, which forced it to leak out.

However, this outpouring of spiritual power is but a drop in the ocean compared to the boundless power bestowed upon it by the Embryo of That Dimension.

Click!Click!

Fine cracks suddenly appeared on Chen Xiao's thousand-foot-tall body, and then spread rapidly like a spider web. In just a few dozen breaths, Chen Xiao's body was covered with cracks, like a piece of porcelain about to shatter, looking quite disheveled.

However, his expression remained calm.

This is the necessary process to forge the body of the Heavenly Supreme!

"No destruction, no construction; destruction precedes construction."

A low murmur echoed from the void, Chen Xiao's expression remained unchanged, unmoved by the impending collapse of his physical body.

The next moment, he quickly formed hand seals, completely releasing the suppression of the surging spiritual power within his body, allowing the torrent to surge wildly.

Buzz!

After Chen Xiao released his suppression, countless rays of spiritual light burst forth from the cracks around his body, their brilliance overwhelming the heavens and the sun.

"boom!"

Suddenly, a deafening roar that shook the very fabric of the universe exploded.

The thousand-foot-tall body exploded with a deafening roar, yet not a drop of blood splattered. Instead, countless shimmering powder particles, like snowflakes falling from the sky or strangely suspended ice crystals, floated silently in the chaos.

After an unknown amount of time, suddenly, a gentle breeze quietly gathered and swirled towards the powdered spiritual light, as if to reshape it.

As time passed, the powder slowly gathered, and a blurry human figure gradually appeared and disappeared in the spiritual light.

However, just as Chen Xiao's physical body was about to be reconstructed, a sudden change occurred.

"Boom!"

From the depths of chaos, a strange vibration suddenly came. The sound was extremely profound. As soon as it spread, it caused the figure that was about to condense to shake violently.

Although his physical body was shattered, Chen Xiao's soul—no, according to the terminology of the Great Thousand World, it should be called his divine soul—was completely intact and unaffected by the collapse of his physical body.

Sensing the unusual movement, Chen Xiao directed his consciousness upwards into the chaos.

The void above the chaos trembled violently, and layers of pitch-black clouds surged forth. Black light surged within the clouds, and a terrifying aura of destruction was quietly brewing. The black clouds continuously devoured the surrounding chaotic light, making the aura they emitted even deeper and more eerie.

"Celestial Tribulation—"

Just as a Supreme being triggers a spiritual tribulation when breaking through to the Earthly Supreme realm, the same tribulation will befall someone who wants to step into the even more powerful Heavenly Supreme realm after shattering the Heavenly Barrier. This is the Heavenly Supreme Tribulation.

The Heavenly Tribulation varies from person to person, and the tribulations faced by different people are different. However, one thing is beyond doubt: the power of this tribulation is enough to change the color of heaven and earth, and it is extremely terrifying.

Let alone those below the Heavenly Sovereign level, even a true Heavenly Sovereign would feel apprehensive when discussing this calamity.

The Heavenly Tribulation that Chen Xiao was summoning at this moment was probably because it had devoured the chaotic light of this place, and its power was even more terrifying than those Heavenly Tribulations he had seen in ancient books.

Unfortunately, he was at a critical moment in the reshaping of his physical body, and the slightest mistake would cause him to fail and miss the opportunity for a breakthrough.

Therefore, we must not allow even the slightest accident to happen!

Splash!

Just as Chen Xiao was concentrating and waiting, the dark clouds in the sky surged, and a rather strange black stream of water poured down. The stream of water seemed thin and gentle, but as soon as it landed, the surrounding chaotic void shattered inch by inch like paper, and a terrifying pressure swept in all directions.

Chen Xiao's pupils contracted slightly, and almost at the same time, a huge ball of light suddenly shot out from the reconstructed body.

Inside the sphere of light, two completely opposite forces, extreme heat and extreme cold, clashed and intertwined wildly, carrying a world-destroying force as they fiercely met the black stream of water.

"laugh!"

The sphere of light collided violently with the black water, leaving only a deafening, deathly silence and a hissing sound of annihilation, without any earth-shattering aftershocks.

The sphere of light, a mixture of extreme heat and extreme cold, developed countless cracks the moment it touched the black water. The destructive power, capable of burning mountains and boiling seas, and steaming thousands of miles away, was frantically devoured by the annihilating aura contained within the water.

The black water that could crush the void was also evaporated inch by inch under the impact of the light sphere, and its original surging momentum suddenly stopped.

In the blink of an eye, the sphere of light shattered into countless points of light, and the black water flow also turned into wisps of black mist and vanished without a trace.

In the chaos, only faint ripples of energy remained, slowly spreading.

"What a powerful Heavenly Tribulation! The first stage alone is no less powerful than my peak attack before the Ten Souls merged!"

Before Chen Xiao's whispered words had even faded, the black clouds high above suddenly erupted with even more terrifying fluctuations.

Boom!

Amidst a deafening roar, the dark clouds were torn apart, and endless crimson flames erupted forth. The flames were as red as blood, yet carried a chilling sense of annihilation, as they swept towards Chen Xiao's location.

Heavenly fire swept across the land, pouring down like wildfire. Wherever it passed, the chaotic energy was burned away, and even space itself was scorched with black cracks. The terrifying heat turned this chaotic area into a furnace.

The figure being reshaped was engulfed by the heat of the heavenly fire, and the spiritual powder around it dimmed, showing signs of dissipation.

Chen Xiao's heart skipped a beat, and he quickly mobilized the surrounding chaotic power to condense a huge light screen in an attempt to resist the invasion of the heavenly fire.

But at this very moment, another unexpected event occurred!

Rumble!

From the depths of the dark clouds, a buzzing sound like the turning of stars suddenly came, followed by huge stars, carrying a vast starlight, crashing down!

These stars were filled with extreme destructive power, each one no less powerful than the attack of an ordinary Heavenly Sovereign. When they fell, the heavens and earth collapsed, and chaos trembled. Their terrifying power made even Chen Xiao feel somewhat troubled.

Endless heavenly fire swept down, and destructive stars crashed down on him. Chen Xiao thought that the simultaneous arrival of two calamities was already the limit.

However, he greatly underestimated the strangeness of his Heavenly Tribulation.

Almost at the instant the two calamities took shape, an incomparably domineering black light emerged, seemingly capable of annihilating everything. A chaotic gale, powerful enough to make even the Heavenly Sovereign take notice, swept in from the edge of chaos. Furthermore, four divine lightning bolts of different colors tore through the chaos and crashed down!

"Nine tribulations? Are they determined to annihilate me here?"

Looking at the apocalyptic scene, Chen Xiao's expression darkened slightly.

It should be noted that ordinary Heavenly Venerable Tribulations only have four stages, and the probability of a fifth tribulation is extremely low. As for a case with nine tribulations, and the last eight tribulations descending at the same time, even Chen Xiao had never heard of such a case.

Taking a deep breath, Chen Xiao dared not hold back any longer, and the virtual world and the real world in his mind immediately unfolded.

He was not afraid at all if one calamity after another fell upon him.

Even if he were to face two or three tribulations at the same time, Chen Xiao was confident that he could remain calm.

It can handle eight tasks simultaneously.

He had no choice!

Because this is something that people below the Heavenly Sovereign level simply cannot handle. Even ordinary Spirit-grade Heavenly Sovereigns would have to retreat in such a situation.

The true and false worlds quietly began to unfold, foreshadowing the outcome, and the eight great calamities also befell them at this time.

At this very moment, if a Heavenly Sovereign of a higher spiritual level were here, they would surely see Chen Xiao's reconstructed physical body crumbling inch by inch under the bombardment of calamities.

But before the crystal powder is completely annihilated, a strange power will appear, causing the powder to recombine at a speed visible to the naked eye, and it will be mostly restored in an instant.

This scene repeated itself eight times!

Finally, all eight great tribulations dissipated, and at that moment, a sudden enlightenment arose from the depths of Chen Xiao's heart.

Immediately, his body, which had been mostly reconstructed, disintegrated on its own, turning into countless particles of spiritual light.

The chaotic world fell into a deathly silence.

The deathly silence was so long it was unsettling, as if it spanned ten years, or even a hundred. Time in chaos is inherently stagnant and slow, and no one could say for sure how long this moment had actually lasted.

As time passed, a strange movement finally appeared in the depths of the deathly silence and chaos.

A speck of blue-gold dust quietly emerged. At first, it was dull and lackluster, but after a long period of settling, it suddenly burst forth with dazzling brilliance!

The light swept in all directions, and the speck of dust swelled with the wind, transforming into a blue-gold cocoon a thousand feet in size in just a few breaths.

As soon as the cocoon of light took shape, it began to frantically absorb the surrounding chaotic light like a whale swallowing a hundred rivers.

After an unknown amount of time, the cocoon of light seemed to have reached its limit. With a soft "crack," a crack quietly spread outwards.

Immediately afterwards, cracks spread like a spider web, covering the entire cocoon of light in an instant.

The next instant, the cocoon of light shuddered violently and shattered!

Billions of blue-gold rays of light shot into the sky, piercing through the thick chaos and creating a path of light that reached the heavens and the earth.

An indescribable pressure slowly condensed within the chaos!

The oppressive force was so strong that it forced the surrounding chaotic light to retreat layer by layer, not daring to be touched in the slightest.

Deep within the light, a figure gradually solidified.

He stood tall and straight, hands behind his back, his black robe billowing in the wind. Every flash of the blue-gold radiance surrounding him caused the heavens and earth to tremble and the wind and clouds to change color.

Chen Xiao slowly opened his tightly closed eyes. In the depths of his dark pupils, it seemed as if the universe was turning and the sky was rising and falling. Just by glancing over them, he caused the chaotic void to tremble.

He looked down at himself and saw that his physical body had changed dramatically. It was now as white as jade, clear and spotless, and his flesh and spiritual power had completely merged!

Once this stage is reached, even if his physical body is blasted into dust in the future, as long as there is still a trace of his spiritual power in the world, he can reshape his true body with a single thought, making him virtually immortal!

"Finally, I've become the Supreme Being—"

Chen Xiao murmured softly, the surging power within him reaching its peak, capable of shaking the heavens and the earth with a mere gesture, which even captivated him.

Such power is unimaginable unless one personally experiences it.

He could clearly feel that the full-force strike he had unleashed earlier, combining the ten souls into one, would pale in comparison to his casual palm strike at this moment.

"With such power, it's no wonder the Heavenly Venerable Tribulation was so terrifying."

Chen Xiao smiled slightly, his gaze piercing through the chaotic mist, as if he could traverse endless time and space and see that familiar Dou Qi Continent in the distance.

I still remember that before he stepped into the interdimensional passage, he promised the two sisters, Chen Yao and Chen Xi, that within ten years he would definitely gain a foothold in the Great Thousand World and bring them up.

Now, less than a third of the ten-year period has passed, and he has already reached the realm of Heavenly Supreme, possessing the confidence to truly stand firm in the Great Thousand World!

Once he enters the ranks of the Heavenly Sovereigns, this vast and boundless world becomes his destination!

"Soon, we'll see each other again soon—"

In a daze, it seemed as if a series of beautiful figures flashed before his eyes. Chen Xiao murmured, the surging emotions in his eyes quietly subsided, and with a gentle wave of his wide sleeves, his figure slowly dissipated in this chaotic void. The surrounding chaotic light and shadow also returned to silence as he left.

.

Outside the ruins of Blood Demon Mountain.

A series of figures stood in the void, surrounding the Blood Demon Emperor in the center. Their eyes were filled with trepidation and fear, but none of them retreated. Each of them was determined to die a heroic death.

Because now that Chen Xiao's figure has disappeared, once the Blood Demon Emperor breaks through the suppression of the world's power, they will definitely not be a match for him.

But they are the strongest force left in this dimension, and we have no choice but to come just in case.

Qing Yanjing stood solemnly in front of the crowd, hundreds of spirit arrays surrounding the Blood Demon Emperor. She occasionally took out the Supreme Spirit Liquid to replenish her spiritual power, and was also mentally prepared to fight with all her might.

"It's been two and a half hours. How much longer do you need? What if this guy breaks through the suppression before you get back? I can't stop him even if I risk my life. I still have so much to do, and I don't want to die here—"

Qing Yanjing gazed at the sky with her beautiful eyes, muttering to herself, but her face remained expressionless.

Although Chen Xiao seemed to have cultivated for decades or even hundreds of years in that chaotic realm, less than half a day had passed here.

However, these two and a half hours were extremely agonizing for Qing Yanjing.

As the saying goes, when the sky falls, the tall ones will hold it up.

Without Chen Xiao, she became that tall guy!

Once the Blood Demon Emperor breaks free from the suppression, throughout the entire plane, only she, having used all her trump cards, can withstand a few of his attacks. Countless people will place their hopes on her.

This earnest expectation was so heavy that Qing Yanjing felt immense pressure. She could only mutter to herself to distract herself and avoid thinking about it, as the pressure would only increase.

"No! How could this be!"

Just as Qing Yanjing was frantically muttering to herself, suddenly, the Blood Demon Emperor roared out in disbelief, his tone revealing no attempt to conceal it.

The remaining powerful members of the Holy Dragon Sect and Qing Yanjing were all taken aback. Seeing that the Blood Demon Emperor was still suppressed by the power of the world and unable to move, they all breathed a sigh of relief.

Immediately afterwards, they seemed to suddenly realize something and looked up. They saw a beam of chaotic light descending from the endless sky!

The chaotic light was incredibly fast; everyone felt as if they were high in the sky one moment and then suddenly they were right in front of them the next.

Under the watchful eyes of everyone, the chaotic light slowly dissipated, and a familiar, tall figure stepped out. Then, a majestic imperial voice resounded throughout the entire plane, calming the fear in their hearts. "From this moment on, I am the master of this plane. Those who violate this realm will be punished by me."

The resounding roar shook the void, each word striking like a clash of metal, piercing the hearts of every living being in this plane.

The people around Blood Demon Mountain, who were originally uneasy, felt a surge of heat rush to their heads. The fear and resentment that had been suppressed for many years were transformed into a deafening roar.

"Welcome, Lord of this Plane!"

"Greetings, Lord of the Plane!"

Amidst the thunderous cheers, Qingyan gazed at the tall figure, her beautiful eyes sparkling with a strange light, and finally, a relieved smile appeared on her tightly clenched lips.

The suppressed Blood Demon Emperor, however, appeared to be insane, his eyes bloodshot as he roared, "You brat, how dare you call yourself the ruler of a plane! Even if you've managed to reach the Heavenly Sovereign realm, you can't kill me! As long as I have a breath left, I will—"

Before his roar had even subsided, Chen Xiao had already indifferently raised his palm.

The Supreme Being's power poured out without reservation, and the world power that had been enveloping the Blood Demon Emperor suddenly contracted, causing the surrounding space to collapse inch by inch. An overwhelming pressure that surpassed heaven and earth instantly swallowed up the Blood Demon Emperor.

Under the watchful eyes of countless people, the Blood Demon Emperor's proud body was as fragile as paper under this palm strike. Before he could even scream, he was crushed into a cloud of blood mist!

Chen Xiao slightly raised his hand, and the blood mist vanished like a bubble, leaving only a blood-red token floating in the sky.

This is a demon-summoning talisman of the Blood Demon Clan. Once the Blood Demon Emperor activates it, a Demon Emperor will descend to rescue him.

However, in doing so, the Blood Evil Clan will lose control of this lower plane, and their years of hard work will become someone else's gain.

Therefore, the Blood Demon Emperor will never activate the Demon-Summoning Talisman unless he is in dire straits.

Unfortunately, by the time he was ready to activate it, the opportunity had already passed.

"I am the master of this plane, and today I will sacrifice the blood of the Blood Demon Emperor to this world!"