Chapter 785: Plundering the Essence Blood

Boom.

The sky seemed to shatter. Though it was broad daylight, the heavens had turned pitch-black—space had long since collapsed completely during Liu Xi and the True Dragon Emperor's clash.

Terrifying shockwaves rippled outward as physical waves, tearing the sky apart wherever they passed, as though some monstrous beast were gnawing chunks out of the heavens.

Zi Yan and Qing Lin watched with bright eyes, small fists clenched as they cheered nonstop—because Liu Xi was suppressing the True Dragon Emperor head-on, firmly holding the advantage.

As for the Phoenix King and the Phoenix Queen, they didn't even have the chance to stir up any waves before the Six Desire Heavenly Demons dragged them into the Six Desire Chaos Heaven Array. Within the illusion, the six colossal demons attacked in unison; even two mid-stage Saint Grade phoenixes were completely crushed with no hope of escape.

The Sky-Piercing Great Ape King, the Kunpeng Ancestor, and the other divine beast powerhouses observed the battle seriously.

"This human brat is truly ferocious. No wonder he could force his way out of the Abyss Domain. And those six demons… even the Phoenix King and Phoenix Queen can't resist at all."

The Kunpeng Ancestor's eyes flickered with greed. "Even if more Saints stepped in, they wouldn't escape those six monsters. With that divine ability alone, he could dominate the entire Great Thousand World…"

Divine beasts were born with innate divine arts, and even when refined to perfection, those arts merely granted superiority within the same realm.

The Six Desire Heavenly Demons were different—a terrifying creation forged through an unorthodox method, using the souls of six Heavenly Devil Emperors.

And Liu Xi had further modified them, making them even more brutal, mysterious, and overwhelming.

No wonder the Kunpeng Ancestor coveted them. His Kunpeng Abyss could devour enemies into an inner world, but if the Phoenix King and Phoenix Queen joined forces, they could tear it open.

Yet now those two phoenix sovereigns were helpless—something he himself could never accomplish.

"Not only those six demons… that brat himself is frightening. His physique is unheard of, yet his aura is overwhelmingly tyrannical. His physical strength isn't any weaker than ours."

The Sky-Piercing Great Ape King exhaled twin streams of white breath, admiration in his voice as he gripped his iron staff, hands itching for battle.

Liu Xi's sheer dominance had earned the respect of the divine beasts. On the Mountain-Sea Continent, strength was everything—and the beast clans revered the strong even more fiercely than humans.

The outer skies.

Liu Xi controlled the Primordial Immortal Body, each casual movement shattering miles of space—yet even so, he couldn't fully break the True Dragon Emperor's purple-gold scales.

The purple-gold dragon was the same. Neither could easily pierce the other's defenses. Both silently cursed the other for being too damn tough.

Since arriving in the Great Thousand World, this was Liu Xi's first time meeting such a sturdy opponent. Even peerless Saint Artifacts weren't as durable as this purple-gold dragon.

Little did he know—the True Dragon Emperor was cursing as well. As one of the apex divine beasts, being matched in his strongest attribute by a human was an intolerable humiliation.

Liu Xi's gaze remained calm as he sighed inwardly.

'Just one more step in cultivation… If I were already Saint Grade, a single wave of ten-thousand-mile Azure Lotus Flame would roast this 'emperor' into dragon paste.'

Yet even now, as an Immortal Grade cultivator suppressing a Saint Grade divine beast, no one else in the Great Thousand World could do what he was doing.

"True Dragon Battle Art!"

The True Dragon Emperor finally lost patience. Being suppressed by a human on the Mountain-Sea Continent was something he absolutely could not accept.

The colossal purple-gold dragon suddenly radiated brilliant light. An ancient, primordial aura erupted from his body as if awakening a power from the desolate ages.

"Roar!"

The dragon bellowed. His already massive body expanded further, power surging to the point that space around him collapsed into a vacuum, even Heaven and Earth Energy unable to approach.

The dragon tail whipped—and the purple-gold body flashed forward, tearing through space, appearing before Liu Xi in an instant.

Even with the Primordial Immortal Body, Liu Xi looked small before that titanic form.

Boom.

A tidal wave of force slammed into him, sending him flying thousands of miles before he stabilized. His expression sharpened.

"Demonic Flame World Destruction."

The Azure Lotus Cauldron unleashed a sea of azure fire—now completely feral. Pillars of flame erupted skyward, radiating destructive heat capable of annihilating worlds.

Hundred-thousand-foot waves of fire surged like a fire dragon, crashing toward the purple-gold dragon with unstoppable force.

Liu Xi didn't idle either. Controlling the Primordial Immortal Body, he pushed the Nine-Turn Profound Art to its limit. Golden divine light pulsed from his body as layers of radiant power gathered around him.

"Roar!"

The fire dragon slammed down, staggering the purple-gold dragon. The terrifying power gathered by the True Dragon Battle Art froze under that impact.

Liu Xi closed in immediately. The golden waves tore across the dragon's body, and the brilliant purple radiance covering the scales rapidly dimmed.

The True Dragon Emperor's Spiritual Energy was too dense to seal completely, but weakening it was possible.

Shock flickered through the massive dragon's eyes. The strength that had always obeyed him like a limb was suddenly slipping away—leaving him with an unfamiliar feeling: weakness.

He roared, voice trembling in disbelief.

"What… did you do to me?!"

Liu Xi raised the Azure Lotus Cauldron and sneered.

"Just breaking your defenses."

He swung the ten-thousand-foot cauldron down in a brutal arc.

Bang. Bang. Bang.

Each strike hammered into the purple-gold dragon. The already-weakened scales shattered one after another under the combined assault of the Profound Art and the Azure Lotus Cauldron.

Crack. Crack. Crack.

Scale after scale exploded. The True Dragon Emperor howled as drops of purple-gold blood—pure and overflowing with powerful essence—splashed across the heavens.

A rain of divine blood fell.

Across the Mountain-Sea Continent, countless beings trembled.

The invincible True Dragon Emperor… had fallen.

Liu Xi truly came to "demand justice"—and justice had been delivered.

Sensing the pure essence within the dragon blood, Liu Xi's eyes narrowed thoughtfully.

He immediately struck harder, beating the True Dragon Emperor until blood poured like rivers. Yet the dragon emperor remained stubborn—even half-broken, he refused to beg.

After a violent round of beatings—

The True Dragon Emperor crashed from the outer skies, collapsing helplessly into the mountains below, breath weak, scales shattered, and blood nearly depleted.

High in the sky—

Liu Xi floated calmly, a hundred-foot sphere of purple-gold essence blood hovering above his head, radiating terrifying purity.

He smiled with satisfaction.

Refining this would yield a substantial amount of True Dragon Essence Blood—perfect for Zi Yan and Qing Lin to use in their cultivation.

(End of Chapter)

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