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Chapter 1377: Three Sovereigns Battle The Son Of Heaven

Chapter 1377: Three Sovereigns Battle The Son Of Heaven

“If you want to accuse someone of something, you can always find a pretext.”

Emperor Jing Run scoffed, “And I, fear nothing.”

Before he even finished speaking, Emperor Jing Run clenched his fist and punched.

ROAR!

A divine dragon burst into the sky, stirring up a storm and threatening to shake the stars from the sky.

“Stubborn cur!”

Seeing this, Haotian Hong stomped his feet. Behind him, the Clear Sky Mirror cast down its divine rays at the divine dragon like the sun. The impact between the two forces triggered a deafening explosion.

The divine dragon was crushed just like that.

THis was just the beginning, however. More draconic roars and divine dragons rose into the air.

Emperor Jing Run was standing tall and proud on the highest point of the Heavens’ Eye Tower. His imperial robe was fluttering like wildfire, and his aura was so vast that it seemed to span the entire realm.

Emperor Jing Run kept punching. Every time he threw out a punch, a divine dragon would roar into existence.

The divine dragons patrolled the sky on behalf of the heavens. Hence, the punch was named the “Son of Heaven Dragon Punch”.

Every divine dragon contained the Son of Heaven’s Will of the Dragon.

Every divine dragon had the Will of the Empire flowing through its veins.

Every divine dragon was bolstered by the strength of the countless citizens of Chu.

Why? Because he was the chosen son of heaven, the regent of a nation, and more importantly, the master of a people.

That was why his fist represented the will of the heavens, the will of the empire, the will of the people.

So long as he remained in Chu and especially the imperial capital, he was invincible.

If this was any other place, Haotian Hong could have easily bested Emperor Jing Run. Alas, not even his power and the Clear Sky Mirror’s combined to break Emperor Jing Run’s defenses—at least not immediately.

Seeing this, Xuanyuan Wang stopped holding back. He pointed a finger, and the Xuanyuan Sword swung downward. Torrential sword qi and the shining fate of humanity instantly poured into the human world.

Xuanyuan Wang wasn’t aiming at Emperor Jing Run, however. He was attacking the Heavens’ Eye.

He was going to stop the Heavens’ Eye from absorbing and devouring the Earthly Sovereign Bell’s power.

Unfortunately, as soon as the Xuanyuan Sword began its descent, five flags appeared above the Heavens’ Eye.

The cyan flag flew to the east and fired a column of light into the sky, dyeing heaven and earth cyan.

The red flag flew toward the south, reversing yin, yang and the five phases and dyeing heaven and earth red.

A white flag flew toward the west and created a clump of strange illusions and smoke, dyeing heaven and earth white.

A black flag flew toward the north and blurred out the sun and moon, heaven and earth.

And finally, when all four flags were in position, the yellow flag landed at the center of the formation. It bloomed a whole garden of golden lotuses and dyed heaven and earth yellow.

Slowly, the five colors mingled with each other and filled heaven and earth with their profound light. They successfully blocked and wiped out the Xuanyuan Sword’s sword qi.

“The Natural Five Phases Flags? Are you going to aid the tyrant in ravaging humanity, Chu Xunxian?”

Xuanyuan Wang glared at the so-called Living Celestial standing in his way, a harsh rebuke erupting through his lips.

“The Heavens’ Eye must not be destroyed!” Chu Xunxian said slowly after a pause.

“You dare to rebel against your own race? There is no longer a place in this world for you. You deserve death!”

Xuanyuan Wang’s eyes were full of compassion as he tightened his grip on the Xuanyuan Sword. The power of the Human Way instantly conjured a picturesque scene of mountains, rivers, and countless living beings. There were cities and towns, smoke and fire, farmers and ranchers, soldiers and merchants. It was a lively, hopeful painting of humanity passing on the torch endlessly toward the next generation.

As the painting unrolled itself, the image of a human slowly took form.

He was a man wearing coarse fabric and hemp garments. His appearance was average, his expression was compassionate, and his gaze was merciful.

He was neither big nor tall. He did not look imposing or dignified either. And yet, the moment he appeared, everyone in the area suddenly felt as small as an ant. They naturally felt admiration and reverence toward the man.

Slowly, the man lifted his left hand and gripped the Xuanyuan Sword. The next moment, both Xuanyuan Wang and the man lifted the Xuanyuan Sword and brought it down together.

Rumble!

This time, the sword cut right through the penta-colored divine light of the Natural Five Phases Flags like it was just a gauze. It was met with no resistance whatsoever.

“The Five Phases spin, and heaven and earth fall into chaos. Annihilate.”

Chu Xunxuan wore a grave expression as he performed a series of hand seals. Each finger represented a phase of the Five Phases, and each seal presented one flag. When he had moved five fingers and performed five hand seals, the five flags slowly rotated and fluttered against the wind. Cyan, red, white, black, and yellow slowly blended together until they were fully replaced by colorless, lightless chaos.

Within that chaos lay destruction and disorder.

The chaos clashed against the descending Xuanyuan Sword. It was a clash between light and chaos, life and death.

The sky above the imperial capital was instantly split into two distinct colors. For the moment, neither side had gained an advantage over the other.

While Emperor Jing Run and Haotian Hong, Chu Xunxian and Xuanyuan Wang were locked in a stalemate, a resounding bell chime suddenly resounded throughout heaven and earth.

One corner of the sky was dyed dark yellow, and a bronze bell emerged from the distant horizon.

The bronze bell looked identical to the Earthly Sovereign Bell except for the fact that it was countless times bigger than the original.

Since the real Earthly Sovereign Bell was currently being consumed by the Heavens’ Eye, the other bronze bell could only be something else. It was the copy of the Earthly Sovereign Bell, the Profound Yellow Bell.

As the copy of the original, the Profound Yellow Bell paled in comparison to the real Earthly Sovereign Bell as a matter of course. That said, it had been nurtured carefully in the Earthly Sovereign Hall for over ten thousand years, so it would be folly to underestimate its power. In fact, in terms of offensive power alone, it was already the equal of the Earthly Sovereign Bell. Even the rest of its abilities were only slightly inferior to the original.

Since the Profound Yellow Bell was here, it could only mean that the Earthly Sovereign Hall had arrived.

It made sense. If even the Clear Sky Palace and the Human Sovereign Mountain had shown up, how could the Earthly Sovereign Hall possibly stay out of this?

Ignoring all other factors, the one who wanted to get back the Earthly Sovereign Bell of the three sects was, of course, the Earthly Sovereign Hall.

That was why they did not hold back at all.

The Profound Yellow Bell cut a magnificent rainbow across the sky as it flashed right up to the Earthly Sovereign Bell.

Bell chime reverberated endlessly, and dark yellow light illuminated all in its wake. The Five Phases disappeared into nothing, and even yin and yang disintegrated into chaos. Be it the domain created from Haotian Hong and Emperor Jing Run’s battle or the unreal space conjured from Xuanyuan Wang and Chu Xunxian’s clash, the Profound Yellow Bell cut a hole through all of it.

“Li Chengzhong, Wan Bainian, Yao Tianyi, Zhou Dongchao, stop the Profound Yellow Bell, now!”

Emperor Jing Run roared angrily when he saw this.

“... As you command!”

The four subjects exchanged a long look with each other. In the end, they accepted the command and charged forward.

They were citizens and subjects of Chu.

Responsibility and duty compelled them to take action no matter what their conscience said.

“KILL!”

Li Chengzhong’s beard and hair flew everywhere as he roared. As the killing intent of a soldier swept the air like a murky tide, the ocean of bloody qi in his body transformed into a fiery banner, a large oxhide drum, and countless soldiers.

“Soldiers! Charge!”

The next moment, banners fluttered to the wind, and drums beat. Leading at the center, Li Chengzhong charged straight toward the Profound Yellow Bell while his army followed closely behind, fearless and unstoppable.

As for Wan Bainian, he summoned a brush and a book in front of him. Then, he gripped the brush with his right hand and the book with his left.

With his wizened hand, he wrote thousands of poems and passages that would be remembered for ages.

The fluttering of pages shook the sun and moon and conjured millennia-old civilizations into existence.

The storm raged like the apocalypse and blew even the sky off its intangible hinges.

Together with the sun and moon, the sky crashed toward the Profound Yellow Bell.

Unlike his compatriots, Zhou Dongchao’s aura was dark, cold, and eerie. A black tide stirred around him as he grabbed a horsetail whisk and swung it lightly.

The first swing created a black tide that ran like the river or the sea.

The second swing conjured a storm that looked like the storm of storms.

The third swing summoned a host of gods and demons that threatened to shatter the sky and sunder the earth.

The Profound Yellow Bell did not slow down despite facing the combined power of Li Chengzhong, Wan Bainian, and Zhou Dongchao. In fact, it sped up some more.

The bell chime abruptly grew high-pitched and rapid. The next moment, the army of charging soldiers, the falling sky, and the descending sun and moon were crushed into pieces.

At the same time, the bell’s dark yellow light abruptly skyrocketed in terms of luminosity and intensity. The storm and the tide were all annihilated by it.

Li Chengzhong, Wan Bainian and Zhou Dongchang turned as pale as a sheet. They were driven back despite themselves.