The Dao of Reincarnation (176-177) (Patreon)

Chapter 176: The Life-Slaughter Demon Lord (Part 16)

"A Saint… In the direction of the Misty Sacred Palace, someone is about to break through and become a Saint!"

Thunder tribulation gathered above the Misty Sacred Palace. It was a black-and-red tribulation, radiating overwhelming killing intent, as if all living beings in the world were about to be wiped out and turned into a vast graveyard.

"How terrifying… What an evil Saint tribulation… If this person successfully crosses it and becomes a Saint, the entire world may be plunged into endless slaughter."

Within powerful forces that had existed for tens of thousands of years, ancient existences murmured with deep worry.

Inside the Misty Sacred Palace, broken walls and ruins lay everywhere in utter devastation.

The Misty Sacred Palace Master watched the once-mighty sect that had been passed down for tens of thousands of years crumble apart in her hands. Even her Saint realm state of mind wavered at this moment. She began to doubt whether her choice had been right or wrong.

Unfortunately, right and wrong offered no answers, and no one was there to enlighten her.

The Saints of the Killing God Hall were battle-hardened veterans. The moment the Misty Sacred Palace Master's focus wavered, they seized the opening and struck. A single blow heavily injured her.

At this moment, Su Chen's Killing God Demon Embryo was gradually taking shape. Facing the extremely terrifying Saint tribulation, he showed no fear whatsoever. He spread his arms wide, his long hair dancing wildly as he laughed freely, like a demon sovereign descending from the heavens.

The heavenly punishment that had once made even Xiao Sha treat it with utmost seriousness appeared weak and insignificant before Su Chen. He condensed the Killing God Blade and directly cleaved apart the heavenly lightning, charging straight toward the highest reaches of the sky.

This scene shocked billions of living beings. It was the legendary Saint tribulation—an incredibly terrifying one at that—yet it could not harm this person in the slightest. Instead, he had raised his sword and charged into the nine-layered clouds. Was he even human?

The heavenly punishment seemed provoked by Su Chen's actions. It rapidly brewed an overwhelming sea of lightning that transformed into terrifying weapons, attacking Su Chen from all directions. With a single thought, terrifying killing intent surged from Su Chen's Killing God Demon Embryo, condensing into thousands of divine weapons that clashed violently with the heavenly soldiers.

The remaining lightning coalesced into a massive thunder hammer, its aura no weaker than a full-powered strike from a Saint.

The ancient orthodoxies watching from afar felt their scalps go numb. Such a terrifying Saint tribulation had not only failed to stop him before he became a Saint, but it had even transformed into a Saint-level attack!

It was well known that Saints and those below the Saint realm existed on entirely different dimensional levels. All beings beneath the Saints were mere ants!

Su Chen's body erupted with an overwhelming aura. His Origin Spirit Divine Body, which had once resembled an ancient god, now looked like a Rakshasa descending upon the world. Influenced by the Killing God Demon Embryo, the Origin Spirit Divine Body underwent unknown changes and became even more terrifying!

In an instant, destructive fluctuations completely buried the Misty Sacred Palace.

A purple-black pillar of light, entwined with countless runes condensed from killing intent, rapidly expanded.

Su Chen had crossed the tribulation and was now receiving the baptism of the Heavenly Dao. The Killing God Demon Embryo was fully formed. This legendary and terrifying talent had finally appeared in this era.

However, at this very moment, terrifying Saint auras surged in from all directions, carrying overwhelming killing intent as they moved to nip Su Chen in the bud.

"Come at me."

Su Chen laughed loudly. The formation of the Killing God Demon Embryo had drawn the wariness of many beings, including some ancient orthodoxies and even races from beyond the domain. They wanted to eliminate him in advance.

Su Chen paid no mind to this killing intent. Right now, he only wanted to bathe in the blood of Saints and announce his breakthrough to the Saint realm!

Heaven and earth manifested their myriad phenomena as five terrifying figures appeared indistinctly in the sky. Five Saints had joined forces to attack Su Chen at once. Although the Eternal World was a major domain, such a scene of five Saints appearing together had not occurred for several thousand years.

Su Chen directly summoned the Killing God Sword. A heavy drumming sound echoed through the void as ancient demonic patterns emerged on his forehead. With a swing of the Killing God Sword, a sharp, overwhelming killing intent tore through the void. Accompanied by a miserable scream, one Saint's blood immediately dyed the vast sky.

High above the nine heavens, countless living beings watched as rivers of blood stained the firmament and flowed downward from the highest skies. The heavens themselves seemed to grieve as one Saint after another fell… This scene was destined to be etched into the memories of all beings in the Eternal World.

In a short period of time, the legendary Saints who had suppressed the world fell one after another.

Su Chen bathed in the blood of Saints. The starry sky around him turned into a forbidden zone. The five ancient Saints were reduced to cold corpses, further strengthening his Killing God Demon Embryo.

"Truly worthy of a genius who proved the Dao through an alternative path in ancient and modern times. The Killing God Demon Embryo is actually this terrifying."

Su Chen was delighted. The Killing God Demon Embryo was even more fearsome than his previous life's Innate Supreme Sword Body. Combined with his own Origin Spirit Divine Body, the dual support of these two powerful talents elevated his combat strength to an entirely new level.

At the same time, in another part of the Eternal World, earth-shaking fluctuations erupted. The Saints of the Killing God Hall had slain the Misty Sacred Palace Master.

Six Saints had fallen in a single day, causing billions of living beings to tremble in fear. The name of the Life-Slaughter Demon Lord of the Killing God Hall spread throughout the starry sky and the myriad races. No one dared to provoke this peerless fiend!

Inside the Killing God Hall.

After this battle, Su Chen's fame was completely established. Everyone in the hall now understood the terror of this peerless fiend. He had slain five Saints in one day, and his methods were brutally ruthless. While some had still harbored thoughts against Xiao Sha, the previous Killing Emperor successor, no one dared to have any ideas against this man who was like the reincarnation of the Killing Emperor himself. Even the two supreme experts—the Soul Extinguishing Saint King and the Killing Heart Saint King—willingly submitted.

Before the great era had even begun, the Killing God Hall had already produced a ruthless figure who could suppress all the races!

A thousand years later.

During this millennium, countless geniuses had appeared across the universe. Yet all of them struggled to breathe under the oppressive weight of one name. The reputation of the Life-Slaughter Demon Lord was simply too overwhelming. One after another, Saints from the myriad races had died at his hands. Rumors even spoke of Saint Kings perishing.

Su Chen's Killing God Demon Embryo had grown even stronger and was on the verge of reaching small success. His cultivation had advanced at a terrifying pace. In just a thousand years, he had approached the Saint King realm—an unthinkable feat in the Dharma-Ending Age.

"The suppression of heaven and earth… seems to be weakening."

Su Chen noticed that the laws of the universe appeared to be growing stronger. Or perhaps… some terrifying existence was beginning to decline.

The powerhouses of the myriad races across the universe simultaneously turned their gazes toward the depths of the cosmos… That Emperor was starting to grow old.

Chapter 177: The Life-Slaughter Demon Lord (Part 17)

Another thousand years passed.

During this period, Su Chen's Killing God Demon Embryo reached a small success, and his cultivation broke through to the Saint King realm, shocking the myriad races.

Countless powerhouses died at his hands, and even the races behind them suffered his wrath. Many forces could no longer endure and formed the Demon Extermination Alliance to hunt him down. A Great Saint from the Dao Sect even emerged ahead of time, intending to nip Su Chen in the bud.

After that battle, Su Chen's figure vanished without a trace. He did not appear for several hundred years. This filled many with joy as they speculated whether this peerless fiend had finally fallen.

Su Chen had indeed been gravely injured. Even with the Killing Ancestor's intervention, he had nearly died while being pursued by that Great Saint.

In a secret ground of the Killing God Hall, Su Chen exhaled lightly. After several hundred years of recuperation using the foundations of the Killing God Hall, his injuries had mostly recovered.

"The Dao Sect was actually willing to send an old undying to hunt me down. They really spared no expense!"

The Quasi-Emperors of the previous great era had mostly perished during the Dark Turmoil. Great Saints were now the ultimate protectors for the top geniuses of major powers who competed for the Emperor Path in a great era. Every Great Saint was extremely rare—the strongest existences beneath that Emperor and the true foundation of their forces. They would not be dispatched lightly unless it was a life-or-death crisis!

Su Chen had not expected the Dao Sect to play outside the rules. In order to kill him, they had directly used their trump card. For such an expert to emerge meant it would be extremely difficult for them to return to the divine source for self-sealing. Coming out was essentially a death sentence; they could no longer return to the divine source to await the great era.

A baby-like figure appeared, cursing furiously, "Damn that old undying from the Dao Sect. His strength was actually so terrifying."

The Killing Ancestor stared at Su Chen and asked, "Your injuries have mostly healed, your Killing God Demon Embryo has reached small success, and your cultivation has stepped into the Saint King realm. Are you going to self-seal now and wait for the great era to open?"

With Su Chen's current strength, he was more than qualified to compete for the Emperor Path in the great era.

Su Chen refused.

The Killing Ancestor was stunned. "Don't tell me you still want to advance further in this Dharma-Ending Age?"

That was exactly what Su Chen intended.

"At the very least… I must reach the Great Saint realm before entering the divine source!"

Su Chen had not forgotten that in the previous great era, the monsters who had competed with Fang Bubai for the Emperor Path had not all died. When they emerged, they would be at least Saint King-level experts.

Two thousand years later, the lifespan of the old Great Saint from the Dao Sect who had hunted Su Chen finally reached its end.

The starry sky trembled. Someone was about to break through to the Great Saint realm in this era.

"It's the Life-Slaughter Demon Lord… He is still alive?"

Feeling that terrifying aura, all living beings were shocked. The terrifying peerless fiend from two thousand years ago had not died!

In the Dharma-Ending Age, he had gone against the heavens and broken through to the Great Saint realm.

Su Chen's demonic might covered the world. He looked at the nearly decayed old man before him and said, "Old thing, you suppressed this seat for a full two thousand years. Did you ever imagine this day would come?"

The old man replied calmly, "But during these two thousand years, Demon Lord, you also learned to restrain the killing intent in your heart, didn't you?"

Su Chen smiled.

Over these two thousand years, he had completely mastered the Killing God Demon Embryo and was no longer influenced by it. While cultivating the Killing Emperor's inheritance, the Demon Embryo had constantly driven him to slaughter powerhouses and living beings. It was both his nourishment and his bodily instinct—a means to grow stronger.

Su Chen asked, "Are you cultivating the Dao or Buddhism? Did you spend these two thousand years just to help this seat suppress the Killing God Demon Embryo?

"Like the Buddha who cut his own flesh to feed an eagle, you sacrificed yourself for benevolence. But even though this seat can now restrain its killing intent, that doesn't mean this seat has forgotten its grudges."

The old man said, "Although the Demon Lord still kills, it is no longer for the sake of killing alone. This means this old Daoist's purpose has been achieved. My life has now reached its end. If the Demon Lord wishes to fight, this old Daoist will naturally accompany you."

…

Su Chen did not kill him. The old man was already dying.

Several months after Su Chen left, mournful cries echoed throughout the Dao Sect. Their Great Saint had passed away.

Just as Su Chen was preparing to seal himself in the divine source, another major event occurred.

"A Quasi-Emperor's ruins have appeared?"

Su Chen, who had already prepared his divine source, suddenly stopped mid-step.

Because… The ruins that had emerged were an ancient battlefield buried deep within the void—an extremely terrifying one.

It was said that two legendary figures had once fought a Supreme there, shattering an entire region of space and sinking it into the chaotic currents, where it had vanished.

Now, after tens of thousands of years, it had reappeared. Inside were likely world-shaking inheritances that had even alarmed some old monsters!

Su Chen's expression turned strange.

Wasn't this the exact place where he and Li Shenhua had battled the Blood Butcher Supreme in his previous life?

It had actually reappeared!

Su Chen decided not to seal himself. He still had five thousand years of lifespan left—far from enough to wait for the great era to open.

However… in his previous life, he had brought out a secret treasure from the bronze immortal palace that could extend one's lifespan. Although using the bronze oil lamp would bring terrifying consequences, compared to the benefits, those future consequences were negligible!

If he could live all the way until the great era opened and lay out plans for ten thousand years, who in the world would be his match once the Emperor Path reopened?

Su Chen made up his mind. He would not enter self-sealing!

At this moment, countless forces were stirred into action. One terrifying figure after another rushed toward the starry sky.

In the Azure Nether Dao Domain, the transcendent orthodoxy Falling Emperor Mountain, which had remained silent for a long time, finally stirred. From within that ancient forbidden zone, a majestic figure emerged and headed straight into the starry sky.

"How can my father's remains fall into the hands of others?"

The one who had emerged was none other than the Longevity Great Saint, Lin Changsheng, who had sealed himself in the divine source. After tens of thousands of years, Lin Changsheng's strength had grown even more terrifying. He charged directly beyond the domain toward the ancient battlefield, wielding the Longevity Sword and forcefully carving open a path.

Inside the ancient battlefield, chaos reigned. It was filled with blood and flesh, remnants of destructive power lingering everywhere. Even a Saint who rashly entered would face only death and Dao dissipation.

"It's the Longevity Great Saint from Falling Emperor Mountain!"

Many of the great figures who had emerged recognized this peerless powerhouse.

This was an existence who had survived the most terrifying Dark Turmoil and lived through the hands of an alternative Dao prover from the past!

Lin Changsheng looked at the assembled Saints and declared domineeringly, "Today, I have come only to retrieve my father's remains. If any of you dare to obstruct me, then taste whether the Longevity Sword in this Mountain Master's hand is sharp enough!"

With that, Lin Changsheng completely ignored the terrifying residual destructive laws and slashed open a path with a single sword strike before stepping directly into the ancient battlefield.

The Saints looked at one another, yet not a single one dared to stop him.