A seventh-tier Great Emperor, not yet twenty-five years old.
A single sentence, and silence descended.
Even the thunderbolts in the sky seemed to lose their momentum, choked by his words.
"Disperse."
Chen Fan extended a hand and waved lightly.
The thunderbolts that filled the sky immediately dissipated.
Calm and unruffled.
A single sentence, and the myriad thunderbolts dispersed.
"Hiss."
The four eighth-tier Great Emperors before him sucked in a sharp breath.
He could truly control the thunder.
The chaos was silent.
"Hoo."
At this moment, Emperor Yu Hua spoke, "Chen Fan, let me go, and our grievances will be settled."
He abandoned revenge, the allure of the ninth-tier Great World, and the divine weapon within his grasp.
"Are you joking?"
Chen Fan laughed at his words, "You wish to settle this grievance, but unfortunately, this City Lord disagrees."
Emperor Yu Hua took a deep breath, "What do you want? Must I reveal your secret?"
He firmly believed that Chen Fan would not dare to let his secret be exposed.
Unfortunately, he forgot that Chen Fan was currently standing amidst the thunder.
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Unless someone could break through this Heavenly Pillar Grand Formation, erected by ninth-tier Great Emperors.
"Threatening me?"
His voice was light, devoid of any warmth, "In this realm, within the vast Thunder Domain, who can kill me?"
This confidence was stirring.
Emperor Yu Hua's brows furrowed.
He stopped speaking, for what Chen Fan said was the truth.
Even if the entire Thunder Domain wished to kill him, they could only lament in vain.
Unless, a ninth-tier being descended…
Chen Fan clearly understood this as well, and thus could not let him leave.
"Chen Fan."
A flicker of determination appeared in Emperor Yu Hua's eyes.
He made a decision, "Do you truly want to force me into a fight to the death? Do you really think I cannot leave this Thunder Domain?"
As he spoke, a trace of ninth-tier light bloomed.
The Lord of Light, that wisp of aura, was like the dawn's radiance.
The Lord of Light achieved enlightenment in the Primordial Era, drawing a wisp of Primordial Light to condense his Imperial Heart, thus achieving the ninth-tier.
This wisp of light carried the feeling of the world's beginning.
Simultaneously, a divine path enveloped Emperor Yu Hua's body.
The Great Dao was complex, yet it concealed the aura on Emperor Yu Hua that did not belong to the Thunder Domain.
He said, looking back at the Dragon King and the other two, "You can try to chase me. Let's see who dies."
Chik.
The Primordial Light bloomed in an instant.
Emperor Yu Hua actually walked into the Heavenly Pillar of his own accord.
Behind him, the Dragon King and the other two hesitated.
They could indeed traverse the Heavenly Pillar area, but if they pursued, any disturbance of the Heavenly Pillar would cost them dearly, even if they survived.
And they were not certain they could keep Emperor Yu Hua here.
"What should we do?"
For a moment, the three pursuing Great Emperors hesitated.
"I'll go."
Suddenly, the dried corpse's voice echoed.
He shouted, crying out to Chen Fan, "Please spare this subordinate's life, City Lord, and grant me a chance to atone for my crimes with merit."
The Sky-Splitting Great Emperor had become completely obedient.
He now only wished to earn merit and escape.
"Can't I do it?"
Chen Fan's gaze was imperious.
As soon as his voice fell, the thunder within the Heavenly Pillar erupted.
Rumble.
Endless thunderbolts struck down, yet they couldn't harm Emperor Yu Hua in the slightest.
The power of the ninth-tier created a safe passage for him.
Of course, the most important thing was the Great Dao on his person, which originally belonged to the Divine Firmament Domain.
Thunder, with its affinity for the Thunder Domain's aura, showed a degree of leniency.
"City Lord."
Seeing Emperor Yu Hua about to escape, the dried corpse was truly anxious, "Please let me go, your subordinate guarantees to intercept him."
"..."
Chen Fan did not answer immediately.
He looked at the dried corpse with a deep gaze and asked, "Alright, I will give you an opportunity. I hope you do not disappoint me."
The dried corpse was ecstatic, "Thank you, City Lord, for your generosity."
Swish.
The chains binding the dried corpse immediately dispersed.
And the dried corpse transformed into a bolt of lightning, rushing towards Emperor Yu Hua. This time, the Sky-Splitting Great Emperor was well-behaved.
Rumble.
The two battled amidst the thunder.
The dried corpse was at a disadvantage; his expenditures over the past million years were too great.
But don't forget, his physical body and bones were strong enough to be immune to fifty percent of the thunder's power.
No matter how Emperor Yu Hua attacked, the dried corpse gritted his teeth and did not retreat.
He stubbornly held the other man back.
"Why aren't you helping?" the Sky-Splitting Great Emperor roared.
All he could do was hold the other man back.
And that was only temporarily.
"Heh."
Emperor Crimson Sun sneered, "Why should I make a move? If he wants to block, let him block it himself."
Emperor Crimson Sun refused to intervene.
He still remembered the unpleasantness with Chen Fan earlier. If he entered now, who knew if Chen Fan wouldn't attack him from behind.
The Sword Master wished to go…
"Sword Master, it's better you don't go."
The Dragon King blocked the Sword Master's path, "Let young friend Chen Fan handle this matter."
Crimson Sun and the Dragon King stood on the same side.
This scene made the Sword Master's expression grim.
On the other hand, Chen Fan, amidst the thunder, was remarkably calm.
He had foreseen this scenario.
"Sky-Splitting."
At this moment, Chen Fan spoke, "Let him go."
Sky-Splitting could not stop him, and even if Chen Fan intervened, he wouldn't be able to stop him.
The timing was not favorable.
Sky-Splitting had already been beaten to a pulp.
If not for wanting to satisfy the City Lord, he would have fled long ago.
Upon hearing the order, he immediately withdrew.
"Come here."
Chen Fan's gaze was icy.
The Sky-Splitting Great Emperor walked tremblingly to within a hundred meters of Chen Fan.
He did not dare to approach further.
This was as far as he could go without the thunder.
Between him and Chen Fan, thunder raged.
"Do you desire freedom?" Chen Fan asked.
"Yes."
Sky-Splitting did not hesitate at all.
"I will give you an opportunity."
Chen Fan said, "Serve this City Lord for a hundred years. After a hundred years, I will let you go."
A hundred years?
Sky-Splitting was stunned.
"What?"
Chen Fan's gaze flickered, "Is it too long?"
"No…"
Sky-Splitting quickly explained, "I feel it's too short."
Upon saying this, he immediately froze.
Uh… it seemed to be true.
A hundred years, for a Great Emperor, might pass as quickly as a nap.
Over the past million years in the Thunder Domain, not much had happened, and time was too cheap in their eyes.
And Chen Fan, from nothing to his current position, had only taken a little over ten years.
In his eyes, a hundred years was already quite long.
But in the eyes of the dried corpse and others, a hundred years was merely a nap.
The dried corpse tentatively asked, "How about adding a bit more, say, ten thousand years?"
In his eyes, ten thousand years was just the baseline.
Chen Fan shook his head, "No need. A hundred years is sufficient, perhaps not even a full hundred years. The day I reach the eighth tier, you may leave."
"But I know your heart, you might not be convinced of me…"
"I dare not."
"No need to explain."
Chen Fan did not want to hear pointless explanations.
He continued, "I need a guarantee: I will extract your Origin of the Great Dao."
"What?"
Sky-Splitting was shocked.
The Origin of the Great Dao was the foundation of a person's cultivation.
Using the Divine Firmament Realm's Great Dao universe as an analogy, the heart at the deepest point was the Dao Origin.
Once the Dao Origin was destroyed, the dried corpse would be ruined for life, with no possibility of further advancement.