The Phoenix Lord was not good at thinking.
To be precise, all chaotic beasts were not good at thinking.
The Dragon King was like that originally.
But he was the Dragon King, the overlord of the Dragon Phoenix Domain, the leader of all chaotic beasts in the Thunder Domain.
One wrong decision of his could lead the Dragon Phoenix Domain to destruction.
So he forced himself to learn to think.
Hearing the Phoenix Lord's question, the Dragon King could only explain, "It's not time yet."
He was too lazy to explain specifically when it would be the right time.
"Oh."
The Phoenix Lord indeed stopped talking.
It was good that the Dragon King had a plan.
...
Divine Heavens Realm.
When Emperor Yuhua began to attack the Great Dao Universe, Chen Fan finally stopped.
"Buzz."
The Gravity Bead appeared in his hand.
Boundless gravity began to spread.
"Heh heh."
Emperor Yuhua sneered, "You want to stop me?"
He hadn't realized that the Gravity Bead was also a divine artifact.
"Of course."
Chen Fan answered directly.
That's right, I am here to stop you.
"You can barely protect yourself, what right do you have to stop me?" Emperor Yuhua sneered.
Boom.
The massive bird body flapped its wings.
In an instant, the Divine Heavens Great Dao Universe shook even more violently. Cracks began to appear on the Dao threads.
"How will you stop me?"
Emperor Yuhua sneered, "With your Dao of Life and Death, your Dao of Yin and Yang?"
A sneer, coupled with disdain.
A mere Sixth Order Heavenly Emperor, trying to stop an Eighth Order Great Emperor, was truly a joke.
"Heh heh."
Chen Fan did not retort.
He smiled.
His smile was brilliant. From the Gravity Bead in his hand, an aura that permeated all of chaos began to spread.
"What?"
Emperor Yuhua suddenly looked at the Gravity Bead.
He felt an aura that he could barely resist: "What is that?"
He was horrified.
Boom.
The next moment, a faint Great Dao power spread from the Gravity Bead.
This power appeared somewhat suddenly.
But it did not detract from its might.
The Dao of Gravity.
The power was not despair-inducingly strong, but its profound charm caused Emperor Yuhua's bird body to instantly tense up.
The next moment...
The Great Dao power within the Gravity Bead descended.
The massive bird body instantly sank.
And that power, rising, enveloped the Great Dao Universe of the Divine Heavens Realm.
Ninth Order Great World, Gravity World... formed.
"Hahaha."
At this moment, Chen Fan could no longer hold back.
His laughter echoed through heaven and earth, "Yuhua, try and break through my defense, hahaha..."
His laughter was incredibly piercing.
But in Emperor Yuhua's deep pupils, there was a trace of indescribable excitement.
"Ninth Order."
He felt it: "It's a Ninth Order Great Dao Universe."
Although it was still very weak, he was absolutely certain he was not mistaken.
Swish.
Emperor Yuhua turned abruptly, his golden eyes fixing on Chen Fan, "Where... where did you get a Ninth Order Great World?"
It was too unbelievable.
A true Ninth Order Great World, and an unclaimed Ninth Order Great World at that.
He could tell this without Chen Fan saying anything.
The Great Dao Universe of this Great World was still very weak, but Emperor Yuhua was absolutely certain that this was a Ninth Order Great World.
An empty, unclaimed Ninth Order Great World.
And it was about to awaken.
"If I could obtain it..."
Emperor Yuhua's bird eyes were filled with greed, "I could then advance to Ninth Order."
The path to Ninth Order was too difficult.
The Lord of Light was Ninth Order, but he had never shared the path to Ninth Order with anyone.
This path could only be walked alone.
The Roc was powerful, the most loyal subordinate of the Lord of Light.
The Lord of Light could leave a source of life-saving power in his heart, but he would not share the path to Ninth Order with him.
Once the Ninth Order Great Dao was known to others, their weaknesses might be deduced.
Yuhua knew this.
Therefore, he had never forced the Lord of Light to reveal the path to Ninth Order.
But now...
A path to heaven lay before him.
At this moment, the Great Dao Universe of the Divine Heavens Realm, and the Thunder Domain, were no longer important.
Nothing was as important as him obtaining the unclaimed Ninth Order Great World.
"Sky Slayer."
Emperor Yuhua went mad.
He ignored the Great Dao Universe of the Divine Heavens Realm.
Of course, with his abilities, even a sliver of the Ninth Order Great Dao Universe's shell was beyond his power to break.
Since that was the case, why waste time.
Boom.
Emperor Yuhua went mad.
His heaven-shattering demonic feathers rained down, furiously pursuing Chen Fan.
"Hahaha!"
Chen Fan laughed heartily.
He had predicted this scene.
"Teleportation."
The Space Boots unhesitatingly unleashed their spatial jumping ability.
His speed was at its absolute peak.
In a few flashes, he appeared at the gate of the Divine Heavens Realm, "Birdman, if you can catch me, the Ninth Order Great World and the divine artifact will be yours."
"Hmph."
Emperor Yuhua snorted coldly.
His Eighth Order divine might spread across heaven and earth.
With a 'boom', the entire Divine Heavens Realm trembled.
Great Dao power spread out, instantly sealing the Divine Heavens Realm.
"You cannot escape."
Emperor Yuhua's divine light shone brilliantly, "Hand over everything, and I will grant you a whole corpse."
Buzz.
The Dragon Pattern Compass appeared.
The threads of heavenly destiny instantly appeared. This time, Chen Fan did not sever them but chose to agitate them.
They could not be severed; a Sixth Order cannot sever an Eighth Order.
However... it was enough to attract the other party's attention.
"Hmm."
The threads of heavenly destiny were disturbed, and Emperor Yuhua let out a muffled groan, "There's more..."
Another divine artifact.
He could not tolerate it any longer.
"Open."
All his Eighth Order might was unleashed.
Everything would be his.
Clang.
The Ame-no-Murakumo-no-Tsurugi appeared, and with a single strike, it slashed out.
The sealed gate of the Divine Heavens Realm instantly tore open a rift.
Chen Fan did not hesitate and plunged in, "Hahaha, Eighth Order, nothing more than this, hahaha..."
His laughter echoed through heaven and earth.
The next moment...
Bang.
The gate of the Divine Heavens Realm shattered.
Emperor Yuhua emerged from the Divine Heavens Realm, his resonant voice spreading throughout the entire Divine Heavens Domain, "If you dare to flee, I will kill everyone here."
A threat.
He did not want to leave the Divine Heavens Realm.
He wanted to seize everything from Chen Fan as quickly as possible, and then break through the Great Dao Universe of the Divine Heavens Emperor.
It was best to accomplish both.
Chen Fan's voice drifted over, "As you wish... You also know that I control the Dao of Life and Death. You can kill as you please, and I will resurrect them after you're done."
With that, he turned and fled.
Silver light flashed, and his figure rapidly flickered away.
"You..."
Emperor Yuhua's face instantly turned grim.
His threat was useless.
Yes, the other party controlled the Dao of Life and Death and could resurrect them.
He had learned this information from Qing Xiao.
There were peerless powerhouses in the outer realms who walked the Dao of Life and Death, but they could not resurrect people.
The Dao of Life and Death also varied.
"Chase."
Emperor Yuhua gave up on the Divine Heavens Realm without hesitation.
He had to live for himself.
Boom.
Yuhua attacked, his bird body soaring through the Divine Heavens Domain.
His sky-obscuring wings swept across the firmament, and wherever he passed, time itself exploded.
This was the might of an Eighth Order.
Worlds of Fifth and Sixth Order could not even withstand the imperial might of an Eighth Order Great Emperor.