Rebirth of the Supreme Immortal Emperor-Chapter 331 - 329: Do You Submit?

"Oh, is that so? Today, I will take a good look at how you plan to cut me down."

Li Chen let out a cold smile, his hands forming a Sealing Technique, taking the initiative with a thunderous clap.

"Hmph, Immortal Master Li, is that all you have? Just these few moves over and over again, have you run out of tricks?" Xuan Tian scoffed disdainfully upon seeing Li Chen strike again with the Great Wisdom Palm.

As he spoke, he also summoned the Zhang Ling Sword, intending to send Li Chen to the afterlife with a single stroke.

Just as he was about to swing the sword, Li Chen’s pupils constricted sharply, shooting out two sharp glints like lightning, striking towards Xuan Tian.

To wield the Zhang Ling Sword, Xuan Tian had concentrated all his spiritual power into it, leaving him completely unprepared for Li Chen’s spiritual attack with a secret technique.

Instantly, his body froze mid-air, and the Zhang Ling Sword in his hand trembled violently.

Following that, his pupils abruptly dilated, a sweet taste in his throat, and blood spurted out like a fountain.

Seeing his spiritual attack take effect, Li Chen’s heart soared with joy, and his body turned into a phantom as he swiftly closed in on his opponent.

When Xuan Tian saw Li Chen pounce towards him, he forcibly suppressed his boiling blood and flung the Zhang Ling Sword with all his might.

"Swish!"

The Zhang Ling Sword transformed into an arc of a rainbow, like a meteor chasing the moon, directly slashing towards Li Chen.

At this critical moment of life and death, Li Chen suddenly threw out a Mystic Iron Token.

The token spun in the air, growing larger and larger, until it became a massive stone stele over three meters long and one meter wide, carved with three strikingly large characters: Heavenly Master Token!

"Clang!"

The Zhang Ling Sword struck the massive stele like lightning from the sky, penetrating three feet deep.

Witnessing this, Xuan Tian’s expression turned to one of profound shock, and he subconsciously glanced towards Xuan Nan.

Xuan Nan, like a naughty schoolchild, immediately bowed his head, unable to meet the Sect Leader’s piercing gaze.

"Retrieve!"

Li Chen bellowed mid-air, and with a trick akin to magic, he took both the Heavenly Master Token and the Zhang Ling Sword into his possession.

Without the Zhang Ling Sword, Xuan Tian was essentially a paper tiger without sharp claws or teeth. In less than two rounds, he was beaten by Li Chen into spitting blood repeatedly, forced to retreat again and again.

Li Chen struck out another palm, sending Xuan Tian flying back, then his figure soared into the air with a spin, perching on a protruding rock, looking down on the world below like a supreme ruler.

All who met Li Chen’s gaze either dodged, or bowed, none daring to maintain eye contact.

After sweeping his gaze across the crowd, Li Chen looked at the Sect Leader Xuan Tian and demanded sharply, "Xuan Tian Sect Leader, are you convinced now?"

Xuan Tian, overcome with rage, accidentally aggravated his injuries, causing his vision to black out, and he fainted away.

Disciples of the Heavenly Master Sect gathered around their fallen Sect Leader, calling out anxiously:

"Master, Master!"

"Sect Leader Brother, Sect Leader Brother!"

"Sect Leader Uncle, Sect Leader Uncle!"

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One of Xuan Tian’s direct disciples named Han Hua, infuriated and frustrated, pointed his sword at Li Chen and roared, "Immortal Master Li, you’ve injured my master and destroyed our sect, I’ll fight you to the end!"

"Silence!"

However, before he could approach, Li Chen formed a sword with his fingers and slashed through the air, striking out at Han Hua.

Han Hua instinctively swung his sword to block, but before he could even raise his sword fully, it was shattered by Li Chen’s Sword Intent, causing him to collapse to his knees weakly.

"One more word of nonsense and I will sever your head from your body!" Li Chen pointed his fingers like a sword straight at Han Hua’s neck.

Han Hua swallowed hard, daring not to utter another word. His talent in Martial Arts was second to none in the Heavenly Master Sect, only surpassed by his junior, Gongzi Yuu.

After Gongzi Yuu was incapacitated by Li Chen, Han Hua had felt a sense of schadenfreude, believing that his junior’s inferior skills were to blame for his downfall.

But now, having witnessed the divine might of Immortal Master Li, he realized just how terrifying of an existence this Killing God was.

Li Chen saw that Han Hua had been scared witless and thus couldn’t be bothered to glance at him again.

Afterward, Li Chen’s gaze swept across the area below. Xuan Tian had already passed out, leaving Xuan Nan to speak for the Heavenly Master Sect.

Seeing this, Li Chen coldly smiled and shouted towards Xuan Nan: "Elder Xuan Nan!"

Xuan Nan, hearing Li Chen suddenly call his name, was so frightened that his heart skipped a beat. Despite trying to control himself, his body couldn’t help but tremble uncontrollably.

"Elder Xuan Nan, don’t be nervous. I’m not going to kill you; I just want to ask you a few questions!"

Being condescendingly lectured by a junior like this, Xuan Nan felt he couldn’t save face. But there was nothing he could do about it.

After all, even the Sect Leader, who advanced to the Demigod Realm and wielded the Zhang Ling Sword, was no match for Immortal Master Li. If Li Chen wanted to kill him, it would be much easier than slaughtering dogs or cutting chickens.

While saving face is important, it pales in comparison to one’s own life.

Xuan Nan composed himself and bowed respectfully to Li Chen: "Whatever questions Immortal Master Li has, please feel free to ask."

Li Chen pointed toward the ruined Mountain Sect’s gate and asked, "Elder Xuan Nan, I’ve destroyed the gate of your Heavenly Master Sect. Do you accept this?"

Hearing Li Chen’s straightforward and humiliating question, even Xuan Nan couldn’t help but feel a burning pain on his thick skin.

He clenched his teeth tightly and said, "This gate has been weathered for a thousand years, so dilapidated that even the inscriptions have become blurry. Even if Immortal Master Li had not acted, we would have replaced it with a new one!"

Li Chen had not expected such a smooth response from Xuan Nan, and a gleam of admiration flashed in his eyes.

"Oh, in that case, should you then be thanking me for the ’favor’ of smashing the gate?"

Xuan Nan’s facial muscles twitched violently twice, and he made a deep bow to Li Chen as a way to thank Immortal Master Li for the "favor" of smashing the gate.

Li Chen then pointed his finger at the dead Outer Elder Xuan Long and the whimpering disciples of the Heavenly Master Sect lying on the ground, and said, "I killed your brother and slaughtered your disciples. Do you accept this?"

Upon hearing Li Chen’s question, everyone present was visibly shocked.

Even Zhang Tianrui, Qin Tianlong, and others felt that Li Chen’s actions were a bit too far. After all, the rules of the worldly society dictate that one should leave some leeway in all things, so as to meet again in the future.

By doing this, Li Chen had thoroughly made an enemy of the Heavenly Master Sect. There would no longer be hope for reconciliation, declaring an endless feud.

Xuan Nan’s complexion turned ashen. Clenching his teeth, he said with righteous indignation, "Life and death are predestined; wealth and honor are decreed by the heavens. Their fates were destined to face this great calamity, and no one can resist it!"

Hearing Xuan Nan’s articulate response, even Li Chen couldn’t help but clap and laugh out loud.

"Well said, the fate is predestined. With Elder Xuan Nan’s understanding, you will surely ascend in broad daylight and become a Land Immortal just like your ancestral master, Zhang Daoling!"

Hearing Li Chen’s praise, Xuan Nan had an awkward expression and gave a forced smile, unsure of how to respond.

Li Chen chuckled and then pointed to the Heavenly Master Token and Zhang Ling Sword in his hand, asking, "These Heavenly Master Token and Zhang Ling Sword are treasured legacy items left by your sect’s ancestral master, Zhang Daoling. Now that I have forcefully taken them, you don’t have any objections, do you?"

Li Chen was blunt and straightforward, using words like "forcefully taken," asking in a way that made Xuan Nan flush with embarrassment.

After a long silence, Xuan Nan finally responded: "The treasures of the world belong to those destined to have them. Since the Heavenly Master Token and the Zhang Ling Sword have fallen into your hands, Immortal Master Li, it shows that you are fated with them. Everything is as destined, and cannot be forced by others. Rather than letting them gather dust on Heming Mountain, it’s better to offer them to Immortal Master Li!"

Even Li Chen, with his quick wit, found no fault with Xuan Nan’s shameless reply.

"Elder Xuan Nan speaks eloquently, indeed, a white lie comes to light. Alas, there is no wine here to drink to the fullest with all of you!"

"How about this, when I have some leisure time, I will visit Heming Mountain again and drink three hundred cups with all of you, not stopping until we’re drunk. I have other matters to attend to now, so I will take my leave!"

After speaking, without waiting for Xuan Nan and the others to respond, Li Chen flicked his sleeve, his body turned into a shadow and disappeared into the vast sky.

The members of the Heavenly Master Sect, upon hearing that Li Chen would visit their mountain again one day, were all deeply terrified. Some of the faint-hearted even fainted on the spot.

The Heavenly Master Sect, a millennial great sect of the Mystical Sect, was no more formidable than a paper tiger in front of the newly-risen Grandmaster, Immortal Master Li, being utterly destroyed.

From this point on, the Heavenly Master Sect, once a colossus of the Mystical Sect, existed in name only, and its status in the worldly society plummeted drastically. Some second and third-rate sects, while fearful, couldn’t help but feel somewhat gleeful.

With the fall of the great mountain that was the Heavenly Master Sect, didn’t their chance for ascension arrive?

Yet, sects and forces such as the Taiping Sect, Kongtong, and Wudang, which were on par with the Heavenly Master Sect, all felt threatened.

If Immortal Master Li could annihilate the Heavenly Master Sect today, they could be next, and how could this not worry or frighten them?