SACRED BODY OF THE IMMORTALS

The Four Great Fierce Beasts, carrying an overwhelming pressure, stretched across the starry void.

It could be said that even forbidden geniuses would feel terrified encountering such a situation.

Of course, these couldn't possibly be the real Four Great Fierce Beasts of ancient times, but rather simulations created through formation arrays.

"The Ancient Four Fierce Beast Formation, I've heard it's a long-lost formation. This is quite impressive."

Jun Xiaoyao, surrounded by the four fierce beasts, maintained a calm and unruffled expression.

"Show yourself," Jun Xiaoyao looked toward the depths of the starry void ahead.

"Jun Xiaoyao, you are more composed than I imagined."

A hoarse voice, like the sound of something scraping against sandpaper, rang out.

Then vast black mist surged, revealing a figure clad in black demonic armor.

The black demonic armor was extremely ferocious-looking and tightly wrapped around the figure's entire body.

Even the face was covered by a black mask, concealing the appearance.

The entire person resembled a demon god who had submitted to darkness, emanating an aura that sent chills down one's spine.

He wielded a wolf-tooth mace, and the fierce aura it emitted was nearly comparable to the four fierce beasts.

"You are the successor of the Chiyou Celestial Lineage from the Celestial Court," Jun Xiaoyao said calmly.

With Jun Xiaoyao's discerning eye, he naturally could identify the newcomer's identity.

He had researched the Celestial Court earlier.

Know yourself and know your enemy, and you will never be defeated.

Among the nine great celestial lineages of the Celestial Court, there was one lineage that existed on the margins, called the Chiyou Celestial Lineage.

Chiyou was a demonic mythical emperor of ancient legends who established the Nine Li Demon Nation and was once a great calamity for the entire Nine Heavens Celestial Domain.

Later, the Celestial Court took action and waged war against the Nine Li Demon Nation.

The Nine Li Demon Nation was extremely powerful, and even the Celestial Court would have to pay a great price to completely annihilate them.

The Nine Li Demon Nation also didn't want to face complete eradication and national destruction.

Therefore, in the end, both sides negotiated, and the Nine Li Demon Nation was incorporated into the Celestial Court, becoming the Chiyou Celestial Lineage among the nine great celestial lineages.

Perhaps because of this background.

The other eight great celestial lineages of the Celestial Court subtly rejected and discriminated against the Chiyou Celestial Lineage.

When the Celestial Court went to war, the first to be arranged at the front lines were definitely cultivators from the Chiyou Celestial Lineage.

When the Supreme Celestial Court collapsed, the Chiyou Celestial Lineage suffered the greatest losses.

It was precisely for this reason that the Chiyou Celestial Lineage wanted to seize the ruling power of the Celestial Court and become the governing lineage.

And if they wanted to become the governing lineage, the most basic factor was that they needed their lineage successor to obtain the position of Young Sovereign of the Celestial Court.

In the current situation, killing Jun Xiaoyao was undoubtedly the best opportunity to enhance their reputation and prove their capability.

This was why Chiyi Lie, the successor of the Chiyou Celestial Lineage, was here to ambush and kill Jun Xiaoyao.

He wanted to prove that he had the qualifications to become the Young Sovereign of the Celestial Court!

"It seems you already know my identity, then you should know that while others fear your status, I do not," Chiyi Lie said with murderous intent.

With the backing of the Celestial Court, he didn't need to fear Jun Xiaoyao's background.

"Are you so confident in dealing with this Divine Son?" Jun Xiaoyao asked leisurely.

"Still pretending? In the previous probing, you indeed didn't reveal any flaws and still appeared strong, but..."

Chiyi Lie paused, speaking as if he were being clever: "It's precisely because of this that it's more suspicious."

"If you had shown some weakness earlier, it would have proven that your injury might be fake, pretending to be weak to lure enemies in."

"But you deliberately maintained a strong appearance, making people think you weren't seriously injured."

"In reality, you're just putting up a front while at your limit!" Chiyi Lie declared confidently.

His analysis was indeed reasonable.

If Jun Xiaoyao had deliberately shown weakness, it would seem like he was trying to lure people in.

By maintaining a strong front and acting as if nothing was wrong, it seemed more like he was concealing his injuries and weakness.

Hearing this, Jun Xiaoyao suddenly smiled.

"Hmm? What's so funny?" Chiyi Lie was sure of victory.

"I'm laughing at you. Being too clever for your own good, what it means to overthink to the point of self-destruction, today I finally understand."

Even Jun Xiaoyao was somewhat speechless.

He had never met someone who overthought things so much.

He had simply been advancing forcefully, yet Chiyi Lie had imagined all sorts of schemes and tricks.

Although he did have some thoughts about setting traps.

"Hmph, it ends now."

Chiyi Lie's gaze darkened, and he spoke no more.

With the Ancient Four Fierce Beast Formation, plus his own strength, dealing with an injured Jun Xiaoyao wasn't without chance of victory.

Roar!

The four fierce beasts howled to the heavens, destroying countless stars.

Vast demonic energy rolled forth, shattering the void.

The four fierce beasts attacked Jun Xiaoyao.

Chiyi Lie also made his move simultaneously. His cultivation realm had actually reached the small perfection stage of Saint King.

Although not as monstrous as Jun Xiaoyao, he was still a genuine top-tier forbidden genius.

"Thousand-Layer Destruction!"

Chiyi Lie wielded his wolf-tooth mace, smashing down with one strike, bringing forth countless demonic patterns and overwhelming ferocity.

Seeing this, Jun Xiaoyao's eyes held only a trace of mockery.

Heaven's calamities can still be avoided.

Self-inflicted calamities cannot be escaped!

Since he was actively seeking death, Jun Xiaoyao could only oblige him.

Jun Xiaoyao stomped his foot on the void. With a thunderous boom, an immensely vast Yin-Yang Life-Death Diagram appeared.

Like a black and white sky, it rose horizontally, like a shield, directly blocking the impact of the four fierce beasts.

Then the Chaos Seed Lotus phenomenon appeared, with strands of chaos energy descending, pressing down on the entire Ancient Four Fierce Beast Formation.

Seeing Chiyi Lie's attack, Jun Xiaoyao didn't even bother to summon the Great Wilderness Halberd. He activated the power of a Sumeru world and struck out with the Thunder Emperor Finger!

Splat!

Chiyi Lie's attack was directly broken, and blood sprayed from his shoulder as the finger pierced through his shoulder blade!

"Your strength...!" Chiyi Lie's eyes widened.

At this moment, Jun Xiaoyao's blood energy erupted, extremely vigorous, like a surging, boiling ocean!

That aura, like an ancient giant god awakening, was so powerful that it made Chiyi Lie's heart tremble violently.

"This is impossible, you don't have the ability to counter the cursed blood!" Chiyi Lie couldn't help but shout.

He hadn't acted blindly, but had decided to make his move after careful calculation and consideration.

As a result, Jun Xiaoyao was not at all in the weakened state he had imagined.

"An ant cannot fathom the power of a human."

"Similarly, a human cannot fathom what a god is capable of!"

As Jun Xiaoyao's words fell, his five fingers clenched into a fist, and he threw a punch.

Empowered by five Sumeru worlds, he unleashed the Six Paths of Reincarnation Fist.

This punch shattered a section of the cosmos!

"Cough..."

Chiyi Lie was sent retreating repeatedly. His eyes turned blood-red, and he let out a long howl.

His life force and blood energy were burning, as if he were sacrificing himself.

Behind him appeared an incredibly terrifying six-armed demon god, carrying a world-shaking killing intent.

"Ancestor's Shadow, Destroy All Enemies!" Chiyi Lie roared, the veins on his neck bulging.

Jun Xiaoyao gave a cold laugh and shook his body.

With a thunderous sound, eleven streams of celestial energy simultaneously appeared on Jun Xiaoyao's body, radiating celestial light that shook the nine heavens!

Chiyi Lie stared blankly at the scene before him.

He was dumbfounded!