Because Divine Metal is nurtured by heaven and earth.

Even if it possesses a spirit and heaven-defying fortune to embark on the path of cultivation, reaching Quasi-Emperor is nearly the end, bound by the Heavenly Dao Laws.

It's the same for cultivators who have come to life from elixirs.

Only by benefiting the four corners and enjoying the worship of all living beings can one cultivate into an Emperor Realm Dao Fruit with an endless fragrant golden body.

This is the only extreme path available.

And among the countless creatures, only spirit plants are bound by the Heavenly Dao on the path of cultivation.

Enjoy a lifespan far beyond that of cultivators.

Abandon the possibility of defying the heavens and slaying immortals.

...

"How unfortunate not to refine the Primordial Goldstone into an artifact, first devour your Emperor Realm Dao Fruit, search the soul for the Other Shore's secret techniques and divine skills, and then integrate your remains into the Golden Feather Robe!"

In just a short moment.

Chen Chi had already issued a death warrant to Jin Shi and decided on how to utilize him.

This is the cultivation world, brutal and bloody without reason, where even Emperor Realms become prey to be hunted.

"You really had a chance, but... you talked too much nonsense." Jin Shi chuckled.

"Hmm?"

Chen Chi suddenly sensed something amiss.

She sensed the Domain Space being torn apart by a raw force.

Not from the tough interior, but from the relatively fragile exterior!

"Actually not dead."

A magnetic voice, tinged with a hint of surprise.

Upon hearing this, Great Emperor Jin Shi rolled her eyes widely but did not retort.

After all, Jiu Feng was here to rescue her, although as annoying as ever, she could only endure it.

"Jiu Feng!?"

Chen Chi's pupils shrank.

Xiao Yan possesses two Emperor Artifacts, her combat power even three points stronger. In less than two incense sticks of time, could she have been dealt with by Jiu Feng?

Otherwise, how would Jiu Feng have had the leisure to break her Domain!

Chen Chi retracted her Domain, her gaze filled with bewilderment.

There were originally three Emperor Realm battlefields.

Chen Chi and Jin Shi.

Xiao Yan and Jiu Feng.

The last one was between Chen Chi's Dao companion and Li Bahuang.

In Chen Chi's mind.

On the three Emperor Realm battlefields, their Nine Kings' Palace should be on the advantageous side, and a significant advantage!

Yet upon coming out to see.

Her Dao companion was already heavily injured, standing at the forefront of the island alongside Xiao Yan, who looked displeased, showing a substantial disadvantage.

Chen Chi couldn't comprehend why it ended up like this.

"Oh, isn't this Chen Chi, my dear sister-in-law, how many thousands of years has it been, and how you've become a hunched old lady, not a trace of that smile that once captivated the city."

A mischievous voice came over.

Chen Chi turned sharply to see a little boy in a red bellyband sitting on the Emperor Artifact Green Gourd, grinning as he looked this way.

"?"

Chen Chi didn't recognize this brat at all.

But the inexplicably infuriating tone and demeanor, combined with the posture of sitting on the Green Gourd, began to overlap with someone in her memory.

"Are you... Jiu Kongsi?"

"Yes, it is indeed me, elder brother, Chen Chi sister-in-law truly can't forget me."

Sikong Jiu sighed: "Separated for so many years, things have changed. How have you been caring for our children? Which one of them are our descendants?"

Sikong Jiu's gaze swept to the distance, where the Nine Royal Clan cultivators were gathered, staring angrily, especially the Chen and Zhao clans.

"..."

Chen Chi had long experienced Jiu Kongsi's mischievousness.

Far worse words back then couldn't stir her heart, let alone now.

But Chen Chi looked suspicious, sensing something peculiar about Jiu Kongsi, unlike an Emperor Realm Cultivator, with an aura seemingly formed by Heavenly Dao Laws.

The actual combat strength probably wasn't even as good as a Quasi-Emperor of the Nine Kings' Palace.

Could it be that Jiu Kongsi's joining had tipped the balance of the other two battlefields in favor of Li Bahuang?

It just didn't seem right no matter how she thought about it.

"Li Bahuang was very strong, I was defeated."

Chen Chi's Dao companion, named Zhao Yuehua, the ancestor of one of the Nine Royal Zhao clan, was clutching the massive hole in his chest, coughing incessantly.

"Thank you for letting me win."

Li Bahuang's state wasn't good either, with one arm severed, face pale with blood seeping from the corner of his mouth, yet his fighting spirit was burning to the extreme.

An Emperor Realm Cultivator generally wouldn't get hurt.

But once injured, it isn't a minor wound, and recovery time would be counted in millennia.

However, his injuries were much lighter compared to Zhao Yuehua's.

Rewinding to half a moment ago.

After Great Emperor Jin Shi's Domain unfolded, Li Bahuang, at his utmost peak, severely injured Zhao Yuehua single-handedly.

Not that Zhao Yuehua was weak, Li Bahuang was just unreasonable, using a fight-to-the-death approach right away.

After reaching his utmost peak, Li Bahuang was doomed, but Zhao Yuehua still wanted to live, naturally retreating if possible.

One seized the upper hand in momentum, fighting more bravely the longer it went.

One focused on temporarily avoiding combat, waiting for the opponent to exhaust.

There was nothing wrong with Zhao Yuehua's tactic and strategy, just that he underestimated Li Bahuang's strength, thinking he could withstand one blow from the opponent.

But it nearly took him out...

The battle between Jiu Feng and Xiao Yan was even more ludicrous.

In the heat of their clash, the Emperor Gourd, refined by Xiao Yan for an entire cycle, suddenly backstabbed and hit her head.

Jiu Feng responded quickly, nearly slicing off Xiao Yan's head with the Nine Blades Spear.

It was, of course, the secretly controlled Green Gourd by Sikong Jiu, his Emperor Artifact from years ago.

After that...

Came the scene where Chen Chi's Domain was ripped from the outside by Jiu Feng.

... 𝗳𝚛𝗲𝕖𝚠𝚎𝚋𝗻𝗼𝕧𝗲𝐥.𝚌𝚘𝐦

Returning to the timeline.

Chen Chi felt somewhat unwilling, clearly so close to being able to slay Jin Shi, who was a Primordial Goldstone a yard tall!

"Xiao Yan, thank you for leaving me the Green Gourd; even when the other old bastards said to crush it."

Sikong Jiu patted the Green Gourd under him, clicking his tongue and saying: "By the way, why are only you three here, where are the other old bastards? Not coming out to greet your honorable guest yet."

Always smiling, Xiao Yan's face darkened again.

She thought she had fully refined Jiu Kongsi's Emperor Artifact, but unexpectedly... it was still summoned away by the other party!

"Jiu Kongsi, I see you have allied with Xu Qingfeng from the Heavenly Court, do you really think these few can overturn the Nine Kings' Palace? It's nothing but a fool's dream."

Xiao Yan said coldly.

"I still prefer your smiling appearance."

Sikong Jiu said earnestly: "Also, I'm not here to fight today, but to present a grand gift."

"Ha, having escaped one cycle, today you'll be buried here as a gift." Chen Chi spoke coldly.

"I'm laying it all out, I'm done pretending, I'm no longer Jiu Kongsi, I'm now Sikong Jiu, the diverging pathway of the Heavenly Dao in the Immortal Domain."

Sikong Jiu's smile widened: "Killing me will incur heavenly punishment."

"So that's how it is."

Chen Chi's brows relaxed, finally understanding the odd feeling she had earlier and realizing why there had been no news of Jiu Kongsi for all these years.

"Jiu Kongsi, today's the day of your death.

"The grudges of years past, will be settled today."

"..."

Accompanied by several voices, three more figures emerged from the gigantic island.

Upon their appearance.

Sikong Jiu's smile vanished, as these three were the main culprits who set up the tremendous killing array, murdering several of his sworn brothers!