Song Yuanhao's eyes widened in shock, filled with incredulity.

The three Qian King's Seals were actually violently shaken, even thrown back, beneath the all-engulfing storm of disaster tribulation.

"Those are the Qian King's Seals—how could they possibly be shaken?"

Although the disaster storm was unimaginably dreadful, he simply could not accept this truth.

Boom!

Roar!!

The storm rampaged, its roaring deafening like the howl of wild beasts. It crushed heaven and earth, transformed into a terror vortex, devouring sky and land, ruthlessly sweeping the Qian King's Seals backward in a howling retreat.

Know this—the storm of tribulation within the Spirit Tribulation Celestial Prison is on par with a True Monarch's calamity!

"Break for me!"

Song Yuanhao roared hoarsely, desperately guiding the Qian King's Seals!

The Qian King's Seals at last barely managed to persist.

Yet they still retreated!

Xu Yang commanded the storm of tribulation, while augmenting himself with the Celestial Brilliance Divine Sky Seal, unleashing the Chaotic Void Celestial Saber!

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!!

Blade shadows full of chaos blended into the back of the disaster storm, as if wind fanned fierce flames, making the tempest even more frenzied, ever fiercer.

Boom!

"Damn it!"

"Xu Yang, I will not lose!"

Song Yuanhao's visage twisted savagely as he suddenly spat a mouthful of blood essence, spraying it over the Qian King's Seals.

"Qian King's Dominion of Heaven!"

Boom!

The three Qian King's Seals were dyed blood-red, erupting with deafening detonations, raising layer after layer of indescribable golden ripples outward.

Wherever these golden waves swept, the disaster storm was struck as by thunder and forcibly imprisoned!

Xu Yang's heart trembled, then a frigid gleam burst into his eyes!

"Heaven Locking!"

He suddenly opened his mouth and spat out a solid jet of ink-black qi!

It was neither primordial energy nor spiritual power!

But the essence of Heaven-locking Qi he had comprehended—after mastering the Heaven-locking Three Seals in the Spirit Tribulation Celestial Prison!

He had yet to reach the true threshold of Heaven-locking Intent!

However, after months of comprehension, fusing the power of celestial confinement with his own Heaven-locking Three Seals, at last he forced it into being, condensed as tangible substance!

Just how strong this Heaven-locking Qi was, Xu Yang did not know.

But he dared to swear—it far surpassed the Heaven-locking Seal he could wield!

Buzz!

The Heaven-locking Qi instantly merged with heaven and earth.

In that fleeting instant!

The three Qian King's Seals quivered, and the spreading golden waves suddenly froze solid!

Behind, the disaster storm surged like a giant dragon, crashing forward relentlessly.

Boom!

The golden bulwark shattered irrevocably!

Song Yuanhao gave a muffled groan and plummeted, blood spurting from his lips in an arc!

His pupils flamed crimson. He roared with savage fury: "Even if I shatter my True Monarch Blood Bone, I will never let you win this battle!"

"Beneath True Monarch, I am invincible!"

Crack!

A shard of True Monarch Blood Bone within his body fractured, soon followed by a second, and a third…

Song Yuanhao's skin burst apart, his whole form drenched in blood—a sight too tragic to behold!

Yet he cared nothing for it!

Fragments of awe-inspiring Blood Bone fused before him, radiating a suffocating might!

The Qian King's Seals, though frozen in place, were on the verge of succumbing!

It was in this split-second amidst crackling thunder—

Xu Yang took a step and appeared beside the Qian King's Seals.

"Wish to claim the Qian King's Seals?"

Song Yuanhao saw through Xu Yang's intention in a glance, mocking, "Even if Can Sutian were here, it would not be so simple to seize them. The three Qian King's Seals are now merged with the earth of my Great Hao domains!"

They are commanded by the Son of Heaven of Great Hao!

No longer the Qian King's Seals of Daqian!

"Is that so?"

Xu Yang grinned, and raised the Celestial Refining Divine Tripod to engulf them.

In that very instant!

Song Yuanhao felt his connection to the Qian King's Seals had been reduced to an unbelievably faint thread!

His expression changed, and in alarm he struck forth the Blood Bone radiance before him, desperate to awaken the Qian King's Seals' might anew.

In Xu Yang's mind echoed Can Sutian's instructions, his gaze turning fervid and wild.

"Cut him off for me!"

With all his strength, Xu Yang unleashed the Celestial Refining Divine Tripod, black Spirit Fire gushing forth, completely drowning the three Qian King's Seals!

Splurt!

Song Yuanhao felt as if his skull had been bludgeoned by a giant hammer. He let out a shrill, miserable scream, his vision going black.

The sphere of Blood Bone radiance lost all control, scattering in all directions!

"How brazen! You dare seize my Great Hao's royal seal!"

"Return it to Us!"

A harsh command tore across the distant heavens.

Before it faded, a sky-shrouding giant palm descended from the void.

"Song Tianchou!"

"Son of Heaven of Great Hao!"

The mighty assembly cried out in terror, all losing their voices!

Beneath that world-covering palm, even those as strong as True Monarchs were overwhelmed with suffocating despair—a force far surpassing the True Monarch realm!

Yet suddenly, the giant palm was frozen mid-air!

"Song Tianchou, is it necessary to act against a junior?" Laughter shook the world, and the terrifying, oppressive will over the land was instantly shattered.

A figure robed in gold appeared out of nowhere in the void.

Can Sutian!

Countless Martial Artists of Daqian stared blankly at Can Sutian, stunned for several heartbeats, before all bowed, voices resounding like thunder.

"Long live the Emperor!"

"Can Sutian!"

Song Tianchou manifested upon the other side, casting a cold glance at Can Sutian. His gaze then immediately riveted onto Xu Yang.

At this moment, Xu Yang bled from all five orifices, trembling as if in a winter gale!

Just to sever Song Yuanhao's connection with the Qian King's Seals, he had bet his very life!

And, in staking everything, the results were immense!

The supreme divine might of the Celestial Refining Divine Tripod brutally crushed the bond between them.

This was something Song Tianchou and his son had not expected, even in their wildest dreams.

"Surprised, aren't you?"

Can Sutian smiled with playful intent: "Had it not been so, how could I have let him be Crown Prince?"

Song Tianchou narrowed his eyes. "Indeed, this act is beyond my grasp. But do you think I rely solely on the Qian King's Seals to deal with you?"

Can Sutian slowly shook his head. "I have never thought thus. Only, without the Qian King's Seal as your vector, countering you becomes far easier."

"Is that so?"

A frigid light flared in Song Tianchou's gaze. He bellowed, "Kill!"

Before he finished, both vanished from between heaven and earth.

Above the void, spiritual radiance surged like clouds, boundless and vast.

Thunderous booms resounded—swelling, raging!

Below, Great Hao's strongest leapt to slaughter without hesitation.

Several True Monarchs struck directly at Xu Yang!

Xu Yang raised his head with difficulty, facing the overwhelming power of the True Monarchs, eyes locked with Song Yuanhao's face twisted with toxic hate.

"Xu Yang, you're dead!"

"Daqian shall be destroyed!"

Song Yuanhao laughed cruelly, hideously.

"Arrogance!"

"Today, His Majesty emerges from seclusion—this day, Great Hao falls!"

"Kill!"

Angry shouts from the True Monarchs came from behind.

The True Monarchs of Daqian entered the fray as well.

Over a dozen True Monarchs surged into battle.

Six more True Monarchs ringed Xu Yang, forming a shield.

Zongzheng Cangyunxiao formed his hand into a hook, launching a wondrous golden spirit rune, which seemed to the naked eye like a blurred 'seal' character.

"Xu Yang, this is the rune granted by His Majesty."

"Though we've severed the Qian King's Seal's bond with Song Yuanhao, the seals have already been refined by Song Tianchou, fused with the three provinces occupied by Great Hao—they must not leave the Divine Tripod even a single step!"

As he spoke, the spirit rune drifted down upon the Divine Tripod.

Xu Yang's heart stirred, and he nodded slightly.

The next moment.

He guided the Divine Tripod down from the heavens.

Clang!

Within the tripod, the Qian King's Seals suddenly thrashed violently, as if yanked by some unseen force.

"Now, quick!"

Cangyunxiao bellowed, his hooked hand releasing surging power into the spirit rune!

The other five True Monarchs, seemingly prepared, poured forth their own powers into the rune!

Whoooosh!

The spirit rune blazed forth with divine light, spreading rapidly, enshrouding the tripod's mouth.

A terrible might unfurled, merging with the ancient power of the Celestial Refining Divine Tripod, instantly quelling the Qian King's Seals' struggles.

Far off, deadly battle erupted!

Countless Martial Artists of Daqian rose up together, striking the warriors of Great Hao!

Above the firmament, matters grew increasingly hushed—for Song Tianchou and Can Sutian had advanced further into the depths of the void!

Even so, the aftershock they left behind left the True Monarchs below trembling in their souls!

If the battle were fought within this world, the heavens themselves would be shattered utterly!

Xu Yang sat cross-legged at the rim of the Divine Tripod, mindless of all around him, madly absorbing the purest essence qi amassed within!

Already, he could hold out no longer!