Chapter 85: Chapter 85 9000000

“How could you possibly be here!”

Yu Yin found it unbelievable that Sun Yuan reached the Transcendance Tribulation Stage. Furthermore, seeing Jiang Li appear here was even more incredible.

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He should be protecting the Ji family in the Void. How could he be here? How did he return so quickly? He hasn’t even reached the Mahayana Realm yet!

What about the Ji family? Did Jiang, the Human Emperor, fail to protect them and they perished in the Void?

Naturally, Jiang Li had no obligation to answer Sun Yuan’s questions. As soon as he arrived, he understood what had transpired.

The Absolute Spirit Array, the Empty City.

If there would have been a second possibility, it would have shown that he, an emperor well versed in the demonic arts, would have been entirely misguided!

Although Sun Yuan was not a man of evil magic, he was even more despicable than such people!

Jiang Li grabbed Sun Yuan’s neck with one hand and his wrist with the other, forcefully tearing off Sun Yuan’s arm.

Left arm, right arm, left leg, right leg, in just a few moves Jiang Li dismantled Sun Yuan into a shape resembling a cudgel!

The rebirth of the Transcendance Tribulation Stage by blood drop, these injuries were not fatal to Sun Yuan, but he wished they were.

Jiang, the Human Emperor, was so angry that he refused to let him die swiftly! Sun Yuan hardened his determination, making a swift move to twist his own neck and break free from Jiang Li’s iron grip. His spine sprouted swiftly, followed by his limbs and body.

After regaining his original form, he turned and fled.

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The closer he got to the Mahayana Stage, the more he realized Jiang Li’s terror.

He had killed the people of an entire city, only to reach the peak of the Transcendance Tribulation Stage. He would need to kill the people of an entire nation to become a Mahayana stage practitioner. The tremendous gap between the Transcendance Tribulation Stage and the Mahayana Stage filled him with despair at this moment!

“Are you alright?” Jiang Li came to Yu Yin, helped her up and gave her a Greater Revival Pill. His face was expressionless throughout the process.

Under normal circumstances, if Jiang Li had seen Yu Yin defeated, he would have laughed and said something along these lines, always adding a sarcastic remark to the effect of how it was incredible that she managed to lose even after reaching the Transcendance Tribulation Stage.

However, now not only was Yu Yin on the brink of death, but also nine million people had died, leaving no corpses behind. No matter what, Jiang Li couldn’t bring himself to laugh.

Nine million people – that’s the scale of destruction brought about by an invasion from the Heavenly Demons from outside the domain. It’s no different!

This was his failure as the Human Emperor!

He felt that he had failed all the past Human Emperors. How could he face up to the claim that he was the strongest Human Emperor?

How could he have the face to!

Jiang Li picked up a piece of red clothing from the ground. Judging from the size, it would have belonged to a lively, adorable little girl. Now, all that’s left of her merriment is this piece of clothing.

And there were nine million similar circumstances.

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Nine million lives and squares dedicated to their memory.

Jiang Li’s heart was trembling. He even wanted to cry.

“Don’t let Sun Yuan escape!” Yu Yin urged anxiously.

“Escape?” Jiang Li folded the red clothing neatly and placed it to one side, laughing coldly, “Where can he escape to in the face of Heavenly Tribulation?”

Yu Yin raised her head and noticed that dark clouds were unknowingly shrouding the land. The area was smaller than when she reached the

Transcendance Tribulation Stage, only the Imperial City could sense it.

However, this was the most terrible Heavenly Tribulation known. She had only seen Jiang Li go through it.

The Ascension Tribulation.

“Master, are you alright?” The Ruyi gourd floated into Yu Yin’s arms crying, “That man almost killed the master. Watch me use the Ascension Tribulation to smite him to death!”

The mouth of the Ruyi gourd opened, and a small white fish came out. The white fish transformed into a human and threw itself onto Yu Yin.

“Aunt Yu Yin, are you alright?”

As the 19th princess of the Zhou Dynasty, she naturally recognized Yu Yin from the neighboring kingdom.

When Jiang Li was in the Void earlier, he had Ji Kongkong transform into a small white fish and dive into the Ruyi gourd. He needed to protect Ji Kongkong, but he did not need to protect an immortal artifact.

Without needing to protect Ji Kongkong, Jiang Li could quickly return to the Nine Provinces.

Sun Yuan truly couldn’t escape. Wherever he went, the Ascension Tribulation would follow, the enormous pillars of lightning reduced him to a charred state. He couldn’t display any of his abilities from the Transcendance Tribulation Stage, all of them were ineffective in the face of the Ascension Tribulation!

The Ascension Tribulation is a test for cultivation masters, it could only be endured stoically.

“Sun Yuan, are you prepared to die?”

Jiang Li stood quietly behind Sun Yuan, his presence causing Sun Yuan’s skin to crawl.

Under the Ascension Tribulation, their powers doubled. Sun Yuan was severely injured, while not a hair on Jiang Li’s body was hurt.

“No, no, no, I don’t want to die. I… I… I know a lot of things. I can tell you how to obtain the power of God-hidden, how to become stronger. You will become even stronger, you may not know what the power of God-hidden is. Look, I used the power of God-hidden to go from the peak of the Combined Stage to the peak of the Transcendance Tribulation Stage. With this power, we will no longer fear the Heavenly Demons from outside the domain. As long as you can spare my life, I will tell you how to obtain the power of God -hidden…”

Sun Yuan spoke without picking his words, trying hard to show his usefulness.

“Do you understand me?”

Jiang Li suddenly asked a question, leaving Sun Yuan unprepared.

“I asked you if you understand me!” Jiang Li’s fierce glare caused Sun Yuan’s legs to tremble.

“I… I… I, of course, I understand you. You’re the just and selfless Human Emperor, the guardian deity of the Nine Provinces, you’re…” Sun Yuan didn’t Imow what kind of response would satisfy Jiang Li.

He had never interacted with Jiang Li, and the Sky Mechanism Tower didn’t sell information about Jiang Li. How was he to understand Jiang Li? He could only share things everybody knew.

“Not you.” Jiang Li shook his head regretfully.

Sun Yuan didn’t understand him. He wasn’t the one scheming against him; only someone who understood him deeply could strike with such precision. He already had a guess in his heart, but he didn’t want to believe it.

“What’s your position in the God-hidden Cult?”

“Vice Sect Hierarch, both God’s Might General and I are Vice Sect Hierarchs, but he doesn’t know me, I know him.” Sun Yuan was surprised that Jiang Li knew about the God-hidden Cult. He felt a chill in his heart, feeling that his value was greatly diminished.

“It’s the Sect Hierarch, yes, it’s all the Sect Hierarch’s fault. He said you were currently protecting the Ji family and couldn’t be bothered with this place, so I could act without worry… No, no, no, I had no peace of mind, not at all. It was the Sect Hierarch who told me to do it!” Sun Yuan rushed to absolve himself of responsibility.

“Who is the Sect Hierarch?”

“I don’t know, the Sect Hierarch has never revealed his true self.” “What about the Respected God-hidden?”

“I don’t know, the Sect Hierarch mentioned the Respected God-hidden.”

Jiang Li no longer asked questions, implementing the Heart Sword, repeatedly slicing into Sun Yuan. His skin was intact, but internally he was riddled with holes, but the special ability of the Transcendance Tribulation Stage, the blood drop rebirth, continually healed him.

The Ruyi gourd also helped out, employing various Heavenly Tribulations,

Heart Demon Tribulation, Hell Tribulation, Reincarnation Tribulation, the Eight Miseries Tribulation, etc. These Heavenly Tribulations did not harm the physical body, but targeted the spirit.

For instance, the Reincarnation Tribulation, that caused him to continually reincarnate as one of the nine million citizens of the empire, continuously dying and being reborn.

For instance, the Eight Miseries Tribulation, which let him experience the sorrows of life, old age, sickness, and death in his spirit, the pain of parting with loved ones, the pain of meeting those you dislike, the suffering of seeking but not obtaining, and the suffering from the excessive burning of the five aggregates.

Sun Yuan was unable to die despite wanting to and unable to live despite wanting to, his continuous screaming, too scared to face reality with open eyes and too scared to close his eyes and experience the Heavenly Tribulations.

Finally, Jiang Li extracted his soul, refining it into ashes..