Chapter 168: Invincible King!
Three demon dukes had their eyes on the Mixed Yuan Umbrella.
As for Jiang Zhe?
To them, he was nothing more than a tasty but nutritionally worthless morsel — a mere ant with the aura of a World Lord. Yes, his life gene level was high, but that wasn't enough to make them take him seriously.
Before they could even secure the Mixed Yuan Umbrella, they had already begun scheming against one another.
The sky abruptly darkened. In an instant, the world was pitch black, a darkness so deep that one couldn't see their own hand. Nearly a hundred kilometers in every direction were swallowed by this boundless gloom.
The darkness seemed alive, slowly flowing like tar, giving the feeling of sinking into a swamp.
Hiss! Hiss! Hiss—
Strands of flame ignited, burning away the dark. The air filled with the stench of sulfur as the flames expanded into a blazing sea of fire.
Splash—splash—
From the void surged a roaring river, sweeping through the darkness and smothering the flames. Billows of steam rolled into the air.
—A Law Domain!
All three demon dukes wanted to seize Jiang Zhe, dragging him into their control. They unfolded their Law Domains, clashing against each other.
Their true forms emerged.
A pool of water gathered, shaping itself into a seductive six-armed serpent woman.
From the inferno stepped a towering humanoid monster over three meters tall, a pair of thick bull horns atop its head, wide bat wings on its back. Molten rock flowed over the heavy armor covering its body, and it carried a sword as large as a door panel.
The third was another bull-horned, bat-winged figure, but smaller — just over two meters — with a leaner frame clad in black light armor, a whip in its hand.
Inside the umbrella's inner space, Chi Ying caught sight of the demons and immediately sent a voice transmission to Zhu Zhao's clone.
"Teacher, that's a six-armed serpent demon from the Water-Sky lineage, a flame demon from the Fire-Sky lineage, and that smaller flame demon is actually a Barro Demon from the Light-Time lineage.
The six-armed serpent demon is elusive and deadly, adept at assassination but also dangerous in a head-on fight.
Flame demons excel in frontal combat — avoid a prolonged fight with them. Their strength multiplies the longer they battle.
Barro Demons are masters of the soul — skilled in spiritual attacks, enchantment, control, and enslavement."
The dukes' identities laid bare, Jiang Zhe kept the knowledge in mind, holding steady against the triple pull of their Law Domains without making a move.
Oriana, meanwhile, gauged the strength of their divine bodies by sensing the intensity of their Law Domains.
A Law Domain reflects an Immortal God's comprehension of the origin laws, which correlates closely with divine body strength.
Many geniuses remain at the World Lord stage because it allows faster comprehension of the laws without hindering their future Immortal-level growth.
When they break through to Immortality, whether they become a General, a Marquis, or a King depends on this comprehension.
For example, in the Original Secret Realm, World Lords with Law comprehension at the 15th–18th level of the Tongtian Bridge often become Marquis or even King-level upon becoming Immortal. Luo Feng, with 20th-level comprehension, leapt directly to the peak of King-level after breaking through.
To simplify:
Recognized by a higher origin law? Upon becoming Immortal, you'll at least be a Marquis.
Comprehend a profound truth of a higher origin law? Upon becoming Immortal, you'll be a high-tier King.
By measuring their domains, Oriana deduced their divine body strength.
"Master, judging from their domains, they're all at the peak of near-Immortal General level. Their divine bodies are about 600–800 times a World Lord's strength, with life gene levels conservatively above 70."
Jiang Zhe nodded. "So their final combat power is around 50,000 times a World Lord's strength? Heh."
He looked at the three demons silently wrestling with their domains, wearing expressions that said they had him in their grasp.
The corner of Jiang Zhe's mouth lifted in a mocking smile.
"All right… that's enough."
The moment he spoke, the world around them shifted. Darkness, flame, and water shattered, replaced by endless mountain ranges of stone.
A mere near-Immortal General's Law Domain? Luo Feng could crush that with a 90-million-kilometer world projection.
Jiang Zhe's projection was three hundred billion kilometers across.
In an instant, their domains collapsed, unable to spread again. A crushing force bore down on the demons, pinning them like insects in amber.
"Not good! What is this monster?!"
The serpent demon's alluring form exploded into countless droplets, scattering in an attempt to flee.
Chi Ying hurriedly warned, "Teacher, that's the innate secret art Formless Gather-Scatter. It lets the serpent demon's divine body take on the property of an 'undying body' ahead of time."
"Heh." Jiang Zhe smirked.
With a thought, his world projection tightened. The scattered droplets were dragged back, forced to recombine into a divine body. The serpent demon's expression turned grim.
The gap in power was suffocating. And in the Ninth Abyss, demons couldn't self-destruct their divine bodies — meaning these three were meat on his chopping block.
The flame demon's massive eyes flared, molten breath hissing from its nostrils. "Can't escape? Then kill him!"
Molten armor patterns blazed, and it swung its giant sword in a blazing arc.
"Teacher," Chi Ying said, "that's the Fervor ability. A flame demon will keep fighting without rest, its strength multiplying over time."
A burning wave tens of kilometers long split space itself, revealing a gaping black rift from which chaotic spatial currents poured.
Jiang Zhe flicked his wrist, sending out his treasured bracelet. Twelve dark-purple stars shot forth to meet the blow.
"Does Fervor have a limit?" he asked.
"One hundredfold," Chi Ying replied.
"Got it."
That put it in the category of amplitude-type abilities, capped at the universe's hundredfold limit — peaking at the Universe Overlord stage.
Even as he considered this, a faint blood-red gleam slipped from behind him.
The Barro Demon struck — a phantom force pierced his treasure armor, invading his sea of consciousness. Twisted whispers echoed inside his mind:
"Kneel! Kneel! Kneel!"
A black hole appeared within his consciousness, swallowing the incoming spiritual assault.
Active-type soul defense secret art — Black Hole Devour!
With his sixtyfold soul amplitude, Immortal-respect-level willpower, and a treasure armor that negated ninety percent of soul attacks, the strike was nothing but a dull thud.
A Barro Demon using soul attacks on him was like a child showing off in front of a master.
Jiang Zhe turned to glare at it. "Kneel."
His voice cracked like a whip as a wave of chaotic willpower surged from his eyes, invading the Barro Demon's mind.
Coming from the very source of its bloodline, the pressure was overwhelming. Its knees buckled involuntarily.
A blood-red flash — his curved blood blade — ripped through its black armor, biting deep into its divine body.
Blood poison injected. One slash to wound the body.
The Barro Demon howled in pain. "Ah! My divine body — 20% gone?!"
That was being optimistic. Jiang Zhe had only used the blade's second seal. Three hits would kill it outright, bypassing regeneration entirely.
A purple star smashed into the demon, shattering its body. With its strength plummeting, it was helpless under the world projection's grip.
Another slash. Blood poison again.
No scream this time — just silence. The Barro Demon died, eyes still full of unwillingness.
One down.
The stars swatted aside the flame demon's attack like breaking a twig, then barreled toward it with such warped time that it barely had a chance to react.
Elsewhere, the serpent demon foolishly transformed into a massive water python, only to be shattered by four purple stars laced with different law comprehensions — including a black-hole-like erosion that destroyed even pseudo-immortality.
The serpent demon died screaming.
Jiang Zhe scowled — the valuable heart of a Water-Sky duke was gone.
His gaze locked on the flame demon. This one had to live long enough for him to take it intact.
But before he could, the blood blade pierced its armor, pain wracking every cell and strand of its genetic code. The agony blurred its mind until… it simply died from the pain itself.
Jiang Zhe stood there for a moment, silent. "…Well. That's convenient."
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Author's Note / Background Lore
A World Lord who comprehends the origin laws to the 12th level of the Tongtian Bridge — or masters a complete law of a lower origin — can generally grasp the immortal body technique within a thousand years.
This is why demons like the six-armed serpent are so dangerous — their innate secret art Formless Gather-Scatter lets them simulate an "undying body" even before reaching Immortality.
For Immortal Gods, the ability to instantly reform their divine body is the bare minimum for survival. Without it, even a wound that destroys less than a percent of their body's total divine power could be fatal if it hits the wrong spot.
Jiang Zhe's blood blade bypasses regeneration entirely — a direct counter to such abilities. This is why, once it struck, even high-tier Immortal Generals could do nothing but die.
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