His arm was directly severed, and Chen Feng broke out in a cold sweat, nearly fainting from the pain.

In that instant, humiliation and rage surged within him. He abruptly stood up and let out a long roar, the sound echoing like muffled thunder, or perhaps like a wounded beast, radiating endless resentment.

The Endless Slaughter Domain erupted outwards wildly under his fury, spreading out further and growing stronger.

"Is this... the Heart of Frenzied Slaughter belonging to the Mad Slaughter Demon God?" The "First Divine Emissary" muttered, his expression undergoing rapid changes.

Suddenly, after the Endless Slaughter Domain enveloped the entire Sky-Reaching Platform, it contracted toward the center, merging back into Chen Feng's body.

The purplish-red domain expanded and shrunk, fluctuating in size like a massive balloon with his every breath.

Whoosh!

A spatial ornament, which had quietly fallen in a corner of the Sky-Reaching Platform, suddenly burst with brilliant light and shot toward Chen Feng like a meteor. A golden droplet sprang from the ornament and burrowed directly into his body.

"Ah..." Chen Feng roared towards the heavens, a sound like muffled thunder that shattered the black clouds drifting in the sky. The blood at the stump of his arm instantly changed color, shifting from bright red to golden yellow, and then back to bright red, repeating this cycle three times. With each change, the aura surrounding him intensified.

"Return!" Chen Feng roared, stepping forward and using his one remaining intact hand to pick up his severed arm from the ground, reconnecting it to his body. A flash of golden light illuminated the area, and the severed arm miraculously reattached!

Having absorbed the Golden Divine Power, Chen Feng could have easily regrown a new arm. Yet, he chose not to. He preferred reattaching his original, severed limb.

Ling, who had been standing by, intended to rush forward when she saw his arm cut off. However, this sudden turn of events, coupled with the surging, violent aura he projected, forced her back several steps.

"It looks like... Boss has powered up again! Boss is incredibly formidable when he powers up..." Xiao Hu, who rushed over, was blocked outside the Pseudo-Divine Domain and floated in the air, muttering to himself.

"This is... the power of my God!" The Woma Pope’s eyes widened roundly. He furiously rubbed his head, trying to see if he was mistaken. "And he absorbed the Golden Divine Power... How is this possible?"

The Woma Pope was unaware that Chen Feng was the person Ling Feng was seeking, nor did he know that Chen Feng was the incarnation of the God of Justice. Thus, witnessing this scene left him utterly stupefied.

Below the Sky-Reaching Platform, Bishop Dima’s face shifted between shades of dark and light. For a moment, he wished he were dead.

As the [Nether Child], he could instantly sense the transformation occurring within Chen Feng. What emanated from him now was the pure might of the God of Justice!

"He is actually the incarnation of a deity... and I actually sent people to kill him out of fear that he would contest my position as Pope..." Bishop Dima’s cold sweat poured down, and he stood there, paralyzed with terror.

Everyone surrounding the Sky-Reaching Platform was momentarily stunned by the explosive surge of Chen Feng's presence.

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"This kid's luck is too incredible. Not only did he inherit the mantle of the God of Justice, but he also obtained the Soul-Binding Bow of 'Life's Limitless' and the Heart of Frenzied Slaughter from the Mad Slaughter Demon God... not to mention those lost deities. I’ve been searching for these things for nearly ten thousand years!" The "First Divine Emissary" grumbled internally with deep dissatisfaction. "No, if he fully absorbs the Golden Divine Power and then activates the Heart of Frenzied Slaughter, I certainly won't be his match!"

"Then don't blame me. Blame your excessive good fortune!" Thinking this, a cruel glint appeared in his eyes, and his fists clenched with a grinding sound. With a single hand-chop, the Pseudo-Divine Domain immediately warped, and countless sword lights instantly materialized around Chen Feng, stabbing toward him in unison!

It was momentarily like a downpour of swords.

"Break!" Chen Feng roared as the incoming sword rain made him feel impossibly restless, eager to vent. He extended his fist forward casually.

Bang!

The countless sword lights were smashed into dust in an instant by his overwhelmingly fierce punch, dissipating into the air.

"Not good!" The "First Divine Emissary's" pupils contracted sharply. Seeing his attack fail, he turned to flee, but before he could even take flight, his mind went blank, and waves of insane killing intent relentlessly assaulted his spirit.

Suddenly, an immense giant sword manifested above his head, and the pressure radiating from it was like a violent storm, akin to a true God of Slaughter!

"He actually... can completely control the Heart of Frenzied Slaughter... This is impossible!" the "First Divine Emissary" shrieked, utterly stripped of his earlier composure.

The massive, phantom-like sword plummeted from the sky, striking the "First Divine Emissary's" head with a resounding crash.

Although the "First Divine Emissary" was disheveled, he had not entirely lost his ability to resist. He abandoned the attack from the Pseudo-Divine Domain and piled all its energy onto himself. Simultaneously, he flicked his right finger, instantly forming a three-meter-diameter light shield around him.

The giant sword and the light shield locked in a stalemate, failing to cleave further downwards.

"Hmph, courting death!" Chen Feng snorted coldly, his eyes snapping open to shoot out two beams of solidified light. He shuffled his feet, flashing instantly before his opponent, and brought his right hand down to hammer against the light shield.

"The Heart of Frenzy, a super artifact used to protect my life, can't be broken by that. (Mobile Reading 16k.cn) Did you think one punch could shatter it?" the "First Divine Emissary" thought, ignoring Chen Feng's assault and concentrating on resisting the overhead giant sword.

Whoosh... Chen Feng’s fist struck the light shield directly. The "First Divine Emissary" expected a resounding impact, but to his astonishment, he realized the youth's hand had actually passed straight through the shield and plunged into his chest!

Serpent Skill: Soul Extraction!

"Ah..." A sharp scream echoed as Chen Feng pulled a palm-sized figurine from the opponent's chest. The voice originated from the mouth of this small figure.

This figurine was the avatar of the Dark Deity that had aided the "First Divine Emissary's" physical manifestation.

"You dare kill me! My main body will tear you limb from limb..." the figurine shrieked, though a hint of terror laced its voice.

"Who is your main body?" Chen Feng asked, his gaze sharp as lightning, fixed directly on the figurine.

"My main body? Haha, I am the Dark Sovereign God, one of the Ten Sovereign Gods of the God Realm! Do you dare touch me? Release me now, and hand over the lost deities, as well as the Heart of Frenzied Slaughter and the Soul-Binding Bow. Then, my main body will spare your life. Otherwise, not only will you die, but everyone around you will die too!" the figurine screamed loudly.

"Dark Sovereign God?" Chen Feng was surprised by the opponent's pedigree and couldn't help but ask again.

Hearing Chen Feng repeat the title, the figurine's finger-sized face twisted into a savage excitement. "What? Are you scared now? Release me, or you can wait for death!"

"Dark Sovereign God? Hahahaha..." Chen Feng suddenly burst into wild laughter. He looked down at the figurine in his hand and spoke coldly, "What the hell is a Dark Sovereign God? Today, I will not only kill you, but I will refine you, making your soul my sustenance!"

With that, a beam of light flashed across Chen Feng's hand. With a forceful squeeze, the figurine was crushed into the shape of a steamed bun, and Chen Feng opened his mouth, swallowing it whole!

Vortex Fist's Meat Steamed Bun Technique!

"You... Ah..." The figurine’s voice faded until it vanished completely.

After swallowing the figurine, Chen Feng let out a satisfied burp, exhaling a stream of white vapor. The Pseudo-Divine Domain directly ahead, lacking the maintenance of the deity's avatar, immediately dissipated. The giant sword in the sky flashed once and cleaved the "First Divine Emissary" below into two halves!

It was as if the sky was raining blood, and the two pieces of the corpse plummeted heavily onto the Sky-Reaching Platform.

Rumble!

The sky was now shrouded in dense clouds, with pale blue lightning twisting back and forth within them.

"This is bad. I heard that those with high cultivation often attract Heavenly Tribulation. The Dark Sovereign God's avatar must have used some method to conceal the celestial signs earlier, avoiding the lightning tribulation. But now that I have devoured his soul, my power has reached the maximum limit this world can bear, drawing down the Heavenly Thunder!" Chen Feng looked at the thunderclouds above and immediately understood.

When one's cultivation reaches its peak, it invites the Heavenly Tribulation. If one can successfully use the tribulation to condense a Divine Spark, they can safely ascend to godhood. If not, they face complete annihilation, their flesh blasted into pieces by the might of heaven and earth.

Chen Feng had summoned this lightning tribulation by borrowing the power of the Golden Divine Power—power that did not truly belong to him. Moreover, having just devoured the soul of a Sovereign God's avatar, his soul power was unstable. Facing the tribulation now meant certain death!

After all, soul power is the crucial means to control the changes in internal energy. Unstable soul power could not properly regulate the energy within the body. Furthermore, the power within his body came from the Golden Divine Power; if that power was depleted halfway through the tribulation, wouldn't he also die?

Therefore, from every perspective, Chen Feng had no chance of survival. He made a swift decision.

He must lower his cultivation fluctuations to deceive the Heavenly Tribulation!

As the saying goes, the net of heaven is vast and let nothing escape—deceiving the might of heaven and earth was exceedingly difficult, perhaps even impossible, especially for someone Chen Feng's current knowledge level couldn't manage. (Like the methods used by the Dark Sovereign God's avatar earlier, or by Jin Xuanhu, which Chen Feng did not know about.) He didn't know how to deceive the tribulation. The alternative to deception was to completely disperse all his current power in a short time, reverting to his original cultivation!

However, there was only one drop of Golden Divine Power, and the Sovereign God's avatar soul could only be seized once. Wasting it like this seemed too regrettable!

In an instant, a bold idea flashed through Chen Feng’s mind.

"Tempering! I will use the dual forces of the Golden Divine Power and the Sovereign God's avatar soul to temper my physical cultivation!" Chen Feng's eyes brightened. Without hesitation, he sat cross-legged in the air, marshalling the immense, boundless power within his body and his powerful soul force to fiercely nourish every cell of his being!