"I didn't intend to waste so many words on you lot, but... if I don't speak, I'll feel sick! Speaking my mind and watching you suffer—that's the real satisfaction! Only then can my brothers resting in the Nine Springs depart peacefully, having journeyed well!" Jun Mo Xie laughed loudly, a wild, booming roar: "Or perhaps, this is what they call heavenly retribution, where vengeance is swift!"

Xia Chang Tian's face contorted into a mask of utter savagery.

No hope remained!

Everything was sealed.

This Sovereign of Evil would never compromise.

Every kind word had been exhausted, yet this Sovereign of Evil remained utterly unmoved!

No, he wasn't unmoved at all.

He was basking in the ultimate pleasure of revenge, watching Xia Chang Tian writhe in agony, feeling his heart twist in pain, purely to savor that suffering!

Though the chasm was deep, the Chaos Fire had already descended. Even moving slowly, it would reach its destination eventually.

The deaths of those brothers were now inevitable.

"Jun Mo Xie, have you ever considered the price you will pay if my brothers truly die?" Xia Chang Tian's facial muscles twitched violently, his eyes blazing with a cruel, almost uncontrollable light.

"Price? I truly haven't thought about it!" Jun Mo Xie's pupils contracted slowly. "Do you think the few of you here can inflict any price upon me?"

"If every one of my brothers perishes, then I guarantee," Xia Chang Tian's voice dripped with chilling murderous intent, "not a single soul from this Heaven's Punishment Allied Army will walk away alive!"

Jun Mo Xie’s pupils snapped shut, then widened. He stared fixedly at Xia Chang Tian and said slowly, word by measured word: "If you dare to withdraw, I will see this through to the very end!"

He slowly lifted his eyelids, his sharp gaze sweeping across the battlefield with unmatched arrogance. "Xia Chang Tian, if you dare kill me today, I will kill a hundred of yours! If you kill three of mine, I will ensure the roots of the Three Great Holy Lands are utterly severed! I await you, Xia Chang Tian... as long as you have the guts to make a move, I, Jun Mo Xie, will not be meek either!"

The two men glared at each other fiercely—four eyes seemed to strike sparks of intense fire in the air!

Xia Chang Tian's gaze was filled with sorrow, indignation, despair, and a touch of hysteria!

But Jun Mo Xie's eyes, provoked by Xia Chang Tian's words, had turned completely mad!

However, Xia Chang Tian's gaze still held a degree of restraint. Yes, he was still worried about the War of Heaven Seizing! Worried about the state of the world!

If it were just a duel between him and Jun Mo Xie, it could be dismissed as a clash of wills, not implicating the larger picture. This was precisely why Jun Mo Xie insisted on facing forty-seven of them alone!

Because, once Mei Xue Yan and the others intervened, it would mean the Three Great Holy Lands and Heaven's Punishment were in complete rupture with the Evil Monarch's Mansion!

Jun Mo Xie could not afford that responsibility either. Jun Mo Xie held one thought: if he and his brothers were doomed regardless, he would rather die resisting the invasion of foreign races than let them die at the hands of the Three Great Holy Lands! Because that would be meaningless!

Xia Chang Tian’s concerns were far more complex than Jun Mo Xie’s. If a serious fight broke out between him and Jun Mo Xie today—one that involved the Three Great Holy Lands and the Heaven's Punishment Forest—then the battle against the foreign races wouldn't even need to be fought! It would be an assured loss!

Then, Xia Chang Tian would become the greatest sinner of the entire continent!

Xia Chang Tian had guarded the continent for three thousand years; this responsibility had long been ingrained into his soul! This glory had permeated his very bloodline! He valued honor and reputation above all else; how could he willingly shoulder the label of the continent's sinner?

Xia Chang Tian had reservations, but Jun Mo Xie had none!

The continent destroyed? Let it be destroyed! What business did the conflicts stirred up by the Three Great Holy Lands have with him? Even if the world was destined to shatter because of this fight between them, he could not just wait to be slaughtered by their hands!

At worst, they would perish together—a man faces death with his head held high; what’s the big deal? If you don't care about your life, I can throw mine away too! We both only have one head; neither of us has an extra one!

Trying to scare me? Threaten me? Damn your ancestors...

"Xia Chang Tian, didn't you make a guarantee? Why aren't you moving? I'm waiting for you to strike!" Jun Mo Xie looked at him coldly. "Don't tell me you can only guarantee things with your mouth! Do you dare swear an oath? Huh? Killing over ten thousand of my brothers? Who do you think you are... where do you get that kind of courage?"

Xia Chang Tian finally descended into utter madness. With a long cry, he disregarded everything. "Jun Mo Xie! You forced me to do this!" His gaze shifted, landing fiercely on Mei Xue Yan, Xiong Kai Shan, and the others watching from the side, his eyes gleaming with venomous light!

It was clear he could attack at any moment!

Jun Mo Xie let out a long cry, his figure vanishing abruptly, only to reappear in the blink of an eye!

But in that fleeting moment, his aura had undergone a monumental transformation! Majestic and overwhelming, dominating the heavens! In the eyes of the crowd, Jun Mo Xie at this instant stood with his head touching the sky and his feet planted on the earth; his very being seemed to encompass all things in the world!

Jun Mo Xie took a single step forward.

Just one step!

Only one!

Bang!

The space between heaven and earth seemed to ripple violently. At this moment, to the onlookers, even the mountains momentarily distorted, twisting into bizarre shapes.

The space vibrated inexplicably, the air currents became unstable, instantly warping the entire world, creating this illusory effect for the eyes!

Even to the minds of experts like Gu Han, Xia Chang Tian, and Ji Bo Wen, this was no exception; the entire world shook violently!

Gu Han's face changed to one of shock! He looked up in terror at Jun Mo Xie, who was advancing step by step toward Xia Chang Tian, his eyes filled with disbelief!

The faces of the Saint Monarch powerhouses, Xia Chang Tian and Ji Bo Wen, also changed simultaneously. They felt an immense, majestic pressure descending upon them as Jun Mo Xie took that step!

The power of the entire world instantly gathered here, pressing down with terrifying force!

The two were forced back involuntarily by a single step.

Because they had deployed all their Xuan power to resist this sudden, terrifying pressure, this unconscious retreat resulted in a loud boom as they stomped the ground, creating a deep crater!

Jun Mo Xie laughed chillingly. "Xia Chang Tian, I'll tell you the truth... even without your threat just now, you were destined not to survive today! You are the greatest culprit responsible for the deaths of my brothers! The only reason I wasted so much time talking was to let you savor the taste of your own brothers dying before your eyes! By the way, don't claim that I, this young master, killed your brothers—the true murderers were you! And they themselves! It was your decision that led to today's conclusion. Now, I believe you've tasted enough of that feeling, haven't you? Come, come, let this young master send you on your way! On the road to the Yellow Springs, remember this: in your next life, don't displease me!"

The backlash from striking immediately after fusing with the Hongjun Pagoda was severe! Especially striking again so soon after pouring out the Chaos Fire post-fusion—the consequences were something Jun Mo Xie could not fully predict!

But one thing was certain: his body and soul would both sustain grave injuries.

With the foreign races about to attack, Jun Mo Xie genuinely hadn't planned on being this absolute. Not for himself, but because he feared he wouldn't be able to adequately protect the brothers he had sent out.

They had come because of one of his commands! How could Jun Mo Xie not care, not take responsibility, not feel heavy-hearted?

But Xia Chang Tian's threat instantly caused Jun Mo Xie to explode! How dare he use my brothers to threaten me!? If I don't execute this villain, I would be betraying heaven and earth, betraying humanity, betraying my brothers, and betraying my own conscience!

Then kill him!

His eyes flashed with extreme madness, and he suddenly roared: "Then let's destroy this world too!"

"Sword!" Jun Mo Xie roared.

The Yan Huang Blood Sword let out a resounding metallic cry and instantly vanished!

The next moment it appeared, it was before Ji Bo Wen!

The sword edge was chillingly sharp, its cold light dazzling, the sword glow spitting out with supreme arrogance!

A single sword managed to completely block every avenue of attack from Ji Bo Wen, the Saint Monarch! One man and one sword, in the most resolute posture, directly intercepted two Saint Monarch powerhouses! The man was like the sword, and the sword was like the man; both were equally cold and aloof, possessing incomparably sharp, peerless edges!

Xia Chang Tian sneered: "Jun Mo Xie, I admit I am helpless against your petty tricks, but you actually dream of confronting the two of us head-on with just your own strength? Should I laugh at your baseless arrogance, or your overwhelming self-importance? Jun Mo Xie, you think too highly of yourself! Petty tricks are only effective in sneak attacks and ambushes; direct confrontation relies on one's true capabilities!"

"Idiot!" Jun Mo Xie had no intention of answering. With a thought, a Nine Nether Cold Blade suddenly appeared in his hand. In an instant, this pitch-black blade flared with a brilliant light! It exuded an intensely captivating radiance—a color so profoundly dark it surpassed darkness itself!

It was like a plume of purely black flame suddenly igniting in the air!

Darkness, yet glorious!

"Xia Chang Tian, I already said it earlier: you are the main culprit behind the sacrifice of so many of my brothers, which is why I went to such lengths to let you taste the pain of losing your own comrades. Now that my purpose is served, you can die. Go to the Yellow Springs and atone to my brothers!"

As soon as Jun Mo Xie finished speaking, he guided the Cold Blade, and instantly, black light filled the air! His entire figure transformed into a fearsome, sharp sword capable of cleaving the vast sky, launching a fierce attack against the Saint Monarch before him!

On the other side, the peerless divine weapon, the Yan Huang Blood Sword, let out an extremely mournful cry, its light blazing, like purple lightning tearing across the sky, a cold glint descending upon the world, stabbing toward Ji Bo Wen!

In reality, this was a fight between paired opponents; Jun Mo Xie and the Yan Huang Blood Sword were two distinct entities fighting independently, with little connection between them. But to the onlookers, it distinctly appeared as one person controlling two swords, directing one with the hand and the other with the spirit, engaging in a fierce battle against two Saint Monarchs simultaneously!

Every spectator sucked in a cold breath! Even the members of the Heaven's Punishment lineage were no exception!

This Jun Mo Xie was truly audacious to the extreme!