The three factions stood frozen. Cai Lin of the Heavenly Python Tribe, Gu Yuntian of the Gu Clan, and Lin Yan of the Blood Valley Sect—all Soul Foundation realm prodigies, all heirs of powerful heritages. And yet, for the first time, none of them moved.
Because the black-robed youth before them had just declared calmly that he intended to kill them all.
And somehow... it didn't feel like empty arrogance.
Liu Chen stepped forward slowly, the light of the Golden Sun Leaf reflecting in his deep golden eyes. With each step, the air thickened. The space around him shimmered faintly, as if unable to fully contain the pressure building in his body.
"You really think you can do this alone?" Lin Yan growled, talismans swarming like a hive of golden insects.
"You overestimate yourself," Gu Yuntian muttered coldly.
But Cai Lin narrowed her eyes. Her instincts, inherited from the ancient bloodline of the Heavenly Python Tribe, screamed that something was wrong. There is very strong danger coming from his body.
Then, Liu Chen stopped.
And everything changed.
With a sharp breath, his entire body shuddered. A golden glow erupted from his pores, blazing like a miniature sun. Dark veins—black as abyssal ink—coiled through his golden flesh. The sky itself dimmed slightly, as if the heavens had turned their gaze.
He began to grow.
One foot taller.
Then two.
Until he stood nearly twelve feet tall, a towering figure of godlike majesty and demonic ferocity. His skin radiated a golden sheen, like burnished metal bathed in sacred fire, while the black veins pulsed with primordial energy. His eyes, once merely golden, now glowed like twin suns darkened at their edges by a consuming void.
The air trembled.
"W-what is this...?!" Lin Yan's voice cracked.
Even Gu Yuntian paled. His pupils shrank, as if recognizing something out of a forbidden dream. "No... it can't be…"
Cai Lin stepped back unconsciously. Her seductive smile vanished. Her blood screamed at her to run.
Then Gu Yuntian said, almost reverently, "That's... the God and Demon Divine Body."
All eyes turned to him, want to know about this monster.
"My father told me once," Gu Yuntian said slowly, his voice shaking, "that in the distant past, there were three supreme physiques among all the Heavenly Physiques. So powerful they were called the Three Forbidden Origins. Not because they were evil, but because their existence shattered balance."
He pointed at Liu Chen. "And that one... that's the most powerful in combat power of them all."
"A body born from the union of divine order and chaotic destruction," he continued, "Able to dominate gods and demons alike. In ancient wars, a user of the God and Demon Divine Body once stood tens of thousands of feet tall and shattered planes with a single fist."
"That can't be real," Lin Yan said hoarsely. All of them halt on their place as if they have seen death God in front of them.
But Liu Chen raised his hand.
That one gesture silenced them all. Then, he vanished.
A boom echoed through the valley. Gu Yuntian barely managed to raise a barrier before a massive golden fist slammed down from above. His five-colored shield cracked like fragile glass, and he was flung backward, blood spraying from his mouth. Lin Yan and other cultivators wake up from their shock and prepare their defence.
Lin Yan's talismans formed a wall of divine sigils, but Liu Chen charged through them. Each rune that touched his body simply disintegrated. His physique... it wasn't just powerful. It was indestructible.
"God and Demon Fist," Liu Chen murmured.
He struck again.
A shockwave thundered through the ruined field. The very ground split. Stone pillars were crushed into dust. The Blood Valley sect members screamed as they were blasted away, bodies torn apart from the sheer pressure. Lin Yan coughed blood, his arm hanging uselessly.
Cai Lin's serpentine qi surged. Vines of spiritual aura tried to ensnare him, but the moment they touched his skin, they withered into nothingness.
She stared, trembling.
This wasn't a man. This was a calamity.
He had become gold and black wrath incarnate.
"Your defenses are meaningless," Liu Chen said calmly. "Your techniques, your status, your bloodlines. All of them, just words."
"You want the Golden Sun Leaf?" he asked coldly. "Then die."
The leaf floated silently behind him. Unbothered by the destruction. It almost seemed to favor him, glowing brighter in his presence.
The three forces gathered what remained of their power.
"Attack together!" Lin Yan shouted. "We can't let him—!"
But before he could finish, Liu Chen was in front of him.
One punch.
The God and Demon Fist landed on his chest. Lin Yan's entire body twisted unnaturally. His chest caved in. His eyes widened in disbelief as blood spurted from his lips.
He flew back like a broken doll, collapsing motionless.
Gu Yuntian roared, unleashing a forbidden technique. Elemental light surged behind him in the form of a phantom beast—five heads, five colors.
Liu Chen met it with a simple punch.
The phantom shattered.
Gu Yuntian's body was thrown backward, his five elemental veins cracked from within. He hit the ground and coughed violently. All of below Soul foundation realm are miserably died from the shock wave from God and Demon fist.
"I am One of the core member of Ancient Gu clan, you have to think twice. Once my father knows about you, even god can't save you." Gu Yuntian said in last hope to survive. But it didn't seem to any effect of his warning on that black robe young boy.
"Then i want to see your power." Gu Yuntian touch his forehead and somehow a golden light began to glow. It seems like something coming out from his head. It was a golden seal symbol.
"Nirvana Golden Seal" members that were still alive, were shocked first but after they became extremely happy.
"Young master Gu has Nirvana Golden Seal from Ancient Gu clan."
"It has power to make a soul clone of power Emperor realm cultivator."
"Kill this beast, Young master Gu. Avenge our brothers."
"Kill him..."
Only Cai Lin remained standing. But she didn't attack. She was also young maidan of Heavenly Python Tribe and also has many powerful tricks that was given by elders of tribe. After all Gu Yuntian is only one of the young core member of Ancient Gu clan but she was Holy Maiden of Heavenly Python Tribe. In terms of means, she is not weaker compare to Gu tian. But she didn't, because she was not sure.
Her golden eyes stared at Liu Chen, wide and filled with something strange.