Three hundred years had passed since Su Chen left the Flying Cloud Realm. He had finally gathered enough resources for his fourth Nirvana. Each Nirvana enhanced both his talent and cultivation, but the time and resources required grew dramatically with every attempt. This one took a full thousand years.

For over a thousand years, the Flying Cloud Realm had heard no news of the peerless black crow. Many factions began to celebrate. Yet before they could even catch their breath, the Abyssal Sea Sacred Land's Saint Ancestor returned with the Sacred Lord and a large force of experts from beyond the realm.

Back then, the Saint Ancestor had known he was no match for Su Chen. Fearing revenge that would destroy thousands of years of cultivation, he had fled the realm with his bloodline descendants, abandoning the sacred land to wander the starry skies.

By chance, he had rescued a persecuted heir from a powerful sect. That heir turned out to be the direct descendant of a Great Saint Ancestor from that major orthodox lineage. As a result, both the Abyssal Sea Saint Ancestor and the Sacred Lord had joined this formidable sect. The Sacred Lord had even received a great opportunity and broken through to the Saint Realm.

Now, upon learning that his benefactor was searching for rare and exotic beasts to offer to a certain important figure, the Saint Ancestor immediately thought of the peerless black crow. He still wondered what kind of crow could be so terrifying that it had forced him to abandon his home and drift through the stars. This was his chance for revenge.

The sect heir showed great interest in the black crow. Because of the matter's importance, they had even convinced a Saint King from the sect to take action.

Inside the Flying Cloud Realm, the various orthodoxies felt bitter. They had only just sent off one demon god and enjoyed a thousand years of peaceful development. Now the Abyssal Sea Sacred Land's ancestors had returned, plundering their resources once more. With a Saint King present, none of them dared to resist.

Worse still, the Abyssal Sea Saint Ancestor was now leading this fearsome army straight into the forbidden zone.

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Yet today, the Black Crow Demon Nation faced utter catastrophe. The Abyssal Sea Sacred Lord and Saint Ancestor had returned with overwhelming force.

"A Saint King artifact," a handsome young man standing before the Abyssal Sea Saint Ancestor remarked with mild surprise as he gazed at the golden light enveloping the entire demon nation. Even in his Heavenly Yang Divine Sect, Saint King artifacts were extremely rare.

Beside the young man stood an elder whose aura was as deep and unfathomable as an abyss.

"This Saint King artifact carries vast righteous energy, yet it has been subdued by a demon. It seems that the demon is no ordinary being," the elder said. He was a Saint King of the Heavenly Yang Divine Sect, and his insight was profound.

Saint Kings were considered true powerhouses even in this great era.

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"I didn't expect this demon to earn such praise from Thirteenth Grandfather," the young man said with a smile. "This trip was worth it. This demon will surely please Princess Huangyue."

A smile spread across the young man's face.

A demon capable of subduing a human race's righteous Qi was extraordinarily valuable.

Jin Da stood as if facing a mortal enemy.

"A Saint King… that's a Saint King realm powerhouse!"

Though he was a Saint King artifact, he was no more than an ant before a true Saint King. With a single finger, the Saint King shattered countless killing characters. Jin Da suffered severe damage and had no power to resist. In the end, a Saint King artifact was still just an object.

Just as the starry sky, Saint King prepared to interrogate him about Su Chen's whereabouts, a black flame blazed across the sky of the Flying Cloud Realm, scorching heaven and earth.

The shocking phenomenon drew the gaze of every living being in the realm.

"Someone is undergoing a Saint tribulation!"

The terrifying aura provoked the wrath of the heavens, summoning calamitous punishment to correct the natural order and extinguish the black flames. Yet the horrifying black fire devoured the nine heavens and instead swallowed the descending lightning.

A figure emerged from within. Black flames swirled around him as feathers drifted down, condensing into a peerless demonic blade. One slash left an indelible black scar across the sky of the Flying Cloud Realm.

An unparalleled genius!

Su Chen's breakthrough to the Saint realm did not stop there. Saint Realm First Layer… Second Layer… all the way to the Fifth Layer before it finally ceased. He had plundered far too many treasures over the years. His bloodline had broken through its limits, and the remaining energy had transformed directly into cultivation.

The living beings of the Flying Cloud Realm would never forget this day. A heaven-shaking battle nearly shattered the entire realm.

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The heir of the Heavenly Yang Divine Sect had died—along with one of their Saint Kings! Both had been slain by a demon beast known as the Nether Crow. The news enraged the Heavenly Yang Divine Sect. They paid a heavy price and vowed to kill the Nether Crow at all costs.

"This script feels somewhat familiar," Su Chen thought.

He was hunted by the Heavenly Yang Divine Sect for a full century. Not only did they fail to eliminate him, but they even lost several Supreme Elders in the process.

During those hundred years, Su Chen learned more and more secrets. He finally understood the source of the Emperor's fall and rise he had sensed during his previous Nirvana. After his death in his previous life, a new Emperor had been born in the universe: the Divine Might Great Emperor.

The new Emperor had reigned supreme for over twenty thousand years. Perhaps out of boredom, he chose to wage war against the forbidden zones. This was not unusual. However, unlike others who guarded the perimeter, Divine Might charged straight into the zones. Although he gained little, he managed to return alive. He repeated this feat several times until one day… the Great Emperor fell.

Su Chen found it absurd. In his last life, he had been known as the Myriad Laws Great Emperor. He had attained the Dao with the Flying Immortal Dao Body, which allowed him to retreat safely from the forbidden zones multiple times. Even so, he had nearly met disaster and eventually stopped entering recklessly.

Yet Divine Might had been even bolder.

After Divine Might's death, Yao Tianxin—a powerhouse of the same era—attained the Dao. Su Chen remembered him as a rare prodigy of the demon race who had risen during his own ten-thousand-year reign. Yao Tianxin had been one of the most promising candidates to become Emperor.

After Yao Tianxin attained the Dao, the dark turmoil subsided. His personality was steady and cautious. Unlike Divine Might, he did not charge recklessly into the forbidden zones. Instead, he chose to guard them, protecting the myriad races from the harm of other Supremes.

However, Heavenly Heart Great Emperor had one weakness: he loved beautiful women and maintained a vast harem, resulting in countless descendants. While he guarded the forbidden zones, his concubines and offspring exploited his name to enjoy endless privileges.

The Heavenly Yang Divine Sect's heir had wanted to capture Su Chen merely to please one of the Heavenly Heart Great Emperor's many children.