Limitless Ascension: Strength Amid Adversity – Chapter 713

“King of the Blazing Sun?”

Ye Junlin’s eyes lit up, a knowing smile creeping onto his lips.

Well, well, an experience package delivered right to my doorstep!

“Father!”

Chen Xiao exclaimed, all fired up.

He had already taken the King of the Blazing Sun as his adoptive father and usually referred to him as such, but right now, all he wanted was to scream “Father” to express his heartfelt filial piety.

“Xiao’er, with your father here, you have nothing to worry about!” The King of the Blazing Sun said sternly, pleased with Chen Xiao’s attitude.

Ye Junlin scoffed, “Now, that’s a bit premature. Did I agree to let you take him away?”

“How bold! How dare you disrespect my father!” Chen Xiao shot back, fueled by confidence.

“Heh,” Ye Junlin looked at him as if he were a fool.

The King of the Blazing Sun glared at the silver-haired youth, radiating an aura as vast as the sea, his voice booming with authority that shook the surroundings.

“I know you. You’re the lord of the Celestial Court, and you’ve been making quite a name for yourself in this universe lately.”

“Given your contributions in fighting the Nine Nether, I won’t hold this against you, but I must take Xiao’er with me. He is the son of our Blazing Sun civilization, the next inheritor of the title of King!”

“If you have any sense, you should know what to do!”

Upon hearing this,

Ye Junlin mocked, “Just you? You’re not worthy of my consideration!”

“Are you looking for death?!”

The King of the Blazing Sun fumed, his overwhelming aura surging as if ready to topple the entire Kunlun Realm.

Countless beings trembled in fear, their faces pale.

“I’ll be right here, let’s see what you can do!” Ye Junlin said with a playful smirk.

He was deliberately drawing hate, making the King of the Blazing Sun act; after all, if the King truly wanted to take Chen Xiao away, his cultivation level wouldn’t be able to stop it. So he was counting on his opponent to attack him!

In that case, it would be just perfect!

Chen Xiao’s expression turned anxious, his forehead throbbing.

He was way too familiar with Ye Junlin’s expression. As an old rival from long ago, he knew that whenever that look appeared, Ye Junlin was feeling invincible.

Though the King of the Blazing Sun’s projection was at half-step Saint King level, easily capable of dispatching an Ancient Saint, Chen Xiao felt something was off, an unsettling premonition flooding his heart.

“Father, you should hurry and take me away!” Chen Xiao urged, forcing himself to stay brave.

There was no other option; the situation was just too sinister, and even he didn’t have the guts to keep fighting. He just wanted to get the hell out of this cursed place!

The King of the Blazing Sun was already furious, and Chen Xiao’s words only fueled his anger further, like a bomb ready to explode in his chest, making him want to roar to the sky.

“Xiao’er, what do you mean by that? Do you think your father can’t handle a mere junior?”

The King questioned.

“Uh…”

Chen Xiao internally groaned, cold sweat running down his forehead, he quickly replied, “I absolutely didn’t mean…”

“No, you did! Your expression has betrayed you!”

The King of the Blazing Sun was enraged.

“???” Chen Xiao was completely lost.

How long is this old man going to keep going? What do I have to say for him to believe me?

“Hmph, just watch, this disrespectful junior, I can crush him with a single hand!”

The King of the Blazing Sun changed his mind.

He extended a hand, a golden palm ablaze with flames, infused with vast solar power, and slapped it towards Ye Junlin.

“This is your own death wish, you can’t blame anyone else!”

His authoritative voice was laced with a formidable killing intent, ringing through every corner of the Kunlun Realm.

“Oh no,” Empress Fuyao felt powerless, her eyes filled with deep regret.

She couldn’t understand Ye Junlin’s reckless defiance; there was such a vast difference in cultivation levels, yet he insisted on sparking a conflict right then and there.

“Lord Ye!” The Liu Emperor and the other beings called out anxiously.

If the other side were to die, it would undoubtedly be a massive loss for the Kunlun Realm!

[Prompt: Detection of host encountering half-step Saint King enemy attack, triggering passive effect that makes one stronger when facing strong opponents, gaining one layer of Saint King cultivation!]

The system notification sounded.

Ye Junlin felt the Holy Power inside him roar like an angry dragon, every pore on his body bursting forth with brilliant glimmers of light, dazzling and blinding.

That feeling after breaking through to Saint King was entirely different.

He could clearly feel the Holy Way rules filling the world around him, almost as if they were his to command!

“Break!”

Ye Junlin spat out a word, as if reciting a celestial decree, containing unimaginable immense power.

In an instant,

The blazing fiery hand was destroyed, and even the King of the Blazing Sun’s projection was severely wounded, becoming increasingly illusory.

“Impossible?!”

The King of the Blazing Sun was shocked.

This junior had already ascended to the Saint King realm?

Such an unthinkable rate of growth might well qualify him for the Supreme List in the Divine Court, becoming one of the top ten super prodigies!

“This…”

Chen Xiao felt his scalp tingle, his bad premonition confirmed.

Every time it was like this!

He should have seen this coming!

This guy was just too devilish! It was like his cultivation was always a step ahead of everyone else!

It used to be like this, and it still is!

This is just insane, completely insane!

At this moment, Chen Xiao recalled the fear he had from being dominated by Ye Junlin in the past…

“Now you all can’t escape.” Ye Junlin sneered.

Now that he had reached the Saint King realm, even if the King of the Blazing Sun wanted to take Chen Xiao away by force, he wouldn’t be able to escape Ye Junlin’s grasp.

“Friend, let’s negotiate. Our Blazing Sun civilization is willing to pay any price to ensure Chen Xiao’s safety!” The King of the Blazing Sun said, panic etched on his face.

No sooner had he spoken,

Boom! The mark of the Saint King completely vanished, brutally ground out of existence in this world.

Far away on the Sun Blaze Star,

Inside the Great Hall, the middle-aged man robed in royal attire and crowned, detached himself from his awareness, his face darkening to the extreme, veins bulging on his forehead. Infuriated, he slammed the king’s staff to the ground, howling with rage:

“Damn it! Truly damn it!!!!”

The King of the Blazing Sun knew very well that Chen Xiao was doomed this time.

His hatred for the Kunlun Realm reached its peak.

“This grudge, I must avenge, at any cost, destroy this world!”

The King of the Blazing Sun seethed.

Suddenly, a cold, indifferent voice landed on the Sun Blaze Star, infused with an irresistible power.

“Sun Blaze Star has violated the laws of the Divine Court, sealing this realm for a million years!”

In an instant,

The entire Sun Blaze Star was shrouded by a strange light, and then the sound of chains rattling echoed through the void as countless order chains extended out, sealing off this world.

The beings on the Sun Blaze Star were all dumbfounded, faces blank, feeling at a loss.

The one who reacted the most was undoubtedly the King of the Blazing Sun.

“What?!”

He jumped up from his throne, disbelief etched on his face.

Being able to pull off something this monumental could only be the work of the lord of the Divine Court!

He never imagined that he had offended such a supreme existence.

And now that being had personally intervened, showing no mercy, sealing the Sun Blaze Star for a million years!

It’s important to note that the Sun Blaze Star has many subordinate worlds and numerous resource planets that have been occupied and exploited. Now that the Sun Blaze Star is sealed for a million years, they can’t step outside, meaning they will lose control over external resources, all those interstellar resources will be divided up.

For a civilization skilled in interstellar colonization like the Blazing Sun, this was undoubtedly a catastrophic blow!

“Is it just because the Sun Blaze Star acted against the Kunlun Realm? What magic does this Kunlun Realm hold, that even the lord of the Divine Court pays such heed?”

The King of the Blazing Sun was baffled, slumping back onto his throne, a bitter expression on his face.

No matter what, he was the sinner who led the Blazing Sun civilization toward decline. He had let down his ancestors…