Don't say we didn't warn you

The expressions of the crowd instantly turned icy, with a terrifying killing intent lurking beneath the surface.

At this moment, the Immortal Divine Emperor sneered:

"Hmph, it's been many years since anyone dared to speak to this emperor in such a manner. Boy, do you truly believe that just because you possess the Chaos Embryo, you can look down on everyone?"

"You hmph your mother's ss!" Gu Qingfeng retorted arrogantly. "Look at your pathetic, impotent face—you put on a dragon robe and suddenly think you're an emperor? Well, with a face like an old mutt, if you didn’t dress up, who could even tell if you were human or a dog?"

The moment these vulgar words left his mouth, the lofty deities were momentarily stunned.

The Immortal Divine Emperor erupted in fury: "You insolent brat! You seek death!"

Boom!

Unable to contain his rage, the Immortal Divine Emperor struck out with a palm, sending a golden divine dragon roaring toward Gu Qingfeng.

The others paled at the sight.

The Celestial Court's Holy Master reacted swiftly, raising a finger and shattering the golden dragon with a strike as graceful as a celestial immortal's.

"Immortal Divine Emperor, calm yourself! He is the key to averting the calamity!" the Holy Master barked.

"Hmph!" The Immortal Divine Emperor snorted coldly. "A calamity? Just the invasion of the Outer Realm Fiends—why should we care about this brat? Once this emperor ascends as the Heavenly Emperor, I can crush them with a single hand!"

Hearing the words "Outer Realm Fiends," Gu Qingfeng immediately pieced things together.

"Don’t choke on your own arrogance. With that face of yours, you think you can become the Heavenly Emperor? Learn how to be a good dog first."

The Immortal Divine Emperor was incensed, his fury reaching the heavens as he longed to tear Gu Qingfeng apart. But the others quickly intervened to stop him.

"All of you, step aside! Today, this emperor will teach this brat the meaning of the heavens and the earth!" the Immortal Divine Emperor roared madly, but he couldn’t break through their blockade.

The Queen Mother of the West stepped in once more as a mediator. First, she tried to placate the Immortal Divine Emperor before turning to scold Gu Qingfeng: "Gu Qingfeng, you’d better restrain yourself. Watch your tongue, lest you invite disaster."

"Watch your mother’s ss! Who gave you the right to speak, you btch? Running your mouth, mediating this and that—are you a damn prostitute? How the hell is your face so thick?"

The Queen Mother of the West was left speechless, her face cycling from pale to red, then to ashen.

"You lowly wretch! This queen will surely kill you!"

"Calm down!"

"Hold your hand!"

The Celestial Court's Holy Master and the others hurriedly restrained her.

"At least you three old mutts know how to protect your masters. Good. Later, I’ll reward each of you with a pile of sht."

The three mediators' faces darkened instantly.

Then, the Celestial Court's Holy Master spoke: "Fellow Daoists, this little beast spews nothing but filth. In my opinion, we should cut out his tongue, sever his limbs, and refine him thoroughly."

The others immediately agreed.

Facing the five hostile figures, Gu Qingfeng remained utterly unshaken. He merely called out calmly: "Righteous Sun."

Whoosh!

The Righteous Sun Heavenly Lord instantly flashed in front of the five, blocking their path.

The Celestial Court's Holy Master's expression turned grim.

"Righteous Sun, what do you think you're doing?"

Following Gu Qingfeng's instructions, the Righteous Sun Heavenly Lord smiled faintly and said: "Fck your mother!"

The five were enraged, especially the Celestial Court's Holy Master, whose face twisted in fury. Righteous Sun Heavenly Lord was his subordinate, yet he dared to insult him so brazenly in front of outsiders—humiliating the entire Celestial Court.

He immediately moved to execute the traitor.

But before he could act, the Righteous Sun Heavenly Lord—

Boom!

Self-detonated.

The self-destruction of a Heavenly Lord was no small matter. Boundless divine radiance erupted, devouring everything around it like a black hole.

The heavens trembled, the void shattered, and even the eternal Celestial Court shook violently. The sun, moon, and stars dimmed in an instant.

Yet, before these five Heavenly Sovereigns, it was nothing.

The Celestial Court's Holy Master extended a single finger, which turned crystalline like jade, swirling with infinite Dao rhythms. With a light tap toward the explosion—

The violent energy instantly froze, then shrank rapidly until it vanished without a trace.

Having dealt with the aftermath, the Celestial Court's Holy Master stared coldly at Gu Qingfeng. Those who knew him understood—this was the calm before the storm.

When a Sovereign raged, corpses would pile in the millions!

"Though I don’t know how you corrupted Righteous Sun, today—even if you are the key to averting the calamity—you will not escape death. But before you die, this Holy Master will skin you alive, extract your tendons, refine your soul, and uncover every last secret on your body."

"Keh keh keh..."

Gu Qingfeng threw his head back and laughed wildly in the face of a Heavenly Sovereign's threat. His expression was arrogant, his gaze disdainful, his black hair whipping wildly in the wind.

"You five old mutts will never realize just what kind of existence you’ve offended. Fine—since this lord is merciful, I’ll give you one chance. Kneel, apologize, and offer me all your treasures.

Oh, and hand over that btch for me to play with for a few days. Then, I’ll let this matter slide. How about it?"

The five were so enraged they laughed.

"To think the legendary Chaos Body would fall into the hands of a madman."

"Brother Dao, why waste words with this little bastard? If you won’t act, then this palace shall take matters into its own hands."

Facing the five imposing figures, Gu Qingfeng’s grin grew increasingly sinister: "Heh heh heh... This Sovereign has said his piece. Don’t blame me for not warning you."

Boom!

The Celestial Court's Holy Master made his move.

A single finger—jade-like, etched with Dao patterns—descended.

Boundless divine light erupted from its tip, shaking the void and resonating with the Great Dao.

An overwhelming pressure erupted, the kind only a Supreme Being could unleash, as if the very cosmos could not bear its weight. The entire Celestial Court trembled on the verge of collapse.

Before the finger even landed, Gu Qingfeng felt his body weighed down as if by mountains, immobilized. The surrounding space shattered and twisted, sealing off any chance of escape through spatial traversal.

Is this the power of a Heavenly Supreme?

A single finger, as if the heavens and earth united, the cosmos lending its might—an unstoppable force under such overwhelming momentum.

Though inwardly surprised, Gu Qingfeng remained utterly calm. During Righteous Sun Heavenly Lord’s self-detonation, he had already laid down Heavenly Dao formations.

No matter how strong a Heavenly Supreme might be, they could never surpass the Heavenly Dao—nor could they stop the Heavenly Teleportation Array!

Whoosh!

A faint glow emanated from beneath Gu Qingfeng’s feet, the subtle aura of the Heavenly Dao spreading outward.

The five figures sensed it instantly, their expressions darkening.

"Stop him! That’s the Heavenly Teleportation Array!"

But it was too late.

A blinding white light swallowed Gu Qingfeng’s body just as the jade-like finger came crashing down.

A miss by a hair’s breadth meant a difference of a thousand miles—the finger struck nothing but empty air.

Boom—!

The Celestial Court’s ground split open, revealing a bottomless abyss.

The Celestial Court's Holy Master and the others stared at the empty space, their faces twisted in humiliation, as if they had suffered an unspeakable disgrace.

Then, a voice echoed through the skies—Gu Qingfeng’s parting words, condensed with divine power:

"For the next ten thousand years, the name Gu Qingfeng shall haunt your every waking moment."

The five paid little heed to his threat, furious only that he had slipped through their fingers.

"That little bastard thinks he can run? This Emperor shall divine his hiding place!" roared the Immortal Divine Emperor.

But the Celestial Court's Holy Master shook his head. "Useless. The Chaos Body naturally obscures heavenly secrets. No matter how you calculate, it will only lead to chaos.

"The only reason we found him last time was because his Chaos Embryo had just formed, leaving traces of Chaos Qi in the Verdant Wood Domain.

"In other words, unless he actively uses Chaos Qi, he is utterly undetectable."

No sooner had he spoken than the Immortal Divine Emperor’s face lit up with wild excitement. "This Emperor has divined it!"

The Celestial Court's Holy Master froze. "Impossible!"

He hurriedly examined the divination—and his expression twisted in horror. "This... this is the Celestial Court’s treasury! That little bastard has the audacity to still be here? In the treasury!?

"Damn it! That traitor Righteous Sun must have given him the Court’s layout!"

As the words left his mouth, a deafening explosion rocked the Celestial Court.

From the treasury’s location, an endless tide of Chaos Qi erupted, its power shaking the heavens. The entire Celestial Court quaked violently.

The radiance blotted out the sun, the world itself seemed to collapse, and countless stars flickered wildly in the sky.

The raging Chaos Qi upheaved the cosmos, piercing through the highest heavens and the deepest hells, sweeping across the firmament!

"NO—!!" The Celestial Court's Holy Master’s eyes nearly burst from their sockets. The treasury held the accumulated wealth of hundreds of millennia—enough resources to nurture an Emperor of Heaven!

Without a second thought for the others, he sprinted toward the treasury.

Upon arrival, he immediately unleashed supreme divine might to suppress the rampaging Chaos Qi, ignoring the countless dead or injured disciples strewn about. He charged straight into the now-ruined treasury.

His hands moved frantically, hurling aside massive boulders in a desperate search for the treasures within.

But after digging through the wreckage, not even a single blade of grass remained—Gu Qingfeng had taken everything.

"AAAAAH—!!"

A roar of pure fury tore from the Celestial Court's Holy Master’s throat: "GU! QING! FENG!!!"

The others, witnessing his plight, felt no schadenfreude. Without a word, they turned and fled toward their own domains.

As Heavenly Supremes, their insight and power far surpassed ordinary cultivators.

They instantly understood—Gu Qingfeng had used the Heavenly Teleportation Array to bypass all formations and seals, infiltrated the treasury, looted it clean, and then detonated it.

If the Celestial Court’s treasury had fallen so easily, what hope did their own have?

With the Celestial Court's Holy Master’s misfortune before them, they had no intention of suffering the same fate.

At this moment, shock consumed them all.

Some were astounded that the Sealing Heaven Forbidden Array truly lived up to its reputation as the pinnacle of formations—how could anyone possibly master such an absurdly powerful spell like the Heaven's Delivery Array?

Others were shocked by Gu Qingfeng's sheer audacity and thirst for vengeance. Faced with threats from five supreme beings, most would flee as far as possible. Yet this madman hid right under their noses and even looted their treasure vault in the process!?

Just how much reckless courage must one possess to pull off such a feat?

"From this day forth, for ten thousand years, the name Gu Qingfeng shall haunt your every waking moment."

His parting threat echoed once more in the minds of the crowd—only this time, there was no trace of mockery. Instead, a shadow of dread settled over their hearts.