Chapter 1857: Shaking World Azure Dragon

As Yun Che let out a resonant chant, a dragon's roar, majestic, profoundly heavy, and utterly furious, suddenly erupted across the heavens and earth.

This roar seemed to originate from the boundless sky, the bottomless abyss, and the endless depths of antiquity.

It shattered heaven and earth, scattered the powerful dragon profound energy of the Five Withered Dragons and Seven Dragon Gods, extinguished the light in their dragon eyes, and even nearly shattered their souls.

With a series of heavy thuds, the dragon bodies that had been lunging at Yun Che fell heavily to the ground like soulless wooden stakes. The majestic aura that had enveloped the world moments ago had dissipated, leaving only chaotic, swirling currents.

Their formidable Dragon God souls trembled and cowered like larvae crushed at their vital points.

“...Er... uh... uh...” Trembling whimpers spontaneously spilled from between their chattering dragon teeth. These were not sounds they intended to make, but cries of terror originating from their souls.

Bit by bit, they slowly and laboriously raised their heads. The surrounding world suddenly became terrifyingly quiet. Reflected in their maximally dilated dragon pupils was an enormous dragon shadow that blotted out the sky, striking terror into their very souls.

The Primeval Azure Dragon! It appeared above Yun Che, hovering over this minuscule divine realm.

All light vanished from the world. In their perception, even heaven and earth ceased to exist. Their own once-world-defying dragon might became utterly pathetic and insignificant. Their knees buckled, and every hair on their bodies stood on end, trembling.

Their dragon souls, cowering like larvae, further contracted and convulsed as if on the brink of death.

“Ah... ah... ah-ah...” Their gazes were fixed and wide. Aside from groans from the depths of their souls, they could no longer utter any other sound.

The Withered Dragons and Dragon Gods were like this, and so were the Dragon Monarchs and Lord Dragons behind them. Pair after pair of dragon knees hit the ground, not in a slow kneel, but in a profoundly heavy, crashing genuflection.

As Dragon Monarchs and Lord Dragons, apart from the Dragon Emperor and Dragon Gods, even the Divine Emperors of other king realms were unworthy of their genuflection, and their very bones had never possessed a single gene of submission.

However, the submission and fear in their souls completely overwhelmed their will and consciousness, pulling their weak knees to the ground in a heavy kneel, leaving them utterly unable to resist.

Bang— Following the Dragon God Realm, the Azure Dragons of the Azure Dragon Realm, the Chidragon of the Imperial Chidragon Realm, and the Huilong of the Huilong Realm also fell to their knees in great numbers, with the same trembling and cowering, the same fear and shaking.

Only the Qilin and Vanishing Image remained standing, but every face was a ghastly pale, tinged with extreme horror.

“Th-th-th-th-this... this is...” Fen Daoqi looked up at the colossal dragon shadow in the sky, barely managing to squeeze out two words after a long while.

Chi Wuyao and Mu Xuanyin were equally stunned into silence for a long time.

They knew about the Dragon God divine soul within Yun Che and that his dragon soul originated from a primeval Dragon God's source soul. They also knew how terrifying the deterrence would be when his dragon soul was unleashed. Back then, in the Fire Prison of Buried Gods in the Flame God Realm, Yun Che, whose cultivation was only at the Divine Origin Realm, had instantly shattered the Divine Master Qiulong with his released dragon soul. Outside the Blue Pole Star back then, the newly manifested dark dragon soul had instantly scattered the power of all Divine Emperors and Divine Masters.

However, whenever Yun Che released his dragon soul, only a fleeting silhouette of the Dragon God's soul would appear, and its duration was extremely brief. Forcing it would quickly lead to soul exhaustion, weakness, and even unconsciousness.

But the dragon shadow now appearing in the sky—no, that wasn't a shadow, but a completely materialized form, like a true Dragon God transcending antiquity to manifest in the present world!

“The Primeval Dragon God's... Profound Vigor Mirage God!?” Qianye Ying'er murmured softly, then suddenly turned her gaze to Shui Meiyin.

Before entering the Eternal Heaven Divine Realm, Yun Che had said that the main purpose of this trip was soul cultivation, which was why he brought Shui Meiyin, who possessed an Immaculate Divine Soul.

Since Yun Che returned from the Northern Divine Region, he had never shown any apprehension towards the most powerful Dragon God Realm; instead, he seemed to eagerly await a battle with them. In the Southern Sea Divine Realm, when facing the Ash Dragon God, he had mercilessly slaughtered him on the spot without any hesitation or qualms.

So, apart from sacrificing his divine source to forcefully activate the Divine Ash, he also had such a deeply hidden trump card!

Back then, at the Profound God Convention in the Eastern Divine Region, Yun Che had used Profound Vigor as a medium to manifest the Phoenix Mirage God, Ice Phoenix Mirage God, and Golden Crow Mirage God.

At that time, however, no one, including her, knew what method Yun Che had used to actually employ the “Mirage God Art,” which only Divine Masters could use.

It wasn't until she fell into devilhood with Yun Che in the Northern Divine Region that she learned it was Yun Che's self-created and the world's unique “Profound Vigor Mirage God.”

Now, he had actually succeeded in using Profound Vigor to materialize the Primeval Azure Dragon's dragon shadow and dragon soul.

He should have been able to do this when he left the Northern Divine Region, though it was extremely difficult. But it was already enough to be a massive killing move against the Dragon God Realm.

After all, the Primeval Azure Dragon was the ancestor of the ancestors of all dragons in the Dragon God Realm.

During the three years in the Eternal Heaven Divine Realm, with the assistance of Shui Meiyin's Immaculate Divine Soul, the Dragon God materialized by Yun Che using the Profound Vigor Mirage God had reached its peak soul pressure.

And seeing Yun Che's calm, confident, and effortless demeanor, it was clear he was now controlling it quite easily and smoothly, and it should be sustainable for a considerable duration.

“Ah... er... you...” Long Bai's hissing cries completely stopped. He, too, was cowering in terror; even his recently healed dragon spine had twisted again, and he couldn't straighten up for a long time.

“Hmph!”

A faint scoff, yet it caused the dragon souls of all Withered Dragons, Dragon Gods, Dragon Monarchs, Lord Dragons, Azure Dragons, Chidragons, and Huilongs to violently tremble.

“Dragon Emperor? Dragon God?” Yun Che murmured with furrowed brows, each word piercing their souls like a divine decree descended upon the world. “I am the Devil Master of the Northern Divine Region, and also the reincarnated Dragon God! In front of me, are you worthy of being called Dragon Emperors? Are you worthy of being Dragon Gods!?”

Amidst his low murmur, he slowly stepped forward. With each step closer, the dragon might and dragon soul pressure intensified, crushing the dragons to the point of heart-rending terror and near suffocation.

The Five Withered Dragons and Seven Dragon Gods stood rooted to the spot, their pupils losing color.

They desperately tried to regain their senses, forcing themselves to believe that none of this was real. But the spontaneous trembling of their souls and the independent collapse of their beliefs were absolutely genuine and utterly beyond the resistance of their will.

After all, their proudest bloodline and soul originated from the legacy of the Primeval Dragon God.

Even the title “Dragon God” was born from supreme reverence for the true Dragon God.

Even if their grand ancestor were to return, they would have to bow their heads and kneel.

Long Yi gritted his teeth tightly, tearing his gaze away from the dragon shadow. He raised his withered arm, pointing at Yun Che, and with almost all his willpower, he managed to utter a relatively clear sound: “You...”

“I command you to kneel!!” Yun Che's eyes flared fiercely, and he let out a furious roar.

ROAR!!!!!! The Azure Dragon roared in fury, and the primeval divine might already heavily suppressing the dragons suddenly surged, causing all the dragon souls to violently tremble. Half of the kneeling dragon bodies immediately collapsed onto all fours, heads hitting the ground, their souls completely shattered and their spirits lost.

Thud! The Five Withered Dragons and Seven Dragon Gods' forcefully maintained conviction utterly collapsed. The Seven Dragon Gods simultaneously knelt. A moment later, the Five Great Withered Dragons also softly knelt one after another, their faces ashen white as paper, and their dragon pupils dilating and contracting as if about to burst.

All the Northern Region profound practitioners stood there in a daze, completely dumbfounded. The dark profound energy they had previously gathered with all their might had already completely dissipated in their stupor.

A moment ago, the Withered Dragons and Dragon Gods had been shouting “absolutely intolerable” and “ten thousand deaths without life,” yet now, they all knelt before the Devil Master of the Northern Region.

This scene would be eternally etched into the history of the God Realm, until the collapse of heaven and earth.

This time, in their profound trance, they all firmly believed that their Devil Master was undoubtedly the reincarnation of the Primeval Devil Emperor.

Otherwise, how could he, solely by soul might, suppress a multitude of powerful Dragon Gods into kneeling and trembling?

Behind them, the Chidragon Emperor and Huilong Emperor also knelt and bowed their heads as their souls crumbled. Their wills wanted to stand, but their souls and dragon bodies, in extreme terror, only desired submission, not daring to show even the slightest hint of resistance.

Among the Four Dragon Realms, only the Azure Dragon Emperor remained standing.

Among the dragon race, the Dragon God Realm was the strongest, but also the most affected by the Dragon God's soul might.

The Qilin Emperor bore the immense pressure as if ten thousand mountains weighed upon him, but he was not, after all, of the dragon race, and thus not terrified to the point of soul collapse. His gaze swept around, and he noticed that only the Azure Dragon Emperor remained upright, with dragon breath surging wildly around him, resisting the supreme dragon might from the Primeval Dragon God.

After a quick deliberation, he suddenly transmitted a message to the Azure Dragon Emperor: “Kneel!”

As he transmitted the message, he had already bent his knees first, by his own will, kneeling on both knees like the other dragons, assuming a posture of submission.

Behind them, the Qilin quickly followed suit under his transmitted command, all kneeling and bowing their heads. Though they felt utterly humiliated and unwilling, since even the Withered Dragons and Dragon Gods had knelt, their actions were not so unacceptable after all.

The Emperor's voice echoed loudly. The Azure Dragon Emperor's brows furrowed, but he did not hesitate for too long and finally knelt on the ground.

Only the Divine Masters of the Vanishing Image Divine Realm remained standing on the spot.

This “crane among chickens” situation should have been a scene that made them proud. But what surged in their hearts was an extremely deep unease.

Yun Che's steps continued forward, one by one, like heavy footsteps trampling on everyone's hearts. He bypassed the Five Withered Dragons and the Seven Dragon Gods.

They remained in their kneeling postures, their bodies twitching at different frequencies, yet no one dared to intervene or stop him, only indistinct hissing cries escaping their mouths.

To suppress such paramount existences of the current age to this extent—if not seen with their own eyes, no one would ever believe it, especially themselves.

When Yun Che stopped, he was already standing in front of Long Bai.

Long Bai, this supreme overlord of the current age, was sprawled on his knees before him. He would rather kneel before a mere beast as the Dragon Emperor, or die on the spot, than willingly bend his knee to Yun Che.

However, his dragon soul, thoroughly intimidated, left him no right to refuse or struggle; even self-destruction was a luxury.

How tragic.

Nevertheless, his resentment towards Yun Che was too profound, already piercing to his very bone marrow. Therefore, even the boundless soul terror still couldn't completely suppress the bone-deep hatred in his dragon eyes.

“Do you understand now?” Yun Che said faintly, lowering his gaze. “Crushing you was as simple as crushing a grasshopper, right from the start.”

“But if I did that, you certainly wouldn't be convinced, nor would you be as hideous as you are now.”

Yun Che smiled, a deeply hidden dimness in his smile. After all, no matter how much he trampled and abused Long Bai, he could never awaken those eternally silent devil bloodlines, nor could he ever retrieve Shen Xi.

Although, to this day, he still didn't truly understand why Shen Xi had actively thrown herself into his arms back then, and there had been no promises of love between them, any man who saw Shen Xi would surely dream of her for a lifetime. How much more so for them...

“Heh,” Yun Che scoffed mercilessly. “You dreamed your entire life, and now you’re a broken-backed dog, yet you’re still dreaming.”

“It’s a pity, I can't die! Even if I die someday, it will never be by your hand! After all, you, this so-called Dragon Emperor, can't even kill me. I'd find it disgusting even if you knelt to lick my feet. And you...”

Yun Che's brows furrowed slightly, and his voice suddenly deepened: “Outside the Blue Pole Star, that palm strike of yours... that almost made me lose Xuanyin... I swore a solemn oath then... that before your tragic death... I would make you taste the most extreme humiliation, despair, and pain in this world!”

Mu Xuanyin: “...”

“You mad dog, you also killed Shen Xi. And today, you've made it so that so many who abandoned everything to follow me here will never witness the prosperous Northern Region they traded their lives and devil blood for!”

“Tell me, how exactly... should I... let you die!!”

Bang!! Yun Che suddenly kicked out. The kick wasn't heavy, yet it sent Long Bai, who was almost completely devoid of dragon aura protection, flying over ten miles away, with many of his dragon bones and sinews shattered.

Clearly, Yun Che was not yet content to let him die. The pain and despair he was enduring were still not enough!

He raised his arms, his pupils filled with an endless, pure dark light. Immediately, light dimmed between heaven and earth, and in a blink, it became chillingly cold like a devil's prison. For a moment, it seemed as if all the dark auras in the world were surging wildly towards him.

In the Azure Ocean Divine Region, devilish winds danced wildly.

The nearly depleted dark profound energy rapidly regenerated within the profound veins and bodies of the Northern Region profound practitioners, circulating at high speed. Their eyes, whether tired or dim, also began to emit increasingly profound devilish light, and even their injuries were healing at an astonishing rate under the rapidly circulating dark profound energy.

Devil blood boiled, Calamity Devil, Scourge of Heaven!

In contrast, the Western Region Divine Masters, already in extreme terror, suddenly plunged into a dark devil abyss, chilling their souls to the bone.

“Kill!” Yun Che swept his arm down, his devil command shaking their souls. “Along with the devil blood and will of your fallen kin, unleash your darkness and hatred to your heart's content! No matter how cruel the method, how brutal the means, bury them all in a deathly hell with no reincarnation! Leave no one alive!”