Chapter 1606: Second Temple World's Overlord

That place was certainly not accessible to just anyone, seemingly serving as the most fundamental screening criterion for the ultimate battle that was about to unfold.

Among Xu Yang's subordinates, probably no one else besides Long Kun, Xiao Hua, and Ling Yao was capable of accompanying him all the way to the very edge of the Second Divine Temple's dome, a world sealed by the power of laws.

"Queen Huoling Ji, I have completely removed the greatest obstacle in this battle. You will now personally lead the remaining million allied imperial soldiers into combat. From now on, the Four Demon Sages and the hundreds of thousands of demon beast armies under my command will all be under your sole guidance. With their power, the day you lead the army to conquer the two allied empires should not be far off. For the next few days, I need to take these few individuals to the final battlefield that we must reach."

Huoling Ji already had a good understanding of Xu Yang's identity and past. She likely knew very well what he meant by the 'final battlefield'—the ultimate battle that would determine the survival of the entire Second Divine Temple world. It was a realm far beyond the reach of ordinary mortals like themselves.

Therefore, Queen Huoling Ji did not inquire further. The only thing she knew for sure was that as long as Xu Yang was present, the glory of the Barbarian Empire and all beings in the Second Divine Temple world would not fade into oblivion.

After clarifying all matters, Xu Yang did not hesitate further. Following the clues he had obtained from the divine messenger's memories, he immediately took Xiao Hua and the other two into the sky, disappearing in an instant towards the edge of the clouds.

Xu Yang and his three companions, utilizing their mastery over the laws of space and time, soon found the true location of the divine temple.

In fact, this so-called divine temple was located directly above the edge of the clouds. The ancient edifice, enveloped in a radiant, golden, and auspicious glow, was the divine temple—the ultimate gathering point for the power of faith. And indeed, deep within this temple, an incredibly powerful aura fluctuated, appearing and disappearing intermittently.

That must be the sovereign of the Second Divine Temple world, the legendary supreme expert who had reached the Grand Ultimate Realm.

"My heavens! This must be the sovereign we are to conquer. His strength has already reached the Boundless Realm, on par with the Grand Elders and living fossils of the Six Human-Spirit Veins. Across the entire Kunlun Divine Path, he's practically a ceiling-level character."

"Boss, I don't know why, even though I haven't seen this old fellow yet, I'm already inexplicably excited. If I could just handle this battle, hehehe."

This time, Long Kun had thought that by acting cute with his boss, he could still get a chance to be the vanguard. However, Xu Yang wore a serious expression and decisively refused him.

"The Grand Ultimate Realm means the opponent possesses the ability to control all universal laws. The laws within the Kunlun Divine Path are infinite and varied; even I haven't fully comprehended them all. Therefore, I cannot 100% control the outcome of this battle. I can only rely on my own strength to eliminate the opponent as quickly as possible and end our prolonged stay in the Second Divine Temple world. Our true goal is to eliminate that guy swiftly, enter the Path to Heaven, and reach the peak of Kunlun. If I let you go first in this battle, and you were truly trapped by the opponent's destructive laws, what would you do then?"

Xu Yang's words resonated deeply with Long Kun. Although the fellow was incredibly fond of battle, Long Kun was not a fool. They understood very well the strength of experts who had reached the Boundless Realm, nurtured by the Kunlun Divine Path. Any cultivator capable of touching the level of laws was not to be underestimated.

The laws of the myriad heavens were countless, and any path, when cultivated to its extreme, could evolve through the manifestation of laws. Therefore, being able to enter this domain meant that the miracles the opponent could create were limitless.

If the opponent was truly a rare genius, encountered only once in ten thousand years, who had created ultimate laws comparable in strength to primordial laws, then even with Long Kun's current strength, he could easily be obliterated into nothingness.

Therefore, after pondering for a moment and carefully considering his boss's warning, Long Kun finally decided to settle down. In this ultimate battle, he, Xiao Hua, and Ling Yao would all play the role of spectators.

Sure enough, within a thousand meters of the magnificent divine temple, brilliant golden lights prevented Xu Yang and his companions from advancing further. However, the dazzling light released by these laws did not create any substantial blocking effect on Xu Yang; instead, it caused immense trouble for Long Kun and the other two beside him.

After advancing for a while, the three of them could no longer proceed. They were forced to halt their progress, stopping approximately five hundred meters from the magnificent divine temple's outer perimeter.

Xu Yang, however, continued unimpeded. He was still protected by the faint halo around him, and no force of law could withstand his advancing steps.

It wasn't until Xu Yang stepped through the temple gate and personally saw the incredibly exquisite and massive statue enshrined within that he realized the male swordsman depicted in the statue was the true creator of this world, Emperor Ze, whose strength had reached the level of a Grand Elder and living fossil.

"Heh heh, I've been waiting for you for a long time. I finally get to see you little ones. By the command of the Supreme God's will, I must eliminate you disruptors right here!"

The person's voice didn't sound as ancient as one might imagine; it was more like that of a young nobleman. Though his voice was heard, he remained unseen. Little did they know, his voice seemed to be hidden within the very statue enshrined in this place of worship.

However, Xu Yang was not one to indulge him. With a cold snort, an incredibly powerful palm strike instantly erupted, shattering countless threads of law power around his body, and directly smashing the massive divine statue before him into pieces.

The shattering of the divine statue meant that the opponent's channel for acquiring the power of faith was temporarily cut off. This was naturally the most severe affront to the opponent. But precisely because of this, the opponent's originally materialized physical body had nowhere left to hide and appeared directly before Xu Yang.

"How dare you! You shattered even this god's enshrined statue! I will use your flesh, blood, and life to reforge my statue of faith. I will make all beings born in the Second Divine Temple world, all their souls, prostrate themselves before me, treading over your corpse!"

Xu Yang shook his head with a bitter smile, as if looking at a child spouting nonsense. "Are you done dreaming? If you are, you'd better tell me in advance. I really don't want to bully a waste who lives in a dream."