Chapter 739: Great Havoc in Heaven

"Niu Ben is so strong..."Beside Celestial Venerable Yu, Emperor Yin stared wide-eyed, dumbfounded, at Niu Sanduo, whose head reached into the clouds. His eyeballs seemed about to pop out of their sockets.

He knew this "Niu Ben" was incredibly powerful; he had nearly crushed the great Kun to the ground right from the start. But he had never imagined that this unassuming Niu Ben could be *this* strong!

He was so mighty that even the sky couldn't bear his aura, so powerful that he suppressed the entire Jade Pool Grand Assembly the moment he appeared!

In the Jade Pool, the giant turtles, each bearing a sea island and roaming freely, were also demigods. They possessed naturally powerful bloodlines, being descendants of ancient gods, and were fully mature, wielding immense strength. Yet, in the face of Niu Ben's aura, these massive turtles dared not show their heads. They immediately retracted their limbs and heads, sinking into the water, leaving only the divine arts practitioners on the islands scrambling frantically towards the mountain peaks to avoid drowning in the Jade Pool.

"As powerful as an ancient god..."Celestial Venerable Yu and several other Celestial Venerables turned pale, looking up at the enraged god-demon with mixed feelings.

Celestial Venerable Yu, in particular, felt a bitter taste in his mouth.

For this Jade Pool Grand Assembly, he had been running around tirelessly, managing affairs throughout the Celestial Court, communicating with the Empress, and even bribing influential figures near the Celestial Emperor to speak favorably of him.

Furthermore, he needed to create a grand spectacle to attract young talents from all the various heavens and worlds, big and small, in the lower realms to attend this assembly.

He leveraged the prestige of the Celestial Court's grand assembly to host the Jade Pool event with much fanfare and excitement.

And this time, he also intended to use the occasion to announce a major event, gather everyone's attention, and seize the opportunity to become the leader of all divine arts practitioners, and even demigods, in one fell swoop.

He wanted to draw all races under heaven, including the descendants of ancient gods, into his own faction!

In this way, half the achievements of the Celestial Court's grand assembly would fall into his hands, becoming the capital for his rise.

However, he never expected that two young men would suddenly emerge at this Jade Pool Grand Assembly, engaging in a fierce battle. Their unparalleled prowess stunned the attending divine arts practitioners, completely stealing his thunder.

What he least expected was that now, an expert comparable to an ancient god had suddenly appeared from nowhere. He had no idea if the Jade Pool Grand Assembly could even continue.

If this powerful being lost control and utterly destroyed the Jade Pool, wouldn't all his hard work be for naught?

Niu Sanduo revealed his incredibly muscular physique, smoke spewing from his nostrils and fire from his eyes. He raised his palm and pressed downwards, not yet touching Qin Mu and Kai Huang, but they instantly felt an immense, terrifying pressure bearing down on them!

*Thump, thump.*

Two dull thuds sounded as Qin Mu and Kai Huang's divine arts instantly disintegrated. Their bodies plummeted from mid-air, firmly pinned to the ground by an invisible force.

"You dare hit him?" Qin Mu was both startled and enraged, struggling to look up. "If you hit him, you hit me, you stubborn ox..."

Niu Sanduo's furious voice boomed from mid-air: "Let you make trouble! Let you make trouble! How many times have I told you on the way to restrain yourselves and not stir up trouble, yet you insist on doing it! Do you really think this old ox has no temper? Once my bull temper flares up, I don't care who you are..."

"Stop pressing!" Ling Tianzun stood by his ox leg, anxiously watching the spot where Qin Mu and Kai Huang had fallen, which had already become a hundred-zhang deep pit. She quickly looked up and shouted, "If you keep pressing, you'll crush them to death!"

However, Niu Sanduo's body was too tall for her voice to reach him.

Just then, a loud voice rang out, like the cry of an eagle: "Who dares to cause trouble in the Celestial Court?"

A swift fire, like a meteor, struck. A ray of firelight grew larger and larger, resembling a sun, hurtling towards Niu Sanduo!

Niu Sanduo reached out and crushed the sun to smithereens, then let out a thunderous roar.

*Moo—*

The roar reverberated, and the Great Sun Star Lord, though a born deity, was unable to stand his ground against the violent sound waves and was sent flying backward.

He was, after all, not the impostor Great Sun Star Lord of later generations. He immediately shook his wings, revealing his true form. His layered, fiery feathers spread out, stretching for a hundred *li*. Three sharp claws glinted coldly. With a flap of his wings, his claws appeared above the Jade Pool, poised to pierce and cleave Niu Sanduo's skull.

Niu Sanduo delivered a punch, and the sky echoed with a dull thud. The Great Sun Star Lord cried out, tumbling and rolling far away. A burst of firelight erupted from a distant sun as he was thrown into it, unable to rise for a long time.

On the other side, ancient gods and demigods rose one after another from the various celestial palaces of the Heavenly Court, rushing towards the Jade Pool. The aura of ancient deities enveloped the world, distorting space. Someone was heard shouting loudly: "Where did this villain come from, daring to be so impudent in the Celestial Court!"

Niu Sanduo, driven by his bull-headed nature, ignored everything else. He leaped into the sky, punching and kicking, unleashing his full martial arts prowess with exhilarating abandon.

He disregarded all divine arts, directly striking with his fists and feet. A single punch would shatter the divine arts of these ancient gods and demigods. It was a pure power suppression, ignoring the might of any divine art. Even ancient gods like the Sun, Moon, and Five Planets had no resistance against him; their divine arts were directly blasted apart!

Niu Sanduo's martial arts mastery was exceptionally high, and his speed was astonishing. The running speed of a martial arts expert was beyond what divine arts practitioners could achieve, and he was an expert at the Cloud Ascent realm, only slightly inferior to the Emperor's Throne realm. It was almost impossible to catch sight of him with the naked eye alone!

In the sky, an ancient god grunted, took a punch to the face, and plummeted headfirst, his large head embedded in the Jade Pool, body and legs sticking straight up, his fate unknown.

Another ancient god was knocked into the Celestial River, creating towering waves that overturned pleasure boats, sending them drifting on crests thousands of *zhang* high, eliciting widespread gasps of alarm.

Other ancient gods were struck by an unknown number of fists, palms, legs, and feet in an instant. With each hit, their bodies contorted, faces twisted, and minds went blank.

By the time they regained consciousness, they were already lying in large pits, beneath them the palaces they had collapsed.

Niu Sanduo unleashed his fury, venting the grievances he had endured over the past two days.

For the past two days, he had been constantly anxious and on edge, terrified that Qin Mu would cause some monumental disaster, fearful that Qin Mu and Kai Huang would fight, that Kai Huang would recognize him, that Kai Huang would kill Qin Mu, or that Qin Mu would kill Kai Huang.

How could such grievances be endured by a straightforward man who usually acted without reservation?

Yet, he had been forced to endure. Now, the moment his suppressed inner dissatisfaction erupted, it became unstoppable!

Such is the way of a martial arts master.

If they don't explode, fine, but once they do, it's earth-shattering; even an ox couldn't hold them back, let alone that he was, in fact, an ox!

Niu Sanduo fought with increasing fervor. The ancient gods and demigods converging from all sides grew in number, making him let out an excited bellow as he knocked down the Celestial Court deities.

Suddenly, a sun in the sky burst forth with dazzling light, and a humming beam of light shot out, striking the old ox and sending him flying!

On the sun, the Great Sun Star Lord wiped away the golden blood from his mouth, his magic power erupting as he controlled the sun's firepower. Another beam of light erupted, sending Niu Sanduo, who hadn't yet regained his footing, flying once more!

On the other side, the moon in the sky also burst forth with light. Two beams of light struck, and Niu Sanduo's massive body crashed down from the sky, landing beside the Celestial River.

In the sky, the Five Planets also glowed brightly, indicating that the Five Star Lords were each employing their methods, controlling the Five Planets, and planning a combined assault.

"Do you think your old ox is afraid of you?"

Niu Sanduo roared, reaching out his hand. The Celestial River began to churn violently; he actually intended to lift the entire Celestial River and use it as a weapon to sweep away the stars!

The countless divine arts practitioners in the Jade Pool felt their blood run cold. Qin Mu crawled out of Niu Sanduo's palm print, dusted himself off, and with a grim expression, said to Kai Huang, who was also getting up: "He dared to hit you, but don't worry, I will definitely help you hit him back in the future! This ox is mad, truly mad!"

Beside him, Kai Huang stretched his body, slightly startled by the remark. "Isn't he my opponent? Why would he say he'll help me hit him back? This person is truly strange; he clearly treats me with hostility, yet when Niu Ben struck me down, he protected me."

Ling Tianzun quickly flew over and said, "That old man caused a huge commotion just now! He's already alerted the existences in the Thirty-Six Celestial Palaces! It's going to be hard to resolve this now."

Qin Mu snorted coldly and said indifferently, "He can resolve this crisis. As long as he takes out that yellow paper talisman and tears it up, no one will recognize him. However, this foolish ox is probably just worked up from fighting; he won't remember how to get out of this difficult situation for a while. Once he's tired of fighting, he'll remember."

Ling Tianzun observed them curiously, thinking, "The relationship between these three is truly strange..."

The Celestial River churned. Niu Sanduo was on the verge of lifting it as a divine weapon when, at that moment, a muffled voice came from deep within the Celestial Court: "I was born from the Celestial River. If you use the Celestial River as a weapon, won't my home be destroyed by you? Celestial River, you cannot move it."

Niu Sanduo immediately felt the Celestial River become incredibly heavy, growing progressively heavier, pressing his muscular body to bend lower and lower.

He let go of the Celestial River and leaped away, seeing an ancient god stepping on the river surface and walking towards him. Behind the ancient god, surging waves rose, and the gigantic phantom of a Black Tortoise divine turtle appeared, with a coiled Teng Snake wrapped around its body. The snake opened its world-swallowing mouth, its long tongue flickered in and out, and its vertically slit pupils fixed on him, appearing very sinister and eerie.

Niu Sanduo's heart jolted, and he finally sobered up. But at that moment, the eastern sky was filled with a blue light, and another old man approached, behind whom a vast azure dragon was seen coiling within the blue light.

"Could it be the Northern Emperor and the Eastern Emperor among the Four Emperors?"

Niu Sanduo blinked his ox eyes, clenched his fists, and felt a surge of excitement. "Are the Eastern Emperor and Northern Emperor of this era stronger than those of later generations? We'll find out after a fight, won't we? Your old ox isn't afraid of them!"

Just then, a lofty voice, as if from above the Nine Heavens, echoed: "Xuanwu, Qinglong, there's no need to bully him. This little Daoist friend has cultivated impressive abilities. Perhaps We have never heard of his name, and that's why he wasn't invited to this Celestial Court Grand Assembly, which has led to his dissatisfaction and desire to cause a disturbance."

The Northern Emperor bowed and said, "Your Majesty, he is causing a disturbance at the Celestial Court's Grand Assembly. If he is not killed, where will the Celestial Court's prestige lie? Your subject believes he must be executed to establish authority and serve as a warning."

Niu Sanduo's heart pounded. "Celestial Emperor? Was that the Celestial Emperor speaking? If he intends to kill me, how can I escape?"

The voice chuckled, "Does the Celestial Court still need to establish authority now? Under heaven, do we still have enemies? As for you, ox, with your abilities, you are certainly worthy of being appointed a Celestial Palace Lord. However, your causing such a commotion is a crime, and you must be punished. After the Celestial Court Grand Assembly, come to Our palace and serve as Our Imperial Guard Commander."

Niu Sanduo quickly bowed, only to see a beam of light descend from the sky, landing in the old ox's hand. It was a general's tally.

Niu Sanduo scratched his head and hung the Imperial Guard Commander's tally on his body.

"Consider yourself lucky." The Northern Emperor retreated, and the Celestial River returned to calm.

The old man who had approached from the east also vanished from sight.

Niu Sanduo quickly dispersed his martial combat body, returning to his normal size. He returned to the Jade Pool and said to Qin Mu, "The Celestial Emperor saw my abilities and appointed me Imperial Guard Commander. He didn't kill me."

Qin Mu shook his head, saying, "You caused such a huge commotion. Sending you to the God-Slaying Platform to behead you would be a light punishment! I originally thought you were mature, but I never expected you to be even worse than Qin Kai!"

Kai Huang grunted, looking at the sky with a calm, indifferent expression.

The old ox said, "If it weren't for your nonsense, would I have lost my temper? All of you, settle down a bit, cause less trouble, and just get through these next few months peacefully."

Qin Mu noticed the tally hanging from his waist, his heart stirred. He said, "Let me see that tally."

The old ox took off the tally and handed it to him. Qin Mu's heart stirred, and he was about to search his Taotie Pouch when he saw a young man approach with a smiling face, asking Ling Tianzun, "Celestial Venerable Ling, who are these three senior brothers?"

"I don't know either."

Only then did Ling Tianzun realize, turning to Qin Mu and asking, "What are your names?"