"The Big Dipper! How could it possibly be the Big Dipper—why do you possess the Big Dipper?!"
The moment the Big Dipper appeared, Darren Lanford went completely insane—not with rage, but with sheer terror.
Or rather, what drove him mad with terror wasn’t just the Big Dipper itself—it was the true power behind the Big Dipper!
Having reached mid Saint Venerable Realm, and with his high status in the dynasty, Lanford had naturally heard the terrifying legends about that man!
The Big Dipper is the foundation star of Ninefold Stellar Transformation, the supreme calamity-star cultivation art of the Star-River Sacred Domain!
In other words, anyone who practices Ninefold Stellar Transformation must use the Big Dipper as their foundation star—and anyone who possesses the Big Dipper must be a calamity-star cultivator of Ninefold Stellar Transformation.
And according to legend, the only one who ever possessed the Big Dipper was that terrifying Ninefold Sacred Emperor—yet the guy standing before him now...
"Oh? What did you just realize?"
"Ninefold..."
"That's right—it's Ninefold Stellar Transformation!"
A cloud of blood mist exploded, and even Darren Lanford's soul-shadow was reduced to ashes—his final trace of consciousness dissipated into the void.
It's over—everything should end now!
Understood!
Upon hearing Evan Chu's words, Lynton Chu erupted with Stellar Power and bombarded Marcus Pearlstream. Meanwhile, Evan Chu unleashed his Chaos World Domain, completely suppressing Marcus Pearlstream's Space Domain.
Ninefold... It's actually Ninefold Stellar Transformation...
After Marcus Pearlstream realized all this, he lost every last trace of his will to fight—not even the desire to flee remained. He simply stood there and waited for death.
All of this stemmed from that name—the Ninefold Sacred Emperor... from the terror of the Ninefold Will!
Evan Chu never expected that, even though he wasn't the Ninefold Sacred Emperor himself and had only revealed a few techniques, two mid Saint Venerable powerhouses would start to suspect and then, out of fear, completely lose their will to fight.
Although Evan Chu was able to kill them in the end, the ease of victory made him uncomfortable—for the real reason they died wasn't because of him, but because they feared that name.
It just shows how terrifying the Ninefold Sacred Emperor, the so-called Star-River's First Calamity Star, really is...
Let's finish this quickly.
Yes, big brother!
Evan Chu took the Outer-Domain Flowing-Light Mother-Child Stars from Marcus Pearlstream's body but didn't absorb them—instead, he tossed them to Lynton Chu, who was overjoyed and immediately vanished into the Chaos World Domain.
For cultivators below peak Saint Lord, no matter what star they refine, once they're killed, their stars can be seized by others. But once you reach Saint Venerable Realm or above, you can fuse your stars with your soul origin—so even if you're killed, your star-souls will shatter and can't be stolen.
But with Star-Snatching Hand, Evan Chu could ignore all that! As long as his power was strong enough, he could seize your stars—this is why Ninefold Stellar Transformation and the Ninefold Sacred Emperor are feared as the First Calamity Star of the Star-River Sacred Domain.
Even Evan Chu, wielding such terrifying power, couldn't help but secretly regret—would exposing so many of his trump cards in succession soon bring him trouble?
While Evan Chu was thinking this, the other battle ended as well. Nathan Yates, without even using his Space Domain, finally killed the mid Saint Venerable Commander Marcus Inkblood!
Nathan Yates flew toward Evan Chu, surprised that Evan's final counterattack used such a technique to defeat two Saint Venerable experts even faster than he did.
So... you are him...
Him?
Evan Chu seemed to understand—Nathan Yates actually thought he was an incarnation of the Ninefold Sacred Emperor.
I do have some connection to him, but I'm not him.
Hahaha! That doesn't matter. As long as I know who you are, that's enough. Now I finally understand who I'm about to follow—and I've started to trust the promise you gave me before.
Oh? You're not planning to kill me? After all, the First Calamity Star of the Star-River is someone everyone wants dead.
Kill you? Why? Besides, do you really think I'm stronger than Marcus Pearlstream and Darren Lanford? Don't joke. If you can kill both of them, then to you, I'm nothing.
You dared to reveal your biggest secret in front of me, so there can only be two reasons. First, you completely trust me. Second, you can erase me at any time. Clearly, it's not the first reason—at least not yet, right?
I wasn't wrong—you really are a clever one.
Evan Chu smiled. He had indeed considered killing Nathan Yates just now—after all, that would be safest for himself.
Actually, you're overthinking it. That person, though called the First Calamity Star of the Star-River Sacred Domain, isn't some monstrous villain. I've never heard of him committing any truly vile acts. On the contrary, I admire him!
I hope to become someone like him—standing at the very peak of the Star-River Sacred Domain, making everyone tremble!
He was called the First Calamity Star not because he was evil to the core, but because he was so strong that everyone feared him. Hating him—that's just the reaction of the weak.
The strong only want to challenge him—or even surpass him!
Nathan Yates' words made Evan Chu see him in a new light—this guy really was a talent worth forging!
Evan Chu hadn't expected that such a terrifying figure, viewed as a calamity by the Star-River Sacred Domain, would still have followers like Nathan Yates who admired him.
The battle in the outer-domain void was over, and the fighting below in Pearl-Mountain Star-Region was drawing to a close as well.
Those survivors not killed by the Stellar Blazeburst were finished off by Nathan Yates' troops—and Evan Chu's lady legion wasn't to be underestimated, either. The old men of the legions were all shocked.
Three months ago, these three great legions were actually played for fools by this group? Just thinking about it made their backs break out in cold sweat.
Evan Chu and Nathan Yates reappeared together in the Pearl-Mountain Star-Region. Evan Chu stepped into the sky and shouted loudly:
The battle is over! From now on, Pearl-Mountain Star-Region belongs to us!
I hope to become someone like him—standing at the very peak of the Star-River Sacred Domain, making everyone tremble!
He was called the First Calamity Star not because he was evil to the core, but because he was so strong that everyone feared him. Hating him—that's just the reaction of the weak.
The strong only want to challenge him—or even surpass him!
Nathan Yates' words made Evan Chu see him in a new light—this guy really was a talent worth forging!
Evan Chu hadn't expected that such a terrifying figure, viewed as a calamity by the Star-River Sacred Domain, would still have followers like Nathan Yates who admired him.
The battle in the outer-domain void was over, and the fighting below in Pearl-Mountain Star-Region was drawing to a close as well.
Those survivors not killed by the Stellar Blazeburst were finished off by Nathan Yates' troops—and Evan Chu's lady legion wasn't to be underestimated, either. The old men of the legions were all shocked.
Three months ago, these three great legions were actually played for fools by this group? Just thinking about it made their backs break out in cold sweat.
Evan Chu and Nathan Yates reappeared together in the Pearl-Mountain Star-Region. Evan Chu stepped into the sky and shouted loudly:
The battle is over! From now on, Pearl-Mountain Star-Region belongs to us!