All of a sudden, the space around Long Chen erupted. The ground he stood on cracked and shattered. The whole world trembled intensely.

The terrifying Sovereign might, combined with the new era’s laws, created an unprecedented pressure.

In response, Long Chen’s ☷ essence rune lit up, and violet qi surged out. However, what once filled the sky was now squeezed into just a few meters.

Now, cracks ran through the violet qi domain, making it look as if it could break apart at any moment.

As Long Chen stared at the surrounding space, he nodded.

“Ah, so a heaven-earth law manifestation’s domain can reach this level of power,” Long Chen said.

Long Chen thought he understood the Forerunner’s law power, but it seemed he had underestimated them. Even if they were fated to be sacrificial pawns, their heaven-earth law manifestations were still incredibly strong.

This law power wasn’t just stronger than that of peak Sovereign Lord Forerunners—it was on a whole different level. Those Sovereign Lords seemed like nothing compared to these Divine Sovereigns.

No matter how strong their law power, a peak Sovereign Lord Forerunner’s domain couldn’t touch Long Chen.

But now, even after igniting his ☷ essence rune and using his violet blood, Long Chen could barely hold on. That was the difference.

His violet blood was meant for defense and endurance, but even that was being pushed down.

“Hmph, this is the number one young expert of the nine heavens? What a joke! In front of me, Li Wangchuan, you are just an ant!”

Seeing Long Chen struggling, Li Wangchuan sneered and stomped his foot down, as if he wanted to crush Long Chen like an ant.

“Divine ring, eight gates!” Long Chen shouted.

His eight-colored divine ring spread across the sky, and the crushing domain weakened right away. As the eight astral gates opened, Long Chen broke free from the domain’s grip and regained his freedom.

“So even a Divine Sovereign’s law domain can’t completely suppress astral energy,” Long Chen said with a small smile.

Starlight flashed under his feet as he stepped back, making Li Wangchuan’s attack miss.

However, the spot where he had just stood exploded, and the sheer force made the Flame God Sect’s experts stare in shock.

Was this really the power of the new era’s Divine Sovereigns? Even their casual attacks were terrifying.

“I see, your strongest point is simply your domain. In that case, test out this attack!” Long Chen exclaimed.

Long Chen formed hand seals, and a giant figure shot out from his starry sea, swallowing Li Wangchuan in an instant.

“Break!” Li Wangchuan roared from inside the giant whale, but his voice trembled with fear.

BOOM!

The whale burst apart, turning into countless motes of starlight. When Li Wangchuan reappeared, he was covered in blood, and his aura was a mess.

He managed to escape, but he was badly hurt and clearly shaken, as if he had seen something horrifying inside the heaven whale.

“Long Chen, face your death!” Two voices rang out in unison, and two terrifying Sovereign mights locked onto Long Chen.

The other two Divine Sovereign Forerunners had summoned their heaven-earth law manifestations. They could no longer keep watching. Their domains pressed down on Long Chen like two massive millstones, trying to crush him.

In response, Long Chen’s eight-colored divine ring spun faster, and his astral gates shook. Even they were starting to give way under the combined pressure.

“I was right. Your only real trump card is your domain. You’ve got nothing else,” Long Chen said with a sneer.

“Even so, it’s still enough to kill an ant like you!” Li Wangchuan roared, unleashing the power of his domain as well.

Their three domains burst forth, trying to crush Long Chen between them.

Yue Xiaoqian started to form hand seals, ready to help, but Zi Yan stopped her with a hand on her arm. Zi Yan seemed to understand Long Chen better, since she could hear his heartbeat and knew what he was thinking.

“If that’s all you got, then there’s no point in prolonging the fight,” Long Chen said, shaking his head.

These three were truly reckless. Long Chen couldn’t understand why they were so confident, coming over before stabilizing their realms. They couldn’t even use divine abilities, yet they still charged in relying only on their domains.

Suddenly, a woman in red robes appeared before Long Chen and clapped her hands. The next moment, flames shot up and huge trees appeared, surrounding the three Forerunners in a blazing forest.

“This is...!” 𝘧𝓇𝑒𝑒𝑤ℯ𝑏𝓃𝘰𝑣ℯ𝘭.𝘤ℴ𝘮

Li Wangchuan and the others looked stunned as their own domains caught fire. Their core energy was dropping fast.

“Damn, this is also a domain!” the female forerunner shouted.

Countless Golden Crows and Jade Rabbits came flying out of the forest, locking down this battlefield.

Seeing this, the three Divine Sovereign Forerunners were horrified. They forgot about Long Chen and just tried to escape from the flame creatures instead.

The Golden Crows and Jade Rabbits were crushed by their domains, turning into flame runes that floated through the air. But there seemed to be no end to them. Each time they were destroyed, they reformed and attacked again.

“No!” Li Wangchuan screamed in despair.

He had used up most of his energy and was already injured. The next moment, his domain fell apart, and a blood-colored petal pierced his head.

Seeing Li Wangchuan die, the other two panicked and attacked wildly, draining their energy even faster.

“Long Chen, don’t kill us! We can be your slaves!” screamed the Forerunner woman.

Long Chen curled his lips. The so-called geniuses of the Heavenly Magnificence Divine Prefecture had been raised into piles of trash. Aside from their talent, they had nothing else going for them.

Her scream distracted her, and a blood-red petal pierced her head. Seeing this, the last survivor broke down completely and was killed right away.

Long Chen dragged their bodies into the primal chaos space and shook his head.

“You guys really underestimated me!”

If they had seen him as a real threat from the beginning, they wouldn’t have died so fast. Maybe, in their minds, only Divine Sovereigns mattered in this new era.

They couldn’t even fight back against Huo Linger, who had only just started to understand law power.

During this time of hunting, Huo Linger gained the most and was the first to grasp some of the new era’s laws.

After all, the Moon Trees, Fusang Trees, Golden Crows, and Jade Rabbits all served her. She got the most benefits, so she gained this power the fastest.

Unfortunately, these three Forerunners were too weak. Huo Linger didn’t even get a chance to see their divine abilities before it ended.

When Long Chen glanced into the primal chaos space, he saw three unique fruits, which shook his heart.