Chapter 1753: Heavenly Dragon Authority

"Die!"

The Slaughter Devil King of Sin's eyes were like seething seas of blood. Its expression was distorted and ferocious, and the nine red eyes on its blade began to weep crimson tears, causing frothy waves of slaughter energy to ripple outwards. It had summoned up all of its strength as it could sense great pressure from Li Taixuan.

"Life Slaughtering Art!" said the Slaughter Devil King of Sin as it waved its blade, causing blood energy to pour out. Wherever the wave of energy passed, the Others became devoid of life, transforming into wisps of bloody flames that then gathered on the blade. As the blood flames adhered and danced along the blade, the despairing wails of countless living creatures could be heard. The blade was filled with ferocious murderous intent, capable of annihilating the heavens and the earth.

The numerous experts of the divine continents looked on in fear. If this strike were to land on the Heavenly Star Plains, everything within a million miles would undoubtedly turn into a living hell where no life would exist or ever be born. Clearly, the Slaughter Devil King of Sin was going all-out. Even Li Luo's expression turned serious upon seeing this.

Li Taixuan, however, merely let out a hearty laugh. He strode through the void in an imposing and confident fashion, his eyes reflecting the blade imbued with flames, threatening to eradicate the world. No fear could be seen in his eyes. His attention turned towards Li Luo as he gave a casual smirk as he said, "Son, you might have become a ninth-grade Transcendent, but your old man has walked further along this path than you."

Three mysterious minor worlds suddenly appeared behind, emitting terrifying undulations. These were his three resonant palaces. The first resonant palace gave off a violet-gold radiance and an ancient, awe-inspiring Heavenly Dragon's roar could be heard from it. The second resonant palace was like a blazing sun, so hot that the void distorted in its presence. The third resonant power was pitch-black and devoid of light, emitting a terrifying forcefield that caused the void to collapse and turn into a black hole.

Upper ninth-grade Heavenly Dragon resonance!

Upper ninth-grade brilliant sun resonance!

Upper ninth-grade black hole resonance!

Li Taixuan's resonances began to intertwine, and a towering Transcendent Heavenly Throne appeared in the air above him. However, it was alight with flames. The flames caused the Transcendent Heavenly Throne to turn into divine energy that fused with his Heavenly Dragon resonant palace. The divine energy then surged within the resonant palace, enveloping the gigantic Heavenly Dragon and causing an indescribable transformation to occur.

"The resonance gives birth to divinity, allowing one to grasp Authority. Transcendent divine energy then further elevates the resonance into divinity itself!" said Li Taixuan, his authoritative voice booming with utmost majesty.

At that moment, everyone could sense an indescribable but terrifying force emerging. Li Luo closely watched the Heavenly Dragon resonant palace. The Heavenly Dragon within was swallowing up all of the divine energy, and its humongous body was shrinking with astonishing speed.

The strange phenomenon ended a minute later, and within the Heavenly Dragon was a violet-gold divine orb. The orb seemed to contain boundless power as it quietly lay there, emanating the almighty power of Authority. There was a world inside the divine orb, someone was sitting in there, cross-legged. On closer inspection, it looked identical to Li Taixuan, but there was an awe-inspiring Heavenly Dragon coiled around him.

"That is..." Li Luo's eyes shook as he observed the violet-gold divine orb. "Heavenly Dragon Authority!"

This was a power that belonged to the realm of Heavenly Emperors, the ultimate peak of resonances: Authority! Authority could be wielded once one's resonance gave birth to a divine spirit. Anything of the same nature as the resonance would have no choice but to bow down and worship the divine spirit. When a divine spirit occupied a resonant palace, one's body would be sublimated within, becoming indestructible and immune to all attacks.

Even though Li Luo could currently produce attacks imbued with Authority, it was only because the Absolute Resonance Halo could fuse all his resonances, forcefully condensing source origin to make it. However, the resulting attack was inferior to the Authority that true users wielded, both in terms of quantity and quality.

"So this is the reason why ninth-grade Transcendents can challenge Heavenly Emperors,"

Li Luo thought. Authority was something that only Heavenly Emperors wielded, and ninth-grade Transcendents could burn their Transcendent Heavenly Thrones to produce divine energy, allowing one of their resonances to evolve and produce Authority. At the same time, that particular resonance would reach the supreme ninth-grade.

Li Luo wasn't particularly interested in obtaining a supreme ninth-grade resonance, since the Absolute Resonance Halo was capable of producing a similar result. However, truly condensing his own Authority was still difficult for him. Once he gained the ability to form his own Authority, the amount he could control would be unlimited; he would no longer need to be as cautious as he was now.

"However, this Authority is not permanent like that of a Heavenly Emperor. It is only temporary."

he thought as he could sense that his father's Authority was being supported with divine energy. Once it ran out, the Heavenly Dragon Authority would also come to an end. Despite that, Li Taixuan's strength was on the level of a true Heavenly Emperor when he was in this state.

"My old man has three upper ninth-grade resonances, so the Authority he has created will not last forever. If it were me, I could use the Absolute Resonance Halo to fuse all of my resonances to create a supreme ninth-grade resonance. That would allow me to continuously create more transcendent divine energy. In that sense, I could almost permanently remain in that state!"

𝑓𝑟ℯ𝘦𝓌𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝑐ℴ𝓂

Li Luo's eyes flickered with excitement and his heart jumped when he came to that conclusion. In a sense, he would be like a true Heavenly Emperor. Although he had just reached the Ninth Transcendent Duke Stage and was still lacking in firepower, it was just a matter of time, considering his foundation and potential.

As Li Taixuan's Heavenly Dragon Authority took shape, the entire world rumbled and celebrated the birth of a new Authority. Terrifying pressure enveloped the world. However, the void above Li Taixuan started to ripple, and a series of ancient edicts appeared. That was the Ancient Covenant that Heavenly Emperor Jiang had used to create the current edict.

This meant that Li Taixuan's current strength was infinitely close to that of a Heavenly Emperor, and he was about to attract the attention of the edict that prohibited Heavenly Emperors from entering the divine continents. The bright side was that Li Taixuan's Heavenly Emperor strength was not permanent, and the edict had appeared perhaps as a reminder and a deterrent.

All of the experts present could feel the heavy sense of oppression, and Zhen Linshuang felt it the most clearly. As a Heavenly Dragon, she suddenly felt the urge to prostrate herself before Li Taixuan.

"Heavenly Dragon Authority... This aura is identical to that of the ancestors of the clan,"

Zhen Linshuang thought, her heart turbulent. A look of awe arose within her eyes as she looked at Li Taixuan. Out of all the ninth-grade Transcendents present, it was clear that Li Taixuan had travelled the furthest on that path.

Li Taixuan raised his head and stared at the roaring Slaughter Devil King of Sin, who was filled with killing intent. He formed a fist with his right hand, then he slowly extended it out with an extremely simple and direct gesture. The fist energy wrapped around his hand caused the void to constantly shatter, forming a series of black holes.

"Son, watch carefully," said Li Taixuan, grinning as his voice rumbled across the sky. "This fist of mine can challenge Heavenly Emperors!"

Transcendent Art: Brilliant Heaven Emperor Slaying Fist!