Gu Wuqing and the others were engaging with Heavenly Daoist Kun outside Firmament Star. As the Heavenly Dao Seal attacked them, a white figure suddenly appeared before them.

It was Chu Kuangren!

He used his time-locking ability to stop the Heavenly Dao Seal attack before he arrived in front of the group to end the attack himself.

Faced with the Heavenly Daoist Kun’s attack, which had seemingly endless energy, Chu Kuangren narrowed his eyes and threw out a punch.

Terrifying wind from his fist carried a cataclysmic force that clashed with the Heavenly Dao Seal.

A massive explosion later, the Heavenly Dao energy crumbled.

Chu Kuangren stood firmly in the air.

“Master!”

“My King!”

The crowd was over the moon when they saw Chu Kuangren. Suddenly, they felt a sense of safety.

Chu Kuangren’s appearance was the light of hope that shone through the darkness.

“Phew…” Gu Wuqing sighed a breath of relief.

“It seems like you’re their leader,” Heavenly Daoist Kun said to Chu Kuangren with a hint of caution in his eyes.

After all, time cultivators would usually resolve in strange, unfathomable methods, and they were even more unpredictable than soul cultivators.

“Tell me. How do you want to die?” Chu Kuangren asked.

“Fool. Even though you are a time cultivator, I notice you are just a common Third-grade Immortal. Do you think you are my match?” Heavenly Daoist Kun scoffed.

“Just a mere projection clone and you dare speak like this to me?” Chu Kuangren threw him a punch.

The violent gale from his punch enveloped the Heavenly Daoist Kun whole.

“This power… How could it…” Heavenly Daoist Kin was slightly surprised. However, he quickly channeled his Heavenly Dao energy up for defense.

A massive amount of Heavenly Dao energy and Immortal’s Core energy combined into a shield, but following a loud bang, the punch blast broke the shield and sent Heavenly Daoist Kun flying several hundred kilometers away. He even crashed onto a planet.

At the next moment, Chu Kuangren’s figure flashed and reappeared before Heavenly Daoist Kun. He grabbed the man by the head and pressed it against the ground.

The whole planet caved in before it imploded. Waves of flame currents swept across everything, lighting the dark and cold galaxy bright.

Chu Kuangren then flew out from the blazing flames with his hand over Heavenly Daoist Kun’s head, and they crashed towards another planet.

Bang! Kaboom! Boom!

A series of deafening explosions later, Chu Kuangren slammed Heavenly Daoist Kun’s head through a dozen planets.

The explosions of planets were as bright as fireworks, and it was spectacular to look at.

“Using the Heavenly Dao energy? Interesting.” Chu Kuangren raised Heavenly Daoist Kun into the air as he stared at him with a playful gaze.

That would be the first time Chu Kuangren met someone like Heavenly Daoist Kun, who could utilize a large amount of Heavenly Dao energy.

In fact, the Heavenly Dao did not recognize Heavenly Daoist Kun. It felt more like he was forcefully conjuring the energy and enslaving the Heavenly Dao with his cultivation, which was a ruthless one.

“D*mn it! D*mn it!”

Furious, Heavenly Daoist Kun shouted madly.

After all, someone had just grabbed his head and crashed through a dozen planets.

“I will kill you!” Heavenly Daoist Kun said with his teeth gnashed. He raised the Heavenly Dao energy to its full potential and blasted it at Chu Kuangren’s chest.

If it were others facing such an attack from Heavenly Daoist Kun, they would release him to avoid the attack.

However, Chu Kuangren stood firm and endured Heavenly Daoist Kun’s attack, which did not even tickle him!

“H-How is this possible?!” Heavenly Daoist Kun was stunned.

His strike was so powerful that it could kill an Earthen Immortal if the target was defenseless.

However, not only was Chu Kuangren fine, but it did not even budge him.

He felt like he had just hit an Immortal Metal.

‘What is going on? Did he affirm his Dao with Immortal Metal?!’

“Are you trying to tickle me?” Chu Kuangren said before he slowly closed his fingers.

“Argh!” Heavenly Daoist Kun screamed in pain. It felt like Chu Kuangren could crush his head open at the next second.

What happened after was even more terrifying.

The Heavenly Dao energy inside Heavenly Daoist Kun was being sucked out and absorbed by Chu Kuangren.

“W-What are you doing?!” Heavenly Daoist Kun was truly afraid.

The Heavenly Dao energy was an important part of his powers. It was safe to say that it was the foundation of his strength.

Chu Kuangren did not say a word as he activated his Heavenly Devouring Daoist Art. To him, Heavenly Daoist Kun was nothing but a piece of big fat meat.

The vast Heavenly Dao energy inside Heavenly Daoist Kun was the best source of energy to strengthen the Firmament Star and himself.

“Stop! Stop right now!”

Heavenly Daoist Kun continued his attacks at Chu Kuangren using his Immortal’s Core, but he could not break free.

The fingers above his head felt like the ancient mountains, locking him in place and forbidding him from escaping.

As the Heavenly Dao energy was slowly sucked away, Heavenly Daoist Kun started to feel himself weakening.

If that continued, his projection clone and even his real self would be affected.

“Explode!”

Heavenly Daoist Kun made the decision to detonate his projection clone.

With a loud bang, Heavenly Daoist Kun’s projection clone exploded, and the terrifying shockwave spread out to a million kilometers.

Some of the smaller planets were crushed by the shockwave alone.

After the dust settled, one man stood in the epicenter like a monolith.

“Self-destruction? Whatever. I’ll suck him dry when I see him next time,” Chu Kuangren mumbled.

‘The Heavenly Dao Sect, huh?’

It seemed he would have to pay extra attention to that sect in the future.

If everyone in the sect possessed the Heavenly Dao energy like Heavenly Daoist Kun, it would be the best supplement for Chu Kuangren.

Further away, Immortal Qing Song was completely stunned.

“The Heavenly Daoist detonated himself?!”

He dared not believe that someone could force Heavenly Daoist Kun to self-destruct and even escape the blast unscathed.

“I-I must run…” Immortal Qing Song wanted to flee. However, before he could take his first step, a vital force locked on to him, forcing him to tremble uncontrollably.

He strongly believed that the owner of the vital force could easily kill him a hundred times over if he were to escape.

“Tell me everything you know about the Heavenly Dao Sect.”

Chu Kuangren’s voice echoed in his ears.

Immortal Qing Song dared not hold secrets against Chu Kuangren, so he blurted out everything he knew before Chu Kuangren killed him with a single punch. It was considered merciful as Chu Kuangren granted Immortal Qing Song a quick death.

Then, Chu Kuangren turned to Gu Linglong and the others. His lips curled into a grin, and he said, “Everyone, I’m back.”

All the other Daoist Celestials could no longer hide their emotion.

The Transcendental Daoist Celestial took a deep breath before he got on his knees.

“Welcome back, my King!”

“Welcome back, my King!”

“Welcome back, my King!”

They had never knelt even before the strongest force. Yet, they willingly got down on their knees before Chu Kuangren and submitted to him wholeheartedly.