# Chapter 444: Overlord Emperor Awakens
"Who's there!!"
During the Seven Nations Ranking Battle, at the Fenghuang Realm of the Shenhuang Empire, someone actually dared to forcefully barge in.
Feng Hengkong raised his head calmly, glancing at the intruder in midair... but in the next instant, the nonchalance on his face vanished, replaced by a flash of surprise in his eyes.
Feng Feiyan, who was closest, furrowed his brow and was about to strike directly, but his profound force only surged halfway before he forcibly stopped himself. The same expression of surprise that had appeared on Feng Hengkong's face now crossed his own. He could only watch helplessly as that tall and burly figure descended with an overwhelmingly fierce momentum, landing heavily behind Yun Che.
*BANG!!!*
The ground beneath his feet directly exploded. A crack spread instantly from where he landed, extending three hundred zhang away within a single breath, cutting one nation's seating area in half and terrifying the profound practitioners seated there until their faces turned ashen.
The nine talented Phoenix disciples surrounding Yun Che all felt a tsunami-like wave of energy rushing toward them the moment he landed. They let out muffled grunts in unison, blasted back over ten zhang by that wave of force. Fearful expressions appeared on every single one of their faces... Just by the momentum of his landing, he had forced all nine of them back! Just how terrifyingly powerful was this person...?!
"Oh?" Gu Cang Zhenren looked at the figure who had descended, pondering thoughtfully as he recalled the thunderous roar that had just echoed throughout the venue.
The person who dropped from the sky was extremely tall, his entire body as sturdy as a monster. Every muscle on his body bulged prominently, flowing with a metallic luster that allowed one to imagine just from looking at him the astonishing power contained within.
Looking at this person, all the experts of the Fenghuang God Sect showed expressions of shock... because the profound force aura emanating from this person... was clearly at the Overlord Emperor Realm!!
But even a single Overlord Emperor wouldn't be enough to shock them this much. What they could clearly see from this astonishingly tall and burly person's face was a kind of youthfulness. Powerful profound force could slow aging and conceal age, but it couldn't maintain the youthful quality that belonged only to the young. In other words, this person's age, at most... at most... couldn't be over twenty years old!!
An Overlord Emperor under twenty years old!!
And from his aura, this was clearly at the mid-stage Overlord Emperor Realm... surpassing seventy percent of the elder-level experts of the Fenghuang God Sect!
Feng Feiyan, Feng Hengkong, and others—the true apex figures of the Tian Xuan Continent—were certain that the only possible origin for an Overlord Emperor this young was the Four Sacred Grounds!
Gu Cang Zhenren stood up from his seat, propping his horsetail whisk and smiling calmly: "This child is my personal disciple. My foolish disciple is naturally reckless, and upon suddenly seeing a loved one, his emotions got out of control. He has startled everyone here. I hope your sect will not take offense."
Since Gu Cang Zhenren had personally stood up and spoken, Feng Hengkong quickly rose as well. He said with a surprised expression: "So he is your disciple, Gu Zhenren. No wonder someone so young could have such astonishing cultivation... May I ask how old your disciple is this year?"
Gu Cang Zhenren smiled faintly: "My foolish disciple is eighteen years old this year."
The moment the words "eighteen years old" were uttered, those whose cultivation hadn't reached the Overlord Emperor Realm and couldn't detect Xia Yuanba's profound force intensity didn't think much of it. But Feng Hengkong, Feng Feiyan, and all the elders of the Fenghuang God Sect showed expressions of shock. Even Ye Xinghan's brow twitched violently.
Feng Hengkong exclaimed in astonishment: "As expected of a personal disciple personally accepted by Gu Cang Zhenren! At only eighteen years of age, he has already reached the Overlord Emperor Realm! His future achievements are immeasurable! Congratulations, Gu Cang Zhenren, on obtaining such an excellent disciple!"
Feng Hengkong did not deliberately lower his voice. With his profound profound force, his voice naturally carried clearly throughout the venue. When the words "eighteen years old" and "Overlord Emperor" left his mouth, every profound practitioner present was stunned into dumbfounded silence.
*Pfft...*
Ling Jie finally let out all the air he had been holding in his stomach in one burst: "Over... Overlord... Overlord Emperor!?"
"Damn... in other places, you can't see an Overlord Emperor in a hundred years. How come today they've become so cheap... Eighteen years old... Overlord Emperor... Are you sure this guy isn't messing with me?" Hua Minghai sucked in a breath of cold air, then relaxed his expression and said in a low voice: "But looking at how close he is to Big Brother Yun, and being the personal disciple of this Supreme Elder of the Huangji Sacred Domain... it seems like Big Brother Yun suddenly isn't in danger anymore!!"
"Hehe," Gu Cang Zhenren smiled at Feng Hengkong, then turned his gaze to Xia Yuanba and said calmly: "Yuanba, as a disciple of the Sacred Domain, even if you cannot control your emotions, crying like this is highly inappropriate. Compose yourself and come pay respects to the Phoenix Sect Master."
Xia Yuanba's emotions finally stabilized at this moment. He turned around, but instead of facing Gu Cang Zhenren, his gaze swept sharply toward the several Phoenix disciples above: "Just now, was it you who said that the Cang Feng Kingdom has no one!? And that nine of you would surround and attack my brother-in-law alone!? Then come up here and fight me... Come on!!"
Earlier, when Xia Yuanba was sobbing like a child, the nine Phoenix disciples thought it was amusing. But the moment Xia Yuanba's gaze swept toward them, the authority in his glare made their hearts convulse simultaneously. Every word that roared from his mouth was like thunder from beyond the heavens, shaking their entire bodies, their blood boiling to the point where they almost spat blood on the spot.
Yun Che looked at Xia Yuanba anew, his heart filled with shock. The Xia Yuanba he knew was gentle, honest, and weak. But at this moment, standing on the ground of the Fenghuang God Sect, facing the assembled heavyweights and disciples of the Fenghuang God Sect, Xia Yuanba's aura, gaze, and voice were so domineering and fierce. The feeling was like that of a supreme emperor who looked down upon all under heaven, surveyed all living beings, and everything in his eyes was insignificant!
"His Overlord Emperor Divine Meridian has actually awakened," Mo Li's voice was also filled with surprise. Though she had long told Yun Che that Xia Yuanba's profound meridian was the extremely rare Overlord Emperor Divine Meridian, she had also said that with his personality, it would never awaken and would instead become a massive hindrance on his path of cultivation, limiting him to at most the Initial Xuan Realm.
But the reality before them was that Xia Yuanba's Overlord Emperor Divine Meridian had truly awakened!
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