# Chapter 1348: Overlord Arrives
Qi Tian City was situated among wild mountains and untamed forests, towering and majestic. The city walls were covered with axe marks and arrow holes, along with claw marks left by ancient ferocious beasts, like a living history telling tales of the past.
All around, apes howled and tigers roared, with primeval rare beasts appearing and disappearing. Mountain ranges coiled like old dragons, with ancient trees and wolf-infested forests.
Qi Tian City and the wild mountain ranges were not located on a planet. This was a continent floating in the starry sky, full of vitality, with towering mountains and starlight cascading down, making it appear mysterious and weathered, eternal through the ages.
A long roar shook the clouds in all directions, collapsing many mountain peaks. A figure tore through the void, charging toward Qi Tian City. His imposing physique seemed cast from molten iron, strong and powerful, possessing a metallic texture.
Wherever he passed, the void twisted, mountain peaks collapsed, ancient trees turned to dust, and rocks scattered like clouds. He was like a god of destruction that killed everything in its path, with nothing able to stop him for a single step.
"The Overlord is here!" Someone in Qi Tian City exclaimed in shock. That fluctuation was too terrifying, sweeping across everything like an ocean crashing down, causing the ancient city to shake violently.
"It really is the Overlord, he's too fast!" Some people in the city felt their bodies turn cold, oppressed by a powerful aura, nearly unable to stop themselves from convulsing.
Suddenly, within Qi Tian City, demonic energy surged from an ancient mountain. Infinite divine light pierced through the heavens, and an ancient Demon Emperor Hall emerged, majestic and grand like the Ancient Heavenly Court.
A Dharma manifestation appeared, reaching up to the nine heavens above and down to the nine netherworlds below, materializing out of thin air, standing in the mortal world. His black hair cascaded like a waterfall, with sun and moon rising and falling in his eyes, stars and rivers appearing and vanishing, like a demon god descending.
"You are the Southern Demon? Anyone who dares block me dies!" A majestic voice came from outside the ancient city, full of oppressive force. It was an indescribable dominance, overbearing and unparalleled, allowing no one to defy it.
The Overlord had arrived, killing his way from the depths of the starry sky. To reach the Human Clan's Fiftieth City for his decisive battle with the Sacred Body, he had to pass through here, and he wanted to slay the Southern Demon while passing through.
Within the city, in an ancient building on a mountain, a disaster-level beautiful woman showed a nervous expression, looking at her elder brother. "Are you really going to fight him?"
It was the Southern Demon siblings, who had once provoked the Overlord.
The Southern Demon was like a deity from mythological times, his hair hanging loose, his skin bronze-colored, his body strong as a dragon. His eyes shot out terrifying light as he stared outside the city.
"Do not go out."
Just then, an aged voice came. In an ancient hall, an old man with snow-white hair, a withered body, and wrinkled skin opened his eyes. They were like two lightning bolts flashing across, as startling as golden lamps. Though aged, his spirit was vigorous and full of energy.
As his words fell, a powerful fluctuation spread throughout the entire ancient mountain. Demonic energy permeated, sealing the mountain. The demon god Dharma manifestation that reached up to the nine heavens and down to the nine netherworlds was forced to retract.
This was an ancient demon of immeasurable power, super strong and unfathomably deep. He had come to the Ancient Human Path for discussions, inadvertently discovered the Southern Demon siblings, and wanted to take them away.
The Southern Demon was silent, staring at the edge of the sky where a peerless Overlord radiated monstrous might, sweeping through Qi Tian City.
"Your current realm is insufficient; you cannot fight him to the death." The ancient demon sitting in the hall closed his eyes and spoke thus, forbidding him from leaving the city.
"I only want to launch one strike," the Southern Demon said.
The ancient demon still shook his head. Though not in the same hall, he seemed able to perceive everything, even others' hearts. "Those who flow with the Heaven-Dominating Bloodline are not so easy to deal with. In the past, at the same cultivation level, even a Quasi-Emperor from the demon clan has fallen."
"I want to unleash the Heaven-Transforming Ancient Art," the demon god said.
Upon hearing this, the ancient demon was silent for a moment, as if pondering, saying nothing for a long time.
Suddenly, a strange fluctuation came from within the ancient city. Two figures shot up into the sky, flying out of the city into the wild mountains, actually intending to confront the Overlord head-on.
These were demon clan experts from a foreign domain, who had descended on the Ancient Human Path together with the ancient demon. Their combat power was at a terrifying level. In recent days, they had harbored hostility toward the Southern Demon because the ancient demon valued him too highly. These two were peerless geniuses on the demon clan's ancient path, with higher cultivation realms than the Southern Demon. They had accompanied their clan's giant on a visit to the human clan, yet now they were not as valued as the Southern Demon. They wanted to prove themselves by confronting and slaying the human clan's Overlord.
Both were at the Saint King realm, possessing absolute confidence. Having never suffered defeat, they advanced invincibly on the Stellar Ancient Path.
"Come back!" The ancient demon shouted lowly, not expecting these two to act on their own.
Unfortunately, the two did not return. They firmly believed they were stronger, that they were the heavenly prodigies worthy of the demon clan giant's choice, and wanted to prove themselves on the human clan's ancient path.
In fact, these two demon clan talents were indeed geniuses, rare even across many star domains. Otherwise, they would not have remained undefeated for so long.
One of them opened his mouth and spat out a Milky Way, white and vast, a terrifying sight. He had refined countless Star River Divine Sands into a supreme treasure. This divine material would make even a Great Sage envious.
Setting aside everything else, this astonishing divine material alone was enough to illustrate the point.
Moreover, the killing light was indeed at a terrifying level. The Milky Way spanned the sky, connecting to the outer domain, borrowing the power of all the stars, becoming an eternal radiance.
"A mere firefly dares to compete with the sun and moon?!" The Overlord sneered coldly. He stood like a demonic mountain, towering and unmoving. Only when the star river came crashing did he let out a roar.
It was like an apocalyptic disaster sweeping across the land. Mountains collapsed, stars seemed to tremble, and the vast star river scattered. The Overlord roared it apart with his voice, the radiant light dispersing into the void in wisps and strands.
"Ah..."
At the same time, this demon clan genius let out a miserable scream. His body was broken, covered in blood, nearly shattered completely.
"Weng!"
The other demon clan genius also struck, almost simultaneously. A jade-green gourd swelled to the size of a mountain, its opening like a black hole, trying to swallow the Overlord.
The jade-green gourd was crystalline all over, sparkling with radiance—truly a rare precious artifact, shining with ten thousand beams of light.
Hun Zhan let out a cold snort, not treating the Saint King artifact as anything significant. He charged toward the black hole-like gourd opening, extending his arm, swinging his Overlord Fist, releasing immortal divine radiance.
The gourd opening was like a huge whirlpool, trying to swallow the Overlord. But his fist was too hard. When it struck the gourd wall, a crisp cracking sound rang out.
This azure sky divine jade, forged into an indestructible Saint King-level gourd, shattered into pieces. It could not withstand his physical body and was directly blasted apart, showing his peerless divine might.
The gourd's owner's body cracked, blood seeping out. He staggered, nearly being slain, and was sent flying.
"You demon clan remnants think you can stop me? Utterly fragile and unable to withstand a single blow. Dare to appear before me, and I'll wipe you all clean!" The Overlord said coldly and grimly.
The matter happened too suddenly. Two rare geniuses were severely wounded in a single exchange, with no capital to resist at all. It was truly astonishing.
Honglong!
The Overlord struck. Heaven and earth split apart. The gap between him and those two was like heaven and earth. Their bodies rapidly retreated under the shadow of his Overlord Fist, but they were still grazed.
With two sounds of "pu pu," half their bodies were destroyed. They could not resist the Overlord and were nearly half-crippled, blood dyeing the sky red.
"Enough."
Within Qi Tian City, the demon clan giant let out a cold snort. He reached out a large hand to grab forward, trying to stop the Overlord from injuring the two.
"Dao friend, this is the Human Clan Ancient Path." From the depths of the starry sky, a clear and cold voice suddenly appeared, somewhat dissatisfied. A huge cauldron emerged, piercing through the universe, meeting the large hand and blocking the way.
With a sound of "honglong," it was like a collision of heaven and earth. Yin and Yang clashed chaotically, chaotic mist scattered in all directions. This confrontation was terrifyingly vast—a Great Sage-level battle.
"What? The Overlord has human protectors support behind him? No wonder he could bypass the other protectors and advance all the way here." Many people in the city were shocked.
This was a very clear signal. Among the human protectors, someone stood on the Overlord's side, showing partiality, not stopping him from going to kill the Sacred Body. The consequences were severe.
The Overlord was extremely domineering, utterly fearless. Even facing a demon clan giant, he did not retreat. He opened his mouth and inhaled, and the two demon clan experts immediately shrank and were swallowed into his mouth.
Blood splattered. It was a very cruel scene. He directly devoured the two demon clan geniuses, leaving nothing behind.
Qi Tian City fell into dead silence!
"I have no intention of helping the Heaven-Dominating Bloodline, but I cannot tolerate a demon clan giant making a move on my clan's ancient path." The human protector transmitted his voice from the starry sky.
However, who could believe that? He was definitely protecting the Overlord Body. Thinking about it this way, he was supporting the Overlord Body in killing the Sacred Body.
"How terrifying! What kind of strength is that, actually devouring two Saint Kings? And they were said to be two demon clan geniuses!"
People were shaken. The talents accompanying the demon clan giant on his visit were naturally extraordinary, but the Overlord had devoured them in one gulp. The trail of blood at the corner of his mouth made people shudder.
Weng!
The ancient demon rushed out, disappearing into the depths of the starry sky. The huge cauldron trembled and followed. The two protectors had clashed.
And at that moment, the Southern Demon shot up into the sky, his black hair flowing, his body strong as a dragon, shimmering with bronze-colored divine radiance, exuding traces of demon god-like aura.
"Big brother!" Qi Huoshui cried out in alarm from behind.
"You're just from the Burial Emperor Star, yet you dare to claim dominance? I'll kill every last one of you clean!" The Overlord said coldly and darkly.
"Clang," "Clang"...
Imperial Blood Earth, Divine Phoenix Stone, Demon God Wood, and dozens or hundreds of other rare and strange materials appeared, densely packed, forming an ancient array that swallowed up this heaven and earth.
"This is... such terrifying demonic power!" Everyone in the city was terrified, their hearts pounding. Many people directly knelt down.
This was an ancient array, carved in imitation of the legendary Demon Emperor's formation. The true Demon Emperor array diagram had long been lost in this era, but this restored incomplete Dao pattern was still terrifying.
The peerless Overlord charged left and right, like a true dragon, shattering the sky, splitting the continent below, like the end of the world.
The imitation of the Demon Emperor array diagram, this corner of the incomplete formation, displayed immense power, capable of smashing rotten and crumbling decay, refining a top Saint King into a pool of pus and blood. Truly, its divine might shook the world.
"Hong!"
Imperial Blood Earth, Divine Phoenix Stone, Demon God Wood, and dozens or hundreds of other rare array-forming divine materials all lit up, trapping the Overlord, trying to grind him down. Then they shattered the heavens, and the killing array carried the Overlord into a dimensional space.
In the city, people were speechless. The mighty Overlord, peerless and invincible among his generation, a true heavenly prodigy, had actually been suppressed, pressed into a formation, lost in who knows where. It was shocking.
"Big brother!" Qi Huoshui showed a joyful expression, never imagining that the Southern Demon could suppress the Overlord of the Heaven-Dominating Bloodline.
Everyone was shocked, everyone was shaken. Only the Southern Demon himself frowned, sighing lightly. "With so many precious array-forming divine materials, at most I can suppress him for three days."
In fact, only two days passed. A huge sound rang out. A large chunk of cosmic space collapsed, and from the original spot rushed out a being like a god or demon. The Overlord directly killed his way out.
The demon god sighed lightly. "His realm is higher than mine. Even if I unleash the Heaven-Transforming Ancient Art, I probably can't withstand him."
"People from the Burial Emperor Star, nothing more. I'll kill every last one of you thoroughly!" The Overlord said coldly.
However, he quickly changed color, because three powerful fluctuations appeared—the demon clan giant and the human protectors—posing a great threat to him.
The Overlord glanced back coldly, then instantly disappeared into the distance. His body emitted a faint light and directly vanished, piercing through the universe.
He carried a magical artifact comparable to a Divine Light Platform, but no one knew exactly what it was.
"Truly remarkable. His magical artifact seems to contain the aura of a Divine Remnant!" The ancient demon ultimately made this judgment.
A Divine Remnant was said to be an evil thought born after a deity's death. In fact, it was mostly the evil thought evolved from the death of an ancient Great Emperor.
That the Overlord's secret artifact contained the aura of a Divine Remnant was truly chilling.
Two human protectors appeared here, plus a demon clan giant—this was truly a grand scene. The aura they emitted was suffocating.
"It's getting more and more complicated. He obtained an ancient treasure left by a Divine Remnant!"
After reaching this conclusion, even the protectors were shocked. The magical artifact's power was terrifying on one hand, and on the other, it involved this strange creature called a Divine Remnant, which was inevitably related to deceased Great Emperors. Whether it was auspicious or ominous was hard to predict.
"Intercept him at the Human Clan's Fiftieth City."
"No, let's wait and see first."
"You want him to kill the Sacred Body, don't you? I know you favor the Heaven-Dominating Bloodline!"
The two human protectors were at odds, their attitudes toward the young supreme of the Heaven-Dominating Overlord Body lineage completely different.
"Honglong!"
At the Human Clan's Fiftieth City, the heavens split open. A demonic, god-like black shadow rushed out, then opened a jar-shaped magical artifact. From it charged a purple qilin, its terrifying aura shooting into the sky.
This entire star domain surged, rumbling and roaring.
Looking closely, this purple creature was vastly different from ordinary qilin beasts. Its entire body was covered in crystalline scales, flawless, powerful enough to make people tremble.
Its bloodline purity and cultivation depth made it the king of beasts, a future beastly supreme being.
The Overlord sat atop the purple qilin, holding a blood-colored long spear, like a demon god from the underworld, radiating overwhelming might.
"Sacred Body, I have come. Come and receive your death!"
His words rumbled, shaking the Human Clan's Fiftieth City violently, as if it were about to shatter, causing even the surrounding star domains to tremble and quake! (To be continued)