"Another Emperor Xia, you mean Xia Tianming?"

Xia Qingyang seemed as if he had misheard. He looked at Xia Tianming, then at Xia Feng, and sneered coldly.

"Are you crazy or am I? He's merely an Earth Tier Martial Sovereign. Do you mean Xia Tianming is stronger than me?"

"Whether he's strong or not, only a duel can tell."

Xia Tianming stepped forward expressionlessly, and as soon as he moved, the air plunged into silence.

In the next second, a burst of laughter erupted.

The Ten Great Xia Emperors couldn't help but snicker, even Xia Tianming, who was preparing to challenge the throne again, couldn't hold back, laughing uproariously, nearly collapsing to the ground.

"Tianming, you want to fight me? Don't joke with the old man, just get the Void Cauldron ready."

Xia Qingyang chuckled as he waved his hand, thinking that Xia Tianming and Xia Feng were just messing around and would let it pass after a few words.

"Ancestor, I'm serious."

But unexpectedly, Xia Tianming not only didn't bring out the Void Cauldron, but instead took another step forward, looking at Xia Qingyang with a resolute expression.

"This competition is to select the strongest Martial Sovereign among the Great Xia Empire's Emperors. You ten have already competed, but as the newly appointed Emperor Xia, I have not yet made my move."

"Alright, Xia Tianming, just step down and don't cause trouble for your ancestor!"

"Exactly, don't think that by throwing a tantrum like a child, the ancestor will let it pass. Concerning the Divine Artifact, there's no place for family sentiment!"

"As just an Earth Tier Martial Sovereign, I could defeat you with just a flick. What right do you have to challenge the ancestor?"

The other Xia Emperors all mocked Xia Tianming, their gazes disdainful, clearly not taking him seriously.

"Xia Tianming, you're really delusional! This Divine Artifact is for the capable. The Seventh Ancestor has agreed to your dueling request and already won. What are your intentions by causing trouble now? Do you really think the ancestor doesn't dare to kill you two?!"

Xia Tianming stepped forward, glancing at Xia Tianming and Xia Feng with anger in his tone.

As he spoke, the other Xia Emperors nodded in agreement.

Yet Xia Tianming remained standing firm without any intention of backing down to get the cauldron, and the faces of the past Xia Emperors changed.

They turned like icy Nine Nether frosts, chilling and frightful.

"Xia Tianming, stop this nonsense. I'm giving you one last chance. Don't make me come take it myself."

Xia Qingyang's eyes were extremely cold, with a hint of murderous intent in his gaze towards Xia Tianming.

What prestige do the Ten Great Xia Emperors hold? Although Xia Tianming and Xia Feng share the surname Xia, if they publicly disgrace them, he wouldn't mind cleaning house himself!

"Ancestor, I said, the duel isn't over yet. Who is the strongest Xia Emperor is still unknown!"

Suddenly, Xia Tianming moved vigorously, unleashing all his spiritual power, reflecting fifty Great Dao Rules in the sky!

Purple golden radiance poured down from the sky, and a majestic aura gathered around. Under the illumination of the Great Dao of Void, Xia Tianming seemed like a golden being, with extraordinary poise in every action!

"Celestial Tier Ninth Layer Martial Sovereign!" The Eighth Emperor Xia Haiwei exclaimed.

"What? Wasn't he just an Earth Tier First Layer Martial Sovereign before? How did he suddenly become Celestial Tier Ninth Layer? Was he hiding his strength all along?!" The Ninth Emperor also exclaimed incredulously.

Not only him, but all previous Ten Great Xia Emperors and the ministers below had their expressions change entirely.

No one imagined that Xia Tianming's true strength had always been that of a Celestial Tier Ninth Layer Martial Sovereign!

Does this mean his battle with Xia Tianming was staged?

"No! No! No! How could he be a Celestial Tier Ninth Layer Martial Sovereign? This is all a blinding technique. Ancestor, you can't be fooled by him. This is his scheme to protect the Void Cauldron!"

Upon feeling the aura, Xia Tianming instantly broke down, unable to believe it, and would not accept it.

How could Xia Tianming be a Celestial Tier Ninth Layer Martial Sovereign?

He conspired for a thousand years, acquired the Emperor Body, claimed the throne, but ended up as an Earth Tier Seventh Layer Martial Sovereign.

Why Xia Tianming? A mortal with a crippled dantian, how could he break through to Martial Sovereign twice, and twice become Celestial Tier Ninth Layer!?

If this is true, then what does that make him?

A clown? A genuine waste?

This cannot be, it's all fake!

Xia Tianming's eyes turned crimson, gasping for breath.

He stopped thinking and quickly pulled out three Celestial Thunder Bombs given by Xia Donghai from his storage ring, fiercely hurling them at Xia Tianming on the Emperor Dragon Platform.

The full-strength strike of a Celestial Tier Fifth Layer warrior could easily obliterate an Earth Tier Martial Sovereign, not to mention Xia Tianming threw all three.

This was as if three Celestial Tier Fifth Layer warriors had gathered their strength, attacking Xia Tianming in unison!

"Hahaha, deceptive fool, go to hell!" Xia Tianming laughed wildly, as if he already saw Xia Tianming lying in a pool of blood, completely devoid of life.

The Ten Great Xia Emperors could have intervened, but at that moment, none of them made a move.

All ten watched expressionlessly as the Celestial Thunder Bombs flew towards Xia Tianming.

Though they said nothing, they tacitly agreed with Xia Tianming's view.

In this world, such a monster could not exist, twice cultivating to Celestial Tier Ninth Layer, and in just five thousand years!

Remember, Xia Tianming was only over four thousand years old now.

In four thousand years, with the Emperor Body, he had cultivated to Celestial Tier Ninth Layer Martial Sovereign, becoming the Empire's most outstanding Emperor's Son.

Later, when he was stripped of his realm and his Emperor Body removed, being able to cultivate to Earth Tier Martial Sovereign with the help of the Void Cauldron was already considered defying the heavens!

But to say he could further cultivate to Celestial Tier Ninth Layer Martial Sovereign... that was not just defying fate, it was as if he was the child of destiny!

No one believed Xia Tianming's realm was real.

Everyone looked coldly at Xia Tianming. As he toyed with them before the world, regardless of what the Celestial Thunder Bombs reduced him to, they wouldn't help!

Oddly enough, Xia Tianming didn't choose to dodge.

He remained standing, calmly watching the three Celestial Thunder Bombs flying towards him.

Xia Tianming's expression showed no panic, even a hint of disdain in his eyes.

As if those were not world-shattering Celestial Thunder Bombs, but merely marbles used for child's play.

"Break."

Suddenly, Xia Tianming slightly opened his mouth. With a soft sound, a patch of purple void appeared in front of him.

That purple void seemed to lock onto the three Celestial Thunder Bombs, twisting space violently, squeezing and detonating them!

"Boom!"

A massive sound exploded on the Emperor Dragon Platform, stirring a cloud of dust.

The faces of the Ten Great Xia Emperors were very indifferent. Such terrifying power detonating in that sealed space, none believed Xia Tianming could survive.

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