Sage Monarch (Sage Emperor)

Yang Qi’s fist strike revealed his domineering dao. It could shake the nine heavens and ten earths, rock the legion of gods, horde of devils, multitude of buddhas, host of immortals, and throngs of demons. It unleashed the power of a half-Annulled expert, which could span all nations, all barriers, and all types of power. Compared to it, the destiny of the Demonfolk Empire was pitiful at best.

It was none other than the Nation-Fate Godfist.

In the Sage Monarch Empire, the destiny ensured that everyone was a sage or mahātmā. Everyone was selfless and worked hard to further the interests of the empire, which in turn cared for them, protecting them and ensuring their prosperity.

Yang Qi’s fist strike contained that will, the will of sages and mahātmās, which gave it the power to pierce right to the altar he had been aiming for.

“What’s this?”

The King of Godmammoths was the first to open his eyes, and when he saw what was happening, he immediately reacted with his King of the Great Dao.

“Great Dao Reversal; King of Dao Kings; Invincible in Three Worlds; Existing for All Time!”

RUMBLE!

He met Yang Qi's fist with a fist of his own, one that was superior in the three realms, the ultimate type of power in the many heavens. It caused the entire Demonfolk Empire to tremble as he unleashed it.

However, when the fists collided, the King of Godmammoths was sent flying backward, completely incapable of matching up to Yang Qi’s strength.

Henceforth, he would never again be considered number one in the three realms, the ultimate representation of power and strength.

“Stop him!” he howled, hoping that the Demon Master and High Priestess would interfere.

The Demon Master’s eyes flashed with fury. He was also an apex entity from ancient times, and when he attacked, it was with both elegance and intensity.

“Demon Taiji!”

A taiji symbol appeared on his hand, but instead of being black and white, it was pure green, like ghostfire that could block any and all power.

The Demon Taiji was the great dao that the Demon Master had gained enlightenment of.

RUMBLE!

Yin and yang converged as the Demon Taiji absorbed demon energy from the area and used it to block the path of Yang Qi’s Nation-Fate God Fist. However, after blasting aside the King of Godmammoths, Yang Qi’s attack apparently hadn’t lost any momentum. It slammed into the Demon Taiji, which immediately crumbled.

Next, the High Priestess threw her arms out as if in sacrifice to the heaven on high. “God-Fist of Prayer!”

A huge fist appeared to block Yang Qi. However, having knocked the Demon Master out of the way, Yang Qi’s fist slammed right into the High Priestess.

Then, Yang Qi could be seen standing right there in front of Yang Voidprime, where he reached out and made a grasping gesture.

A myriad worlds shook violently, and countless people saw an enormous hand appear in the sky of the Demonfolk Empire. Instantly, the entire empire started crumbling, and its destiny fell apart. Even the surrounding god world was shaking.

Crack!

The King of Godmammoths, Demon Master, and High Priestess were completely helpless to do anything in the face of this enormous hand, other than back away in fear.

A vortex appeared, swirling out with such ferocity that anyone who saw it would think that doomsday had arrived as it sucked in everything around it.

Yang Voidprime was snatched up and whisked away to the Sage Monarch Empire.

Then everything grew calm and quiet. The Demonfolk that remained scattered, instantly returning to their previous chaotic state.

Everyone knew that Yang Qi was on the move. His empire had been locked down up to this point, and it was now obvious that he had simply been biding his time. And while many people had assumed he was hiding because he wasn’t in the half-Annulled level, as of this moment, they realized that he was obviously the top figure in the god world.

The King of Godmammoths, Demon Master, and High Priestess all working together hadn’t been able to stop him. Just how invincible was he, exactly? Not even the Sovereign Lord had been this terrifying.

Word spread like wildfire.

“Preposterous. Outrageous!”

When the King of Godmammoths, Demon Master, and High Priestess saw their empty altar, their faces burned with fury. They wanted to see Yang Qi dead right then and there, but they knew they didn’t have any way to make it happen.

As they looked over at the Sage Monarch Empire, they saw incomparable energy surging, and destiny that resembled dragons, plundering primal-chaos with abandon.

How could they possibly launch an attack against something like that? If they did, the backlash from its destiny alone would be far more than they could deal with.

“We have to attack the Sage Monarch Empire!” the King of Godmammoths shouted angrily.

However, the Demon Master reached out to block his path. “We can’t. Based on that brief clash with Yang Qi just now, I can tell that he's in the half-Annulled level. And he might have broken through a lot earlier than we realized.”

“So we just let him take Yang Voidprime? What if he combines the two halves of fateless energy? How will we survive?” the High Priestess exclaimed.

“We have no choice but to attack immediately,” the King of Godmammoths said impatiently. “If we wait any longer, it's going to be a waste of our resources. We can lead our army of Demonfolk there right now, and batter him with endless waves. He’ll be forced to pay a huge price to defend himself, and in the meantime, we can launch Operation Demon Destruction!”

“Operation Demon Destruction?” the Demon Master said, shivering. “You really want to go through with that? But what about Proud Heaven?”

Operation Demon Destruction was a deadly plan that, once initiated, left no other options, and could easily end in mutual destruction.

“If Yang Qi gets all of the fateless energy, and turns into a true, complete Fateless One, we won’t survive. We have to take action. We have to enact Operation Demon Destruction!”

“Look, something's happening!” the High Priestess cried.

They looked over and saw the void trembling violently, with clouds roiling everywhere, and streams of power ripping back and forth. The Invincible Dynasty was on the move! It rumbled in the direction of the Sage Monarch Empire, moving like the tide. Then the two combined!

At the same time, the voice of the Invincible Dugu echoed out to fill the multiverse.

“I, the Invincible Dugu, have awoken. The Invincible Dynasty is becoming part of the Sage Monarch Empire. Emperor Yang Qi is now our leader! We are one united empire!”

Countless old-timers were shocked to the core. Yang Qi had just put on a massive display of strength and power, then the Invincible Dugu announced that his dynasty was joining the Sage Monarch Empire. The result would be something of immeasurable power. Not even Proud Heaven, who had the support of the essence of the god world, could possibly be Yang Qi’s match.

Someone similar to the old Sovereign Lord had appeared, and all of creation was being shaken as a result.

As the Invincible Dynasty joined the Sage Monarch Empire, all of the previous seals were undone, allowing everyone to see its true destiny on display.

The Sage Monarch Empire was filled with sages and mahātmās, and those people provided the backbone of the empire with their thinking, discussions, wisdom, intelligence, and invincible, domineering nature.

The people were like the legion of gods that supported the Halls of Heaven and provided the power to crush the horde of devils in hell.

They were sages. They were monarchs.

And their spirit was different than that of the people of the god world.

The Ascendants in the empire were rising to the greatest heights, and Yang Qi was finally allowing the public to see the truth.

The essence of the god world wasn’t true and orthodox. Neither was the god world itself.

The Sage Monarch World was true and orthodox.

“My Sage Monarch World will replace the god world,” Yang Qi said in a loud voice that echoed everywhere. “My people rose from the impure lands to the immortal worlds, and from there, they ascended to the god world. In the future, people from the god world will rise to the sage monarch world. For countless years, people thought that the god world was the ultimate destination. They were wrong. The sage monarch world exists above it.”

This was Yang Qi’s great plan, and he was making it happen. He had already surpassed the Sovereign Lord. To rise from the half-Annulled to the full Annulled level, he had to surpass civilizations. He had to make a world that was greater than the civilization of the gods.

The Sage Monarch World was that world.

The King of Godmammoths, Demon Master, and High Priestess wanted to carry out Operation Demon Destruction to attack the Sage Monarch Empire. But now they realized it was pointless. Attacking the Sage Monarch Empire would be pure suicide.