The system's chime shook the abyss itself, EXP apocalypse raging.
"Ding! Daily Ascension Quest 6: Assault Heavenly Overlord Citadel (3 Peak Heavenly Emperor guardians, Heavenly Emperor citadel core). Steal 20 Celestial Sovereign Pills, Heavenfall Crown. Reward: 2,500,000 EXP, Ninth Heaven Citadel territory, Pantheon-wide ascension. Time limit: 24 hours. Fail: Heavenly purge annihilates north."
I stood at Shadow Abyss Heart, Divine Lord Peak qi warping voids, and Eternal Sovereign's Fang screaming heaven-song. "Heavens' throne. Pantheon—citadel crumbles today."
Yue Zhilan Peak The Heavenly Emperor's spear is heaven-white and ready. Nyxthar's shadows infinite swirled. Zoltar's thunder crackled, and the hammer was colossal. Seraphine phoenix legions flamed. Lirael dragons are abyssal-voided. Glacia iced rifts eternal. Kael's blood oceans pooled. Lu Din marked celestial maps: "Ninth Heaven pinnacle—Overlord Citadel floating throne-world. Guardians: Peak Heavenly Emperor. Moon Shadows breached outer arrays."
Pantheon storm: me vanguard, Yue Zhilan, Nyxthar shadow core, Zoltar thunder siege, Kael blood flood. Lian led the mortal storm (Dao Refining Peak thunder cloaked). Old Wei hauled Vulcan heaven-breakers.
Raiden lightning portaled ninth heaven—Zephyrine winds cloaking, Nereia tidal voids shielding. The citadel loomed apocalyptic: golden throne-spires piercing stars, arrays devouring saints, and guardians enthroned in thunder.
First Guardian: Flame Overlord Ignis. Colossal fire-god, flames realm-melting. "Mortals storm heaven?!" Inferno waves vaporised dragon wings.
Lirael's 10,000 dragons swarmed void-fire, countering inferno. Seraphine's 15,000 phoenixes tanked Blaze's eternal rebirth. +300k EXP.
Yue Zhilan blurred the duel, the Peak Heavenly spear piercing the flame-heart. Ignis countered Starfire fists—Yue staggered, armor heaven-cracked, but Peak Heavenly qi mended it. Nyxthar shadows infinite drowned flames void. Guardian staggered. Fang plunged the core. Down. +450k EXP.
Second: Storm Sovereign Tempest. Lightning colossus, bolts chaining realities. "Taxless defies dao!"
Zoltar's Thunder Legion (30,000 titans) clashed bolt-for-bolt in an electric apocalypse. Glacia froze storm clouds eternal. Lian thunder-speared joints, mortal ingenuity piercing. Fang fate-slash severed storm-core. Down. +500k EXP.
Third: Void Tyrant Oblivion. Final guardian, space-warping horror, tendrils erasing existence. "Your unity ends void!"
Kael's Crimson Legion (20,000 blood demons) flooded voids, syphoning essence. Nyxthar's Infinite Shadows (50,000 eternal) matched spawn-for-spawn. Mortal Old Wei heaven-breakers shattered tendril roots. Fang pierced oblivion-heart imploding. Treasury breached. +550k EXP.
Throne-vaults exploded—20 Celestial Sovereign Pills rainbow-glowing, Heavenfall Crown fate-pulsing gold. Arrays shattered realms. EXP cataclysm.
"Quest Complete! 2,500,000 EXP Gained! Divine Lord Peak → Celestial Sovereign Early! All Followers, +3 Major Realms!"
Pantheon emperor: Yue Zhilan Peak Heavenly → Peak Heavenly Emperor. Nyxthar Half-step Heavenly → Early Heavenly Emperor. Zoltar Divine Lord Peak → Celestial Sovereign Peak. Seraphine God Peak → Dao Refining Peak. Lirael Divine Lord Early → Saint Peak. Glacia God Peak → Dao Refining. Kael God Peak → Dao Refining. Mortals leaped realms—Lian Dao → Saint Early.
Citadel throne-world annexed—Ninth Heaven Citadel fuelling heavenly trade eternal. Pills distributed: mortals touched celestial sparks.
Crown swirled cosmic throne. A figure emerged—star-crowned emperor armor, eyes with fate-threads weaving, and a sceptre reality-warping.
"New Follower: Fate Sovereign Thalor. Cultivation: Peak Heavenly Emperor (now Celestial Sovereign Peak post-boost). Loyalty: 96%. Innate: Fate Legion Summon (40,000 fate-weavers). Techniques: Destiny Rewrite, Thread Dominion."
Thalor knelt throne-gold, voice weaving timelines. "Lord Ling Chen... thread-weaver eternal."
"You know me?" Fate danced feet controlled.
He smiled infinitely. "Fate Collapse Eternal—heavenly dao severed my threads, realms unravelling chaos. I wandered timelines lost. You—soul through fates—wove anchor thread qi, whispering, 'Destiny serves when chosen.' I vowed: Fate calls; infinite threads bind your eternal rise."
Fate legions rose throne-shadows, 40,000 weavers bowing to reality.
Lu Din marked the heaven charts ecstatic: "Ninth heaven is ours. Crown rewrites trade fates."
Lian swallowed the Celestial pill, fate-threads sparking: "Mortals weave heavens!"
System previewed tomorrow: "Nine Heavens Overlord (Heavenly Emperor Peak). Ultimate Monthly Boss."
EXP snowballed to 12M+. Thrones knelt to fate. Pantheon celestialed.
Sovereign conquered stars. Followers emperor the pantheon.
Citadel thrones breathed heaven-rich. Dragons circled golden spires.
Dawn called the ultimate boss. Heavenly purge defied.