The nine Ten-Pillar Golden Duke Bergfrieds stood tall in the sky, like a holy mountain range that one couldn't see the end of. Every particle of worldly natural energy was roused, transforming into a titanic wave that poured into them without end. An inexplicable, oppressive presence bore down on the heavens and the earth.

The numerous experts across the defense line were deeply surprised. When they pulled themselves together, resounding cheers loud enough to reach the heavens erupted. The soundwaves were so loud that even the mountain range started to shake. The three Triple Crowned Devil Kings had instilled great fear in them. However, the morale boost from witnessing Li Luo's strength drowned out all the fear.

"He's a ninth-grade Transcendent... How could this be possible?!" Even the Kings within the Enlightened Sage Alliance were staring dumbfoundedly, overflowing with emotions.

In merely five years, Li Luo had advanced from the Seventh Transcendent Duke Stage all the way to the ninth? This defied all reason. They were veteran King Stage experts, so they were well aware of how difficult it was to traverse the Path of Ascension. Otherwise, why would it be considered the absolute greatest path to the top?

"Li Luo's ninth Ten-Pillar Golden Duke Bergfried is much more illusory than the other eight. Based on the energy fluctuations, he must be utilizing some sort of secret method to increase his strength. Thus, his breakthrough is only temporary," Pang Qianyuan explained.

King Zhao Ming and Liu Yuan finally understood, but this still was a terrifying thought to behold. The fact that it was Li Luo who had achieved this made it slightly more palatable.

"The divine continents' number one family... they truly live up to their reputation." King Zhao Ming's tense body relaxed slightly. With Li Luo present, the perilous situation they were in had been handed over to someone else. Li Luo's family was already well known and famous throughout the ten divine continents. After all, their achievements were simply too moving.

Li Luo's ancestor and grandfather were Heavenly Emperors. His mother, Tantai Lan, was a ninth-grade Transcendent. Although his father, Li Taixuan, had been missing for many years, based on the information gleaned from the Nobles' Battlefield, he possessed frightening power and was capable of evading a Grand Devil King. On top of all that, Li Luo and Jiang Qing'e, the two from the younger generation, were both eighth-grade Transcendents! Just what sort of unbelievable and unfathomable family was this?

A family with four Transcendents! How heaven-defying were they? They were the only family since ancient times to have achieved this.

As everyone was heaving sighs of relief, the White Scorpion Devil King, the Divine Banner Devil King, and the Saturnine Hydra Devil King were full of fury. They had never expected that Li Luo had this up his sleeve.

"The ninth Ten-Pillar Golden Duke Bergfried was created with a technique. Thus, his foundation in the ninth-grade is very weak. There's nothing to fear!" the Saturnine Hydra Devil King gloomily boomed.

It truly hated Li Luo and Jiang Qing'e to the bone. The years it had spent plotting to descend on the Xia Kingdom had been ruined by the duo. They were the reason its plans had failed at the last moment. Not only had it failed to break into the Heavenly Emperor Stage, but its source origin was also damaged, causing it to fall from the peak of the Triple Crowned King Stage.

The other two Devil Kings nodded in agreement. They could similarly sense the pressure emanating from Li Luo, but it wasn't as terrifying as they assumed, so they stopped hesitating and took action.

The Nine-tailed White Scorpion tattoo on the White Scorpion Devil King's rotund belly swung its tails and bloody light burst out from the bloody eyes on the tails' tips, accompanied by a sanguine stench. This was blood energy condensed from the blood essence of countless living creatures.

The Divine Banner Devil King waved the banner in its hand, shooting out a cold white light. The light contained countless struggling and tortured humanoid figures, all wailing in agony.

The Saturnine Hydra Devil King spat out a pitch-black flame orb, emanating tremendous source origin fluctuations. It then transformed into a dusky flame that flew at Li Luo.

With the three Devil Kings going all-out, their terrifying offensive swept across the field, shattering the void across the sky. The undulations from these attacks were powerful enough to cause even Dual Crowned Kings like King Zhao Ming and Pang Qianyuan to feel great danger.

Li Luo, however, looked nonplussed. He continued to hold Jiang Qing'e's hand as the Absolute Resonance Halo behind him began to spin, emitting a primordial roar that shook the world. The ten Divine Seals around the Absolute Resonance Halo began to release a mystifying light.

Everyone could see that there were five locations on the Absolute Resonance Halo where the five resonant palaces were located. The resonant palaces were like bottomless caves, and at this moment, boundless source origin energy surged out of them. The resonances within were also revealed for the world to see, shocking everyone with their glorious appearances.

Middle ninth-grade woodearth resonance!

Upper ninth-grade waterlight resonance!

Upper ninth-grade Heavenly Thunder Dragon resonance!

Upper ninth-grade ice crystal resonance!

A mighty divine wind swept out from the fifth palace, revealing a wind resonance. However, what was more surprising about it was that the wind gave everyone a sensation that it was everywhere but nowhere at the same time. It felt illusory and also real, as though it was floating between reality and imagination.

Jiang Qing'e's eyes were focused on the fifth resonant palace as she blurted out in surprise, "Is that an illusion resonance?"

Li Luo's fifth resonant palace had both a wind resonance and an illusion resonance!

Li Luo nodded. "My fifth resonance is called the illusory wind resonance. Part of it originated from Senior Pill Saint's Heavenly Demon Butterfly true body. The Heavenly Demon Butterfly is naturally endowed with the elements of poison and illusion, so when I was forging a primary and secondary resonance, I chose the illusion resonance as the secondary one."

This was an upper ninth-grade illusory wind resonance, so four of his resonances were at the upper ninth-grade and one was at the middle ninth-grade! Such an extravagant lineup of resonant grades caused all of the Kings' eyes to feel as though they were stinging, their expressions filled with envy.

King Zhao Ming sighed emotionally. "From today onwards, the name of the Ten Resonances King will reverberate throughout the divine continents."

Pang Qianyuan replied, "Ten Resonances King? I've never heard of this before. Haha..."

He felt that this was appropriate. Perhaps only a title as unique as that one could be attached to Li Luo, with his five palaces and ten resonances. After this battle, Li Luo's name would surely echo throughout the divine continents as someone who stood among the top powerhouses.

Jiang Qing'e couldn't help but sigh at this point. Her middle ninth-grade light resonance had evolved into the upper ninth-grade, which meant that she now had four upper ninth-grade light resonances. Even with such a configuration, the gap between her and Li Luo had grown.

As Jiang Qing'e stared at his handsome face, her lips curled up slightly. Unknowingly, the young man who had worked hard to surpass her had done so in every aspect, whether it was in terms of resonant power or resonance grades.

Vast amounts of resonant power poured out with the appearance of the five resonant palaces. Energy from the ten resonances surged into the Absolute Resonance Halo and caused it to spin, the energies fusing perfectly with each other. After a moment, a primordial and ancient rune of a tree appeared between Li Luo's brows.

This was the Empyrean Resonance Tree of Authority, the mark of the supreme ninth-grade! Thanks to the grades of Li Luo's resonance, the Empyrean Resonance Tree of Authority formed by the fusion with the Absolute Resonance Halo was much more impressive and realistic than the one he had formed five years ago.

Weng!

The Empyrean Resonance Tree of Authority lightly shook its branches, causing a magnificent light to splash outwards. This was the Light of Authority, and it clashed directly with the Triple Crowned Devil Kings' attacks, melting them away like snow in the sun.

This was the absolute power that Heavenly Emperors wielded. Even though Li Luo was only a temporary ninth-grade Transcendent, the Light of Authority granted him unquestionable power, capable of destroying the world.

Li Luo's expression was calm as the Empyrean Resonance Tree of Authority released endless amounts of divine light, condensing into an ancient greatbow. This was a weapon created from the Light of Authority!

The nine Ten-Pillar Duke Bergfried's above his head roared, causing copious amounts of source origin to surge into his body. With that, he gradually drew the bowstring, causing the power of Authority to condense into an arrow. It looked simple and plain, as though it was just a vague streak of light.

Despite that, its mere existence caused the three Devil Kings' hairs to stand on end, and they felt a sense of impending doom creep up from the depths of their hearts. All of the worldly natural energy seemed to stand still in the presence of the arrow.

"Retreat! Dodge this attack!"

The Triple Crowned Devil Kings' expressions changed, as though they had encountered a formidable opponent. Their vast reserves of corruption source origin transformed into countless talismans, forming layers of defenses. They then shuttled through the void, retreating tens of thousands of miles.

Li Luo's state as a ninth-grade Transcendent would surely not last forever. So long as they bought some time, they would be able to kill him later. The Triple Crowned Devil Kings were sly and cunning, so they split up in different directions to escape. This way, Li Luo would only be able to focus on one of them.

All three of them were looking at Li Luo, but his expression never changed. A moment later, his body became illusory.

To Jiang Qing'e's surprise, two more "Li Luos" appeared, separating from his main body. Each one of them was also holding a bow made from the power of Authority, as well as a nocked arrow that radiated terrifying undulations. None of them were weaker than the original body.

One had turned into three. This was a new resonance art that he had learned in his five years of seclusion, a Transcendent Art called Spectral Divine Illusion Clones.