Handsome_chicken

His fate was predetermined: fight, defend, and perish with the stars, a mere cog in the great machinery of creation. But something within him resisted this cruel fate. A seed of defiance sprouted in his heart, whispering of freedom.

He sought a way to transcend the cosmic chains—to escape, to defy destiny, to seize freedom at any cost.

As a mortal, he felt the agony of watching his loved ones wither and die, powerless to stop the decay of time. He wept for children, lovers, friends.

As an emperor, he conquered kingdoms and wielded unimaginable power, only to be betrayed by those he trusted most, dragged from his throne, and executed in shame.

As a beggar, he wandered the streets, starving and shivering under the cold gaze of uncaring gods.

As a villain, he became the monster in stories told to frighten children—burning cities, drowning nations in blood, only to be hunted and killed by the heroes of those same tales.

As a saint, he gave everything—his wealth, his strength, his life—to others, only to discover that gratitude was fleeting and the world did not remember the sacrifices of the righteous.

But, Every failure, every death, every betrayal—they were nothing but steps on a long, infinite path. And the path had only one direction: up, through the layers of existence, through the fabric of reality itself. No prison could contain him. No curse could hold him.

His heart whispered one thing to him, a truth carved into his soul:Move forward. Always forward.

 Because he was Li Shenrong—the Lord of the Celestial Throne.

Lord of the Celestial Throne

'If only i was in my prime condition. Sigh! I don't even have half of my strength left. At this rate i'll fall into a passive state and this is just delaying the inevitable. They are respected leader of their own organisation and not easy to fool.'

Jessi was pushed back several times leaving behind deep pits here and there.

I can only defend with this spear, can not use it to attack at all.

Jessi sighed inwardly, defending continuously as she kept thinking of a countermeasure.

"Hahaha, looks like our information was right. your injures indeed haven't healed." Cicada devil sect master hid behind an enormous swarm of insects as he spoke.

He controlled his insect army and ordered them to slaughter locust sect disciples and elders.

Jessi saw this and her eyes turned cold.

"So be it." She softly mumbled and leaped backward.

A huge amount of energy burst forth from her body, the spear on her hand emitted sharp light ready to cut down everything in existence.

Everyone turned solemn and did not dare to be careless.

Jessi with a spear in hand dashed forward, exchanging several blows with multiple opponents. The night sky glowed with multicoloured lights but it wasn't wonderful to the disciples who witnessed from below. It represented fear.

Jessi went for cicada devil sect master, he wasn't daring enough to take her head on so he hid behind his insect swarm.

A horde of insect at the size of several mountain blocked her from all side. Jessi snorted and spread out her snowhite palm. A miniature blue moon manifested on her palm which pulsed with blue energy sending waves in all direction.

Touched by the pulse of blue energy, insects died one after another. Soon cicada devil sect master was left without any insect to control.

He was scared witless as he tried to flee.

Jessi jumped few hundred meter high in the sky instantly arriving before him.

He looked at her in horror and the last thing he saw was a blue spear piercing through his forehead.

"Five more left to finish." Jessi calmly wiped the blood from her spear as she fell down.

"Don't be afraid everyone, she is injured and won't be able to maintain her strength for long. Defend with all you have." Blossom sect master reassured everyone.

Jessi dashed forward with extreme speed, her next target was lady blossom the sect master of blossom sect.

"Defend meeee!" Lady blossom shouted in fear.

Everyone created a defensive line around lady blossom.

Jessi was so fast that she crossed few hundred meter distance in a blink and arrived infront of them. Her fist burned with blue fire as she punched with unmatched strength. Armed demon sect master was hit, he defended with all his might but the result was his armour shattered to pieces. His body flew out like a broken doll, breaking several stone statues while leaving behind a deep trail. He stayed down unmoved and it was unknown if he was alive or dead.

Kill.