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In the Nine Celestial Realms, his name invoked awe and fear.
He was the Tyrant of the Nine Skies—undefeated, unrivaled… until betrayal struck at the moment of his ascension.

Slain by those he called brothers, his soul was torn apart and cast into the abyss.

But fate is cruel to cowards—and kind to monsters.

He is reborn, not as a powerful immortal, but as Jiang Chen, a crippled disciple in a declining sect, scorned by peers, dismissed by elders.

With millennia of knowledge, forgotten forbidden arts, and his wrath as his blade…
The world will learn to fear him once more.

Cultivation realms will tremble.
Sects will burn.
And the betrayers will kneel.

This time… he will ascend not as a man, but as a God.

Rebirth of the Celestial Tyrant

The sky above broke open, and from it descended three figures cloaked in starlight. No messengers. No scrolls. No warnings.

Each figure bore a sigil of the Sky Throne, their presence heavier than gravity. Their eyes didn't glow—they pierced. These were not warriors. They were Judges—envoys of the Stellar Tribunal.

> "Jiang Chen," the center Judge intoned, "your path treads flame and rebellion. The Tribunal summons you—not to ask, but to decide."

Jiang Chen did not bow. He did not question.

⚖️ Scene I: The Tribunal's Realm

Reality warped around him, and in a breath, Jiang Chen stood within a floating realm of crystal fire and astral law. Every surface reflected his past—his betrayals, his deaths, his vengeance.

> "This is not a trial," one Judge said. "This is a reckoning."

> "Then reckon this: I do not kneel."

The Tribunal did not flinch. Instead, they conjured the Judgment Battlefield—a plane woven from his sins.

He faced illusions of every soul he'd slain, every oath he'd broken.

The Judges attacked not with swords—but commandments.

But Jiang Chen's response was flame.

The Sovereign Flame burned with defiance.

His halberd painted light into law.

He wielded not just power—but vision.

> "I was not made by Heaven," he said. "I am the rebuke to it."

🌀 Scene III: Fracture of the Sky

At the climax, the Tribunal summoned their final punishment—Heaven's Binding Edict, a divine law meant to freeze a soul in eternity.

But Jiang Chen's flame did not burn hotter.

He invoked the true name of his fire:

> "He carries the Primordial Law!" one Judge whispered. "He is not a heretic. He is a candidate for the Empty Throne!"

⚔️ Scene IV: After the Verdict

And Jiang Chen remained—unchained.

The Tribunal had failed to condemn him.

But because he was too powerful to be bound.

> "Let the gods fear me," he said.

> "I do not await their judgment. I summon my own."

Chapter Fifteen: Summons of the Tribunal