C22: Assault on the Sun Palace

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Assault on The final assault on the Divine Sun Empire’s central palace began at dawn. Three hundred war ships advanced under Lin Xiao’s banner. The palace continent burned with defensive sun formations that turned the sky golden-red. Thousands of elite imperial guards and divine generals stood ready, led by the Empire’s ruler — Emperor Sun Tian, a peak Divine Ascension powerhouse.

Lin Xiao descended from the flagship, his high ponytail glowing with tri-colored lightning. His seven women formed a protective circle around him as they landed near the main palace gates.

Emperor Sun Tian hovered above the grand sun altar, his body radiating blinding divine light. “Lin Xiao! You have gone too far. Today the Divine Sun Empire will burn your ambition to ashes!”

The battle erupted on a cataclysmic scale.

The first wave saw tens of thousands of imperial soldiers charging with sunfire spears and shields. Lin Xiao’s forces met them head-on. Su Mei and Bing Yue combined water and ice to freeze entire battalions. Murong Xue and Mei Ling carved through lines with sword and shadow. Princess Yan Zi and Xuan Yue unleashed phoenix flames and eclipse darkness that devastated large swathes of the battlefield. Fairy Luo Qing coordinated strikes with precise starlight guidance.

Lin Xiao targeted the strongest defenders directly. He tore through three divine generals in rapid succession, his sword leaving trails of Divine Chaos Lightning that disintegrated their armor and drained their cultivation on contact.

The real climax came when Emperor Sun Tian descended.

The Emperor summoned the Eternal Sun Dominion — a massive domain of pure solar flames that covered half the palace continent. Temperatures rose to levels that could melt divine weapons. Golden sun dragons roared within the flames, attacking from every angle.

Lin Xiao countered by expanding his Heaven Defying Slaughter Domain to its maximum. Red, black, and golden lightning clashed violently with the sun dominion, creating continuous explosions that shattered mountains and boiled rivers across the continent.

The two leaders collided in the center of the battlefield.

Emperor Sun Tian’s fists carried the weight of collapsing suns. Each punch created shockwaves that forced Lin Xiao’s women to retreat further. Lin Xiao answered with Chaos Emperor techniques enhanced by sunfire laws. Their exchanges lit the entire sky — golden flames versus tri-colored lightning dragons. The ground split open. Palaces collapsed. The air itself seemed to burn and corrode simultaneously.

For over four hundred moves, they fought evenly. Emperor Sun Tian burned his lifespan to increase his power, summoning a colossal Eternal Sun Avatar that stood thousands of meters tall. The avatar’s attacks threatened to erase everything within sight.

Lin Xiao, bloodied but unyielding, pushed the Chaos Emperor Scripture beyond its previous limits. Divine lightning condensed into a majestic sovereign dragon form around him. He charged directly into the avatar’s core, sword leading the way.

The final collision was apocalyptic.

A blinding explosion of light and sound engulfed the palace continent. When visibility returned, the Eternal Sun Avatar had shattered. Emperor Sun Tian knelt on the broken altar, one arm missing, his imperial robes in tatters, and severe burns covering his body.

Lin Xiao stood over him, breathing heavily but victorious. Blood dripped from multiple wounds, but his eyes burned with dominance.

“You looked down on a new ascender,” Lin Xiao said. “That was your mistake.”

He plunged his hand into the Emperor’s chest and executed full Divine Plunder. The peak Divine Ascension expert’s cultivation, sun laws, and imperial comprehension flowed into him.

【Legendary Divine Plunder Success!】
【Major cultivation breakthrough to Mid Divine Ascension Realm!】
【Sun Dominion Laws fully integrated.】

Power surged through Lin Xiao. His wounds healed rapidly. The lightning around him evolved further, now carrying true solar divinity.

With their Emperor defeated, the Divine Sun Empire’s remaining forces surrendered. Lin Xiao claimed the entire palace continent, its vast treasuries, and the loyalty of surviving generals.

That night, in the newly renamed Eternal Grind Sun Palace, he celebrated with all seven women in a grand dual cultivation session. Their combined energies stabilized his new realm and strengthened every member of his core group.

【Divine Dominion Quest – Progress: 45%】

Lin Xiao stood on the highest balcony of the palace the next morning, looking out over his growing domain. The Divine Realm stretched endlessly before him, filled with even greater powers and ancient divine clans.

The grind continued.

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