The sky burned red. The air was thick with the scent of blood and charred flesh.
A hundred thousand warriors of the Heavenly Alliance stood on the battlefield, their faces twisted in fear. Their mission was clear—eliminate the most feared entity in the history of cultivation. The man who once stood at the peak of the world.
Shen Asura.
But something had gone horribly wrong.
He had been sealed away a thousand years ago by the combined efforts of all the great sects. Yet now, he stood before them once more, his long black robes fluttering in the wind, his crimson eyes burning with an unholy light.
The Grand Elders of the Alliance gritted their teeth. "We cannot let him return! If he regains his full power, the world will be doomed!"
"Attack! Do not let him breathe!"
At once, the battlefield erupted into chaos. Thousands of warriors charged forward, their weapons radiating divine energy.
Swords gleamed. Spells ignited. Battle cries shook the heavens.
But Shen Asura did not move. He simply stood there, watching as the flood of enemies rushed toward him.
Then, he raised his hand.
BOOM!
The earth shattered. A single pulse of his aura sent a massive shockwave across the battlefield. Warriors were flung into the sky like ragdolls, their bodies exploding mid-air.
Shen Asura stepped forward, vanishing in an instant.
A split second later—
SLASH!
A Grandmaster of the Alliance, a warrior who had trained for six hundred years, vanished. His body was reduced to dust before he could even react.
Shen Asura reappeared behind him, wiping blood off his hand.
"Too weak."
The Alliance Leader roared in fury. "Form the Divine Array!"
A thousand warriors chanted in unison. Golden symbols appeared in the air, linking together to form a massive, glowing cage. The Divine Array had once sealed ancient gods—it was their greatest trump card.
CLANG! The cage of golden light crashed down, trapping Shen Asura within. The Alliance Elders grinned. "It's over!"
But Shen Asura… laughed.
"Over?" His voice was cold. "You dare use this pathetic seal against me?"
He clenched his fist.
CRACK!
A tiny fracture formed in the Divine Array. Then—
BOOM!
It shattered into a million pieces. The force alone killed hundreds of warriors instantly, their bodies torn apart by the backlash.
The Alliance Leader coughed up blood. "Impossible… The Heavenly Array… destroyed with a single punch?"
Shen Asura tilted his head. "You still don't understand, do you?"
He raised his hand, and the sky darkened. Thunder crackled, and a massive black spear formed above him, radiating endless destruction. The world itself seemed to tremble under its power.
He threw it.
The black spear tore through the battlefield, disintegrating everything in its path. Mountains collapsed. Rivers evaporated. Thousands of warriors turned to ash in an instant.
Only a handful survived.
The Alliance Leader, barely breathing, looked up at the monster before him. "You… You are a demon…"
Shen Asura knelt beside him, gripping his chin. His crimson eyes glowed.
"No." His voice was barely a whisper. "I am your god."
With a flick of his finger—
The Alliance Leader's head exploded.
The battlefield was silent. The war… was over.
Shen Asura stood alone. The world had abandoned him once.
Now, he would return the favor.
And no one could stop him.