The three overlords believed they could defeat Aldrian if they released the seal on their cultivation and returned to their original strength.

But they all understood the main problem with that method.

The moment they did so, the First Heaven’s heavenly law would activate. It would force them to ascend.

They would only have a small window of time to kill him.

If they failed within that brief moment, they might never get another chance.

It was not that they could not return to the First Heaven, but there was a real possibility that this would be their last chance to kill Aldrian.

If even then Aldrian survived the combined might of the three gods, they would have no choice but to bid farewell to the First Heaven.

If the overlords vanished, the devils of the First Heaven would lose the ones who led them. Chaos would spread, and it would only be a matter of time before they were wiped out.

If that happened, their god, Tarius, would lose his place in this universe.

All their losses over countless years would amount to nothing.

Vargus clenched his teeth.

It was too early to give up.

They still had three gods on their side. They still had troops they could send into battle.

Although they had already suffered heavy losses, their forces were far from exhausted. With the disturbance here, more devils from across the central region of the First Heaven would soon arrive.

Vargus sent a voice transmission.

"Necromancer King, it is time to use everything we have. Use your artifact. I will use mine. We do not know if it will be enough to stop him, but we must at least restrain him. With the gods on our side, we can still kill him."

The Necromancer King glanced at Vargus and understood immediately. The artifact he mentioned was his final trump card.

Vargus raised his voice, letting it echo across the battlefield.

"Devil army! Fight for the glory of our god! Fight, even if it costs you your life!"

There were still many surviving devils nearby, and even now, more were rushing in from across the Central Region of Heaven.

The commotion of the great battle could be seen from nearby worlds, and several devil commanders had already contacted them for support.

The devils who heard Vargus’s order did not hesitate. They unleashed their devil forms and charged at Aldrian once more. Although his display of power filled them with despair, they still chose to fight.

"For our god!" many devils shouted as they rushed forward, unleashing their elemental techniques. Those wielding weapons struck as well, releasing sword slashes, spear thrusts, halberd strikes, and crushing hammer blows.

In their devil forms, their confidence surged as they attacked Aldrian.

Some attacks struck the avatar’s body, but none left a mark.

Aldrian did not react. His gaze shifted toward the three overlords and the three gods in the distance. They were his true targets.

His giant avatar moved.

Its speed defied its size. It advanced with an agility no being of that scale should possess, as if it were no different from a normal human.

The devils truly in shock. Even the three overlords felt a chill run through them.

The sight of the massive avatar rushing forward was terrifying.

Any devil in its path was crushed on impact or cut down by the sweeping arc of the giant sword in its hand.

Vargus and the Necromancer King had already prepared their artifacts, waiting for Aldrian to draw closer.

But before he could close the distance, he stopped.

The three overlords frowned.

Why did he stop?

They saw Aldrian looking at them, his gaze calm and unreadable.

Unfortunately for them, they would never know that he had stopped because he had reached the edge of his domain. If he stepped beyond it, his strength would drop sharply, and that would put him in danger.

While the overlords were still trying to understand his intent, they saw a change around the avatar.

Around the avatar, twenty giant golden swords manifested.

Each sword contained power far beyond the full attack of a peak pseudo immortal cultivator. Some of their tips turned toward Vargus and the Necromancer King.

Sensing the danger, the two overlords vanished from their positions.

But Aldrian still saw them. Even after they reappeared far away, they remained within his perception.

The twenty swords shot forward at terrifying speed.

They split in different directions. Some pursued the overlords, while the rest turned toward the devils chasing him.

Then something unexpected happened.

Three of the swords aimed at the overlords suddenly came to a halt.

Aldrian narrowed his eyes.

They were trapped inside a spatial cage. The cages shrank rapidly, compressing the swords until they shattered.

Aldrian glanced toward the three gods.

They had finally made their move.

The black-robed god and the white-robed god were the ones who had destroyed the swords. They immediately targeted the others.

At the same time, the goddess unleashed her technique. Countless crimson chains emerged from the void and wrapped around the avatar’s body.

The chains were incredibly strong. Even an immortal could be restrained by them.

The avatar’s movements slowed.

Aldrian felt a heavy resistance as he tried to move. At the same time, he sensed the chains weakening the avatar from within.

He could feel the chains attempting to corrupt the avatar with pure devil energy, along with a powerful curse. The curse targeted both his soul and body, trying to block his dantian and meridians.

He also found that he could not cancel the avatar, as if something was preventing him from doing so. He knew it was the effect of the curse.

Anathema laws.

A higher form of curse laws, comprehended only by divine beings. The source of such curses came from those beings themselves, which was why their power was so overwhelming.

From Aldrian’s experience, the only mortal who had ever used Anathema laws was Tarius’s apostle, Zhang Haoran. He had used it against Pope Claudius back then.

Even so, Zhang Haoran had not cast it himself. He had received an artifact capable of unleashing a curse based on Anathema laws as a reward from a system after completing a mission.

If a mortal was afflicted by such a curse, their chances of living a normal life, or even dying peacefully, were nonexistent. The only way to remove it was for someone powerful enough to break it.

But who could break a curse created by a god?

Almost no one.

Aldrian was an exception.

His very existence was the bane of all curses. His golden energy could purify them, which was why he had been able to break the curse from Pope Claudius in the past.

A faint smirk appeared on Aldrian’s face.

He immediately understood their strategy.

The woman restrained him, while the other two gods destroyed the golden swords. Once that was done, they would join the attack.

Even now, he could see the three overlords returning. The swords sent after them had already been destroyed by the gods after all.

"This is our chance! That bastard has been restrained by the goddess. It is time to use our artifacts!" Vargus said as he and the Necromancer King shot forward at high speed toward Aldrian.

From another direction, the Heavenly Spear Devil advanced as well, preparing to unleash a far more powerful technique than before.

Aldrian sensed the three overlords and other devils closing in on him, yet he showed no resistance. He allowed himself to appear trapped within the chains.

He intended to let them believe they held the advantage and draw the three overlords closer.

The devils saw his slowed movements and took the bait. None of them suspected that he was not truly affected by the goddess’s technique.

Once they were within two kilometers of him, Vargus opened one of his mouths and took out a spherical artifact. Without hesitation, he hurled it toward Aldrian.

At the same time, Necromancer King took out a cube-shaped artifact and threw it forward as well.

The sphere suddenly burst open, releasing a wave of dark, poisonous gas that spread rapidly toward Aldrian. Under Vargus’s control, the poison surged forward with deadly precision.

This was no ordinary poison.

It was powerful enough to kill even an immortal!

Meanwhile, the cube exuded a dense, ominous aura that caused even the goddess to raise her eyebrows.

She could sense it clearly.

The energy within it came from genuine death laws!

Even Aldrian was surprised as he could sense the death laws inside the artifact. The artifact then shone with a black light before something manifested from within it.

A creature appeared.

A Cerberus.

Its cultivation had reached Immortal Foundation Stage!

It was a true immortal existence, its cultivation completely unsealed!

’An Immortal Foundation Stage Cerberus? I see... it must be a spatial artifact used to seal an immortal beast,’ the Eastern Emperor thought.

Its appearance surprised even the three gods. They had not expected an immortal being, let alone a creature of the underworld, to be summoned here.

The Cerberus exuded thick death energy across its body, and its red eyes locked onto Aldrian with a fierce gaze before it pounced toward him.

It only had a short time before it would disappear, as the heavens would force it to ascend. Under the control of the Necromancer King, the Cerberus understood that it had to attack Aldrian quickly.

The Heavenly Spear Devil also arrived at that moment, thrusting his spear toward Aldrian’s avatar. The tip of his spear was already covered in dark red energy, and his technique exuded a power beyond the mortal realm.

Aldrian knew that all of their attacks were dangerous if he underestimated them.

However, he did not panic. He had already prepared his next move, and it would shock them to death.

Literally.

Suddenly, his avatar broke free from the chains. With a swift movement, it spun its body.

The sword swept across everything around the avatar.

As Aldrian poured the full power of his domain into that strike, a powerful aura erupted. The extremely powerful sword will and slash energy spread across the surrounding space.

Whoosh!!

The unexpected movement shocked the three overlords.

Before they could evade—

Slash!